1997–98 A Group Explained

Competition:A Group
Season:1997–98
Dates:2 August 1997 – 10 May 1998
Winners:Litex Lovech
(1st title)
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Litex
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:CSKA
League Topscorer: (17 goals each)
Matches:240
Total Goals:696
Prevseason:1996–97
Nextseason:1998–99

The 1997–98 A Group was the 50th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Litex Lovech won the championship.

League standings

Champions

Litex Lovech
Goalkeepers
28 (0)
2 (0)
Defenders
16 (2)
21 (1)
24 (1)
1 (0)
27 (0)
27 (3)
5 (0)
6 (0)
28 (0)
1 (0)
Midfielders
17 (1)
28 (6)
30 (8)
5 (0)
22 (6)
Ivaylo Petev* 12 (2)
16 (3)
Emil Tsanev* 2 (0)
Forwards
Stefan Yurukov* 14 (13)
Dimcho Belyakov* 14 (5)
15 (4)
19 (9)
5 (1)
15 (6)
8 (1)

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Anton Spasov17
Boncho GenchevCSKA Sofia
3 Stefan Yurukov13
Danilo Dončić
5 Stanimir Stoilov12
Valentin Stanchev
7 Ivaylo Andonov11
8 Aleksandar Aleksandrov10
Plamen Petrov
Georgi Ivanov
Iliya Voynov

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