1984–85 A Group

A Group
Season	1984–85
Champions	Levski Sofia; (16th title)
Relegated	Minyor, Chernomorets
European Cup	Trakia Plovdiv
UEFA Cup	Lokomotiv Sofia; Pirin;
Matches played	240
Goals scored	744 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Plamen Getov; (26 goals)
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 A Group was the 37th 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 Levski Sofia won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	0–0	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia^{[lower-alpha 1]} (C)	30	18	4	2	6	66	37	+29	40
2	CSKA Sofia^{[lower-alpha 1]}	30	15	6	1	8	66	36	+30	36
3	Trakia Plovdiv	30	15	3	2	10	68	32	+36	33	Qualification for European Cup first round
4	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	13	7	1	9	45	41	+4	33	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	12	7	0	11	42	43	−1	31	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6	Botev Vratsa	30	13	3	0	14	48	42	+6	29
7	Slavia Sofia	30	14	1	1	14	49	48	+1	29
8	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	14	0	1	15	49	50	−1	28
9	Spartak Pleven	30	11	5	2	12	47	52	−5	27
10	Cherno More Varna	30	11	4	3	12	41	45	−4	26
11	Sliven	30	11	4	1	14	41	45	−4	26
12	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	11	4	1	14	41	51	−10	26
13	Dunav Ruse	30	10	6	1	13	39	51	−12	26
14	Spartak Varna	30	11	4	0	15	35	49	−14	26
15	Minyor Pernik (R)	30	11	3	2	14	32	65	−33	25	Relegation to 1985–86 B Group
16	Chernomorets Burgas (R)	30	8	5	0	17	35	57	−22	21	Relegation to 1985–86 B Group

Source: 1984-85 Football retro-football.bg
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Levski and CSKA are excluded from European competitions by Bulgarian Football Union for one season because a scandals during 1985 Bulgarian Cup Final.

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	BVR	CHM	CHB	CSK	DUN	ETA	LEV	LSO	MIN	PIR	SLA	SLI	SPL	SPV	TRA
Beroe Stara Zagora		0–2	3–0	4–0	0–3	2–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0
Botev Vratsa	2–1		2–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	8–1	1–2	4–1	2–0	4–3	1–1	0–2
Cherno More	5–0	1–0		2–1	1–2	3–4	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–1	4–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0
Chernomorets Burgas	1–0	1–0	1–1		0–2	3–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	5–1	3–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	0–1	1–0
CSKA Sofia	3–1	6–0	4–0	3–0		0–3	2–0	0–1	2–0	8–1	4–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	5–1	0–1
Dunav Ruse	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–4		1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–2	1–2	1–1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2–0	4–1	1–2	3–2	3–1	4–1		0–3	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	5–2	1–0	1–0
Levski Sofia	7–2	2–0	3–2	3–1	3–1	0–0	4–2		3–1	2–3	0–1	1–2	4–1	3–2	2–1	3–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	5–2	0–5		2–2	3–1	2–3	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–2
Minyor Pernik	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–3	0–4	2–1	0–0	0–1		1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–2
Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1		3–2	4–2	7–1	1–0	1–0
Slavia Sofia	1–2	3–2	3–1	4–1	2–2	4–1	2–1	2–4	1–2	2–0	2–0		2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Sliven	5–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–0		2–0	5–2	2–1
Spartak Pleven	3–1	2–0	5–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0		3–1	4–3
Spartak Varna	2–1	1–4	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–3	1–1	2–0	3–3	2–1	1–0	3–1		0–2
Trakia Plovdiv	4–1	1–3	5–1	8–0	3–1	4–0	4–1	2–2	0–0	8–0	1–0	5–1	4–2	1–1	3–0

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

Levski Sofia

Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Borislav Mihaylov	29	0(0)
Bulgaria Vlado Delchev	01	0(0)

Defenders
Bulgaria Antoni Zdravkov	13	0(0)
Bulgaria Nikolay Iliev	29	0(4)
Bulgaria Krasimir Koev	15	0(0)
Bulgaria Plamen Nikolov	22	0(1)
Bulgaria Veselin Balevski	10	0(0)
Bulgaria Stoil Georgiev	08	0(0)
Bulgaria Kalin Bankov	03	0(0)
Bulgaria Petar Petrov	29	0(5)

Midfielders
Bulgaria Emil Velev	23	0(3)
Bulgaria Krasimir Chavdarov	19	0(3)
Bulgaria Nikolay Todorov	12	0(1)
Bulgaria Plamen Tsvetkov	20	0(4)
Bulgaria Bozhidar Iskrenov	13	0(3)
Bulgaria Rusi Gochev	24	0(8)

Forwards
Bulgaria Emil Spasov	23	0(6)
Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov	19	(14)
Bulgaria Miroslav Baychev	14	0(2)
Bulgaria Mihail Valchev	23	(10)
Bulgaria Petar Kurdov	09	0(1)
Bulgaria Milko Galabov	01	0(0)
Bulgaria Myumyun Kashmer	07	0(1)

Manager
	Bulgaria Vasil Metodiev

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Bulgaria Plamen Getov	Spartak Pleven	26
2	Bulgaria Atanas Pashev	Trakia Plovdiv	17
3	Bulgaria Antim Pehlivanov	Trakia Plovdiv	16
3	Bulgaria Mitko Argirov	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	16
5	Bulgaria Nikola Spasov	Cherno More	15
6	Bulgaria Tenko Dobrev	Sliven	14
6	Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov	Levski Sofia	14
8	Bulgaria Zhivko Gospodinov	Spartak Varna	13
	Bulgaria Vercho Mitov	Minyor Pernik
	Bulgaria Plamen Markov	CSKA Sofia
	Bulgaria Emil Marinov	Botev Vratsa

References

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[table_note_LEV0.46717149087562-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Levski and CSKA are excluded from European competitions by Bulgarian Football Union for one season because a scandals during 1985 Bulgarian Cup Final.

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v t e Bulgarian football championship seasons
State Championship (National Football Division)	1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1941 1942 1943 1944
Republic Championship	1945 1946 1947 1948
A Group	1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
First League	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e 1984–85 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Cup of the Soviet Army (Final)
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Balkans Cup
Related to national team	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 4) Ivan Vutsov
List of transfers

v t e 1984–85 in European football (UEFA)
« 1983–84 1985–86 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '84 '85 England Faroe Islands '84 '85 Finland '84 '85 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '84 '85 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '84 '85 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '84 '85 Spain Sweden '84 '85 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '84 '85 Finland '84 '85 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '84 '85 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '84 '85 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '84 '84–'85 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup

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