1973–74 A Group

The 1973–74 A Group was the 26th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1973–74
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(12th title)
Relegated
European CupLevski
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored632 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerPetko Petkov
(20 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 21 5 4 58 30 +28 47 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 19 8 3 54 27 +27 46 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 13 8 9 49 36 +13 34 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 30 13 7 10 38 30 +8 33
5 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 12 9 9 35 32 +3 33
6 Akademik Sofia 30 11 10 9 37 38 −1 32
7 Botev Vratsa 30 12 6 12 42 48 −6 30
8 Slavia Sofia 30 10 8 12 36 33 +3 28
9 Cherno More Varna 30 11 6 13 42 42 0 28
10 Botev Plovdiv 30 7 13 10 36 42 −6 27
11 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 11 5 14 29 43 −14 27
12 Yantra Gabrovo 30 10 5 15 40 49 −9 25
13 Minyor Pernik 30 7 11 12 28 45 −17 25
14 Spartak Pleven 30 7 10 13 32 43 −11 24
15 Beroe Stara Zagora (R) 30 7 7 16 50 46 +4 21 Relegation to 1974–75 B Group
16 Spartak Varna (R) 30 7 6 17 26 48 −22 20
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away AKD BSZ BPD BVR CHM CSK ETA LEV LPL LSO MIN PIR SLA SPL SPV YAN
Akademik Sofia 0–2 4–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1
Beroe Stara Zagora 2–2 1–1 8–1 3–1 3–3 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 8–0 1–2 0–0 6–2 4–0 1–2
Botev Plovdiv 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–2
Botev Vratsa 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–4 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–1 5–1 3–1 0–0 5–0 2–1
Cherno More 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–3 2–4 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–1
CSKA Sofia 0–0 1–0 4–2 1–0 4–3 2–0 0–1 3–2 0–1 5–1 4–0 2–1 2–2 4–3 2–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 3–2 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1
Levski Sofia 1–2 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 6–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 5–1 1–3 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 7–5
Lokomotiv Sofia 1–1 6–1 4–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–6 4–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0
Minyor Pernik 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1
Slavia Sofia 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–1
Spartak Pleven 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 3–1 4–1
Spartak Varna 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 1–0
Yantra Gabrovo 0–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 3–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions
Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Stefan Staykov270(0)
Bulgaria Biser Mihaylov040(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Georgi Ganev020(0)
Bulgaria Kiril Ivkov280(2)
Bulgaria Georgi Todorov190(0)
Bulgaria Dobromir Zhechev270(1)
Bulgaria Stefan Aladzhov270(0)
Bulgaria Toni Dzheferski040(0)
Bulgaria Milko Gaydarski230(0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Stefan Pavlov300(3)
Bulgaria Georgi Dobrev150(0)
Bulgaria Voyn Voynov290(8)
Bulgaria Tsvetan Veselinov190(6)
Bulgaria Ivan Stoyanov260(1)
Bulgaria Vasil Mitkov210(5)
Forwards
Bulgaria Emil Spasov010(0)
Bulgaria Pavel Panov28(11)
Bulgaria Georgi Tsvetkov170(7)
Bulgaria Kiril Milanov29(12)
Bulgaria Chavdar Trifonov100(1)
Manager
Bulgaria Dimitar Doychinov

Top scorers
Petko Petkov - top scorer of the season
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Petko Petkov Beroe Stara Zagora 20
2 Bulgaria Stefan Bogomilov Cherno More Varna 19
3 Bulgaria Dimitar Tsekov Etar Veliko Tarnovo 17
4 Bulgaria Georgi Vasilev Lokomotiv Plovdiv 15
Bulgaria Krasen Marinov Yantra Gabrovo
6 Bulgaria Hristo Bonev Lokomotiv Plovdiv 14
7 Bulgaria Georgi Kamenov Botev Vratsa 13
Bulgaria Dinko Dermendzhiev Botev Plovdiv
9 Bulgaria Kiril Milanov Levski Sofia 12
Bulgaria Atanas Mihaylov Lokomotiv Sofia
Bulgaria Georgi Minchev Spartak Varna

References
  1. "ЦСКА детронира еврошампиона, Левски сваля червените от върха" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 2 February 2013.
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