1973–74 A Group

A Group
Season	1973–74
Champions	Levski Sofia; (12th title)
Relegated	Beroe; Spartak Varna;
European Cup	Levski
UEFA Cup	Lokomotiv Plovdiv; Etar;
Matches played	240
Goals scored	632 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Petko Petkov; (20 goals)
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 A Group was the 26th 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.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	30	21	5	4	58	30	+28	47	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	19	8	3	54	27	+27	46	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	13	8	9	49	36	+13	34	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	13	7	10	38	30	+8	33	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	12	9	9	35	32	+3	33
6	Akademik Sofia	30	11	10	9	37	38	−1	32
7	Botev Vratsa	30	12	6	12	42	48	−6	30
8	Slavia Sofia	30	10	8	12	36	33	+3	28
9	Cherno More Varna	30	11	6	13	42	42	0	28
10	Botev Plovdiv	30	7	13	10	36	42	−6	27
11	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	11	5	14	29	43	−14	27
12	Yantra Gabrovo	30	10	5	15	40	49	−9	25
13	Minyor Pernik	30	7	11	12	28	45	−17	25
14	Spartak Pleven	30	7	10	13	32	43	−11	24
15	Beroe Stara Zagora (R)	30	7	7	16	50	46	+4	21	Relegation to 1974–75 B Group
16	Spartak Varna (R)	30	7	6	17	26	48	−22	20	Relegation to 1974–75 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	AKD	BSZ	BPD	BVR	CHM	CSK	ETA	LEV	LPL	LSO	MIN	PIR	SLA	SPL	SPV	YAN
Akademik Sofia		0–2	4–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1
Beroe Stara Zagora	2–2		1–1	8–1	3–1	3–3	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	8–0	1–2	0–0	6–2	4–0	1–2
Botev Plovdiv	1–1	2–0		3–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–2
Botev Vratsa	2–0	2–0	2–1		2–1	1–4	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–1	5–1	3–1	0–0	5–0	2–1
Cherno More	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–0		0–1	1–0	2–3	2–4	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–1
CSKA Sofia	0–0	1–0	4–2	1–0	4–3		2–0	0–1	3–2	0–1	5–1	4–0	2–1	2–2	4–3	2–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	3–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–1		1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1
Levski Sofia	1–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0		2–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	6–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	5–1	1–3		1–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	7–5
Lokomotiv Sofia	1–1	6–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–6	4–2	1–0		0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–0
Minyor Pernik	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–1		3–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–1		2–1	2–0	1–0	3–1
Slavia Sofia	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–2	0–1		3–0	2–1	0–1
Spartak Pleven	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–3		3–1	4–1
Spartak Varna	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–3		1–0
Yantra Gabrovo	0–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–2	3–0	3–0

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

Champions

Levski Sofia

Goalkeepers
Stefan Staykov	27	0(0)
Biser Mihaylov	04	0(0)

Defenders
Georgi Ganev	02	0(0)
Kiril Ivkov	28	0(2)
Georgi Todorov	19	0(0)
Dobromir Zhechev	27	0(1)
Stefan Aladzhov	27	0(0)
Toni Dzheferski	04	0(0)
Milko Gaydarski	23	0(0)

Midfielders
Stefan Pavlov	30	0(3)
Georgi Dobrev	15	0(0)
Voyn Voynov	29	0(8)
Tsvetan Veselinov	19	0(6)
Ivan Stoyanov	26	0(1)
Vasil Mitkov	21	0(5)

Forwards
Emil Spasov	01	0(0)
Pavel Panov	28	(11)
Georgi Tsvetkov	17	0(7)
Kiril Milanov	29	(12)
Chavdar Trifonov	10	0(1)

Manager
	Dimitar Doychinov

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Petko Petkov	Beroe Stara Zagora	20
2	Stefan Bogomilov	Cherno More Varna	19
3	Dimitar Tsekov	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	17
4	Georgi Vasilev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	15
4	Krasen Marinov	Yantra Gabrovo	15
6	Hristo Bonev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	14
7	Georgi Kamenov	Botev Vratsa	13
7	Dinko Dermendzhiev	Botev Plovdiv	13
9	Kiril Milanov	Levski Sofia	12
	Atanas Mihaylov	Lokomotiv Sofia
	Georgi Minchev	Spartak Varna

References

^ "ЦСКА детронира еврошампиона, Левски сваля червените от върха" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 2 February 2013.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1973–74 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[1] "ЦСКА детронира еврошампиона, Левски сваля червените от върха" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 2 February 2013.

[1]

v t e 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

v t e 1973–74 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Balkans Cup 1973 1974
Related to national team	1974 FIFA World Cup (Qualification Group 6, Group 3) Hristo Mladenov
List of transfers

v t e 1973–74 in European football (UEFA)
« 1972–73 1974–75 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '73 '74 England Faroe Islands '73 '74 Finland '73 '74 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '73 '74 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '73 '74 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '73 '74 Spain Sweden '73 '74 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '73 '74 Finland '73 '74 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '73 '74 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '73 '74 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia '73 '74
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '73 '74