1964–65 A Group

The 1964–65 A Group was the 17th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1964–65
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(9th title)
Relegated
European CupLevski Sofia
Inter-Cities Fairs CupLokomotiv Plovdiv
Matches played240
Goals scored615 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorerGeorgi Asparuhov
(27 goals)

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the league, breaking a 12-year period without a championship title.

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Levski Sofia (C)3018665928+3142Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2Lokomotiv Sofia3016774233+939
3Slavia Sofia30111364533+1235
4CSKA Sofia30146104826+2234Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5Beroe Stara Zagora30101194841+731
6Lokomotiv Plovdiv30126124340+330Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
7Spartak Pleven301010103047−1730
8Cherno More Varna30109113737029
9Botev Vratsa30109112935−629
10Spartak Plovdiv30116134242028
11Spartak Sofia30910113234−228
12Botev Plovdiv3099124049−927
13Marek Dupnitsa3098133441−726
14Dunav Ruse3098132841−1326
15Sliven (R)3097142940−1125Relegation to 1965–66 B Group
16Akademik Sofia (R)3077162948−1921
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Akademik Sofia3–10–11–01–10–31–00–42–01–32–12–11–53–02–30–2
Beroe Stara Zagora2–12–04–12–22–31–11–11–13–15–21–11–01–11–12–0
Botev Plovdiv1–11–30–05–12–04–24–30–20–13–10–02–10–01–11–1
Botev Vratsa2–03–22–02–01–12–01–12–00–11–00–00–02–01–20–1
Cherno More2–10–03–22–11–00–12–10–06–05–10–02–11–10–11–1
CSKA Sofia1–01–14–00–11–25–10–33–21–02–11–23–09–01–03–0
Dunav Ruse0–02–11–11–02–00–02–03–40–30–00–12–00–21–01–1
Levski Sofia3–10–04–16–00–01–02–13–02–04–11–01–03–03–12–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv3–12–10–01–33–02–12–00–31–12–13–32–06–00–13–1
Lokomotiv Sofia0–01–12–11–02–10–11–33–12–12–23–11–14–24–21–0
Marek Dupnitsa1–03–12–24–01–10–00–03–01–00–11–21–01–12–11–1
Slavia Sofia3–22–14–31–13–20–03–12–20–01–10–16–05–10–02–0
Sliven0–02–10–21–11–00–24–10–12–10–22–02–11–11–11–0
Spartak Pleven2–22–14–01–11–01–00–10–02–00–01–00–02–13–41–0
Spartak Plovdiv2–01–21–21–11–22–13–14–21–21–00–13–01–20–11–3
Spartak Sofia1–12–33–13–01–01–10–01–22–00–12–11–11–11–02–2
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
Georgi Kamenski010(0)
Biser Mihaylov160(0)
Boris Aleksandrov140(0)
Aleksandar Bozhilov040(0)
Defenders
Ivan Zdravkov250(0)
Tenyu Botev100(0)
Malin Ivanov150(0)
Ivan Vutsov250(0)
Ivan Manolov090(0)
Georgi Zlatkov230(1)
Georgi Stoyanov190(0)
Midfielders
Aleksandar Manolov100(1)
Toncho Prodanov020(0)
Georgi Georgiev280(0)
Kostadin Radev070(0)
Stefan Abadzhiev100(1)
Forwards
Georgi Sokolov170(8)
Lyuben Gaydarov050(0)
Georgi Asparuhov29(27)
Aleksandar Kostov300(3)
Hristo Iliev28(10)
Nikola Skarlatov010(0)
Aleksandar Borisov030(0)
Simeon Nikolov200(7)
Dimitar Yordanov040(0)
Manager
Rudolf Vytlačil

Top scorers

Georgi Asparuhov - top scorer of the 1964–65 season
RankScorerClubGoals
1 Georgi AsparuhovLevski Sofia27
2 Traycho SpasovMarek Dupnitsa21
3 Petar ZhekovBeroe Stara Zagora18
4 Hristo DishkovSpartak Plovdiv17
Ivan KanchevLokomotiv Plovdiv
6 Nikola YordanovDunav Ruse16
7 Aleksandar VasilevSlavia Sofia15
Nikola TsanevCSKA Sofia

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