1981–82 A Group

A Group
Season	1981–82
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (22nd title)
Relegated	Beroe, Akademik Sofia
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
UEFA Cup	Levski Sofia; Slavia Sofia;
Matches played	240
Goals scored	647 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mihail Valchev; (24 goals)
	← 1980–81 1982–83 →

The 1981–82 A Group was the 34th 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 CSKA Sofia won the championship.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	30	22	3	5	73	27	+46	47	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Levski Sofia	30	20	6	4	71	32	+39	46	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Slavia Sofia	30	15	5	10	35	33	+2	35	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Cherno More Varna	30	14	5	11	41	37	+4	33
5	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	13	6	11	41	37	+4	32	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	Chernomorets Burgas	30	14	4	12	48	44	+4	32
7	Trakia Plovdiv	30	13	4	13	46	42	+4	30
8	Haskovo	30	12	6	12	34	37	−3	30
9	Spartak Pleven	30	13	3	14	40	40	0	29
10	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	9	10	11	46	48	−2	28
11	Sliven	30	10	7	13	38	40	−2	27
12	Belasitsa Petrich	30	11	5	14	32	43	−11	27
13	Marek Dupnitsa	30	9	8	13	23	40	−17	26
14	Botev Vratsa	30	7	8	15	23	41	−18	22
15	Beroe Stara Zagora (R)	30	7	5	18	33	51	−18	19	Relegation to 1982–83 B Group
16	Akademik Sofia (R)	30	6	5	19	23	55	−32	17	Relegation to 1982–83 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	AKD	BEL	BSZ	BVR	CHM	CHB	CSK	ETA	HAS	MAR	LEV	LSO	SLA	SLI	SPL	TRA
Akademik Sofia		0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–3	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–1
Belasitsa Petrich	5–1		4–1	1–0	1–0	5–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1
Beroe Stara Zagora	0–1	4–2		1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–1
Botev Vratsa	1–0	0–0	2–1		1–3	2–0	2–4	2–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–0
Cherno More	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–1		2–0	2–1	6–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–1
Chernomorets Burgas	1–2	6–0	1–0	2–2	2–1		2–1	3–0	1–0	5–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–4	4–1	2–1
CSKA Sofia	3–1	5–0	4–1	3–1	3–0	3–1		4–1	5–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	3–1	4–1	3–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0		1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	5–1
Haskovo	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–0		3–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1
Marek Dupnitsa	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0		1–3	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1
Levski Sofia	6–1	4–0	3–1	3–0	4–2	5–3	1–2	4–2	4–1	3–0		2–1	4–0	1–0	5–3	2–2
Lokomotiv Sofia	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–4	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2		4–2	1–1	0–0	3–1
Slavia Sofia	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–4	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0		1–0	1–0	1–3
Sliven	1–1	1–0	4–3	1–0	3–0	2–2	0–2	3–2	2–3	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–1		1–0	0–0
Spartak Pleven	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	0–1	0–1	3–3	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	3–0	2–1		2–1
Trakia Plovdiv	4–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–2	4–1	0–1	2–0	3–0

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

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Georgi Velinov	30	(0)
Krasimir Dosev	0	(0)

Defenders
Georgi Dimitrov	29	(11)
Georgi Iliev	29	(1)
Krasimir Bezinski	29	(1)
Aleksandar Aleksandrov	10	(1)
Nikolay Boyanov	3	(0)
Dinko Dimitrov	20	(1)
Angel Kalburov	15	(1)
Metodi Tomanov	18	(0)

Midfielders
Plamen Markov	21	(5)
Radoslav Zdravkov	28	(7)
Nikola Velkov	19	(1)
Lyubomir Zhelev	1	(0)
Tsvetan Yonchev	29	(14)
Ruzhin Kerimov	25	(4)
Stefan Slavkov	1	(0)

Forwards
Spas Dzhevizov	27	(5)
Stoycho Mladenov	29	(18)
Mario Valkov	8	(2)
Alyosha Dimitrov	18	(2)
Dragomir Georgiev	2	(0)

Manager
	Asparuh Nikodimov

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Mihail Valchev	Levski Sofia	24
2	Stoycho Mladenov	CSKA Sofia	18
3	Plamen Getov	Spartak Pleven	14
3	Tsvetan Yonchev	CSKA Sofia	14
5	Boycho Velichkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	13
6	Petar Kurdov	Levski Sofia	12
6	Todor Barzov	Levski Sofia	12
8	Georgi Dimitrov	CSKA Sofia	11
	Kostadin Kostadinov	Botev Plovdiv
	Mitko Argirov	Botev Plovdiv
	Ivan Pritargov	Chernomorets Burgas

References

^ "За канарите – сватба, а за Братя Петрови – дупнишка брадва" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 30 March 2013.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[1] "За канарите – сватба, а за Братя Петрови – дупнишка брадва" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 30 March 2013.

[1]

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 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 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

1981–82 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 1980–81 1981–83
Related to national team	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 1) Atanas Purzhelov
Club seasons
	Akademik Belasitsa Beroe Botev Vratsa Cherno More Chernomorets CSKA FC Etar Haskovo Levski Lokomotiv Sofia Marek Slavia Sliven Spartak Pleven Trakia
List of transfers

1981–82 in European football (UEFA)
« 1980–81 1982–83 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '81 '82 England Faroe Islands '81 '82 Finland '81 '82 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '81 '82 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '81 '82 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '81 '82 Spain Sweden '81 '82 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '81 '82 Finland '81 '82 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '81 '82 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '81 '82 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '81 '82 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)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '80–'81 '81–'83