1980–81 A Group (original) (raw)

37th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria

Football league season

A Group

Season 1980–81
Champions CSKA Sofia(21st title)
Relegated Minyor, Pirin
European Cup CSKA Sofia
UEFA Cup Levski SofiaAkademik Sofia
Matches played 240
Goals scored 657 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer Georgi Slavkov(31 goals)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 A Group was the 33rd 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 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (C) 30 14 12 4 70 32 +38 40 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Levski Sofia 30 13 10 7 44 25 +19 36 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Trakia Plovdiv 30 15 5 10 64 40 +24 35 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Akademik Sofia 30 13 8 9 42 40 +2 34 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5 Spartak Pleven 30 12 7 11 38 41 −3 31
6 Cherno More Varna 30 8 13 9 36 37 −1 29
7 Slavia Sofia 30 10 9 11 35 44 −9 29
8 Marek Dupnitsa 30 12 4 14 39 40 −1 28
9 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 8 12 10 34 35 −1 28
10 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 11 6 13 45 49 −4 28
11 Chernomorets Burgas 30 9 10 11 42 49 −7 28
12 Botev Vratsa 30 8 11 11 32 37 −5 27
13 Belasitsa Petrich 30 11 5 14 38 47 −9 27
14 Sliven 30 11 5 14 33 43 −10 27
15 Minyor Pernik (R) 30 12 3 15 32 51 −19 27 Relegation to 1981–82 B Group
16 Pirin Blagoevgrad (R) 30 6 14 10 33 47 −14 26

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away AKD BEL BSZ BVR CHM CHB CSK LEV LSO MAR MIN PIR SLA SLI SPL TRA
Akademik Sofia 2–1 3–2 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1
Belasitsa Petrich 2–0 3–0 3–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Beroe Stara Zagora 0–2 4–2 4–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 4–1 2–1
Botev Vratsa 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–1
Cherno More 0–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–1
Chernomorets Burgas 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 2–1 0–3 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–3 5–0 1–2
CSKA Sofia 2–2 4–2 7–0 3–0 3–1 4–0 2–2 0–2 5–0 5–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 4–0 4–2
Levski Sofia 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 7–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 5–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1
Marek Dupnitsa 1–0 5–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 4–2 2–0 3–0 5–3
Minyor Pernik 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–1 3–3 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 4–0 3–3 1–0 0–0 0–0
Slavia Sofia 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–2
Sliven 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–4 1–2 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 4–3 2–1
Spartak Pleven 4–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1
Trakia Plovdiv 5–1 5–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 4–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 6–1 4–3

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 Velinov 27 (0)
Bulgaria Todor Arsov 3 (0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Georgi Dimitrov 25 (4)
Bulgaria Georgi Iliev 27 (2)
Bulgaria Tsonyo Vasilev 19 (2)
Bulgaria Angel Rangelov 22 (1)
Bulgaria Vasil Tinchev 4 (0)
Bulgaria Ivan Zafirov 15 (0)
Bulgaria Dinko Dimitrov 22 (1)
Bulgaria Angel Kalburov 19 (0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Plamen Markov 26 (7)
Bulgaria Radoslav Zdravkov 21 (10)
Bulgaria Metodi Tomanov 4 (0)
Bulgaria Nikola Velkov 28 (4)
Bulgaria Tsvetan Yonchev 26 (8)
Bulgaria Ruzhin Kerimov 26 (2)
Forwards
Bulgaria Spas Dzhevizov 30 (17)
Bulgaria Stoycho Mladenov 16 (9)
Bulgaria Mario Valkov 17 (1)
Manager
Bulgaria Asparuh Nikodimov

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Georgi Slavkov Trakia Plovdiv 31
2 Bulgaria Spas Dzhevizov CSKA Sofia 17
3 Bulgaria Alyosha Dimitrov Akademik Sofia 16
4 Bulgaria Andrey Zhelyazkov Slavia Sofia 13
Bulgaria Kostadin Kostadinov Trakia Plovdiv
6 Bulgaria Mihail Valchev Akademik Sofia 12
7 Bulgaria Atanas Mihaylov Lokomotiv Sofia 11
Bulgaria Georgi Stoyanov Beroe Stara Zagora
Bulgaria Plamen Getov Spartak Pleven
Bulgaria Ventsislav Petrov Marek Dupnitsa
Bulgaria Chavdar Tsvetkov Slavia Sofia

References

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vteBulgarian football championship seasons
State Championship (National Football Division) 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1941 1942 1943 1944
Republic Championship 1945 1946 1947 1948
A Group 1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
First League 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
vte1980–81 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions European Cup UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Balkans Cup
Related to national team 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 1) Atanas Purzhelov
List of transfers
vte1980–81 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '80 '81 England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '80 '81 Spain Sweden '80 '81 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '81 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups England Republic of Ireland Scotland
Super cups Soviet Union '81
UEFA competitions European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup