2008–09 A Group

The 2008–09 A Group was the 85th season of the Bulgarian national top football division, and the 61st of A Group as the top tier football league in the country.. It began on 9 August 2008 and ended on 13 June 2009. CSKA Sofia were the defending champions, but they were unable to retain it and Levski Sofia won the title, which was their 26th overall.

A Group
Season2008–09
Dates9 August 2008 – 13 June 2009
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(26th title)
RelegatedVihren
Spartak
Belasitsa
Champions LeagueLevski
Europa LeagueCSKA
Cherno More
Litex (via domestic cup)
Matches played240
Goals scored619 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorerMartin Kamburov
(17 goals)
Biggest home winCherno More 6–0 Belasitsa
Levski 6–0 Botev
Biggest away winBelasitsa 1–7 Levski
Highest scoringVihren 3–5 Chernomorets
Belasitsa 1–7 Levski

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from B PFG after the 2007–08 season

Teams relegated to B PFG after the 2007–08 season

Team overview
Location of teams in 2008–09 A Group
Sofia 2008–09 A Group football clubs
Club Location Manager Venue Capacity
Belasitsa Petrich Miroslav Mitev Tsar Samuil Stadium 9,500
BotevPlovdiv Kostadin Angelov Hristo Botev Stadium, Plovdiv 22,000
Cherno MoreVarna Nikola Spasov Ticha Stadium 8,250
ChernomoretsBurgas Dimitar Dimitrov Naftex Stadium 18,037
CSKASofia Luboslav Penev Balgarska Armiya Stadium 22,015
LevskiSofia Emil Velev Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 29,800
LitexLovech Stanimir Stoilov Lovech Stadium 7,000
Lokomotiv MezdraMezdra Georgi Bachev Lokomotiv Stadium, Mezdra 5,000
Lokomotiv PlovdivPlovdiv Ayan Sadakov Lokomotiv Stadium, Plovdiv 13,800
Lokomotiv SofiaSofia Dragomir Okuka Lokomotiv Stadium, Sofia 22,000
MinyorPernik Dimitar Aleksiev Minyor Stadium 16,500
OFC SlivenSliven Georgi Dermendzhiev Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium 10,000
PirinBlagoevgrad Petar Tsvetkov Hristo Botev Stadium, Blagoevgrad 7,500
SlaviaSofia Stevica Kuzmanovski Ovcha Kupel Stadium 18,000
SpartakVarna Dragoljub Simonović Spartak Stadium 8,000
VihrenSandanski Filip Filipov Sandanski Stadium 6,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levski Sofia (C) 30 21 6 3 57 18 +39 69 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 21 5 4 54 22 +32 68 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round
3 Cherno More 30 18 6 6 48 19 +29 60 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
4 Litex Lovech 30 17 7 6 53 26 +27 58 Qualification for Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 16 6 8 52 29 +23 54
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 12 7 11 40 43 −3 43[lower-alpha 2]
7 Chernomorets Burgas 30 11 10 9 41 37 +4 43[lower-alpha 2]
8 Lokomotiv Mezdra 30 10 7 13 39 41 −2 37[lower-alpha 3]
9 Slavia Sofia 30 11 4 15 41 38 +3 37[lower-alpha 3]
10 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 10 5 15 35 50 −15 35[lower-alpha 4]
11 Minyor Pernik 30 9 8 13 24 39 −15 35[lower-alpha 4]
12 OFC Sliven 30 8 8 14 32 40 −8 32
13 Botev Plovdiv 30 8 6 16 31 50 −19 30
14 Vihren (R) 30 8 2 20 29 50 −21 26 Relegation to 2009–10 B Group
15 Spartak Varna (R) 30 5 10 15 19 46 −27 25
16 Belasitsa Petrich (R) 30 4 5 21 24 71 −47 17
Source: soccerway.com
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) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Litex Lovech won the 2008–09 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.
  2. Lokomotiv Plovdiv ahead of Chernomorets Burgas on head-to-head record; Chernomorets Burgas–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–3, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Chernomorets Burgas 1–1.
  3. Lokomotiv Mezdra ahead of Slavia Sofia on head-to-head record; Slavia Sofia–Lokomotiv Mezdra 0–0, Lokomotiv Mezdra–Slavia Sofia 1–0.
  4. Montana ahead of Slavia Sofia on head-to-head record; Minyor Pernik–Pirin Blagoevgrad 0–0, Pirin Blagoevgrad–Minyor Pernik 1–0.

Results
Home \ Away BEL BOT CSK CHM CHB LEV LIT LME LPL LSO MIN OFC PIR SLA SPV VIH
Belasitsa Petrich 0–2 0–3 2–0 0–1 1–7 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–4 0–0 2–1 1–4 2–5 0–0 1–2
Botev Plovdiv 5–0 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–4 1–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1
CSKA Sofia 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 2–0
Cherno More 6–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 5–0 2–0
Chernomorets Burgas 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–3
Levski Sofia 2–0 6–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 5–0 3–2
Litex Lovech 4–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–0
Lokomotiv Mezdra 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–4 1–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 0–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–1 3–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–3 0–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–1
Lokomotiv Sofia 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 5–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–0
Minyor Pernik 0–3 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–2
OFC Sliven 0–2 3–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2–0 0–3 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–4 1–0 3–1 3–2 0–0 2–1
Slavia Sofia 3–0 4–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–3 1–2 2–0
Spartak Varna 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–4 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–1
Vihren 4–1 0–0 1–4 0–2 3–5 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 1–2 2–0
Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions
Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
01 Georgi Petkov170(0)
12 Bozhidar Mitrev070(0)
29 Daniel Kiss030(0)
31 Tsvetan Dimitrov030(0)
Defenders
02 Viktor Genev140(0)
03 Zhivko Milanov230(2)
05 Youssef Rabeh220(0)
14 Veselin Minev180(0)
15 Chakib Benzoukane030(0)
20 David Bystroň190(2)
25 Lúcio Wagner160(0)
26 Martin Dimov010(0)
33 Stefan Stanchev010(0)
34 Dimitar Dimitrov010(0)
37 Simeon Ivanov010(0)
55 Yordan Miliev040(0)
Midfielders
04 Georgi Chakarov020(0)
06 Rachid Tiberkanine140(3)
08 Georgi Sarmov210(2)
16 Mariyan Ognyanov010(0)
17 Georgi Nedyalkov010(1)
18 Miroslav Ivanov200(0)
20 Joãozinho190(4)
21 Zé Soares250(3)
22 Darko Tasevski230(6)
24 Nikolay Dimitrov170(1)
30 Lachezar Baltanov150(0)
45 Vladimir Gadzhev230(1)
70 Filipe da Costa080(0)
Boyan Iliev*020(0)
Forwards
07 Jean Carlos*040(1)
09 Georgi Ivanov23(12)
10 Hristo Yovov110(4)
11 Georgi Hristov25(11)
19 Ivan Tsachev090(4)
27 Enyo Krastovchev030(0)
32 Boyan Tabakov010(0)
Manager
Emil Velev
  • Iliev and Jean Carlos left the club during a season.

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Martin Kamburov Lokomotiv Sofia
17
2 Dormushali Saidhodzha CSKA Sofia1
14
3 Georgi Ivanov Levski Sofia
12
4 Yordan Yurukov Cherno More Varna
11
Georgi Hristov Levski Sofia
6 Zoran Baldovaliev Lokomotiv Sofia
10
Pavle Delibašić Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Michel Platini Chernomorets Burgas
9 Krum Bibishkov Litex Lovech
9
Adrián Fernández Chernomorets Burgas2
Miroslav Manolov Cherno More Varna
Saša Simonović Lokomotiv Mezdra
Ivan Stoyanov Sliven
Yordan Todorov CSKA Sofia

1. Saidhodzha scored 7 goals for Botev Plovdiv and 7 for CSKA Sofia (he was transferred during the winter break)
2. Fernández scored 4 goals for Cherno More Varna and 5 for Chernomorets Burgas (he was transferred during the winter break)

Annual awards

Team of the season

The team have been voted by selected media representatives (Note: First team members are denoted in bold).[1]

Petkov
I. Ivanov
Manolev
Minev
Rabeh
Yanchev
Alex
Joãozinho
Tonev
Kamburov
G. Ivanov
A PFG Team of the season, first squad
Position Name Club
Goalkeepers Kiril Akalski Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Georgi Petkov Levski
Defenders Tanko Dyakov Cherno More
Ivan Ivanov CSKA
Stanislav Manolev Litex
Zhivko Milanov Levski
Veselin Minev Levski
Youssef Rabeh Levski
Midfielders Alex Cherno More
Joãozinho Levski
Dani Kiki Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Aleksandar Tonev CSKA
Todor Yanchev CSKA
Kosta Yanev Sliven
Forwards Spas Delev Pirin
Georgi Ivanov Levski
Martin Kamburov Lokomotiv Sofia
Ivelin Popov Litex
Head coach Emil Velev Levski

See also
  • 2008–09 B PFG

References
  1. "Вижте идеалния отбор на сезона в "А" група - петима от Левски срещу трима от ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 14 June 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
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