1994–95 A Group

A Group
Season1994–95
Dates19 August 1994 – 10 June 1995
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(20th title)
Relegated
UEFA Cup
Matches240
Goals689 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorerPetar Mihtarski
(24 goals)

The 1994–95 A Group was the 47th 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 and its first three-peat.[1] LEX Lovech, winners of the B Group in the previous season, played in A Group for the first time in their history.

Team information

Stadia and locations

The following teams have ensured their participation in A Group for season 1994–95 (listed in alphabetical order):

Sofia 1994–95 A Group football clubs
Team City Stadium Capacity
Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe 16,000
Botev Plovdiv Hristo Botev 18,000
CSKA Sofia Bulgarian Army 22,995
Dobrudzha Dobrich Druzhba 12,500
Etar Veliko Tarnovo Ivaylo 18,000
Levski Sofia Georgi Asparuhov 29,986
LEX Lovech Lovech 7,050
Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Dimitar Dyulgerov 14,000
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv 24,000
Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 22,000
Montana Montana Ogosta 8,000
Neftochimic Burgas Lazur 18,037
Pirin Blagoevgrad Hristo Botev 15,000
Shumen Shumen Panayot Volov 24,000
Slavia Sofia Ovcha Kupel 18,000
Spartak Plovdiv Todor Diev 11,353

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levski Sofia (C) 30 26 1 3 84 15 +69 79 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 21 5 4 59 30 +29 68 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3 Botev Plovdiv 30 18 6 6 66 31 +35 60 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
4 Slavia Sofia 30 16 5 9 63 35 +28 53
5 CSKA Sofia 30 13 7 10 51 46 +5 46
6 Spartak Plovdiv 30 12 7 11 33 34 −1 43 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
7 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 13 3 14 48 38 +10 42
8 Neftochimic Burgas 30 12 3 15 41 50 −9 39
9 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 30 10 6 14 31 54 −23 36 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
10 Shumen 30 10 6 14 33 50 −17 36
11 LEX Lovech 30 10 6 14 25 46 −21 36
12 Dobrudzha Dobrich 30 10 5 15 32 43 −11 35
13 Montana 30 9 7 14 31 41 −10 34
14 Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa (R) 30 10 3 17 35 53 −18 33 Relegation to 1995–96 B Group
15 Pirin Blagoevgrad (R) 30 9 3 18 30 46 −16 30
16 Beroe Stara Zagora (R) 30 3 3 24 27 77 −50 12
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BSZ BOT CSK DOB ETA LEV LEX LGO LPL LSO MON NEF PIR SHU SLA SPP
Beroe Stara Zagora 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–3 3–0 1–3 2–2 0–2 0–1 4–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–1
Botev Plovdiv 6–0 4–3 4–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 5–0 3–1 4–1
CSKA Sofia 4–2 3–2 2–1 2–2 1–7 2–0 5–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 4–1 4–1 0–0 0–0
Dobrudzha Dobrich 5–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–3 1–4 3–1 2–1 2–5 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0
Levski Sofia 5–2 6–1 3–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 8–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 6–1 1–0 2–0
LEX Lovech 3–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 8–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–4 3–0 4–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 4–2 2–0 2–2 1–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 2–1 3–2 2–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 4–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 4–1
Montana 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–4 0–3
Neftochimic Burgas 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 4–1 3–1 4–1 3–0 2–2
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2–0 0–2 0–3 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 1–2
Shumen 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 4–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–0
Slavia Sofia 3–0 2–0 3–1 5–1 2–0 0–2 4–0 5–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 4–2 4–0
Spartak Plovdiv 4–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–3
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 12 (0)
Oleg Morgun 1 (0)
Defenders
Valentin Dartilov 27 (0)
Gosho Ginchev 28 (0)
Ivan Vasilev 16 (1)
Tsanko Tsvetanov 29 (1)
Aleksandar Markov 6 (0)
Emil Kremenliev 28 (1)
Midfielders
Daniel Borimirov 29 (17)
Georgi Slavchev 3 (0)
Ilian Iliev 23 (11)
Zlatko Yankov 29 (4)
Nikolay Todorov 28 (11)
Georgi Ivanov 21 (3)
Petar Kosturkov 1 (0)
Stanimir Stoilov 27 (13)
Veselin Sarbakov 2 (0)
Forwards
Kancho Yordanov 27 (3)
Plamen Timnev 11 (2)
Iliyan Simeonov 7 (2)
Dimitar Trendafilov 1 (0)
Nasko Sirakov* 10 (12)
Manager
Georgi Vasilev
  • Sirakov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Petar Mihtarski CSKA Sofia 24
2 Vladko Shalamanov Slavia Sofia 22
3 Daniel Borimirov Levski Sofia 17
4 Nasko Sirakov Levski Sofia (12)
Botev Plovdiv (4)
16
5 Nikolay Petrunov Pirin Blagoevgrad 14
6 Stanimir Stoilov Levski Sofia 13
7 Veliyan Parushev Neftochimic 12
Valentin Ignatov Lokomotiv GO
Boris Hvoynev Botev Plovdiv
10 Georgi Donkov Botev Plovdiv 11
Nikolay Todorov Levski Sofia
Aleksandar Radev Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Stancho Tsonev Neftochimic

Attendances

# Club Average
1 Neftochimik 17,500
2 Levski 10,000
3 Dobrudzha 8,308
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 8,000
5 Botev 7,786
6 Montana 7,115
7 Lovech 6,450
8 Shumen 6,246
9 Pirin 5,893
10 CSKA Sofia 5,692
11 Spartak 4,885
12 Beroe 4,609
13 Lokomotiv Sofia 4,346
14 Etar 4,214
15 Slavia Sofia 3,964
16 Lokomotiv GO 3,308

Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ "Гигов харчи 55 милиона за калъфка" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 13 July 2013.
  2. ^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bgr/avebgr95.htm