1968–69 A Group

The 1968–69 A Group was the 21st season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1968–69
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(14th title)
RelegatedDobrudzha
European CupCSKA
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Matches played225
Goals scored713 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorerPetar Zhekov
(36 goals)

Overview

It was contested by 16 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) 30 22 3 5 74 38 +36 47 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Levski Sofia 30 17 6 7 59 33 +26 40 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 16 7 7 53 40 +13 39 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4 Cherno More Varna 30 13 12 5 44 27 +17 38
5 Slavia Sofia 30 15 7 8 54 33 +21 37 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
6 Botev Plovdiv 30 11 6 13 51 48 +3 28
7 Chernomorets Burgas 30 10 8 12 51 56 −5 28
8 Botev Vratsa 30 10 7 13 48 51 −3 27
9 Spartak Pleven 30 12 3 15 44 52 −8 27
10 Minyor Pernik 30 10 7 13 42 53 −11 27
11 Akademik Sofia 30 8 10 12 32 35 −3 26
12 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 10 6 14 36 45 −9 26
13 Dunav Ruse 30 10 5 15 36 48 −12 25
14 Marek Dupnitsa 30 9 7 14 34 46 −12 25
15 Dobrudzha Dobrich (R) 30 8 8 14 32 44 −12 24 Relegation to 1969–70 B Group
16 Lokomotiv Sofia (R) 30 7 2 21 23 64 −41 16 Merged with Slavia Sofia[lower-alpha 1]
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Slavia Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia were merged into ZhSK-Slavia Sofia that took over Slavia's points total. No team replaced Lokomotiv, so they were awarded 0–3 losses during the second half of the season.

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

Champions
CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Stoyan Yordanov200(0)
Bulgaria Yordan Filipov140(0)
Bulgaria Stancho Bonchev020(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Kiril Stankov280(0)
Bulgaria Dimitar Penev280(3)
Bulgaria Ivan Zafirov190(0)
Bulgaria Hristo Marinchev160(0)
Bulgaria Boris Gaganelov240(0)
Bulgaria Vasil Nedelchev050(0)
Bulgaria Rusi Penchev140(0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Boris Stankov130(0)
Bulgaria Asparuh Nikodimov280(4)
Bulgaria Petar Patsev020(1)
Bulgaria Peyu Nikolov100(1)
Bulgaria Tsvetan Atanasov250(4)
Forwards
Bulgaria Petar Zhekov29(36)
Bulgaria Dimitar Marashliev280(4)
Bulgaria Nikola Tsanev240(5)
Bulgaria Emil Simov010(1)
Bulgaria Dimitar Yakimov24(12)
Manager
Bulgaria Stoyan Ormandzhiev

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Petar Zhekov CSKA Sofia 36
2 Bulgaria Georgi Asparuhov Levski Sofia 22
3 Bulgaria Dinko Dermendzhiev Botev Plovdiv 21
Bulgaria Totko Dremsizov Chernomorets Burgas
5 Bulgaria Bozhidar Grigorov Slavia Sofia 17
Bulgaria Georgi Kamenov Botev Vratsa
7 Bulgaria Hristo Bonev Lokomotiv Plovdiv 16
Bulgaria Stefan Bogomilov Cherno More Varna
9 Bulgaria Mihail Mishev Spartak Pleven 14
10 Bulgaria Stoyan Marinov Dunav Ruse 13

References
  1. "Обувка става национална кауза, а Левски слага пагони" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 28 December 2012.
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