1954 A Group

A Group
Season	1954
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (4th title)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	481 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dobromir Tashkov; (25 goals)
	← 1953 1955 →

The 1954 A Group was the sixth season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	26	20	5	1	76	14	+62	45
2	Slavia Sofia	26	17	4	5	67	24	+43	38
3	Lokomotiv Sofia	26	15	6	5	56	25	+31	36
4	Zavod 12 Sofia	26	9	11	6	26	24	+2	29
5	Levski Sofia	26	9	10	7	39	26	+13	28
6	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26	8	9	9	33	32	+1	25
7	Cherno More Varna	26	9	7	10	27	29	−2	25
8	Minyor Pernik	26	9	6	11	32	36	−4	24
9	Spartak Plovdiv	26	9	6	11	29	34	−5	24
10	Spartak Varna	26	7	9	10	34	42	−8	23
11	Spartak Pleven	26	6	11	9	17	25	−8	23
12	Velbazhd Kyustendil (R)	26	7	6	13	19	50	−31	20	Relegation to 1955 B Group
13	Torpedo Pleven (R)	26	5	5	16	13	51	−38	15
14	Beroe Stara Zagora (R)	26	2	5	19	13	69	−56	9

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

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	CHM	CSK	LEV	LPL	LSO	MIN	SLA	SPL	SPD	SPV	TOR	VEL	ZAV
Beroe Stara Zagora		1–1	0–4	1–2	1–4	2–5	0–1	0–4	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0
Cherno More	3–0		2–4	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–0
CSKA Sofia	8–1	3–0		3–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	7–2	8–1	3–0	5–0
Levski Sofia	3–0	3–0	2–2		6–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	0–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	4–0	3–0	0–0	1–1		0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	5–0	3–0	0–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	6–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	5–1		4–0	2–3	2–0	3–1	5–1	4–1	6–0	1–1
Minyor Pernik	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0		3–6	2–1	4–0	0–0	3–0	5–1	0–1
Slavia Sofia	8–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1		4–2	1–0	6–1	4–0	7–0	3–1
Spartak Pleven	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0		1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1
Spartak Plovdiv	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0		1–0	4–0	4–2	2–1
Spartak Varna	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	3–3	0–0	5–2		1–0	6–1	4–3
Torpedo Pleven	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–1		1–0	1–0
Velbazhd Kyustendil	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0		1–0
Zavod 12 Sofia	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	5–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1

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

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Stefan Gerenski	19	(0)
Hristo Andonov	7	(0)

Defenders
Georgi Tsvetkov	11	(0)
Kiril Rakarov	25	(2)
Georgi Enisheynov	18	(0)
Manol Manolov	22	(1)

Midfielders
Gavril Stoyanov	20	(2)
Stefan Bozhkov	24	(7)
Atanas Tsanov	17	(3)

Forwards
Krum Yanev	22	(16)
Dimitar Milanov	24	(14)
Mihail Yankov	6	(0)
Ivan Kolev	23	(12)
Stefan Stefanov	19	(3)
Peycho Peev	1	(0)
Petar Mihaylov	17	(7)
Panayot Panayotov	23	(9)

Manager
	Krum Milev

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Dobromir Tashkov	Slavia Sofia	25
2	Petar Argirov	Lokomotiv Sofia	17
3	Krum Yanev	CSKA Sofia	16
4	Grigor Ahtimov	Slavia Sofia	15
5	Dimitar Milanov	CSKA Sofia	14
6	Ivan Kolev	CSKA Sofia	12
6	Dimitar Yordanov	Zavod 12 Sofia	12
8	Georgi Stoychev	Slavia Sofia	11
	Dimitar Popdimitrov	Levski Sofia
	Nikola Dechev	Lokomotiv Sofia

References

^ "Завод 12 не е Любимец 13, а кошмарът на Левски" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 15 September 2012.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1954 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[1] "Завод 12 не е Любимец 13, а кошмарът на Левски" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 15 September 2012.

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