1961–62 A Group

The 1961–62 A Group was the 14th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1961–62
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(12th title)
Relegated
European CupCSKA Sofia
Matches played182
Goals scored519 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerNikola Yordanov
(23 goals)

Overview

It was contested by 14 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) 26 18 5 3 60 25 +35 41 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Spartak Plovdiv 26 13 9 4 55 35 +20 35
3 Levski Sofia 26 12 6 8 46 37 +9 30
4 Botev Plovdiv 26 8 11 7 43 38 +5 27 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
5 Slavia Sofia 26 10 7 9 45 40 +5 27
6 Cherno More Varna 26 9 9 8 29 30 −1 27
7 Lokomotiv Sofia 26 8 10 8 39 39 0 26
8 Spartak Pleven 26 11 4 11 33 40 −7 26
9 Beroe Stara Zagora 26 10 5 11 30 40 −10 25
10 Dunav Ruse 26 8 8 10 40 40 0 24
11 Spartak Varna 26 7 9 10 33 31 +2 23
12 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 7 7 12 24 35 −11 21
13 Minyor Pernik (R) 26 4 10 12 18 39 −21 18 Relegation to 1962–63 B Group
14 Marek Dupnitsa (R) 26 5 4 17 24 50 −26 14
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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

Champions
CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Georgi Naydenov210(0)
Bulgaria Hristo Andonov040(0)
Bulgaria Petar Petrov040(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Nikola Kovachev250(4)
Bulgaria Stoyan Koshev100(0)
Bulgaria Ivan Zdravkov030(0)
Bulgaria Kiril Rakarov200(2)
Bulgaria Manol Manolov100(0)
Bulgaria Boris Gaganelov230(0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Boris Stankov080(1)
Bulgaria Georgi Zlatkov100(1)
Bulgaria Panteley Dimitrov260(2)
Bulgaria Vasil Romanov100(2)
Bulgaria Georgi Georgiev040(0)
Forwards
Bulgaria Ivan Kolev260(6)
Bulgaria Ivan Rankov230(7)
Bulgaria Nikola Tsanev22(13)
Bulgaria Hristo Dzhordzhilov010(1)
Bulgaria Dimitar Yakimov25(15)
Bulgaria Panayot Panayotov240(2)
Bulgaria Anton Krastev080(3)
Manager
Bulgaria Krum Milev

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Nikola Yordanov Dunav Ruse 23
2 Bulgaria Todor Diev Spartak Plovdiv 19
Bulgaria Aleksandar Vasilev Slavia Sofia
4 Bulgaria Hristo Dishkov Spartak Plovdiv 16
5 Bulgaria Dimitar Yakimov CSKA Sofia 15

References
  1. "Сериалът „Къде е Гунди" лишава Аспарухов от титла с ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 10 November 2012.
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