1979–80 A Group

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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

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It was contested by 16 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) 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

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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

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CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
  Georgi Velinov 21 0(0)
  Yordan Filipov 09 0(0)
Defenders
  Georgi Dimitrov 23 0(1)
  Tsonyo Vasilev 21 0(0)
  Angel Rangelov 30 0(0)
  Vasil Tinchev 09 0(0)
  Ivan Zafirov 26 0(0)
  Dinko Dimitrov 03 0(0)
  Angel Kalburov 18 0(0)
  Hristo Topalov 12 0(0)
Midfielders
  Plamen Markov 30 0(5)
  Krasimir Goranov 24 0(0)
  Vasil Simov 09 0(0)
  Dimitar Aleksiev 03 0(0)
  Tsvetan Yonchev 27 0(4)
  Metodi Tomanov 05 0(0)
  Ivan Metodiev 24 0(5)
Forwards
  Spas Dzhevizov 28 (21)
  Mario Valkov 22 0(6)
  Tsvetan Danov 02 0(0)
  Nikola Hristov 26 (13)
  Georgi Slavkov 09 0(5)
  Dimitar Dimitrov 04 0(0)
Manager
  Asparuh Nikodimov

Top scorers

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

Awards

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Team of the Season

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

References

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  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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