2005–06 A Group

The 2005–06 A Group was the 58th season of the top Bulgarian national football league (commonly referred to as A Group) and the 82nd edition of a Bulgarian national championship tournament.

A Group

Season	2005–06
Dates	6 August 2005 – 31 May 2006
Champions	Levski Sofia (24th title)
Relegated	Pirin 1922 Naftex Pirin
Champions League	Levski
UEFA Cup	CSKA Litex Lokomotiv Sofia
Intertoto Cup	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Matches played	210
Goals scored	556 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Milivoje Novakovič José Furtado (16 goals each)
Biggest home win	CSKA 7–0 Rodopa
Biggest away win	Belasitsa 1–5 CSKA Vihren 1–5 Litex Beroe 0–4 Cherno More
Highest scoring	Beroe 4–4 Levski Sofia (8 goals)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship. PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo, Nesebar, and Spartak Varna were relegated to the B PFG at the end of the last season. The relegated teams were replaced by Vihren Sandanski, Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad, and Botev Plovdiv. ^[1] Vihren made their debut in the top tier of Bulgarian football, while both Pirin 1922 and Botev return after a one-year absence.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Sofia

Beroe

Naftex

Cherno More

Litex

Botev
Lokomotiv

Belasitsa

Marek

Pirin

Rodopa

Vihren

Location of teams in 2005–06 A Group

CSKA

Levski

Lokomotiv

Slavia

Sofia 2005–06 A Group football clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Belasitsa	Petrich	Tsar Samuil	12,000
Beroe	Stara Zagora	Beroe	12,500
Botev	Plovdiv	Hristo Botev (Plovdiv)	22,000
Cherno More	Varna	Ticha	8,250
CSKA	Sofia	Balgarska Armia	22,015
Levski	Sofia	Georgi Asparuhov	29,200
Litex	Lovech	Gradski (Lovech)	7,050
Lokomotiv	Plovdiv	Lokomotiv (Plovdiv)	20,000
Lokomotiv	Sofia	Lokomotiv (Sofia)	17,500
Marek	Dupnitsa	Bonchuk	12,500
Naftex	Burgas	Lazur	18,037
Pirin	Blagoevgrad	Hristo Botev (Blagoevgrad)	15,000
Rodopa	Smolyan	Septemvri	6,000
Slavia	Sofia	Slavia	32,000
Vihren	Sandanski	Sandanski	6,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	28	21	5	2	71	23	+48	68	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	28	20	5	3	73	22	+51	65	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Litex Lovech	28	18	6	4	51	22	+29	60
4	Lokomotiv Sofia	28	18	0	10	49	29	+20	54
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	28	11	7	10	43	42	+1	40	Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round
6	Belasitsa Petrich	28	11	6	11	33	33	0	39
7	Slavia Sofia	28	12	3	13	33	34	−1	39
8	Cherno More	28	10	7	11	29	27	+2	37
9	Vihren	28	10	2	16	35	55	−20	32
10	Beroe	28	8	8	12	36	53	−17	32
11	Marek	28	8	7	13	23	37	−14	31
12	Rodopa Smolyan	28	7	4	17	23	52	−29	25
13	Botev Plovdiv	28	4	12	12	20	38	−18	24
14	Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad (R)	28	5	8	15	23	46	−23	23	Relegation to 2006–07 B Group
15	Naftex Burgas (R)	28	4	6	18	14	43	−29	18
x	FC Pirin Blagoevgrad[a] (D)	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0	Excluded from the league

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
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 goal difference; 7th goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. FC Pirin Blagoevgrad were excluded after two matches and demoted to their regional third level league (Southwestern V AFG) for failing to arrange their debts, their results were annulled.

Results

Home \ Away	BEL	BSZ	BOT	CHM	CSK	LEV	LIT	LPL	LSO	MAR	NAF	PIR	RDP	SLA	VIH
Belasitsa Petrich		4–0	4–1	0–0	1–5	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0
Beroe	2–1		2–0	0–4	1–4	4–4	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–2	2–1
Botev Plovdiv	0–0	2–2		0–0	1–4	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–1
Cherno More	4–0	0–0	2–0		0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	3–1
CSKA Sofia	2–2	7–0	1–0	3–0		0–1	2–1	4–3	3–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	7–0	2–1	6–0
Levski Sofia	2–0	2–0	4–1	3–1	1–1		1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	6–0	3–0	6–1	5–0	2–0
Litex Lovech	2–1	1–0	2–0	5–2	1–1	1–0		3–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–1	4–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–4	1–2		1–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–0	2–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	4–2		4–0	3–0	5–0	3–1	2–1	2–0
Marek	1–3	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–4	2–3	0–0	3–1	0–2		2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1
Naftex Burgas	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0		1–2	0–1	1–0	1–0
Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	1–1	1–3	3–2	0–2	1–2	2–0		2–2	0–1	3–1
Rodopa Smolyan	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–1		1–3	1–2
Slavia Sofia	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–0		1–2
Vihren	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–1	1–3	1–2	1–5	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–2

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

Champions

Levski Sofia

Goalkeepers
01	Georgi Petkov	23	0(0)
88	Nikolay Mihaylov	06	0(0)

Defenders
02	Ivan Todorov	01	0(0)
03	Zhivko Milanov	19	0(1)
04	Igor Tomašić	23	0(1)
05	Anton Vergilov*	01	0(0)
08	Bogomil Dyakov	10	0(0)
11	Elin Topuzakov	23	0(1)
15	Borislav Stoychev	01	0(0)
20	Stanislav Angelov	22	0(2)
22	Todor Stoev	01	0(0)
25	Lúcio Wagner	23	0(0)

Midfielders
06	Richard Eromoigbe	26	0(0)
07	Daniel Borimirov	22	0(9)
13	Asen Bukarev	13	0(0)
14	Chetin Sadula	01	0(0)
16	Mariyan Ognyanov	03	0(0)
18	Miroslav Ivanov	19	0(1)
21	Dimitar Telkiyski	26	(11)
24	Nikolay Dimitrov	06	0(2)
26	Galin Ivanov	01	0(0)
27	Cédric Bardon	20	0(7)
30	Lachezar Baltanov	01	0(0)
77	Milan Koprivarov	21	0(4)

Forwards
09	Georgi Ivanov	11	0(5)
10	Hristo Yovov	19	0(4)
17	Valeri Domovchiyski	24	(11)
19	Georgi Chilikov*	01	0(0)
23	Ekundayo Jayeoba	03	0(5)
28	Emil Angelov	21	0(6)
29	Antonio Pavlov	01	0(1)

Manager
	Stanimir Stoilov

• Vergilov and Chilikov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Milivoje Novaković	Litex Lovech	16
	José Furtado	CSKA (6) / Vihren (10)
3	Martin Kamburov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	13
	Saša Antunović	Lokomotiv Sofia
5	Valeri Domovchiyski	Levski Sofia	11
	Tsvetan Genkov	Lokomotiv Sofia
	Dimitar Telkiyski	Levski Sofia
	Emil Gargorov	CSKA Sofia
9	Stoyko Sakaliev	CSKA Sofia	10
	Guillaume Dah Zadi	CSKA Sofia