1988–89 A Group

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The 1988–89 A Group was the 41st season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.[1] The campaign was won by CSKA Sofia, ten points ahead of Levski Sofia.[2] Spartak Varna and Minyor Pernik were relegated.

Bulgarian A Group
Season1988–89
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(25th title)
Relegated
European CupCSKA Sofia
UEFA CupLevski Sofia
Matches played240
Goals scored642 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerHristo Stoichkov
(23 goals)

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 1988–89 Bulgarian A Group teams
Sofia 1988–89 A Group football clubs
Team City Stadium Capacity
Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe 18,000
Cherno More Varna Yuri Gagarin
Ticha
35,000
8,000
CSKA Sofia Narodna Armia 26,000
Dunav Ruse Gradski
Dunav
22,000
12,000
Etar Veliko Tarnovo Ivaylo 15,000
Levski Sofia Levski
Rakovski
40,000
18,000
Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Dimitar Dyulgerov 14,000
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv
Deveti Septemvri
13,000
50,000
Lokomotiv Sofia Vasil Levski National Stadium 60,000
Minyor Pernik Minyor 16,000
Pirin Blagoevgrad Hristo Botev (Blagoevgrad) 15,000
Slavia Sofia Slavia 25,000
Sliven Sliven Hadzhi Dimitar 15,000
Spartak Varna Spartak 12,000
Trakia Plovdiv Hristo Botev (Plovdiv) 30,000
Vratsa Vratsa Hristo Botev (Vratsa) 25,000

Personnel

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Team Manager Captain
Beroe   Petko Petkov   Petko Tenev
Cherno More   Bozhil Kolev   Todor Marev
CSKA   Dimitar Penev   Georgi Dimitrov
Dunav   Simeon Simeonov   Borislav Bogomilov
Etar   Georgi Vasilev   Emil Dimitrov
Levski   Vasil Metodiev   Petar Petrov
Lokomotiv GO   Todor Velev   Angel Minchev
Lokomotiv Plovdiv   Stancho Bonchev   Ayan Sadakov
Lokomotiv Sofia   Atanas Mihaylov   Stoycho Stoev
Minyor   Evlogi Banchev   Rumen Andonov
Pirin   Boris Nikolov   Petar Tsvetkov
Slavia   Hristo Mladenov   Antonio Ananiev
Sliven   Lyudmil Goranov   Tenko Dobrev
Spartak Varna   Blagoy Kalfov   Zhivko Gospodinov
Trakia   Ivan Gluhchev   Dimitar Mladenov
Vratsa   Petar Kamenov   Emil Marinov

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia[a] (C) 30 20 9 1 86 24 +62 49 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Levski Sofia 30 17 5 8 63 38 +25 39 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 30 13 8 9 48 30 +18 34 Qualification for Intertoto Cup
4 Trakia Plovdiv 30 12 9 9 49 36 +13 33
5 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 13 7 10 41 46 −5 33
6 Dunav Ruse 30 12 7 11 29 32 −3 31
7 Cherno More Varna 30 10 10 10 33 43 −10 30
8 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 12 4 14 36 34 +2 28
9 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 12 3 15 34 33 +1 27
10 Sliven 30 11 5 14 38 39 −1 27
11 Slavia Sofia 30 8 10 12 32 36 −4 26
12 Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 30 11 4 15 26 45 −19 26
13 Vratsa 30 9 8 13 32 53 −21 26
14 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 10 6 14 31 55 −24 26
15 Spartak Varna (R) 30 7 9 14 37 54 −17 23 Relegation to 1989–90 B Group and
Qualification for Intertoto Cup
16 Minyor Pernik (R) 30 8 6 16 27 44 −17 22 Relegation to 1989–90 B Group
Source: RSSSF - Bulgaria Championship History 1924-2009
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored; 7th head-to-head away goals scored;
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The champion CSKA Sofia also won the Bulgarian Cup and the losing finalists of B Group side Chernomorets Burgas were handed the 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup Preliminary round spot.

Results

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Home \ Away BSZ CHM CSK DUN ETA LEV LGO LPL LSO MIN PIR SLA SLI SPV TRA VRA
Beroe Stara Zagora 3–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 3–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–3
Cherno More 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 6–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
CSKA Sofia 4–2 6–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 7–1 7–0 4–2 6–0 2–0 4–1 7–1 4–0 1–1 5–1
Dunav Ruse 0–0 2–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 4–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 4–2 4–1 0–0
Levski Sofia 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 4–3 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–2 2–0 5–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 6–0
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 1–2 1–0 0–3 0–1 0–4 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 3–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–4 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 2–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–1
Minyor Pernik 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 4–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–4 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 1–2
Slavia Sofia 5–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–1
Sliven 3–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 5–1 2–0 3–0
Spartak Varna 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–3 2–2 2–2
Trakia Plovdiv 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 4–2 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–3 4–2 4–0
Vratsa 0–0 4–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–4 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 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
  Iliya Valov 23 0(0)
  Rumen Apostolov 10 0(0)
Defenders
  Nedyalko Mladenov 22 0(0)
  Stefan Bachev 28 0(1)
  Krasimir Bezinski 25 0(0)
  Georgi Dimitrov 22 0(2)
  Kiril Kachamanov 12 0(0)
  Trifon Ivanov 29 0(3)
Midfielders
  Georgi Georgiev 24 0(4)
  Kostadin Yanchev 21 0(1)
  Ivaylo Kirov 26 0(4)
  Petar Vitanov 24 0(3)
  Lachezar Tanev 14 0(3)
Forwards
  Hristo Stoichkov 26 (23)
  Emil Kostadinov 29 (12)
  Doncho Donev 12 0(1)
  Lyuboslav Penev 22 (21)
  Plamen Getov* 11 0(8)
  Rumen Stoyanov 03 0(0)
Manager
  Dimitar Penev
  • Getov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Hristo Stoichkov CSKA Sofia 23
2   Lyuboslav Penev CSKA Sofia 21
3   Vasil Dragolov Levski Sofia 18
4   Preslav Getov Etar Veliko Tarnovo 14
  Nikolay Petrunov Pirin Blagoevgrad
6   Plamen Kazakov Spartak Varna 13
7   Emil Kostadinov CSKA Sofia 12
  Petar Aleksandrov Slavia Sofia
  Rosen Krumov Levski Sofia
10   Antim Pehlivanov Botev Plovdiv 11
  Myumyun Kashmer Beroe Stara Zagora

References

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  1. ^ "Рекордни 4 купи за ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). bgfootball.com. 7 June 2013. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. ^ "А група - Сезон 1988/89" (in Bulgarian). a-pfg.com.
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