1980–81 A Group

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.

A Group
Season1980–81
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(21st title)
RelegatedMinyor, Pirin
European CupCSKA Sofia
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored657 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorerGeorgi Slavkov
(31 goals)

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.

League standings
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
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
CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Georgi Velinov270(0)
Bulgaria Todor Arsov030(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Georgi Dimitrov250(4)
Bulgaria Georgi Iliev270(2)
Bulgaria Tsonyo Vasilev190(2)
Bulgaria Angel Rangelov220(1)
Bulgaria Vasil Tinchev040(0)
Bulgaria Ivan Zafirov150(0)
Bulgaria Dinko Dimitrov220(1)
Bulgaria Angel Kalburov190(0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Plamen Markov260(7)
Bulgaria Radoslav Zdravkov21(10)
Bulgaria Metodi Tomanov040(0)
Bulgaria Nikola Velkov280(4)
Bulgaria Tsvetan Yonchev260(8)
Bulgaria Ruzhin Kerimov260(2)
Forwards
Bulgaria Spas Dzhevizov30(17)
Bulgaria Stoycho Mladenov160(9)
Bulgaria Mario Valkov170(1)
Manager
Bulgaria Asparuh Nikodimov

Top scorers
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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