The 1969–70 A Group was the 22nd season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1969–70
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(11th title)
Relegated
European CupLevski
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored647 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerPetar Zhekov
(31 goals)

Overview

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It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski 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 Levski Sofia (C) 30 23 4 3 67 17 +50 50 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 21 5 4 73 29 +44 47 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Slavia Sofia 30 15 8 7 41 31 +10 38 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4 Botev Plovdiv 30 15 4 11 48 34 +14 34
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 14 5 11 53 45 +8 33
6 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 30 12 8 10 42 36 +6 32
7 Cherno More Varna 30 11 7 12 47 34 +13 29
8 Chernomorets Burgas 30 10 9 11 33 41 −8 29
9 Akademik Sofia 30 9 10 11 34 32 +2 28
10 Dunav Ruse 30 9 9 12 28 34 −6 27
11 Marek Dupnitsa 30 12 3 15 41 49 −8 27
12 Spartak Pleven 30 10 7 13 29 53 −24 27
13 Botev Vratsa 30 9 7 14 34 38 −4 25
14 Maritsa Plovdiv 30 10 3 17 34 51 −17 23
15 Beroe Stara Zagora (R) 30 6 4 20 19 64 −45 16 Relegation to 1970–71 B Group
16 Minyor Pernik (R) 30 5 5 20 24 59 −35 15
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away AKD BSZ BPD BVR CHM CHB CSK DUN ETA LEV LPL MAR MPL MIN SLA SPL
Akademik Sofia 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–2
Beroe Stara Zagora 0–3[a] 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–3[a] 0–3[a] 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–3[a] 3–1 0–3[a] 2–2 0–3[a] 2–1
Botev Plovdiv 2–1 3–0[a] 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 5–0
Botev Vratsa 1–1 3–0[a] 3–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 4–2 3–1 3–0 1–2 4–1
Cherno More 2–1 3–1 0–1 4–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 4–0 6–1 3–0 4–0 3–0
Chernomorets Burgas 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 4–1
CSKA Sofia 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 5–1 4–1 3–2 4–2 6–1 2–1 6–1 2–1 2–0 7–0
Dunav Ruse 1–0 3–0[a] 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 4–1 1–2 1–1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 1–1 3–0[a] 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 5–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1
Levski Sofia 2–1 4–0 2–1 4–0 4–1 4–0 5–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 4–0 1–0 6–0 0–1 1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–1 4–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 4–1 3–3 4–1 2–0 1–3 5–2 1–0 4–0 1–2 0–0
Marek Dupnitsa 2–1 3–0[a] 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 8–0
Maritsa Plovdiv 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–4 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0
Minyor Pernik 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–2 0–5 3–4 3–0 2–0 1–2 0–2
Slavia Sofia 2–3 2–2 5–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–0
Spartak Pleven 0–0 3–0[a] 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l As a result of the crowd riots in the match between Beroe Stara Zagora and Levski Sofia, the remaining twelve encounters were rated 0–3 against Beroe.

Champions

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Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
  Georgi Kamenski 23 0(0)
  Biser Mihaylov 08 0(0)
Defenders
  Ivan Zdravkov 01 0(0)
  Kiril Ivkov 27 0(0)
  Georgi Todorov 05 0(0)
  Dobromir Zhechev 23 0(2)
  Stefan Aladzhov 29 0(0)
  Stoichko Peshev 17 0(2)
  Milko Gaydarski 27 0(0)
Midfielders
  Stefan Pavlov 19 0(1)
  Petar Kirilov 14 0(1)
  Yanko Kirilov 29 0(4)
  Tsvetan Veselinov 18 (10)
  Ivan Stoyanov 11 0(0)
  Vasil Mitkov 26 (12)
Forwards
  Nikola Kotkov 24 (14)
  Pavel Panov 23 0(8)
  Georgi Asparuhov 24 (12)
  Aleksandar Kostov 19 0(1)
  Slavcho Stoilov 02 0(0)
Manager
  Rudolf Vytlačil

Top scorers

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Petar Zhekov - top scorer of the 1969–70 season
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Petar Zhekov CSKA Sofia 31
2   Hristo Bonev Lokomotiv Plovdiv 20
3   Dinko Dermendzhiev Botev Plovdiv 18
  Stefan Bogomilov Cherno More Varna
5   Dimitar Tsekov Etar Veliko Tarnovo 16
6   Dimitar Yakimov CSKA Sofia 14
  Nikola Kotkov Levski Sofia
8   Georgi Asparuhov Levski Sofia 12
  Vasil Mitkov Levski Sofia
10   Georgi Lukanov Lokomotiv Plovdiv 11
  Mladen Vasilev Akademik Sofia
  Kiril Milanov Marek Dupnitsa
  Georgi Kamenov Botev Vratsa

References

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  1. ^ "Стара Загора на крачка от бунт заради гавра с Берое" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 5 January 2013.
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