2007–08 A Group

A Group
Season 2007–08
Champions CSKA Sofia
(31st title)
Relegated Beroe
Vidima-Rakovski
Marek
Champions League Levski Sofia
UEFA Cup Lokomotiv Sofia
Litex
Cherno More
Intertoto Cup Chernomorets
Matches played 240
Goals scored 558 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer Georgi Hristov
(19 goals)
Biggest home win Cherno More 7–0 Vidima-Rakovski
Biggest away win Belasitsa 1–6 Chernomorets
Highest scoring Levski 6–2 Botev (8 goals)

The 2007–08 A Group was the 60th season of the Bulgarian A Football Group since its establishment in 1948 and the 84th of a Bulgarian national top football division. The season began on 11 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. CSKA Sofia won their 31st record league title.[1] Last time they scooped the title was in 2004–05 season. CSKA managed to win the league without a single defeat, 16 points ahead of their arch rival Levski Sofia.

Despite the convincing results during the season, CSKA failed to get a UEFA license to participate in the Champions League due to unpaid debts. The guilt for the disaster in the club was taken by their chairman Aleksandar Tomov.[2][3]

The league was contested by 16 teams, thirteen returning from the 2006-07 season and three promoted from the Bulgarian B Professional Football Group. The defending champion was Levski Sofia. Chernomorets Burgas and Pirin Blagoevgrad gained automatic promotion as winners of East and West B PFG. Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo gained promotion through the Promotion Play-Off beating Naftex Burgas 1–0 on 2 June 2007.

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Belasitsa Petrich Tsar Samuil Stadium 9,500
Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe Stadium 13,512
Botev Plovdiv Hristo Botev Stadium 22,000
Cherno More Varna Ticha Stadium 8,250
Chernomorets Burgas Lazur Stadium 18,037
CSKA Sofia Balgarska Armiya Stadium 22,015
Levski Sofia Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 29,200
Litex Lovech Lovech Stadium 7,050
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv 13,800
Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv Sofia 22,000
Marek Dupnitsa Bonchuk Stadium 16,050
Pirin Blagoevgrad Hristo Botev Stadium1 11,000
Slavia Sofia Ovcha Kupel Stadium 18,000
Spartak Varna Spartak Stadium 7,500
Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo Rakovski Stadium 8,816
Vihren Sandanski Sandanski Stadium 6,000

1^. Stadiums of Botev Plovdiv and Pirin Blagoevgrad have the same names, but they are placed in different cities.

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (C) 30 24 6 0 53 11+42 78 Excluded from European competitions 1
2 Levski Sofia 30 19 5 6 56 19+37 62 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 16 9 5 47 28+19 57 2008–09 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round 2
4 Litex Lovech 30 16 8 6 51 26+25 56
5 Cherno More Varna 30 13 9 8 39 28+11 48 2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
6 Chernomorets Burgas 30 13 8 9 39 32+7 47 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
7 Slavia Sofia 30 13 8 9 38 28+10 47
8 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 13 7 10 33 29+4 46
9 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 12 7 11 37 28+9 43
10 Vihren Sandanski 30 9 6 15 26 293 33
11 Spartak Varna 30 8 7 15 21 3413 31
12 Botev Plovdiv 30 8 6 16 36 5418 30
13 Belasitsa Petrich 30 7 5 18 23 4320 26
14 Beroe Stara Zagora (R) 30 6 8 16 23 3916 26 Relegation to 2008–09 B PFG
15 Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo (R) 30 4 6 20 17 6144 18
16 Marek Dupnitsa (R) 30 5 3 22 16 6650 18

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
1 CSKA failed to get a license for the competition due to unpaid debts
2 Litex qualify via 2007–08 Bulgarian Cup
(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 BSZ BOTCHMCHBCSKLEVLITLPLLSOMARPIRSLASPVVRAVIH
Belasitsa Petrich 31 31 11 16 13 00 12 00 01 10 01 12 21 10 10
Beroe Stara Zagora 21 31 00 21 01 01 22 00 13 11 22 22 00 20 20
Botev Plovdiv 20 10 11 00 13 03 12 12 22 40 00 30 20 50 10
Cherno More Varna 11 10 20 21 02 01 21 21 11 00 10 10 00 70 10
Chernomorets Burgas 00 20 31 01 11 21 20 10 11 10 14 20 10 10 10
CSKA Sofia 20 10 20 10 30 11 00 20 31 40 30 20 32 31 10
Levski Sofia 40 10 62 40 21 01 01 31 01 42 40 21 30 30 10
Litex Lovech 20 11 60 11 21 11 21 31 11 40 10 11 10 41 20
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 10 20 40 21 11 01 10 10 12 00 00 11 10 61 21
Lokomotiv Sofia 10 30 22 43 40 00 00 12 21 20 03 12 10 20 32
Marek Dupnitsa 03 01 10 14 14 13 04 03 21 14 02 10 10 21 03
Pirin Blagoevgrad 21 10 10 10 10 01 11 13 11 13 40 10 12 31 00
Slavia Sofia 31 20 42 31 11 01 00 10 10 00 21 10 50 20 00
Spartak Varna 10 10 22 01 11 02 12 00 21 01 20 20 21 00 01
Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo 10 31 01 03 11 00 13 32 03 00 10 01 02 11 01
Vihren Sandanski 20 20 20 11 12 12 01 21 02 10 31 11 11 01 11

Updated to games played on 17 May 2008.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
1Cameroon Daniel Bekono 0 (0)
12Bulgaria Ivaylo Petrov 28 (0)
22Bulgaria Ilko Pirgov 2 (0)
Defenders
2Serbia Nenad Nastić 7 (0)
3Bulgaria Aleksandar Tunchev 26 (3)
6Bulgaria Kiril Kotev 18 (0)
13Montenegro Nikola Vujadinović 24 (1)
14Bulgaria Valentin Iliev* 14 (1)
15Republic of Macedonia Robert Petrov 0 (0)
27Netherlands Quido Lanzaat 8 (0)
30Bulgaria Yordan Todorov 26 (1)
84Brazil Filipe Machado 15 (2)
Midfielders
5Bulgaria Todor Yanchev 28 (2)
10Bulgaria Georgi Iliev 16 (1)
11Bulgaria Emil Gargorov 13 (0)
16Bulgaria Ivaylo Dimitrov 1 (0)
17Cape Verde Zé Rui 13 (0)
18Romania Florentin Petre 24 (11)
20Bulgaria Yordan Yurukov 8 (1)
21Nigeria Chigozie Udoji 23 (1)
23Morocco Abderrahman Kabous* 8 (0)
24Bulgaria Aleksandar Tonev 2 (0)
28Bulgaria Marquinhos 25 (1)
Forwards
8Bulgaria Velizar Dimitrov 24 (4)
9Panama José Luis Garcés 14 (3)
19Bulgaria Evgeni Yordanov 8 (1)
99Brazil Nei 29 (14)
Nigeria Kevin Amuneke* 10 (2)
Bulgaria Georgi Chilikov* 12 (3)
Manager
Bulgaria Stoycho Mladenov

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Georgi Hristov Botev Plovdiv
19
2 Brazil Nei CSKA Sofia
14
3 Bulgaria Marcho Dafchev Lokomotiv Sofia
13
Republic of Macedonia Zoran Baldovaliev Lokomotiv Sofia
5 Bulgaria Aleksandar Aleksandrov Cherno More Varna
12
6 Bulgaria Plamen Krumov Chernomorets Burgas
11
Romania Florentin Petre CSKA Sofia
Bulgaria Ivelin Popov Litex Lovech
9 Argentina Germán Pietrobon Pirin Blagoevgrad
10
10 Bulgaria Anatoli Todorov Lokomotiv Plovdiv
9
Bulgaria Miroslav Manolov Cherno More Varna
Bulgaria Ivan Naydenov Spartak Varna

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