1964–65 A Group

A Group
Season	1964–65
Champions	Levski Sofia; (9th title)
Relegated	Sliven; Akademik Sofia;
European Cup	Levski Sofia
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Matches played	240
Goals scored	615 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Georgi Asparuhov; (27 goals)
	← 1963–64 1965–66 →

The 1964–65 A Group was the 17th 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 Levski Sofia won the league, breaking a 12-year period without a championship title.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	30	18	6	6	59	28	+31	42	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	16	7	7	42	33	+9	39
3	Slavia Sofia	30	11	13	6	45	33	+12	35
4	CSKA Sofia	30	14	6	10	48	26	+22	34	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	10	11	9	48	41	+7	31
6	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	12	6	12	43	40	+3	30	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
7	Spartak Pleven	30	10	10	10	30	47	−17	30
8	Cherno More Varna	30	10	9	11	37	37	0	29
9	Botev Vratsa	30	10	9	11	29	35	−6	29
10	Spartak Plovdiv	30	11	6	13	42	42	0	28
11	Spartak Sofia	30	9	10	11	32	34	−2	28
12	Botev Plovdiv	30	9	9	12	40	49	−9	27
13	Marek Dupnitsa	30	9	8	13	34	41	−7	26
14	Dunav Ruse	30	9	8	13	28	41	−13	26
15	Sliven (R)	30	9	7	14	29	40	−11	25	Relegation to 1965–66 B Group
16	Akademik Sofia (R)	30	7	7	16	29	48	−19	21	Relegation to 1965–66 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	AKD	BSZ	BPD	BVR	CHM	CSK	DUN	LEV	LPL	LSO	MAR	SLA	SLI	SPL	SPD	SSF
Akademik Sofia		3–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–0	0–4	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–5	3–0	2–3	0–2
Beroe Stara Zagora	2–1		2–0	4–1	2–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	5–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0
Botev Plovdiv	1–1	1–3		0–0	5–1	2–0	4–2	4–3	0–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1
Botev Vratsa	2–0	3–2	2–0		2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–1
Cherno More	2–1	0–0	3–2	2–1		1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	6–0	5–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1
CSKA Sofia	1–0	1–1	4–0	0–1	1–2		5–1	0–3	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	9–0	1–0	3–0
Dunav Ruse	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0		2–0	3–4	0–3	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1
Levski Sofia	3–1	0–0	4–1	6–0	0–0	1–0	2–1		3–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–3	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–3		1–1	2–1	3–3	2–0	6–0	0–1	3–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–3	3–1	2–1		2–2	3–1	1–1	4–2	4–2	1–0
Marek Dupnitsa	1–0	3–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–1		1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1
Slavia Sofia	3–2	2–1	4–3	1–1	3–2	0–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–1		6–0	5–1	0–0	2–0
Sliven	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	4–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–1		1–1	1–1	1–0
Spartak Pleven	2–2	2–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1		3–4	1–0
Spartak Plovdiv	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	4–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–2	0–1		1–3
Spartak Sofia	1–1	2–3	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2

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

Champions

Levski Sofia

Goalkeepers
Georgi Kamenski	1	(0)
Biser Mihaylov	16	(0)
Boris Aleksandrov	14	(0)
Aleksandar Bozhilov	4	(0)

Defenders
Ivan Zdravkov	25	(0)
Tenyu Botev	10	(0)
Malin Ivanov	15	(0)
Ivan Vutsov	25	(0)
Ivan Manolov	9	(0)
Georgi Zlatkov	23	(1)
Georgi Stoyanov	19	(0)

Midfielders
Aleksandar Manolov	10	(1)
Toncho Prodanov	2	(0)
Georgi Georgiev	28	(0)
Kostadin Radev	7	(0)
Stefan Abadzhiev	10	(1)

Forwards
Georgi Sokolov	17	(8)
Lyuben Gaydarov	5	(0)
Georgi Asparuhov	29	(27)
Aleksandar Kostov	30	(3)
Hristo Iliev	28	(10)
Nikola Skarlatov	1	(0)
Aleksandar Borisov	3	(0)
Simeon Nikolov	20	(7)
Dimitar Yordanov	4	(0)

Manager
	Rudolf Vytlačil

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Georgi Asparuhov	Levski Sofia	27
2	Traycho Spasov	Marek Dupnitsa	21
3	Petar Zhekov	Beroe Stara Zagora	18
4	Hristo Dishkov	Spartak Plovdiv	17
4	Ivan Kanchev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	17
6	Nikola Yordanov	Dunav Ruse	16
7	Aleksandar Vasilev	Slavia Sofia	15
7	Nikola Tsanev	CSKA Sofia	15

References

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1964–65 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

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 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

1964–65 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Balkans Cup 1963–64 1964–66
Related to national team	1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 1) Béla Volentik
List of transfers

1964–65 in European football (UEFA)
« 1963–64 1965–66 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '64 '65 England Faroe Islands '64 '65 Finland '64 '65 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '64 '65 Iceland '64 '65 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '64 '65 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '64 '65 Spain Sweden '64 '65 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '64 '65 Finland '64 '65 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '64 '65 Iceland '64 '65 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '64 '65 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '63–'64 '64–'66 Mitropa Cup '64 '65