1969–70 A Group

The 1969–70 A Group was the 22nd season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1969–70
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(11th title)
Relegated
European CupLevski
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored647 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerPetar Zhekov
(31 goals)

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship.[1]

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levski Sofia (C) 30 23 4 3 67 17 +50 50 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 21 5 4 73 29 +44 47 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Slavia Sofia 30 15 8 7 41 31 +10 38 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4 Botev Plovdiv 30 15 4 11 48 34 +14 34
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 14 5 11 53 45 +8 33
6 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 30 12 8 10 42 36 +6 32
7 Cherno More Varna 30 11 7 12 47 34 +13 29
8 Chernomorets Burgas 30 10 9 11 33 41 −8 29
9 Akademik Sofia 30 9 10 11 34 32 +2 28
10 Dunav Ruse 30 9 9 12 28 34 −6 27
11 Marek Dupnitsa 30 12 3 15 41 49 −8 27
12 Spartak Pleven 30 10 7 13 29 53 −24 27
13 Botev Vratsa 30 9 7 14 34 38 −4 25
14 Maritsa Plovdiv 30 10 3 17 34 51 −17 23
15 Beroe Stara Zagora (R) 30 6 4 20 19 64 −45 16 Relegation to 1970–71 B Group
16 Minyor Pernik (R) 30 5 5 20 24 59 −35 15
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away AKD BSZ BPD BVR CHM CHB CSK DUN ETA LEV LPL MAR MPL MIN SLA SPL
Akademik Sofia 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–2
Beroe Stara Zagora 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 3–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 2–2 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 2–1
Botev Plovdiv 2–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 5–0
Botev Vratsa 1–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 3–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 4–2 3–1 3–0 1–2 4–1
Cherno More 2–1 3–1 0–1 4–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 4–0 6–1 3–0 4–0 3–0
Chernomorets Burgas 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 4–1
CSKA Sofia 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 5–1 4–1 3–2 4–2 6–1 2–1 6–1 2–1 2–0 7–0
Dunav Ruse 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 4–1 1–2 1–1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 1–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 5–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1
Levski Sofia 2–1 4–0 2–1 4–0 4–1 4–0 5–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 4–0 1–0 6–0 0–1 1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–1 4–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 4–1 3–3 4–1 2–0 1–3 5–2 1–0 4–0 1–2 0–0
Marek Dupnitsa 2–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 8–0
Maritsa Plovdiv 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–4 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0
Minyor Pernik 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–2 0–5 3–4 3–0 2–0 1–2 0–2
Slavia Sofia 2–3 2–2 5–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–0
Spartak Pleven 0–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. As a result of the crowd riots in the match between Beroe Stara Zagora and Levski Sofia, the remaining twelve encounters were rated 0–3 against Beroe.

Champions
Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Georgi Kamenski230(0)
Bulgaria Biser Mihaylov080(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Ivan Zdravkov010(0)
Bulgaria Kiril Ivkov270(0)
Bulgaria Georgi Todorov050(0)
Bulgaria Dobromir Zhechev230(2)
Bulgaria Stefan Aladzhov290(0)
Bulgaria Stoichko Peshev170(2)
Bulgaria Milko Gaydarski270(0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Stefan Pavlov190(1)
Bulgaria Petar Kirilov140(1)
Bulgaria Yanko Kirilov290(4)
Bulgaria Tsvetan Veselinov18(10)
Bulgaria Ivan Stoyanov110(0)
Bulgaria Vasil Mitkov26(12)
Forwards
Bulgaria Nikola Kotkov24(14)
Bulgaria Pavel Panov230(8)
Bulgaria Georgi Asparuhov24(12)
Bulgaria Aleksandar Kostov190(1)
Bulgaria Slavcho Stoilov020(0)
Manager
Czechoslovakia Rudolf Vytlačil

Top scorers
Petar Zhekov - top scorer of the 1969–70 season
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Petar Zhekov CSKA Sofia 31
2 Bulgaria Hristo Bonev Lokomotiv Plovdiv 20
3 Bulgaria Dinko Dermendzhiev Botev Plovdiv 18
Bulgaria Stefan Bogomilov Cherno More Varna
5 Bulgaria Dimitar Tsekov Etar Veliko Tarnovo 16
6 Bulgaria Dimitar Yakimov CSKA Sofia 14
Bulgaria Nikola Kotkov Levski Sofia
8 Bulgaria Georgi Asparuhov Levski Sofia 12
Bulgaria Vasil Mitkov Levski Sofia
10 Bulgaria Georgi Lukanov Lokomotiv Plovdiv 11
Bulgaria Mladen Vasilev Akademik Sofia
Bulgaria Kiril Milanov Marek Dupnitsa
Bulgaria Georgi Kamenov Botev Vratsa

References
  1. "Стара Загора на крачка от бунт заради гавра с Берое" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 5 January 2013.
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