1956 A Group

The 1956 A Group was the eighth season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1956
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(6th title)
European CupCSKA Sofia
Matches played132
Goals scored330 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerPavel Vladimirov
(16 goals)
← 1955
1957 →

Overview

It was contested by 12 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) 22 11 9 2 46 25 +21 31 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Levski Sofia 22 8 10 4 30 24 +6 26
3 Botev Plovdiv 22 9 7 6 27 20 +7 25
4 Slavia Sofia 22 8 7 7 37 31 +6 23
5 Minyor Pernik 22 8 6 8 40 34 +6 22
6 Spartak Plovdiv 22 7 7 8 28 29 −1 21
7 Lokomotiv Sofia 22 5 11 6 20 22 −2 21
8 Spartak Pleven 22 6 9 7 19 26 −7 21
9 Spartak Sofia 22 5 9 8 25 30 −5 19
10 Spartak Varna 22 5 9 8 22 28 −6 19
11 Zavod 12 Sofia (R) 22 5 9 8 20 29 −9 19 Relegation to 1957 B Group
12 Dunav Ruse (R) 22 2 13 7 16 32 −16 17
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away BPD CSK DUN LEV LSO MIN SLA SPL SPD SSF SPV ZAV
Botev Plovdiv 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 5–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1
CSKA Sofia 2–2 4–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 6–0
Dunav Ruse 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–3 0–0 2–2 1–0
Levski Sofia 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 3–2 2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–3 1–0 3–2 0–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–0
Minyor Pernik 1–1 3–6 5–0 4–1 1–1 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–0
Slavia Sofia 0–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 5–0 2–0
Spartak Pleven 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1
Spartak Plovdiv 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–2
Spartak Sofia 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–4 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0
Spartak Varna 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–0
Zavod 12 Sofia 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 2–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions
CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Georgi Naydenov130(0)
Bulgaria Hristo Andonov090(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Georgi Tsvetkov110(1)
Bulgaria Kiril Rakarov180(0)
Bulgaria Georgi Enisheynov220(0)
Bulgaria Manol Manolov140(0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Gavril Stoyanov180(0)
Bulgaria Stefan Bozhkov190(7)
Bulgaria Petar Aleksiev090(0)
Forwards
Bulgaria Krum Yanev170(6)
Bulgaria Dimitar Milanov18(11)
Bulgaria Konstantin Sotirov010(1)
Bulgaria Georgi Dimitrov170(2)
Bulgaria Ivan Kolev160(5)
Bulgaria Stefan Stefanov130(3)
Bulgaria Petar Mihaylov120(4)
Bulgaria Panayot Panayotov150(6)
Manager
Bulgaria Krum Milev

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Pavel Vladimirov Minyor Pernik 16
2 Bulgaria Dobromir Tashkov Slavia Sofia 13
3 Bulgaria Dimitar Milanov CSKA Sofia 11
4 Bulgaria Dimitar Andonov Spartak Sofia 9
Bulgaria Mihail Kozhuharov Slavia Sofia

References
  1. "Летците отлитат от А група, ВВС дава крила на Левски" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 29 September 2012.
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