1961–62 A Group

A Group
Season1961–62
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(12th title)
Relegated
European CupCSKA Sofia
Matches played182
Goals scored519 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerNikola Yordanov
(23 goals)

The 1961–62 A Group was the 14th 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 14 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) 26 18 5 3 60 25 +35 41 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Spartak Plovdiv 26 13 9 4 55 35 +20 35
3 Levski Sofia 26 12 6 8 46 37 +9 30
4 Botev Plovdiv 26 8 11 7 43 38 +5 27 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
5 Slavia Sofia 26 10 7 9 45 40 +5 27
6 Cherno More Varna 26 9 9 8 29 30 −1 27
7 Lokomotiv Sofia 26 8 10 8 39 39 0 26
8 Spartak Pleven 26 11 4 11 33 40 −7 26
9 Beroe Stara Zagora 26 10 5 11 30 40 −10 25
10 Dunav Ruse 26 8 8 10 40 40 0 24
11 Spartak Varna 26 7 9 10 33 31 +2 23
12 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 7 7 12 24 35 −11 21
13 Minyor Pernik (R) 26 4 10 12 18 39 −21 18 Relegation to 1962–63 B Group
14 Marek Dupnitsa (R) 26 5 4 17 24 50 −26 14
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BSZ BPD CHM CSK DUN LEV LPL LSO MAR MIN SLA SPL SPD SPV
Beroe Stara Zagora 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–2
Botev Plovdiv 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 3–1
Cherno More 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0
CSKA Sofia 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 5–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 7–1 4–1 0–1
Dunav Ruse 4–1 2–2 4–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–3 5–1 1–1 2–2
Levski Sofia 2–2 1–6 6–0 6–3 4–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 3–3 1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1
Lokomotiv Sofia 3–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 6–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 4–4 2–0
Marek Dupnitsa 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 3–0 3–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0
Minyor Pernik 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0
Slavia Sofia 6–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 3–3 1–0 3–1 4–1 4–1 5–1 0–0 1–0
Spartak Pleven 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0
Spartak Plovdiv 2–1 4–4 2–4 2–0 4–3 1–0 4–0 4–0 3–0 6–0 1–1 4–3 4–3
Spartak Varna 5–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–3 3–1 0–0 6–1 1–0 0–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Georgi Naydenov 21 0(0)
Bulgaria Hristo Andonov 04 0(0)
Bulgaria Petar Petrov 04 0(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Nikola Kovachev 25 0(4)
Bulgaria Stoyan Koshev 10 0(0)
Bulgaria Ivan Zdravkov 03 0(0)
Bulgaria Kiril Rakarov 20 0(2)
Bulgaria Manol Manolov 10 0(0)
Bulgaria Boris Gaganelov 23 0(0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Boris Stankov 08 0(1)
Bulgaria Georgi Zlatkov 10 0(1)
Bulgaria Panteley Dimitrov 26 0(2)
Bulgaria Vasil Romanov 10 0(2)
Bulgaria Georgi Georgiev 04 0(0)
Forwards
Bulgaria Ivan Kolev 26 0(6)
Bulgaria Ivan Rankov 23 0(7)
Bulgaria Nikola Tsanev 22 (13)
Bulgaria Hristo Dzhordzhilov 01 0(1)
Bulgaria Dimitar Yakimov 25 (15)
Bulgaria Panayot Panayotov 24 0(2)
Bulgaria Anton Krastev 08 0(3)
Manager
Bulgaria Krum Milev

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Nikola Yordanov Dunav Ruse 23
2 Bulgaria Todor Diev Spartak Plovdiv 19
Bulgaria Aleksandar Vasilev Slavia Sofia
4 Bulgaria Hristo Dishkov Spartak Plovdiv 16
5 Bulgaria Dimitar Yakimov CSKA Sofia 15

References

  1. ^ "Сериалът „Къде е Гунди" лишава Аспарухов от титла с ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 10 November 2012.