The 2005–06 A Group was the 58th season of the top Bulgarian national football league (commonly referred to as A Group) and the 82nd edition of a Bulgarian national championship tournament.

A Group
Season2005–06
Dates6 August 2005 – 31 May 2006
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(24th title)
RelegatedPirin 1922
Naftex
Pirin
Champions LeagueLevski
UEFA CupCSKA
Litex
Lokomotiv Sofia
Intertoto CupLokomotiv Plovdiv
Matches played210
Goals scored556 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerSlovenia Milivoje Novakovič
Cape Verde José Furtado
(16 goals each)
Biggest home winCSKA 7–0 Rodopa
Biggest away winBelasitsa 1–5 CSKA
Vihren 1–5 Litex
Beroe 0–4 Cherno More
Highest scoringBeroe 4–4 Levski Sofia (8 goals)

Overview

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It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship. PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo, Nesebar, and Spartak Varna were relegated to the B PFG at the end of the last season. The relegated teams were replaced by Vihren Sandanski, Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad, and Botev Plovdiv. [1] Vihren made their debut in the top tier of Bulgarian football, while both Pirin 1922 and Botev return after a one-year absence.

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

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Sofia 2005–06 A Group football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Belasitsa Petrich Tsar Samuil 12,000
Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe 12,500
Botev Plovdiv Hristo Botev (Plovdiv) 22,000
Cherno More Varna Ticha 8,250
CSKA Sofia Balgarska Armia 22,015
Levski Sofia Georgi Asparuhov 29,200
Litex Lovech Gradski (Lovech) 7,050
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 20,000
Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv (Sofia) 17,500
Marek Dupnitsa Bonchuk 12,500
Naftex Burgas Lazur 18,037
Pirin Blagoevgrad Hristo Botev (Blagoevgrad) 15,000
Rodopa Smolyan Septemvri 6,000
Slavia Sofia Slavia 32,000
Vihren Sandanski Sandanski 6,000

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levski Sofia (C) 28 21 5 2 71 23 +48 68 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 CSKA Sofia 28 20 5 3 73 22 +51 65 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Litex Lovech 28 18 6 4 51 22 +29 60
4 Lokomotiv Sofia 28 18 0 10 49 29 +20 54
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 28 11 7 10 43 42 +1 40 Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round
6 Belasitsa Petrich 28 11 6 11 33 33 0 39
7 Slavia Sofia 28 12 3 13 33 34 −1 39
8 Cherno More 28 10 7 11 29 27 +2 37
9 Vihren 28 10 2 16 35 55 −20 32
10 Beroe 28 8 8 12 36 53 −17 32
11 Marek 28 8 7 13 23 37 −14 31
12 Rodopa Smolyan 28 7 4 17 23 52 −29 25
13 Botev Plovdiv 28 4 12 12 20 38 −18 24
14 Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad (R) 28 5 8 15 23 46 −23 23 Relegation to 2006–07 B Group
15 Naftex Burgas (R) 28 4 6 18 14 43 −29 18
x FC Pirin Blagoevgrad[a] (D) 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0 Excluded from the league
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ FC Pirin Blagoevgrad were excluded after two matches and demoted to their regional third level league (Southwestern V AFG) for failing to arrange their debts, their results were annulled.

Results

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Home \ Away BEL BSZ BOT CHM CSK LEV LIT LPL LSO MAR NAF PIR RDP SLA VIH
Belasitsa Petrich 4–0 4–1 0–0 1–5 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0
Beroe 2–1 2–0 0–4 1–4 4–4 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 2–1
Botev Plovdiv 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–4 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–1
Cherno More 4–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–1
CSKA Sofia 2–2 7–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 4–3 3–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 7–0 2–1 6–0
Levski Sofia 2–0 2–0 4–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 6–0 3–0 6–1 5–0 2–0
Litex Lovech 2–1 1–0 2–0 5–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 4–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–4 1–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–1
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 4–2 4–0 3–0 5–0 3–1 2–1 2–0
Marek 1–3 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–4 2–3 0–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Naftex Burgas 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0
Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–3 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–1 3–1
Rodopa Smolyan 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–2
Slavia Sofia 1–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–2
Vihren 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–5 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–2
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

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Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
01   Georgi Petkov 23 0(0)
88   Nikolay Mihaylov 06 0(0)
Defenders
02   Ivan Todorov 01 0(0)
03   Zhivko Milanov 19 0(1)
04   Igor Tomašić 23 0(1)
05   Anton Vergilov* 01 0(0)
08   Bogomil Dyakov 10 0(0)
11   Elin Topuzakov 23 0(1)
15   Borislav Stoychev 01 0(0)
20   Stanislav Angelov 22 0(2)
22   Todor Stoev 01 0(0)
25   Lúcio Wagner 23 0(0)
Midfielders
06   Richard Eromoigbe 26 0(0)
07   Daniel Borimirov 22 0(9)
13   Asen Bukarev 13 0(0)
14   Chetin Sadula 01 0(0)
16   Mariyan Ognyanov 03 0(0)
18   Miroslav Ivanov 19 0(1)
21   Dimitar Telkiyski 26 (11)
24   Nikolay Dimitrov 06 0(2)
26   Galin Ivanov 01 0(0)
27   Cédric Bardon 20 0(7)
30   Lachezar Baltanov 01 0(0)
77   Milan Koprivarov 21 0(4)
Forwards
09   Georgi Ivanov 11 0(5)
10   Hristo Yovov 19 0(4)
17   Valeri Domovchiyski 24 (11)
19   Georgi Chilikov* 01 0(0)
23   Ekundayo Jayeoba 03 0(5)
28   Emil Angelov 21 0(6)
29   Antonio Pavlov 01 0(1)
Manager
  Stanimir Stoilov
  • Vergilov and Chilikov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Milivoje Novaković Litex Lovech 16
  José Furtado CSKA (6) / Vihren (10)
3   Martin Kamburov Lokomotiv Plovdiv 13
  Saša Antunović Lokomotiv Sofia
5   Valeri Domovchiyski Levski Sofia 11
  Tsvetan Genkov Lokomotiv Sofia
  Dimitar Telkiyski Levski Sofia
  Emil Gargorov CSKA Sofia
9   Stoyko Sakaliev CSKA Sofia 10
  Guillaume Dah Zadi CSKA Sofia

References

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  1. ^ "Сезон 2005-06 - Йешич продуцира драмата „7 точки разлика"" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 28 September 2013.
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