1977–78 A Group

The 1977–78 A Group was the 30th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1977–78
ChampionsLokomotiv Sofia
(4th title)
Relegated
European CupLokomotiv Sofia
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored623 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerStoycho Mladenov
(21 goals)

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Lokomotiv Sofia won the championship.[1] This was the team’s fourth title overall.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lokomotiv Sofia (C) 30 16 10 4 40 16 +24 42 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 18 5 7 60 35 +25 41 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Levski Sofia 30 15 8 7 53 30 +23 38
4 Botev Plovdiv 30 13 6 11 39 36 +3 32
5 Slavia Sofia 30 12 6 12 54 35 +19 30
6 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 12 5 13 37 37 0 29
7 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 12 5 13 32 40 −8 29
8 Akademik Sofia 30 10 8 12 34 38 −4 28
9 Cherno More Varna 30 8 12 10 27 34 −7 28
10 Chernomorets Burgas 30 11 5 14 44 43 +1 27
11 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 11 5 14 33 41 −8 27
12 Sliven 30 11 5 14 36 51 −15 27
13 Botev Vratsa 30 11 5 14 31 56 −25 27
14 Marek Dupnitsa 30 11 4 15 37 40 −3 26 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
15 Spartak Varna (R) 30 11 3 16 30 46 −16 25 Relegation to 1978–79 B Group
16 Akademik Svishtov (R) 30 9 6 15 36 45 −9 24
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away ASF ASV BSZ BPD BVR CHM CHB CSK LEV LPL LSO MAR PIR SLA SLI SPV
Akademik Sofia 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 2–4 0–0 6–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–6 2–4 1–0
Akademik Svishtov 3–2 2–3 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 5–1
Beroe Stara Zagora 0–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 0–1
Botev Plovdiv 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0
Botev Vratsa 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–0
Cherno More 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0
Chernomorets Burgas 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–1
CSKA Sofia 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 5–2 3–1 2–1 2–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 4–0 3–1 3–0
Levski Sofia 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 5–0 4–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 1–2 3–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 4–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 5–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 1–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 5–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–3 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 3–0
Marek Dupnitsa 1–1 4–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad 1–0 5–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 3–0 2–4 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Slavia Sofia 1–1 2–1 4–3 3–0 6–2 0–2 4–0 1–0 1–1 6–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 8–1 3–1
Sliven 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0
Spartak Varna 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions
Lokomotiv Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Rumyancho Goranov240(0)
Bulgaria Nikolay Donev070(0)
Bulgaria Vasil Elenkov010(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Boko Dimitrov290(0)
Bulgaria Sasho Kostov140(0)
Bulgaria Nasko Zhelev010(0)
Bulgaria Georgi Bonev290(0)
Bulgaria Yordan Stoykov290(1)
Bulgaria Georgi Stefanov290(0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Angel Kolev280(8)
Bulgaria Valentin Svilenov100(0)
Bulgaria Radoslav Zdravkov220(2)
Bulgaria Ventsislav Arsov300(4)
Bulgaria Lyuben Traykov240(3)
Bulgaria Traycho Sokolov260(5)
Forwards
Bulgaria Boycho Velichkov220(5)
Bulgaria Nikola Spasov130(0)
Bulgaria Atanas Mihaylov27(11)
Bulgaria Rumen Manolov060(0)
Manager
Bulgaria Vasil Metodiev

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Stoycho Mladenov Beroe Stara Zagora 21
2 Bulgaria Andrey Zhelyazkov Slavia Sofia 18
3 Bulgaria Georgi Minchev Slavia Sofia 16
4 Bulgaria Anton Milkov Botev Plovdiv 14
5 Bulgaria Ivan Petrov Marek Dupnitsa 13
6 Bulgaria Spas Dzhevizov CSKA Sofia 12
7 Bulgaria Atanas Mihaylov Lokomotiv Sofia 11
Bulgaria Krasimir Manolov Akademik Sofia
Bulgaria Georgi Todorov Levski Sofia
10 Bulgaria Yordan Yordanov Levski Sofia 10
Bulgaria Sasho Angelov Botev Vratsa
Bulgaria Yordan Hristov Sliven
Bulgaria Sasho Momchilov Akademik Svishtov

References
  1. "Армията на генерал Шпайдел – отзад катеначо, отпред Бате Начо" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 2 March 2013.
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