1966–67 A Group

The 1966–67 A Group was the 19th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1966–67
ChampionsBotev Plovdiv
(2nd title)
Relegated
European CupBotev Plovdiv
Inter-Cities Fairs CupLokomotiv Plovdiv
Matches played240
Goals scored562 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorerPetar Zhekov
(21 goals)

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Botev Plovdiv won the championship.[1]

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Botev Plovdiv (C) 30 13 12 5 39 24 +15 38 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Slavia Sofia 30 13 11 6 33 27 +6 37
3 Levski Sofia 30 13 10 7 46 32 +14 36 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Spartak Sofia 30 13 9 8 40 26 +14 35
5 CSKA Sofia 30 11 12 7 42 34 +8 34
6 Cherno More Varna 30 12 9 9 40 29 +11 33
7 Botev Vratsa 30 13 6 11 45 40 +5 32
8 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 12 7 11 39 34 +5 31
9 Chernomorets Burgas 30 10 10 10 38 35 +3 30
10 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 10 9 11 37 41 −4 29
11 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 7 14 9 30 31 −1 28 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
12 Dobrudzha Dobrich 30 9 8 13 24 43 −19 26
13 Spartak Plovdiv 30 10 5 15 26 35 −9 25
14 Minyor Pernik 30 6 11 13 24 30 −6 23
15 Dunav Ruse (R) 30 9 4 17 35 60 −25 22 Relegation to 1967–68 B Group
16 Marek Dupnitsa (R) 30 8 5 17 24 41 −17 21
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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

Champions
Botev Plovdiv
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Mihail Karushkov300(0)
Bulgaria Georgi Naydenov020(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Ivan Zaduma260(0)
Bulgaria Ivan Gluhchev270(0)
Bulgaria Nenko Georgiev250(0)
Bulgaria Vidin Apostolov290(0)
Bulgaria Rayko Stoynov290(1)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Dimitar Kostadinov290(2)
Bulgaria Bozhidar Atanasov180(0)
Bulgaria Nikola Ivanov090(0)
Bulgaria Ivan Kyuchukov240(1)
Bulgaria Kostadin Bichev020(0)
Bulgaria Ivan Bachkov080(0)
Forwards
Bulgaria Dinko Dermendzhiev29(14)
Bulgaria Vangel Delev020(0)
Bulgaria Dimitar Tortolanov010(0)
Bulgaria Georgi Popov24(12)
Bulgaria Dobrin Nenov290(9)
Bulgaria Petar Terziev010(0)
Manager
Bulgaria Vasil Spasov

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Petar Zhekov Beroe Stara Zagora 21
2 Bulgaria Dinko Dermendzhiev Botev Plovdiv 14
Bulgaria Nikola Yordanov Dunav Ruse
Bulgaria Stefan Bogomilov Cherno More Varna
5 Bulgaria Iliya Dragomirov Botev Vratsa 13
6 Bulgaria Nikola Tsanev CSKA Sofia 12
Bulgaria Georgi Popov Botev Plovdiv
8 Bulgaria Dimitar Tsekov Lokomotiv Sofia 11
Bulgaria Dimitar Yakimov CSKA Sofia
Bulgaria Yancho Dimitrov Beroe Stara Zagora
Bulgaria Georgi Kamenov Botev Vratsa
Bulgaria Hristo Bonev Lokomotiv Plovdiv

References
  1. "Ботев Пд е пръв сред равни в най-силната А група" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 15 December 2012.
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