1972–73 A Group

A Group
Season	1972–73
Champions	CSKA Sofia (17th title)
Relegated	Tundzha Volov
European Cup	CSKA
UEFA Cup	Lokomotiv Plovdiv Slavia
Matches played	304
Goals scored	848 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Petar Zhekov (29 goals)
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1972–1973 season.

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.^[1]

League standings

CSKA Sofia in 1973

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia	34	22	7	5	80	40	51	1973–74 European Cup first round
2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	34	18	7	9	62	38	43	1973–74 UEFA Cup first round
3	Slavia Sofia	33	16	11	6	55	33	43	1973–74 UEFA Cup first round
4	Levski Sofia	34	15	10	9	62	37	40
5	Akademik Sofia	34	15	8	11	61	43	38
6	Dunav Ruse*	34	14	9	11	42	41	37	Relegation to B Group
7	Lokomotiv Sofia	34	14	9	11	44	44	37
8	Botev Vratsa	34	13	7	14	48	55	33
9	Botev Plovdiv	34	12	8	14	44	44	32
10	Cherno More Varna	34	12	8	14	51	54	32
11	Spartak Pleven	33	13	5	15	46	51	31
12	Chernomorets Burgas*	34	12	7	15	35	44	31	Relegation to B Group
13	Beroe Stara Zagora	34	12	6	16	50	47	30	1973–74 Cup Winners' Cup first round
14	Minyor Pernik	34	8	14	12	35	54	30
15	Spartak Varna	33	10	9	14	34	49	29
16	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	34	7	14	13	37	49	28
17	Tundzha Yambol	33	9	7	17	37	55	25	Relegation to B Group
18	Volov Shumen	34	6	6	22	25	70	18	Relegation to B Group

*Following the end of the season, after allegations of match fixing and allocation of funds for briberies, Dunav and Chernomorets were relegated from the group, while the matches Slavia - Spartak Varna and Spartak Pleven - Tundzha were annulled.

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Stoyan Yordanov	22	0(0)
Yordan Filipov	12	0(0)
Drazho Stoyanov	04	0(0)

Defenders
Kiril Stankov	28	0(1)
Dimitar Penev	24	0(3)
Ivan Zafirov	31	0(1)
Todor Simov	14	0(1)
Boris Gaganelov	34	0(0)
Bozhil Kolev	34	0(6)

Midfielders
Borislav Sredkov	17	0(1)
Asparuh Nikodimov	32	0(2)
Plamen Yankov	27	0(4)
Georgi Denev	33	(12)
Tsvetan Atanasov	21	0(3)
Stoil Trankov	13	0(1)

Forwards
Petar Zhekov	31	(29)
Stefan Mihaylov	25	0(9)
Dimitar Marashliev	22	0(7)
Dimitar Yakimov	01	0(0)

Manager
	Manol Manolov

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Petar Zhekov	CSKA Sofia	29
2	Hristo Bonev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	28
3	Nikola Hristov	Dunav Ruse	23

References

↑ "Размахват голямата тояга в А група заради черни каси" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 26 January 2013.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1972–73 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

1972–73 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '72 '73 England Estonia '72 '73 Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Latvia '72 '73 Lithuania '72 '73 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden '72 '73 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales

League cups	England West Germany Scotland Switzerland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)

Other competitions	Intertoto Cup European Super Cup

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