The 1985–86 A Group was the 38th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1985–86
ChampionsBeroe
(1st title)
RelegatedCherno More, Dunav
European CupBeroe
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored770 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorerAtanas Pashev
(30 goals)

Overview

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It was contested by 16 teams, and Beroe Stara Zagora won the championship.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D 0–0 L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Beroe Stara Zagora (C) 30 20 3 1 6 55 36 +19 43 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Trakia Plovdiv 30 18 5 1 6 82 38 +44 41 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Slavia Sofia 30 16 4 1 9 63 33 +30 36
4 CSKA Sofia[a] 30 16 2 0 12 62 37 +25 34 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5 Levski Sofia 30 14 5 1 10 55 39 +16 33 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Sliven 30 12 7 1 10 46 48 −2 31
7 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 14 3 0 13 51 57 −6 31
8 Spartak Varna 30 11 8 1 10 31 32 −1 30
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 12 5 1 12 47 45 +2 29
10 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 30 12 5 0 13 52 58 −6 29
11 Akademik Svishtov 30 11 4 0 15 39 54 −15 26
12 Botev Vratsa 30 10 5 0 15 44 60 −16 25
13 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 8 5 1 16 34 49 −15 21
14 Spartak Pleven 30 9 3 1 17 33 63 −30 21
15 Cherno More Varna (R) 30 9 2 1 18 47 58 −11 20 Relegation to 1986–87 B Group
16 Dunav Ruse (R) 30 8 2 2 18 29 63 −34 18
Source: 1985-86 Football retro-football.bg
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ CSKA won the 1985–86 Cup of the Soviet Army and thus qualified for the 1986–87 UEFA Cup first round.

Results

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Home \ Away ASV BSZ BVR CHM CSK DUN ETA LEV LPL LSO PIR SLA SLI SPL SPV TRA
Akademik Svishtov 1–0 3–1 5–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–1
Beroe Stara Zagora 4–0 4–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–2
Botev Vratsa 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 4–0
Cherno More 0–3 1–2 7–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 4–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–2
CSKA Sofia 6–1 4–2 5–1 4–2 6–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 0–1 3–0 6–1 2–0 2–3
Dunav Ruse 3–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–2 0–1 0–3 2–1 5–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 3–1 1–2 6–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 5–1 2–0 2–2 4–1 2–1 0–2 2–2
Levski Sofia 1–0 2–3 3–6 3–1 1–3 6–1 5–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 6–0 1–0 1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 0–2 3–1 4–2 1–3 2–2 3–1 2–4 3–2 2–3 1–0 1–1
Lokomotiv Sofia 3–1 1–4 4–1 0–2 4–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 5–0 6–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–4 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0
Slavia Sofia 4–0 5–2 1–0 7–1 1–2 1–0 5–1 1–1 9–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 3–1
Sliven 2–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 5–0 3–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 3–1 4–0 4–2 2–1 0–3
Spartak Pleven 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–4
Spartak Varna 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1
Trakia Plovdiv 5–2 8–1 6–1 4–1 3–1 5–0 4–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 6–1 7–2 3–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

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Beroe Stara Zagora
Goalkeepers
  Ivko Ganchev 30 0(0)
  Valentin Grudev 01 0(0)
Defenders
  Tenyo Minchev 26 0(4)
  Kolyo Ganev 08 0(0)
  Iliya Iliev 30 0(0)
  Venelin Sivriev 27 0(1)
  Petko Tenev 20 0(0)
  Kancho Kasherov 29 0(0)
  Stoyko Stoykov 23 0(0)
  Hristo Belchev 08 0(0)
Midfielders
  Yordan Mitev 25 0(7)
  Plamen Lipenski 17 0(0)
  Stefan Dinev 21 0(2)
  Tanko Tanev 19 0(2)
  Stoyan Bonchev 27 0(7)
Forwards
  Myumyun Kashmer 29 (23)
  Petko Marokov 10 0(1)
  Radko Kalaydzhiev 04 0(1)
  Vasil Dragolov 22 0(7)
Manager
  Evgeni Yanchovski

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Atanas Pashev Trakia Plovdiv 30
2   Myumyun Kashmer Beroe Stara Zagora 23
3   Mitko Argirov Etar Veliko Tarnovo 20
4   Petar Aleksandrov Slavia Sofia 18
  Plamen Getov Spartak Pleven
6   Mihail Valchev Levski Sofia 16
7   Stoycho Mladenov CSKA Sofia 15

References

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