2004–05 A Group Explained

Competition:A Group
Season:2004–05
Dates:6 August 2004 – 28 May 2005
Winners:CSKA Sofia
(30th title)
Relegated:Vidima-Rakovski
Nesebar
Spartak Varna
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:CSKA Sofia
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Levski Sofia
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Litex Lovech
League Topscorer:Martin Kamburov
(27 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Levski 8–1 Belasitsa
Biggest Away Win:Spartak 0–7 Levski
Highest Scoring:Levski 8–1 Belasitsa (9 goals)
Matches:240
Total Goals:638
Prevseason:2003–04
Nextseason:2005–06

The 2004–05 A Group was the 57th season of the top Bulgarian national football league (commonly referred to as A Group) and the 81st edition of a Bulgarian national championship tournament.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.[1]

Teams

Promotion and Relegation

The league was contested by 16 teams, 13 returning from the previous season, as well as three teams promoted from the B Group. The promoted teams are Beroe Stara Zagora, Pirin Blagoevgrad, and Nesebar. Beroe return after a two-year absence, Pirin return after a four-year absence, while Nesebar made their debut in the top level of Bulgarian football.

Stadiums and Locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
BelasitsaTsar Samuil12,000
BeroeBeroe12,500
Cherno MoreTicha8,250
CSKASofiaBalgarska Armia22,015
LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov29,200
LitexLovech7,050
LokomotivPlovdiv20,000
LokomotivSofia17,500
MarekBonchuk12,500
NaftexLazur18,037
NesebarNesebar5,500
PirinBlagoevgradHristo Botev15,000
RodopaSmolyanSeptemvri6,000
SlaviaSofiaSlavia32,000
SpartakVarnaSpartak7,500
Vidima-RakovskiSevlievoRakovski6,000

League table

Champions

CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
111 (0)
120 (0)
3119 (0)
Defenders
229 (6)
313 (0)
4 Marcos Charras* 6 (1)
118 (0)
1311 (0)
1418 (4)
251 (0)
2715 (0)
2923 (1)
3028 (5)
Midfielders
526 (1)
729 (22)
1028 (5)
1515 (0)
1711 (0)
2010 (0)
2322 (9)
262 (0)
Mansour Ayanda* 8 (0)
Forwards
810 (4)
93 (0)
1810 (1)
1923 (10)
21 Stoyko Sakaliev* 13 (5)
31 Miroslav Manolov* 1 (0)

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Martin Kamburov27
2 Hristo Yanev22
3 Vladislav Zlatinov14
4 Tsvetan GenkovLokomotiv Sofia12
5 Emil Angelov11
Eugen Trică
Blagoy Georgiev
Dimitar Telkiyski
Plamen Timnev
10 Masena Moke10
Daniel Borimirov
Evgeni Yordanov

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: (2004-2005) ЦСКА слага 3 звезди след шпагати на Топчо. temasport.com. 21 September 2013. Bulgarian. 5 February 2016. 3 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181003100348/http://temasport.com/news/view/%282004-2005%29+%D0%A6%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%90+%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0+3+%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B8+%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4+%D1%88%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%87%D0%BE/news%3A24536. dead.