The 1959–60 A Group was the 12th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1959–60
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(10th title)
RelegatedSpartak Pleven
European CupCSKA Sofia
Matches played132
Goals scored338 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer (12 goals each)

Overview

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It was contested by 12 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.[1]

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (C) 22 12 8 2 42 18 +24 32 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Levski Sofia 22 11 6 5 32 22 +10 28
3 Lokomotiv Sofia 22 7 9 6 31 22 +9 23
4 Slavia Sofia 22 7 9 6 30 28 +2 23
5 Septemvri Sofia 22 7 8 7 34 31 +3 22
6 Minyor Pernik 22 8 6 8 27 25 +2 22
7 Botev Plovdiv 22 8 5 9 30 31 −1 21
8 Dunav Ruse 22 7 6 9 29 34 −5 20
9 Spartak Plovdiv 22 4 12 6 21 28 −7 20
10 Spartak Varna 22 6 8 8 27 38 −11 20
11 Spartak Sofia 22 5 9 8 21 29 −8 19
12 Spartak Pleven (R) 22 3 8 11 14 32 −18 14 Relegation to 1960–61 B Group
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BPD CSK DUN LEV LSO MIN SEP SLA SPL SPD SSF SPV
Botev Plovdiv 1–1 2–1 1–3 3–1 4–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
CSKA Sofia 0–0 5–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 7–1
Dunav Ruse 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 3–0
Levski Sofia 2–3 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 4–0 1–1 0–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 2–1 0–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–2
Minyor Pernik 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–0
Septemvri Sofia 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–4 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–2
Slavia Sofia 3–3 0–0 3–3 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–1
Spartak Pleven 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–3 2–8 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–1
Spartak Plovdiv 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
Spartak Sofia 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–5 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–0
Spartak Varna 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–2 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 4–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Dimitar Yordanov Levski Sofia 12
  Lyuben Kostov Spartak Varna
3   Dimitar Yakimov Septemvri Sofia 11
  Tsvetan Milev Septemvri Sofia
5   Vasil Razsolkov Dunav Ruse 10

References

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  1. ^ "Бенефисът на Стевето и дебютът на Гунди" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 27 October 2012. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
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