1978–79 A Group

The 1978–79 A Group was the 31st season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1978–79
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(14th title)
Relegated
European CupLevski
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored626 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerRusi Gochev
(19 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 18 7 5 54 29 +25 43 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 14 12 4 49 26 +23 40 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 14 9 7 35 22 +13 37
4 Slavia Sofia 30 16 4 10 52 33 +19 36
5 Chernomorets Burgas 30 13 8 9 45 43 +2 34
6 Marek Dupnitsa 30 13 7 10 42 39 +3 33
7 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 14 5 11 45 47 −2 33 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
8 Botev Plovdiv 30 9 11 10 45 45 0 29
9 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 9 11 10 37 39 −2 29
10 Cherno More Varna 30 8 10 12 29 40 −11 26
11 Spartak Pleven 30 9 7 14 25 27 −2 25
12 Botev Vratsa 30 9 7 14 36 42 −6 25
13 Sliven 30 8 9 13 35 42 −7 25
14 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 10 4 16 35 43 −8 24
15 Akademik Sofia (R) 30 6 10 14 27 50 −23 22 Relegation to 1979–80 B Group
16 Haskovo (R) 30 7 5 18 35 59 −24 19
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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

Champions
Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Stefan Staykov110(0)
Bulgaria Tomas Lafchis190(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Nikolay Grancharov270(3)
Bulgaria Dimitar Enchev160(1)
Bulgaria Vladimir Nikolchev190(1)
Bulgaria Plamen Nikolov270(0)
Bulgaria Stefan Aladzhov260(0)
Bulgaria Ivan Tishanski130(0)
Bulgaria Valeri Grekov010(0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Angel Stankov200(3)
Bulgaria Todor Barzov290(2)
Bulgaria Voyn Voynov200(4)
Bulgaria Yuliyan Kolev060(0)
Bulgaria Branimir Kochev120(0)
Bulgaria Krasimir Borisov180(1)
Bulgaria Emil Spasov210(2)
Forwards
Bulgaria Pavel Panov28(12)
Bulgaria Georgi Todorov070(1)
Bulgaria Anton Milkov080(3)
Bulgaria Yordan Yordanov190(7)
Bulgaria Rusi Gochev19(14)
Manager
Bulgaria Ivan Vutsov

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Rusi Gochev Levski Sofia
(5 goals for Chernomorets)		 19
2 Bulgaria Chavdar Tsvetkov Slavia Sofia 18
3 Bulgaria Spas Dzhevizov CSKA Sofia 15
4 Bulgaria Andrey Zhelyazkov Slavia Sofia 13
Bulgaria Ivan Petrov Marek Dupnitsa
6 Bulgaria Atanas Mihaylov Lokomotiv Sofia 12
Bulgaria Pavel Panov Levski Sofia
Bulgaria Georgi Slavkov Botev Plovdiv
9 Bulgaria Stoycho Mladenov Beroe Stara Zagora 11
Bulgaria Alyosha Dimitrov Akademik Sofia
Bulgaria Sasho Georgiev Haskovo

References
  1. "Бургаски дрибльор води Левски към дубъл, Паро сърба горчива попара" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 9 March 2013.
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