| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 119 |
| Goals scored | 295 (2.48 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ianis Zicu (13) |
| Biggest home win | Litex 6–0 Svetkavitsa (21 August 2011) Ludogorets 6–0 Slavia (11 September 2011) |
| Biggest away win | Montana 0–5 CSKA Sofia (28 August 2011) Kaliakra 0–5 Ch. More (18 October 2011) |
| Highest scoring | Botev 2–4 Montana (10 September 2011) Lokomotiv Plovdiv 4–2 Beroe (23 September 2011) |
| Longest winning run | CSKA Sofia, Ludogorets (8 games) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Ludogorets (9 games) |
| Longest winless run | Svetkavitsa (15 games) |
| Longest losing run | Beroe (7 games) |
| Highest attendance | 10,000 spectators Cherno More - Levski (13 August 2011) 10,000 spectators Levski - Litex (17 September 2011) |
| Lowest attendance | 100 spectators Lokomotiv Sofia - Litex (31 October 2011) |
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The 2011/2012 A PFG is the 88th season of the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group - the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The season began on 6 August 2011 and will end with the last games in May 2012 and the promotion/relegation play-offs in June 2012. The defending champions are Litex Lovech.
The information placed on this page for the season 2011/12 in Bulgarian A Professional Football Group is fully updated after every fixture.
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PFC Akademik Sofia and OFC Sliven 2000 were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom two places in the previous season. Akademik were relegated after a year in A PFG and Sliven ended a three-year tenure. FC Pirin Blagoevgrad were excluded from A PFG due to financial difficulties, and the club even did not received a license for B PFG, that is why they will play in V AFG.
The relegated teams were replaced by Botev Vratsa, champions of the West B PFG and Ludogorets Razgrad, champions of the East B PFG. Botev Vratsa returned to the A PFG after twenty-two years, and Ludogorets entered A PFG for their first time in history. The third new team in A PFG is Svetkavitsa. They had won the final play-off against Etar Veliko Tarnovo.
The previous season Vidima-Rakovski finished 14th in A PFG which meant that they had to play a final play-off with the winner of the B PFG play-offs - Chernomorets Pomorie. Chernomorets Pomorie won with 3-0 but they didn't received licence for A PFG and Vidima-Rakovski remained in A PFG. That's why it was played a new play-off between the 4th in East B PFG (Svetkavitsa) and the 3rd in West B PFG (Etar Veliko Tarnovo). Svetkavitsa won with 3-1 and became the third new team in A PFG for the next season.
As in the previous year, the league will comprise the best thirteen teams of the 2010/11 season, the champions of the two Bulgarian B Professional Football Group groups and the winners of the promotion play-offs.
The following teams have ensured their participation for the 2011/12 A PFG season (listed in alphabetical order):
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beroe | Stara Zagora | Beroe | 17,800 |
| Botev | Vratsa | Hristo Botev | 32,000 |
| Cherno More | Varna | Ticha | 12,000 |
| Chernomorets | Burgas | Lazur | 18,037 |
| CSKA | Sofia | Balgarska Armiya | 22,015 |
| Kaliakra | Kavarna | Kavarna | 5,000 |
| Levski | Sofia | Georgi Asparuhov | 29,986 |
| Litex | Lovech | Lovech | 7,050 |
| Lokomotiv | Plovdiv | Lokomotiv | 13,800 |
| Lokomotiv | Sofia | Vasil Levski1 | 43,632 |
| Ludogorets | Razgrad | Ludogorets Arena | 8,000 |
| Minyor | Pernik | Minyor | 8,000 |
| Montana | Montana | Ogosta | 8,000 |
| Slavia | Sofia | Ovcha Kupel | 18,000 |
| Svetkavitsa | Targovishte | Dimitar Burkov | 8,000 |
| Vidima-Rakovski | Sevlievo | Rakovski | 8,816 |
| Team | Outgoing manager(s) | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levski Sofia | Yasen Petrov | End of contract | 27 May 2011 | Pre-season | Georgi Ivanov | 27 May 2011[1] |
| Slavia Sofia | Emil Velev | Sacked | 28 May 2011 | Martin Kushev | 28 May 2011[2] | |
| Kaliakra Kavarna | Antoni Zdravkov | End of contract | 28 May 2011 | Adalbert Zafirov | 28 May 2011[3] | |
| Chernomorets Burgas | Georgi Vasilev | Sacked | 30 May 2011 | Dimitar Dimitrov | 30 May 2011[4] | |
| Montana | Atanas Dzhambazki | End of contract | 2 June 2011 | Stefan Grozdanov | 11 June 2011 | |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Saša Nikolić | Sacked | 14 June 2011 | Dragan Kanatlarovski | 17 June 2011 | |
| Vidima-Rakovski | Dimitar Todorov | Sacked | 16 June 2011 | Kostadin Angelov | 17 June 2011 | |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | Dian Petkov | Sacked | 3 October 2011 | 10th | Anton Velkov | 3 October 2011 |
| Kaliakra Kavarna | Adalbert Zafirov | Sacked | 19 October 2011[5] | 15th | Radostin Trifonov | 19 October 2011[6] |
| Svetkavitsa Targovishte | Plamen Donev | Resigned | 19 October 2011 | 16th | Nikola Spasov | 23 October 2011[7] |
| Litex Lovech | Lyuboslav Penev | Resigned | 24 October 2011[8] | 5th | Atanas Dzhambazki | 24 October 2011 |
| CSKA Sofia | Milen Radukanov | Sacked | 25 October 2011[9] | 2nd | Dimitar Penev | 25 October 2011 |
| Levski Sofia | Georgi Ivanov | Resigned | 4 November 2011 | 5th | Nikolay Kostov | 4 November 2011[10] |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Dragan Kanatlarovski | Sacked | 7 November 2011 | 6th | Emil Velev | 8 November 2011[11] |
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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Head-to-head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 7 | +26 | 36 | 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round | |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 10 | +22 | 36 | 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round | |
| 3 | Chernomorets Burgas | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 33 | CHB 2–0 LEV | |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 33 | ||
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 27 | SLA 3–0 LOK | |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 27 | ||
| 7 | Litex Lovech | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 25 | LIT 1–0 CMV | |
| 8 | Cherno More Varna | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 25 | ||
| 9 | Minyor Pernik | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 15 | ||
| 10 | Montana | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 14 | BOT 2–4 MON | |
| 11 | Botev Vratsa | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 14 | ||
| 12 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | −10 | 13 | ||
| 13 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 12 | ||
| 14 | Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 25 | −17 | 10 | Qualification to the Relegation playoff | |
| 15 | Kaliakra Kavarna | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 7 | Relegation to B PFG | |
| 16 | Svetkavitsa | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 33 | −30 | 2 |
Updated to games played on 28 November 2011
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
| Team \ Round | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| CSKA Sofia | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chernomorets Burgas | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Levski Sofia | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Litex Lovech | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Slavia Sofia | 14 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 8 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cherno More Varna | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 16 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Minyor Pernik | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 11 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Botev Vratsa | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kaliakra Kavarna | 12 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| Svetkavitsa | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Last updated: 13 November 2011
Source: Soccerway
| Home \ Away1 | BSZ | BVR | CHM | CHB | CSK | KAV | LEV | LIT | LPL | LSO | RAZ | MIN | MON | SLA | SVE | RAK |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| Botev Vratsa | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | |||||||||
| Cherno More Varna | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |||||||||
| Chernomorets Burgas | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | |||||||||
| CSKA Sofia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | |||||||||
| Kaliakra Kavarna | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | PSTP | 0–0 | 1–1 | |||||||||
| Levski Sofia | 3–0 | a | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||||||||
| Litex Lovech | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | ||||||||
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |||||||||
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |||||||||
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | |||||||||
| Minyor Pernik | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||||||||
| Montana | 0–0 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| Slavia Sofia | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |||||||||
| Svetkavitsa | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
Updated to games played on 28 November 2011
Source: Soccerway
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.