1992–93 A Group

A Group
Season	1992–93
Dates	8 August 1992 – 5 June 1993
Champions	Levski Sofia; (18th title)
Relegated	Haskovo, Sliven
Champions League	Levski Sofia
UEFA Cup	Botev Plovdiv; Lokomotiv Plovdiv;
Matches	240
Goals	667 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Plamen Getov; (26 goals)
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

The 1992–93 A Group was the 45th 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 Levski Sofia won the championship.

Team information

Stadia and locations

The following teams have ensured their participation in A Group for season 1992–93 (listed in alphabetical order):

Sofia

Location of teams in 1992–93 A Group

Sofia 1992–93 A Group football clubs

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Beroe	Stara Zagora	Beroe	16,000
Botev	Plovdiv	Hristo Botev	18,000
Chernomorets	Burgas	Chernomorets	22,000
CSKA	Sofia	Bulgarian Army	22,995
Dobrudzha	Dobrich	Druzhba	12,500
Etar	Veliko Tarnovo	Ivaylo	18,000
Haskovo	Haskovo	Haskovo	12,500
Levski	Sofia	Georgi Asparuhov	29,986
Lokomotiv	Gorna Oryahovitsa	Dimitar Dyulgerov	14,000
Lokomotiv	Plovdiv	Lokomotiv	24,000
Lokomotiv	Sofia	Lokomotiv	22,000
Pirin	Blagoevgrad	Hristo Botev	15,000
Slavia	Sofia	Ovcha Kupel	18,000
Sliven	Sliven	Hadzhi Dimitar	15,000
Spartak	Varna	Spartak	8,000
Yantra	Gabrovo	Hristo Botev	12,000

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	30	22	6	2	76	27	+49	50	Qualification for Champions League first round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	17	8	5	66	31	+35	42	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Botev Plovdiv	30	16	6	8	55	33	+22	38	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round^[a]
4	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	16	5	9	57	29	+28	37	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round^[a]
5	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	11	13	6	52	39	+13	35
6	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	13	9	8	37	36	+1	35
7	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	13	7	10	33	32	+1	33
8	Chernomorets Burgas	30	11	8	11	33	31	+2	30
9	Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa	30	10	9	11	31	37	−6	29
10	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	10	8	12	29	35	−6	28
11	Yantra Gabrovo	30	10	6	14	38	52	−14	26
12	Spartak Varna	30	8	8	14	30	48	−18	24
13	Dobrudzha Dobrich	30	9	4	17	32	57	−25	22
14	Slavia Sofia	30	8	5	17	39	56	−17	21
15	Haskovo (R)	30	6	5	19	32	66	−34	17	Relegation to 1993–94 B Group
16	Sliven (R)	30	6	1	23	27	58	−31	13	Relegation to 1993–94 B Group

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

^ An extra slot for the UEFA Cup was given to Bulgaria following the 1993 Polish football scandal.

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	BOT	CHB	CSK	DOB	ETA	HAS	LEV	LGO	LPL	LSO	PIR	SLA	SLI	SPV	YAN
Beroe Stara Zagora		0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–4	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1
Botev Plovdiv	1–1		3–1	4–2	4–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	4–2	4–1	2–0	3–1	4–1
Chernomorets Burgas	2–0	1–0		0–0	4–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–2
CSKA Sofia	2–0	3–1	2–0		5–2	1–1	3–0	2–3	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	3–0	4–0	6–1
Dobrudzha Dobrich	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–1		3–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	0–2	0–5	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0		1–0	0–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–0	2–2	2–1
Haskovo	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–3	3–1	2–2		2–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	2–1	4–1	2–0	3–0
Levski Sofia	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	4–2	3–1	4–0		2–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	4–3	4–1	4–0	5–0
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–0		1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	6–2	3–1	3–0	1–3	4–0		2–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	6–0	3–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–5	2–1	3–0	4–1	2–3	2–1	1–1		4–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–0		0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0
Slavia Sofia	2–3	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	4–1	0–3	0–1	0–3	2–2	1–1		2–1	3–2	4–0
Sliven	2–3	0–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	5–2	0–4	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	0–1		1–2	3–1
Spartak Varna	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	2–0		3–1
Yantra Gabrovo	1–1	1–0	2–0	4–4	1–0	0–0	6–1	0–1	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–0

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

Champions

Levski Sofia

Goalkeepers
Plamen Nikolov	23	(0)
Zdravko Zdravkov	10	(0)

Defenders
Valentin Dartilov	28	(0)
Gosho Ginchev	11	(0)
Krasimir Koev	17	(0)
Stoyan Pumpalov	4	(0)
Petar Hubchev	29	(1)
Kalin Bankov	1	(0)
Aleksandar Markov	17	(0)
Nikolay Iliev	14	(7)

Midfielders
Daniel Borimirov	29	(5)
Georgi Slavchev	16	(1)
Vladko Shalamanov	7	(0)
Ilian Iliev	25	(4)
Zlatko Yankov	17	(5)
Emil Mitsanski	9	(0)
Georgi Donkov	19	(4)

Forwards
Valeri Valkov	12	(0)
Plamen Getov	30	(26)
Lyubomir Nikolov	2	(0)
Velko Yotov	25	(10)
Nikolay Mitov	7	(1)
Rumen Stoyanov	5	(0)
Dimitar Trendafilov	19	(3)
Nasko Sirakov	12	(9)

Manager
	Ivan Vutov

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Plamen Getov	Levski Sofia	26
2	Vladimir Stoyanov	Lokomotiv Sofia	21
3	Stefan Draganov	CSKA Sofia	17
3	Ayan Sadakov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	17
5	Ivaylo Andonov	CSKA Sofia	15
6	Yordan Bozdanski	Pirin Blagoevgrad	12
7	Doncho Donev	Lokomotiv Sofia	10
	Velko Yotov	Levski Sofia
	Petre Grigoraș	Dobrudzha
	Yasen Petrov	Botev Plovdiv
	Vesko Petkov	Beroe

Source:1992–93 Top Goalscorers

References

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[table_note_res_UC10.38444342435545-1] An extra slot for the UEFA Cup was given to Bulgaria following the 1993 Polish football scandal.

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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

1992–93 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Balkans Cup
Related to national team	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 6) Dimitar Penev
List of transfers

1992–93 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Armenia '92 '93 Austria Azerbaijan '92 '93 Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '92 '93 Finland '92 '93 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '92 '93 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '92 '93 Latvia '92 '93 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '92 '93 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '92 '93 San Marino Scotland Slovenia Soviet Union Spain Sweden '92 '93 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan '92 '93 Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '92 '93 Finland '92 '93 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '92 '93 Israel Italy Latvia '92 '93 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '92 '93 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
Supercups	England Germany
UEFA competitions	Champions League (preliminary round, first round, second round, group stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup