Bulgarian A Professional Football Group

For other sports leagues which may be referred to by this name, see List of professional sports leagues.

Bulgarian A Professional Football Group

Countries	Bulgaria
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Founded	1924 (as BSFC) 1948 (as A RFG)
Divisions	1
Number of teams	16
Levels on pyramid	1
Relegation to	B PFG
Domestic cup(s)	Bulgarian Cup Bulgarian Supercup
International cup(s)	Champions League Europa League
Current champions	Litex Lovech (2010-2011)
Most championships	CSKA Sofia (31)
TV partners	BNT1, TV7
Website	Official Site
2011–12 A PFG

The Bulgarian A Professional Football Group (Bulgarian: "А" Професионална футболна група) commonly known as A PFG (Bulgarian: А ПФГ) is the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The league is sponsored by Victoria FATA Insurance and therefore is officially known as Victoria A Football Group (Bulgarian: Виктория "А" Футболна група) since 2011. A PFG determines the champion of Bulgaria and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the lower league B PFG. Seasons run from August to May. Sixteen teams take part in the league, each playing twice against all the other, once home and once away, totalling 240 matches in the season. Most matches are played on Saturdays and Sundays, with some played on Monday evenings. It is administered by the Bulgarian Professional Football League and the Bulgarian Football Union.

A total of 63 clubs have competed in A PFG. In season 2011/12 of Bulgarian A PFG, two teams had been for their first time in A PFG - Ludogorets Razgrad (East B PFG champions) and Svetkavitsa Targovishte (B PFG Play-off winners). The two most successful teams of A PFG are CSKA Sofia (31 championships) and Levski Sofia (26 championships). The current champions are Litex Lovech, who won their 4th title in the last season.

The champion of A PFG has the right to take part in the UEFA Champions League from the stage allowed by the league's coefficient. The teams that finish 2nd and 3rd in the final standings take part in the UEFA Europa League together with the Bulgarian Cup winner. The team that finish 14th in the final standings is entering a final play-off for remaining place in A PFG with the winner of the B PFG play-offs. The last two teams are directly relegated to the B PFG. The domestic cup for the league is the Bulgarian Cup. In every season, the teams in A PFG start participating in the competition from Round 2 (Round of 32).

A PFG clubs

A PFG members for season 2011/2012

The following sixteen clubs will be competing in A PFG during the 2011/12 season.

• Litex Lovech - 2010/11 A PFG champions.
• Botev Vratsa - West 2010/11 B PFG champions.
• Ludogorets - East 2010/11 B PFG champions.
• Svetkavitsa - 2010/11 B PFG play-off winners.

Club	Finishing position in 2010/11	First season in top division	First season after most recent promotion	Stadium
Beroe (Stara Zagora)	7th	1954	2009–10	Beroe Stadium
Botev (Vratsa)	1st in Western B PFG	1964–65	2011–12	Hristo Botev Stadium
Cherno More (Varna)	6th	1937–38	2000–01	Ticha Stadium
Chernomorets (Burgas)	8th	2007–08	2007–08	Lazur Stadium
CSKA (Sofia)	3rd	1948–49	1948–49	Balgarska Armiya Stadium
Kaliakra (Kavarna)	12th	2010–11	2010–11	Kavarna Stadium
Levski (Sofia)	2nd	1937–38	1937–38	Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Litex (Lovech)	1st	1994–95	1997–98	Lovech Stadium
Lokomotiv (Plovdiv)	5th	1950	2001–02	Lokomotiv Stadium (Plovdiv)
Lokomotiv (Sofia)	4th	1939–40	1952	Lokomotiv Stadium (Sofia)
Ludogorets (Razgrad)	1st in Eastern B PFG	2011–12	2011–12	Ludogorets Arena
Minyor (Pernik)	9th	1951	2008–09	Minyor Stadium
Montana (Montana)	10th	1994–95	2009–10	Ogosta Stadium
Slavia (Sofia)	11th	1937–38	1937–38	Slavia Stadium
Svetkavitsa (Targovishte)	4th in Eastern B PFG	2011–12	2011–12	Dimitar Burkov Stadium
Vidima-Rakovski (Sevlievo)	14th	2003–04	2010–11	Rakovski Stadium

• Location of the clubs on Google maps
• Lokomotiv Sofia didn't receive license to play at their Lokomotiv Stadium (Sofia) and for season 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 they will play on the Vasil Levski National Stadium.

History

Bulgarian State Football Championship

The first football championship of Bulgaria started in 1924 and it is playing as a league format from 1948. An attempts to form a league as the first football league on pyramid in Bulgaria are made in the period of 1937 - 1940 when it was created the National Football Division. There were 10 teams, each playing twice against all the other, once home and once away. The team that finished first in the table becomes a champion.

A Republican Football Group

In the autumn of 1948 started the first season in history of the A Republican Football Group. In that season 10 teams were participating in the league - Levski, Septemvri, Lokomotiv, Slavia and Spartak from the capital city Sofia, Botev (Varna), Slavia (Plovdiv), Marek Stanke Dimitrov, Benkovski (Vidin) and Luybislav (Burgas). The first football champion of the A Republican Football Group is Levski in season 1948/49.

Season 1949/50 in A RFG didn't end. The league was stopped after the first fixture played in the championship. Then it was decided that the championship of Bulgaria will be played in the cycle spring-autumn like in the Soviet Union. In the autumn of 1949 were played qualification tournaments to determine the teams that will play in the next 1950 season. In the next two seasons the number of teams in the league was increased to 12, as for season 1953 the teams were 15 (the 16th team was the Bulgarian National Football Team). In seasons 1954 and 1955 the teams in the league were 14 and for seasons 1956 and 1957 - 10.

In 1958 the championship was stopped again like in 1948 after the spring half-season. New re-organizations were accepted and the league was again going to be played in the format autumn-spring. No matter that the teams were played just 1 match CDNA was crowned as the champion of Bulgaria.

There were many reforms in the league in the period of 1960 and 2000. And finally it was decided that the number of teams in A RFG is going to be 16.

Premier Professional Football League

The 52 years of traditions of the A Republican Football Group were finally broken at the doorstep of the new millеnium when the Board of Directors of the Bulgarian Football Union decides to make brave reforms. The created in the autumn of 2000 Premier Professional Football League had 14 teams participating in it. At the end of season 2000/2001 the last two teams were directly relegated to the lower division and the team that finished 12th had the chance to compete in the promotion/relegation play-off for remaining place in the league.

With historical importance are the regulations for the next season - 2001/2002. The championship was divided into 2 phases. In the first phase the teams are playing a regular season, each team playing twice against all the other, once home and once away. The second phase was a play-off phase. The league is again devided into 2 subgroups. The teams finished at the positions of 1st to 6th are playing in a home and away format to determine the champion of Bulgaria and the rest of the teams that in the next season will play in the UEFA European club tournaments. The teams finished in the positions of 7th to 14th are playing again in a home and away format to determine the teams that will be relegated to the lower division. But this experiment was tested only in that season.

In the next season 2002/2003 the championship was with the same regulations as the format of the A RFG - 14 teams playing in a home and away format.

Bulgarian A Professional Football Group

Returning to the traditions of A RFG was the creating of the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group. The regulations are well known - 16 teams playing in home and away format.

A PFG Logo

From season 2003/2004 to present A PFG is formed by 16 teams, each playing twice all the other, once home and once away. Only in the second half of season 2009/2010 the championship ended with 15 teams, because Botev (Plovdiv) had problems with their budget and didn't received license to countinue playing in A PFG. The teams that were going to play against Botev (Plovdiv) had won their matches respectively with result of 3-0.

It is need to be clear that A RFG, the Premier League and the present A PFG are presented from the football history and statistics as the A Professional Football Group - the top level of Bulgarian football league system.

There is only one team which has finished a full season of A Professional Football Group without a loss. That is the most successful club in the history of A PFG - PFC CSKA Sofia. They finished with 24 wins and 6 draws out of 30 games in season 2007/2008 when they became champions for the record-breaking 31st time.

In the years of A PFG there were formed many derbies between teams. The two biggest derbies in Bulgarian football are known as The Eternal Derby (between PFC CSKA Sofia and PFC Levski Sofia) and The Plovdiv Derby (between Botev Plovdiv and Lokomotiv Plovdiv).

Competition format

The top three positions in the final standings of A PFG are qualifing for the next season's UEFA competitions - UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The team finished 14th is entering a final play-off for remaining place in A PFG with the winner of the B PFG play-offs. The last two teams are directly relegated to B PFG.

European qualification (as for season 2011/12)

• First place: Second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.
• Second place: Third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
• Third place: Second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
• Bulgarian Cup winner: Play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.
  • If the Bulgarian Cup winner qualifies for European competition through the league, the Bulgarian Cup winner's place in the UEFA Europa League goes to the defeated Bulgarian Cup finalist if it is not already qualified for European competition.
    • If both Bulgarian Cup finalists qualify for the European competition through A PFG, an extra UEFA Europa League berth is granted to the team finished 4th in A PFG.

The Derbies

The Eternal Derby

The Eternal Derby of Bulgarian football is formed by the two most successful clubs in Bulgaria - PFC CSKA Sofia and PFC Levski Sofia. On every match between the two teams no matter in which league or cup is, there is a fantastic fanatic atmosphere with thousands of fans supporting their favourite team.

130 matches have been played between the two clubs in A PFG. The wins for Levski Sofia are 53, while the wins for CSKA Sofia are 41. The drawn matches are 36. The goal difference is 191:175 for Levski Sofia.^[1]

There are results, that will remain as a great success or a great failure in the clubs history. The biggest wins are with the results of 7:2 (17 November 1968) and 7:1 (23 September 1994) for Levski Sofia against CSKA Sofia. The biggest wins for CSKA Sofia are with 5:0 (23 September 1959 and 1 October 1989) and 4:0 (14 April 1957).

The highest attendance is registered on 11 March 1967, on the Vasil Levski National Stadium - 70,000 spectators (Levski Sofia 1:1 CSKA Sofia). The lowest attendance is only 8,000 spectators, on 26 May 2002, at the Balgarska Armiya Stadium (CSKA Sofia 1:0 Levski Sofia).

The Plovdiv Derby

The Plovdiv Derby is the second largest football derby in Bulgaria, performed by the two historic clubs of the city, Botev Plovdiv and Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Plovdiv is the second largest city in Bulgaria and has the oldest football club in Bulgaria, Botev Plovdiv (1912).

The first match between the two teams in A PFG was in 1951 when Lokomotiv Plovdiv had won with 3-0. The biggest win for Lokomotiv is with 7:3 (8 September 1974), as the biggest win for Botev is with 5:0 in two times (season 1988/89 and season 1995/96). The last match that was played in A PFG between the teams ended with the result of 1:0 for Botev in 31 October 2009.

The games between the two teams are well known to the Bulgarian football community as well as to the police - after every game there are violent incidents with the supporters of the clubs. The atmosphere at those games is electric - comparable even to the best Latin American football derbies.

Broadcasting rights

2011 match between Slavia and Litex

From 2000 to 2008 the Bulgarian National Television broadcasted all matches for the championship on its first channel - Kanal 1.

In 2008 the broadcasting rights were purchased by the private channels TV2 and Ring TV for 3 plus 2 years. BNT had the first pick for each fixture and had broadcasted the most interesting match for the weekend.

For the seasons 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 PRO.BG (the former TV2) and RING.BG (the former Ring TV) bought the rights to broadcast the full pack of 6 matches from each fixture.

At the end of season 2010/2011, after bTV bought PRO.BG, the channel was rebranded to bTV Action and got on broadcasting only on cable networks. The new owners didn't wanted to fully pay to every club in the league. The clubs weren't happy and they menaced to allow cameras at their matches from the league.

Days before the start of season 2011/2012 the private terrestrial channel TV7 bought the rights and will broadcast two matches per fixture. As like before 3 seasons the national television BNT1 got the first pick and its' broadcast the most interesting match for the fixture. The rest of the matches will be broadcasted live online in to the internet portals Topsport.bg, Livesport.bg, Bookmakers.bg and Sportline.bg.

Sponsorship rights

Until 2011 the official sponsor of A PFG was the TBI Credit and the league was officially known as TBI A Football Group.

From season 2011/12 A PFG has new sponsor - the Victoria FATA Insurance and therefore the league name is Victoria A Football Group.

Performance by club

Bulgarian A PFG

The bolded teams play in the 2011/12 season of "A" PFG. The teams in italics no longer exist.

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
CSKA Sofia	31	20	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
Levski Sofia	26	28	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
Slavia Sofia	7	10	1928, 1930, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1996
Lokomotiv Sofia	4	6	1940, 1945, 1964, 1978
Litex Lovech	4	1	1998, 1999, 2010, 2011
Vladislav Varna	3	4	1925, 1926, 1934
Botev Plovdiv	2	2	1929, 1967
Ticha Varna	1	2	1938
AS 23 Sofia	1	0	1931
Spartak Varna	1	2	1932
Sportclub Sofia	1	0	1935
Spartak Plovdiv	1	1	1963
Beroe Stara Zagora	1	0	1986
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	1	0	1991
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1	1	2004

Cities

Litex is the only team in history, that won promotion to the A PFG and in the following season becomes champion of Bulgaria

The following table lists the Bulgarian champions by cities.

City	Titles	Winning Clubs
Sofia	70	CSKA Sofia (31), Levski Sofia (26), Slavia Sofia (7), Lokomotiv Sofia (4), AS 23 Sofia (1), Sportclub Sofia (1)
Varna	5	Vladislav Varna (3), Ticha Varna (1), Spartak Varna (1)
Plovdiv	4	Botev Plovdiv (2), Lokomotiv Plovdiv (1), Spartak Plovdiv (1)
Lovech	4	Litex Lovech (4)
Stara Zagora	1	Beroe Stara Zagora (1)
Veliko Tarnovo	1	Etar Veliko Tarnovo (1)

All-time table 1924-2011

Pos.	Team	N	S	G	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	1º	2º	3º
1	Levski Sofia	1st	73	1737	1020	412	305	3416	1605	2452	26	28	7
2	CSKA Sofia	1st	63	1682	1017	377	288	3577	1565	2411	31	20	4
3	Slavia Sofia	1st	72	1732	778	416	538	2737	2011	1972	7	10	13
4	Lokomotiv Sofia	1st	62	1604	666	409	529	2323	1946	1738	4	6	9
5	Botev Plovdiv	2nd	64	1531	604	360	567	2287	2110	1568	2	2	12
6	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1st	59	1398	537	333	527	1918	1925	1407	1	1	5
7	Cherno More Varna	1st	60	1294	444	338	512	1583	1724	1226	4	6	3
8	Beroe Stara Zagora	1st	43	1148	373	262	513	1428	1789	1008	1	–	1
9	Spartak Varna	2nd	49	1143	375	252	516	1384	1738	1002	1	1	3
10	Spartak Pleven	3rd	51	1053	323	255	475	1211	1650	901	–	–	1
11	Minyor Pernik	1st	36	910	287	211	412	1028	1402	785	–	–	–
12	Chernomorets Burgas	1st	43	924	287	198	439	1131	1563	772	–	–	–
13	Botev Vratsa	1st	38	822	281	173	368	1050	1267	735	–	–	1
14	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2nd	27	730	265	161	304	959	1060	691	1	–	–
15	Dunav Ruse	3rd	42	784	250	190	344	862	1193	690	–	1	–
16	Marek Dupnitsa	3rd	37	768	240	164	364	896	1239	644	–	–	1
17	Pirin Blagoevgrad	4th	24	690	220	167	303	744	940	607	–	–	–
18	OFC Sliven 2000	2nd	23	661	225	144	292	823	980	594	–	–	–
19	Spartak Sofia	N.E.	21	443	161	142	140	566	514	464	–	2	1
20	Akademic Sofia	2nd	17	485	158	131	186	573	625	447	–	–	2
21	Spartak Plovdiv	4th	18	445	160	121	164	568	592	441	1	1	–
22	Litex Lovech	1st	12	326	185	65	76	594	319	435	4	1	–
23	Naftex Burgas	2nd	12	356	154	72	130	534	420	380	–	1	–
24	Dobrudzha Dobrich	2nd	17	419	128	82	209	457	695	338	–	–	–

UEFA Ranking

The national league rankings for the 2012–13 season of UEFA competitions is based upon results in UEFA competitions from the 2006–07 through 2010–11 seasons.

Current National League ranking

• 17 (20) Israel Premier League
• 18 (18) Czech Gambrinus Liga
• 19 (19) Austrian Football Bundesliga
• 20 (21) Cypriot League
• 21 (17) Bulgarian A Professional Football Group
• 22 (27) Croatian HNL League
• 23 (28) Belarusian Premier League
• 24 (26) Polish Ekstraklasa
• 25 (23) Slovak First League
• Full List

Records

Teams

• Most times champion — CSKA Sofia — 31 times
• Most seasons played in the division from 1924 to 2011 — Levski Sofia (73) and Slavia Sofia (72)
• Most seasons played in A PFG from 1948 to 2011 - Levski Sofia and CSKA Sofia each participated in 62 seasons.
• Fewest seasons played in the division — Benkovski Vidin, Cherveno Zname Pavlikeni, Rozova Dolina Kazanlak, Akademik Varna, Olimpik Teteven, PFC Nesebar and PFC Chernomorets Burgas Sofia each have played only a single season in the division
• Most wins in a single season — CSKA Sofia 31 of 32 games 2004/2005
• Fewest wins in a single season — Torpedo Ruse (out of 22 matches during 1951) and Rakovski Ruse (out of 30 matches during 1996/97) and Chernomorets Burgas Sofia (out of 30 matches during 2006/07) each did not win a game in a single season
• Most defeats in a single season — Rakovski Ruse (out of 30 matches during 1996/97) and Chernomorets Burgas Sofia — 29 (out of 30 matches during 2006/2007)
• Fewest defeats in a single season — Spartak Sofia (out of 22 matches during 1951), Levski Sofia (out of 18 matches during 1948/49), CSKA Sofia (then CDNA; out of 11 matches in 1958) and CSKA Sofia (out of 30 matches during 2007/2008) each did not lose a game in a single season
• Most goals scored in a single season — Levski Sofia — 96 goals in 30 matches during 2006/07
• Fewest goals scored in a single season — Rakovski Ruse (out of 30 matches during 1996/97), Chernomorets Burgas Sofia (out of 30 matches during 2006/07), Torpedo Ruse (out of 22 matches during 1951) and Cherno More Varna (out of 11 matches during 1968) each scored only 8 goals in a single season
• Most goals conceded in a single season — Chernomorets Burgas Sofia — 131 (out of 30 matches during 2006/07)
• Least goals conceded in a single season — CSKA Sofia (then CDNA; out of 22 matches during 1951) and Spartak Sofia (out of 22 matches during 1951) each conceded only 7 goals in a single season
• Biggest win — CSKA Sofia 12:0 Torpedo Ruse in 1951

Players

• Most times champion — Manol Manolov with CSKA Sofia — 12 times
• Most matches played in the division — Marin Bakalov — 454 matches for Botev Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia, Spartak Plovdiv, Maritsa Plovdiv and Olimpik Teteven
• Most goals in the division — Petar Zhekov — 253 goals; 8 for Dimitrovgrad, 101 for Beroe Stara Zagora and 144 for CSKA Sofia
• Most goals in a single season — Hristo Stoichkov — 38 goals for CSKA Sofia during 1989/90
• Most goals in a single match — Petar Mihaylov (for CSKA Sofia against Torpedo Ruse in 1951), Ivo Georgiev (for Spartak Varna against Spartak Plovdiv in 1995/96), Todor Pramatarov (for Slavia Sofia against Rakovski Ruse in 1996/97) and Tsvetan Genkov (for Lokomotiv Sofia against Chernomorets Burgas Sofia in 2006/2007) each scored 6 goals in a single match

Topscorers

Year	Topscorer(s)	Club(s)	Goals
1938	Krum Milev	Slavia Sofia	12
1939	Georgi Pachedzhiev	AS 23 Sofia	14
1940	Yanko Stoyanov Dimitar Nikolaev	Levski Sofia FK 13 Sofia	14
1949	Dimitar Milanov Nedko Nedev	CSKA Sofia Cherno More Varna	11
1950	Lyubomir Hranov	Levski Sofia	13
1951	Dimitar Milanov	CSKA Sofia	14
1952	Dimitar Isakov Dobromir Tashkov	Slavia Sofia Spartak Sofia	10
1953	Dimitar Minchev	Spartak Pleven; VVS Sofia	15
1954	Dobromir Tashkov	Slavia Sofia	25
1955	Todor Diev	Spartak Plovdiv	13
1956	Pavel Vladimirov	Minyor Pernik	16
1957	Hristo Iliev Dimitar Milanov	Levski Sofia CSKA Sofia	14
1958	Dobromir Tashkov Georgi Arnaudov	Slavia Sofia Spartak Varna	9
1959	Aleksandar Vasilev	Slavia Sofia	13
1960	Dimitar Yordanov Lyuben Kostov	Levski Sofia Spartak Varna	12
1961	Ivan Sotirov	Botev Plovdiv	20
1962	Nikola Yordanov Todor Diev	Dunav Ruse Spartak Plovdiv	23
1963	Todor Diev	Spartak Plovdiv	26
1964	Nikola Tsanev	CSKA Sofia	26
1965	Georgi Asparuhov	Levski Sofia	27
1966	Traycho Spasov	Marek Dupnitsa	21
1967	Petar Zhekov	Beroe Stara Zagora	21
1968	Petar Zhekov	Beroe Stara Zagora	31
1969	Petar Zhekov	CSKA Sofia	36
1970	Petar Zhekov	CSKA Sofia	31
1971	Dimitar Yakimov	CSKA	26
1972	Petar Zhekov	CSKA Sofia	27
1973	Petar Zhekov	CSKA Sofia	29
1974	Petko Petkov Kiril Milanov	Beroe Stara Zagora Levski Sofia	19
1975	Ivan Pritargov	Botev Plovdiv	20
1976	Petko Petkov Pavel Panov	Beroe Stara Zagora Levski Sofia	18
1977	Pavel Panov	Levski Sofia	20
1978	Stoycho Mladenov	Beroe Stara Zagora	21
1979	Rusi Gochev	Chernomorets Burgas and Levski Sofia	19
1980	Spas Dzhevizov	CSKA Sofia	23
1981	Georgi Slavkov	Botev Plovdiv	31
1982	Mihail Valchev	Levski Sofia	24
1983	Antim Pehlivanov	Botev	20
1984	Eduard Eranosyan Emil Spasov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv Levski Sofia	19
1985	Plamen Getov	Spartak Pleven	26
1986	Atanas Pashev	Botev Plovdiv	30
1987	Nasko Sirakov	Levski Sofia	36
1988	Nasko Sirakov	Levski Sofia	28
1989	Hristo Stoichkov	CSKA Sofia	23
1990	Hristo Stoichkov	CSKA Sofia	38
1991	Ivaylo Yordanov Petar Mihtarski	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Levski Sofia	20
1992	Nasko Sirakov	Levski Sofia	26
1993	Plamen Getov	Levski Sofia	26
1994	Nasko Sirakov	Levski Sofia	30
1995	Petar Mihtarski	CSKA Sofia	24
1996	Ivo Georgiev	Spartak Varna	21
1997	Todor Pramatarov	Slavia Sofia	26
1998	Anton Spasov Bontcho Guentchev	Naftex Burgas CSKA Sofia	17
1999	Dimcho Belyakov	Litex Lovech	21
2000	Mihail Mihaylov	Velbazhd Kyustendil	20
2001	Georgi Ivanov	Levski Sofia	22
2002	Vladimir Manchev	CSKA Sofia	21
2003	Georgi Chilikov	Levski Sofia	23
2004	Martin Kamburov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26
2005	Martin Kamburov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	27
2006	Milivoje Novakovič Jose Emilio Furtado	Litex Lovech Vihren and CSKA Sofia	16
2007	Tsvetan Genkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	27
2008	Georgi Hristov	Botev Plovdiv	19
2009	Martin Kamburov	Lokomotiv Sofia	17
2010	Wilfried Niflore	Litex Lovech	19
2011	Garra Dembele	Levski Sofia	26

All-time top scorers

All-time top scorers in Bulgarian A Group

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Petar Zhekov	253
2	Nasko Sirakov	195
3	Dinko Dermendzhiev	194
4	Hristo Bonev	185
5	Plamen Getov	164
6	Nikola Kotkov	163
7	Stefan Bogomilov	162
8	Petar Mihtarski	158
9	Petko Petkov	152
10	Dimitar Yakimov	151
In bold Currently playing in A Group

All-time appearances

All-time appearances in Bulgarian A Group

Rank	Player	Appearances
1	Marin Bakalov	454
2	Dinko Dermendzhiev	447
3	Viden Apostolov	444
4	Todor Marev	422
5	Hristo Bonev	410
6	Zapryan Rakov	403
7	Malin Orachev	398
8	Dimitar Mladenov	388
9	Bozhil Kolev	373
10	Dobromir Zhechev	369
In bold Currently playing in A Group

References

1. ^ [1]

See also

• Sports attendances

External links

• League at UEFA