The 1986–87 A Group was the 39th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1986–87
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(24th title)
RelegatedAkademik Svishtov, Dimitrovgrad
European CupCSKA Sofia
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored786 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorerNasko Sirakov
(36 goals)

Overview

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

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 1986–87 Bulgarian A Group teams
Sofia 1986–87 A Group football clubs
Team City Stadium Capacity
Akademik Svishtov Akademik 13,500
Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe 17,000
Chernomorets Burgas Deveti Septemvri 18,000
CSKA Sofia Narodna Armia 26,000
Dimitrovgrad Dimitrovgrad Rakovski 12,000
Etar Veliko Tarnovo Ivaylo 16,000
Levski Sofia Levski
Rakovski
40,000
18,000
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv
Deveti Septemvri
13,000
50,000
Lokomotiv Sofia Vasil Levski National Stadium 60,000
Pirin Blagoevgrad Hristo Botev (Blagoevgrad) 15,000
Slavia Sofia Slavia 25,000
Sliven Sliven Hadzhi Dimitar 15,000
Spartak Varna Spartak 12,000
Trakia Plovdiv Hristo Botev (Plovdiv) 30,000
Vratsa Vratsa Hristo Botev (Vratsa) 25,000

Personnel

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Team Manager Captain
Akademik   Petko Petkov   Nikola Moskov
Beroe   Evgeni Yanchovski   Tenyo Minchev
Chernomorets   Lyubomir Borisov   Valentin Deliminkov
CSKA   Dimitar Penev   Lachezar Tanev
Dimitrovgrad   Grigor Petkov   Ivan Iliev
Etar   Georgi Vasilev   Stefan Lahchiev
Levski   Pavel Panov   Rusi Gochev
Lokomotiv Plovdiv   Hristo Bonev   Ayan Sadakov
Lokomotiv Sofia   Apostol Chachevski   Nako Doychev
Pirin   Boris Nikolov   Yordan Murlev
Slavia   Atanas Parzhelov   Ivan Haydarliev
Sliven   Lyudmil Goranov   Tenko Dobrev
Spartak Pleven   Ivan Vutsov   Plamen Getov
Spartak Varna   Ivan Filipov   Zhivko Gospodinov
Trakia   Ivan Gluhchev   Kostadin Kostadinov
Vratsa   Iliya Panev   Tsvetan Danov

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D 0–0 L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (C) 30 21 5 0 4 73 30 +43 47 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Levski Sofia 30 19 6 0 5 75 35 +40 44 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3 Trakia Plovdiv 30 16 7 0 7 57 30 +27 39 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 14 7 1 8 67 45 +22 35
5 Slavia Sofia 30 15 5 0 10 59 46 +13 35
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 11 8 1 10 58 44 +14 30
7 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 30 12 6 0 12 40 42 −2 30
8 Vratsa 30 11 6 0 13 42 56 −14 28
9 Sliven 30 11 5 0 14 52 52 0 27
10 Spartak Varna 30 10 5 0 15 44 62 −18 25
11 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 8 8 2 12 35 47 −12 24
12 Chernomorets Burgas 30 10 4 0 16 48 76 −28 24
13 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 8 5 0 17 44 54 −10 21
14 Spartak Pleven 30 7 7 2 14 31 50 −19 21
15 Akademik Svishtov (R) 30 7 7 1 15 29 51 −22 21 Relegation to 1987–88 B Group
16 Dimitrovgrad (R) 30 8 5 1 16 32 66 −34 21
Source: 1986-87 Football retro-football.bg
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Levski Sofia qualified for Cup Winners' Cup as a finalists in the 1986–87 Bulgarian Cup.

Results

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Home \ Away ASV BSZ CHB CSK DIM ETA LEV LPL LSO PIR SLA SLI SPL SPV TRA VRA
Akademik Svishtov 1–1 2–1 1–1 5–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1
Beroe Stara Zagora 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–3 1–1 2–3 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 5–0
Chernomorets Burgas 2–0 2–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–3 4–1 2–4 3–2 7–1 1–0 3–2 2–1
CSKA Sofia 1–0 3–2 10–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–3 3–0 1–3 2–1 3–1 4–0 4–2 7–2
Dimitrovgrad 0–0 3–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 2–1 4–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 4–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–0
Levski Sofia 3–0 3–2 8–1 0–1 4–1 3–0 4–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 4–2 3–1 7–3 1–1 7–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 7–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 7–1 1–2 2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 4–0 2–1 1–1 3–3 5–0 3–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 5–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 5–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–3
Slavia Sofia 4–0 5–0 4–3 2–3 4–1 2–1 0–2 4–3 2–2 3–1 4–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–0
Sliven 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 5–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 5–1 2–3 2–2 4–2 5–2 1–3 3–0
Spartak Pleven 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–0
Spartak Varna 6–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 5–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–2
Trakia Plovdiv 4–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 5–1 1–1
Vratsa 2–0 3–0 7–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

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CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
  Georgi Velinov 30 0(0)
  Krasimir Dosev 03 0(0)
  Yordan Filipov 01 0(0)
Defenders
  Nedyalko Mladenov 26 0(0)
  Angel Chervenkov 18 0(1)
  Krasimir Bezinski 30 0(2)
  Aleksandar Aleksandrov 24 0(1)
  Kiril Kachamanov 01 0(0)
  Iliya Dyakov 05 0(0)
  Sasho Borisov 30 0(0)
  Valeri Damyanov 04 0(0)
  Aydan Ilyazov 20 0(0)
Midfielders
  Stoil Stefanov 01 0(0)
  Kostadin Yanchev 22 0(0)
  Ivaylo Kirov 26 0(6)
  Lyubomir Zhelev 04 0(0)
  Lachezar Tanev 29 (28)
  Lyubomir Lyubenov 02 0(0)
Forwards
  Hristo Stoichkov 25 0(6)
  Emil Kostadinov 26 0(3)
  Ivaylo Kotev 01 0(1)
  Lyuboslav Penev 27 (19)
  Yordan Dimitrov 17 0(6)
  Rumen Stoyanov 03 0(0)
Manager
  Dimitar Penev

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Nasko Sirakov Levski Sofia 36
2   Petar Aleksandrov Slavia Sofia 33
3   Lachezar Tanev CSKA Sofia 28
4   Lyuboslav Penev CSKA Sofia 19
5   Stoycho Stoev Lokomotiv Sofia 18
6   Hristo Kolev Lokomotiv Plovdiv 16
7   Petar Mihtarski Pirin Blagoevgrad 15
8   Nikolay Rusev Chernomorets Burgas 13
  Iliya Voynov Vratsa
  Mitko Argirov Etar Veliko Tarnovo
  Aleksandar Bonchev Lokomotiv Sofia

Awards

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Team of the Season

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Team of the Season (by newspaper Naroden Sport)[1]
Goalkeeper   Georgi Velinov (CSKA)
Defence   Yancho Bogomilov (Spartak Varna)   Nikolay Iliev (Levski)   Stefan Lahchiev (Etar)   Krasimir Bezinski (CSKA)
Midfield   Nasko Sirakov (Levski)   Nikolay Rusev (Chernomorets)   Hristo Stoichkov (CSKA)
Attack   Lachezar Tanev (CSKA)   Petar Aleksandrov (Slavia)   Iliya Voynov (Vratsa)

References

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  1. ^ "Football'87" (PDF). retro-football.bg (in Bulgarian).
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