1971–72 A Group

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The 1971–72 A Group was the 24th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1971–72
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(16th title)
Relegated
European CupCSKA
UEFA Cup
Matches played306
Goals scored868 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorerPetar Zhekov
(27 goals)

Overview

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It was contested by 18 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) 34 26 6 2 95 28 +67 58 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Levski Sofia 34 22 6 6 68 26 +42 50 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Beroe Stara Zagora 34 18 6 10 61 46 +15 42
4 Slavia Sofia 34 15 9 10 50 43 +7 39 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Lokomotiv Sofia 34 13 12 9 47 34 +13 38
6 Botev Plovdiv 34 14 7 13 54 47 +7 35
7 Botev Vratsa 34 13 5 16 62 64 −2 31
8 Cherno More Varna 34 13 5 16 53 60 −7 31
9 Dunav Ruse 34 12 7 15 38 50 −12 31
10 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 34 7 16 11 32 44 −12 30
11 Akademik Sofia 34 11 7 16 37 45 −8 29
12 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 34 11 7 16 39 54 −15 29
13 Spartak Pleven 34 11 7 16 40 61 −21 29
14 Chernomorets Burgas[a] 34 11 8 15 47 49 −2 28
15 Spartak Varna 34 10 8 16 45 50 −5 28
16 Tundzha Yambol 34 11 6 17 35 50 −15 28
17 Marek Dupnitsa (R) 34 10 6 18 31 65 −34 26 Relegation to 1972–73 B Group
18 Yantra Gabrovo[b] (R) 34 10 8 16 34 52 −18 22
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 2 points deducted
  2. ^ 6 points deducted

Results

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Home \ Away AKD BSZ BPD BVR CHM CHB CSK DUN ETA LEV LPL LSO MAR SLA SPL SPV TUN YAN
Akademik Sofia 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–4 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0
Beroe Stara Zagora 1–0 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 6–2 2–0 4–0 4–1 1–0 3–2
Botev Plovdiv 1–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 4–0 3–4 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1
Botev Vratsa 4–0 2–0 3–1 6–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 4–0 0–3 3–0 2–1 3–3 2–1 5–1 4–3 6–1 1–1
Cherno More 2–1 0–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 5–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–0
Chernomorets Burgas 2–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 5–2 1–2 4–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–4
CSKA Sofia 5–2 4–2 3–2 8–1 4–0 3–0 4–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 6–1 0–0 6–1 3–1 5–1 5–1
Dunav Ruse 1–1 2–4 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 4–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 1–0 3–0 4–3 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–4 3–2 0–3 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–1
Levski Sofia 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 2–4 0–0 6–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 4–1 4–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–2 3–1
Marek Dupnitsa 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1
Slavia Sofia 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–3 5–2 4–1 0–6 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 3–0
Spartak Pleven 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 4–0 2–1 0–3 2–2 0–0 5–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0
Spartak Varna 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 5–2 0–3 2–0 3–1 0–3 0–0 1–3 4–0 0–0 6–0 2–0 1–0
Tundzha Yambol 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–1
Yantra Gabrovo 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–5 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

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CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
  Stoyan Yordanov 18 0(0)
  Yordan Filipov 17 0(0)
  Petar Topchev 01 0(0)
Defenders
  Kiril Stankov 32 0(0)
  Dimitar Penev 32 0(1)
  Ivan Zafirov 31 0(0)
  Todor Simov 05 0(1)
  Boris Gaganelov 34 0(0)
  Bozhil Kolev 29 (10)
  Iliya Chalev 01 0(0)
Midfielders
  Borislav Sredkov 14 0(5)
  Asparuh Nikodimov 33 0(7)
  Plamen Yankov 20 0(1)
  Georgi Denev 29 (15)
  Tsvetan Atanasov 28 0(7)
  Stoil Trankov 14 0(2)
Forwards
  Petar Zhekov 33 (27)
  Petar Radkov 01 0(0)
  Dimitar Marashliev 30 (12)
  Totko Dremsizov 17 0(5)
  Dimitar Yakimov 09 0(2)
Manager
  Manol Manolov

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Petar Zhekov CSKA Sofia 27
2   Petko Petkov Beroe Stara Zagora 26
3   Stefan Bogomilov Cherno More Varna 24
4   Georgi Kamenov Botev Vratsa 23
5   Georgi Tsvetkov Levski Sofia 17
6   Dinko Dermendzhiev Botev Plovdiv 16
7   Georgi Denev CSKA Sofia 15
  Vasil Mitkov Levski Sofia
  Georgi Lukanov Etar Veliko Tarnovo
  Yordan Yordanov Tundzha Yambol

References

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  1. ^ "Зума никога не става шампион заради любимката на Тато" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 19 January 2013. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
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