1980–81 A Group

The 1980–81 A Group was the 33rd season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1980–81
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(21st title)
RelegatedMinyor, Pirin
European CupCSKA Sofia
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored657 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorerGeorgi Slavkov
(31 goals)

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (C) 30 14 12 4 70 32 +38 40 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Levski Sofia 30 13 10 7 44 25 +19 36 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Trakia Plovdiv 30 15 5 10 64 40 +24 35 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Akademik Sofia 30 13 8 9 42 40 +2 34 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5 Spartak Pleven 30 12 7 11 38 41 −3 31
6 Cherno More Varna 30 8 13 9 36 37 −1 29
7 Slavia Sofia 30 10 9 11 35 44 −9 29
8 Marek Dupnitsa 30 12 4 14 39 40 −1 28
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 8 12 10 34 35 −1 28
10 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 11 6 13 45 49 −4 28
11 Chernomorets Burgas 30 9 10 11 42 49 −7 28
12 Botev Vratsa 30 8 11 11 32 37 −5 27
13 Belasitsa Petrich 30 11 5 14 38 47 −9 27
14 Sliven 30 11 5 14 33 43 −10 27
15 Minyor Pernik (R) 30 12 3 15 32 51 −19 27 Relegation to 1981–82 B Group
16 Pirin Blagoevgrad (R) 30 6 14 10 33 47 −14 26
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away AKD BEL BSZ BVR CHM CHB CSK LEV LSO MAR MIN PIR SLA SLI SPL TRA
Akademik Sofia 2–1 3–2 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1
Belasitsa Petrich 2–0 3–0 3–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Beroe Stara Zagora 0–2 4–2 4–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 4–1 2–1
Botev Vratsa 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–1
Cherno More 0–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–1
Chernomorets Burgas 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 2–1 0–3 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–3 5–0 1–2
CSKA Sofia 2–2 4–2 7–0 3–0 3–1 4–0 2–2 0–2 5–0 5–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 4–0 4–2
Levski Sofia 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 7–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 5–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1
Marek Dupnitsa 1–0 5–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 4–2 2–0 3–0 5–3
Minyor Pernik 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–1 3–3 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 4–0 3–3 1–0 0–0 0–0
Slavia Sofia 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–2
Sliven 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–4 1–2 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 4–3 2–1
Spartak Pleven 4–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1
Trakia Plovdiv 5–1 5–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 4–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 6–1 4–3
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions
CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
Georgi Velinov270(0)
Todor Arsov030(0)
Defenders
Georgi Dimitrov250(4)
Georgi Iliev270(2)
Tsonyo Vasilev190(2)
Angel Rangelov220(1)
Vasil Tinchev040(0)
Ivan Zafirov150(0)
Dinko Dimitrov220(1)
Angel Kalburov190(0)
Midfielders
Plamen Markov260(7)
Radoslav Zdravkov21(10)
Metodi Tomanov040(0)
Nikola Velkov280(4)
Tsvetan Yonchev260(8)
Ruzhin Kerimov260(2)
Forwards
Spas Dzhevizov30(17)
Stoycho Mladenov160(9)
Mario Valkov170(1)
Manager
Asparuh Nikodimov

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Georgi Slavkov Trakia Plovdiv 31
2 Spas Dzhevizov CSKA Sofia 17
3 Alyosha Dimitrov Akademik Sofia 16
4 Andrey Zhelyazkov Slavia Sofia 13
Kostadin Kostadinov Trakia Plovdiv
6 Mihail Valchev Akademik Sofia 12
7 Atanas Mihaylov Lokomotiv Sofia 11
Georgi Stoyanov Beroe Stara Zagora
Plamen Getov Spartak Pleven
Ventsislav Petrov Marek Dupnitsa
Chavdar Tsvetkov Slavia Sofia

References
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