1988–89 A Group

The 1988–89 season was the 41st completed season of the Bulgarian A Group.[1] The campaign was won by CSKA Sofia, ten points ahead of Levski Sofia.[2] Spartak Varna and Minyor Pernik were relegated.

Bulgarian A Group
Season1988–89
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(25th title)
Relegated
European CupCSKA Sofia
UEFA CupLevski Sofia
Matches played240
Goals scored642 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerHristo Stoichkov
(23 goals)

Teams

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the 1988–89 Bulgarian A Group teams
Sofia 1988–89 A Group football clubs
Team City Stadium Capacity
BeroeStara ZagoraBeroe18,000
Cherno MoreVarnaYuri Gagarin
Ticha		35,000
8,000
CSKASofiaNarodna Armia26,000
DunavRuseGradski
Dunav		22,000
12,000
EtarVeliko TarnovoIvaylo15,000
LevskiSofiaLevski
Rakovski		40,000
18,000
LokomotivGorna OryahovitsaDimitar Dyulgerov14,000
LokomotivPlovdivLokomotiv
Deveti Septemvri		13,000
50,000
LokomotivSofiaVasil Levski National Stadium60,000
MinyorPernikMinyor16,000
PirinBlagoevgradHristo Botev (Blagoevgrad)15,000
SlaviaSofiaSlavia25,000
SlivenSlivenHadzhi Dimitar15,000
SpartakVarnaSpartak12,000
TrakiaPlovdivHristo Botev (Plovdiv)30,000
VratsaVratsaHristo Botev (Vratsa)25,000

Personnel
Team Manager Captain
Beroe Petko Petkov Petko Tenev
Cherno More Bozhil Kolev Todor Marev
CSKA Dimitar Penev Georgi Dimitrov
Dunav Simeon Simeonov Borislav Bogomilov
Etar Georgi Vasilev Emil Dimitrov
Levski Vasil Metodiev Petar Petrov
Lokomotiv GO Todor Velev Angel Minchev
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Stancho Bonchev Ayan Sadakov
Lokomotiv Sofia Atanas Mihaylov Stoycho Stoev
Minyor Evlogi Banchev Rumen Andonov
Pirin Boris Nikolov Petar Tsvetkov
Slavia Hristo Mladenov Antonio Ananiev
Sliven Lyudmil Goranov Tenko Dobrev
Spartak Varna Blagoy Kalfov Zhivko Gospodinov
Trakia Ivan Gluhchev Dimitar Mladenov
Vratsa Petar Kamenov Emil Marinov

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (C) 30 20 9 1 86 24 +62 49[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Levski Sofia 30 17 5 8 63 38 +25 39 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 30 13 8 9 48 30 +18 34 Qualification for Intertoto Cup
4 Trakia Plovdiv 30 12 9 9 49 36 +13 33
5 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 13 7 10 41 46 −5 33
6 Dunav Ruse 30 12 7 11 29 32 −3 31
7 Cherno More Varna 30 10 10 10 33 43 −10 30
8 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 12 4 14 36 34 +2 28
9 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 12 3 15 34 33 +1 27
10 Sliven 30 11 5 14 38 39 −1 27
11 Slavia Sofia 30 8 10 12 32 36 −4 26
12 Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 30 11 4 15 26 45 −19 26
13 Vratsa 30 9 8 13 32 53 −21 26
14 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 10 6 14 31 55 −24 26
15 Spartak Varna (R) 30 7 9 14 37 54 −17 23 Relegation to 1989–90 B Group and
Qualification for Intertoto Cup
16 Minyor Pernik (R) 30 8 6 16 27 44 −17 22 Relegation to 1989–90 B Group
Source: RSSSF - Bulgaria Championship History 1924-2009
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored; 7th head-to-head away goals scored;
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. The champion CSKA Sofia also won the Bulgarian Cup and the losing finalists of B Group side Chernomorets Burgas were handed the 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup Preliminary round spot.

Results
Home \ Away BSZ CHM CSK DUN ETA LEV LGO LPL LSO MIN PIR SLA SLI SPV TRA VRA
Beroe Stara Zagora 3–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 3–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–3
Cherno More 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 6–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
CSKA Sofia 4–2 6–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 7–1 7–0 4–2 6–0 2–0 4–1 7–1 4–0 1–1 5–1
Dunav Ruse 0–0 2–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 4–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 4–2 4–1 0–0
Levski Sofia 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 4–3 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–2 2–0 5–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 6–0
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 1–2 1–0 0–3 0–1 0–4 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 3–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–4 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 2–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–1
Minyor Pernik 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 4–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–4 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 1–2
Slavia Sofia 5–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–1
Sliven 3–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 5–1 2–0 3–0
Spartak Varna 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–3 2–2 2–2
Trakia Plovdiv 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 4–2 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–3 4–2 4–0
Vratsa 0–0 4–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–4 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions
CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
Iliya Valov230(0)
Rumen Apostolov100(0)
Defenders
Nedyalko Mladenov220(0)
Stefan Bachev280(1)
Krasimir Bezinski250(0)
Georgi Dimitrov220(2)
Kiril Kachamanov120(0)
Trifon Ivanov290(3)
Midfielders
Georgi Georgiev240(4)
Kostadin Yanchev210(1)
Ivaylo Kirov260(4)
Petar Vitanov240(3)
Lachezar Tanev140(3)
Forwards
Hristo Stoichkov26(23)
Emil Kostadinov29(12)
Doncho Donev120(1)
Lyuboslav Penev22(21)
Plamen Getov*110(8)
Rumen Stoyanov030(0)
Manager
Dimitar Penev
  • Getov left the club during a season.

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Hristo Stoichkov CSKA Sofia 23
2 Lyuboslav Penev CSKA Sofia 21
3 Vasil Dragolov Levski Sofia 18
4 Preslav Getov Etar Veliko Tarnovo 14
Nikolay Petrunov Pirin Blagoevgrad
6 Plamen Kazakov Spartak Varna 13
7 Emil Kostadinov CSKA Sofia 12
Petar Aleksandrov Slavia Sofia
Rosen Krumov Levski Sofia
10 Antim Pehlivanov Botev Plovdiv 11
Myumyun Kashmer Beroe Stara Zagora

References
  1. "Рекордни 4 купи за ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). bgfootball.com. 7 June 2013. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. "А група - Сезон 1988/89" (in Bulgarian). a-pfg.com.
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