The 1972–73 A Group was the 25th 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 18 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) 34 22 7 5 80 40 +40 51 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 34 18 7 9 62 38 +24 43 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Slavia Sofia 33 16 11 6 55 33 +22 43
4 Levski Sofia 34 15 10 9 62 37 +25 40
5 Akademik Sofia 34 15 8 11 61 43 +18 38
6 Dunav Ruse[a] (R) 34 14 9 11 42 41 +1 37 Relegation to 1973–74 B Group
7 Lokomotiv Sofia 34 14 9 11 44 44 0 37
8 Botev Vratsa 34 13 7 14 48 55 −7 33
9 Botev Plovdiv 34 12 8 14 44 44 0 32
10 Cherno More Varna 34 12 8 14 51 54 −3 32
11 Spartak Pleven 33 13 5 15 46 51 −5 31
12 Chernomorets Burgas[a] (R) 34 12 7 15 35 44 −9 31 Relegation to 1973–74 B Group
13 Beroe Stara Zagora 34 12 6 16 50 47 +3 30 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
14 Minyor Pernik 34 8 14 12 35 54 −19 30
15 Spartak Varna 33 10 9 14 34 49 −15 29
16 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 34 7 14 13 37 49 −12 28
17 Tundzha Yambol (R) 33 9 7 17 37 55 −18 25 Relegation to 1973–74 B Group
18 Volov Shumen (R) 34 6 6 22 25 70 −45 18
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Following the end of the season, after allegations of match fixing and allocation of funds for briberies, Dunav and Chernomorets were relegated from the group, while the matches Slavia - Spartak Varna and Spartak Pleven - Tundzha were annulled.

Results

Home \ Away AKD BSZ BPD BVR CHM CHB CSK DUN ETA LEV LPL LSO MIN SLA SPL SPV TUN VOL
Akademik Sofia 4–1 0–0 1–0 3–3 2–1 2–3 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 7–0 1–1 1–2 4–0 4–0 4–1 1–0
Beroe Stara Zagora 0–2 1–3 4–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 5–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 3–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–0
Botev Plovdiv 3–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–4 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 3–0
Botev Vratsa 4–1 3–1 5–2 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–1
Cherno More 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–3 2–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–1
Chernomorets Burgas 3–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0
CSKA Sofia 0–2 1–0 3–1 5–3 2–1 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 8–1 7–1
Dunav Ruse 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–0 0–0
Levski Sofia 1–2 4–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 3–1 1–2 4–1 5–2 2–1 5–0 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 5–1 3–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–0 1–0 0–1 5–1 1–1 3–3 0–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 5–1 4–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 3–2 1–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 5–1 4–0 3–3 3–1 2–0
Minyor Pernik 3–3 2–2 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 4–1
Slavia Sofia 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 4–1 5–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 5–0 1–0 –[a] 3–1 2–0
Spartak Pleven 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 3–3 1–4 6–3 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 –[a] 2–0
Spartak Varna 1–0 0–4 1–0 3–1 1–3 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 6–1
Tundzha Yambol 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0
Volov Shumen 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–6 1–2 3–1 0–4 1–3 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–3
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The matches Slavia Sofia – Spartak Varna and Spartak Pleven – Tundzha Yambol were annulled. The games were rated with a goalless defeat.

Champions

CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Stoyan Yordanov 22 (0)
Bulgaria Yordan Filipov 12 (0)
Bulgaria Drazho Stoyanov 4 (0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Kiril Stankov 28 (1)
Bulgaria Dimitar Penev 24 (3)
Bulgaria Ivan Zafirov 31 (1)
Bulgaria Todor Simov 14 (1)
Bulgaria Boris Gaganelov 34 (0)
Bulgaria Bozhil Kolev 34 (6)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Borislav Sredkov 17 (1)
Bulgaria Asparuh Nikodimov 32 (2)
Bulgaria Plamen Yankov 27 (4)
Bulgaria Georgi Denev 33 (12)
Bulgaria Tsvetan Atanasov 21 (3)
Bulgaria Stoil Trankov 13 (1)
Forwards
Bulgaria Petar Zhekov 31 (29)
Bulgaria Stefan Mihaylov 25 (9)
Bulgaria Dimitar Marashliev 22 (7)
Bulgaria Dimitar Yakimov 1 (0)
Manager
Bulgaria Manol Manolov
CSKA Sofia in 1973

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Petar Zhekov CSKA Sofia 29
2 Bulgaria Hristo Bonev Lokomotiv Plovdiv 28
3 Bulgaria Nikola Hristov Dunav Ruse 23
4 Bulgaria Atanas Mihaylov Lokomotiv Sofia 19
5 Bulgaria Georgi Kamenov Botev Vratsa 18
Bulgaria Petko Petkov Beroe
7 Bulgaria Bozhidar Grigorov Slavia Sofia 17
8 Bulgaria Georgi Tsvetkov Levski Sofia 16
Bulgaria Kiril Milanov Akademik Sofia
10 Bulgaria Mladen Vasilev Akademik Sofia 15

References

  1. ^ "Размахват голямата тояга в А група заради черни каси" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 26 January 2013. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_A_Group
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