1959–60 A Group

A Group
Season	1959–60
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (10th title)
Relegated	Spartak Pleven
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
Matches	132
Goals	338 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dimitar Yordanov; Lyuben Kostov; (12 goals each)
	← 1958–59 1960–61 →

The 1959–60 A Group was the 12th 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 12 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship, giving them the title for the sixth time in a row.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	22	12	8	2	42	18	+24	32	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Levski Sofia	22	11	6	5	32	22	+10	28
3	Lokomotiv Sofia	22	7	9	6	31	22	+9	23
4	Slavia Sofia	22	7	9	6	30	28	+2	23
5	Septemvri Sofia	22	7	8	7	34	31	+3	22
6	Minyor Pernik	22	8	6	8	27	25	+2	22
7	Botev Plovdiv	22	8	5	9	30	31	−1	21
8	Dunav Ruse	22	7	6	9	29	34	−5	20
9	Spartak Plovdiv	22	4	12	6	21	28	−7	20
10	Spartak Varna	22	6	8	8	27	38	−11	20
11	Spartak Sofia	22	5	9	8	21	29	−8	19
12	Spartak Pleven (R)	22	3	8	11	14	32	−18	14	Relegation to 1960–61 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	BPD	CSK	DUN	LEV	LSO	MIN	SEP	SLA	SPL	SPD	SSF	SPV
Botev Plovdiv		1–1	2–1	1–3	3–1	4–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
CSKA Sofia	0–0		5–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	7–1
Dunav Ruse	2–1	1–0		0–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–2	3–0
Levski Sofia	2–3	1–1	2–0		0–1	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	4–0	1–1	0–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–1	0–1	4–0	1–1		0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–2
Minyor Pernik	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0		1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–0
Septemvri Sofia	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–3	2–1		1–4	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–2
Slavia Sofia	3–3	0–0	3–3	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–0		2–0	0–0	2–0	3–1
Spartak Pleven	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–3	2–8	0–0		0–2	0–0	3–1
Spartak Plovdiv	1–2	0–3	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1		1–1	1–1
Spartak Sofia	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–5	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–1		2–0
Spartak Varna	1–0	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–1	1–0	0–0	4–1

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

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Dimitar Yordanov	Levski Sofia	12
1	Lyuben Kostov	Spartak Varna	12
3	Dimitar Yakimov	Septemvri Sofia	11
3	Tsvetan Milev	Septemvri Sofia	11
5	Vasil Razsolkov	Dunav Ruse	10

References

^ "Бенефисът на Стевето и дебютът на Гунди" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 27 October 2012. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1959–60 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[1] "Бенефисът на Стевето и дебютът на Гунди" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 27 October 2012. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

[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 1978–79 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

1959–60 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup
Related to national team	1960 European Nations' Cup (Round of 16) Georgi Pachedzhiev
List of transfers

1959–60 in European football (UEFA)
« 1958–59 1960–61 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '59 '60 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '59 '60 England Faroe Islands '59 '60 Finland '59 '60 France East Germany '59 '60 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '59 '60 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '59 '60 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '59 '60 Spain Sweden '59 '60 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '60 Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Faroe Islands '59 '60 Finland '59 '60 France East Germany '59 '60 West Germany Greece Iceland '60 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '59 '60 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Mitropa Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final)
International competitions	European Nations' Cup qualification European Under-18 Championship