The 1978–79 A Group was the 31st season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1978–79
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(14th title)
Relegated
European CupLevski
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored626 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerRusi Gochev
(19 goals)

Overview

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It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski 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 Levski Sofia (C) 30 18 7 5 54 29 +25 43 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 14 12 4 49 26 +23 40 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 14 9 7 35 22 +13 37
4 Slavia Sofia 30 16 4 10 52 33 +19 36
5 Chernomorets Burgas 30 13 8 9 45 43 +2 34
6 Marek Dupnitsa 30 13 7 10 42 39 +3 33
7 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 14 5 11 45 47 −2 33 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
8 Botev Plovdiv 30 9 11 10 45 45 0 29
9 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 9 11 10 37 39 −2 29
10 Cherno More Varna 30 8 10 12 29 40 −11 26
11 Spartak Pleven 30 9 7 14 25 27 −2 25
12 Botev Vratsa 30 9 7 14 36 42 −6 25
13 Sliven 30 8 9 13 35 42 −7 25
14 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 10 4 16 35 43 −8 24
15 Akademik Sofia (R) 30 6 10 14 27 50 −23 22 Relegation to 1979–80 B Group
16 Haskovo (R) 30 7 5 18 35 59 −24 19
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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

Champions

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Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
  Stefan Staykov 11 0(0)
  Tomas Lafchis 19 0(0)
Defenders
  Nikolay Grancharov 27 0(3)
  Dimitar Enchev 16 0(1)
  Vladimir Nikolchev 19 0(1)
  Plamen Nikolov 27 0(0)
  Stefan Aladzhov 26 0(0)
  Ivan Tishanski 13 0(0)
  Valeri Grekov 01 0(0)
Midfielders
  Angel Stankov 20 0(3)
  Todor Barzov 29 0(2)
  Voyn Voynov 20 0(4)
  Yuliyan Kolev 06 0(0)
  Branimir Kochev 12 0(0)
  Krasimir Borisov 18 0(1)
  Emil Spasov 21 0(2)
Forwards
  Pavel Panov 28 (12)
  Georgi Todorov 07 0(1)
  Anton Milkov 08 0(3)
  Yordan Yordanov 19 0(7)
  Rusi Gochev 19 (14)
Manager
  Ivan Vutsov

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Rusi Gochev Levski Sofia
(5 goals for Chernomorets)
19
2   Chavdar Tsvetkov Slavia Sofia 18
3   Spas Dzhevizov CSKA Sofia 15
4   Andrey Zhelyazkov Slavia Sofia 13
  Ivan Petrov Marek Dupnitsa
6   Atanas Mihaylov Lokomotiv Sofia 12
  Pavel Panov Levski Sofia
  Georgi Slavkov Botev Plovdiv
9   Stoycho Mladenov Beroe Stara Zagora 11
  Alyosha Dimitrov Akademik Sofia
  Sasho Georgiev Haskovo

References

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  1. ^ "Бургаски дрибльор води Левски към дубъл, Паро сърба горчива попара" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 9 March 2013.
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