1993–94 A Group

A Group
Season	1993–94
Dates	14 August 1993 – 8 May 1994
Champions	Levski Sofia; (19th title)
Relegated	Chernomorets; Cherno More; Spartak Varna;
UEFA Cup	Levski Sofia; CSKA Sofia; Shumen;
Matches	218
Goals	589 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nasko Sirakov; (30 goals)
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 A Group was the 46th 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 with a record 17 points difference before the second.

Team information

Stadia and locations

The following teams have ensured their participation in A Group for season 1993–94 (listed in alphabetical order):

Sofia

Location of teams in 1993–94 A Group

Sofia 1993–94 A Group football clubs

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Beroe	Stara Zagora	Beroe	16,000
Botev	Plovdiv	Hristo Botev	18,000
Cherno More	Varna	Ticha	8,250
Chernomorets	Burgas	Chernomorets	22,000
CSKA	Sofia	Bulgarian Army	22,995
Dobrudzha	Dobrich	Druzhba	12,500
Etar	Veliko Tarnovo	Ivaylo	18,000
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
Shumen	Shumen	Panayot Volov	24,000
Slavia	Sofia	Ovcha Kupel	18,000
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)	28	22	5	1	78	17	+61	71	Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2	CSKA Sofia	28	17	3	8	58	27	+31	54	Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
3	Botev Plovdiv^[a]	28	15	5	8	50	29	+21	50
4	Shumen^[a]	28	14	6	8	49	34	+15	48	Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	28	12	4	12	38	43	−5	40
6	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	28	10	10	8	42	33	+9	40
7	Beroe Stara Zagora	28	11	5	12	33	38	−5	38
8	Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa	28	11	5	12	25	39	−14	38
9	Slavia Sofia	28	9	9	10	30	37	−7	36
10	Pirin Blagoevgrad	28	10	6	12	35	36	−1	36	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round^[b]
11	Lokomotiv Sofia	28	10	4	14	37	40	−3	34
12	Dobrudzha Dobrich	28	8	10	10	37	42	−5	34
13	Chernomorets Burgas (R)	28	8	6	14	30	36	−6	30	Relegation to 1994–95 B Group
14	Cherno More (R)	28	5	6	17	24	68	−44	21
15	Spartak Varna (R)	28	4	4	20	18	65	−47	16
–	Yantra Gabrovo^[c] (R)	8	1	0	7	5	18	−13	0

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

^ ^a ^b Botev Plovdiv is banned from European Competitions for one season. Its place in the UEFA Cup is taken by Shumen.
^ Pirin Blagoevgrad qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as finalists in the 1993–94 Bulgarian Cup.
^ Yantra Gabrovo was relegated from the group after round 8 for trying to bribe Beroe Stara Zagora in their round 8 match. All their results were annulled.

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	BOT	CHM	CHB	CSK	DOB	ETA	LEV	LGO	LPL	LSO	PIR	SHU	SLA	SPV
Beroe Stara Zagora		1–0	3–3	1–0	0–2	4–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–0
Botev Plovdiv	0–2		4–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–0	4–2	6–0	6–1
Cherno More	1–3	0–3		0–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–5	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
Chernomorets Burgas	1–1	2–2	3–0		2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–3	1–0	1–0
CSKA Sofia	3–0	2–1	6–1	4–1		3–0	2–1	1–4	0–1	6–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	3–1	7–0
Dobrudzha Dobrich	3–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	1–1		4–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	4–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	5–2	3–0	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–1		2–2	5–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–1
Levski Sofia	2–0	2–0	5–1	1–0	2–1	5–0	1–0		6–0	2–0	6–0	4–3	1–1	4–1	5–0
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0		1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–1	1–3	4–2	4–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0		1–0	2–1	4–0	1–2	3–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	1–0	0–1	5–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–3	0–4	2–0	1–0		1–3	3–1	0–0	7–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	0–3	3–0	1–2	1–1		2–2	2–1	3–0
Shumen	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	3–1	3–0	2–0		1–1	3–0
Slavia Sofia	2–1	1–3	4–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0		2–0
Spartak Varna	0–1	0–3	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	3–3	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–3	3–0

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

Champions

Levski Sofia

Goalkeepers
Plamen Nikolov	24	(0)
Oleg Morgun	6	(0)

Defenders
Valentin Dartilov	12	(0)
Gosho Ginchev	23	(1)
Krasimir Koev	3	(0)
Tsanko Tsvetanov	25	(0)
Petar Hubchev*	13	(1)
Stoil Georgiev	2	(0)
Aleksandar Markov	19	(0)
Emil Kremenliev	25	(1)

Midfielders
Daniel Borimirov	23	(15)
Georgi Slavchev	16	(1)
Magdy Tolba	5	(0)
Ilian Iliev	7	(0)
Zlatko Yankov	24	(5)
Emil Mitsanski	4	(0)
Nikolay Todorov	27	(7)
Georgi Ivanov	24	(0)
Nikolay Kostov	2	(0)
Diyan Angelov	13	(1)
Veselin Sarbakov	1	(0)

Forwards
Petre Grigoraș	10	(4)
Petar Aleksandrov	12	(10)
Nikolay Nikolov	2	(0)
Aleksandar Bonchev	4	(0)
Dimitar Trendafilov	12	(1)
Nasko Sirakov	26	(30)

Manager
	Georgi Vasilev

Hubchev left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Nasko Sirakov	Levski Sofia	30
2	Ivaylo Andonov	CSKA Sofia	25
3	Plamen Getov	Shumen	18
4	Daniel Borimirov	Levski Sofia	15
5	Simeon Chilibonov	Dobrudzha (9) Slavia Sofia (5)	14
6	Igor Kislov	Etar	12
7	Boris Hvoynev	Botev Plovdiv	11
8	Petar Aleksandrov	Levski Sofia	10
	Petre Grigoraș	Lokomotiv Plovdiv (6) Levski Sofia (4)
	Vojislav Budimirović	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
	Blago Aleksandrov	Slavia Sofia

Source:1993–94 Top Goalscorers

Attendances

#	Club	Average
1	Levski	17,133
2	Shumen	12,154
3	Botev	10,500
4	Dobrudzha	9,600
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	9,033
6	CSKA Sofia	8,042
7	Pirin	7,231
8	Chernomorets	6,771
9	Cherno More	5,087
10	Beroe	4,912
11	Lokomotiv Sofia	4,875
12	Etar	4,842
13	Slavia Sofia	4,832
14	Spartak Varna	3,767
15	Lokomotiv GO	3,271
16	Yantra	1,500

Source:^[1]

References

^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bgr/avebgr94.htm

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[table_note_BOT0.55981656702227-1] Botev Plovdiv is banned from European Competitions for one season. Its place in the UEFA Cup is taken by Shumen.

[table_note_res_CWCQ0.55981656702227-2] Pirin Blagoevgrad qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as finalists in the 1993–94 Bulgarian Cup.

[table_note_YAN0.55981656702227-3] Yantra Gabrovo was relegated from the group after round 8 for trying to bribe Beroe Stara Zagora in their round 8 match. All their results were annulled.

[4] ttps://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bgr/avebgr94.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

1993–94 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, Group D) Dimitar Penev
List of transfers

1993–94 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Armenia '93 '94 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '93 '94 Finland '93 '94 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '93 '94 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '93 '94 Latvia '93 '94 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '93 '94 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '93 '94 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '93 '94 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '93 '94 Finland '93 '94 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '93 '94 Israel Italy Latvia '93 '94 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '93 '94 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
Supercups	England Germany
UEFA competitions	Champions League (preliminary round, first round, second round, group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup