The 1957 A Group was the ninth season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1957
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(7th title)
European CupCSKA Sofia
Matches played132
Goals scored367 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorerHristo Iliev
(14 goals)
1956
1958

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 15 4 3 53 16 +37 34 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Lokomotiv Sofia 22 16 1 5 33 19 +14 33
3 Levski Sofia 22 12 6 4 46 21 +25 30
4 Spartak Pleven 22 8 8 6 28 28 0 24
5 Minyor Pernik 22 8 6 8 30 26 +4 22
6 Slavia Sofia 22 7 6 9 38 39 −1 20
7 Spartak Plovdiv 22 7 5 10 33 41 −8 19
8 Botev Plovdiv 22 6 7 9 22 33 −11 19
9 Cherno More Varna 22 5 8 9 19 24 −5 18
10 Spartak Varna 22 6 6 10 23 31 −8 18
11 Spartak Sofia (R) 22 4 8 10 22 35 −13 16 Relegation to 1958 B Group
12 Marek Dupnitsa (R) 22 2 7 13 20 54 −34 11
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BPD CHM CSK LEV LSO MAR MIN SLA SPL SPD SSF SPV
Botev Plovdiv 1–0 0–3 0–4 1–2 0–0 2–3 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–0
Cherno More 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0
CSKA Sofia 2–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 5–2 5–1 4–1
Levski Sofia 0–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 6–0 4–2 2–2 4–0 3–1 6–1 3–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 5–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–2
Marek Dupnitsa 2–3 1–0 2–6 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–4 2–2 4–0 0–0 0–1
Minyor Pernik 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 5–0 2–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1
Slavia Sofia 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–3 0–1 4–5 1–1 3–0
Spartak Pleven 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1
Spartak Plovdiv 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 5–0 3–1 2–0 3–3 3–2 1–1
Spartak Sofia 1–1 3–0 1–4 0–0 0–1 4–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Spartak Varna 3–1 3–0 1–4 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 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 Naydenov 15 0(0)
  Hristo Andonov 07 0(0)
Defenders
  Georgi Tsvetkov 06 0(0)
  Kiril Rakarov 19 0(1)
  Georgi Enisheynov 06 0(0)
  Manol Manolov 22 0(0)
  Nikola Kovachev 19 0(1)
Midfielders
  Gavril Stoyanov 17 0(2)
  Stefan Bozhkov 20 0(4)
  Petar Aleksiev 06 0(0)
Forwards
  Krum Yanev 19 0(6)
  Dimitar Milanov 19 (13)
  Pavel Vladimirov 07 0(2)
  Georgi Dimitrov 21 (10)
  Ivan Kolev 13 0(4)
  Stefan Stefanov 03 0(0)
  Petar Mihaylov 08 0(4)
  Panayot Panayotov 18 0(6)
Manager
  Krum Milev

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Hristo Iliev Levski Sofia 14
2   Dimitar Yordanov Levski Sofia 13
  Dimitar Milanov CSKA Sofia
4   Dobromir Tashkov Slavia Sofia 11
  Spiro Debarski Lokomotiv Sofia
6   Stoyan Stamov Lokomotiv Sofia 10
  Georgi Dimitrov CSKA Sofia
  Dimo Pechenikov Levski Sofia
  Todor Diev Spartak Plovdiv
  Stoyan Zdravkov Spartak Pleven

References

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  1. ^ "С 4-2-4 Врабчо изпреварва бразилците, но не и ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 6 October 2012.
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