The 1977–78 A Group was the 30th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1977–78
ChampionsLokomotiv Sofia
(4th title)
Relegated
European CupLokomotiv Sofia
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored623 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerStoycho Mladenov
(21 goals)

Overview

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It was contested by 16 teams, and Lokomotiv Sofia won the championship which became [1] the team’s fourth title overall.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lokomotiv Sofia (C) 30 16 10 4 40 16 +24 42 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 18 5 7 60 35 +25 41 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Levski Sofia 30 15 8 7 53 30 +23 38
4 Botev Plovdiv 30 13 6 11 39 36 +3 32
5 Slavia Sofia 30 12 6 12 54 35 +19 30
6 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 12 5 13 37 37 0 29
7 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 12 5 13 32 40 −8 29
8 Akademik Sofia 30 10 8 12 34 38 −4 28
9 Cherno More Varna 30 8 12 10 27 34 −7 28
10 Chernomorets Burgas 30 11 5 14 44 43 +1 27
11 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 11 5 14 33 41 −8 27
12 Sliven 30 11 5 14 36 51 −15 27
13 Botev Vratsa 30 11 5 14 31 56 −25 27
14 Marek Dupnitsa 30 11 4 15 37 40 −3 26 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
15 Spartak Varna (R) 30 11 3 16 30 46 −16 25 Relegation to 1978–79 B Group
16 Akademik Svishtov (R) 30 9 6 15 36 45 −9 24
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ASF ASV BSZ BPD BVR CHM CHB CSK LEV LPL LSO MAR PIR SLA SLI SPV
Akademik Sofia 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 2–4 0–0 6–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–6 2–4 1–0
Akademik Svishtov 3–2 2–3 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 5–1
Beroe Stara Zagora 0–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 0–1
Botev Plovdiv 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0
Botev Vratsa 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–0
Cherno More 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0
Chernomorets Burgas 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–1
CSKA Sofia 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 5–2 3–1 2–1 2–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 4–0 3–1 3–0
Levski Sofia 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 5–0 4–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 1–2 3–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 4–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 5–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 1–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 5–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–3 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 3–0
Marek Dupnitsa 1–1 4–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad 1–0 5–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 3–0 2–4 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Slavia Sofia 1–1 2–1 4–3 3–0 6–2 0–2 4–0 1–0 1–1 6–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 8–1 3–1
Sliven 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0
Spartak Varna 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

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Lokomotiv Sofia
Goalkeepers
  Rumyancho Goranov 24 0(0)
  Nikolay Donev 07 0(0)
  Vasil Elenkov 01 0(0)
Defenders
  Boko Dimitrov 29 0(0)
  Sasho Kostov 14 0(0)
  Nasko Zhelev 01 0(0)
  Georgi Bonev 29 0(0)
  Yordan Stoykov 29 0(1)
  Georgi Stefanov 29 0(0)
Midfielders
  Angel Kolev 28 0(8)
  Valentin Svilenov 10 0(0)
  Radoslav Zdravkov 22 0(2)
  Ventsislav Arsov 30 0(4)
  Lyuben Traykov 24 0(3)
  Traycho Sokolov 26 0(5)
Forwards
  Boycho Velichkov 22 0(5)
  Nikola Spasov 13 0(0)
  Atanas Mihaylov 27 (11)
  Rumen Manolov 06 0(0)
Manager
  Vasil Metodiev

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Stoycho Mladenov Beroe Stara Zagora 21
2   Andrey Zhelyazkov Slavia Sofia 18
3   Georgi Minchev Slavia Sofia 16
4   Anton Milkov Botev Plovdiv 14
5   Ivan Petrov Marek Dupnitsa 13
6   Spas Dzhevizov CSKA Sofia 12
7   Atanas Mihaylov Lokomotiv Sofia 11
  Krasimir Manolov Akademik Sofia
  Georgi Todorov Levski Sofia
10   Yordan Yordanov Levski Sofia 10
  Sasho Angelov Botev Vratsa
  Yordan Hristov Sliven
  Sasho Momchilov Akademik Svishtov

References

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  1. ^ "Армията на генерал Шпайдел – отзад катеначо, отпред Бате Начо" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 2 March 2013.
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