Competition: | A Group |
Season: | 2007–08 |
Dates: | 11 August 2007 – 17 May 2008 |
Winners: | CSKA Sofia (31st title) |
Relegated: | Beroe Vidima-Rakovski Marek |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Levski Sofia |
Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Lokomotiv Sofia Litex Cherno More |
Continentalcup3: | Intertoto Cup |
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Chernomorets |
League Topscorer: | Georgi Hristov (19 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | Cherno More 7–0 Vidima-Rakovski |
Biggest Away Win: | Belasitsa 1–6 Chernomorets |
Highest Scoring: | Levski 6–2 Botev (8 goals) |
Matches: | 240 |
Total Goals: | 558 |
Prevseason: | 2006–07 |
Nextseason: | 2008–09 |
The 2007–08 A Group was the 60th season of the Bulgarian A Football Group since its establishment in 1948 and the 84th of a Bulgarian national top football division. The season began on 11 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. CSKA Sofia won their 31st record league title.[1] Last time they scooped the title was in 2004–05 season. CSKA won the league without a single defeat, 16 points ahead of their archrival Levski Sofia.
Despite the convincing results during the season, CSKA failed to get a UEFA license to participate in the Champions League due to unpaid debts. The guilt for the disaster in the club was taken by their chairman Aleksandar Tomov.[2] [3]
At the end of the last season, Conegliano German, Rodopa Smolyan, and Rilski Sportist Samokov were relegated after finishing in the bottom three places of the 2006–07 season. Conegliano and Rilski Sportist survived only one season in the elite, while Rodopa ended a four-year stint in the A Group.
The relegated teams were replaced by three teams from the 2006–07 B Group, including the winners of the East and West B Groups, as well as the playoff winner decided between the runner-ups of the two B Groups. Chernomorets Burgas and Pirin Blagoevgrad were promoted directly, while Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo defeated Naftex Burgas to gain the last promotion spot. Chernomorets made its debut in the top tier of Bulgarian football, Pirin return after a one-year absence, while Vidima-Rakovski return after a two-year absence.
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Belasitsa | Petrich | Tsar Samuil Stadium | 9,500 |
Beroe | Stara Zagora | Beroe Stadium | 13,512 |
Botev | Plovdiv | Hristo Botev Stadium | 22,000 |
Cherno More | Varna | Ticha Stadium | 8,250 |
Chernomorets | Burgas | Lazur Stadium | 18,037 |
CSKA | Sofia | Balgarska Armiya Stadium | 22,015 |
Levski | Sofia | Georgi Asparuhov Stadium | 29,200 |
Litex | Lovech | Lovech Stadium | 7,050 |
Lokomotiv | Plovdiv | Lokomotiv | 13,800 |
Lokomotiv | Sofia | Lokomotiv Sofia | 22,000 |
Marek | Dupnitsa | Bonchuk Stadium | 16,050 |
Pirin | Blagoevgrad | Hristo Botev Stadium1 | 11,000 |
Slavia | Sofia | Ovcha Kupel Stadium | 18,000 |
Spartak | Varna | Spartak Stadium | 7,500 |
Vidima-Rakovski | Sevlievo | Rakovski Stadium | 8,816 |
Vihren | Sandanski | Sandanski Stadium | 6,000 |
Goalkeepers | |||
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1 | 0 | (0) | |
12 | 28 | (0) | |
22 | 2 | (0) | |
Defenders | |||
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2 | 7 | (0) | |
3 | 26 | (3) | |
6 | 18 | (0) | |
13 | 24 | (1) | |
14 | Valentin Iliev* | 14 | (1) |
15 | 0 | (0) | |
27 | 8 | (0) | |
30 | 26 | (1) | |
84 | 15 | (2) | |
Midfielders | |||
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5 | 28 | (2) | |
10 | 16 | (1) | |
11 | 13 | (0) | |
16 | 1 | (0) | |
17 | 13 | (0) | |
18 | 24 | (11) | |
20 | 8 | (1) | |
21 | 23 | (1) | |
23 | Abderrahman Kabous* | 8 | (0) |
24 | 2 | (0) | |
28 | 25 | (1) | |
Forwards | |||
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8 | 24 | (4) | |
9 | 14 | (3) | |
19 | 8 | (1) | |
99 | 29 | (14) | |
Kevin Amuneke* | 10 | (2) | |
Georgi Chilikov* | 12 | (3) | |
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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1 | Georgi Hristov | Botev Plovdiv | |
2 | Nei | CSKA Sofia | |
3 | Marcho Dafchev | Lokomotiv Sofia | |
Zoran Baldovaliev | Lokomotiv Sofia | ||
5 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Cherno More Varna | |
6 | Plamen Krumov | Chernomorets Burgas | |
Florentin Petre | CSKA Sofia | ||
Ivelin Popov | Litex Lovech | ||
9 | Germán Pietrobon | Pirin Blagoevgrad | |
10 | Anatoli Todorov | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | |
Miroslav Manolov | Cherno More Varna | ||
Ivan Naydenov | Spartak Varna |