1978–79 A Group

A Group
Season	1978–79
Champions	Levski Sofia; (14th title)
Relegated	Akademik; Haskovo;
European Cup	Levski
UEFA Cup	CSKA; Lokomotiv Sofia;
Matches played	240
Goals scored	626 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rusi Gochev; (19 goals)
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 A Group was the 31st 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 championship.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	30	18	7	5	54	29	+25	43	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	14	12	4	49	26	+23	40	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	14	9	7	35	22	+13	37	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Slavia Sofia	30	16	4	10	52	33	+19	36
5	Chernomorets Burgas	30	13	8	9	45	43	+2	34
6	Marek Dupnitsa	30	13	7	10	42	39	+3	33
7	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	14	5	11	45	47	−2	33	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
8	Botev Plovdiv	30	9	11	10	45	45	0	29
9	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	9	11	10	37	39	−2	29
10	Cherno More Varna	30	8	10	12	29	40	−11	26
11	Spartak Pleven	30	9	7	14	25	27	−2	25
12	Botev Vratsa	30	9	7	14	36	42	−6	25
13	Sliven	30	8	9	13	35	42	−7	25
14	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	10	4	16	35	43	−8	24
15	Akademik Sofia (R)	30	6	10	14	27	50	−23	22	Relegation to 1979–80 B Group
16	Haskovo (R)	30	7	5	18	35	59	−24	19	Relegation to 1979–80 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	AKD	BSZ	BPD	BVR	CHM	CHB	CSK	HAS	LEV	LPL	LSO	MAR	PIR	SLA	SLI	SPL
Akademik Sofia		1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–3	1–2	3–2	2–0	0–3	1–0	1–2
Beroe Stara Zagora	5–1		3–3	2–0	2–1	2–3	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	4–3	3–2	2–1	0–0
Botev Plovdiv	2–2	4–2		2–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	5–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	6–1	0–4	2–2	2–0
Botev Vratsa	1–1	0–0	3–1		3–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	4–1	1–0	1–2
Cherno More	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–0		0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	4–1	1–2	3–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–1
Chernomorets Burgas	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–3	2–2		2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0
CSKA Sofia	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	5–2	2–2		4–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1
Haskovo	0–0	2–3	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–2	1–2		4–6	4–2	1–3	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–0
Levski Sofia	4–1	5–0	0–0	4–1	2–0	4–2	2–1	1–0		3–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	3–1	2–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–1		2–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	3–0	1–1	3–0		1–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0
Marek Dupnitsa	3–0	3–1	3–2	2–0	0–0	5–1	0–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–1		0–0	2–1	4–1	2–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad	4–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–3	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1		1–2	2–0	1–0
Slavia Sofia	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	4–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	3–0		4–0	1–0
Sliven	4–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1		1–1
Spartak Pleven	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0

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

Champions

Levski Sofia

Goalkeepers
Stefan Staykov	11	(0)
Tomas Lafchis	19	(0)

Defenders
Nikolay Grancharov	27	(3)
Dimitar Enchev	16	(1)
Vladimir Nikolchev	19	(1)
Plamen Nikolov	27	(0)
Stefan Aladzhov	26	(0)
Ivan Tishanski	13	(0)
Valeri Grekov	1	(0)

Midfielders
Angel Stankov	20	(3)
Todor Barzov	29	(2)
Voyn Voynov	20	(4)
Yuliyan Kolev	6	(0)
Branimir Kochev	12	(0)
Krasimir Borisov	18	(1)
Emil Spasov	21	(2)

Forwards
Pavel Panov	28	(12)
Georgi Todorov	7	(1)
Anton Milkov	8	(3)
Yordan Yordanov	19	(7)
Rusi Gochev	19	(14)

Manager
	Ivan Vutsov

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Rusi Gochev	Levski Sofia (5 goals for Chernomorets)	19
2	Chavdar Tsvetkov	Slavia Sofia	18
3	Spas Dzhevizov	CSKA Sofia	15
4	Andrey Zhelyazkov	Slavia Sofia	13
4	Ivan Petrov	Marek Dupnitsa	13
6	Atanas Mihaylov	Lokomotiv Sofia	12
	Pavel Panov	Levski Sofia
	Georgi Slavkov	Botev Plovdiv
9	Stoycho Mladenov	Beroe Stara Zagora	11
	Alyosha Dimitrov	Akademik Sofia
	Sasho Georgiev	Haskovo

References

^ "Бургаски дрибльор води Левски към дубъл, Паро сърба горчива попара" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 9 March 2013.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1978–79 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[1] "Бургаски дрибльор води Левски към дубъл, Паро сърба горчива попара" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 9 March 2013.

[1]

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 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

1978–79 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Balkans Cup 1977–78 1979–80
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 1980 qualification (Group 1) Cvetan Ilchev
List of transfers

1978–79 in European football (UEFA)
« 1977–78 1979–80 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '78 '79 England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '78 '79 Spain Sweden '78 '79 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '77–'78 '79–'80