The 1965–66 A Group was the 18th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1965–66
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(13th title)
Relegated
European CupCSKA Sofia
Inter-Cities Fairs CupSpartak Plovdiv
Matches played240
Goals scored611 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorerTraycho Spasov
(21 goals)

Overview

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It was contested by 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.[1]

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (C) 30 17 8 5 53 30 +23 42 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Levski Sofia 30 15 11 4 59 31 +28 41
3 Slavia Sofia 30 16 7 7 38 25 +13 39 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Spartak Sofia 30 14 8 8 45 30 +15 36
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 12 7 11 36 33 +3 31
6 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 10 10 10 41 41 0 30
7 Dunav Ruse 30 12 6 12 29 40 −11 30
8 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 10 9 11 46 35 +11 29
9 Spartak Plovdiv 30 9 10 11 28 42 −14 28 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round
10 Botev Plovdiv 30 9 9 12 41 39 +2 27
11 Cherno More Varna 30 8 11 11 30 35 −5 27
12 Marek Dupnitsa 30 9 9 12 39 51 −12 27
13 Botev Vratsa 30 9 7 14 30 41 −11 25
14 Chernomorets Burgas 30 8 9 13 34 48 −14 25
15 Spartak Varna (R) 30 6 10 14 32 48 −16 22 Relegation to 1966–67 B Group
16 Spartak Pleven (R) 30 6 9 15 30 42 −12 21
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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

Champions

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CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
  Stoyan Yordanov 10 0(0)
  Yordan Filipov 24 0(0)
Defenders
  Nikola Kovachev 07 0(0)
  Dimitar Penev 24 0(3)
  Ivan Vasilev 30 0(2)
  Ivan Zafirov 16 0(1)
  Hristo Marinchev 16 0(1)
  Boris Gaganelov 24 0(0)
  Stefan Iliev 04 0(0)
Midfielders
  Boris Stankov 27 0(2)
  Asparuh Nikodimov 27 0(5)
  Stoichko Peshev 03 0(0)
  Vasil Romanov 24 0(2)
  Tsvetan Atanasov 12 0(0)
  Kiril Raykov 08 0(1)
  Yanko Kirilov 12 0(6)
Forwards
  Ivan Kolev 24 0(3)
  Evden Kamenov 21 0(4)
  Nikola Tsanev 28 (16)
  Dimitar Yakimov 17 0(5)
  Stoyan Stoyanov 02 0(0)
Manager
  Stoyan Ormandzhiev

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Traycho Spasov Marek Dupnitsa 21
2   Petar Zhekov Beroe Stara Zagora 20
3   Nikola Kotkov Lokomotiv Sofia 17
4   Nikola Tsanev CSKA Sofia 16
  Vasil Mitkov Spartak Sofia
6   Nikola Yordanov Dunav Ruse 14
  Dobrin Nenov Botev Plovdiv
8   Georgi Asparuhov Levski Sofia 13
  Hristo Dishkov Spartak Plovdiv

References

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  1. ^ "Левски води 28 кръга, но ЦСКА възкръсва с Пашата" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 8 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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