2005–06 A Group

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 2005–2006 season.

A Group
Season2005–06
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(24th title)
RelegatedPirin 1922
Naftex
Pirin
Champions LeagueLevski
UEFA CupCSKA
Litex
Lokomotiv Sofia
Intertoto CupLokomotiv Plovdiv
Matches played210
Goals scored556 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer Milivoje Novakovič
José Furtado
(16 goals each)
Biggest home winCSKA 7–0 Rodopa
Biggest away winBelasitsa 1–5 CSKA
Vihren 1–5 Litex
Beroe 0–4 Cherno More
Highest scoringBeroe 4–4 Levski Sofia (8 goals)

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship. Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo, PFC Nesebar, and Spartak Varna were relegated to the B PFG at the end of the last season. The relegated teams were replaced by Vihren, Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad, and Botev Plovdiv. [1]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levski Sofia (C) 28 21 5 2 71 23 +48 68 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 CSKA Sofia 28 20 5 3 73 22 +51 65 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Litex Lovech 28 18 6 4 51 22 +29 60
4 Lokomotiv Sofia 28 18 0 10 49 29 +20 54
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 28 11 7 10 43 42 +1 40 Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round
6 Belasitsa Petrich 28 11 6 11 33 33 0 39
7 Slavia Sofia 28 12 3 13 33 34 −1 39
8 Cherno More 28 10 7 11 29 27 +2 37
9 Vihren 28 10 2 16 35 55 −20 32
10 Beroe 28 8 8 12 36 53 −17 32
11 Marek 28 8 7 13 23 37 −14 31
12 Rodopa Smolyan 28 7 4 17 23 52 −29 25
13 Botev Plovdiv 28 4 12 12 20 38 −18 24
14 Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad (R) 28 5 8 15 23 46 −23 23 Relegation to 2006–07 B Group
15 Naftex Burgas (R) 28 4 6 18 14 43 −29 18
x FC Pirin Blagoevgrad[lower-alpha 1] (D) 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0 Excluded from the league
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. FC Pirin Blagoevgrad were excluded after two matches and demoted to their regional third level league (Southwestern V AFG) for failing to arrange their debts, their results were annulled.

Results
Home \ Away BEL BSZ BOT CHM CSK LEV LIT LPL LSO MAR NAF PIR RDP SLA VIH
Belasitsa Petrich 4–0 4–1 0–0 1–5 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0
Beroe 2–1 2–0 0–4 1–4 4–4 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 2–1
Botev Plovdiv 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–4 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–1
Cherno More 4–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–1
CSKA Sofia 2–2 7–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 4–3 3–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 7–0 2–1 6–0
Levski Sofia 2–0 2–0 4–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 6–0 3–0 6–1 5–0 2–0
Litex Lovech 2–1 1–0 2–0 5–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 4–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–4 1–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–1
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 4–2 4–0 3–0 5–0 3–1 2–1 2–0
Marek 1–3 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–4 2–3 0–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Naftex Burgas 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0
Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–3 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–1 3–1
Rodopa Smolyan 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–2
Slavia Sofia 1–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–2
Vihren 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–5 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–2
Source: todor66.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions
Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
01 Georgi Petkov230(0)
88 Nikolay Mihaylov060(0)
Defenders
02 Ivan Todorov010(0)
03 Zhivko Milanov190(1)
04 Igor Tomašić230(1)
05 Anton Vergilov*010(0)
08 Bogomil Dyakov100(0)
11 Elin Topuzakov230(1)
15 Borislav Stoychev010(0)
20 Stanislav Angelov220(2)
22 Todor Stoev010(0)
25 Lúcio Wagner230(0)
Midfielders
06 Richard Eromoigbe260(0)
07 Daniel Borimirov220(9)
13 Asen Bukarev130(0)
14 Chetin Sadula010(0)
16 Mariyan Ognyanov030(0)
18 Miroslav Ivanov190(1)
21 Dimitar Telkiyski26(11)
24 Nikolay Dimitrov060(2)
26 Galin Ivanov010(0)
27 Cédric Bardon200(7)
30 Lachezar Baltanov010(0)
77 Milan Koprivarov210(4)
Forwards
09 Georgi Ivanov110(5)
10 Hristo Yovov190(4)
17 Valeri Domovchiyski24(11)
19 Georgi Chilikov*010(0)
23 Ekundayo Jayeoba030(5)
28 Emil Angelov210(6)
29 Antonio Pavlov010(1)
Manager
Stanimir Stoilov
  • Vergilov and Chilikov left the club during a season.

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Milivoje Novaković Litex Lovech 16
José Furtado CSKA (6) / Vihren (10)
3 Martin Kamburov Lokomotiv Plovdiv 13
Saša Antunović Lokomotiv Sofia
5 Valeri Domovchiyski Levski Sofia 11
Tsvetan Genkov Lokomotiv Sofia
Dimitar Telkiyski Levski Sofia
Emil Gargorov CSKA Sofia
9 Stoyko Sakaliev CSKA Sofia 10
Guillaume Dah Zadi CSKA Sofia

References
  1. "Сезон 2005-06 - Йешич продуцира драмата „7 точки разлика"" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 28 September 2013.
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