1997–98 A Group (original) (raw)
50th completed season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria
Football league season
Season | 1997–98 |
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Dates | 2 August 1997 – 10 May 1998 |
Champions | Litex Lovech(1st title) |
Relegated | OlimpikSpartak PlevenEtar |
Champions League | Litex |
UEFA Cup | CSKA |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 696 (2.9 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Boncho GenchevAnton Spasov (17 goals each) |
← 1996–97 1998–99 → |
The 1997–98 A Group was the 50th 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 Litex Lovech won the championship.
League standings
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Litex Lovech (C) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 73 | 25 | +48 | 69 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 73 | 27 | +46 | 64 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
3 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 71 | 29 | +42 | 61 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
4 | Neftochimic Burgas | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 55 | |
5 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 54 | |
6 | Levski Kyustendil | 30 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 46 | |
7 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 42 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
8 | Minyor Pernik | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 41 | |
9 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 39 | |
10 | Metalurg Pernik | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 37 | |
11 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 36 | |
12 | Dobrudzha Dobrich | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 36 | |
13 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 36 | |
14 | Olimpik Galata (R) | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 35 | Relegation to 1998–99 B Group |
15 | Spartak Pleven (R) | 30 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 32 | 75 | −43 | 21 | |
16 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo (R) | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 82 | −61 | 14 |
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
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Home \ Away | BOT | CSK | DOB | ETA | LVK | LEV | LIT | LPL | LSO | MET | MIN | NEF | OLI | SLA | SPL | SPV |
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Botev Plovdiv | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | |
CSKA Sofia | 3–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | |
Dobrudzha Dobrich | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–5[a] | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | |
Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | |
Levski Kyustendil | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–0[b] | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
Levski Sofia | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
Litex Lovech | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–4[c] | 6–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |
Lokomotiv Sofia | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
Metalurg Pernik | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
Minyor Pernik | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
Neftochimic Burgas | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | |
Olimpik Galata | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
Slavia Sofia | 5–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
Spartak Pleven | 4–2 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | |
Spartak Varna | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
- ^ Match awarded after was abandoned at 65th minute by the result 0–2.
- ^ Match awarded as Litex Lovech fielded ineligible player Radostin Kishishev (originally finished 0–0).
- ^ Match awarded as Litex Lovech fielded ineligible player Radostin Kishishev (originally finished 1–1).
Champions
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Litex Lovech
Goalkeepers | ||
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Vitomir Vutov | 28 | (0) |
Stoyan Stavrev | 2 | (0) |
Defenders | ||
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Petar Kushev | 16 | (2) |
Stefan Kolev | 21 | (1) |
Nikolay Dimitrov | 24 | (1) |
Dimitar Karadaliev | 1 | (0) |
Zlatomir Zagorčić | 27 | (0) |
Ivaylo Petkov | 27 | (3) |
Radostin Kishishev | 5 | (0) |
Dimitar Balabanov | 6 | (0) |
Rosen Kirilov | 28 | (0) |
Koycho Ivanov | 1 | (0) |
Midfielders | ||
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Rosen Emilov | 17 | (1) |
Mariyan Todorov | 28 | (6) |
Stoycho Stoilov | 30 | (8) |
Daniel Ostrovski | 5 | (0) |
Dragoljub Simonović | 22 | (6) |
Ivaylo Petev* | 12 | (2) |
Veselin Sarbakov | 16 | (3) |
Emil Tsanev* | 2 | (0) |
Forwards | ||
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Stefan Yurukov* | 14 | (13) |
Dimcho Belyakov* | 14 | (5) |
Alban Bushi | 15 | (4) |
Svetoslav Todorov | 19 | (9) |
Luis Carlos Mota | 5 | (1) |
Igor Bogdanović | 15 | (6) |
Metodi Stoynev | 8 | (1) |
Manager |
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Dimitar Dimitrov |
- Petev, Tsanev, Yurukov and Belyakov left the club during a season.
Top scorers
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- Source:1997–98 Top Goalscorers
References
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External links
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vte1997–98 in Bulgarian football | |
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Domestic leagues | A Group B Group V Group |
Domestic cups | Bulgarian Cup (Final) |
European competitions | Champions League UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Intertoto Cup |
Related to national team | 1998 FIFA World Cup (Qualification Group 5, Group D) Hristo Bonev |
List of transfers |