1997–98 A Group

A Group
Season	1997–98
Champions	Litex Lovech (1st title)
Relegated	Olimpik Spartak Pleven Etar
Champions League	Litex
UEFA Cup	CSKA
Matches played	240
Goals scored	696 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Boncho Genchev Anton Spasov (17 goals each)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1997–1998 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Litex Lovech won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Litex Lovech	30	21	6	3	73	25	69	1998–99 Champions League first qualifying round
2	Levski Sofia	30	19	7	4	73	27	64	1998–99 Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3	CSKA Sofia	30	18	7	5	71	29	61	1998–99 UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Neftochimic Burgas	30	17	4	9	59	31	55
5	Slavia Sofia	30	15	9	6	51	30	54
6	Levski Kyustendil	30	15	1	14	45	40	46
7	Spartak Varna	30	12	6	12	42	36	42
8	Minyor Pernik	30	12	5	13	32	35	41
9	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	11	6	13	42	40	39
10	Metalurg Pernik	30	11	4	15	28	36	37
11	Botev Plovdiv	30	11	3	16	35	48	36
12	Dobrudzha Dobrich	30	11	3	16	33	55	36
13	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	11	3	16	31	58	36
14	Olimpik Teteven	30	11	2	17	26	47	35	Relegation to B Group
15	Spartak Pleven	30	7	0	23	32	75	21	Relegation to B Group
16	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	4	2	24	21	82	14	Relegation to B Group

Champions

Litex Lovech

Goalkeepers
Vitomir Vutov	28	0(0)
Stoyan Stavrev	02	0(0)

Defenders
Petar Kushev	16	0(2)
Stefan Kolev	21	0(1)
Nikolay Dimitrov	24	0(1)
Dimitar Karadaliev	01	0(0)
Zlatomir Zagorčić	27	0(0)
Ivaylo Petkov	27	0(3)
Radostin Kishishev	05	0(0)
Dimitar Balabanov	06	0(0)
Rosen Kirilov	28	0(0)
Koycho Ivanov	01	0(0)

Midfielders
Rosen Emilov	17	0(1)
Mariyan Todorov	28	0(6)
Stoycho Stoilov	30	0(8)
Daniel Ostrovski	05	0(0)
Dragoljub Simonović	22	0(6)
Ivaylo Petev*	12	0(2)
Veselin Sarbakov	16	0(3)
Emil Tsanev*	02	0(0)

Forwards
Stefan Yurukov*	14	(13)
Dimcho Belyakov*	14	0(5)
Alban Bushi	15	0(4)
Svetoslav Todorov	19	0(9)
Luis Carlos Mota	05	0(1)
Igor Bogdanović	15	0(6)
Metodi Stoynev	08	0(1)

Manager
	Dimitar Dimitrov

Petev, Tsanev, Yurukov and Belyakov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Boncho Genchev	CSKA Sofia	17
1	Anton Spasov	Neftochimic Burgas	17
3	Stefan Yurukov	Litex Lovech	13
3	Danilo Dončić	Lokomotiv Sofia	13

References

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1997–98 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

1997–98 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '97 '98 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '97 '98 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '97 '98 Latvia '97 '98 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '97 '98 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '97 '98 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 '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Latvia '97 '98 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '97 '98 France Germany Iceland '97 '98 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

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

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