1990–91 A Group

A Group
Season	1990–91
Dates	11 August 1990 – 8 June 1991
Champions	Etar Veliko Tarnovo; (1st title)
Relegated	Dunav; Haskovo;
European Cup	Etar
UEFA Cup	CSKA Sofia; Slavia Sofia;
Matches	240
Goals	647 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ivaylo Yordanov; (21 goals)
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 A Group was the 43rd 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 16 teams, and Etar Veliko Tarnovo won the championship.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Sofia

Locations of the 1990–91 Bulgarian A Group teams

Sofia 1990–91 A Group football clubs

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Beroe	Stara Zagora	Beroe	18,000
Botev	Plovdiv	Hristo Botev (Plovdiv)	30,000
Chernomorets	Burgas	Deveti Septemvri	18,000
CSKA	Sofia	Narodna Armia	26,000
Dunav	Ruse	Gradski Dunav	22,000 12,000
Etar	Veliko Tarnovo	Ivaylo	15,000
Haskovo	Haskovo	Haskovo	12,500
Levski	Sofia	Levski Rakovski	40,000 18,000
Lokomotiv	Gorna Oryahovitsa	Dimitar Dyulgerov	14,000
Lokomotiv	Plovdiv	Lokomotiv Deveti Septemvri	13,000 50,000
Lokomotiv	Sofia	Vasil Levski National Stadium	60,000
Minyor	Pernik	Minyor	20,000
Pirin	Blagoevgrad	Hristo Botev (Blagoevgrad)	15,000
Slavia	Sofia	Slavia	25,000
Sliven	Sliven	Hadzhi Dimitar	15,000
Yantra	Gabrovo	Hristo Botev (Gabrovo)	12,000

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Etar Veliko Tarnovo (C)	30	18	8	4	49	21	+28	44	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	14	9	7	51	28	+23	37	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Slavia Sofia	30	14	9	7	48	29	+19	37	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	13	10	7	50	36	+14	36
5	Botev Plovdiv	30	13	10	7	49	41	+8	36
6	Levski Sofia	30	12	9	9	51	38	+13	33	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Chernomorets Burgas	30	11	8	11	41	50	−9	30
8	Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa	30	13	3	14	42	39	+3	29
9	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	10	7	13	38	41	−3	27
10	Minyor Pernik	30	10	7	13	36	44	−8	27
11	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	9	9	12	34	42	−8	27
12	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	11	4	15	38	40	−2	26
13	Sliven	30	9	8	13	39	49	−10	26
14	Yantra Gabrovo	30	9	8	13	31	44	−13	26
15	Dunav Ruse (R)	30	8	6	16	23	42	−19	22	Relegation to 1991–92 B Group
16	Haskovo (R)	30	7	3	20	27	63	−36	17	Relegation to 1991–92 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	BOT	CHB	CSK	DUN	ETA	HAS	LEV	LGO	LPL	LSO	MIN	PIR	SLA	SLI	YAN
Beroe Stara Zagora		1–2	3–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	5–0	1–3	0–1	1–1
Botev Plovdiv	0–0		5–0	3–2	2–0	0–1	4–3	4–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	4–0
Chernomorets Burgas	2–1	1–1		1–1	5–1	1–1	1–0	3–3	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0
CSKA Sofia	3–0	7–1	2–3		5–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–0
Dunav Ruse	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–2		0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2–0	4–0	3–2	1–1	2–0		3–0	4–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–1
Haskovo	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–2		2–4	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–2
Levski Sofia	1–1	2–3	5–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0		2–1	4–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–4	4–0	1–0
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa	2–3	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–4	1–0	2–0		2–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	3–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–0	1–1	5–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–2		1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–0		5–2	3–1	0–1	3–0	4–0
Minyor Pernik	3–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–0		1–0	1–1	5–2	3–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	6–0	0–3	1–2	3–0	4–0	4–0		1–1	2–0	1–0
Slavia Sofia	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	5–1	0–0	3–1	4–1	1–2	3–0	5–2		3–3	1–0
Sliven	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	5–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–2		5–1
Yantra Gabrovo	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	3–1	1–1

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

Champions

Etar Veliko Tarnovo

Goalkeepers
Nikolay Donev	26	(0)
Kaloyan Chakarov	5	(0)

Defenders
Angel Chervenkov	27	(3)
Tsanko Tsvetanov	29	(0)
Tsvetomir Parvanov	29	(1)
Plamen Prodanov	28	(3)
Petar Georgiev	0	(0)

Midfielders
Iliyan Kiryakov	30	(8)
Gencho Genchev	16	(1)
Andriyan Gaydarski	22	(1)
Krasimir Balakov*	11	(3)
Georgi Popivanov	26	(3)
Aleksandar Dimov	30	(1)
Sasho Hristov	15	(1)
Aleksandar Aleksandrov	16	(1)
Georgi Georgiev	3	(0)

Forwards
Miroslav Baychev	18	(3)
Igor Kislov	21	(4)
Petyo Rashev	7	(1)
Boncho Genchev	27	(15)
Miroslav Mironov	0	(0)
Mariyan Metlarov	3	(0)

Manager
	Georgi Vasilev

Balakov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Ivaylo Yordanov	Lokomotiv GO	21
2	Petar Mihtarski	Levski Sofia	18
2	Yordan Lechkov	Sliven	18
4	Vladimir Stoyanov	Chernomorets Burgas	17
5	Boncho Genchev	Etar	15
6	Todor Pramatarov	Lokomotiv Sofia	14
6	Stefan Draganov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	14
8	Vercho Mitov	Minyor Pernik	13
9	Yasen Petrov	Botev Plovdiv	11
9	Stanimir Stoilov	Levski Sofia	11

Source:1990–91 Top Goalscorers

Attendances

#	Club	Average
1	Levski	8,773
2	Etar	6,933
3	CSKA Sofia	6,533
4	Yantra	6,267
5	Dunav	6,000
6	Botev	5,500
7	Sliven	5,467
8	Pirin	5,267
9	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	5,200
10	Lokomotiv Sofia	4,733
11	Minyor	4,640
12	Lokomotiv GO	4,407
13	Beroe	3,593
14	Haskovo	3,527
15	Slavia Sofia	3,167
16	Chernomorets	2,967

Source:^[1]

References

^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bgr/avebgr91.htm

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[1] ttps://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bgr/avebgr91.htm

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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

1990–91 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Balkans Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 1992 qualification (Group 2) Ivan Vutsov
Club seasons
A Group	Beroe Botev Plovdiv Chernomorets CSKA Dunav FC Etar Haskovo Levski Lokomotiv GO Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia Minyor Pirin Slavia Sliven Yantra
List of transfers

1990–91 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '90 '91 England Faroe Islands '90 '91 Finland '90 '91 France Georgia '90 '91 Germany (Eastern, Western) Greece Hungary Iceland '90 '91 Israel Italy Lithuania '90 '91 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '90 '91 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '90 '91 Spain Sweden '90 '91 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '90 '91 Finland '90 '91 France Georgia Germany (Eastern, Western) Greece Hungary Iceland '90 '91 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Lithuania '90 '91 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '90 '91 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '90
Supercups	England Italy Spain Switzerland Turkey West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup Baltic League