1979–80 A Group

The 1979–80 A Group was the 32nd season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group

Season	1979–80
Champions	CSKA Sofia (20th title)
Relegated	Lokomotiv Plovdiv Etar
European Cup	CSKA
UEFA Cup	Levski Beroe
Matches played	240
Goals scored	632 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Spas Dzhevizov (21 goals)
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	30	18	10	2	60	30	+30	46	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Slavia Sofia	30	21	3	6	66	27	+39	45	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Levski Sofia	30	15	7	8	45	38	+7	37	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	13	8	9	49	37	+12	34
5	Trakia Plovdiv	30	14	5	11	39	38	+1	33
6	Marek Dupnitsa	30	11	9	10	51	42	+9	31
7	Cherno More Varna	30	9	13	8	36	33	+3	31
8	Minyor Pernik	30	11	6	13	31	46	−15	28
9	Chernomorets Burgas	30	12	3	15	39	42	−3	27
10	Botev Vratsa	30	10	6	14	35	43	−8	26
11	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	7	12	11	32	43	−11	26
12	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	9	7	14	27	34	−7	25
13	Sliven	30	8	9	13	32	43	−11	25
14	Spartak Pleven	30	7	10	13	26	39	−13	24
15	Lokomotiv Plovdiv (R)	30	6	10	14	33	52	−19	22	Relegation to 1980–81 B Group
16	Etar Veliko Tarnovo (R)	30	7	6	17	31	45	−14	20

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

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	BVR	CHM	CHB	CSK	ETA	LEV	LPL	LSO	MAR	MIN	PIR	SLA	SLI	SPL	TRA
Beroe Stara Zagora		2–0	1–2	1–1	3–2	3–0	3–1	4–3	2–2	0–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	4–2
Botev Vratsa	2–0		1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	3–2
Cherno More	0–0	0–0		2–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–2
Chernomorets Burgas	1–2	3–0	2–3		2–3	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1
CSKA Sofia	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1		6–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–1		1–2	3–1	0–2	7–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1
Levski Sofia	1–0	4–2	2–2	1–0	2–3	2–0		3–0	5–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1		1–2	1–1	5–3	3–0	0–4	0–0	1–0	0–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	1–1	4–2	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	2–3	0–2		1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–2
Marek Dupnitsa	3–2	2–0	1–2	3–1	1–2	3–3	2–1	7–1	1–1		3–0	1–0	2–0	6–0	1–1	5–1
Minyor Pernik	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0		1–0	2–0	0–3	1–1	1–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad	2–4	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1		1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0
Slavia Sofia	2–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	4–3	2–0	3–2	5–1	4–1	4–1	3–1		3–1	3–0	4–0
Sliven	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–3	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–3		3–3	0–0
Spartak Pleven	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0		1–0
Trakia Plovdiv	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–3	2–0	4–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–0

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

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Georgi Velinov	21	0(0)
Yordan Filipov	09	0(0)

Defenders
Georgi Dimitrov	23	0(1)
Tsonyo Vasilev	21	0(0)
Angel Rangelov	30	0(0)
Vasil Tinchev	09	0(0)
Ivan Zafirov	26	0(0)
Dinko Dimitrov	03	0(0)
Angel Kalburov	18	0(0)
Hristo Topalov	12	0(0)

Midfielders
Plamen Markov	30	0(5)
Krasimir Goranov	24	0(0)
Vasil Simov	09	0(0)
Dimitar Aleksiev	03	0(0)
Tsvetan Yonchev	27	0(4)
Metodi Tomanov	05	0(0)
Ivan Metodiev	24	0(5)

Forwards
Spas Dzhevizov	28	(21)
Mario Valkov	22	0(6)
Tsvetan Danov	02	0(0)
Nikola Hristov	26	(13)
Georgi Slavkov	09	0(5)
Dimitar Dimitrov	04	0(0)

Manager
	Asparuh Nikodimov

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Spas Dzhevizov	CSKA Sofia	21
2	Andrey Zhelyazkov	Slavia Sofia	19
3	Chavdar Tsvetkov	Slavia Sofia	18
4	Ivan Petrov	Marek Dupnitsa	14
5	Nikola Hristov	CSKA Sofia	13
6	Petko Petkov	Beroe Stara Zagora	12
	Tsonko Simeonov	Sliven
8	Krasimir Manolov	Trakia Plovdiv	11
	Rafi Rafiev	Cherno More
	Blagoy Krastanov	Spartak Pleven

Awards

Team of the Season

Team of the Season (by newspaper Naroden Sport)[2]
Goalkeeper	Hristo Hristov (Pirin)
Defence	Ivan Ilchev (Chernomorets)			Bozhil Kolev (Cherno More)			Boko Dimitrov (Lokomotiv Sofia)			Evlogi Banchev (Minyor)
Midfield	Venelin Toshkov (Botev Vratsa)				Andrey Zhelyazkov (Slavia)				Valentin Maldzhanski (Botev Vratsa)
Attack	Georgi Iliev (Chernomorets)				Petko Petkov (Beroe)				Chavdar Tsvetkov (Slavia)