1997–98 A Group

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1997–1998 season.

A Group
Season1997–98
ChampionsLitex Lovech
(1st title)
Relegated
Champions LeagueLitex
UEFA CupCSKA
Matches played240
Goals scored696 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer (17 goals each)

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Litex Lovech won the championship.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Litex Lovech (C) 30 21 6 3 73 25 +48 69 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Levski Sofia 30 19 7 4 73 27 +46 64 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3 CSKA Sofia 30 18 7 5 71 29 +42 61 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4 Neftochimic Burgas 30 17 4 9 59 31 +28 55
5 Slavia Sofia 30 15 9 6 51 30 +21 54
6 Levski Kyustendil 30 15 1 14 45 40 +5 46
7 Spartak Varna 30 12 6 12 42 36 +6 42 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
8 Minyor Pernik 30 12 5 13 32 35 3 41
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 11 6 13 42 40 +2 39
10 Metalurg Pernik 30 11 4 15 28 36 8 37
11 Botev Plovdiv 30 11 3 16 35 48 13 36
12 Dobrudzha Dobrich 30 11 3 16 33 55 22 36
13 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 11 3 16 31 58 27 36
14 Olimpik Galata (R) 30 11 2 17 26 47 21 35 Relegation to 1998–99 B Group
15 Spartak Pleven (R) 30 7 0 23 32 75 43 21
16 Etar Veliko Tarnovo (R) 30 4 2 24 21 82 61 14
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away BOT CSK DOB ETA LVK LEV LIT LPL LSO MET MIN NEF OLI SLA SPL SPV
Botev Plovdiv 3–1 1–0 5–1 0–0 2–4 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–0
CSKA Sofia 3–0 4–1 5–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 5–0 3–0 5–0 1–1 5–0 2–1
Dobrudzha Dobrich 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–4 1–1 2–0 0–5[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–2 1–0 4–0 2–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–4 0–3 1–3 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 3–4 0–2 1–3
Levski Kyustendil 4–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–3 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–0
Levski Sofia 1–0 3–3 3–1 5–0 4–0 1–1 5–0 1–0 7–0 1–0 2–3 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–1
Litex Lovech 3–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–4[lower-alpha 3] 6–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 4–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–0 1–4 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 1–2 4–2 1–0 4–2 0–0 0–3 2–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–1
Metalurg Pernik 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–0
Minyor Pernik 2–0 2–2 4–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1
Neftochimic Burgas 2–0 1–3 4–1 7–0 3–1 3–0 3–2 4–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 5–0 0–1 4–1 0–0
Olimpik Galata 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–4 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 2–0
Slavia Sofia 5–3 2–3 3–1 4–0 3–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 3–0 0–1
Spartak Pleven 4–2 0–3 5–1 4–1 0–1 2–5 1–4 2–0 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–3
Spartak Varna 4–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 5–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–1
Source: todor66.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match awarded after was abandoned at 65th minute by the result 0–2.
  2. Match awarded as Litex Lovech fielded ineligible player Radostin Kishishev (originally finished 0–0).
  3. Match awarded as Litex Lovech fielded ineligible player Radostin Kishishev (originally finished 1–1).

Champions

Litex Lovech
Goalkeepers
Vitomir Vutov280(0)
Stoyan Stavrev020(0)
Defenders
Petar Kushev160(2)
Stefan Kolev210(1)
Nikolay Dimitrov240(1)
Dimitar Karadaliev010(0)
Zlatomir Zagorčić270(0)
Ivaylo Petkov270(3)
Radostin Kishishev050(0)
Dimitar Balabanov060(0)
Rosen Kirilov280(0)
Koycho Ivanov010(0)
Midfielders
Rosen Emilov170(1)
Mariyan Todorov280(6)
Stoycho Stoilov300(8)
Daniel Ostrovski050(0)
Dragoljub Simonović220(6)
Ivaylo Petev*120(2)
Veselin Sarbakov160(3)
Emil Tsanev*020(0)
Forwards
Stefan Yurukov*14(13)
Dimcho Belyakov*140(5)
Alban Bushi150(4)
Svetoslav Todorov190(9)
Luis Carlos Mota050(1)
Igor Bogdanović150(6)
Metodi Stoynev080(1)
Manager
Dimitar Dimitrov
  • Petev, Tsanev, Yurukov and Belyakov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Anton Spasov Neftochimic Burgas 17
Boncho Genchev CSKA Sofia
3 Stefan Yurukov Litex Lovech 13
Danilo Dončić Lokomotiv Sofia
5 Stanimir Stoilov Slavia Sofia 12
Valentin Stanchev Spartak Varna
7 Ivaylo Andonov CSKA Sofia 11
8 Aleksandar Aleksandrov Levski Sofia 10
Plamen Petrov Levski Kyustendil
Georgi Ivanov Levski Sofia
Iliya Voynov Spartak Pleven

References

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