| Competition: | Bulgarian A Group |
| Season: | 1988–89 |
| Winners: | CSKA Sofia (25th title) |
| Continentalcup1: | European Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | CSKA Sofia |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Levski Sofia |
| League Topscorer: | Hristo Stoichkov (23 goals) |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 642 |
| Prevseason: | 1987–88 |
| Nextseason: | 1989–90 |
The 1988–89 A Group was the 41st season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.[1] The campaign was won by CSKA Sofia, ten points ahead of Levski Sofia.[2] Spartak Varna and Minyor Pernik were relegated.
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 18,000 | |||
| align=center | 35,000 8,000 | |||
| align=center | 26,000 | |||
| align=center | 22,000 12,000 | |||
| 15,000 | ||||
| 40,000 18,000 | ||||
| align=center | 14,000 | |||
| 13,000 50,000 | ||||
| 60,000 | ||||
| align=center | 16,000 | |||
| Hristo Botev (Blagoevgrad) | 15,000 | |||
| align=center | 25,000 | |||
| align=center | 15,000 | |||
| align=center | 12,000 | |||
| Hristo Botev (Plovdiv) | 30,000 | |||
| Hristo Botev (Vratsa) | align=center | 25,000 | ||
| Team | Manager | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| Beroe | Petko Petkov | Petko Tenev |
| Cherno More | Bozhil Kolev | Todor Marev |
| CSKA | Dimitar Penev | Georgi Dimitrov |
| Dunav | Simeon Simeonov | Borislav Bogomilov |
| Etar | Georgi Vasilev | Emil Dimitrov |
| Levski | Vasil Metodiev | Petar Petrov |
| Lokomotiv GO | Todor Velev | Angel Minchev |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Stancho Bonchev | Ayan Sadakov |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | Atanas Mihaylov | Stoycho Stoev |
| Minyor | Evlogi Banchev | Rumen Andonov |
| Pirin | Boris Nikolov | Petar Tsvetkov |
| Slavia | Hristo Mladenov | Antonio Ananiev |
| Sliven | Lyudmil Goranov | Tenko Dobrev |
| Spartak Varna | Blagoy Kalfov | Zhivko Gospodinov |
| Trakia | Ivan Gluhchev | Dimitar Mladenov |
| Vratsa | Petar Kamenov | Emil Marinov |
| Goalkeepers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | (0) | ||
| 10 | (0) | ||
| Defenders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | (0) | ||
| 28 | (1) | ||
| 25 | (0) | ||
| 22 | (2) | ||
| 12 | (0) | ||
| 29 | (3) | ||
| Midfielders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | (4) | ||
| 21 | (1) | ||
| 26 | (4) | ||
| 24 | (3) | ||
| 14 | (3) | ||
| Forwards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | (23) | ||
| 29 | (12) | ||
| 12 | (1) | ||
| 22 | (21) | ||
| Plamen Getov* | 11 | (8) | |
| 3 | (0) | ||
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hristo Stoichkov | 23 | |
| 2 | Lyuboslav Penev | 21 | |
| 3 | Vasil Dragolov | 18 | |
| 4 | Preslav Getov | 14 | |
| Nikolay Petrunov | |||
| 6 | Plamen Kazakov | 13 | |
| 7 | Emil Kostadinov | 12 | |
| Petar Aleksandrov | |||
| Rosen Krumov | |||
| 10 | Antim Pehlivanov | 11 | |
| Myumyun Kashmer | |||