1976–77 A Group

A Group
Season	1976–77
Champions	Levski Sofia; (13th title)
Relegated	Minyor; Dunav;
European Cup	Levski
UEFA Cup	CSKA; Marek;
Matches played	240
Goals scored	609 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pavel Panov; (20 goals)
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 A Group was the 29th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	30	17	9	4	73	34	+39	43	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	14	11	5	45	27	+18	39	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Marek Dupnitsa	30	15	8	7	43	28	+15	38	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Slavia Sofia	30	14	9	7	52	36	+16	37
5	Botev Vratsa	30	12	7	11	31	35	−4	31
6	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	11	9	10	26	30	−4	31
7	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	9	12	9	42	40	+2	30	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
8	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	10	10	10	32	31	+1	30
9	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	10	9	11	38	51	−13	29
10	Sliven	30	10	8	12	41	46	−5	28
11	Botev Plovdiv	30	7	13	10	36	40	−4	27
12	Akademik Sofia	30	7	12	11	25	30	−5	26
13	Akademik Svishtov	30	9	8	13	32	45	−13	26
14	Spartak Varna	30	7	10	13	37	42	−5	24
15	Minyor Pernik (R)	30	7	9	14	34	43	−9	23	Relegation to 1977–78 B Group
16	Dunav Ruse (R)	30	5	8	17	22	51	−29	18	Relegation to 1977–78 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	ASF	ASV	BSZ	BPD	BVR	CSK	DUN	LEV	LPL	LSO	MAR	MIN	PIR	SLA	SLI	SPV
Akademik Sofia		2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	5–0	1–0
Akademik Svishtov	0–0		3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Beroe Stara Zagora	1–0	1–0		0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	4–2	1–0	5–1	0–0	2–1	0–3	2–1
Botev Plovdiv	1–1	2–1	3–3		1–1	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–0
Botev Vratsa	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–2		1–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–1
CSKA Sofia	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0		3–0	1–3	5–1	2–2	1–3	3–0	2–0	0–1	3–2	2–1
Dunav Ruse	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–1		0–3	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1
Levski Sofia	5–1	5–2	0–0	4–2	4–0	3–2	7–0		2–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	2–0	3–3	5–1	4–2
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1		2–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–1	1–1		0–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–1
Marek Dupnitsa	0–0	3–0	4–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0		3–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	5–1
Minyor Pernik	0–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	3–3	0–0	1–1	0–3		2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0		2–2	1–0	1–0
Slavia Sofia	2–1	3–2	4–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–1		3–0	4–2
Sliven	3–0	4–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	0–0	2–1		1–1
Spartak Varna	0–0	2–0	6–0	0–1	0–0	2–4	3–1	1–4	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–1

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

Levski Sofia

Goalkeepers
Stefan Staykov	24	(0)
Nikolay Iliev	6	(0)

Defenders
Nikolay Grancharov	20	(0)
Kiril Ivkov	29	(2)
Vladimir Nikolchev	3	(0)
Valentin Chaushev	3	(0)
Stefan Aladzhov	25	(0)
Ivan Tishanski	24	(1)
Milko Gaydarski	3	(0)

Midfielders
Stefan Pavlov	25	(1)
Todor Barzov	29	(3)
Voyn Voynov	30	(7)
Blagoy Krastanov	19	(3)
Ivan Stoyanov	1	(0)
Krasimir Borisov	25	(7)
Emil Spasov	22	(4)

Forwards
Pavel Panov	25	(20)
Georgi Tsvetkov	18	(2)
Kiril Milanov	22	(8)
Yordan Yordanov	26	(12)

Manager
	Vasil Spasov

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Pavel Panov	Levski Sofia	20
2	Yordan Hristov	Sliven	17
3	Ivan Petrov	Marek Dupnitsa	16
4	Bozhidar Grigorov	Slavia Sofia	15
4	Chavdar Tsvetkov	Slavia Sofia	15
6	Radoslav Zdravkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	13
7	Yordan Yordanov	Levski Sofia	12
7	Dimitar Tsekov	Botev Vratsa	12
9	Petko Petkov	Beroe Stara Zagora	11
10	Stoycho Mladenov	Beroe Stara Zagora	10

References

^ "Пиле от Станкето преподава уроци на елитни петли" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 23 February 2013.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1976–77 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[1] "Пиле от Станкето преподава уроци на елитни петли" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 23 February 2013.

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Bulgarian 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 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 2025–26

1976–77 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Balkans Cup 1976 1977
Related to national team	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 5) Stoyan Ormandzhiev
List of transfers

1976–77 in European football (UEFA)
« 1975–76 1977–78 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '76 '77 England Faroe Islands '76 '77 Finland '76 '77 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '76 '77 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '76 '77 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '76 '77 Spain Sweden '76 '77 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '76 '77 Finland '76 '77 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '76 '77 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '76 '77 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
Super cups	Soviet Union
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '76 '77