1972–73 A Group

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The 1972–73 A Group was the 25th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1972–73
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(17th title)
Relegated
European CupCSKA
UEFA Cup
Matches played304
Goals scored848 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerPetar Zhekov
(29 goals)

Overview

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It was contested by 18 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) 34 22 7 5 80 40 +40 51 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 34 18 7 9 62 38 +24 43 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Slavia Sofia 33 16 11 6 55 33 +22 43
4 Levski Sofia 34 15 10 9 62 37 +25 40
5 Akademik Sofia 34 15 8 11 61 43 +18 38
6 Dunav Ruse[a] (R) 34 14 9 11 42 41 +1 37 Relegation to 1973–74 B Group
7 Lokomotiv Sofia 34 14 9 11 44 44 0 37
8 Botev Vratsa 34 13 7 14 48 55 −7 33
9 Botev Plovdiv 34 12 8 14 44 44 0 32
10 Cherno More Varna 34 12 8 14 51 54 −3 32
11 Spartak Pleven 33 13 5 15 46 51 −5 31
12 Chernomorets Burgas[a] (R) 34 12 7 15 35 44 −9 31 Relegation to 1973–74 B Group
13 Beroe Stara Zagora 34 12 6 16 50 47 +3 30 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
14 Minyor Pernik 34 8 14 12 35 54 −19 30
15 Spartak Varna 33 10 9 14 34 49 −15 29
16 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 34 7 14 13 37 49 −12 28
17 Tundzha Yambol (R) 33 9 7 17 37 55 −18 25 Relegation to 1973–74 B Group
18 Volov Shumen (R) 34 6 6 22 25 70 −45 18
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Following the end of the season, after allegations of match fixing and allocation of funds for briberies, Dunav and Chernomorets were relegated from the group, while the matches Slavia - Spartak Varna and Spartak Pleven - Tundzha were annulled.

Results

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Home \ Away AKD BSZ BPD BVR CHM CHB CSK DUN ETA LEV LPL LSO MIN SLA SPL SPV TUN VOL
Akademik Sofia 4–1 0–0 1–0 3–3 2–1 2–3 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 7–0 1–1 1–2 4–0 4–0 4–1 1–0
Beroe Stara Zagora 0–2 1–3 4–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 5–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 3–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–0
Botev Plovdiv 3–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–4 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 3–0
Botev Vratsa 4–1 3–1 5–2 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–1
Cherno More 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–3 2–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–1
Chernomorets Burgas 3–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0
CSKA Sofia 0–2 1–0 3–1 5–3 2–1 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 8–1 7–1
Dunav Ruse 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–0 0–0
Levski Sofia 1–2 4–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 3–1 1–2 4–1 5–2 2–1 5–0 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 5–1 3–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–0 1–0 0–1 5–1 1–1 3–3 0–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 5–1 4–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 3–2 1–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 5–1 4–0 3–3 3–1 2–0
Minyor Pernik 3–3 2–2 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 4–1
Slavia Sofia 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 4–1 5–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 5–0 1–0 [a] 3–1 2–0
Spartak Pleven 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 3–3 1–4 6–3 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 [a] 2–0
Spartak Varna 1–0 0–4 1–0 3–1 1–3 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 6–1
Tundzha Yambol 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0
Volov Shumen 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–6 1–2 3–1 0–4 1–3 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–3
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The matches Slavia Sofia – Spartak Varna and Spartak Pleven – Tundzha Yambol were annulled. The games were rated with a goalless defeat.

Champions

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CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
  Stoyan Yordanov 22 0(0)
  Yordan Filipov 12 0(0)
  Drazho Stoyanov 04 0(0)
Defenders
  Kiril Stankov 28 0(1)
  Dimitar Penev 24 0(3)
  Ivan Zafirov 31 0(1)
  Todor Simov 14 0(1)
  Boris Gaganelov 34 0(0)
  Bozhil Kolev 34 0(6)
Midfielders
  Borislav Sredkov 17 0(1)
  Asparuh Nikodimov 32 0(2)
  Plamen Yankov 27 0(4)
  Georgi Denev 33 (12)
  Tsvetan Atanasov 21 0(3)
  Stoil Trankov 13 0(1)
Forwards
  Petar Zhekov 31 (29)
  Stefan Mihaylov 25 0(9)
  Dimitar Marashliev 22 0(7)
  Dimitar Yakimov 01 0(0)
Manager
  Manol Manolov
 
CSKA Sofia in 1973

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Petar Zhekov CSKA Sofia 29
2   Hristo Bonev Lokomotiv Plovdiv 28
3   Nikola Hristov Dunav Ruse 23
4   Atanas Mihaylov Lokomotiv Sofia 19
5   Georgi Kamenov Botev Vratsa 18
  Petko Petkov Beroe
7   Bozhidar Grigorov Slavia Sofia 17
8   Georgi Tsvetkov Levski Sofia 16
  Kiril Milanov Akademik Sofia
10   Mladen Vasilev Akademik Sofia 15

References

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  1. ^ "Размахват голямата тояга в А група заради черни каси" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 26 January 2013. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
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