1957 A Group

The 1957 A Group was the ninth season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1957
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(7th title)
European CupCSKA Sofia
Matches played132
Goals scored367 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorerHristo Iliev
(14 goals)
← 1956
1958 →

Overview

It was contested by 12 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) 22 15 4 3 53 16 +37 34 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Lokomotiv Sofia 22 16 1 5 33 19 +14 33
3 Levski Sofia 22 12 6 4 46 21 +25 30
4 Spartak Pleven 22 8 8 6 28 28 0 24
5 Minyor Pernik 22 8 6 8 30 26 +4 22
6 Slavia Sofia 22 7 6 9 38 39 −1 20
7 Spartak Plovdiv 22 7 5 10 33 41 −8 19
8 Botev Plovdiv 22 6 7 9 22 33 −11 19
9 Cherno More Varna 22 5 8 9 19 24 −5 18
10 Spartak Varna 22 6 6 10 23 31 −8 18
11 Spartak Sofia (R) 22 4 8 10 22 35 −13 16 Relegation to 1958 B Group
12 Marek Dupnitsa (R) 22 2 7 13 20 54 −34 11
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away BPD CHM CSK LEV LSO MAR MIN SLA SPL SPD SSF SPV
Botev Plovdiv 1–0 0–3 0–4 1–2 0–0 2–3 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–0
Cherno More 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0
CSKA Sofia 2–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 5–2 5–1 4–1
Levski Sofia 0–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 6–0 4–2 2–2 4–0 3–1 6–1 3–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 5–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–2
Marek Dupnitsa 2–3 1–0 2–6 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–4 2–2 4–0 0–0 0–1
Minyor Pernik 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 5–0 2–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1
Slavia Sofia 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–3 0–1 4–5 1–1 3–0
Spartak Pleven 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1
Spartak Plovdiv 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 5–0 3–1 2–0 3–3 3–2 1–1
Spartak Sofia 1–1 3–0 1–4 0–0 0–1 4–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Spartak Varna 3–1 3–0 1–4 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions
CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Georgi Naydenov150(0)
Bulgaria Hristo Andonov070(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Georgi Tsvetkov060(0)
Bulgaria Kiril Rakarov190(1)
Bulgaria Georgi Enisheynov060(0)
Bulgaria Manol Manolov220(0)
Bulgaria Nikola Kovachev190(1)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Gavril Stoyanov170(2)
Bulgaria Stefan Bozhkov200(4)
Bulgaria Petar Aleksiev060(0)
Forwards
Bulgaria Krum Yanev190(6)
Bulgaria Dimitar Milanov19(13)
Bulgaria Pavel Vladimirov070(2)
Bulgaria Georgi Dimitrov21(10)
Bulgaria Ivan Kolev130(4)
Bulgaria Stefan Stefanov030(0)
Bulgaria Petar Mihaylov080(4)
Bulgaria Panayot Panayotov180(6)
Manager
Bulgaria Krum Milev

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Hristo Iliev Levski Sofia 14
2 Bulgaria Dimitar Yordanov Levski Sofia 13
Bulgaria Dimitar Milanov CSKA Sofia
4 Bulgaria Dobromir Tashkov Slavia Sofia 11
Bulgaria Spiro Debarski Lokomotiv Sofia
6 Bulgaria Stoyan Stamov Lokomotiv Sofia 10
Bulgaria Georgi Dimitrov CSKA Sofia
Bulgaria Dimo Pechenikov Levski Sofia
Bulgaria Todor Diev Spartak Plovdiv
Bulgaria Stoyan Zdravkov Spartak Pleven

References
  1. "С 4-2-4 Врабчо изпреварва бразилците, но не и ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 6 October 2012.
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