1971–72 A Group

A Group
Season	1971–72
Champions	CSKA Sofia (16th title)
Relegated	Marek Yantra
European Cup	CSKA
UEFA Cup	Levski Beroe
Matches played	306
Goals scored	868 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Petar Zhekov (27 goals each)
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1971–1972 season.

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia	34	26	6	2	95	28	58	1972–73 European Cup first round
2	Levski Sofia	34	22	6	6	68	26	50	1972–73 UEFA Cup first round
3	Beroe Stara Zagora	34	18	6	10	61	46	42	1972–73 UEFA Cup first round
4	Slavia Sofia	34	15	9	10	50	43	39	1972–73 Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Lokomotiv Sofia	34	13	12	9	47	34	38
6	Botev Plovdiv	34	14	7	13	54	47	35
7	Botev Vratsa	34	13	5	16	62	64	31
8	Cherno More Varna	34	13	5	16	53	60	31
9	Dunav Ruse	34	12	7	15	38	50	31
10	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	34	7	16	11	32	44	30
11	Akademik Sofia	34	11	7	16	37	45	29
12	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	34	11	7	16	39	54	29
13	Spartak Pleven	34	11	7	16	40	61	29
14	Chernomorets Burgas	34	11	8	15	47	49	28
15	Spartak Varna	34	10	8	16	45	50	28
16	Tundzha Yambol	34	11	6	17	35	50	28
17	Marek Dupnitsa	34	10	6	18	31	65	26	Relegation to B Group
18	Yantra Gabrovo	34	10	8	16	34	52	22	Relegation to B Group

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Stoyan Yordanov	18	0(0)
Yordan Filipov	17	0(0)
Petar Topchev	01	0(0)

Defenders
Kiril Stankov	32	0(0)
Dimitar Penev	32	0(1)
Ivan Zafirov	31	0(0)
Todor Simov	05	0(1)
Boris Gaganelov	34	0(0)
Bozhil Kolev	29	(10)
Iliya Chalev	01	0(0)

Midfielders
Borislav Sredkov	14	0(5)
Asparuh Nikodimov	33	0(7)
Plamen Yankov	20	0(1)
Georgi Denev	29	(15)
Tsvetan Atanasov	28	0(7)
Stoil Trankov	14	0(2)

Forwards
Petar Zhekov	33	(27)
Petar Radkov	01	0(0)
Dimitar Marashliev	30	(12)
Totko Dremsizov	17	0(5)
Dimitar Yakimov	09	0(2)

Manager
	Manol Manolov

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Petar Zhekov	CSKA Sofia	27
2	Petko Petkov	Beroe Stara Zagora	26
3	Stefan Bogomilov	Cherno More Varna	24
4	Georgi Kamenov	Botev Vratsa	23
5	Georgi Tsvetkov	Levski Sofia	17
6	Dinko Dermendzhiev	Botev Plovdiv	16
7	Georgi Denev	CSKA Sofia	15
	Vasil Mitkov	Levski Sofia
	Georgi Lukanov	Etar Veliko Tarnovo
	Yordan Yordanov	Tundzha Yambol

References

↑ "Зума никога не става шампион заради любимката на Тато" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 19 January 2013.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1971–72 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

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 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

1971–72 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '71 '72 England Estonia '71 '72 Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Latvia '71 '72 Lithuania '71 '72 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden '71 '72 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup

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