1996–97 A Group

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The 1996–97 A Group was the 49th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1996–97
Dates9 August 1996 – 1 June 1997
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(28th title)
Relegated
Champions LeagueCSKA
UEFA CupNeftochimic
Matches played240
Goals scored705 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorerTodor Pramatarov
(26 goals)

Overview

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It was contested by 16 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) 30 22 5 3 65 19 +46 71 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Neftochimic Burgas 30 20 7 3 70 20 +50 67 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Slavia Sofia 30 17 6 7 61 23 +38 57
4 Levski Sofia 30 14 11 5 58 30 +28 53 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
5 Botev Plovdiv 30 14 3 13 41 41 0 45
6 Minyor Pernik 30 12 8 10 28 35 −7 44
7 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 13 4 13 59 47 +12 43
8 Levski Kyustendil 30 13 3 14 51 52 −1 42
9 Spartak Varna 30 13 3 14 40 41 −1 42 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
10 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 12 5 13 38 41 −3 41
11 Dobrudzha Dobrich 30 11 6 13 44 48 −4 39
12 Spartak Pleven 30 12 3 15 35 46 −11 39
13 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 30 10 5 15 37 53 −16 35
14 Maritsa Plovdiv (R) 30 8 8 14 38 45 −7 32 Relegation to 1997–98 B Group
15 Montana (R) 30 8 4 18 32 54 −22 28
16 Rakovski Ruse (R) 30 0 1 29 8 110 −102 1
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BOT CSK DOB ETA LVK LEV LPL LSO MAR MIN MON NEF RAK SLA SPL SPV
Botev Plovdiv 0–3 3–0 2–1 3–0 4–3 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 4–3
CSKA Sofia 1–0 2–0 5–1 4–2 1–1 4–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 9–0 0–0 4–0 4–1
Dobrudzha Dobrich 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 3–2 3–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 2–0 0–1 4–3 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–4 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 5–0 3–2 1–0 1–0
Levski Kyustendil 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 5–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–3 5–1 3–1
Levski Sofia 0–1 0–2 5–0 6–0 6–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 4–1 4–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–5 5–1 0–1 2–0 1–2
Lokomotiv Sofia 3–0 1–2 4–0 2–0 4–3 2–3 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 7–0 2–3 1–2 3–1
Maritsa Plovdiv 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 4–3 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–5 8–0 0–0 2–2 1–0
Minyor Pernik 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0
Montana 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–1
Neftochimic Burgas 2–0 2–1 5–0 5–0 2–0 4–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 5–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–1
Rakovski Ruse 0–1 0–2 1–7 0–4 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–4 0–2 1–2 2–5 0–6 0–7 0–0 0–2
Slavia Sofia 2–1 1–3 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 4–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 5–0 0–1 6–0 1–2 1–0
Spartak Pleven 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–2
Spartak Varna 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–3 4–0 1–0 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
  Petko Petkov 30 0(0)
  Iliyan Vasilev 00 0(0)
Defenders
  Adalbert Zafirov 28 0(2)
  Filip Filipov 21 0(1)
  Stefan Lulchev 14 0(0)
  Zdravko Radev 03 0(0)
  Dobromir Mitov 25 0(3)
  Galin Ivanov 20 0(0)
Midfielders
  Anatoli Nankov 27 0(2)
  Risto Milosavov 24 0(3)
  Iliya Voynov 20 0(4)
  Ivo Slavchev 20 0(2)
  Nikolay Nikolov 05 0(1)
  Georgi Slavchev 06 0(0)
  Kostadin Vidolov* 15 0(1)
  Stiliyan Petrov 05 0(0)
  Ivan Tanchovski 01 0(0)
  Metodi Deyanov 14 0(3)
  Milen Petkov 26 0(3)
  Georgi Yordanov 12 0(1)
Forwards
  Ivaylo Andonov 25 (18)
  Jair 06 0(3)
  Petar Zhabov 22 0(9)
  Martin Petrov 03 0(1)
  Dimitar Ivanov 24 0(4)
  Kancho Yordanov 11 0(2)
  Rumen Hristov* 04 0(1)
  Bozhidar Yankov 04 0(0)
Manager
  Georgi Vasilev
  • Vidolov and Hristov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Todor Pramatarov Slavia Sofia 26
2   Hristo Marashliev Levski Kyustendil (9)
Spartak Varna (11)
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3   Ivaylo Andonov CSKA Sofia 18
4   Geno Dobrevski Botev Plovdiv 13
5   Mihail Mihaylov Levski Kyustendil 12
6   Emil Mitsanski Dobrudzha 11
  Todor Zaytsev Levski Sofia
8   Georgi Ivanov Lokomotiv Plovdiv 10
  Iliya Gruev Neftochimic
10   Boris Hvoynev Botev Plovdiv 9
  Petar Zhabov CSKA Sofia
  Plamen Petrov Levski Kyustendil
  Marian Hristov Levski Sofia
  Aleksandar Aleksandrov Maritsa

References

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  1. ^ "Порточанов вади пистолет, после Гочето прави кълбета" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 27 July 2013.
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