1948–49 A Group

A Group
Season	1948–49
Champions	Levski Sofia; (6th title)
Relegated	Bdin; Chernomorets;
Matches played	90
Goals scored	239 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nedko Nedev; Dimitar Milanov; (11 goals each)
	← 1948 1950 →

The 1948–49 A Group was the inaugural season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs.

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship undefeated.^[1]

Sofia

Marek

Sofia teams
Levski
CSKA
Slavia
Lokomotiv
Spartak

Location of teams in the 1948-49 A Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	18	15	3	0	44	8	+36	33
2	CSKA Sofia	18	10	4	4	28	15	+13	24
3	Lokomotiv Sofia	18	8	5	5	25	17	+8	21
4	Slavia Sofia	18	9	3	6	29	20	+9	21
5	Spartak Sofia	18	8	5	5	23	18	+5	21
6	Cherno More Varna	18	9	3	6	30	25	+5	21
7	Slavia Plovdiv	18	4	8	6	16	21	−5	16
8	Marek Dupnitsa	18	2	4	12	16	42	−26	8
9	Bdin Vidin (R)	18	2	4	12	13	35	−22	8	Relegation to 1950 B Group
10	Chernomorets Burgas (R)	18	2	3	13	15	38	−23	7	Relegation to 1950 B Group

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

Home \ Away	BDI	CHM	CHB	CSK	LEV	LSO	MAR	SLA	SLP	SSF
Bdin Vidin		2–2	1–0	0–2	0–3	2–2	4–0	0–1	1–1	0–3
Cherno More	2–1		2–1	2–0	2–3	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	3–1
Chernomorets Burgas	2–1	2–4		1–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–1
CSKA Sofia	4–0	3–1	2–0		0–0	3–2	0–0	1–4	5–0	0–1
Levski Sofia	5–0	4–2	5–1	1–0		4–0	6–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1		4–0	2–0	0–0	1–0
Marek Dupnitsa	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–3	0–3		0–3	2–2	0–2
Slavia Sofia	4–1	1–3	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	4–3		1–0	1–1
Slavia Plovdiv	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–0		2–0
Spartak Sofia	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	2–1	0–1	5–2

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

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Nedko Nedev	Cherno More Varna	11
1	Dimitar Milanov	CSKA Sofia	11
3	Georgi Kardashev	Levski Sofia	9
4	Petar Argirov	Lokomotiv Sofia	8
	Vasil Spasov	Levski Sofia
	Georgi Stoychev	Slavia Sofia

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	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

1948–49 in European football
Domestic leagues	Albania '48 '49 Austria Belgium Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '48 '49 Finland '48 '49 France Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '48 '49 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '48 '49 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '48 '49 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (Football Championship '49) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '48 '49 Austria Bulgaria '48 '49 Cyprus England France Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany '49 Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '48 '49 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '48 '49 Spain Sweden '48 '49 Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland