1956 A Group

A Group
Season	1956
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (6th title)
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
Matches	132
Goals	330 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pavel Vladimirov; (16 goals)
	← 1955 1957 →

The 1956 A Group was the eighth season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and CSKA Sofia, who were the defending champions, won the championship.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	22	11	9	2	46	25	+21	31	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Levski Sofia	22	8	10	4	30	24	+6	26
3	Botev Plovdiv	22	9	7	6	27	20	+7	25
4	Slavia Sofia	22	8	7	7	37	31	+6	23
5	Minyor Pernik	22	8	6	8	40	34	+6	22
6	Spartak Plovdiv	22	7	7	8	28	29	−1	21
7	Lokomotiv Sofia	22	5	11	6	20	22	−2	21
8	Spartak Pleven	22	6	9	7	19	26	−7	21
9	Spartak Sofia	22	5	9	8	25	30	−5	19
10	Spartak Varna	22	5	9	8	22	28	−6	19
11	Zavod 12 Sofia (R)	22	5	9	8	20	29	−9	19	Relegation to 1957 B Group
12	Dunav Ruse (R)	22	2	13	7	16	32	−16	17	Relegation to 1957 B Group

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BPD	CSK	DUN	LEV	LSO	MIN	SLA	SPL	SPD	SSF	SPV	ZAV
Botev Plovdiv		1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	5–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1
CSKA Sofia	2–2		4–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	6–0
Dunav Ruse	2–1	1–1		0–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–3	0–0	2–2	1–0
Levski Sofia	0–1	1–1	1–1		2–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	3–2	2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–3		1–0	3–2	0–1	0–0	2–3	0–0	1–0
Minyor Pernik	1–1	3–6	5–0	4–1	1–1		4–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–0
Slavia Sofia	0–2	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–2		3–1	3–0	3–1	5–0	2–0
Spartak Pleven	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1		1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1
Spartak Plovdiv	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	3–0		2–1	2–1	2–2
Spartak Sofia	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–0	2–4	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–1	0–0
Spartak Varna	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–1		0–0
Zavod 12 Sofia	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–1

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Georgi Naydenov	13	(0)
Hristo Andonov	9	(0)

Defenders
Georgi Tsvetkov	11	(1)
Kiril Rakarov	18	(0)
Georgi Enisheynov	22	(0)
Manol Manolov	14	(0)

Midfielders
Gavril Stoyanov	18	(0)
Stefan Bozhkov	19	(7)
Petar Aleksiev	9	(0)

Forwards
Krum Yanev	17	(6)
Dimitar Milanov	18	(11)
Konstantin Sotirov	1	(1)
Georgi Dimitrov	17	(2)
Ivan Kolev	16	(5)
Stefan Stefanov	13	(3)
Petar Mihaylov	12	(4)
Panayot Panayotov	15	(6)

Manager
	Krum Milev

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Pavel Vladimirov	Minyor Pernik	16
2	Dobromir Tashkov	Slavia Sofia	13
3	Dimitar Milanov	CSKA Sofia	11
4	Dimitar Andonov	Spartak Sofia	9
4	Mihail Kozhuharov	Slavia Sofia	9

References

^ "Летците отлитат от А група, ВВС дава крила на Левски" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 29 September 2012.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1956 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[1] "Летците отлитат от А група, ВВС дава крила на Левски" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 29 September 2012.

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Bulgarian football championship seasons
State Championship (National Football Division)	1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1941 1942 1943 1944
Republic Championship	1945 1946 1947 1948
A Group	1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
First League	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

1955–56 in European football (UEFA)
« 1954–55 1956–57 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '55 '56 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '55 '56 Czechoslovakia '55 '56 Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '55 '56 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '55 '56 Iceland '55 '56 Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '55 '56 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 '56 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '56 West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '55 '56 Luxembourg Northern Ireland Norway '55 '56 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia '55
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup

1956–57 in European football (UEFA)
« 1955–56 1957–58 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '56 '57 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '56 '57 Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '56 '57 Iceland '56 '57 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '56 '57 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '56 Scotland Soviet Union '56 '57 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '57 Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '56 '57 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '56 Scotland Soviet Union '57 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup