The 1964–65 A Group was the 17th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1964–65
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(9th title)
Relegated
European CupLevski Sofia
Inter-Cities Fairs CupLokomotiv Plovdiv
Matches played240
Goals scored615 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorerGeorgi Asparuhov
(27 goals)

Overview

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It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the league, breaking a 12-year period without a championship title.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levski Sofia (C) 30 18 6 6 59 28 +31 42 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 16 7 7 42 33 +9 39
3 Slavia Sofia 30 11 13 6 45 33 +12 35
4 CSKA Sofia 30 14 6 10 48 26 +22 34 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 10 11 9 48 41 +7 31
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 12 6 12 43 40 +3 30 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
7 Spartak Pleven 30 10 10 10 30 47 −17 30
8 Cherno More Varna 30 10 9 11 37 37 0 29
9 Botev Vratsa 30 10 9 11 29 35 −6 29
10 Spartak Plovdiv 30 11 6 13 42 42 0 28
11 Spartak Sofia 30 9 10 11 32 34 −2 28
12 Botev Plovdiv 30 9 9 12 40 49 −9 27
13 Marek Dupnitsa 30 9 8 13 34 41 −7 26
14 Dunav Ruse 30 9 8 13 28 41 −13 26
15 Sliven (R) 30 9 7 14 29 40 −11 25 Relegation to 1965–66 B Group
16 Akademik Sofia (R) 30 7 7 16 29 48 −19 21
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away AKD BSZ BPD BVR CHM CSK DUN LEV LPL LSO MAR SLA SLI SPL SPD SSF
Akademik Sofia 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–4 2–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–5 3–0 2–3 0–2
Beroe Stara Zagora 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 5–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0
Botev Plovdiv 1–1 1–3 0–0 5–1 2–0 4–2 4–3 0–2 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
Botev Vratsa 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–1
Cherno More 2–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 6–0 5–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1
CSKA Sofia 1–0 1–1 4–0 0–1 1–2 5–1 0–3 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 9–0 1–0 3–0
Dunav Ruse 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–4 0–3 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1
Levski Sofia 3–1 0–0 4–1 6–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 3–3 2–0 6–0 0–1 3–1
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 3–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 4–2 4–2 1–0
Marek Dupnitsa 1–0 3–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Slavia Sofia 3–2 2–1 4–3 1–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 6–0 5–1 0–0 2–0
Sliven 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Spartak Pleven 2–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–4 1–0
Spartak Plovdiv 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 4–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–1 1–3
Spartak Sofia 1–1 2–3 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

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Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
  Georgi Kamenski 01 0(0)
  Biser Mihaylov 16 0(0)
  Boris Aleksandrov 14 0(0)
  Aleksandar Bozhilov 04 0(0)
Defenders
  Ivan Zdravkov 25 0(0)
  Tenyu Botev 10 0(0)
  Malin Ivanov 15 0(0)
  Ivan Vutsov 25 0(0)
  Ivan Manolov 09 0(0)
  Georgi Zlatkov 23 0(1)
  Georgi Stoyanov 19 0(0)
Midfielders
  Aleksandar Manolov 10 0(1)
  Toncho Prodanov 02 0(0)
  Georgi Georgiev 28 0(0)
  Kostadin Radev 07 0(0)
  Stefan Abadzhiev 10 0(1)
Forwards
  Georgi Sokolov 17 0(8)
  Lyuben Gaydarov 05 0(0)
  Georgi Asparuhov 29 (27)
  Aleksandar Kostov 30 0(3)
  Hristo Iliev 28 (10)
  Nikola Skarlatov 01 0(0)
  Aleksandar Borisov 03 0(0)
  Simeon Nikolov 20 0(7)
  Dimitar Yordanov 04 0(0)
Manager
  Rudolf Vytlačil

Top scorers

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Georgi Asparuhov - top scorer of the 1964–65 season
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Georgi Asparuhov Levski Sofia 27
2   Traycho Spasov Marek Dupnitsa 21
3   Petar Zhekov Beroe Stara Zagora 18
4   Hristo Dishkov Spartak Plovdiv 17
  Ivan Kanchev Lokomotiv Plovdiv
6   Nikola Yordanov Dunav Ruse 16
7   Aleksandar Vasilev Slavia Sofia 15
  Nikola Tsanev CSKA Sofia

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