1979–80 A Group

The 1979–80 A Group was the 32nd season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1979–80
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(20th title)
Relegated
European CupCSKA
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored632 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerSpas Dzhevizov
(21 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 18 10 2 60 30 +30 46 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Slavia Sofia 30 21 3 6 66 27 +39 45 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Levski Sofia 30 15 7 8 45 38 +7 37 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 13 8 9 49 37 +12 34
5 Trakia Plovdiv 30 14 5 11 39 38 +1 33
6 Marek Dupnitsa 30 11 9 10 51 42 +9 31
7 Cherno More Varna 30 9 13 8 36 33 +3 31
8 Minyor Pernik 30 11 6 13 31 46 −15 28
9 Chernomorets Burgas 30 12 3 15 39 42 −3 27
10 Botev Vratsa 30 10 6 14 35 43 −8 26
11 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 7 12 11 32 43 −11 26
12 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 9 7 14 27 34 −7 25
13 Sliven 30 8 9 13 32 43 −11 25
14 Spartak Pleven 30 7 10 13 26 39 −13 24
15 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (R) 30 6 10 14 33 52 −19 22 Relegation to 1980–81 B Group
16 Etar Veliko Tarnovo (R) 30 7 6 17 31 45 −14 20
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away BSZ BVR CHM CHB CSK ETA LEV LPL LSO MAR MIN PIR SLA SLI SPL TRA
Beroe Stara Zagora 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 3–0 3–1 4–3 2–2 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 4–2
Botev Vratsa 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 3–2
Cherno More 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–2
Chernomorets Burgas 1–2 3–0 2–3 2–3 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
CSKA Sofia 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 6–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 7–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1
Levski Sofia 1–0 4–2 2–2 1–0 2–3 2–0 3–0 5–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 5–3 3–0 0–4 0–0 1–0 0–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 1–1 4–2 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–2
Marek Dupnitsa 3–2 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 3–3 2–1 7–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 6–0 1–1 5–1
Minyor Pernik 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–3 1–1 1–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2–4 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0
Slavia Sofia 2–0 4–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 4–3 2–0 3–2 5–1 4–1 4–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 4–0
Sliven 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–3 3–3 0–0
Spartak Pleven 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0
Trakia Plovdiv 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–3 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions
CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Georgi Velinov210(0)
Bulgaria Yordan Filipov090(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Georgi Dimitrov230(1)
Bulgaria Tsonyo Vasilev210(0)
Bulgaria Angel Rangelov300(0)
Bulgaria Vasil Tinchev090(0)
Bulgaria Ivan Zafirov260(0)
Bulgaria Dinko Dimitrov030(0)
Bulgaria Angel Kalburov180(0)
Bulgaria Hristo Topalov120(0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Plamen Markov300(5)
Bulgaria Krasimir Goranov240(0)
Bulgaria Vasil Simov090(0)
Bulgaria Dimitar Aleksiev030(0)
Bulgaria Tsvetan Yonchev270(4)
Bulgaria Metodi Tomanov050(0)
Bulgaria Ivan Metodiev240(5)
Forwards
Bulgaria Spas Dzhevizov28(21)
Bulgaria Mario Valkov220(6)
Bulgaria Tsvetan Danov020(0)
Bulgaria Nikola Hristov26(13)
Bulgaria Georgi Slavkov090(5)
Bulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov040(0)
Manager
Bulgaria Asparuh Nikodimov

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Spas Dzhevizov CSKA Sofia 21
2 Bulgaria Andrey Zhelyazkov Slavia Sofia 19
3 Bulgaria Chavdar Tsvetkov Slavia Sofia 18
4 Bulgaria Ivan Petrov Marek Dupnitsa 14
5 Bulgaria Nikola Hristov CSKA Sofia 13
6 Bulgaria Petko Petkov Beroe Stara Zagora 12
Bulgaria Tsonko Simeonov Sliven
8 Bulgaria Krasimir Manolov Trakia Plovdiv 11
Bulgaria Rafi Rafiev Cherno More
Bulgaria Blagoy Krastanov Spartak Pleven

Awards

Team of the Season
Team of the Season (by newspaper Naroden Sport)[2]
Goalkeeper Bulgaria Hristo Hristov (Pirin)
Defence Bulgaria Ivan Ilchev (Chernomorets) Bulgaria Bozhil Kolev (Cherno More) Bulgaria Boko Dimitrov (Lokomotiv Sofia) Bulgaria Evlogi Banchev (Minyor)
Midfield Bulgaria Venelin Toshkov (Botev Vratsa) Bulgaria Andrey Zhelyazkov (Slavia) Bulgaria Valentin Maldzhanski (Botev Vratsa)
Attack Bulgaria Georgi Iliev (Chernomorets) Bulgaria Petko Petkov (Beroe) Bulgaria Chavdar Tsvetkov (Slavia)

References
  1. "Жужо и Чаво губят дуела с полковник" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 16 March 2013.
  2. "Football'81" (PDF). retro-football.bg (in Bulgarian).
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