1997–98 A Group
50th completed season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria
Football league season
- Olimpik
- Spartak Pleven
- Etar
- Boncho Genchev
- Anton Spasov
← 1996–97
1998–99 →
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.
Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Litex Lovech won the championship.
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Litex Lovech (C) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 73 | 25 | +48 | 69 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 73 | 27 | +46 | 64 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
3 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 71 | 29 | +42 | 61 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
4 | Neftochimic Burgas | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 55 | |
5 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 54 | |
6 | Levski Kyustendil | 30 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 46 | |
7 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 42 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
8 | Minyor Pernik | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 41 | |
9 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 39 | |
10 | Metalurg Pernik | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 37 | |
11 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 36 | |
12 | Dobrudzha Dobrich | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 36 | |
13 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 36 | |
14 | Olimpik Galata (R) | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 35 | Relegation to 1998–99 B Group |
15 | Spartak Pleven (R) | 30 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 32 | 75 | −43 | 21 | |
16 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo (R) | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 82 | −61 | 14 |
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Home \ Away | BOT | CSK | DOB | ETA | LVK | LEV | LIT | LPL | LSO | MET | MIN | NEF | OLI | SLA | SPL | SPV |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Botev Plovdiv | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | |
CSKA Sofia | 3–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | |
Dobrudzha Dobrich | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–5[a] | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | |
Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | |
Levski Kyustendil | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–0[b] | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
Levski Sofia | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
Litex Lovech | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–4[c] | 6–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |
Lokomotiv Sofia | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
Metalurg Pernik | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
Minyor Pernik | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
Neftochimic Burgas | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | |
Olimpik Galata | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
Slavia Sofia | 5–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
Spartak Pleven | 4–2 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | |
Spartak Varna | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
- ^ Match awarded after was abandoned at 65th minute by the result 0–2.
- ^ Match awarded as Litex Lovech fielded ineligible player Radostin Kishishev (originally finished 0–0).
- ^ Match awarded as Litex Lovech fielded ineligible player Radostin Kishishev (originally finished 1–1).
Champions
- Litex Lovech
Goalkeepers | |||
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 28 | 0(0) | |
![]() | 02 | 0(0) |
Defenders | |||
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 16 | 0(2) | |
![]() | 21 | 0(1) | |
![]() | 24 | 0(1) | |
![]() | 01 | 0(0) | |
![]() | 27 | 0(0) | |
![]() | 27 | 0(3) | |
![]() | 05 | 0(0) | |
![]() | 06 | 0(0) | |
![]() | 28 | 0(0) | |
![]() | 01 | 0(0) |
Midfielders | |||
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 17 | 0(1) | |
![]() | 28 | 0(6) | |
![]() | 30 | 0(8) | |
![]() | 05 | 0(0) | |
![]() | 22 | 0(6) | |
![]() | 12 | 0(2) | |
![]() | 16 | 0(3) | |
![]() | 02 | 0(0) |
Forwards | |||
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 14 | (13) | |
![]() | 14 | 0(5) | |
![]() | 15 | 0(4) | |
![]() | 19 | 0(9) | |
![]() | 05 | 0(1) | |
![]() | 15 | 0(6) | |
![]() | 08 | 0(1) |
Manager | |
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![]() |
- Petev, Tsanev, Yurukov and Belyakov left the club during a season.
Top scorers
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Neftochimic Burgas | 17 |
![]() | CSKA Sofia | ||
3 | ![]() | Litex Lovech | 13 |
![]() | Lokomotiv Sofia | ||
5 | ![]() | Slavia Sofia | 12 |
![]() | Spartak Varna | ||
7 | ![]() | CSKA Sofia | 11 |
8 | ![]() | Levski Sofia | 10 |
![]() | Levski Kyustendil | ||
![]() | Levski Sofia | ||
![]() | Spartak Pleven |
- Source:1997–98 Top Goalscorers
References
External links
- Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
- 1997–98 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com
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