1998–99 A Group

A Group
Season	1998–99
Champions	Litex Lovech (2nd title)
Relegated	Metalurg Lokomotiv Plovdiv Septemvri
Champions League	Litex Lovech
UEFA Cup	Levski Sofia CSKA Sofia
Matches played	239
Goals scored	719 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dimcho Belyakov (21 goals each)
← 1997–98 1999–00 →

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1998–1999 season.

Overview

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

League standings

Key to colors in league table
Champion and Champions League place
Qualify for UEFA Cup
Qualify for Intertoto Cup
Relegated to B Group at the end of season

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	GD
1	Litex Lovech	30	24	4	2	83	25	73	+68
2	Levski Sofia	30	23	5	2	51	11	71	+40
3	Levski Kyustendil	30	18	4	8	57	29	57	+28
4	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	17	4	9	46	30	55	+16
5	CSKA Sofia	30	15	6	9	54	39	50	+17
6	Neftochimic Burgas	30	15	4	11	52	38	49	+14
7	Slavia Sofia	30	11	8	11	47	36	41	+11
8	Minyor Pernik	30	11	7	12	44	46	40	-2
9	Dobrudzha Dobrich	30	11	3	16	45	55	36	-10
10	Metalurg Pernik	30	11	2	17	33	46	35	-13
11	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	10	4	16	35	58	34	-23
12	Spartak Varna	30	10	4	16	39	50	34	-11
13	Botev Plovdiv	30	9	5	16	34	55	32	-21
14	Shumen	30	8	8	14	36	56	32	-20
15	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	4	5	21	26	73	17	-47
16	Septemvri Sofia	30	4	5	21	34	73	17	-39

Metalurg Pernik relegated by Bulgarian Football Union for match fixing
Litex and Levski three points deducted for winning fixed matches against Metalurg
Levski (Kyustendil) and CSKA (Sofia) awarded no points following April 11 match abandoned at half-time.
Litex (Lovech) have changed name to Lovech

Champions

Litex Lovech

Goalkeepers
01	Vitomir Vutov	19	0(0)
12	Stoyan Stavrev	11	0(0)

Defenders
03	Zhivko Zhelev	08	0(1)
04	Stefan Kolev	26	0(0)
13	Nikolay Dimitrov	22	0(0)
16	Dimitar Karadaliev	16	0(1)
17	Zlatomir Zagorčić	19	0(1)
22	Altin Haxhi	24	0(6)
25	Radostin Kishishev	26	0(1)
	Dimitar Balabanov*	01	0(0)
	Veselin Ignatov*	05	0(1)
	Rosen Kirilov*	11	0(1)

Midfielders
02	Laurențiu Reghecampf	14	0(4)
06	Rosen Emilov	15	0(0)
07	Mariyan Todorov	21	0(2)
08	Stoycho Stoilov	24	0(9)
10	Vasil Kirov	16	0(1)
15	Dragoljub Simonović	24	0(9)
18	Ivaylo Petev	05	0(0)
19	Veselin Sarbakov*	02	0(0)
23	Svetlan Kondev	02	0(0)

Forwards
09	Stefan Yurukov	19	0(7)
11	Dimcho Belyakov	25	(21)
14	Alban Bushi	22	(10)
20	Svetoslav Todorov	12	0(2)
24	Luis Carlos Mota	11	0(1)
	Georgi Bogdanov	03	0(0)
	Igor Bogdanović*	09	0(5)
	Metodi Stoynev*	01	0(0)
	Ivan Gemedzhiev	02	0(0)

Manager
	Ferario Spasov

Ignatov, Kirilov, Balabanov, Sarbakov, Bogdanović and Stoynev left the club during a season.

Top goalscorers

21 goals

Dimcho Belyakov (Litex Lovech)

17 goals

Todor Pramatarov (Shumen)

16 goals

Hristo Marashliev (Levski Kyustendil)

References

↑ "Касета убива Металург, Литекс се измъква сух" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 10 August 2013.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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

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1998–99 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '98 '99 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '98 '99 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '98 '99 Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '98 '99 Latvia '98 '99 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '98 '99 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '98 '99 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Latvia '98 '99 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '98 '99 France Germany Iceland '98 '99 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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