1960–61 A Group

The 1960–61 A Group was the 13th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group

Season	1960–61
Champions	CSKA Sofia (11th title)
Relegated	Spartak Sofia Septemvri
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
Matches played	182
Goals scored	527 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ivan Sotirov (20 goals)
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	26	18	4	4	56	17	+39	40	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Levski Sofia	26	10	10	6	45	33	+12	30
3	Botev Plovdiv	26	10	9	7	50	41	+9	29
4	Minyor Pernik	26	9	10	7	36	39	−3	28
5	Marek Dupnitsa	26	9	9	8	33	45	−12	27
6	Lokomotiv Sofia	26	9	8	9	33	29	+4	26
7	Spartak Varna	26	11	4	11	29	37	−8	26	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round^[a]
8	Dunav Ruse	26	10	5	11	38	46	−8	25
9	Spartak Plovdiv	26	7	10	9	39	37	+2	24
10	Beroe Stara Zagora	26	7	10	9	30	38	−8	24
11	Slavia Sofia	26	8	7	11	33	37	−4	23
12	Cherno More Varna	26	8	7	11	33	37	−4	23
13	Spartak Sofia (R)	26	8	6	12	39	35	+4	22	Relegation to 1961–62 B Group
14	Septemvri Sofia (R)	26	5	7	14	33	56	−23	17

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

1. Spartak Varna qualified for European Cup Winners' Cup as a finalists in the 1960–61 Bulgarian Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	BPD	CHM	CSK	DUN	LEV	LSO	MAR	MIN	SEP	SLA	SPD	SSF	SPV
Beroe Stara Zagora		2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	4–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1
Botev Plovdiv	3–0		4–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	4–1	0–0	4–1	3–1	3–3	0–0	2–2
Cherno More	1–1	0–0		1–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	5–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–2
CSKA Sofia	3–0	2–0	5–0		4–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	7–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–0
Dunav Ruse	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–3		2–2	1–1	4–1	1–3	3–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–1
Levski Sofia	5–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	3–3		1–1	7–1	0–3	3–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	1–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0		1–1	1–1	6–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1
Marek Dupnitsa	1–0	4–1	2–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–1		0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–1
Minyor Pernik	1–1	1–5	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	4–2		1–1	2–2	1–1	3–3	4–1
Septemvri Sofia	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–4	2–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–2		1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
Slavia Sofia	1–0	4–2	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–0		2–0	1–1	1–2
Spartak Plovdiv	4–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–0	4–1	2–2	4–2	3–1		2–0	4–0
Spartak Sofia	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	5–0	4–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	5–3	2–2		1–2
Spartak Varna	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	3–1	0–1

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

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Georgi Naydenov	23	0(0)
Hristo Andonov	06	0(0)
Petar Petrov	04	0(0)

Defenders
Nikola Kovachev	24	0(2)
Stoyan Koshev	22	0(1)
Kiril Rakarov	17	0(1)
Manol Manolov	21	0(0)
Boris Gaganelov	11	0(0)

Midfielders
Petar Aleksiev	10	0(0)
Georgi Zlatkov	07	0(0)
Panteley Dimitrov	22	0(0)
Vasil Romanov	12	0(1)

Forwards
Ivan Kolev	26	(18)
Ivan Rankov	19	0(4)
Nikola Tsanev	23	0(9)
Dimitar Yakimov	23	0(9)
Panayot Panayotov	26	0(8)
Anton Krastev	07	0(2)

Manager
	Krum Milev

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Ivan Sotirov	Botev Plovdiv	20
2	Ivan Kolev	CSKA Sofia	18
3	Nikola Yordanov	Dunav Ruse	15
4	Dimitar Yordanov	Levski Sofia	14
	Pavel Vladimirov	Minyor Pernik
6	Tsvetan Milev	Septemvri Sofia	11
	Dobromir Tashkov	Slavia Sofia

References

External links

• Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• 1960–61 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com