1998–99 A Group

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1998–1999 season.

A Group
Season1998–99
ChampionsLitex Lovech
(2nd title)
Relegated
Champions LeagueLitex Lovech
UEFA Cup
Matches played239
Goals scored719 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorerDimcho Belyakov
(21 goals)

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Litex Lovech won the championship.[1]

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Litex Lovech[lower-alpha 1] (C) 30 24 4 2 83 25 +58 73[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Levski Sofia 30 23 5 2 51 11 +40 71[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Levski Kyustendil 30 18 4 8 57 29 +28 57[lower-alpha 3]
4 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 17 4 9 46 30 +16 55
5 CSKA Sofia 30 15 6 9 54 39 +15 50[lower-alpha 3] Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 4]
6 Neftochimic Burgas 30 15 4 11 52 38 +14 49
7 Slavia Sofia 30 11 8 11 47 36 +11 41
8 Minyor Pernik 30 11 7 12 44 46 −2 40
9 Dobrudzha Dobrich 30 11 3 16 45 55 −10 36
10 Metalurg Pernik (R) 30 11 2 17 33 46 −13 35 Relegation to 1999–2000 B Group[lower-alpha 5]
11 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 10 4 16 35 58 −23 34
12 Spartak Varna 30 10 4 16 39 50 −11 34 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
13 Botev Plovdiv 30 9 5 16 34 55 −21 32
14 Shumen 30 8 8 14 36 56 −20 32
15 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (R) 30 4 5 21 26 73 −47 17 Relegation to 1999–2000 B Group
16 Septemvri Sofia (R) 30 4 5 21 34 73 −39 17
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Litex (Lovech) have changed name to Lovech.
  2. Litex and Levski three points deducted for winning fixed matches against Metalurg.
  3. Levski (Kyustendil) and CSKA (Sofia) awarded no points following April 11 match abandoned at half-time.
  4. CSKA Sofia won the 1998–99 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
  5. Metalurg Pernik relegated by Bulgarian Football Union for match fixing.

Results
Home \ Away BOT CSK DOB LVK LEV LIT LPL LSO MET MIN NEF PIR SEP SHU SLA SPV
Botev Plovdiv 2–0 3–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 5–2 1–0 3–2
CSKA Sofia 5–0 3–0 3–2 2–3 2–3 6–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 3–2 1–1 2–1
Dobrudzha Dobrich 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 4–2 2–3 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 5–1 4–1 3–1 3–1
Levski Kyustendil 2–1 –[lower-alpha 1] 3–0 0–1 1–0 5–1 1–0 7–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 3–0 3–0 2–0
Levski Sofia 6–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 5–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0
Litex Lovech 2–0 8–0 5–0 2–0 1–1 5–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 8–1 4–1 2–0 3–1 3–2
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–4 1–3 2–0 0–1 2–4 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–3
Lokomotiv Sofia 2–0 0–2 5–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–1
Metalurg Pernik 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 4–2 2–1 1–1 2–0
Minyor Pernik 1–0 2–0 4–2 0–0 2–2 2–3 2–0 1–5 3–4 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 5–0
Neftochimic Burgas 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–4 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 6–1 1–3 6–1 2–0 4–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 6–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0
Septemvri Sofia 2–0 2–5 2–1 0–3 0–4 2–5 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–3 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 1–1
Shumen 1–1 2–5 0–0 3–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 3–2 2–1 1–1
Slavia Sofia 2–0 0–1 6–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 6–1 2–3 1–0 2–2 1–2 4–1 4–1 2–0 2–2
Spartak Varna 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–3 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–2
Source: todor66.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match Levski Kyustendil–CSKA Sofia was abandoned at half-time. No points were awarded to these two teams.

Champions
Litex Lovech
Goalkeepers
01 Vitomir Vutov190(0)
12 Stoyan Stavrev110(0)
Defenders
03 Zhivko Zhelev080(1)
04 Stefan Kolev260(0)
05 Dimitar Balabanov*010(0)
13 Nikolay Dimitrov220(0)
16 Dimitar Karadaliev160(1)
17 Zlatomir Zagorčić190(1)
22 Altin Haxhi240(6)
25 Radostin Kishishev260(1)
Rosen Kirilov*110(1)
Midfielders
02 Laurențiu Reghecampf140(4)
06 Rosen Emilov150(0)
07 Mariyan Todorov210(2)
08 Stoycho Stoilov240(9)
10 Vasil Kirov160(1)
15 Dragoljub Simonović240(9)
18 Ivaylo Petev050(0)
19 Veselin Sarbakov*020(0)
23 Svetlan Kondev020(0)
Georgi Bogdanov030(0)
Forwards
09 Stefan Yurukov190(7)
11 Dimcho Belyakov25(21)
14 Alban Bushi22(10)
20 Svetoslav Todorov120(2)
21 Veselin Ignatov*050(1)
24 Luis Carlos Mota110(1)
Igor Bogdanović*090(5)
Metodi Stoynev*010(0)
Ivan Gemedzhiev020(0)
Manager
Ferario Spasov
  • Ignatov, Kirilov, Balabanov, Sarbakov, Bogdanović and Stoynev left the club during a season.

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Dimcho Belyakov Litex Lovech 21
2 Todor Pramatarov Shumen 17
3 Hristo Marashliev Levski Kyustendil 16
4 Georgi Georgiev Minyor Pernik 15
5 Georgi Ivanov Levski Sofia 13
6 Diyan Bozhilov Dobrudzha Dobrich 12
7 Serge Yoffou Dobrudzha Dobrich 11
Dimitar Telkiyski Botev Plovdiv
Iliya Gruev Neftochimic Burgas
10 Alban Bushi Litex Lovech 10
Genadi Simeonov Metalurg Pernik
Petar Mihtarski Pirin Blagoevgrad
Mihail Mihaylov Levski Kyustendil
Boyko Velichkov Spartak Varna

References
  1. "Касета убива Металург, Литекс се измъква сух" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 10 August 2013.
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