The 2009–10 A Group was the 86th season of the Bulgarian national top football division, and the 62nd of A Group as the top tier football league in the country. It began on 7 August 2009 with the game between Beroe and Lokomotiv Sofia. The last round took place on 16 May 2010. Levski Sofia were the defending champions, but they were unable to defend it and Litex Lovech won the title, which was their third overall.
Belasitsa Petrich, Spartak Varna and Vihren Sandanski were directly relegated for finishing in the bottom three places. Belasitsa ended a six-year stint in the Bulgarian top flight, while Spartak Varna were relegated for a record ninth time since the introduction of the A PFG, after three years. Vihren ended their four-year tenure in the A PFG, the club's first ever in the top division.
The relegated teams were replaced by Montana, champions of the West B PFG 2008-2009, and Beroe Stara Zagora, champions of the East B PFG 2008-2009. Montana returned to the A PFG after twelve years, while Beroe returned after a one-year absence. Beroe won promotion for the ninth time in its history, therefore equaling the record previously set by Minyor Pernik.
A further place in the league was decided through a one-legged play-off. Sportist Svoge as runner-up in West B PFG had to face Naftex Burgas, who came second in East B PFG. Sportist Svoge won the game 4–2 after a penalty shootout, following a regular time score of 2–2. This was Sportist's first participation in the Bulgarian top flight.
^Botev Plovdiv were expelled from the league during the winter break because they were unable to meet the criteria required to continue the season, and deducted six points for administrative irregularities. All of their remaining matches have been scratched and will be counted as a 3–0 win for their opponents.[10][11]
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Notes:
^ abcdefghijklmnoMatches awarded after Botev's expulsion during the winter break.
^This match was abandoned after 66 minutes, with Lokomotiv Mezdra leading 1–0, due to a pitch invasion by CSKA supporters. The match was awarded a 4–0 win in favour of Lokomotiv Mezdra; CSKA Sofia were fined $10,370 and their stadium was suspended for three games.[12]
^The capacity of the stadium was reduced to 8,000 spectators Accessed on 13 August 2009
^The capacity of the stadium was expanded to 3,500 spectators 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Accessed on 7 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
^БФС: Ботев не изпълни нито едно условие, сами се досещате накъде отиват нещата 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine(in Bulgarian)
^Изхвърлиха официално Ботев Пловдив от "А" група 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine(in Bulgarian)
^"CSKA Sofia handed 4-0 loss for pitch invasion". Reuters. 23 March 2010. from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
External linksedit
2009–10 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com
January 01, 1970
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The 2009 10 A Group was the 86th season of the Bulgarian national top football division and the 62nd of A Group as the top tier football league in the country It began on 7 August 2009 with the game between Beroe and Lokomotiv Sofia The last round took place on 16 May 2010 Levski Sofia were the defending champions but they were unable to defend it and Litex Lovech won the title which was their third overall A GroupSeason2009 10Dates7 August 2009 16 May 2010ChampionsLitex Lovech 3rd title RelegatedBotev PlovdivSportist SvogeLoko MezdraChampions LeagueLitex LovechEuropa LeagueCSKA SofiaLevski SofiaBeroe via domestic cup Matches played191Goals scored462 2 42 per match Top goalscorerWilfried Niflore 19 goals Biggest home winLevski 5 0 Botev Litex 5 0 Loko P Levski 5 0 SportistBiggest away winLoko M 0 5 Litex Loko P 0 5 CSKA Loko M 0 5 Ch moretsHighest scoringMinyor 4 2 Sliven Ch More 4 2 Loko S Loko P 3 3 Minyor Sportist 1 5 Loko S Sliven 2 4 CSKA Loko P 2 4 Montana CSKA 5 1 Loko S Sportist 2 4 Litex 2008 092010 11 Contents 1 Promotion and relegation from 2008 09 2 Team overview 3 League table 4 Results 5 Champions 6 Statistics 6 1 Top goalscorers 6 2 Top assistants 7 Transfers 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksPromotion and relegation from 2008 09 editBelasitsa Petrich Spartak Varna and Vihren Sandanski were directly relegated for finishing in the bottom three places Belasitsa ended a six year stint in the Bulgarian top flight while Spartak Varna were relegated for a record ninth time since the introduction of the A PFG after three years Vihren ended their four year tenure in the A PFG the club s first ever in the top division The relegated teams were replaced by Montana champions of the West B PFG 2008 2009 and Beroe Stara Zagora champions of the East B PFG 2008 2009 Montana returned to the A PFG after twelve years while Beroe returned after a one year absence Beroe won promotion for the ninth time in its history therefore equaling the record previously set by Minyor Pernik A further place in the league was decided through a one legged play off Sportist Svoge as runner up in West B PFG had to face Naftex Burgas who came second in East B PFG Sportist Svoge won the game 4 2 after a penalty shootout following a regular time score of 2 2 This was Sportist s first participation in the Bulgarian top flight Team overview edit nbsp nbsp Sofia nbsp BotevLoko Plovdiv nbsp Beroe nbsp Cherno More nbsp Chernomorets nbsp Litex nbsp Lok Mezdra nbsp Minyor nbsp Montana nbsp Pirin nbsp Sliven nbsp Sportistclass notpageimage Location of teams in 2009 10 A Group nbsp nbsp CSKA nbsp Levski nbsp Lokomotiv nbsp Slaviaclass notpageimage Sofia 2009 10 A Group football clubs Club Location Manager Stadium Capacity Team captain Beroe Stara Zagora nbsp Ilian Iliev Beroe 17 800 1 nbsp Slavi Zhekov Botev Plovdiv nbsp Enrico Piccioni Hristo Botev Plovdiv 21 000 2 nbsp Vasil Vasilev Cherno More Varna nbsp Velizar Popov Ticha 8 250 nbsp Georgi Iliev Chernomorets Burgas nbsp Krasimir Balakov Lazur 18 037 3 nbsp Cvetomir Conkov CSKA Sofia nbsp Pavel Dochev Bulgarian Army 22 015 4 nbsp Todor Yanchev Levski Sofia nbsp Georgi Ivanov Georgi Asparuhov 29 200 5 nbsp Georgi Petkov Litex Lovech nbsp Angel Chervenkov Gradski Stadion 7 050 6 nbsp Ivelin Popov Lokomotiv Mezdra Mezdra nbsp Voyn Voynov Lokomotiv Mezdra 5 000 nbsp Strati Iliev Lokomotiv Plovdiv Plovdiv nbsp Hristo Bonev Lokomotiv Plovdiv 13 800 nbsp Georgi Mechedzhiev Lokomotiv Sofia Sofia nbsp Dimitar Vasev Lokomotiv Sofia 22 000 7 nbsp Georgi Markov Minyor Pernik nbsp Anton Velkov Minyor 12 000 8 nbsp Ivaylo Ivanov Montana Montana nbsp Atanas Dzhambazki Ogosta 8 000 nbsp Ventsislav Ivanov Sliven 2000 Sliven nbsp Dragoljub Simonovic Hadzhi Dimitar 10 000 nbsp Miroslav Mindev Pirin Blagoevgrad nbsp Stefan Grozdanov Hristo Botev Bgd 7 500 nbsp Georgi Georgiev Slavia Sofia nbsp Velislav Vutsov Ovcha Kupel 18 000 2 nbsp Yordan Petkov Sportist Svoge nbsp Stoycho Stoev Chavdar Cvetkov 3 500 9 nbsp Todor KyuchukovLeague table editPos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Litex Lovech C 30 22 4 4 59 17 42 70 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round 2 CSKA Sofia 30 16 10 4 51 25 26 58 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round 3 Levski Sofia 30 17 6 7 57 26 31 57 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round 4 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 15 7 8 47 33 14 52 5 Chernomorets Burgas 30 15 6 9 44 29 15 51 6 Slavia Sofia 30 14 8 8 34 28 6 50 7 Cherno More 30 13 9 8 40 28 12 48 8 Minyor Pernik 30 13 6 11 38 26 12 45 9 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 11 10 9 34 32 2 43 10 Beroe 30 10 8 12 30 36 6 38 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round a 11 Montana 30 9 9 12 30 37 7 36 12 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 9 6 15 36 52 16 33 13 Sliven 30 9 5 16 29 40 11 32 14 Lokomotiv Mezdra R 30 7 6 17 30 48 18 27 Relegation to 2010 11 B Group 15 Sportist Svoge R 30 5 4 21 23 59 36 19 16 Botev Plovdiv b R 30 1 4 25 12 78 66 1Source A PFG in Bulgarian 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 C Champions R RelegatedNotes Beroe won the 2009 10 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League Botev Plovdiv were expelled from the league during the winter break because they were unable to meet the criteria required to continue the season and deducted six points for administrative irregularities All of their remaining matches have been scratched and will be counted as a 3 0 win for their opponents 10 11 Results editHome Away BSZ BOT CHM CHB CSK LEV LIT LME LPL LSO MIN MON OFC PIR SLA SPO Beroe 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 Botev Plovdiv 0 3 a 0 3 a 0 3 a 0 1 0 3 a 0 3 a 0 3 a 1 0 0 3 a 0 3 2 3 0 3 a 2 2 0 1 1 1 Cherno More 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 4 2 1 0 2 1 4 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 Chernomorets Burgas 0 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 2 3 0 CSKA Sofia 3 0 3 0 a 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 3 2 5 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 Levski Sofia 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 1 2 3 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 5 0 Litex Lovech 3 0 2 1 4 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 Lokomotiv Mezdra 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 5 4 0 b 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1 3 3 0 a 1 0 2 1 0 5 2 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 2 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 Lokomotiv Sofia 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 Minyor Pernik 3 0 3 0 a 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 4 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 Montana 2 1 3 0 a 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 OFC Sliven 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 Pirin Blagoevgrad 2 2 3 0 a 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 Slavia Sofia 3 1 3 0 a 1 0 3 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 Sportist Svoge 1 2 3 0 a 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 4 0 4 2 1 1 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 Source A PFG in Bulgarian Legend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Notes a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Matches awarded after Botev s expulsion during the winter break This match was abandoned after 66 minutes with Lokomotiv Mezdra leading 1 0 due to a pitch invasion by CSKA supporters The match was awarded a 4 0 win in favour of Lokomotiv Mezdra CSKA Sofia were fined 10 370 and their stadium was suspended for three games 12 Champions editLitex Lovech Goalkeepers 0 1 nbsp Uros Golubovic 19 0 0 12 nbsp Todor Todorov 0 0 0 0 30 nbsp Evgeni Aleksandrov 0 0 0 0 31 nbsp Rodrigo Galatto 12 0 0 Defenders 0 2 nbsp Alexandre Barthe 27 0 2 0 3 nbsp Petar Zanev 19 0 0 0 5 nbsp Mihail Venkov 10 0 1 0 6 nbsp Ivaylo Petkov 15 0 1 14 nbsp Tsvetomir Panov 0 1 0 0 18 nbsp Iliya Milanov 0 1 0 0 22 nbsp Plamen Nikolov 27 0 1 25 nbsp Radostin Kishishev 20 0 0 33 nbsp Nikolay Bodurov 18 0 2 Midfielders 0 7 nbsp Hristo Yanev 26 0 6 0 8 nbsp Tom 18 0 2 10 nbsp Sandrinho 25 0 1 13 nbsp Maksim Stoykov 0 1 0 0 15 nbsp Doka Madureira 26 0 6 17 nbsp Georgi Milanov 27 0 2 21 nbsp Aleksandar Tsvetkov 0 1 0 0 23 nbsp Nebojsa Jelenkovic 24 0 1 24 nbsp Adriano Miranda 0 1 0 0 27 nbsp Momchil Tsvetanov 0 4 0 1 28 nbsp Diego Ferraresso 0 9 0 0 Forwards 0 9 nbsp Svetoslav Todorov 12 0 1 19 nbsp Wilfried Niflore 27 19 71 nbsp Ivelin Popov 18 0 7 99 nbsp Dormushali Saidhodzha 11 0 1 Manager nbsp Angel Chervenkov Saidhodzha and Miranda left the club during a season Statistics editTop goalscorers edit Source Bulgarian PFL official site Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 nbsp Wilfried Niflore Litex Lovech 19 2 nbsp Martin Kamburov Lokomotiv Sofia 16 3 nbsp Ismail Isa Lokomotiv Mezdra 11 nbsp Junior Slavia Sofia 11 nbsp Georgi Andonov Beroe 11 nbsp Hristo Yovov Levski Sofia 11 7 nbsp Deyan Hristov Sliven 10 8 nbsp Miroslav Antonov Sportist Svoge Levski Sofia 9 nbsp Goran Jankovic Minyor Pernik 9 10 nbsp Ivan Stoyanov CSKA Sofia 8 nbsp Yordan Todorov CSKA Sofia Lokomotiv Plovdiv 8 Top assistants edit Source Sportal Archived 2009 12 12 at the Wayback Machine Rank Player Club Assists 1 nbsp Wilfried Niflore Litex Lovech 9 2 nbsp Daniel Peev Pirin Slavia Sofia 8 3 nbsp Strati Iliev Lokomotiv Mezdra 7 nbsp Ivelin Popov Litex Lovech 7 5 nbsp Galin Ivanov Slavia Sofia 6 6 nbsp Roberto Carboni Chernomorets Burgas 5 nbsp Tom Litex Lovech 5 8 nbsp Hristo Yanev Litex Lovech 4 nbsp Georgi Iliev Cherno More 4 nbsp Slavi Zhekov Beroe 4 nbsp Todor Kolev Slavia Sofia 4 nbsp Velimir Ivanovic Minyor Pernik 4 nbsp Adrian Fernandez Chernomorets Burgas 4Transfers editList of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2009 List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2010See also edit2009 10 B Group 2009 10 Bulgarian CupReferences edit Football stadiums of the world Stadiums in Bulgaria Archived from the original on 2010 08 11 Retrieved 2010 09 28 Accessed on 9 August 2009 Bulgarian a b Football stadiums of the world Stadiums in Bulgaria Archived from the original on 2010 08 11 Retrieved 2010 09 28 Accessed on 1 August 2009 Bulgarian 1 Accessed on 1 August 2009 English 2 Archived 2009 06 17 at the Wayback Machine Accessed on 1 August 2009 Bulgarian 3 Accessed on 1 August 2009 Bulgarian 4 permanent dead link Accessed on 7 August 2009 Bulgarian 5 permanent dead link Accessed on 9 August 2009 Bulgarian The capacity of the stadium was reduced to 8 000 spectators Accessed on 13 August 2009 The capacity of the stadium was expanded to 3 500 spectators Archived 2011 07 06 at the Wayback Machine Accessed on 7 August 2009 Bulgarian BFS Botev ne izplni nito edno uslovie sami se doseshate nakde otivat neshata Archived 2016 03 03 at the Wayback Machine in Bulgarian Izhvrliha oficialno Botev Plovdiv ot A grupa Archived 2016 03 03 at the Wayback Machine in Bulgarian CSKA Sofia handed 4 0 loss for pitch invasion Reuters 23 March 2010 Archived from the original on 1 April 2010 Retrieved 23 March 2010 External links edit2009 10 Statistics of A Group at a pfg com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2009 10 A Group amp oldid 1187690570, wikipedia, 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