1989–90 A Group

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The 1989–90 A Group was the 42nd season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The campaign was won by CSKA Sofia, nine points ahead of Slavia Sofia. Hebar Pazardzhik, Cherno More Varna and Botev Vratsa were relegated.

Bulgarian A Group
Season1989–90
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(26th title)
Relegated
European CupCSKA Sofia
UEFA CupSlavia Sofia
Matches played240
Goals scored662 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerHristo Stoichkov
(38 goals)

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 1989–90 Bulgarian A Group teams
Sofia 1989–90 A Group football clubs
Team City Stadium Capacity
Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe 18,000
Cherno More Varna Yuri Gagarin
Ticha
35,000
8,000
Chernomorets Burgas Deveti Septemvri 18,000
CSKA Sofia Narodna Armia 26,000
Dunav Ruse Gradski
Dunav
22,000
12,000
Etar Veliko Tarnovo Ivaylo 15,000
Hebar Pazardzhik Lyuben Shkodrov 12,000
Levski Sofia Levski
Rakovski
40,000
18,000
Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Dimitar Dyulgerov 14,000
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
Trakia Plovdiv Hristo Botev (Plovdiv) 30,000
Vratsa Vratsa Hristo Botev (Vratsa) 25,000

Personnel

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Team Manager Captain
Beroe   Petko Petkov   Petko Tenev
Cherno More   Nikola Kovachev   Todor Marev
Chernomorets   Ivan Vutov   Lyubomir Sheytanov
CSKA   Dimitar Penev   Lyuboslav Penev
Dunav   Simeon Simeonov   Nikolay Boyanov
Etar   Georgi Vasilev   Nikolay Donev
Hebar   Dimitar Milev   Lazar Dimitrov
Levski   Dobromir Zhechev   Georgi Yordanov
Lokomotiv GO   Kiril Rabchev   Angel Minchev
Lokomotiv Plovdiv   Mihail Georgiev   Stefan Draganov
Lokomotiv Sofia   Ventsislav Arsov   Pavel Dochev
Pirin   Boris Nikolov   Valentin Dartilov
Slavia   Ivan Vutsov   Plamen Simeonov
Sliven   Lyudmil Goranov   Petar Ivanov
Trakia   Dinko Dermendzhiev   Petar Zehtinski
Vratsa   Semko Goranov   Ivan Radoslavov

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (C) 30 18 9 3 85 30 +55 45 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Slavia Sofia 30 13 10 7 37 29 +8 36 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 30 14 7 9 51 32 +19 35
4 Levski Sofia 30 12 11 7 57 39 +18 35
5 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 15 5 10 53 40 +13 35
6 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 13 8 9 46 32 +14 34
7 Trakia Plovdiv 30 15 3 12 43 39 +4 33
8 Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 30 11 8 11 28 32 −4 30
9 Sliven 30 12 5 13 41 44 −3 29 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
10 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 10 9 11 43 48 −5 29
11 Chernomorets Burgas 30 11 7 12 36 41 −5 29
12 Dunav Ruse 30 9 9 12 30 38 −8 27
13 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 9 9 12 30 47 −17 27
14 Hebar Pazardzhik (R) 30 10 5 15 29 43 −14 25 Relegation to 1990–91 B Group
15 Cherno More (R) 30 6 4 20 28 63 −35 16
16 Vratsa (R) 30 5 5 20 25 65 −40 15
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BSZ CHM CHB CSK DUN ETA HEB LEV LGO LPL LSO PIR SLA SLI TRA VRA
Beroe Stara Zagora 1–1 1–0 3–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–2 5–1 3–0 0–3 2–1 3–2
Cherno More 3–3 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–4 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–6 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–0
Chernomorets Burgas 1–3 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0
CSKA Sofia 4–0 6–1 3–0 4–1 5–2 3–1 5–0 2–0 4–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 4–0 6–1 6–0
Dunav Ruse 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 5–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 1–0 1–0 6–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 4–1 3–0
Hebar Pazardzhik 1–2 5–1 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1
Levski Sofia 2–1 4–0 1–2 2–2 3–1 4–1 1–2 1–0 7–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 3–1 4–0
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 2–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–1
Lokomotiv Sofia 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 4–0 4–2 2–0 1–4 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 4–2
Pirin Blagoevgrad 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–3 4–0 1–0 6–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 5–1
Slavia Sofia 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0
Sliven 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–3 2–0 2–3 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–0
Trakia Plovdiv 2–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 5–0
Vratsa 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–5 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

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CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
  Iliya Valov 23 0(0)
  Rumen Apostolov 09 0(0)
Defenders
  Marius Urukov 28 0(1)
  Stefan Bachev 18 0(0)
  Emil Dimitrov 28 0(1)
  Dimitar Mladenov 27 0(1)
  Trifon Ivanov 28 0(3)
Midfielders
  Georgi Georgiev 26 0(5)
  Kostadin Yanchev 27 0(0)
  Ivaylo Kirov 15 0(4)
  Petar Vitanov 22 0(3)
  Marin Bakalov 26 0(5)
  Viktorio Pavlov 03 0(1)
  Slavcho Iliev 07 0(0)
Forwards
  Hristo Stoichkov 30 (38)
  Emil Kostadinov 26 0(6)
  Doncho Donev 16 0(4)
  Lyuboslav Penev* 06 (12)
  Rumen Stoyanov 03 0(0)
Manager
  Dimitar Penev
  • Penev left the club during a season.

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Hristo Stoichkov CSKA Sofia 38
2   Petar Mihtarski Levski Sofia 24
3   Gosho Petkov Lokomotiv Sofia 17
4   Yordan Lechkov Sliven 16
5   Valentin Stanchev Vratsa 15
6   Antim Pehlivanov Trakia Plovdiv 13
  Nikolay Petrunov Pirin Blagoevgrad
8   Lyuboslav Penev CSKA Sofia 12
9   Boncho Genchev Etar Veliko Tarnovo 11
  Georgi Dimitrov Lokomotiv Plovdiv
  Yordan Bozdanski Pirin Blagoevgrad

References

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