1983–84 A Group

A Group
Season1983–84
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(15th title)
RelegatedLokomotiv Plovdiv, Haskovo
European CupLevski Sofia
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored683 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerEduard Eranosyan
(19 goals)

The 1983–84 A Group was the 36th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

Overview

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It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship. In addition, Levski became the first Bulgarian club to win a treble this season.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levski Sofia (C) 30 19 9 2 64 29 +35 47 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 18 9 3 72 24 +48 45 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Spartak Varna 30 13 5 12 41 37 +4 31
4 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 11 9 10 38 40 −2 31
5 Chernomorets Burgas 30 12 7 11 43 47 −4 31
6 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 11 8 11 35 29 +6 30
7 Sliven 30 10 10 10 39 37 +2 30 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
8 Botev Vratsa 30 10 10 10 31 32 −1 30
9 Trakia Plovdiv 30 11 7 12 64 58 +6 29 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
10 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 30 13 2 15 47 48 −1 28
11 Shumen 30 11 5 14 35 46 −11 27
12 Belasitsa Petrich 30 11 5 14 25 49 −24 27
13 Cherno More Varna 30 9 8 13 36 43 −7 26
14 Slavia Sofia 30 10 5 15 40 38 +2 25
15 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (R) 30 10 4 16 43 63 −20 24 Relegation to 1984–85 B Group
16 Haskovo (R) 30 7 5 18 30 63 −33 19
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Trakia Plovdiv qualified for Cup Winners' Cup as a finalists in the 1983–84 Bulgarian Cup

Results

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Home \ Away BEL BSZ BVR CHM CHB CSK ETA HAS LEV LPL LSO SHU SLA SLI SPV TRA
Belasitsa Petrich 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1
Beroe Stara Zagora 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1
Botev Vratsa 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 4–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 2–0 2–1
Cherno More 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–4 0–3 0–1 4–0 0–0 3–1 1–4 5–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–2
Chernomorets Burgas 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2
CSKA Sofia 6–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 7–0 1–0 4–0 1–3 8–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 6–1 5–0 3–2
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 5–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 3–2
Haskovo 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 4–3
Levski Sofia 5–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 5–3 2–0 3–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 4–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–2 4–1 3–2 0–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–3 1–2
Lokomotiv Sofia 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
Shumen 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–2 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Slavia Sofia 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 7–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 6–3
Sliven 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0
Spartak Varna 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–1
Trakia Plovdiv 7–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 1–3 4–1 5–3 2–2 4–2 1–1 6–1 0–1 1–1 2–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

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Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Borislav Mihaylov 30 0(0)
Bulgaria Vlado Delchev 03 0(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Lyuben Kolev 01 0(0)
Bulgaria Nikolay Iliev 28 0(0)
Bulgaria Krasimir Koev 16 0(0)
Bulgaria Plamen Nikolov 26 0(1)
Bulgaria Veselin Balevski 16 0(0)
Bulgaria Stoil Georgiev 01 0(0)
Bulgaria Stoyko Parpulov 00 0(0)
Bulgaria Petar Petrov 29 0(0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Emil Velev 21 0(3)
Bulgaria Krasimir Chavdarov 27 0(3)
Bulgaria Grigor Grigorov 09 0(1)
Bulgaria Plamen Tsvetkov 21 0(5)
Bulgaria Bozhidar Iskrenov 29 0(7)
Bulgaria Rusi Gochev 21 0(4)
Forwards
Bulgaria Emil Spasov 30 (16)
Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov 17 0(2)
Bulgaria Hristo Denchev 04 0(0)
Bulgaria Mihail Valchev 28 (13)
Bulgaria Petar Kurdov 26 0(9)
Manager
Bulgaria Vasil Metodiev

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Eduard Eranosyan Lokomotiv Plovdiv 19
2 Bulgaria Stoycho Mladenov CSKA Sofia 18
3 Bulgaria Nikola Spasov Cherno More 17
Bulgaria Spas Dzhevizov CSKA Sofia
Bulgaria Georgi Slavkov CSKA Sofia
6 Bulgaria Emil Spasov Levski Sofia 16
7 Bulgaria Kostadin Kostadinov Trakia Plovdiv 15
8 Bulgaria Georgi Madzharov Chernomorets Burges 14
9 Bulgaria Krasimir Manolov Shumen 13
Bulgaria Mihail Valchev Levski Sofia
Bulgaria Vladimir Stoyanov Chernomorets Burges
12 Bulgaria Boycho Velichkov Lokomotiv Sofia 12
Bulgaria Petar Aleksandrov Slavia Sofia
Bulgaria Stefan Naydenov JSK Spartak Varna

References

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