1997–98 A Group

A Group
Season1997–98
Dates2 August 1997 – 10 May 1998
ChampionsLitex Lovech
(1st title)
Relegated
Champions LeagueLitex
UEFA CupCSKA
Matches240
Goals696 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer
(17 goals each)

The 1997–98 A Group was the 50th 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 16 teams, and Litex Lovech won the championship.

Team information

Stadia and locations

The following teams have ensured their participation in A Group for season 1997–98 (listed in alphabetical order):

Location of teams in 1997–98 A Group
Sofia 1997–98 A Group football clubs
Team City Stadium Capacity
Botev Plovdiv Hristo Botev 18,000
CSKA Sofia Bulgarian Army 22,995
Dobrudzha Dobrich Druzhba 12,500
Etar Veliko Tarnovo Ivaylo 18,000
Levski Kyustendil Osogovo 10,000
Levski Sofia Georgi Asparuhov 29,986
Litex Lovech Lovech 7,050
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv 24,000
Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 22,000
Metalurg Pernik Metalurg 18,000
Minyor Pernik Minyor 18,000
Neftochimic Burgas Lazur 18,037
Olimpik Galata Georgi Benkovski 10,000
Slavia Sofia Ovcha Kupel 18,000
Spartak Pleven Slavi Aleksiev 21,940
Spartak Varna Spartak 8,000

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Litex Lovech (C) 30 21 6 3 73 25 +48 69 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Levski Sofia 30 19 7 4 73 27 +46 64 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3 CSKA Sofia 30 18 7 5 71 29 +42 61 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4 Neftochimic Burgas 30 17 4 9 59 31 +28 55
5 Slavia Sofia 30 15 9 6 51 30 +21 54
6 Levski Kyustendil 30 15 1 14 45 40 +5 46
7 Spartak Varna 30 12 6 12 42 36 +6 42 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
8 Minyor Pernik 30 12 5 13 32 35 −3 41
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 11 6 13 42 40 +2 39
10 Metalurg Pernik 30 11 4 15 28 36 −8 37
11 Botev Plovdiv 30 11 3 16 35 48 −13 36
12 Dobrudzha Dobrich 30 11 3 16 33 55 −22 36
13 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 11 3 16 31 58 −27 36
14 Olimpik Galata (R) 30 11 2 17 26 47 −21 35 Relegation to 1998–99 B Group
15 Spartak Pleven (R) 30 7 0 23 32 75 −43 21
16 Etar Veliko Tarnovo (R) 30 4 2 24 21 82 −61 14
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BOT CSK DOB ETA LVK LEV LIT LPL LSO MET MIN NEF OLI SLA SPL SPV
Botev Plovdiv 3–1 1–0 5–1 0–0 2–4 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–0
CSKA Sofia 3–0 4–1 5–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 5–0 3–0 5–0 1–1 5–0 2–1
Dobrudzha Dobrich 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–4 1–1 2–0 0–5[a] 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–2 1–0 4–0 2–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–4 0–3 1–3 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 3–4 0–2 1–3
Levski Kyustendil 4–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–3 3–0[b] 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–0
Levski Sofia 1–0 3–3 3–1 5–0 4–0 1–1 5–0 1–0 7–0 1–0 2–3 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–1
Litex Lovech 3–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–4[c] 6–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 4–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–0 1–4 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 1–2 4–2 1–0 4–2 0–0 0–3 2–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–1
Metalurg Pernik 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–0
Minyor Pernik 2–0 2–2 4–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1
Neftochimic Burgas 2–0 1–3 4–1 7–0 3–1 3–0 3–2 4–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 5–0 0–1 4–1 0–0
Olimpik Galata 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–4 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 2–0
Slavia Sofia 5–3 2–3 3–1 4–0 3–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 3–0 0–1
Spartak Pleven 4–2 0–3 5–1 4–1 0–1 2–5 1–4 2–0 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–3
Spartak Varna 4–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 5–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match awarded after was abandoned at 65th minute by the result 0–2.
  2. ^ Match awarded as Litex Lovech fielded ineligible player Radostin Kishishev (originally finished 0–0).
  3. ^ Match awarded as Litex Lovech fielded ineligible player Radostin Kishishev (originally finished 1–1).

Champions

Litex Lovech
Goalkeepers
Vitomir Vutov 28 (0)
Stoyan Stavrev 2 (0)
Defenders
Petar Kushev 16 (2)
Stefan Kolev 21 (1)
Nikolay Dimitrov 24 (1)
Dimitar Karadaliev 1 (0)
Zlatomir Zagorčić 27 (0)
Ivaylo Petkov 27 (3)
Radostin Kishishev 5 (0)
Dimitar Balabanov 6 (0)
Rosen Kirilov 28 (0)
Koycho Ivanov 1 (0)
Midfielders
Rosen Emilov 17 (1)
Mariyan Todorov 28 (6)
Stoycho Stoilov 30 (8)
Daniel Ostrovski 5 (0)
Dragoljub Simonović 22 (6)
Ivaylo Petev* 12 (2)
Veselin Sarbakov 16 (3)
Emil Tsanev* 2 (0)
Forwards
Stefan Yurukov* 14 (13)
Dimcho Belyakov* 14 (5)
Alban Bushi 15 (4)
Svetoslav Todorov 19 (9)
Luis Carlos Mota 5 (1)
Igor Bogdanović 15 (6)
Metodi Stoynev 8 (1)
Manager
Dimitar Dimitrov
  • Petev, Tsanev, Yurukov and Belyakov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Anton Spasov Neftochimic Burgas 17
Boncho Genchev CSKA Sofia
3 Stefan Yurukov Litex Lovech 13
Danilo Dončić Lokomotiv Sofia
5 Stanimir Stoilov Slavia Sofia 12
Valentin Stanchev Spartak Varna
7 Ivaylo Andonov CSKA Sofia 11
8 Aleksandar Aleksandrov Levski Sofia 10
Plamen Petrov Levski Kyustendil
Georgi Ivanov Levski Sofia
Iliya Voynov Spartak Pleven

References

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