| Competition: | A Group |
| Season: | 2001–02 |
| Dates: | 3 August 2001 – 30 May 2002 |
| Winners: | Levski Sofia (23rd title) |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Levski |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
| League Topscorer: | Vladimir Manchev (21 goals) |
| Matches: | 268 |
| Total Goals: | 681 |
| Prevseason: | 2000–01 |
| Nextseason: | 2002–03 |
The 2001–02 A Group was the 54th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.
Defending champions Levski Sofia won their third consecutive title, and 23rd title overall.
The format of the league was changed from last season, with the intention of making the league more competitive. This resulted in the league being divided into two groups after the regular season. The top 6 teams from the regular season would continue in the championship round, while the bottom 8 teams would play in the relegation round. It was contested by 14 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship.[1]
Fourteen teams competed in the league. The promoted teams from the 2000–01 B Group were Spartak Pleven (returning to the top flight after a three-year absence) and Marek Dupnitsa (returning after a nineteen-year absence). The league also included Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Belasitsa Petrich after mergers with Velbazhd Kyustendil and Hebar Pazardzhik respectively.
These teams replace Botev Plovdiv and Minyor Pernik, who were relegated at the end of the last season.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belasitsa | Petrich | Tsar Samuil | 9,500 | |
| Beroe | Beroe | 22,500 | ||
| Cherno More | Ticha | 8,250 | ||
| Chernomorets | Burgas | Chernomorets | 22,000 | |
| CSKA | Sofia | Balgarska Armia | 22,015 | |
| Levski | Sofia | Georgi Asparuhov | 29,200 | |
| Litex | Lovech | 7,050 | ||
| Lokomotiv | Plovdiv | 24,000 | ||
| Lokomotiv | Sofia | 22,000 | ||
| Marek | Bonchuk | 16,050 | ||
| Naftex | Lazur | 18,037 | ||
| Slavia | Sofia | Slavia | 32,000 | |
| Spartak | Pleven | 21,940 | ||
| Spartak | Varna | Spartak | 7,500 |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belasitsa | Mihail Valchev | Vitosha AD | ||
| Beroe | Venelin Sivriev | Vanyo Shishkov | Erima | |
| Cherno More | Aleksandar Stankov | Ventsislav Marinov | BURGELOF | St. Elias |
| Chernomorets | Ivan Tsvetanov | Kostadin Dzhambazov | ||
| CSKA Sofia |  Luigi Simoni | Georgi Antonov | Lotto | — |
| Levski Sofia | Slavoljub Muslin | Stanimir Stoilov | Diadora | Mobiltel |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Dimitar Dimitrov |  Asics | VAI Holding | |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | Emil Dimitrov | Adidas | Delta-G | |
| Litex | Ferario Spasov | Vitomir Vutov | Asics | Litex Commerce |
| Marek | Dimitar Aleksiev | Velizar Dimitrov |  Nike | |
| Naftex | Dimitar Stoychev | Stanimir Dimitrov | Puma | Petrol AD |
| Slavia Sofia | Žarko Olarević | Veselin Vachev | Adidas | Sofiyski Imoti |
| Spartak Pleven | Angel Stankov | Slavcho Pavlov | Asics | VIS-2 |
| Spartak Varna | Stefan Grozdanov | Valentin Stanchev | ||
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beroe | Mutual consent | 1 June 2001 | Pre-season | 21 June 2001[2] | ||
| Chernomorets | Mutual consent | 1 June 2001 | Pre-season | 22 June 2001[3] | ||
| Marek Dupnitsa | Mutual consent | 8 September 2001 | 12th | 10 September 2001[4] | ||
| Chernomorets | Sacked | 9 September 2001 | 14th | 12 September 2001[5] | ||
| Levski Sofia | Mutual consent | 10 September 2001[6] | 1st | Georgi Todorov (caretaker) | 10 September 2001 | |
| Slavia Sofia | Sacked | 25 September 2001 | 10th | 25 September 2001 | ||
| Lokomotiv Sofia | Sacked | 28 October 2001[7] | 9th | 28 October 2001 | ||
| CSKA Sofia | Sacked | 4 December 2001 | 3rd | 10 December 2001 | ||
| Marek Dupnitsa | Mutual consent | 2 January 2002 | 13th | 2 January 2002[8] | ||
| Levski Sofia | End of caretaker tenure | 3 January 2002 | 1st | 3 January 2002 | ||
| Beroe | Mutual consent | 4 January 2002 | 14th | 4 January 2002 | ||
| Levski Sofia | Sacked | 11 March 2002[9] | 1st | 17 March 2002[10] | ||
| Beroe | Sacked | 12 March 2002 | 14th | 17 March 2002 | ||
| Spartak Pleven | Mutual consent | 12 March 2002 | 7th | 18 March 2002 | ||
| Belasitsa | Sacked | 12 May 2002 | 12th | 13 May 2002[11] | ||
| Goalkeepers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | (0) | |
| 12 | 1 | (0) | |
| 27 | 9 | (0) | |
| Defenders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 15 | (0) | |
| 3 | 30 | (0) | |
| 5 | Georgi Markov* | 16 | (0) |
| 11 | 26 | (5) | |
| 13 | 19 | (1) | |
| 14 | 11 | (0) | |
| 20 | 28 | (5) | |
| 22 | 25 | (0) | |
| 23 | 24 | (5) | |
| 26 | 6 | (0) | |
| 28 | 1 | (0) | |
| Midfielders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 24 | (1) | |
| 6 | 21 | (3) | |
| 7 | 15 | (5) | |
| 15 | 6 | (3) | |
| 17 | 20 | (0) | |
| 18 | 11 | (0) | |
| 21 | 30 | (4) | |
| 25 | Yordan Terziev* | 4 | (0) |
| 30 | 3 | (0) | |
| Asen Nikolov* | 3 | (0) | |
 William Batista* | 1 | (0) | |
| Svetoslav Barkanichkov* | 2 | (0) | |
| Forwards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 18 | (8) | |
| 9 | 19 | (13) | |
| 10 | 4 | (3) | |
| 16 | 15 | (6) | |
| 19 | 27 | (10) | |
| 24 | 29 | (4) | |
| 29 | 1 | (0) | |
| Rogério Gaúcho* | 8 | (0) | |
| Todor Kolev* | 2 | (0) | |