1956 A Group (original) (raw)

12th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria

Football league season

A Group

Season 1956
Champions CSKA Sofia(6th title)
European Cup CSKA Sofia
Matches played 132
Goals scored 330 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer Pavel Vladimirov(16 goals)
← 1955 1957 →

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.

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
Bulgaria Georgi Naydenov 13 (0)
Bulgaria Hristo Andonov 9 (0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Georgi Tsvetkov 11 (1)
Bulgaria Kiril Rakarov 18 (0)
Bulgaria Georgi Enisheynov 22 (0)
Bulgaria Manol Manolov 14 (0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Gavril Stoyanov 18 (0)
Bulgaria Stefan Bozhkov 19 (7)
Bulgaria Petar Aleksiev 9 (0)
Forwards
Bulgaria Krum Yanev 17 (6)
Bulgaria Dimitar Milanov 18 (11)
Bulgaria Konstantin Sotirov 1 (1)
Bulgaria Georgi Dimitrov 17 (2)
Bulgaria Ivan Kolev 16 (5)
Bulgaria Stefan Stefanov 13 (3)
Bulgaria Petar Mihaylov 12 (4)
Bulgaria Panayot Panayotov 15 (6)
Manager
Bulgaria Krum Milev

Top scorers

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