1972–73 A Group

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1972–1973 season.

A Group
Season1972–73
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(17th title)
Relegated
  • Tundzha
  • Volov
European CupCSKA
UEFA Cup
Matches played304
Goals scored848 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerPetar Zhekov
(29 goals)

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.[1]

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (C) 34 22 7 5 80 40 +40 51 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 34 18 7 9 62 38 +24 43 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Slavia Sofia 33 16 11 6 55 33 +22 43
4 Levski Sofia 34 15 10 9 62 37 +25 40
5 Akademik Sofia 34 15 8 11 61 43 +18 38
6 Dunav Ruse[lower-alpha 1] (R) 34 14 9 11 42 41 +1 37 Relegation to 1973–74 B Group
7 Lokomotiv Sofia 34 14 9 11 44 44 0 37
8 Botev Vratsa 34 13 7 14 48 55 7 33
9 Botev Plovdiv 34 12 8 14 44 44 0 32
10 Cherno More Varna 34 12 8 14 51 54 3 32
11 Spartak Pleven 33 13 5 15 46 51 5 31
12 Chernomorets Burgas[lower-alpha 1] (R) 34 12 7 15 35 44 9 31 Relegation to 1973–74 B Group
13 Beroe Stara Zagora 34 12 6 16 50 47 +3 30 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
14 Minyor Pernik 34 8 14 12 35 54 19 30
15 Spartak Varna 33 10 9 14 34 49 15 29
16 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 34 7 14 13 37 49 12 28
17 Tundzha Yambol (R) 33 9 7 17 37 55 18 25 Relegation to 1973–74 B Group
18 Volov Shumen (R) 34 6 6 22 25 70 45 18
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Following the end of the season, after allegations of match fixing and allocation of funds for briberies, Dunav and Chernomorets were relegated from the group, while the matches Slavia - Spartak Varna and Spartak Pleven - Tundzha were annulled.

Champions

CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
Stoyan Yordanov220(0)
Yordan Filipov120(0)
Drazho Stoyanov040(0)
Defenders
Kiril Stankov280(1)
Dimitar Penev240(3)
Ivan Zafirov310(1)
Todor Simov140(1)
Boris Gaganelov340(0)
Bozhil Kolev340(6)
Midfielders
Borislav Sredkov170(1)
Asparuh Nikodimov320(2)
Plamen Yankov270(4)
Georgi Denev33(12)
Tsvetan Atanasov210(3)
Stoil Trankov130(1)
Forwards
Petar Zhekov31(29)
Stefan Mihaylov250(9)
Dimitar Marashliev220(7)
Dimitar Yakimov010(0)
Manager
Manol Manolov
CSKA Sofia in 1973

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Petar Zhekov CSKA Sofia 29
2 Hristo Bonev Lokomotiv Plovdiv 28
3 Nikola Hristov Dunav Ruse 23
4 Atanas Mihaylov Lokomotiv Sofia 19
5 Georgi Kamenov Botev Vratsa 18
Petko Petkov Beroe
7 Bozhidar Grigorov Slavia Sofia 17
8 Georgi Tsvetkov Levski Sofia 16
Kiril Milanov Akademik Sofia
10 Mladen Vasilev Akademik Sofia 15

References

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