1998–99 A Group
51st completed season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria
Football league season
- Metalurg
- Lokomotiv Plovdiv
- Septemvri
- Levski Sofia
- CSKA Sofia
(21 goals)
← 1997–98
1999–00 →
The 1998–99 A Group was the 51st 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 Litex Lovech won the championship.[1]
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Litex Lovech[a] (C) | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 83 | 25 | +58 | 73[b] | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 11 | +40 | 71[b] | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
3 | Levski Kyustendil | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 57[c] | |
4 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 55 | |
5 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 50[c] | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[d] |
6 | Neftochimic Burgas | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 49 | |
7 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 41 | |
8 | Minyor Pernik | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 40 | |
9 | Dobrudzha Dobrich | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 36 | |
10 | Metalurg Pernik (R) | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 35 | Relegation to 1999–2000 B Group[e] |
11 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 34 | |
12 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 34 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
13 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 32 | |
14 | Shumen | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 32 | |
15 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv (R) | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 73 | −47 | 17 | Relegation to 1999–2000 B Group |
16 | Septemvri Sofia (R) | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 34 | 73 | −39 | 17 |
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Litex (Lovech) have changed name to Lovech.
- ^ a b Litex and Levski three points deducted for winning fixed matches against Metalurg.
- ^ a b Levski (Kyustendil) and CSKA (Sofia) awarded no points following April 11 match abandoned at half-time.
- ^ CSKA Sofia won the 1998–99 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
- ^ Metalurg Pernik relegated by Bulgarian Football Union for match fixing.
Results
Home \ Away | BOT | CSK | DOB | LVK | LEV | LIT | LPL | LSO | MET | MIN | NEF | PIR | SEP | SHU | SLA | SPV |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Botev Plovdiv | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
CSKA Sofia | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
Dobrudzha Dobrich | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
Levski Kyustendil | 2–1 | –[a] | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
Levski Sofia | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
Litex Lovech | 2–0 | 8–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 8–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | |
Lokomotiv Sofia | 2–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | |
Metalurg Pernik | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
Minyor Pernik | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | |
Neftochimic Burgas | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | |
Pirin Blagoevgrad | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
Septemvri Sofia | 2–0 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
Shumen | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
Slavia Sofia | 2–0 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
Spartak Varna | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
- ^ Match Levski Kyustendil–CSKA Sofia was abandoned at half-time. No points were awarded to these two teams.
Champions
- Litex Lovech
Goalkeepers | |||
---|---|---|---|
01 | Vitomir Vutov | 19 | 0(0) |
12 | Stoyan Stavrev | 11 | 0(0) |
Defenders | |||
---|---|---|---|
03 | Zhivko Zhelev | 08 | 0(1) |
04 | Stefan Kolev | 26 | 0(0) |
05 | Dimitar Balabanov* | 01 | 0(0) |
13 | Nikolay Dimitrov | 22 | 0(0) |
16 | Dimitar Karadaliev | 16 | 0(1) |
17 | Zlatomir Zagorčić | 19 | 0(1) |
22 | Altin Haxhi | 24 | 0(6) |
25 | Radostin Kishishev | 26 | 0(1) |
Rosen Kirilov* | 11 | 0(1) |
Midfielders | |||
---|---|---|---|
02 | Laurențiu Reghecampf | 14 | 0(4) |
06 | Rosen Emilov | 15 | 0(0) |
07 | Mariyan Todorov | 21 | 0(2) |
08 | Stoycho Stoilov | 24 | 0(9) |
10 | Vasil Kirov | 16 | 0(1) |
15 | Dragoljub Simonović | 24 | 0(9) |
18 | Ivaylo Petev | 05 | 0(0) |
19 | Veselin Sarbakov* | 02 | 0(0) |
23 | Svetlan Kondev | 02 | 0(0) |
Georgi Bogdanov | 03 | 0(0) |
Forwards | |||
---|---|---|---|
09 | Stefan Yurukov | 19 | 0(7) |
11 | Dimcho Belyakov | 25 | (21) |
14 | Alban Bushi | 22 | (10) |
20 | Svetoslav Todorov | 12 | 0(2) |
21 | Veselin Ignatov* | 05 | 0(1) |
24 | Luis Carlos Mota | 11 | 0(1) |
Igor Bogdanović* | 09 | 0(5) | |
Metodi Stoynev* | 01 | 0(0) | |
Ivan Gemedzhiev | 02 | 0(0) |
Manager | |
---|---|
Ferario Spasov |
- Ignatov, Kirilov, Balabanov, Sarbakov, Bogdanović and Stoynev left the club during a season.
Top scorers
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dimcho Belyakov | Litex Lovech | 21 |
2 | Todor Pramatarov | Shumen | 17 |
3 | Hristo Marashliev | Levski Kyustendil | 16 |
4 | Georgi Georgiev | Minyor Pernik | 15 |
5 | Georgi Ivanov | Levski Sofia | 13 |
6 | Diyan Bozhilov | Dobrudzha Dobrich | 12 |
7 | Serge Yoffou | Dobrudzha Dobrich | 11 |
Dimitar Telkiyski | Botev Plovdiv | ||
Iliya Gruev | Neftochimic Burgas | ||
10 | Alban Bushi | Litex Lovech | 10 |
Genadi Simeonov | Metalurg Pernik | ||
Petar Mihtarski | Pirin Blagoevgrad | ||
Mihail Mihaylov | Levski Kyustendil | ||
Boyko Velichkov | Spartak Varna |
- Source:1998–99 Top Goalscorers
References
- ^ "Касета убива Металург, Литекс се измъква сух" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 10 August 2013.
External links
- Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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