1968–69 A Group

A Group
Season	1968–69
Champions	CSKA Sofia (14th title)
Relegated	Dobrudzha
European Cup	CSKA
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Lokomotiv Plovdiv Slavia
Matches played	225
Goals scored	713 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Petar Zhekov (36 goals)
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1968–1969 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 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	30	22	3	5	74	38	47	1969–70 European Cup first round
2	Levski Sofia	30	17	6	7	59	33	40	1969–70 Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	16	7	7	53	40	39	1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4	Cherno More Varna	30	13	12	5	44	27	38
5	Slavia Sofia	30	15	7	8	54	33	37	1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
6	Botev Plovdiv	30	11	6	13	51	48	28
7	Chernomorets Burgas	30	10	8	12	51	56	28
8	Botev Vratsa	30	10	7	13	48	51	27
9	Spartak Pleven	30	12	3	15	44	52	27
10	Minyor Pernik	30	10	7	13	42	53	27
11	Akademik Sofia	30	8	10	12	32	35	26
12	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	10	6	14	36	45	26
13	Dunav Ruse	30	10	5	15	36	48	25
14	Marek Dupnitsa	30	9	7	14	34	46	25
15	Dobrudzha Dobrich	30	8	8	14	32	44	24	Relegation to B Group
16	Lokomotiv Sofia*	30	7	2	21	23	64	16

*Slavia Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia were merged into ZhSK-Slavia Sofia that took over Slavia's points total. No team replaced Lokomotiv, so they were awarded 0–3 losses during the second half of the season.

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Stoyan Yordanov	20	0(0)
Yordan Filipov	14	0(0)
Stancho Bonchev	02	0(0)

Defenders
Kiril Stankov	28	0(0)
Dimitar Penev	28	0(3)
Ivan Zafirov	19	0(0)
Hristo Marinchev	16	0(0)
Boris Gaganelov	24	0(0)
Vasil Nedelchev	05	0(0)
Rusi Penchev	14	0(0)

Midfielders
Boris Stankov	13	0(0)
Asparuh Nikodimov	28	0(4)
Petar Patsev	02	0(1)
Peyu Nikolov	10	0(1)
Tsvetan Atanasov	25	0(4)

Forwards
Petar Zhekov	29	(36)
Dimitar Marashliev	28	0(4)
Nikola Tsanev	24	0(5)
Emil Simov	01	0(1)
Dimitar Yakimov	24	(12)

Manager
	Stoyan Ormandzhiev

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Petar Zhekov	CSKA Sofia	36
2	Georgi Asparuhov	Levski Sofia	22
3	Dinko Dermendzhiev	Botev Plovdiv	21
3	Totko Dremsizov	Chernomorets Burgas	21
5	Bozhidar Grigorov	Slavia Sofia	17
5	Georgi Kamenov	Botev Vratsa	17
7	Hristo Bonev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	16
7	Stefan Bogomilov	Cherno More Varna	16
9	Mihail Mishev	Spartak Pleven	14
10	Stoyan Marinov	Dunav Ruse	13

References

↑ "Обувка става национална кауза, а Левски слага пагони" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 28 December 2012.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1968–69 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

1968–69 in European football (UEFA)

« 1967–68 1969–70 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '68 '69 England Estonia '68 '69 Faroe Islands '68 '69 Finland '68 '69 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '68 '69 Iceland '68 '69 Israel Italy Latvia '68 '69 Lithuania '68 '69 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '68 '69 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '68 '69 Spain Sweden '68 '69 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '68 '69 Finland '68 '69 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '68 '69 Iceland '68 '69 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '68 '69 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup

Non-UEFA competitions	Mitropa Cup

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