1988–89 A Group Explained

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.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
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

Personnel

TeamManagerCaptain
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

League standings

Champions

CSKA Sofia
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)

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Hristo Stoichkov23
2 Lyuboslav Penev21
3 Vasil Dragolov18
4 Preslav Getov14
Nikolay Petrunov
6 Plamen Kazakov13
7 Emil Kostadinov12
Petar Aleksandrov
Rosen Krumov
10 Antim Pehlivanov11
Myumyun Kashmer

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Рекордни 4 купи за ЦСКА . bgfootball.com . Bulgarian . 7 June 2013 . 21 October 2019 . 18 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150318175443/http://bgfootball.com/new.php?id=27795&blog_id=&s_id=11 . dead .
  2. Web site: А група - Сезон 1988/89 . a-pfg.com . Bulgarian.