1973–74 A Group

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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

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It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski 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 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

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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

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Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
  Stefan Staykov 27 0(0)
  Biser Mihaylov 04 0(0)
Defenders
  Georgi Ganev 02 0(0)
  Kiril Ivkov 28 0(2)
  Georgi Todorov 19 0(0)
  Dobromir Zhechev 27 0(1)
  Stefan Aladzhov 27 0(0)
  Toni Dzheferski 04 0(0)
  Milko Gaydarski 23 0(0)
Midfielders
  Stefan Pavlov 30 0(3)
  Georgi Dobrev 15 0(0)
  Voyn Voynov 29 0(8)
  Tsvetan Veselinov 19 0(6)
  Ivan Stoyanov 26 0(1)
  Vasil Mitkov 21 0(5)
Forwards
  Emil Spasov 01 0(0)
  Pavel Panov 28 (11)
  Georgi Tsvetkov 17 0(7)
  Kiril Milanov 29 (12)
  Chavdar Trifonov 10 0(1)
Manager
  Dimitar Doychinov

Top scorers

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

References

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