2008–09 A Group

A Group
Season 2008–09
Champions Levski Sofia
(26th title)
Relegated Vihren
Spartak
Belasitsa
Champions League Levski
Europa League CSKA
Cherno More
Litex (via domestic cup)
Matches played 240
Goals scored 619 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer Martin Kamburov
(17 goals)
Biggest home win Cherno More 6–0 Belasitsa
Levski 6–0 Botev
Biggest away win Belasitsa 1–7 Levski
Highest scoring Vihren 3–5 Chernomorets
Belasitsa 1–7 Levski

The 2008–09 A Group was the 85th season of the Bulgarian national top football division, and the 61st of A Group as the top tier football league in the country.. It began on 9 August 2008 and ended on 13 June 2009. CSKA Sofia were the defending champions, but they were unable to retain it and Levski Sofia won the title, which was their 26th overall.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from B PFG after the 2007–08 season

Teams relegated to B PFG after the 2007–08 season

Team overview

Club Location Manager Venue Capacity
Belasitsa Petrich Bulgaria Mitev, MiroslavMiroslav Mitev Tsar Samuil Stadium 9,500
BotevPlovdiv Bulgaria Angelov, KostadinKostadin Angelov Hristo Botev Stadium, Plovdiv 22,000
Cherno MoreVarna Bulgaria Spasov, NikolaNikola Spasov Ticha Stadium 8,250
ChernomoretsBurgas Bulgaria Dimitrov, DimitarDimitar Dimitrov Naftex Stadium 18,037
CSKASofia Bulgaria Penev, LuboslavLuboslav Penev Balgarska Armiya Stadium 22,015
LevskiSofia Bulgaria Velev, EmilEmil Velev Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 29,800
LitexLovech Bulgaria Stoilov, StanimirStanimir Stoilov Lovech Stadium 7,000
Lokomotiv MezdraMezdra Bulgaria Bachev, GeorgiGeorgi Bachev Lokomotiv Stadium, Mezdra 5,000
Lokomotiv PlovdivPlovdiv Bulgaria Sadakov, AyanAyan Sadakov Lokomotiv Stadium, Plovdiv 13,800
Lokomotiv SofiaSofia Serbia Okuka, DragomirDragomir Okuka Lokomotiv Stadium, Sofia 22,000
MinyorPernik Bulgaria Aleksiev, DimitarDimitar Aleksiev Minyor Stadium 16,500
OFC SlivenSliven Bulgaria Dermendzhiev, GeorgiGeorgi Dermendzhiev Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium 10,000
PirinBlagoevgrad Bulgaria Tsvetkov, PetarPetar Tsvetkov Hristo Botev Stadium, Blagoevgrad 7,500
SlaviaSofia Republic of Macedonia Kuzmanovski, StevicaStevica Kuzmanovski Ovcha Kupel Stadium 18,000
SpartakVarna Serbia Simonović, DragoljubDragoljub Simonović Spartak Stadium 8,000
VihrenSandanski Bulgaria Filipov, FilipFilip Filipov Sandanski Stadium 6,000

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Levski Sofia 30 21 6 3 57 18+39 69 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 21 5 4 54 22+32 68 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
3 Cherno More Varna 30 18 6 6 48 19+29 60 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
4 Litex Lovech 30 17 7 6 53 26+27 58 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
5 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 16 6 8 52 29+23 54
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 12 7 11 40 433 43 CHB 1–3 LPL
LPL 1–1 CHB
7 Chernomorets Burgas 30 11 10 9 41 37+4 43
8 Lokomotiv Mezdra 30 10 7 13 39 412 37 SLA 0–0 LME
LME 1–0 SLA
9 Slavia Sofia 30 11 4 15 41 38+3 37
10 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 10 5 15 35 5015 35 MIN 0–0 PIR
PIR 1–0 MIN
11 Minyor Pernik 30 9 8 13 24 3915 35
12 OFC Sliven 30 8 8 14 32 408 32
13 Botev Plovdiv 30 8 6 16 31 5019 30
14 Vihren Sandanski (R) 30 8 2 20 29 5021 26 Relegation to 2009–10 B PFG
15 Spartak Varna (R) 30 5 10 15 19 4627 25
16 Belasitsa Petrich (R) 30 4 5 21 24 7147 17

Source: soccerway.com
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
1Litex Lovech won the Bulgarian Cup 2008–09 and qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.
(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 BEL BOT CSKCHMCHBLEVLITLMELPLLSOMINOFCPIRSLASPVVIH
Belasitsa Petrich 02 03 20 01 17 11 13 12 24 00 21 14 25 00 12
Botev Plovdiv 50 02 22 01 01 11 31 22 04 12 13 10 21 10 31
CSKA Sofia 10 21 11 21 02 20 21 20 10 20 30 41 21 30 20
Cherno More Varna 60 10 10 01 00 00 20 21 10 40 30 10 20 50 20
Chernomorets Burgas 20 21 01 00 22 31 22 13 11 11 11 31 21 20 13
Levski Sofia 20 60 11 30 31 20 31 10 03 11 10 20 10 50 32
Litex Lovech 41 51 10 10 22 12 21 30 21 20 20 30 01 21 20
Lokomotiv Mezdra 31 00 22 13 11 01 24 11 40 31 20 40 10 11 01
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 11 30 13 10 11 23 13 02 32 10 21 32 21 21 01
Lokomotiv Sofia 31 20 11 32 20 10 10 30 12 51 32 10 01 22 20
Minyor Pernik 03 10 01 22 10 02 00 20 22 01 02 00 10 31 32
OFC Sliven 02 31 31 01 00 00 22 20 11 00 01 21 11 01 20
Pirin Blagoevgrad 20 03 22 12 21 11 11 12 10 04 10 31 32 00 21
Slavia Sofia 30 40 12 02 20 01 03 00 20 22 11 31 23 12 20
Spartak Varna 00 00 02 01 03 01 04 20 11 00 10 22 20 12 11
Vihren Sandanski 41 00 14 02 35 10 01 01 12 10 01 02 13 12 20

Source: soccerway.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
1Bulgaria Georgi Petkov 17 (0)
12Bulgaria Bozhidar Mitrev 7 (0)
29Slovakia Daniel Kiss 3 (0)
31Bulgaria Tsvetan Dimitrov 3 (0)
Defenders
2Bulgaria Viktor Genev 14 (0)
3Bulgaria Zhivko Milanov 23 (2)
5Morocco Youssef Rabeh 22 (0)
14Bulgaria Veselin Minev 18 (0)
15Morocco Chakib Benzoukane 3 (0)
20Czech Republic David Bystroň 19 (2)
25Bulgaria Lúcio Wagner 16 (0)
26Bulgaria Martin Dimov 1 (0)
33Bulgaria Stefan Stanchev 1 (0)
34Bulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov 1 (0)
37Bulgaria Simeon Ivanov 1 (0)
55Bulgaria Yordan Miliev 4 (0)
Midfielders
4Bulgaria Georgi Chakarov 2 (0)
6Morocco Rachid Tiberkanine 14 (3)
8Bulgaria Georgi Sarmov 21 (2)
16Bulgaria Mariyan Ognyanov 1 (0)
17Bulgaria Georgi Nedyalkov 1 (1)
18Bulgaria Miroslav Ivanov 20 (0)
20Brazil Joãozinho 19 (4)
21Brazil Zé Soares 25 (3)
22Republic of Macedonia Darko Tasevski 23 (6)
24Bulgaria Nikolay Dimitrov 17 (1)
30Bulgaria Lachezar Baltanov 15 (0)
45Bulgaria Vladimir Gadzhev 23 (1)
70Portugal Filipe da Costa 8 (0)
Bulgaria Boyan Iliev* 2 (0)
Forwards
7Brazil Jean Carlos* 4 (1)
9Bulgaria Georgi Ivanov 23 (12)
10Bulgaria Hristo Yovov 11 (4)
11Bulgaria Georgi Hristov 25 (11)
19Bulgaria Ivan Tsachev 9 (4)
27Bulgaria Enyo Krastovchev 3 (0)
32Bulgaria Boyan Tabakov 1 (0)
Manager
Bulgaria Emil Velev

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Martin Kamburov Lokomotiv Sofia
17
2 Bulgaria Dormushali Saidhodzha CSKA Sofia1
14
3 Bulgaria Georgi Ivanov Levski Sofia
12
4 Bulgaria Yordan Yurukov Cherno More Varna
11
Bulgaria Georgi Hristov Levski Sofia
6 Republic of Macedonia Zoran Baldovaliev Lokomotiv Sofia
10
Serbia Pavle Delibašić Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Brazil Michel Platini Chernomorets Burgas
9 Bulgaria Krum Bibishkov Litex Lovech
9
Argentina Adrián Fernández Chernomorets Burgas2
Bulgaria Miroslav Manolov Cherno More Varna
Serbia Saša Simonović Lokomotiv Mezdra
Bulgaria Ivan Stoyanov Sliven
Bulgaria Yordan Todorov CSKA Sofia

1. Saidhodzha scored 7 goals for Botev Plovdiv and 7 for CSKA Sofia (he was transferred during the winter break)
2. Fernández scored 4 goals for Cherno More Varna and 5 for Chernomorets Burgas (he was transferred during the winter break)

Annual awards

Team of the season

The team have been voted by selected media representatives (Note: First team members are denoted in bold).[1]

A PFG Team of the season, first squad
Petkov
Manolev
I. Ivanov
Rabeh
Minev
Yanchev
Tonev
Alex
Joãozinho
Kamburov
G. Ivanov
Position Name Club
Goalkeepers Kiril Akalski Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Georgi Petkov Levski
Defenders Tanko Dyakov Cherno More
Ivan Ivanov CSKA
Stanislav Manolev Litex
Zhivko Milanov Levski
Veselin Minev Levski
Youssef Rabeh Levski
Midfielders Alex Cherno More
Joãozinho Levski
Dani Kiki Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Aleksandar Tonev CSKA
Todor Yanchev CSKA
Kosta Yanev Sliven
Forwards Spas Delev Pirin
Georgi Ivanov Levski
Martin Kamburov Lokomotiv Sofia
Ivelin Popov Litex
Head coach Emil Velev Levski

See also

References

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