1989–90 A Group Explained

Competition:Bulgarian A Group
Season:1989–90
Winners:CSKA Sofia
(26th title)
Continentalcup1:European Cup
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:CSKA Sofia
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Slavia Sofia
League Topscorer:Hristo Stoichkov
(38 goals)
Matches:240
Total Goals:662
Prevseason:1988–89
Nextseason:1990–91

The 1989–90 A Group was the 42nd season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The campaign was won by CSKA Sofia, nine points ahead of Slavia Sofia. Hebar Pazardzhik, Cherno More Varna and Botev Vratsa were relegated.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
align=center 18,000
align=center 35,000
8,000
align=center 18,000
align=center 26,000
align=center 22,000
12,000
15,000
align=center 12,000
40,000
18,000
align=center 14,000
13,000
50,000
60,000
Hristo Botev (Blagoevgrad)15,000
align=center 25,000
align=center 15,000
Hristo Botev (Plovdiv) 30,000
Hristo Botev (Vratsa)align=center 25,000

Personnel

TeamManagerCaptain
Beroe Petko Petkov Petko Tenev
Cherno More Nikola Kovachev Todor Marev
Chernomorets Ivan Vutov Lyubomir Sheytanov
CSKA Dimitar Penev Lyuboslav Penev
Dunav Simeon Simeonov Nikolay Boyanov
Etar Georgi Vasilev Nikolay Donev
Hebar Dimitar Milev Lazar Dimitrov
Levski Dobromir Zhechev Georgi Yordanov
Lokomotiv GO Kiril Rabchev Angel Minchev
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Mihail Georgiev Stefan Draganov
Lokomotiv Sofia Ventsislav Arsov Pavel Dochev
Pirin Boris Nikolov Valentin Dartilov
Slavia Ivan Vutsov Plamen Simeonov
Sliven Lyudmil Goranov Petar Ivanov
Trakia Dinko Dermendzhiev Petar Zehtinski
Vratsa Semko Goranov Ivan Radoslavov

League standings

Champions

CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
23 (0)
9 (0)
Defenders
28 (1)
18 (0)
28 (1)
27 (1)
28 (3)
Midfielders
26 (5)
27 (0)
15 (4)
22 (3)
26 (5)
3 (1)
7 (0)
Forwards
30 (38)
26 (6)
16 (4)
Lyuboslav Penev* 6 (12)
3 (0)

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Hristo Stoichkov38
2 Petar Mihtarski24
3 Gosho Petkov17
4 Yordan Lechkov16
5 Valentin Stanchev15
6 Antim Pehlivanov13
Nikolay Petrunov
8 Lyuboslav Penev12
9 Boncho Genchev11
Georgi Dimitrov
Yordan Bozdanski

References