1999–2000 A Group

The 1999–2000 A Group was the 52nd season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group

Season	1999–2000
Dates	6 August 1999 – 9 June 2000
Champions	Levski Sofia (21st title)
Relegated	Dobrudzha Belasitsa Pirin Shumen
Champions League	Levski
UEFA Cup	CSKA
Matches played	240
Goals scored	663 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mihail Mihaylov (20 goals)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Overview

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

Team information

Stadia and locations

The following teams have ensured their participation in A Group for season 1999–00 (listed in alphabetical order):

Sofia

Belasitsa

Olimpik-Beroe

Chernomorets
Neftochimic

Dobrudzha

Lovech

Botev

Minyor

Pirin

Shumen

Spartak

Velbazhd

Location of teams in 1999–2000 A Group

CSKA

Levski

Lokomotiv

Slavia

Sofia 1999–2000 A Group football clubs

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Belasitsa	Petrich	Tsar Samuil	9,500
Botev	Plovdiv	Hristo Botev	18,000
Chernomorets	Burgas	Chernomorets	22,000
CSKA	Sofia	Bulgarian Army	22,995
Dobrudzha	Dobrich	Druzhba	12,500
Levski	Sofia	Georgi Asparuhov	29,986
Lokomotiv	Sofia	Lokomotiv	22,000
Lovech	Lovech	Lovech	7,050
Minyor	Pernik	Minyor	18,000
Neftochimic	Burgas	Lazur	18,037
Olimpik-Beroe	Stara Zagora	Beroe	16,000
Pirin	Blagoevgrad	Hristo Botev	15,000
Shumen	Shumen	Panayot Volov	24,000
Slavia	Sofia	Ovcha Kupel	18,000
Spartak	Varna	Spartak	8,000
Velbazhd	Kyustendil	Osogovo	10,000

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	30	23	5	2	66	17	+49	74	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	20	4	6	60	26	+34	64	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Velbazhd Kyustendil	30	17	4	9	52	32	+20	55	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4	Neftochimic Burgas	30	14	11	5	42	21	+21	53	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
5	Lovech	30	15	4	11	61	34	+27	49
6	Slavia Sofia	30	13	6	11	38	40	−2	45
7	Spartak Varna	30	12	5	13	42	51	−9	41
8	Botev Plovdiv	30	12	4	14	43	42	+1	40
9	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	10	9	11	54	37	+17	39
10	Chernomorets Burgas	30	10	7	13	31	40	−9	37
11	Minyor Pernik	30	11	3	16	44	58	−14	36
12	Dobrudzha Dobrich (R)	30	10	5	15	30	43	−13	35	Qualification for relegation play-off
13	Olimpik-Beroe (O)	30	10	4	16	28	47	−19	34
14	Belasitsa Petrich (R)	30	9	6	15	28	57	−29	33[b]	Relegation to 2000–01 B Group
15	Pirin Blagoevgrad (R)	30	10	3	17	31	50	−19	33[b]
16	Shumen (R)	30	3	2	25	13	68	−55	11

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian) and rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Neftochimic Burgas qualified for UEFA Cup as a finalists in the 1999–2000 Bulgarian Cup.
2. Belasitsa Petrich ahead of Pirin Blagoevgrad on head-to-head record; Belasitsa Petrich–Pirin Blagoevgrad 4–1, Pirin Blagoevgrad–Belasitsa Petrich 1–0.

Results

Home \ Away	BEL	BOT	CHB	CSK	DOB	LEV	LSO	LOV	MIN	NEF	BSZ	PIR	SHU	SLA	SPV	VEL
Belasitsa Petrich		3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2
Botev Plovdiv	2–0		0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	4–0	6–0	6–2	1–0
Chernomorets Burgas	3–0	0–0		0–2	0–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–1
CSKA Sofia	3–0	4–0	3–0		4–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	6–1	1–4	3–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–0	3–1
Dobrudzha Dobrich	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–3		0–1	2–1	1–3	3–1	0–0	2–1	4–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	0–1
Levski Sofia	6–0	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–1		3–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	4–1	5–0	3–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	4–0	1–1		2–1	2–3	1–1	4–1	5–1	2–0	6–0	5–0	1–1
Lovech	8–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	4–1	1–1	3–2		6–3	0–1	2–0	1–1	6–0	0–1	4–1	3–1
Minyor Pernik	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	4–0	3–2	0–1	4–3		1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–3	1–1	0–2
Neftochimic Burgas	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	4–1		3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	4–0	1–0
Olimpik-Beroe	1–0	5–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–0		4–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–4[a]
Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–0	3–1	2–3	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1		3–1	1–4	2–0	1–0
Shumen	0–1	1–2	2–3	0–1	0–1	1–4	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–0		0–3[b]	0–3	1–2
Slavia Sofia	5–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–0		0–0	1–2
Spartak Varna	3–1	2–1	4–2	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	4–0	0–0		5–3
Velbazhd Kyustendil	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–3	3–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	6–0	1–0	2–0

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

1. Match awarded as Olimpik-Beroe did not play after the 0–1 in the second half.
2. Match awarded as Slavia did not play the match.

Relegation play-off

14 June 2000

18:30 EEST

Dobrudzha Dobrich	0–2	Hebar Pazardzhik

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14 June 2000

18:30 EEST

Olimpik-Beroe	1–0	Spartak Pleven

Champions

Levski Sofia

Goalkeepers
01	Dimitar Ivankov	27	0(5)
12	Georgi Sheytanov	03	0(0)

Defenders
02	Martin Stankov	14	0(0)
03	Stanimir Stoilov	25	0(3)
05	Aleksey Dionisiev	12	0(2)
06	John Inglis	17	0(0)
11	Elin Topuzakov	23	0(3)
13	Yulian Petkov	07	0(0)
16	Veselin Vachev	06	0(0)
21	Zahari Sirakov	29	0(1)
23	Dalibor Dragić	09	0(0)
24	Predrag Pažin	23	0(1)

Midfielders
04	Biser Ivanov	26	0(4)
07	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	28	0(6)
10	Asen Nikolov	12	0(1)
14	Krasimir Dimitrov	21	0(0)
15	Chavdar Atanasov	21	0(4)
20	Neško Milovanović	12	0(1)
22	Dimitar Telkiyski	17	0(4)
25	Stanislav Genchev	01	0(0)
26	Viktorio Pavlov	06	0(0)

Forwards
08	Serge Yoffou	25	(13)
09	Georgi Ivanov	23	(12)
17	Georgi Georgiev	14	0(3)
18	Georgi Bachev	07	0(3)
19	Todor Kolev	03	0(0)

Manager
	Dimitar Dimitrov

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Mihail Mihaylov	Velbazhd Kyustendil	20
2	Svetoslav Todorov	Litex Lovech	19
3	Plamen Timnev	Spartak Varna	16
4	Dimitar Ivanov	CSKA Sofia	14
	Dimitar Berbatov	CSKA Sofia
	Anton Evtimov	Minyor Pernik
7	Serge Yoffou	Levski Sofia	13
8	Georgi Ivanov	Levski Sofia	12
9	Anastas Petrov	Botev Plovdiv	10
	Stefan Yurukov	Spartak Varna Litex Lovech

• Source:1999–2000 Top Goalscorers