The 1983–84 A Group was the 36th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1983–84
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(15th title)
RelegatedLokomotiv Plovdiv, Haskovo
European CupLevski Sofia
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored683 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerEduard Eranosyan
(19 goals)

Overview edit

It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship. In addition, Levski became the first Bulgarian club to win a treble this season.

League standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levski Sofia (C) 30 19 9 2 64 29 +35 47 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 18 9 3 72 24 +48 45 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Spartak Varna 30 13 5 12 41 37 +4 31
4 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 11 9 10 38 40 −2 31
5 Chernomorets Burgas 30 12 7 11 43 47 −4 31
6 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 11 8 11 35 29 +6 30
7 Sliven 30 10 10 10 39 37 +2 30 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
8 Botev Vratsa 30 10 10 10 31 32 −1 30
9 Trakia Plovdiv 30 11 7 12 64 58 +6 29 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
10 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 30 13 2 15 47 48 −1 28
11 Shumen 30 11 5 14 35 46 −11 27
12 Belasitsa Petrich 30 11 5 14 25 49 −24 27
13 Cherno More Varna 30 9 8 13 36 43 −7 26
14 Slavia Sofia 30 10 5 15 40 38 +2 25
15 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (R) 30 10 4 16 43 63 −20 24 Relegation to 1984–85 B Group
16 Haskovo (R) 30 7 5 18 30 63 −33 19
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Trakia Plovdiv qualified for Cup Winners' Cup as a finalists in the 1983–84 Bulgarian Cup

Results edit

Home \ Away BEL BSZ BVR CHM CHB CSK ETA HAS LEV LPL LSO SHU SLA SLI SPV TRA
Belasitsa Petrich 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1
Beroe Stara Zagora 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1
Botev Vratsa 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 4–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 2–0 2–1
Cherno More 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–4 0–3 0–1 4–0 0–0 3–1 1–4 5–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–2
Chernomorets Burgas 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2
CSKA Sofia 6–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 7–0 1–0 4–0 1–3 8–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 6–1 5–0 3–2
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 5–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 3–2
Haskovo 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 4–3
Levski Sofia 5–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 5–3 2–0 3–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 4–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–2 4–1 3–2 0–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–3 1–2
Lokomotiv Sofia 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
Shumen 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–2 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Slavia Sofia 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 7–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 6–3
Sliven 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0
Spartak Varna 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–1
Trakia Plovdiv 7–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 1–3 4–1 5–3 2–2 4–2 1–1 6–1 0–1 1–1 2–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions edit

Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
  Borislav Mihaylov 30 0(0)
  Vlado Delchev 03 0(0)
Defenders
  Lyuben Kolev 01 0(0)
  Nikolay Iliev 28 0(0)
  Krasimir Koev 16 0(0)
  Plamen Nikolov 26 0(1)
  Veselin Balevski 16 0(0)
  Stoil Georgiev 01 0(0)
  Stoyko Parpulov 00 0(0)
  Petar Petrov 29 0(0)
Midfielders
  Emil Velev 21 0(3)
  Krasimir Chavdarov 27 0(3)
  Grigor Grigorov 09 0(1)
  Plamen Tsvetkov 21 0(5)
  Bozhidar Iskrenov 29 0(7)
  Rusi Gochev 21 0(4)
Forwards
  Emil Spasov 30 (16)
  Nasko Sirakov 17 0(2)
  Hristo Denchev 04 0(0)
  Mihail Valchev 28 (13)
  Petar Kurdov 26 0(9)
Manager
  Vasil Metodiev

Top scorers edit

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Eduard Eranosyan Lokomotiv Plovdiv 19
2   Stoycho Mladenov CSKA Sofia 18
3   Nikola Spasov Cherno More 17
  Spas Dzhevizov CSKA Sofia
  Georgi Slavkov CSKA Sofia
6   Emil Spasov Levski Sofia 16
7   Kostadin Kostadinov Trakia Plovdiv 15
8   Georgi Madzharov Chernomorets Burges 14
9   Krasimir Manolov Shumen 13
  Mihail Valchev Levski Sofia
  Vladimir Stoyanov Chernomorets Burges
12   Boycho Velichkov Lokomotiv Sofia 12
  Petar Aleksandrov Slavia Sofia
  Stefan Naydenov JSK Spartak Varna

References edit