1967–68 A Group

The 1967–68 A Group was the 20th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group

Season	1967–78
Champions	Levski Sofia (10th title)
Relegated	Sliven Maritsa
European Cup	Levski
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Slavia Botev Plovdiv
Matches played	240
Goals scored	760 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Petar Zhekov (31 goals)
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	30	18	9	3	61	29	+32	45	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	18	6	6	63	27	+36	42
3	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	18	4	8	65	40	+25	40
4	Spartak Sofia	30	16	6	8	49	38	+11	38
5	Slavia Sofia	30	13	8	9	49	41	+8	34	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
6	Trakia Plovdiv	30	10	10	10	52	49	+3	30
7	Minyor Pernik	30	11	6	13	39	59	−20	28
8	Botev Vratsa	30	11	5	14	55	40	+15	27
9	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	11	5	14	47	42	+5	27
10	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	12	3	15	56	57	−1	27
11	Cherno More Varna	30	10	6	14	43	43	0	26
12	Dobrudzha Dobrich	30	8	9	13	36	50	−14	25
13	Spartak Pleven	30	9	7	14	43	61	−18	25
14	Chernomorets Burgas	30	9	7	14	35	53	−18	25
15	Sliven (R)	30	9	6	15	38	57	−19	24	Relegation to 1968–69 B Group
16	Maritsa Plovdiv (R)	30	6	5	19	29	74	−45	17

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	BPD	BVR	CHM	CHB	CSK	DOB	LEV	LPL	LSO	MPL	MIN	SLA	SLI	SPL	SSF
Beroe Stara Zagora		1–2	3–1	3–2	4–1	4–3	2–3	1–1	2–0	3–0	6–2	6–1	1–0	3–0	6–4	0–0
Botev Plovdiv	3–0		1–0	1–1	4–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–3	3–3	5–1	1–1	5–0	1–2	3–3
Botev Vratsa	4–2	1–1		3–0	5–2	1–2	5–0	2–2	5–0	1–2	2–0	5–0	4–1	4–0	0–1	1–0
Cherno More	2–0	0–0	1–0		1–2	2–3	2–2	2–3	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	6–2	0–1
Chernomorets Burgas	0–4	1–0	1–0	1–0		2–4	3–0	2–3	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–0
CSKA Sofia	3–0	4–1	4–0	2–0	2–1		2–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	8–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	3–0	2–0
Dobrudzha Dobrich	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–1		2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–4	1–1	1–1
Levski Sofia	3–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0		1–1	0–1	5–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	5–0	2–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	6–0	1–2	0–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–3		4–1	0–2	1–1	2–3	5–2	3–1	2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–1	3–1	3–3	3–2	6–0	2–1	4–2	3–1	3–0		1–0	7–0	0–1	5–1	3–1	1–2
Maritsa Plovdiv	1–1	4–2	2–1	0–8	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–0		2–3	1–3	1–0	2–1	2–4
Minyor Pernik	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	3–1		2–0	2–1	3–0	0–1
Slavia Sofia	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–2		2–2	3–2	1–2
Sliven	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	4–2	1–1		1–0	1–2
Spartak Pleven	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	4–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–5	3–3		1–1
Spartak Sofia	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–3	1–2	4–0	2–1	3–2	3–2	2–1

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

Levski Sofia

Goalkeepers
Georgi Kamenski	06	0(0)
Biser Mihaylov	26	0(0)
Boris Aleksandrov	07	0(0)

Defenders
Ivan Zdravkov	24	0(2)
Kiril Ivkov	28	0(0)
Georgi Stoyanov	03	0(0)
Ivan Vutsov	30	0(0)
Stefan Aladzhov	17	0(1)
Stoichko Peshev	29	0(3)

Midfielders
Stefan Pavlov	04	0(1)
Georgi Georgiev	18	0(0)
Yanko Kirilov	25	0(6)
Tsvetan Veselinov	20	(11)
Aleksandar Manolov	16	0(0)
Stefan Abadzhiev	03	0(0)

Forwards
Georgi Sokolov	28	0(9)
Hristo Iliev	19	0(7)
Georgi Asparuhov	25	(14)
Hristo Dzhordzhilov	05	0(0)
Aleksandar Kostov	26	0(5)
Bogomil Manov	01	0(0)
Metodi Bonchev	03	0(1)

Manager
	Krastyo Chakarov

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Petar Zhekov	Beroe Stara Zagora	31
2	Nikola Kotkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	28
3	Georgi Kamenov	Botev Vratsa	21
4	Bozhidar Grigorov	Slavia Sofia	19
5	Mihail Gyonin	Spartak Sofia	16
	Iliya Dragomirov	Botev Vratsa
7	Dimitar Marashliev	CSKA Sofia	15
8	Georgi Asparuhov	Levski Sofia	14
	Georgi Manolov	Dobrudzha Dobrich
	Dinko Dermendzhiev	Trakia Plovdiv

References

External links

• Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• 1967–68 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com