| Competition: | A Group |
| Season: | 2002–03 |
| Dates: | 9 August 2002 – 31 May 2003 |
| Winners: | CSKA Sofia (29th title) |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | CSKA |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
| League Topscorer: | Georgi Chilikov (22 goals) |
| Matches: | 182 |
| Total Goals: | 544 |
| Prevseason: | 2001–02 |
| Nextseason: | 2003–04 |
The 2002–03 A Group was the 55th season of the top Bulgarian national football league (commonly referred to as A Group) and the 79th edition of a Bulgarian national championship tournament.
It was contested by 14 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.[1] The Reds finished with 66 points in total, six points above archrivals Levski Sofia. CSKA Sofia qualified for the 2003-04 Champions League qualifying rounds, while Levski and third placed Litex Lovech qualified for the UEFA Cup for next season. Marek Dupnitsa qualified for the Intertoto Cup.
At the end of the season, Dobrudzha Dobrich and Rilski Sportist were relegated after just one season in the elite. Only two teams were relegated, because the league was expanded the following season from 14 to 16 teams.
Beroe, Belasitsa Petrich, and Spartak Pleven were relegated at the end of the last season. The relegated teams were replaced by three teams from B PFG. These teams were Botev Plovdiv, Dobrudzha Dobrich, and Rilski Sportist Samokov. Botev return after a one-year absence, Dobrudzha return after a two-year absence, while Rilski Sportist made their debut in the top tier of Bulgarian football.
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botev | Plovdiv | Hristo Botev | 22,000 | |
| Cherno More | Varna | Ticha | 12,000 | |
| Chernomorets | Burgas | Chernomorets | 22,000 | |
| CSKA | Sofia | Balgarska Armia | 22,015 | |
| Dobrudzha | Dobrich | Druzhba | 12,500 | |
| Levski | Sofia | Georgi Asparuhov | 29,986 | |
| Litex | Lovech | Lovech | 7,050 | |
| Lokomotiv | Plovdiv | Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) | 13,800 | |
| Lokomotiv | Sofia | Lokomotiv (Sofia) | 22,000 | |
| Marek | Dupnitsa | Bonchuk Stadium | 16,050 | |
| Naftex | Burgas | Lazur | 18,037 | |
| Rilski Sportist | Samokov | Iskar | 7,000 | |
| Slavia | Sofia | Ovcha Kupel | 18,000 | |
| Spartak | Varna | Spartak Stadium | 7,500 |
| Goalkeepers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | (0) | |
| 12 | 24 | (0) | |
| Defenders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 17 | (0) | |
| 3 | 10 | (0) | |
| 4 | 5 | (1) | |
| 6 | 16 | (1) | |
| 13 | 4 | (0) | |
| 25 | 24 | (1) | |
| 29 | 23 | (0) | |
| 30 | 10 | (1) | |
| Galin Ivanov* | 1 | (0) | |
| Midfielders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 23 | (3) | |
| 7 | 16 | (1) | |
| 10 | Metodi Deyanov* | 5 | (0) |
| 11 | 1 | (0) | |
| 14 | 24 | (3) | |
| 15 | 20 | (5) | |
| 17 | 1 | (0) | |
| 20 | 23 | (8) | |
| 23 | 24 | (14) | |
| 26 | 1 | (0) | |
| 27 | 4 | (0) | |
| Forwards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 24 | (13) | |
| 9 | 18 | (5) | |
| 18 | 4 | (0) | |
| 21 | 23 | (8) | |
| 24 | 2 | (0) | |
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgi Chilikov | 22 | |
| 2 | Martin Kushev | 17 | |
| 3 | Emil Gargorov | 14 | |
| 4 | Velizar Dimitrov | CSKA Sofia | 13 |
| 5 | Desislav Rusev | 11 | |
| Georgi Vladimirov | |||
| 7 | Velimir Ivanović | 9 | |
| Doncho Donev | |||
| Boyko Velichkov | |||
| Borislav Dimitrov | |||