1960–61 A Group

The 1960–61 A Group was the 13th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1960–61
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(11th title)
Relegated
European CupCSKA Sofia
Matches played182
Goals scored527 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerIvan Sotirov
(20 goals)

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (C) 26 18 4 4 56 17 +39 40 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Levski Sofia 26 10 10 6 45 33 +12 30
3 Botev Plovdiv 26 10 9 7 50 41 +9 29
4 Minyor Pernik 26 9 10 7 36 39 −3 28
5 Marek Dupnitsa 26 9 9 8 33 45 −12 27
6 Lokomotiv Sofia 26 9 8 9 33 29 +4 26
7 Spartak Varna 26 11 4 11 29 37 −8 26 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round[lower-alpha 1]
8 Dunav Ruse 26 10 5 11 38 46 −8 25
9 Spartak Plovdiv 26 7 10 9 39 37 +2 24
10 Beroe Stara Zagora 26 7 10 9 30 38 −8 24
11 Slavia Sofia 26 8 7 11 33 37 −4 23
12 Cherno More Varna 26 8 7 11 33 37 −4 23
13 Spartak Sofia (R) 26 8 6 12 39 35 +4 22 Relegation to 1961–62 B Group
14 Septemvri Sofia (R) 26 5 7 14 33 56 −23 17
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Spartak Varna qualified for European Cup Winners' Cup as a finalists in the 1960–61 Bulgarian Cup.

Results
Home \ Away BSZ BPD CHM CSK DUN LEV LSO MAR MIN SEP SLA SPD SSF SPV
Beroe Stara Zagora 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 4–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
Botev Plovdiv 3–0 4–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 4–1 0–0 4–1 3–1 3–3 0–0 2–2
Cherno More 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 5–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–2
CSKA Sofia 3–0 2–0 5–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 7–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–0
Dunav Ruse 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–3 3–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–1
Levski Sofia 5–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–3 1–1 7–1 0–3 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 6–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1
Marek Dupnitsa 1–0 4–1 2–2 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1
Minyor Pernik 1–1 1–5 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 4–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–3 4–1
Septemvri Sofia 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–4 2–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
Slavia Sofia 1–0 4–2 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2
Spartak Plovdiv 4–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 4–1 2–2 4–2 3–1 2–0 4–0
Spartak Sofia 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 5–0 4–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 5–3 2–2 1–2
Spartak Varna 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–1 0–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions
CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Georgi Naydenov230(0)
Bulgaria Hristo Andonov060(0)
Bulgaria Petar Petrov040(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Nikola Kovachev240(2)
Bulgaria Stoyan Koshev220(1)
Bulgaria Kiril Rakarov170(1)
Bulgaria Manol Manolov210(0)
Bulgaria Boris Gaganelov110(0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Petar Aleksiev100(0)
Bulgaria Georgi Zlatkov070(0)
Bulgaria Panteley Dimitrov220(0)
Bulgaria Vasil Romanov120(1)
Forwards
Bulgaria Ivan Kolev26(18)
Bulgaria Ivan Rankov190(4)
Bulgaria Nikola Tsanev230(9)
Bulgaria Dimitar Yakimov230(9)
Bulgaria Panayot Panayotov260(8)
Bulgaria Anton Krastev070(2)
Manager
Bulgaria Krum Milev

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Ivan Sotirov Botev Plovdiv 20
2 Bulgaria Ivan Kolev CSKA Sofia 18
3 Bulgaria Nikola Yordanov Dunav Ruse 15
4 Bulgaria Dimitar Yordanov Levski Sofia 14
Bulgaria Pavel Vladimirov Minyor Pernik
6 Bulgaria Tsvetan Milev Septemvri Sofia 11
Bulgaria Dobromir Tashkov Slavia Sofia

References
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