The 1956 A Group was the eighth season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1956
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(6th title)
European CupCSKA Sofia
Matches played132
Goals scored330 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerPavel Vladimirov
(16 goals)
1955
1957

Overview

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It was contested by 12 teams, and CSKA 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 CSKA Sofia (C) 22 11 9 2 46 25 +21 31 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Levski Sofia 22 8 10 4 30 24 +6 26
3 Botev Plovdiv 22 9 7 6 27 20 +7 25
4 Slavia Sofia 22 8 7 7 37 31 +6 23
5 Minyor Pernik 22 8 6 8 40 34 +6 22
6 Spartak Plovdiv 22 7 7 8 28 29 −1 21
7 Lokomotiv Sofia 22 5 11 6 20 22 −2 21
8 Spartak Pleven 22 6 9 7 19 26 −7 21
9 Spartak Sofia 22 5 9 8 25 30 −5 19
10 Spartak Varna 22 5 9 8 22 28 −6 19
11 Zavod 12 Sofia (R) 22 5 9 8 20 29 −9 19 Relegation to 1957 B Group
12 Dunav Ruse (R) 22 2 13 7 16 32 −16 17
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BPD CSK DUN LEV LSO MIN SLA SPL SPD SSF SPV ZAV
Botev Plovdiv 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 5–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1
CSKA Sofia 2–2 4–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 6–0
Dunav Ruse 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–3 0–0 2–2 1–0
Levski Sofia 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 3–2 2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–3 1–0 3–2 0–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–0
Minyor Pernik 1–1 3–6 5–0 4–1 1–1 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–0
Slavia Sofia 0–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 5–0 2–0
Spartak Pleven 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1
Spartak Plovdiv 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–2
Spartak Sofia 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–4 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0
Spartak Varna 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–0
Zavod 12 Sofia 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 2–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

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CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
  Georgi Naydenov 13 0(0)
  Hristo Andonov 09 0(0)
Defenders
  Georgi Tsvetkov 11 0(1)
  Kiril Rakarov 18 0(0)
  Georgi Enisheynov 22 0(0)
  Manol Manolov 14 0(0)
Midfielders
  Gavril Stoyanov 18 0(0)
  Stefan Bozhkov 19 0(7)
  Petar Aleksiev 09 0(0)
Forwards
  Krum Yanev 17 0(6)
  Dimitar Milanov 18 (11)
  Konstantin Sotirov 01 0(1)
  Georgi Dimitrov 17 0(2)
  Ivan Kolev 16 0(5)
  Stefan Stefanov 13 0(3)
  Petar Mihaylov 12 0(4)
  Panayot Panayotov 15 0(6)
Manager
  Krum Milev

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Pavel Vladimirov Minyor Pernik 16
2   Dobromir Tashkov Slavia Sofia 13
3   Dimitar Milanov CSKA Sofia 11
4   Dimitar Andonov Spartak Sofia 9
  Mihail Kozhuharov Slavia Sofia

References

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  1. ^ "Летците отлитат от А група, ВВС дава крила на Левски" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 29 September 2012.
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