A group

	A Futbolna Grupa
Association	Bulgarian Football Association
First edition	1924
Teams	16
master	Ludogorez Razgrad (2020)
Record champions	CSKA Sofia (31x)
Record player	Georgi Iliev (461)
Record scorer	Petar Shekov (253)
Website	[1]
Qualification for	Champions League ; Europa League
	↓ B Grupa

The A Futbolna Grupa ( Bulgarian "А" футболна група ) is the highest professional football - League in Bulgaria . It is organized by the Bulgarian Football Association together with the league below, the B Grupa .

history

As early as 1913, the first unofficial football championship was held, the winner of which was Slavia Sofia . After the First World War , the competition was held from 1921 under the name Sofia League . Bulgaria joined FIFA in 1924 and a national championship was started immediately. Until 1937 they played in cup mode , to which they returned again between 1941 and 1948.

The Bulgarian Cup was played from the 1937/38 season, but initially only lasted four years. It was not until 1980 that this competition was held again regularly. From 1946 to 1991 there was also a trophy of the Soviet Army .

In the summer of 2012 the Bulgarian Football Association decided to reduce the A Grupa to 12 teams. In order to achieve the desired number, four teams will be relegated to the second division and only two will be promoted in the 2012/13 and 2013/14 seasons. In the 2012/13 season, the four last-placed teams in the season-end table were relegated; in the 2013/14 season, a relegation playoff was played in which the teams in ranks 8 to 14 participate to determine who were relegated.

If there is a tie, the direct comparison counts . If this is also the same, then the number of more away goals scored.

Teams 2020/21

Parwa Liga 2020/21 venues

Bulgarian soccer champions

The former cup of the A Grupa

Number of championship titles

A Grupa Cup

rank	society	title	Playing times
1.	CSKA Sofia	31	1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2008
2.	Levski Sofia	26th	1933, 1937, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009
3.	Ludogorez Razgrad	9	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
4th	Slavia Sofia	7th	1928, 1930, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1996
5.	Cherno More Varna	4th	1925, 1926, 1934, 1938
	Sofia locomotive	4th	1940, 1945, 1964, 1978
	Litex Lovech	4th	1998, 1999, 2010, 2011
8th.	Botev Plovdiv	2	1929, 1967
9.	AS 23 Sofia	1	1931
	Spartak Varna	1	1932
	Sofia Sports Club	1	1935
	Spartak Plovdiv	1	1963
	Beroe Stara Sagora	1	1986
	FK Etar Veliko Tarnovo	1	1991
	Locomotive Plovdiv	1	2004

Record champions

1925–29: Wladislaw Varna (1–2)
1930–33: Wladislaw Varna and Slawia Sofia (2 each)
1934–35: Wladislaw Varna (3)
1936–40: Wladislaw Varna and Slawia Sofia (3 each)
1941–43: Slavia Sofia (4–5)
1947–48: Slavia and Levski Sofia (5 each)
1949–56: Levski Sofia (6–8)
1957: Levski and CSKA Sofia (8 each)
since 1958: CSKA Sofia (9–31)

Bulgarian champions by city

city	title	society
Sofia	70	CSKA Sofia (31), Levski Sofia (26), Slavia Sofia (7), Lokomotiv Sofia (4), AS 23 Sofia (1), Sportklub Sofia (1)
Rasgrad	9	Ludogorez Razgrad (9)
Varna	5	Cherno More Varna (4), Spartak Varna (1)
Plovdiv	4th	Botew Plovdiv (2), Locomotive Plovdiv (1), Spartak Plovdiv (1)
Lovech	4th	Litex Lovetch (4)
Stara Sagora	1	Beroe Stara Sagora (1)
Veliko Tarnovo	1	FK Etar Veliko Tarnovo (1)

Records

Record champions: CSKA Sofia - 31 times
Most years in the league: Levski Sofia - all 86 seasons
The fewest years in the league: Chernomorets Burgas (Sofia) , PFK Nessebar , Olimpik Teteven , Benkowski Widin , Tscherweno sname Pawlikeni and Rosowa Dolina Kazanlak only played one year in A Grupa
Most wins in one season: Ludogorez Razgrad - 27 wins in 36 games (2017/18)
Most defeats in one season: Torpedo Russe , Rakovsky Russe and Chernomorets Burgas (Sofia) lost 30 of 36 games in one season
Most goals in one season: Levski Sofia - 96 goals (2006/07)
The fewest goals in one season: Cherno More Varna , Rakovsky Russe , Chernomorets Burgas (Sofia) and Torpedo Russe scored only 8 goals in one season
Most goals conceded in one season: Chernomorets Burgas (Sofia) - 131 (2006/07)
Fewest goals conceded in one season: CSKA Sofia and Spartak Sofia only received 7 goals in one season
The highest victory: CSKA Sofia - Torpedo Russe 12-0 (1951)

Player records

Record champions of the players: Manol Manolow - 12 times with CSKA Sofia
Most goals in one season: Christo Stoitschkow - 38 goals for CSKA Sofia in the 1989/90 season
Most goals in one game: Petar Mihajlow (for CSKA Sofia against Torpedo Russe in 1951), Iwo Georgiev (for Spartak Varna against Spartak Plovdiv in the 1995/96 season), Todor Pramatarow (for Slavia Sofia against Rakovsky Russe in the season 1996/97) and Tsvetan Genkow (for Lokomotiv Sofia against Chernomorets Burgas (Sofia) in the 2006/07 season) - each scored 6 goals in one game

Record goal scorers in A Grupa
rank	player	Gates
1	Bulgaria Petar Shekov	253
2	Bulgaria Martin Kamburow	246
3	Bulgaria Nasko Sirakow	196
4th	Bulgaria Dinko Dermendschiev	194
5	Bulgaria Christo Bonew	185
6th	Bulgaria Plamen Getow	164
7th	Bulgaria Nikola Kotkow	163
8th	Bulgaria Stefan Bogomilow	162
9	Bulgaria Petar Mihtarski	158
10	Bulgaria Petko Petkov	152

Petar Schekow scored the most goals in the A Grupa - 253 goals of
which 8 for Dimitrovgrad , 101 for Beroe Stara Sagora and 144 for CSKA Sofia .

A Grupa record player
rank	player	Games
1	Bulgaria Georgi Iliev	461
2	Bulgaria Marin Bakalov	454
3	Bulgaria Dinko Dermendschiev	447
4th	Bulgaria Widen Apostolow	444
5	Bulgaria Todor Marew	422
6th	Bulgaria Christo Bonew	410
7th	Bulgaria Martin Kamburow	410
8th	Bulgaria Zapriyan Rakov	403
9	Bulgaria Malin Orachev	398
10	Bulgaria Todor Janchev	395

Most of the games in the A Grupa were played by Georgi Iliew - 461 games
for Cherno More Varna , Lokomotive Plovdiv and CSKA Sofia .

Top scorer

year	Surname	society	Gates
1938	Krum Milew	Slavia Sofia	12
1939	Georgi Patschedschiev	AS 23 Sofia	14th
1940	Janko Stoyanov	Levski Sofia	14th
1940	Dimitar Nikolaev	FK '13 Sofia	14th
1949	Dimitar Milanov	CSKA Sofia	11
1949	Nedko Nedew	Cherno More Varna	11
1950	Lyubomir Khranov	Levski Sofia	13
1951	Dimitar Milanov	CSKA Sofia	14th
1952	Dimitar Isakov	Slavia Sofia	10
1952	Dobromir Tashkov	Spartak Sofia	10
1953	Dimitar Minchev	Spartak Pleven / WWS Sofia	15th
1954	Dobromir Tashkov	Slavia Sofia	25th
1955	Todor Diew	Spartak Plovdiv	13
1956	Pavel Vladimirov	Minjor Pernik	16
1957	Christo Iliev	Levski Sofia	14th
1957	Dimitar Milanov	CSKA Sofia	14th
1958	Dobromir Tashkov	Slavia Sofia	9
1958	Georgi Arnaudov	Spartak Varna	9
1959	Aleksandar Vasilev	Slavia Sofia	13
1960	Dimitar Jordanow	Levski Sofia	12
1960	Lyuben Kostov	Spartak Varna	12
1961	Ivan Sotirov	Botev Plovdiv	20th
1962	Nikola Jordanov	Dunaw Russian	23
1962	Todor Diew	Spartak Plovdiv	23
1963	Todor Diew	Spartak Plovdiv	26th
1964	Nikola Zanew	CSKA Sofia	26th
1965	Georgi Asparukhov	Levski Sofia	27
1966	Trajcho Spasov	Marek Dupnitsa	21st
1967	Petar Shekov	Beroe Stara Sagora	21st
1968	Petar Shekov	Beroe Stara Sagora	31
1969	Petar Shekov	CSKA Sofia	36
1970	Petar Shekov	CSKA Sofia	31
1971	Dimitar Yakimov	CSKA Sofia	26th
1972	Petar Shekov	CSKA Sofia	27
1973	Petar Shekov	CSKA Sofia	29
1974	Petko Petkov	Beroe Stara Sagora	19th
1974	Kiril Milanov	Levski Sofia	19th
1975	Ivan Pritargow	Botev Plovdiv	20th
1976	Petko Petkov	Beroe Stara Sagora	18th
1976	Pavel Panov	Levski Sofia	18th
1977	Pavel Panov	Levski Sofia	20th
1978	Stoycho Mladenov	Beroe Stara Sagora	21st
1979	Rusi Gotschew	FC Chernomorets Burgas / Levski Sofia	19th
1980	Spas Dschewisow	CSKA Sofia	23

year	Surname	society	Gates
1981	Georgi Slavkov	Botev Plovdiv	31
1982	Mikhail Waltschew	Levski Sofia	24
1983	Antim Pechlivanov	Botev Plovdiv	20th
1984	Eduard Eranosjan	Locomotive Plovdiv	19th
1985	Plamen Getow	Spartak Pleven	26th
1986	Atanas Paschew	Botev Plovdiv	30th
1987	Nasko Sirakow	Levski Sofia	36
1988	Nasko Sirakow	Levski Sofia	28
1989	Christo Stoitschkow	CSKA Sofia	23
1990	Christo Stoitschkow	CSKA Sofia	38
1991	Ivajlo Jordanov	Lok Gorna Orjachowitsa	21st
1992	Nasko Sirakow	Levski Sofia	26th
1993	Plamen Getow	Levski Sofia	26th
1994	Nasko Sirakow	Levski Sofia	30th
1995	Petar Michtarski	CSKA Sofia	24
1996	Iwo Georgiev	Spartak Varna	21st
1997	Todor Pramatarov	Slavia Sofia	26th
1998	Anton Spasov	FK Neftochmic Burgas	17th
1998	Bontcho Gentschew	CSKA Sofia	17th
1999	Dimcho Belyakov	Litex Lovech	21st
2000	Mikhail Mihajlov	Welbaschd Kjustendil	20th
2001	Georgi Ivanov	Levski Sofia	19th
2001	Christo Jowow	Litex Lovech	19th
2002	Vladimir Mantschew	CSKA Sofia	21st
2003	Georgi Chilikov	Levski Sofia	23
2004	Martin Kamburow	Locomotive Plovdiv	26th
2005	Martin Kamburow	Locomotive Plovdiv	27
2006	Milivoje Novakovič	Litex Lovech	16
2006	José Emílio Furtado	Wichren Sandanski / CSKA Sofia	16
2007	Zwetan Genkow	Sofia locomotive	27
2008	Georgi Christow	Botev Plovdiv	19th
2009	Martin Kamburow	Sofia locomotive	16
2010	Wilfried Niflore	Litex Lovech	19th
2011	Garra Dembele	Levski Sofia	26th
2012	Ivan Stoyanov	Ludogorez Razgrad	16
2012	Júnior Moraes	CSKA Sofia	16
2013	Basile de Carvalho	Levski Sofia	19th
2014	Martin Kamburow	Locomotive Plovdiv	20th
2014	Wilmar Jordán	Litex Lovech	20th
2015	Añete	Levski Sofia	14th
2016	Martin Kamburow	Locomotive Plovdiv	18th
2017	Claudiu Keşerü	Ludogorez Razgrad	22nd
2018	Claudiu Keşerü	Ludogorez Razgrad	26th
2019	Stanislav Kostov	Levski Sofia	24
2020	Martin Kamburow	Locomotive Plovdiv	18th

UEFA five-year ranking

Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .

26. ( 23 ) Azerbaijan ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 19,000 - CL: 1, EL: 3Azerbaijan
27. ( 18 ) Israel ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 18,625 - CL: 1, EL: 3Israel
28. ( 24 ) Bulgaria ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 17,500 - CL: 1, EL: 3Bulgaria
29. ( 20 ) Romania ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 15,950 - CL: 1, EL: 3Romania
30. ( 32 ) Slovakia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 15,625 - CL: 1, EL: 3Slovakia

Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19

Audience numbers

In the regular 2019/20 season, the average attendance was 1,754 people per game. Levski Sofia (4,988) and CSKA Sofia (3,196) had the highest average attendance figures.

Season (regular)	cut	Games	total
2009/10	1,824	225	410.330
2010/11	1,798	239	429.799
2011/12	2,033	239	485.840
2012/13	2,639	236	622,777
2013/14	1,922	182	349,850
2014/15	2.119	132	279.713
2015/16	2.172	144	312.725
2016/17	1,561	182	284.036
2017/18	1,647	182	299.710
2018/19	1,824	182	331,890
2019/20	1,754	182	319.211

literature

Radovan Jelínek, Jiri Tomes (lead authors): Football World Atlas . Copress Verlag in the Stiebner Verlag GmbH, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-7679-0651-1 .

Web links

List of Bulgarian football champions on RSSSF

Individual evidence

↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .
↑ Parva Liga 2019/2020 - spectators. Retrieved July 13, 2020 .

[uefa-5-jahreswertung-1] UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .

[2] Parva Liga 2019/2020 - spectators. Retrieved July 13, 2020 .