1986–87 A Group

The 1986–87 A Group was the 39th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1986–87
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(24th title)
RelegatedAkademik Svishtov, Dimitrovgrad
European CupCSKA Sofia
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored786 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorerNasko Sirakov
(36 goals)

Overview

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

Teams

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the 1986–87 Bulgarian A Group teams
Sofia 1986–87 A Group football clubs
Team City Stadium Capacity
AkademikSvishtovAkademik13,500
BeroeStara ZagoraBeroe17,000
ChernomoretsBurgasDeveti Septemvri18,000
CSKASofiaNarodna Armia26,000
DimitrovgradDimitrovgradRakovski12,000
EtarVeliko TarnovoIvaylo16,000
LevskiSofiaLevski
Rakovski		40,000
18,000
LokomotivPlovdivLokomotiv
Deveti Septemvri		13,000
50,000
LokomotivSofiaVasil Levski National Stadium60,000
PirinBlagoevgradHristo Botev (Blagoevgrad)15,000
SlaviaSofiaSlavia25,000
SlivenSlivenHadzhi Dimitar15,000
SpartakVarnaSpartak12,000
TrakiaPlovdivHristo Botev (Plovdiv)30,000
VratsaVratsaHristo Botev (Vratsa)25,000

Personnel
Team Manager Captain
Akademik Petko Petkov Nikola Moskov
Beroe Evgeni Yanchovski Tenyo Minchev
Chernomorets Lyubomir Borisov Valentin Deliminkov
CSKA Dimitar Penev Lachezar Tanev
Dimitrovgrad Grigor Petkov Ivan Iliev
Etar Georgi Vasilev Stefan Lahchiev
Levski Pavel Panov Rusi Gochev
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Hristo Bonev Ayan Sadakov
Lokomotiv Sofia Apostol Chachevski Nako Doychev
Pirin Boris Nikolov Yordan Murlev
Slavia Atanas Parzhelov Ivan Haydarliev
Sliven Lyudmil Goranov Tenko Dobrev
Spartak Pleven Ivan Vutsov Plamen Getov
Spartak Varna Ivan Filipov Zhivko Gospodinov
Trakia Ivan Gluhchev Kostadin Kostadinov
Vratsa Iliya Panev Tsvetan Danov

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D 0–0 L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (C) 30 21 5 0 4 73 30 +43 47 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Levski Sofia 30 19 6 0 5 75 35 +40 44 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Trakia Plovdiv 30 16 7 0 7 57 30 +27 39 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 14 7 1 8 67 45 +22 35
5 Slavia Sofia 30 15 5 0 10 59 46 +13 35
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 11 8 1 10 58 44 +14 30
7 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 30 12 6 0 12 40 42 −2 30
8 Vratsa 30 11 6 0 13 42 56 −14 28
9 Sliven 30 11 5 0 14 52 52 0 27
10 Spartak Varna 30 10 5 0 15 44 62 −18 25
11 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 8 8 2 12 35 47 −12 24
12 Chernomorets Burgas 30 10 4 0 16 48 76 −28 24
13 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 8 5 0 17 44 54 −10 21
14 Spartak Pleven 30 7 7 2 14 31 50 −19 21
15 Akademik Svishtov (R) 30 7 7 1 15 29 51 −22 21 Relegation to 1987–88 B Group
16 Dimitrovgrad (R) 30 8 5 1 16 32 66 −34 21
Source: 1986-87 Football retro-football.bg
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Levski Sofia qualified for Cup Winners' Cup as a finalists in the 1986–87 Bulgarian Cup.

Results
Home \ Away ASV BSZ CHB CSK DIM ETA LEV LPL LSO PIR SLA SLI SPL SPV TRA VRA
Akademik Svishtov 1–1 2–1 1–1 5–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1
Beroe Stara Zagora 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–3 1–1 2–3 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 5–0
Chernomorets Burgas 2–0 2–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–3 4–1 2–4 3–2 7–1 1–0 3–2 2–1
CSKA Sofia 1–0 3–2 10–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–3 3–0 1–3 2–1 3–1 4–0 4–2 7–2
Dimitrovgrad 0–0 3–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 2–1 4–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 4–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–0
Levski Sofia 3–0 3–2 8–1 0–1 4–1 3–0 4–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 4–2 3–1 7–3 1–1 7–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 7–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 7–1 1–2 2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 4–0 2–1 1–1 3–3 5–0 3–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 5–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 5–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–3
Slavia Sofia 4–0 5–0 4–3 2–3 4–1 2–1 0–2 4–3 2–2 3–1 4–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–0
Sliven 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 5–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 5–1 2–3 2–2 4–2 5–2 1–3 3–0
Spartak Pleven 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–0
Spartak Varna 6–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 5–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–2
Trakia Plovdiv 4–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 5–1 1–1
Vratsa 2–0 3–0 7–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions
CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
Georgi Velinov300(0)
Krasimir Dosev030(0)
Yordan Filipov010(0)
Defenders
Nedyalko Mladenov260(0)
Angel Chervenkov180(1)
Krasimir Bezinski300(2)
Aleksandar Aleksandrov240(1)
Kiril Kachamanov010(0)
Iliya Dyakov050(0)
Sasho Borisov300(0)
Valeri Damyanov040(0)
Aydan Ilyazov200(0)
Midfielders
Stoil Stefanov010(0)
Kostadin Yanchev220(0)
Ivaylo Kirov260(6)
Lyubomir Zhelev040(0)
Lachezar Tanev29(28)
Lyubomir Lyubenov020(0)
Forwards
Hristo Stoichkov250(6)
Emil Kostadinov260(3)
Ivaylo Kotev010(1)
Lyuboslav Penev27(19)
Yordan Dimitrov170(6)
Rumen Stoyanov030(0)
Manager
Dimitar Penev

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Nasko Sirakov Levski Sofia 36
2 Petar Aleksandrov Slavia Sofia 33
3 Lachezar Tanev CSKA Sofia 28
4 Lyuboslav Penev CSKA Sofia 19
5 Stoycho Stoev Lokomotiv Sofia 18
6 Hristo Kolev Lokomotiv Plovdiv 16
7 Petar Mihtarski Pirin Blagoevgrad 15
8 Nikolay Rusev Chernomorets Burgas 13
Iliya Voynov Vratsa
Mitko Argirov Etar Veliko Tarnovo
Aleksandar Bonchev Lokomotiv Sofia

Awards

Team of the Season
Team of the Season (by newspaper Naroden Sport)[1]
Goalkeeper Georgi Velinov (CSKA)
Defence Yancho Bogomilov (Spartak Varna) Nikolay Iliev (Levski) Stefan Lahchiev (Etar) Krasimir Bezinski (CSKA)
Midfield Nasko Sirakov (Levski) Nikolay Rusev (Chernomorets) Hristo Stoichkov (CSKA)
Attack Lachezar Tanev (CSKA) Petar Aleksandrov (Slavia) Iliya Voynov (Vratsa)

References
  1. "Football'87" (PDF). retro-football.bg (in Bulgarian).
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