1996–97 A Group

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1996–1997 season.

A Group
Season1996–97
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(28th title)
Relegated
Champions LeagueCSKA
UEFA CupNeftochimic
Matches played240
Goals scored705 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorerTodor Pramatarov
(26 goals)

Overview

It was contested by 16 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) 30 22 5 3 65 19 +46 71 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Neftochimic Burgas 30 20 7 3 70 20 +50 67 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Slavia Sofia 30 17 6 7 61 23 +38 57
4 Levski Sofia 30 14 11 5 58 30 +28 53 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
5 Botev Plovdiv 30 14 3 13 41 41 0 45
6 Minyor Pernik 30 12 8 10 28 35 −7 44
7 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 13 4 13 59 47 +12 43
8 Levski Kyustendil 30 13 3 14 51 52 −1 42
9 Spartak Varna 30 13 3 14 40 41 −1 42 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
10 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 12 5 13 38 41 −3 41
11 Dobrudzha Dobrich 30 11 6 13 44 48 −4 39
12 Spartak Pleven 30 12 3 15 35 46 −11 39
13 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 30 10 5 15 37 53 −16 35
14 Maritsa Plovdiv (R) 30 8 8 14 38 45 −7 32 Relegation to 1997–98 B Group
15 Montana (R) 30 8 4 18 32 54 −22 28
16 Rakovski Ruse (R) 30 0 1 29 8 110 −102 1
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away BOT CSK DOB ETA LVK LEV LPL LSO MAR MIN MON NEF RAK SLA SPL SPV
Botev Plovdiv 0–3 3–0 2–1 3–0 4–3 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 4–3
CSKA Sofia 1–0 2–0 5–1 4–2 1–1 4–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 9–0 0–0 4–0 4–1
Dobrudzha Dobrich 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 3–2 3–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 2–0 0–1 4–3 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–4 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 5–0 3–2 1–0 1–0
Levski Kyustendil 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 5–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–3 5–1 3–1
Levski Sofia 0–1 0–2 5–0 6–0 6–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 4–1 4–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–5 5–1 0–1 2–0 1–2
Lokomotiv Sofia 3–0 1–2 4–0 2–0 4–3 2–3 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 7–0 2–3 1–2 3–1
Maritsa Plovdiv 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 4–3 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–5 8–0 0–0 2–2 1–0
Minyor Pernik 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0
Montana 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–1
Neftochimic Burgas 2–0 2–1 5–0 5–0 2–0 4–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 5–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–1
Rakovski Ruse 0–1 0–2 1–7 0–4 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–4 0–2 1–2 2–5 0–6 0–7 0–0 0–2
Slavia Sofia 2–1 1–3 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 4–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 5–0 0–1 6–0 1–2 1–0
Spartak Pleven 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–2
Spartak Varna 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–3 4–0 1–0 1–0
Source: todor66.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions
CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
Petko Petkov300(0)
Iliyan Vasilev000(0)
Defenders
Adalbert Zafirov280(2)
Filip Filipov210(1)
Stefan Lulchev140(0)
Zdravko Radev030(0)
Dobromir Mitov250(3)
Galin Ivanov200(0)
Midfielders
Anatoli Nankov270(2)
Risto Milosavov240(3)
Iliya Voynov200(4)
Ivo Slavchev200(2)
Nikolay Nikolov050(1)
Georgi Slavchev060(0)
Kostadin Vidolov*150(1)
Stiliyan Petrov050(0)
Ivan Tanchovski010(0)
Metodi Deyanov140(3)
Milen Petkov260(3)
Georgi Yordanov120(1)
Forwards
Ivaylo Andonov25(18)
Jair060(3)
Petar Zhabov220(9)
Martin Petrov030(1)
Dimitar Ivanov240(4)
Kancho Yordanov110(2)
Rumen Hristov*040(1)
Bozhidar Yankov040(0)
Manager
Georgi Vasilev
  • Vidolov and Hristov left the club during a season.

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Todor Pramatarov Slavia Sofia 26
2 Hristo Marashliev Levski Kyustendil (9)
Spartak Varna (11)		 20
3 Ivaylo Andonov CSKA Sofia 18
4 Geno Dobrevski Botev Plovdiv 13
5 Mihail Mihaylov Levski Kyustendil 12
6 Emil Mitsanski Dobrudzha 11
Todor Zaytsev Levski Sofia
8 Georgi Ivanov Lokomotiv Plovdiv 10
Iliya Gruev Neftochimic
10 Boris Hvoynev Botev Plovdiv 9
Petar Zhabov CSKA Sofia
Plamen Petrov Levski Kyustendil
Marian Hristov Levski Sofia
Aleksandar Aleksandrov Maritsa

References
  1. "Порточанов вади пистолет, после Гочето прави кълбета" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 27 July 2013.
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