2010–11 A Group

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The 2010–11 A Group was the 87th season of the

2009/10 A Group
title and became champions for 2 years in a row.

Team information

Lokomotiv Mezdra, Sportist Svoge and Botev Plovdiv were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom three places. Lokomotiv Mezdra ended a two-year tenure, Sportist Svoge were relegated after a year in A Group, and Botev were excluded from A Group due to financial difficulties at the winter brake, ending a five-year stint in the A Group.

The relegated teams were replaced by Vidima-Rakovski, champions of West B Group and Kaliakra Kavarna, champions of the East B Group. Vidima-Rakovski returned to A Group after two years, while Kaliakra entered the top division for their first time.

A further place in the league was decided by a play-off match between the runners-up teams from the two

A Group was 1981–82
.

Stadia and locations

As in the previous year, the league will comprise the best thirteen teams of

B Group's
.

The following teams have ensured their participation in

A Group
for season 2010/11 (listed in alphabetical order):

Vidima-Rakovski
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Location of teams in 2010–11 A Group
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Sofia 2010–11 A Group football clubs
Team City Stadium Stadium capacity
Akademik Sofia
Ovcha Kupel1
 18,000
Beroe Stara Zagora
Beroe
 17,800
Cherno More Varna
Ticha
 8,250
Chernomorets Burgas
Lazur
 18,037
CSKA Sofia Vasil Levski2 43,632
Kaliakra
 Kavarna Kavarna 5,000
Levski Sofia
Georgi Asparuhov
 29,986
Litex Lovech
Lovech
 7,050
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Lokomotiv
 13,800
Lokomotiv
 Sofia Vasil Levski3 43,632
Minyor
 Pernik
Minyor
 8,000
Montana
 Montana
Ogosta
 8,000
Pirin Blagoevgrad
Hristo Botev
 7,500
Slavia Sofia
Ovcha Kupel
 18,000
Sliven 2000
 Sliven
Hadzhi Dimitar
 10,000
Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo
Rakovski
 8,816
Notes
  1. Akademik Stadium
    had not received approval from the BFU license committee.
  2. Balgarska Armiya
    had not received approval from the BFU license committee.
  3. Lokomotiv Stadium
    had not received approval from the BFU license committee.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
Akademik Sofia Bulgaria Boris Angelov Bulgaria Nikola Asenov Saller Bench Mark Group
Beroe Stara Zagora Bulgaria Ilian Iliev Bulgaria Slavi Zhekov GUPA Bulsatcom
Cherno More Varna Bulgaria Stefan Genov Bulgaria Georgi Iliev Misho Armeets
Chernomorets Burgas
Georgi Vasilev
 Bulgaria Trayan Dyankov
Puma
 QUARTO
CSKA Sofia
 Bulgaria Milen Radukanov Bulgaria Todor Yanchev Uhlsport
GLOBUL
Kaliakra
 Bulgaria Anton Zdravkov Bulgaria Ivan Raychev Uhlsport Municipality of Kavarna
Levski Sofia Bulgaria Yasen Petrov Bulgaria Hristo Yovov Nike
M-Tel
Litex Lovech Bulgaria Lyuboslav Penev Serbia Nebojša Jelenković Adidas b-connect
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Serbia Saša Nikolić Bulgaria Zdravko Lazarov Uhlsport
Lokomotiv Sofia
Dian Petkov
Kristian Dobrev
Puma
Minyor Pernik
 Bulgaria Stoycho Stoev Bulgaria Kostadin Markov Jumper Municipal Insurance Company
Montana
 Bulgaria Atanas Dzhambazki Bulgaria Daniel Gadzhev
ASICS
 GM Capital
Pirin Blagoevgrad Bulgaria Kostadin Angelov Bulgaria Veselin Stoykov Joma Beer Pirinsko
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria Emil Velev Bulgaria Bogomil Dyakov
Puma
Sliven
 Bulgaria Dimcho Nenov Bulgaria Evgeni Karamanov Tomy
Vidima-Rakovski Bulgaria Dimitar Todorov Bulgaria Georgi Stoychev
ASICS
 VIDEXIM

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager(s) Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria Adalbert Zafirov (interim) End of caretaker contract 16 May 2010 Pre-season Bulgaria Pavel Dochev 13 May 2010[2]
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria Velislav Vutsov Sacked 17 May 2010 Bulgaria Emil Velev 19 May 2010[3]
Levski Sofia
Georgi Ivanov
 End of caretaker contract 20 May 2010 Bulgaria Yasen Petrov 20 May 2010[4]
Pirin Blagoevgrad Bulgaria Stefan Grozdanov Leaves the club 8 June 2010[5] Bulgaria Yordan Bozdanski 21 June 2010
Litex Lovech Bulgaria Angel Chervenkov Sacked 5 August 2010 1st
Petko Petkov
(interim) 		5 August 2010[6]
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria Pavel Dochev Sacked 16 August 2010[7] 13th North Macedonia Gjore Jovanovski 16 August 2010[8]
Pirin Blagoevgrad Bulgaria Yordan Bozdanski Sacked 30 August 2010 14th Bulgaria Kostadin Angelov 1 September 2010[9]
Litex Lovech
Petko Petkov
(interim) 		End of caretaker contract 1 September 2010 4th
Luboslav Penev
 2 September 2010[10]
Minyor Pernik
 Bulgaria Anton Velkov Resigned 6 September 2010[11] 16th Bulgaria Stoycho Stoev 8 September 2010[12]
Kaliakra Kavarna
 Bulgaria Filip Filipov Sacked 6 October 2010[13] 13th Bulgaria Anton Zdravkov 7 October 2010
CSKA Sofia North Macedonia Gjore Jovanovski Sacked 21 October 2010[14] 9th Bulgaria Milen Radukanov 21 October 2010[15]
Cherno More Varna Bulgaria Velizar Popov Resigned 23 October 2010[16] 10th Bulgaria Stefan Genov 23 October 2010
Lokomotiv Sofia
 Bulgaria Dimitar Vasev Sacked 22 November 2010[17] 5th
Dian Petkov
(interim) 		22 November 2010
Sliven
 Serbia Dragoljub Simonović Resigned 4 December 2010[18] 15th Bulgaria Dimcho Nenov 10 January 2011[19]
Chernomorets Burgas Bulgaria Krasimir Balakov Resigned 7 December 2010[20] 3rd Bulgaria Anton Velkov 23 December 2010[21]
Chernomorets Burgas Bulgaria Anton Velkov Sacked 21 March 2011[22] 7th
Georgi Vasilev
 21 March 2011
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria Nedelcho Matushev Sacked 26 April 2011[23] 5th Serbia Saša Nikolić 26 April 2011

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Litex Lovech (C) 30 23 6 1 56 13 +43 75 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Levski Sofia 30 23 3 4 67 24 +43 72 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round
3 CSKA Sofia 30 18 7 5 53 26 +27 61 Qualification for Europa League play-off round[a]
4
Lokomotiv Sofia
 30 16 4 10 47 33 +14 52[b] Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 14 10 6 54 28 +26 52[b]
6 Cherno More 30 15 6 9 36 28 +8 51
7 Beroe 30 13 7 10 33 34 −1 46
8 Chernomorets Burgas 30 9 10 11 19 28 −9 37
9 Minyor Pernik 30 10 6 14 33 45 −12 36
10
Montana
 30 8 8 14 30 46 −16 32[c]
11 Slavia Sofia 30 9 5 16 34 38 −4 32[c]
12 Kaliakra 30 8 6 16 19 40 −21 30
13 Pirin Blagoevgrad (R) 30 6 9 15 32 39 −7 27 Relegation to 2011–12 V Group[d]
14 Vidima-Rakovski (O) 30 6 7 17 26 52 −26 25 Qualification for relegation play-off
15 Akademik Sofia (R) 30 5 5 20 16 51 −35 20 Relegation to 2011–12 B Group
16
Sliven
(R) 		30 4 7 19 22 52 −30 19
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ CSKA Sofia have won the 2010–11 Bulgarian Cup competition and therefore qualified for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
  2. ^ a b Lokomotiv Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Plovdiv on head-to-head record; Lokomotiv Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0.
  3. ^ a b Montana ahead of Slavia Sofia on head-to-head record; Slavia Sofia–Montana 3–2, Montana–Slavia Sofia 1–0.
  4. ^ The team did not receive a license for professional football for the next season.

Results

Home \ Away AKD BSZ CHM CHB CSK
KAV
 LEV LIT LPL
LSO
MIN
MON
PIR
 SLA
OFC
 VRA
Akademik Sofia 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–4 0–1 1–2
Beroe 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
Cherno More 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 5–0
Chernomorets Burgas 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–4 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0
CSKA Sofia 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0
Kaliakra
 0–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 0–3 0–3 0–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0
Levski Sofia 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 3–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 4–0 3–0 4–1 3–0 5–0 2–0
Litex Lovech 2–0 4–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 4–0 4–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 5–0 2–3 2–2 0–0 3–0 4–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 3–0
Lokomotiv Sofia
 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 4–0 0–2 1–3 3–0 0–3 2–0 2–0 4–3 3–0 2–1
Minyor Pernik
 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–4 1–0 0–0 0–3 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 4–1 2–1
Montana
 2–2 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–4 3–2 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad
 6–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–1
Slavia Sofia 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–0
OFC Sliven
 3–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 6–1
Vidima-Rakovski 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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