The 1957 A Group was the ninth 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 12 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.[1]

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (C) 22 15 4 3 53 16 +37 34 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Lokomotiv Sofia 22 16 1 5 33 19 +14 33
3 Levski Sofia 22 12 6 4 46 21 +25 30
4 Spartak Pleven 22 8 8 6 28 28 0 24
5 Minyor Pernik 22 8 6 8 30 26 +4 22
6 Slavia Sofia 22 7 6 9 38 39 −1 20
7 Spartak Plovdiv 22 7 5 10 33 41 −8 19
8 Botev Plovdiv 22 6 7 9 22 33 −11 19
9 Cherno More Varna 22 5 8 9 19 24 −5 18
10 Spartak Varna 22 6 6 10 23 31 −8 18
11 Spartak Sofia (R) 22 4 8 10 22 35 −13 16 Relegation to 1958 B Group
12 Marek Dupnitsa (R) 22 2 7 13 20 54 −34 11
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BPD CHM CSK LEV LSO MAR MIN SLA SPL SPD SSF SPV
Botev Plovdiv 1–0 0–3 0–4 1–2 0–0 2–3 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–0
Cherno More 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0
CSKA Sofia 2–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 5–2 5–1 4–1
Levski Sofia 0–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 6–0 4–2 2–2 4–0 3–1 6–1 3–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 5–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–2
Marek Dupnitsa 2–3 1–0 2–6 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–4 2–2 4–0 0–0 0–1
Minyor Pernik 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 5–0 2–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1
Slavia Sofia 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–3 0–1 4–5 1–1 3–0
Spartak Pleven 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1
Spartak Plovdiv 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 5–0 3–1 2–0 3–3 3–2 1–1
Spartak Sofia 1–1 3–0 1–4 0–0 0–1 4–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Spartak Varna 3–1 3–0 1–4 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Georgi Naydenov 15 (0)
Bulgaria Hristo Andonov 7 (0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Georgi Tsvetkov 6 (0)
Bulgaria Kiril Rakarov 19 (1)
Bulgaria Georgi Enisheynov 6 (0)
Bulgaria Manol Manolov 22 (0)
Bulgaria Nikola Kovachev 19 (1)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Gavril Stoyanov 17 (2)
Bulgaria Stefan Bozhkov 20 (4)
Bulgaria Petar Aleksiev 6 (0)
Forwards
Bulgaria Krum Yanev 19 (6)
Bulgaria Dimitar Milanov 19 (13)
Bulgaria Pavel Vladimirov 7 (2)
Bulgaria Georgi Dimitrov 21 (10)
Bulgaria Ivan Kolev 13 (4)
Bulgaria Stefan Stefanov 3 (0)
Bulgaria Petar Mihaylov 8 (4)
Bulgaria Panayot Panayotov 18 (6)
Manager
Bulgaria Krum Milev

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Hristo Iliev Levski Sofia 14
2 Bulgaria Dimitar Yordanov Levski Sofia 13
Bulgaria Dimitar Milanov CSKA Sofia
4 Bulgaria Dobromir Tashkov Slavia Sofia 11
Bulgaria Spiro Debarski Lokomotiv Sofia
6 Bulgaria Stoyan Stamov Lokomotiv Sofia 10
Bulgaria Georgi Dimitrov CSKA Sofia
Bulgaria Dimo Pechenikov Levski Sofia
Bulgaria Todor Diev Spartak Plovdiv
Bulgaria Stoyan Zdravkov Spartak Pleven

References

  1. ^ "С 4-2-4 Врабчо изпреварва бразилците, но не и ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 6 October 2012.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_A_PFG
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