1972–73 A Group

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1972–1973 season.

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.^[1]

CSKA Sofia in 1973

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia	34	22	7	5	80	40	51	1973–74 European Cup first round
2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	34	18	7	9	62	38	43	1973–74 UEFA Cup first round
3	Slavia Sofia	33	16	11	6	55	33	43	1973–74 UEFA Cup first round
4	Levski Sofia	34	15	10	9	62	37	40
5	Akademik Sofia	34	15	8	11	61	43	38
6	Dunav Ruse*	34	14	9	11	42	41	37	Relegation to B Group
7	Lokomotiv Sofia	34	14	9	11	44	44	37
8	Botev Vratsa	34	13	7	14	48	55	33
9	Botev Plovdiv	34	12	8	14	44	44	32
10	Cherno More Varna	34	12	8	14	51	54	32
11	Spartak Pleven	33	13	5	15	46	51	31
12	Chernomorets Burgas*	34	12	7	15	35	44	31	Relegation to B Group
13	Beroe Stara Zagora	34	12	6	16	50	47	30	1973–74 Cup Winners' Cup first round
14	Minyor Pernik	34	8	14	12	35	54	30
15	Spartak Varna	33	10	9	14	34	49	29
16	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	34	7	14	13	37	49	28
17	Tundzha Yambol	33	9	7	17	37	55	25	Relegation to B Group
18	Volov Shumen	34	6	6	22	25	70	18	Relegation to B Group

*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.

Manager
	Manol Manolov

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Petar Zhekov	CSKA Sofia	29
2	Hristo Bonev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	28
3	Nikola Hristov	Dunav Ruse	23

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Bulgarian football championship seasons
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Republic Championship	1945 1946 1947 1948
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First League	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19

1972–73 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '72 '73 England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden '72 '73 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales
League cups	England West Germany Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '72 '73 European Super Cup