2007–08 A Group

A Group
Season 2007–08
Champions CSKA Sofia
(31st title)
Relegated Beroe
Vidima-Rakovski
Marek
Champions League Levski Sofia
UEFA Cup Lokomotiv Sofia
Litex
Cherno More
Intertoto Cup Chernomorets
Matches played 240
Goals scored 558 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer Georgi Hristov
(19 goals)
Biggest home win Cherno More 7–0 Vidima-Rakovski
Biggest away win Belasitsa 1–6 Chernomorets
Highest scoring Levski 6–2 Botev (8 goals)

The 2007–08 A Group was the 60th season of the Bulgarian A Football Group since its establishment in 1948 and the 84th of a Bulgarian national top football division. The season began on 11 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. CSKA Sofia won their 31st record league title.[1] Last time they scooped the title was in 2004–05 season. CSKA won the league without a single defeat, 16 points ahead of their archrival Levski Sofia.

Despite the convincing results during the season, CSKA failed to get a UEFA license to participate in the Champions League due to unpaid debts. The guilt for the disaster in the club was taken by their chairman Aleksandar Tomov.[2][3]

The league was contested by 16 teams, thirteen returning from the 2006-07 season and three promoted from the Bulgarian B Professional Football Group. The defending champion was Levski Sofia. Chernomorets Burgas and Pirin Blagoevgrad gained automatic promotion as winners of East and West B PFG. Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo gained promotion through the Promotion Play-Off beating Naftex Burgas 1–0 on 2 June 2007.

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Belasitsa Petrich Tsar Samuil Stadium 9,500
Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe Stadium 13,512
Botev Plovdiv Hristo Botev Stadium 22,000
Cherno More Varna Ticha Stadium 8,250
Chernomorets Burgas Lazur Stadium 18,037
CSKA Sofia Balgarska Armiya Stadium 22,015
Levski Sofia Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 29,200
Litex Lovech Lovech Stadium 7,050
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv 13,800
Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv Sofia 22,000
Marek Dupnitsa Bonchuk Stadium 16,050
Pirin Blagoevgrad Hristo Botev Stadium1 11,000
Slavia Sofia Ovcha Kupel Stadium 18,000
Spartak Varna Spartak Stadium 7,500
Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo Rakovski Stadium 8,816
Vihren Sandanski Sandanski Stadium 6,000

1^. Stadiums of Botev Plovdiv and Pirin Blagoevgrad have the same names, but they are placed in different cities.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (C) 30 24 6 0 53 11 +42 78 Excluded from European competitions 1
2 Levski Sofia 30 19 5 6 56 19 +37 62 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 16 9 5 47 28 +19 57 2008–09 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round 2
4 Litex Lovech 30 16 8 6 51 26 +25 56
5 Cherno More 30 13 9 8 39 28 +11 48 2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
6 Chernomorets Burgas 30 13 8 9 39 32 +7 47 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
7 Slavia Sofia 30 13 8 9 38 28 +10 47
8 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 13 7 10 33 29 +4 46
9 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 12 7 11 37 28 +9 43
10 Vihren 30 9 6 15 26 29 −3 33
11 Spartak Varna 30 8 7 15 21 34 −13 31
12 Botev Plovdiv 30 8 6 16 36 54 −18 30
13 Belasitsa Petrich 30 7 5 18 23 43 −20 26
14 Beroe (R) 30 6 8 16 23 39 −16 26 Relegation to 2008–09 B PFG
15 Vidima-Rakovski (R) 30 4 6 20 17 61 −44 18
16 Marek (R) 30 5 3 22 16 66 −50 18

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
1 CSKA failed to get a license for the competition due to unpaid debts
2 Litex qualify via 2007–08 Bulgarian Cup
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] BEL BSZ BOTCHMCHBCSKLEVLITLPLLSOMARPIRSLASPVVRAVIH
Belasitsa Petrich 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–6 1–3 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0
Beroe 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–3 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–0
Botev Plovdiv 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–2 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 5–0 1–0
Cherno More 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 7–0 1–0
Chernomorets Burgas 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–4 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
CSKA Sofia 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–0
Levski Sofia 4–0 1–0 6–2 4–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 4–2 4–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–0
Litex Lovech 2–0 1–1 6–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 6–1 2–1
Lokomotiv Sofia 1–0 3–0 2–2 4–3 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–2
Marek 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–4 1–4 1–3 0–4 0–3 2–1 1–4 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–3
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–3 4–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–0
Slavia Sofia 3–1 2–0 4–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 5–0 2–0 0–0
Spartak Varna 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1
Vidima-Rakovski 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–3 3–2 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1
Vihren 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1

Updated to games played on 17 May 2008.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
1Cameroon Daniel Bekono0(0)
12Bulgaria Ivaylo Petrov28(0)
22Bulgaria Ilko Pirgov2(0)
Defenders
2Serbia Nenad Nastić7(0)
3Bulgaria Aleksandar Tunchev26(3)
6Bulgaria Kiril Kotev18(0)
13Montenegro Nikola Vujadinović24(1)
14Bulgaria Valentin Iliev*14(1)
15Republic of Macedonia Robert Petrov0(0)
27Netherlands Quido Lanzaat8(0)
30Bulgaria Yordan Todorov26(1)
84Brazil Filipe Machado15(2)
Midfielders
5Bulgaria Todor Yanchev28(2)
10Bulgaria Georgi Iliev16(1)
11Bulgaria Emil Gargorov13(0)
16Bulgaria Ivaylo Dimitrov1(0)
17Cape Verde Zé Rui13(0)
18Romania Florentin Petre24(11)
20Bulgaria Yordan Yurukov8(1)
21Nigeria Chigozie Udoji23(1)
23Morocco Abderrahman Kabous*8(0)
24Bulgaria Aleksandar Tonev2(0)
28Bulgaria Marquinhos25(1)
Forwards
8Bulgaria Velizar Dimitrov24(4)
9Panama José Luis Garcés14(3)
19Bulgaria Evgeni Yordanov8(1)
99Brazil Nei29(14)
Nigeria Kevin Amuneke*10(2)
Bulgaria Georgi Chilikov*12(3)
Manager
Bulgaria Stoycho Mladenov
  • Iliev, Kabous, Amuneke and Chilikov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Georgi Hristov Botev Plovdiv
19
2 Brazil Nei CSKA Sofia
14
3 Bulgaria Marcho Dafchev Lokomotiv Sofia
13
Republic of Macedonia Zoran Baldovaliev Lokomotiv Sofia
5 Bulgaria Aleksandar Aleksandrov Cherno More Varna
12
6 Bulgaria Plamen Krumov Chernomorets Burgas
11
Romania Florentin Petre CSKA Sofia
Bulgaria Ivelin Popov Litex Lovech
9 Argentina Germán Pietrobon Pirin Blagoevgrad
10
10 Bulgaria Anatoli Todorov Lokomotiv Plovdiv
9
Bulgaria Miroslav Manolov Cherno More Varna
Bulgaria Ivan Naydenov Spartak Varna

References

  1. ↑ "Сезон 2007-08 „Лицензгейт" пука розовите балони на Сашо Томов" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 12 October 2013.
  2. ↑ CSKA without UEFA license, Tomov takes the guilt
  3. ↑ Part of Aleksandar Tomov's book: How they took the license of CSKA
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