1984–85 A Group

A Group
Season1984–85
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(16th title)
RelegatedMinyor, Chernomorets
European CupTrakia Plovdiv
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored744 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorerPlamen Getov
(26 goals)

The 1984–85 A Group was the 37th 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 Levski Sofia won the championship.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D 0–0 L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levski Sofia[a] (C) 30 18 4 2 6 66 37 +29 40
2 CSKA Sofia[a] 30 15 6 1 8 66 36 +30 36
3 Trakia Plovdiv 30 15 3 2 10 68 32 +36 33 Qualification for European Cup first round
4 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 13 7 1 9 45 41 +4 33 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 12 7 0 11 42 43 −1 31
6 Botev Vratsa 30 13 3 0 14 48 42 +6 29
7 Slavia Sofia 30 14 1 1 14 49 48 +1 29
8 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 30 14 0 1 15 49 50 −1 28
9 Spartak Pleven 30 11 5 2 12 47 52 −5 27
10 Cherno More Varna 30 11 4 3 12 41 45 −4 26
11 Sliven 30 11 4 1 14 41 45 −4 26
12 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 11 4 1 14 41 51 −10 26
13 Dunav Ruse 30 10 6 1 13 39 51 −12 26
14 Spartak Varna 30 11 4 0 15 35 49 −14 26
15 Minyor Pernik (R) 30 11 3 2 14 32 65 −33 25 Relegation to 1985–86 B Group
16 Chernomorets Burgas (R) 30 8 5 0 17 35 57 −22 21
Source: 1984-85 Football retro-football.bg
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Levski and CSKA are excluded from European competitions by Bulgarian Football Union for one season because a scandals during 1985 Bulgarian Cup Final.

Results

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Home \ Away BSZ BVR CHM CHB CSK DUN ETA LEV LSO MIN PIR SLA SLI SPL SPV TRA
Beroe Stara Zagora 0–2 3–0 4–0 0–3 2–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
Botev Vratsa 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 8–1 1–2 4–1 2–0 4–3 1–1 0–2
Cherno More 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–4 2–0 2–2 2–0 4–1 4–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
Chernomorets Burgas 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 5–1 3–0 1–2 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–0
CSKA Sofia 3–1 6–0 4–0 3–0 0–3 2–0 0–1 2–0 8–1 4–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 5–1 0–1
Dunav Ruse 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–4 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–2 1–2 1–1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 2–0 4–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 4–1 0–3 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 5–2 1–0 1–0
Levski Sofia 7–2 2–0 3–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 4–2 3–1 2–3 0–1 1–2 4–1 3–2 2–1 3–1
Lokomotiv Sofia 2–2 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 5–2 0–5 2–2 3–1 2–3 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2
Minyor Pernik 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–3 0–4 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–2
Pirin Blagoevgrad 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 4–2 7–1 1–0 1–0
Slavia Sofia 1–2 3–2 3–1 4–1 2–2 4–1 2–1 2–4 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Sliven 5–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 5–2 2–1
Spartak Pleven 3–1 2–0 5–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 4–3
Spartak Varna 2–1 1–4 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–3 1–1 2–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–2
Trakia Plovdiv 4–1 1–3 5–1 8–0 3–1 4–0 4–1 2–2 0–0 8–0 1–0 5–1 4–2 1–1 3–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

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Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Borislav Mihaylov 29 0(0)
Bulgaria Vlado Delchev 01 0(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Antoni Zdravkov 13 0(0)
Bulgaria Nikolay Iliev 29 0(4)
Bulgaria Krasimir Koev 15 0(0)
Bulgaria Plamen Nikolov 22 0(1)
Bulgaria Veselin Balevski 10 0(0)
Bulgaria Stoil Georgiev 08 0(0)
Bulgaria Kalin Bankov 03 0(0)
Bulgaria Petar Petrov 29 0(5)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Emil Velev 23 0(3)
Bulgaria Krasimir Chavdarov 19 0(3)
Bulgaria Nikolay Todorov 12 0(1)
Bulgaria Plamen Tsvetkov 20 0(4)
Bulgaria Bozhidar Iskrenov 13 0(3)
Bulgaria Rusi Gochev 24 0(8)
Forwards
Bulgaria Emil Spasov 23 0(6)
Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov 19 (14)
Bulgaria Miroslav Baychev 14 0(2)
Bulgaria Mihail Valchev 23 (10)
Bulgaria Petar Kurdov 09 0(1)
Bulgaria Milko Galabov 01 0(0)
Bulgaria Myumyun Kashmer 07 0(1)
Manager
Bulgaria Vasil Metodiev

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Plamen Getov Spartak Pleven 26
2 Bulgaria Atanas Pashev Trakia Plovdiv 17
3 Bulgaria Antim Pehlivanov Trakia Plovdiv 16
Bulgaria Mitko Argirov Etar Veliko Tarnovo
5 Bulgaria Nikola Spasov Cherno More 15
6 Bulgaria Tenko Dobrev Sliven 14
Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov Levski Sofia
8 Bulgaria Zhivko Gospodinov Spartak Varna 13
Bulgaria Vercho Mitov Minyor Pernik
Bulgaria Plamen Markov CSKA Sofia
Bulgaria Emil Marinov Botev Vratsa

References

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