1977–78 A Group

The 1977–78 A Group was the 30th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1977–78
ChampionsLokomotiv Sofia
(4th title)
Relegated
European CupLokomotiv Sofia
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored623 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerStoycho Mladenov
(21 goals)

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Lokomotiv Sofia won the championship which became [1] the team’s fourth title overall.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lokomotiv Sofia (C) 30 16 10 4 40 16 +24 42 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 18 5 7 60 35 +25 41 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Levski Sofia 30 15 8 7 53 30 +23 38
4 Botev Plovdiv 30 13 6 11 39 36 +3 32
5 Slavia Sofia 30 12 6 12 54 35 +19 30
6 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 12 5 13 37 37 0 29
7 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 12 5 13 32 40 −8 29
8 Akademik Sofia 30 10 8 12 34 38 −4 28
9 Cherno More Varna 30 8 12 10 27 34 −7 28
10 Chernomorets Burgas 30 11 5 14 44 43 +1 27
11 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 11 5 14 33 41 −8 27
12 Sliven 30 11 5 14 36 51 −15 27
13 Botev Vratsa 30 11 5 14 31 56 −25 27
14 Marek Dupnitsa 30 11 4 15 37 40 −3 26 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
15 Spartak Varna (R) 30 11 3 16 30 46 −16 25 Relegation to 1978–79 B Group
16 Akademik Svishtov (R) 30 9 6 15 36 45 −9 24
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away ASF ASV BSZ BPD BVR CHM CHB CSK LEV LPL LSO MAR PIR SLA SLI SPV
Akademik Sofia 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 2–4 0–0 6–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–6 2–4 1–0
Akademik Svishtov 3–2 2–3 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 5–1
Beroe Stara Zagora 0–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 0–1
Botev Plovdiv 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0
Botev Vratsa 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–0
Cherno More 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0
Chernomorets Burgas 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–1
CSKA Sofia 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 5–2 3–1 2–1 2–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 4–0 3–1 3–0
Levski Sofia 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 5–0 4–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 1–2 3–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 4–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 5–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 1–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 5–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–3 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 3–0
Marek Dupnitsa 1–1 4–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad 1–0 5–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 3–0 2–4 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Slavia Sofia 1–1 2–1 4–3 3–0 6–2 0–2 4–0 1–0 1–1 6–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 8–1 3–1
Sliven 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0
Spartak Varna 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions
Lokomotiv Sofia
Goalkeepers
Rumyancho Goranov240(0)
Nikolay Donev070(0)
Vasil Elenkov010(0)
Defenders
Boko Dimitrov290(0)
Sasho Kostov140(0)
Nasko Zhelev010(0)
Georgi Bonev290(0)
Yordan Stoykov290(1)
Georgi Stefanov290(0)
Midfielders
Angel Kolev280(8)
Valentin Svilenov100(0)
Radoslav Zdravkov220(2)
Ventsislav Arsov300(4)
Lyuben Traykov240(3)
Traycho Sokolov260(5)
Forwards
Boycho Velichkov220(5)
Nikola Spasov130(0)
Atanas Mihaylov27(11)
Rumen Manolov060(0)
Manager
Vasil Metodiev

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Stoycho Mladenov Beroe Stara Zagora 21
2 Andrey Zhelyazkov Slavia Sofia 18
3 Georgi Minchev Slavia Sofia 16
4 Anton Milkov Botev Plovdiv 14
5 Ivan Petrov Marek Dupnitsa 13
6 Spas Dzhevizov CSKA Sofia 12
7 Atanas Mihaylov Lokomotiv Sofia 11
Krasimir Manolov Akademik Sofia
Georgi Todorov Levski Sofia
10 Yordan Yordanov Levski Sofia 10
Sasho Angelov Botev Vratsa
Yordan Hristov Sliven
Sasho Momchilov Akademik Svishtov

References
  1. "Армията на генерал Шпайдел – отзад катеначо, отпред Бате Начо" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 2 March 2013.
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