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1997–98 A Group

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The 1997–98 A Group was the 50th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1997–98
Dates2 August 1997 – 10 May 1998
ChampionsLitex Lovech
(1st title)
Relegated
Champions LeagueLitex
UEFA CupCSKA
Matches played240
Goals scored696 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer
(17 goals each)

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Litex Lovech won the championship.

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Litex Lovech (C)3021637325+4869Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2Levski Sofia3019747327+4664Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3CSKA Sofia3018757129+4261Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4Neftochimic Burgas3017495931+2855
5Slavia Sofia3015965130+2154
6Levski Kyustendil30151144540+546
7Spartak Varna30126124236+642Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
8Minyor Pernik30125133235−341
9Lokomotiv Sofia30116134240+239
10Metalurg Pernik30114152836−837
11Botev Plovdiv30113163548−1336
12Dobrudzha Dobrich30113163355−2236
13Lokomotiv Plovdiv30113163158−2736
14Olimpik Galata (R)30112172647−2135Relegation to 1998–99 B Group
15Spartak Pleven (R)3070233275−4321
16Etar Veliko Tarnovo (R)3042242182−6114
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ AwayBOTCSKDOBETALVKLEVLITLPLLSOMETMINNEFOLISLASPLSPV
Botev Plovdiv3–11–05–10–02–42–31–02–11–03–00–32–11–14–02–0
CSKA Sofia3–04–15–13–10–11–13–11–12–05–03–05–01–15–02–1
Dobrudzha Dobrich1–01–13–01–01–41–12–00–5[a]1–01–00–04–21–04–02–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo1–00–21–21–40–31–32–10–31–00–11–31–13–40–21–3
Levski Kyustendil4–01–21–03–11–33–0[b]2–02–02–03–02–12–02–03–12–0
Levski Sofia1–03–33–15–04–01–15–01–07–01–02–33–01–13–02–1
Litex Lovech3–02–03–03–03–00–4[c]6–03–14–02–01–03–01–14–04–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv1–01–42–04–12–11–11–30–13–21–02–11–01–13–21–0
Lokomotiv Sofia0–01–24–21–04–20–00–32–32–01–01–13–01–22–01–1
Metalurg Pernik2–01–03–01–13–10–01–12–02–12–31–02–00–13–01–0
Minyor Pernik2–02–24–00–12–02–10–21–03–00–01–11–01–03–02–1
Neftochimic Burgas2–01–34–17–03–13–03–24–04–11–02–05–00–14–10–0
Olimpik Galata0–10–01–02–01–02–12–42–02–01–02–13–10–22–12–0
Slavia Sofia5–32–33–14–03–12–21–22–22–11–01–12–04–03–00–1
Spartak Pleven4–20–35–14–10–12–51–42–01–30–12–11–31–00–11–3
Spartak Varna4–02–13–13–12–01–31–15–01–12–11–11–22–00–03–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Champions

Litex Lovech
Goalkeepers
Vitomir Vutov280(0)
Stoyan Stavrev020(0)
Defenders
Petar Kushev160(2)
Stefan Kolev210(1)
Nikolay Dimitrov240(1)
Dimitar Karadaliev010(0)
Zlatomir Zagorčić270(0)
Ivaylo Petkov270(3)
Radostin Kishishev050(0)
Dimitar Balabanov060(0)
Rosen Kirilov280(0)
Koycho Ivanov010(0)
Midfielders
Rosen Emilov170(1)
Mariyan Todorov280(6)
Stoycho Stoilov300(8)
Daniel Ostrovski050(0)
Dragoljub Simonović220(6)
Ivaylo Petev*120(2)
Veselin Sarbakov160(3)
Emil Tsanev*020(0)
Forwards
Stefan Yurukov*14(13)
Dimcho Belyakov*140(5)
Alban Bushi150(4)
Svetoslav Todorov190(9)
Luis Carlos Mota050(1)
Igor Bogdanović150(6)
Metodi Stoynev080(1)
Manager
Dimitar Dimitrov
  • Petev, Tsanev, Yurukov and Belyakov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Anton SpasovNeftochimic Burgas17
Boncho GenchevCSKA Sofia
3 Stefan YurukovLitex Lovech13
Danilo DončićLokomotiv Sofia
5 Stanimir StoilovSlavia Sofia12
Valentin StanchevSpartak Varna
7 Ivaylo AndonovCSKA Sofia11
8 Aleksandar AleksandrovLevski Sofia10
Plamen PetrovLevski Kyustendil
Georgi IvanovLevski Sofia
Iliya VoynovSpartak Pleven

References

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