2009–10 A Group

A Group
Season 2009–10
Champions Litex Lovech
(3rd title)
Relegated Botev Plovdiv
Sportist Svoge
Loko Mezdra
Champions League Litex Lovech
Europa League CSKA Sofia
Levski Sofia
Beroe (via domestic cup)
Matches played 191
Goals scored 462 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer Wilfried Niflore
(19 goals)
Biggest home win Levski 5–0 Botev
Litex 5–0 Loko P.
Levski 5–0 Sportist
Biggest away win Loko M. 0–5 Litex
Loko P. 0–5 CSKA
Loko M. 0–5 Ch'morets
Highest scoring Minyor 4–2 Sliven
Ch. More 4–2 Loko S.
Loko P. 3–3 Minyor
Sportist 1–5 Loko S.
Sliven 2–4 CSKA
Loko P. 2–4 Montana
CSKA 5–1 Loko S.
Sportist 2–4 Litex

The 2009–10 A Group was the 86th season of the Bulgarian national top football division, and the 62nd of A Group as the top tier football league in the country. It began on 7 August 2009 with the game between Beroe and Lokomotiv Sofia. The last round took place on 30 May 2010. Levski Sofia were the defending champions, but they were unable to defend it and Litex Lovech won the title, which was their third overall.

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

Belasitsa, Spartak Varna and Vihren were directly relegated for finishing in the bottom three places. Belasitsa ended a six-year stint in the Bulgarian top flight, while Spartak Varna were relegated for a record ninth time since the introduction of the A PFG, after three years. Vihren ended their four-year tenure in the A PFG, the club's first ever in the top division.

The relegated teams were replaced by Montana, champions of the West B PFG 2008-2009, and Beroe, champions of the East B PFG 2008-2009. Montana returned to the A PFG after twelve years, while Beroe won promotion for the ninth time in its history. The club did this for the ninth time, therefore equaling the record previously set by Minyor Pernik.

A further place in the league was decided through a one-legged play-off. Sportist Svoge as runner-up in West B PFG had to face Naftex Burgas, who came second in East B PFG. Sportist Svoge won the game 4–2 after a penalty shootout, following a regular time score of 2–2. This was Sportist's first participation in the Bulgarian top flight.

Team overview

Club Location Manager Stadium Capacity Team captain
Beroe Stara Zagora Bulgaria Iliev, IlianIlian Iliev Beroe 17,800[1] Bulgaria Slavi Zhekov
BotevPlovdiv Italy Piccioni, EnricoEnrico Piccioni Hristo Botev (Plovdiv) 21,000[2] Bulgaria Vasil Vasilev
Cherno MoreVarna Bulgaria Popov, VelizarVelizar Popov Ticha 8,250 Bulgaria Georgi Iliev
ChernomoretsBurgas Bulgaria Balakov, KrassimirKrassimir Balakov Lazur 18,037[3] Bulgaria Cvetomir Conkov
CSKASofia Bulgaria Dochev, PavelPavel Dochev Bulgarian Army 22,015[4] Bulgaria Todor Yanchev
LevskiSofia Bulgaria Ivanov, GeorgiGeorgi Ivanov Georgi Asparuhov 29,200[5] Bulgaria Georgi Petkov
LitexLovech Bulgaria Chervenkov, AngelAngel Chervenkov Gradski Stadion 7,050[6] Bulgaria Ivelin Popov
Lokomotiv MezdraMezdra Bulgaria Voynov, VoynVoyn Voynov Lokomotiv (Mezdra) 5,000 Bulgaria Strati Iliev
Lokomotiv PlovdivPlovdiv Bulgaria Bonev, HristoHristo Bonev Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 13,800 Bulgaria Georgi Mechedzhiev
Lokomotiv SofiaSofia Bulgaria Vasev, DimitarDimitar Vasev Lokomotiv (Sofia) 22,000[7] Bulgaria Georgi Markov
MinyorPernik Bulgaria Velkov, AntonAnton Velkov Minyor 12,000[8] Bulgaria Ivaylo Ivanov
MontanaMontana Bulgaria Dzhambazki, AtanasAtanas Dzhambazki Ogosta 8,000 Bulgaria Ventsislav Ivanov
Sliven 2000Sliven Serbia Simonović, DragoljubDragoljub Simonović Hadzhi Dimitar 10,000 Bulgaria Miroslav Mindev
PirinBlagoevgrad Bulgaria Grozdanov, StefanStefan Grozdanov Hristo Botev (Bgd) 7,500 Bulgaria Georgi Georgiev
SlaviaSofia Bulgaria Vutsov, VelislavVelislav Vutsov Ovcha Kupel 18,000[2] Bulgaria Yordan Petkov
SportistSvoge Bulgaria Stoev, StoychoStoycho Stoev Chavdar Cvetkov 3,500[9] Bulgaria Todor Kyuchukov

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Litex Lovech (C) 30 22 4 4 59 17+42 70 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 16 10 4 51 25+26 58 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
3 Levski Sofia 30 17 6 7 57 26+31 57 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
4 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 15 7 8 47 33+14 52
5 Chernomorets Burgas 30 15 6 9 44 29+15 51
6 Slavia Sofia 30 14 8 8 34 28+6 50
7 Cherno More 30 13 9 8 40 28+12 48
8 Minyor Pernik 30 13 6 11 38 26+12 45
9 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 11 10 9 34 32+2 43
10 Beroe 30 10 8 12 30 366 38 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1
11 Montana 30 9 9 12 30 377 36
12 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 9 6 15 36 5216 33
13 OFC Sliven 30 9 5 16 29 4011 32
14 Lokomotiv Mezdra (R) 30 7 6 17 30 4818 27 Relegation to 2010–11 B PFG
15 Sportist Svoge (R) 30 5 4 21 23 5936 19
16 Botev Plovdiv (R) 30 1 4 25 12 7866 012

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
1Via Bulgarian Cup 2009–10.
2Botev Plovdiv were expelled from the league during the winter break because they were unable to meet the criteria required to continue the season, and deducted six points for administrative irregularities. All of their remaining matches have been scratched and will be counted as a 3–0 win for their opponents.[10][11]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away BSZ BOT CHMCHBCSKLEVLITLMELPLLSOMINMONOFCPIRSLASPO
Beroe 31 00 11 00 13 30 10 01 21 03 00 01 11 01 10
Botev Plovdiv 032 032 032 01 032 032 032 10 032 03 23 032 22 01 11
Cherno More 00 30 20 00 11 00 20 32 42 10 21 40 11 11 30
Chernomorets Burgas 02 20 21 20 11 12 30 21 02 31 11 20 21 22 30
CSKA Sofia 30 302 22 00 20 10 40 32 51 03 11 10 11 20 41
Levski Sofia 01 50 30 01 00 22 31 20 12 31 31 20 20 30 50
Litex Lovech 30 21 40 20 20 30 30 50 20 10 30 10 01 10 20
Lokomotiv Mezdra 21 22 12 05 403 11 05 00 12 01 02 11 40 00 21
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 13 302 10 21 05 22 03 01 21 33 24 12 20 02 30
Lokomotiv Sofia 20 22 12 01 22 20 01 21 30 11 00 20 10 00 32
Minyor Pernik 30 302 10 20 00 02 01 10 00 12 11 42 01 01 12
Montana 21 302 12 20 12 02 00 11 23 01 00 00 03 20 10
OFC Sliven 11 30 00 01 24 10 12 10 11 13 13 10 40 12 10
Pirin Blagoevgrad 22 302 10 13 00 02 41 31 00 11 01 20 20 10 20
Slavia Sofia 31 302 10 32 13 13 11 10 13 00 10 40 21 00 10
Sportist Svoge 12 302 21 00 02 23 24 04 21 15 01 01 10 11 11

Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2Matches awarded after Botev's expulsion during the winter break.
3This match was abandoned after 66 minutes, with Lokomotiv Mezdra leading 1–0, due to a pitch invasion by CSKA supporters. The match was awarded a 4–0 win in favour of Lokomotiv Mezdra; CSKA Sofia were fined $10,370 and their stadium was suspended for three games.[12]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

Litex Lovech
Goalkeepers
1Serbia Uroš Golubović 19 (0)
12Bulgaria Todor Todorov 0 (0)
30Bulgaria Evgeni Aleksandrov 0 (0)
31Brazil Rodrigo Galatto 12 (0)
Defenders
2France Alexandre Barthe 27 (2)
3Bulgaria Petar Zanev 19 (0)
5Bulgaria Mihail Venkov 10 (1)
6Bulgaria Ivaylo Petkov 15 (1)
14Bulgaria Tsvetomir Panov 1 (0)
18Bulgaria Iliya Milanov 1 (0)
22Bulgaria Plamen Nikolov 27 (1)
25Bulgaria Radostin Kishishev 20 (0)
33Bulgaria Nikolay Bodurov 18 (2)
Midfielders
7Bulgaria Hristo Yanev 26 (6)
8Brazil Tom 18 (2)
10Brazil Sandrinho 25 (1)
13Bulgaria Maksim Stoykov 1 (0)
15Brazil Doka Madureira 26 (6)
17Bulgaria Georgi Milanov 27 (2)
21Bulgaria Aleksandar Tsvetkov 1 (0)
23Serbia Nebojša Jelenković 24 (1)
24Brazil Adriano Miranda* 1 (0)
27Bulgaria Momchil Tsvetanov 4 (1)
28Brazil Diego Ferraresso 9 (0)
Forwards
9Bulgaria Svetoslav Todorov 12 (1)
19France Wilfried Niflore 27 (19)
71Bulgaria Ivelin Popov 18 (7)
99Bulgaria Dormushali Saidhodzha* 11 (1)
Manager
Bulgaria Angel Chervenkov

Statistics

Transfers

See also

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-09-28. Accessed on 9 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  2. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-09-28. Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  3. Accessed on 1 August 2009 (English).
  4. Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  5. Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  6. Accessed on 7 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  7. Accessed on 9 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  8. The capacity of the stadium was reduced to 8,000 spectators Accessed on 13 August 2009
  9. The capacity of the stadium was expanded to 3,500 spectators Accessed on 7 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  10. БФС: Ботев не изпълни нито едно условие, сами се досещате накъде отиват нещата (in Bulgarian)
  11. Изхвърлиха официално Ботев Пловдив от "А" група (in Bulgarian)
  12. "CSKA Sofia handed 4-0 loss for pitch invasion". Reuters. 23 March 2010. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
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