1995–96 A Group

A Group
Season	1995–96
Dates	12 August 1995 – 11 May 1996
Champions	Slavia Sofia; (7th title)
Relegated	Shumen; Lovech; Spartak Plovdiv;
UEFA Cup	Slavia; Lokomotiv Sofia;
Matches played	240
Goals scored	592 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ivo Georgiev; (21 goals)
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 A Group was the 48th 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 Slavia Sofia won the championship.^[1] Lovech, renamed from Lex Lovech in the previous season, were relegated along with Spartak Plovdiv and Shumen.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slavia Sofia (C)	30	20	7	3	51	14	+37	67	Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2	Levski Sofia	30	19	5	6	49	22	+27	62	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	17	7	6	55	24	+31	58	Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
4	Neftochimic Burgas	30	17	6	7	58	31	+27	57
5	CSKA Sofia	30	16	8	6	49	26	+23	56	Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
6	Spartak Varna	30	13	2	15	47	52	−5	41	Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
7	Dobrudzha Dobrich	30	12	3	15	30	43	−13	39
8	Levski Kyustendil	30	10	7	13	27	37	−10	37
9	Montana	30	9	9	12	33	35	−2	36
10	Botev Plovdiv	30	10	6	14	33	38	−5	36
11	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	10	5	15	25	50	−25	35
12	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	9	6	15	21	37	−16	33
13	Rakovski Ruse	30	9	5	16	33	41	−8	32
14	Shumen (R)	30	9	5	16	28	44	−16	32	Relegation to 1996–97 B Group
15	Lovech (R)	30	7	9	14	29	40	−11	30
16	Spartak Plovdiv (R)	30	6	4	20	24	58	−34	22

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BOT	CSK	DOB	ETA	LVK	LEV	LPL	LSO	LOV	MON	NEF	RAK	SHU	SLA	SPP	SPV
Botev Plovdiv		0–4	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	5–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–3
CSKA Sofia	3–0		2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–5	4–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	4–2	1–0	3–1	4–0
Dobrudzha Dobrich	1–0	2–0		0–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–2
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	1–2	0–0	2–2		1–0	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–1
Levski Kyustendil	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–0		2–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0
Levski Sofia	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–0		4–0	0–1	4–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	4–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	0–1		1–0	2–1	0–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–4	1–0	2–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	0–2	4–0		3–1	3–0	3–1	4–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	5–0
Lovech	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0		1–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–0
Montana	3–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–0	3–2		0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–3
Neftochimic Burgas	2–0	2–2	5–1	3–0	3–0	5–1	4–0	1–1	5–2	1–0		3–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	5–2
Rakovski Ruse	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1		4–0	2–4	2–0	3–0
Shumen	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	2–0		0–1	3–1	2–0
Slavia Sofia	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–0		2–0	3–0
Spartak Plovdiv	2–4	2–4	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	4–2	1–3		0–1
Spartak Varna	2–1	1–3	2–3	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	0–2	8–1

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

Champions

Slavia Sofia

Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Zdravko Zdravkov	29	0(0)
Bulgaria Tsvetan Zdravkov	00	0(0)
Bulgaria Stoycho Dragov	02	0(0)

Defenders
Bulgaria Petar Tsvetanov	24	0(2)
Bulgaria Mihail Zahariev	10	0(0)
Bulgaria Vladimir Ivanov	28	0(3)
Bulgaria Stoyan Atsarov	30	0(1)
Bulgaria Kiril Kachamanov	28	0(1)
Bulgaria Mario Dafkov	08	0(1)
Bulgaria Stefan Kolev	28	0(0)
Bulgaria Dobromir Minchev	11	0(0)
Bulgaria Ivan Paskov*	01	0(0)

Midfielders
Bulgaria Marius Urukov	28	0(4)
Bulgaria Tsvetozar Dermendzhiev	07	0(0)
Bulgaria Kiril Metkov	04	0(0)
Bulgaria Diyan Angelov	13	0(1)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Ristić	13	0(0)
Bulgaria Danail Zhelyazkov	03	0(0)
Bulgaria Geno Dobrevski*	13	0(1)
Bulgaria Ivan Dobrevski	10	0(1)
Bulgaria Vladko Shalamanov*	13	0(9)
Bulgaria Anton Dimitrov	24	0(1)

Forwards
Bulgaria Nikolay Pramatarov	06	0(0)
Bulgaria Atanas Kirov	28	0(7)
Bulgaria Dimitar Totev	15	0(1)
Bulgaria Ivan Dimitrov	03	0(0)
Bulgaria Aleksandar Bonchev*	03	0(0)
Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov	20	(16)
Bulgaria Vanyo Shishkov*	06	0(0)

Manager
	Bulgaria Stoyan Kotsev

Paskov, G. Dobrevski, Shalamanov, Bonchev and Shishkov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Bulgaria Ivo Georgiev	Spartak Varna	21
2	Bulgaria Vesko Petkov	Neftochimic Burgas	18
3	Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov	Slavia Sofia	16
4	Bulgaria Simeon Chilibonov	Lokomotiv Sofia	12
5	Bulgaria Anatoli Tonov	Montana	11
5	Bulgaria Dimcho Belyakov	Lovech	11
7	Bulgaria Hristo Yovov	Levski Sofia	10
7	Bulgaria Marian Hristov	Levski Sofia	10
9	Bulgaria Vladko Shalamanov	Slavia Sofia	9
	Bulgaria Petar Mihtarski	CSKA Sofia
	Bulgaria Doncho Donev	Levski Sofia
	Bulgaria Petar Zhabov	CSKA Sofia
	Bulgaria Dimitar Totev	Slavia Sofia

Source:1995–96 Top Goalscorers

References

↑ "Златният дубъл през 1996 година" (in Bulgarian). pfcslavia.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

Bulgaria – List of final tables (RSSSF)

[1] "Златният дубъл през 1996 година" (in Bulgarian). pfcslavia.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[1]

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 1995–96 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 1996 (Qualification Group 7, Group B) Dimitar Penev
List of transfers

v t e 1995–96 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '95 '96 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '95 '96 Finland '95 '96 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '95 '96 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '95 '96 Latvia '95 '96 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '95 '96 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '95 '96 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '95 '96 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '95 '96 Finland '95 '96 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '95 '96 Israel Italy Latvia '95 '96 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '95 '96 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '95 '96 France Iceland Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
Supercups	England Germany
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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