1995–96 A Group

A Group
Season1995–96
Dates12 August 1995 – 11 May 1996
ChampionsSlavia Sofia
(7th title)
Relegated
UEFA Cup
Matches240
Goals592 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorerIvo Georgiev
(21 goals)

The 1995–96 A Group was the 48th 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 Slavia Sofia won the championship.[1] Lovech, renamed from Lex Lovech in the previous season, were relegated along with Spartak Plovdiv and Shumen.

Team information

Stadia and locations

The following teams have ensured their participation in A Group for season 1995–96 (listed in alphabetical order):

Location of teams in 1995–96 A Group
Sofia 1995–96 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
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv 24,000
Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 22,000
Lovech Lovech Lovech 7,050
Montana Montana Ogosta 8,000
Neftochimic Burgas Lazur 18,037
Rakovski Ruse Gradski 20,000
Shumen Shumen Panayot Volov 24,000
Slavia Sofia Ovcha Kupel 18,000
Spartak Plovdiv Todor Diev 11,353
Spartak Varna Spartak 8,000

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slavia Sofia (C) 30 20 7 3 51 14 +37 67 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 Levski Sofia 30 19 5 6 49 22 +27 62 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 17 7 6 55 24 +31 58 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
4 Neftochimic Burgas 30 17 6 7 58 31 +27 57
5 CSKA Sofia 30 16 8 6 49 26 +23 56 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
6 Spartak Varna 30 13 2 15 47 52 −5 41
7 Dobrudzha Dobrich 30 12 3 15 30 43 −13 39
8 Levski Kyustendil 30 10 7 13 27 37 −10 37
9 Montana 30 9 9 12 33 35 −2 36
10 Botev Plovdiv 30 10 6 14 33 38 −5 36
11 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 10 5 15 25 50 −25 35
12 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 30 9 6 15 21 37 −16 33
13 Rakovski Ruse 30 9 5 16 33 41 −8 32
14 Shumen (R) 30 9 5 16 28 44 −16 32 Relegation to 1996–97 B Group
15 Lovech (R) 30 7 9 14 29 40 −11 30
16 Spartak Plovdiv (R) 30 6 4 20 24 58 −34 22
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BOT CSK DOB ETA LVK LEV LPL LSO LOV MON NEF RAK SHU SLA SPP SPV
Botev Plovdiv 0–4 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 5–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–3
CSKA Sofia 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–5 4–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 4–2 1–0 3–1 4–0
Dobrudzha Dobrich 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1
Levski Kyustendil 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0
Levski Sofia 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 0–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 4–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–4 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–4 1–0 2–1
Lokomotiv Sofia 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 4–0 3–1 3–0 3–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 4–0 5–0
Lovech 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–0
Montana 3–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–3
Neftochimic Burgas 2–0 2–2 5–1 3–0 3–0 5–1 4–0 1–1 5–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 5–2
Rakovski Ruse 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 2–4 2–0 3–0
Shumen 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–3 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–0
Slavia Sofia 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 3–0
Spartak Plovdiv 2–4 2–4 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 4–2 1–3 0–1
Spartak Varna 2–1 1–3 2–3 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 8–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

Slavia Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Zdravko Zdravkov 29 (0)
Bulgaria Tsvetan Zdravkov 0 (0)
Bulgaria Stoycho Dragov 2 (0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Petar Tsvetanov 24 (2)
Bulgaria Mihail Zahariev 10 (0)
Bulgaria Vladimir Ivanov 28 (3)
Bulgaria Stoyan Atsarov 30 (1)
Bulgaria Kiril Kachamanov 28 (1)
Bulgaria Mario Dafkov 8 (1)
Bulgaria Stefan Kolev 28 (0)
Bulgaria Dobromir Minchev 11 (0)
Bulgaria Ivan Paskov* 1 (0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Marius Urukov 28 (4)
Bulgaria Tsvetozar Dermendzhiev 7 (0)
Bulgaria Kiril Metkov 4 (0)
Bulgaria Diyan Angelov 13 (1)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Ristić 13 (0)
Bulgaria Danail Zhelyazkov 3 (0)
Bulgaria Geno Dobrevski* 13 (1)
Bulgaria Ivan Dobrevski 10 (1)
Bulgaria Vladko Shalamanov* 13 (9)
Bulgaria Anton Dimitrov 24 (1)
Forwards
Bulgaria Nikolay Pramatarov 6 (0)
Bulgaria Atanas Kirov 28 (7)
Bulgaria Dimitar Totev 15 (1)
Bulgaria Ivan Dimitrov 3 (0)
Bulgaria Aleksandar Bonchev* 3 (0)
Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov 20 (16)
Bulgaria Vanyo Shishkov* 6 (0)
Manager
Bulgaria Stoyan Kotsev
  • Paskov, G. Dobrevski, Shalamanov, Bonchev and Shishkov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Ivo Georgiev Spartak Varna 21
2 Bulgaria Vesko Petkov Neftochimic Burgas 18
3 Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov Slavia Sofia 16
4 Bulgaria Simeon Chilibonov Lokomotiv Sofia 12
5 Bulgaria Anatoli Tonov Montana 11
Bulgaria Dimcho Belyakov Lovech
7 Bulgaria Hristo Yovov Levski Sofia 10
Bulgaria Marian Hristov Levski Sofia
9 Bulgaria Vladko Shalamanov Slavia Sofia 9
Bulgaria Petar Mihtarski CSKA Sofia
Bulgaria Doncho Donev Levski Sofia
Bulgaria Petar Zhabov CSKA Sofia
Bulgaria Dimitar Totev Slavia Sofia

References

  1. ^ "Златният дубъл през 1996 година" (in Bulgarian). pfcslavia.com.
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