A Group
Season1979–80
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(20th title)
Relegated
European CupCSKA
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored632 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerSpas Dzhevizov
(21 goals)

The 1979–80 A Group was the 32nd season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.[1]

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (C) 30 18 10 2 60 30 +30 46 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Slavia Sofia 30 21 3 6 66 27 +39 45 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Levski Sofia 30 15 7 8 45 38 +7 37 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 13 8 9 49 37 +12 34
5 Trakia Plovdiv 30 14 5 11 39 38 +1 33
6 Marek Dupnitsa 30 11 9 10 51 42 +9 31
7 Cherno More Varna 30 9 13 8 36 33 +3 31
8 Minyor Pernik 30 11 6 13 31 46 −15 28
9 Chernomorets Burgas 30 12 3 15 39 42 −3 27
10 Botev Vratsa 30 10 6 14 35 43 −8 26
11 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 7 12 11 32 43 −11 26
12 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 9 7 14 27 34 −7 25
13 Sliven 30 8 9 13 32 43 −11 25
14 Spartak Pleven 30 7 10 13 26 39 −13 24
15 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (R) 30 6 10 14 33 52 −19 22 Relegation to 1980–81 B Group
16 Etar Veliko Tarnovo (R) 30 7 6 17 31 45 −14 20
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BSZ BVR CHM CHB CSK ETA LEV LPL LSO MAR MIN PIR SLA SLI SPL TRA
Beroe Stara Zagora 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 3–0 3–1 4–3 2–2 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 4–2
Botev Vratsa 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 3–2
Cherno More 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–2
Chernomorets Burgas 1–2 3–0 2–3 2–3 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
CSKA Sofia 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 6–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 7–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1
Levski Sofia 1–0 4–2 2–2 1–0 2–3 2–0 3–0 5–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 5–3 3–0 0–4 0–0 1–0 0–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 1–1 4–2 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–2
Marek Dupnitsa 3–2 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 3–3 2–1 7–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 6–0 1–1 5–1
Minyor Pernik 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–3 1–1 1–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2–4 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0
Slavia Sofia 2–0 4–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 4–3 2–0 3–2 5–1 4–1 4–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 4–0
Sliven 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–3 3–3 0–0
Spartak Pleven 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0
Trakia Plovdiv 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–3 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Georgi Velinov21(0)
Bulgaria Yordan Filipov9(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Georgi Dimitrov23(1)
Bulgaria Tsonyo Vasilev21(0)
Bulgaria Angel Rangelov30(0)
Bulgaria Vasil Tinchev9(0)
Bulgaria Ivan Zafirov26(0)
Bulgaria Dinko Dimitrov3(0)
Bulgaria Angel Kalburov18(0)
Bulgaria Hristo Topalov12(0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Plamen Markov30(5)
Bulgaria Krasimir Goranov24(0)
Bulgaria Vasil Simov9(0)
Bulgaria Dimitar Aleksiev3(0)
Bulgaria Tsvetan Yonchev27(4)
Bulgaria Metodi Tomanov5(0)
Bulgaria Ivan Metodiev24(5)
Forwards
Bulgaria Spas Dzhevizov28(21)
Bulgaria Mario Valkov22(6)
Bulgaria Tsvetan Danov2(0)
Bulgaria Nikola Hristov26(13)
Bulgaria Georgi Slavkov9(5)
Bulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov4(0)
Manager
Bulgaria Asparuh Nikodimov

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Spas Dzhevizov CSKA Sofia 21
2 Bulgaria Andrey Zhelyazkov Slavia Sofia 19
3 Bulgaria Chavdar Tsvetkov Slavia Sofia 18
4 Bulgaria Ivan Petrov Marek Dupnitsa 14
5 Bulgaria Nikola Hristov CSKA Sofia 13
6 Bulgaria Petko Petkov Beroe Stara Zagora 12
Bulgaria Tsonko Simeonov Sliven
8 Bulgaria Krasimir Manolov Trakia Plovdiv 11
Bulgaria Rafi Rafiev Cherno More
Bulgaria Blagoy Krastanov Spartak Pleven

Awards

Team of the Season

Team of the Season (by newspaper Naroden Sport)[2]
Goalkeeper Bulgaria Hristo Hristov (Pirin)
Defence Bulgaria Ivan Ilchev (Chernomorets) Bulgaria Bozhil Kolev (Cherno More) Bulgaria Boko Dimitrov (Lokomotiv Sofia) Bulgaria Evlogi Banchev (Minyor)
Midfield Bulgaria Venelin Toshkov (Botev Vratsa) Bulgaria Andrey Zhelyazkov (Slavia) Bulgaria Valentin Maldzhanski (Botev Vratsa)
Attack Bulgaria Georgi Iliev (Chernomorets) Bulgaria Petko Petkov (Beroe) Bulgaria Chavdar Tsvetkov (Slavia)

References

  1. ↑ "Жужо и Чаво губят дуела с полковник" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 16 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Football'81" (PDF). retro-football.bg (in Bulgarian).
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