1948–49 A Group

The 1948–49 A Group was the inaugural season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs.

A Group

Season	1948–49
Champions	Levski Sofia (6th title)
Relegated	Bdin Chernomorets
Matches played	90
Goals scored	239 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nedko Nedev Dimitar Milanov (11 goals each)
← 1948 1950 →

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship undefeated.^[1]

Teams

 

 

Bdin

 

Sofia

 

Marek

 

Slavia Plovdiv

 

Chernomorets

 

Cherno more

 

Sofia teams
  Levski
  CSKA
  Slavia
  Lokomotiv
  Spartak

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Location of teams in the 1948-49 A Group

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	18	15	3	0	44	8	+36	33
2	CSKA Sofia	18	10	4	4	28	15	+13	24
3	Lokomotiv Sofia	18	8	5	5	25	17	+8	21
4	Slavia Sofia	18	9	3	6	29	20	+9	21
5	Spartak Sofia	18	8	5	5	23	18	+5	21
6	Cherno More Varna	18	9	3	6	30	25	+5	21
7	Slavia Plovdiv	18	4	8	6	16	21	−5	16
8	Marek Dupnitsa	18	2	4	12	16	42	−26	8
9	Bdin Vidin (R)	18	2	4	12	13	35	−22	8	Relegation to 1950 B Group
10	Chernomorets Burgas (R)	18	2	3	13	15	38	−23	7

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

Results

Home \ Away	BDI	CHM	CHB	CSK	LEV	LSO	MAR	SLA	SLP	SSF
Bdin Vidin		2–2	1–0	0–2	0–3	2–2	4–0	0–1	1–1	0–3
Cherno More	2–1		2–1	2–0	2–3	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	3–1
Chernomorets Burgas	2–1	2–4		1–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–1
CSKA Sofia	4–0	3–1	2–0		0–0	3–2	0–0	1–4	5–0	0–1
Levski Sofia	5–0	4–2	5–1	1–0		4–0	6–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1		4–0	2–0	0–0	1–0
Marek Dupnitsa	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–3	0–3		0–3	2–2	0–2
Slavia Sofia	4–1	1–3	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	4–3		1–0	1–1
Slavia Plovdiv	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–0		2–0
Spartak Sofia	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	2–1	0–1	5–2

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

Champions

Levski Sofia

Coach Rezső Somlai

Goalkeepers
Spas Andreev	12	0(0)
Apostol Sokolov	05	0(0)
Stoyan Tashev	01	0(0)

Defenders
Dimitar Mihaylov	02	0(0)
Atanas Dinev	11	0(0)
Amedeo Kleva	09	0(0)
Ivan Dimchev	15	0(0)
Stefan Metodiev	17	0(0)

Midfielders
Angel Petrov	10	0(3)
Atanas Tsanov	06	0(0)
Dimitar Doychinov	07	0(1)
Kostadin Blagoev	07	0(0)
Petar Moskov	01	0(0)
Dragan Georgiev	10	0(1)
Lyubomir Hranov	08	0(5)

Forwards
Borislav Tsvetkov	18	0(6)
Arsen Dimitrov	07	0(7)
Yordan Tomov	16	0(2)
Georgi Pachedzhiev	13	0(1)
Georgi Kardashev	10	0(9)
Vasil Spasov	13	0(8)

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Nedko Nedev	Cherno More Varna	11
	Dimitar Milanov	CSKA Sofia
3	Georgi Kardashev	Levski Sofia	9
4	Petar Argirov	Lokomotiv Sofia	8
	Vasil Spasov	Levski Sofia
	Georgi Stoychev	Slavia Sofia

• Source:1948–49 Top Goalscorers

References

1. "Година I : Левски взе титлата и телефоните на Цола" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 11 August 2012.

External links

• Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• Bulgarian Football Archive - bulgarian-football.com