2006–07 A Group

A Group
Season2006–07
Dates4 August 2006 – 27 May 2007
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(25th title)
RelegatedRilski Sportist
Rodopa
Chernomorets Burgas Sofia
Champions LeagueLevski
UEFA CupCSKA
Litex
Lokomotiv Sofia
Intertoto CupCherno More
Matches played240
Goals scored696 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerTsvetan Genkov
(27 goals)
Biggest home winLitex Lovech 11–0 Chernomorets Bs Sf
Biggest away winChernomorets Bs Sf 0–9 Levski Sofia
Highest scoringLitex Lovech 11–0 Chernomorets Bs Sf (11 goals)

The 2006–07 A Group was the 59th season of the Bulgarian A Football Group since its establishment in 1948 and the 83rd of a Bulgarian national top football division.

The league was contested by 16 teams, thirteen returning from the 2005–06 season and three promoted from the B Group. Levski Sofia won the championship scoring a record 96 goals.[1]

Teams

Team changes

Three teams were relegated at the end of the 2005–06 season: Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad, Naftex Burgas, and FC Pirin Blagoevgrad. The latter was disqualified for financial reasons after the first two rounds.

The relegated teams were replaced by Spartak Varna and Rilski Sportist, the two regional winners of B PFG. Spartak Varna make an immediate return to the top tier, while Rilski Sportist return after a three-year absence. A further place in the league was decided through a one match playoff, between Chernomorets Burgas Sofia and Maritsa Plovdiv, the two runners-up from the two B Groups. Chernomorets won the match 3-2 and promoted to the top tier for the very first time.

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in 2006–07 A Group
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Sofia 2006–07 A Group football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Belasitsa Petrich Tsar Samuil Stadium 9,500
Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe Stadium 13,512
Botev Plovdiv Hristo Botev Stadium 22,000
Cherno More Varna Ticha Stadium 8,250
Chernomorets BS Sofia Vasil Levski National Stadium 43,230
CSKA Sofia Balgarska Armiya Stadium 22,015
Levski Sofia Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 29,200
Litex Lovech Lovech Stadium 7,050
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv 13,800
Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv Sofia 22,000
Marek Dupnitsa Bonchuk Stadium 16,050
Rilski Sportist Samokov Iskar Stadium 7,000
Rodopa Smolyan Septemvri Stadium 6,100
Slavia Sofia Ovcha Kupel Stadium 18,000
Spartak Varna Spartak Stadium 7,500
Vihren Sandanski Sandanski Stadium 6,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levski Sofia (C) 30 24 5 1 96 13 +83 77 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 23 3 4 68 13 +55 72[a] Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 23 3 4 70 28 +42 72[a]
4 Litex Lovech 30 19 5 6 65 29 +36 62 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
5 Slavia Sofia 30 14 7 9 47 75 −28 49
6 Cherno More 30 14 5 11 35 29 +6 47 Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round
7 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 13 4 13 48 43 +5 43
8 Belasitsa Petrich 30 11 5 14 38 43 −5 38
9 Vihren 30 11 4 15 27 39 −12 37[b]
10 Botev Plovdiv 30 11 4 15 41 45 −4 37[b]
11 Beroe 30 10 6 14 34 33 +1 36
12 Marek 30 9 7 14 39 58 −19 34
13 Spartak Varna 30 10 3 17 27 52 −25 33
14 Rilski Sportist (R) 30 10 0 20 31 53 −22 30 Relegation to 2007–08 B Group
15 Rodopa Smolyan (R) 30 5 4 21 22 52 −30 19
16 Chernomorets Burgas Sofia[c] (R) 30 0 1 29 8 127 −119 −2
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b CSKA Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Sofia on head-to-head record; Lokomotiv Sofia–CSKA Sofia 1–1, CSKA Sofia–Lokomotiv Sofia 4–1.
  2. ^ a b Vihren ahead of Botev Plovdiv on head-to-head record; Vihren–Botev Plovdiv 1–0, Botev Plovdiv–Vihren 1–2.
  3. ^ Chernomorets Burgas Sofia were docked three points for failing to register enough youth players.

Results

Home \ Away BEL BSZ BOT CHM CBS CSK LEV LIT LPL LSO MAR RIL RDP SLA SPV VIH
Belasitsa Petrich 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 0–1 2–3 3–0 1–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–1
Beroe 0–0 2–0 2–1 6–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–5 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0
Botev Plovdiv 3–1 1–0 2–0 5–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 3–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 5–1 1–2
Cherno More 1–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–2
Chernomorets Burgas Sofia 1–2 0–8 0–3 0–6 0–6 0–3[a] 0–0 0–1 0–9 1–4 0–1 1–2 0–4 0–3 0–3[b]
CSKA Sofia 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 6–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 6–1 4–0 5–0
Levski Sofia 1–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 10–0 1–0 6–2 6–1 3–0 8–0 5–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 4–0
Litex Lovech 7–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 11–0 0–1 0–0 5–1 2–1 4–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 6–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–0 5–0 0–0 4–0 2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 7–0 1–1 3–5 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 5–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
Marek 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 4–1 1–0 0–8 1–2 3–1 1–2 3–2 4–2 2–2 3–1 0–1
Rilski Sportist 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 2–1 1–3 1–3 1–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0
Rodopa Smolyan 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–3 0–1 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 0–1
Slavia Sofia 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 8–0 0–1 0–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 3–1
Spartak Varna 3–3 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0
Vihren 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 3–2 2–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match awarded as Chernomorets Burgas Sofia failed to register five youth players.
  2. ^ Match awarded as Chernomorets Burgas Sofia failed to engage a licensed security firm for the game.

Champions

Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
01 Bulgaria Georgi Petkov 17 0(0)
12 Bulgaria Bozhidar Mitrev 07 0(0)
88 Bulgaria Nikolay Mihaylov 05 0(0)
Defenders
03 Bulgaria Zhivko Milanov 18 0(1)
04 Bulgaria Igor Tomašić 22 0(0)
05 Bulgaria Borislav Stoychev 09 0(2)
11 Bulgaria Elin Topuzakov 23 0(0)
14 Bulgaria Veselin Minev 10 0(0)
15 Bulgaria Simeon Ivanov 01 0(0)
20 Bulgaria Stanislav Angelov 26 0(1)
25 Bulgaria Lúcio Wagner 19 0(1)
Midfielders
06 Nigeria Richard Eromoigbe 24 0(1)
07 Bulgaria Daniel Borimirov 20 0(4)
08 Bulgaria Georgi Sarmov 18 0(2)
13 Israel Eli Zizov 01 0(0)
16 Bulgaria Mariyan Ognyanov 05 0(0)
18 Bulgaria Miroslav Ivanov 23 0(5)
19 Bulgaria Atanas Bornosuzov 04 0(0)
21 Bulgaria Dimitar Telkiyski 25 0(8)
24 Bulgaria Nikolay Dimitrov 08 0(3)
27 France Cédric Bardon 24 0(8)
30 Bulgaria Lachezar Baltanov 02 0(0)
77 Bulgaria Milan Koprivarov 15 0(5)
Forwards
09 Bulgaria Georgi Ivanov* 12 0(9)
10 Bulgaria Hristo Yovov 24 (13)
17 Bulgaria Valeri Domovchiyski 19 (15)
23 Nigeria Ekundayo Jayeoba 06 0(4)
28 Bulgaria Emil Angelov 19 0(9)
Manager
Bulgaria Stanimir Stoilov
  • Georgi Ivanov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Tsvetan Genkov Lokomotiv Sofia 27
2 Bulgaria Todor Kolev Slavia Sofia 25
3 Romania Eugen Trică CSKA Sofia 16
Bulgaria Enyo Krastovchev Marek Dupnitsa
5 Bulgaria Valeri Domovchiyski Levski Sofia 15
6 Bulgaria Hristo Yovov Levski Sofia 13
7 Bulgaria Krum Bibishkov Litex Lovech 12
Brazil Marquinhos Belasitsa Petrich

References

  1. ^ "Сезон 2006-07: След русенски фараон А група разсмива и бургаски фарфарон" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 5 October 2013.

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