1964–65 A Group

The 1964–65 A Group was the 17th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1964–65
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(9th title)
Relegated
European CupLevski Sofia
Inter-Cities Fairs CupLokomotiv Plovdiv
Matches played240
Goals scored615 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorerGeorgi Asparuhov
(27 goals)

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the league, breaking a 12-year period without a championship title.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levski Sofia (C) 30 18 6 6 59 28 +31 42 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 16 7 7 42 33 +9 39
3 Slavia Sofia 30 11 13 6 45 33 +12 35
4 CSKA Sofia 30 14 6 10 48 26 +22 34 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 10 11 9 48 41 +7 31
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 12 6 12 43 40 +3 30 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
7 Spartak Pleven 30 10 10 10 30 47 −17 30
8 Cherno More Varna 30 10 9 11 37 37 0 29
9 Botev Vratsa 30 10 9 11 29 35 −6 29
10 Spartak Plovdiv 30 11 6 13 42 42 0 28
11 Spartak Sofia 30 9 10 11 32 34 −2 28
12 Botev Plovdiv 30 9 9 12 40 49 −9 27
13 Marek Dupnitsa 30 9 8 13 34 41 −7 26
14 Dunav Ruse 30 9 8 13 28 41 −13 26
15 Sliven (R) 30 9 7 14 29 40 −11 25 Relegation to 1965–66 B Group
16 Akademik Sofia (R) 30 7 7 16 29 48 −19 21
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away AKD BSZ BPD BVR CHM CSK DUN LEV LPL LSO MAR SLA SLI SPL SPD SSF
Akademik Sofia 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–4 2–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–5 3–0 2–3 0–2
Beroe Stara Zagora 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 5–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0
Botev Plovdiv 1–1 1–3 0–0 5–1 2–0 4–2 4–3 0–2 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
Botev Vratsa 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–1
Cherno More 2–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 6–0 5–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1
CSKA Sofia 1–0 1–1 4–0 0–1 1–2 5–1 0–3 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 9–0 1–0 3–0
Dunav Ruse 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–4 0–3 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1
Levski Sofia 3–1 0–0 4–1 6–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 3–3 2–0 6–0 0–1 3–1
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 3–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 4–2 4–2 1–0
Marek Dupnitsa 1–0 3–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Slavia Sofia 3–2 2–1 4–3 1–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 6–0 5–1 0–0 2–0
Sliven 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Spartak Pleven 2–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–4 1–0
Spartak Plovdiv 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 4–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–1 1–3
Spartak Sofia 1–1 2–3 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions
Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Georgi Kamenski010(0)
Bulgaria Biser Mihaylov160(0)
Bulgaria Boris Aleksandrov140(0)
Bulgaria Aleksandar Bozhilov040(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Ivan Zdravkov250(0)
Bulgaria Tenyu Botev100(0)
Bulgaria Malin Ivanov150(0)
Bulgaria Ivan Vutsov250(0)
Bulgaria Ivan Manolov090(0)
Bulgaria Georgi Zlatkov230(1)
Bulgaria Georgi Stoyanov190(0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Aleksandar Manolov100(1)
Bulgaria Toncho Prodanov020(0)
Bulgaria Georgi Georgiev280(0)
Bulgaria Kostadin Radev070(0)
Bulgaria Stefan Abadzhiev100(1)
Forwards
Bulgaria Georgi Sokolov170(8)
Bulgaria Lyuben Gaydarov050(0)
Bulgaria Georgi Asparuhov29(27)
Bulgaria Aleksandar Kostov300(3)
Bulgaria Hristo Iliev28(10)
Bulgaria Nikola Skarlatov010(0)
Bulgaria Aleksandar Borisov030(0)
Bulgaria Simeon Nikolov200(7)
Bulgaria Dimitar Yordanov040(0)
Manager
Czechoslovakia Rudolf Vytlačil

Top scorers
Georgi Asparuhov - top scorer of the 1964–65 season
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Georgi Asparuhov Levski Sofia 27
2 Bulgaria Traycho Spasov Marek Dupnitsa 21
3 Bulgaria Petar Zhekov Beroe Stara Zagora 18
4 Bulgaria Hristo Dishkov Spartak Plovdiv 17
Bulgaria Ivan Kanchev Lokomotiv Plovdiv
6 Bulgaria Nikola Yordanov Dunav Ruse 16
7 Bulgaria Aleksandar Vasilev Slavia Sofia 15
Bulgaria Nikola Tsanev CSKA Sofia

References
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