1957 A Group

A Group
Season	1957
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (7th title)
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
Matches played	132
Goals scored	367 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hristo Iliev; (14 goals)
	← 1956 1958 →

The 1957 A Group was the ninth 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 12 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	22	15	4	3	53	16	+37	34	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Lokomotiv Sofia	22	16	1	5	33	19	+14	33
3	Levski Sofia	22	12	6	4	46	21	+25	30
4	Spartak Pleven	22	8	8	6	28	28	0	24
5	Minyor Pernik	22	8	6	8	30	26	+4	22
6	Slavia Sofia	22	7	6	9	38	39	−1	20
7	Spartak Plovdiv	22	7	5	10	33	41	−8	19
8	Botev Plovdiv	22	6	7	9	22	33	−11	19
9	Cherno More Varna	22	5	8	9	19	24	−5	18
10	Spartak Varna	22	6	6	10	23	31	−8	18
11	Spartak Sofia (R)	22	4	8	10	22	35	−13	16	Relegation to 1958 B Group
12	Marek Dupnitsa (R)	22	2	7	13	20	54	−34	11	Relegation to 1958 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	BPD	CHM	CSK	LEV	LSO	MAR	MIN	SLA	SPL	SPD	SSF	SPV
Botev Plovdiv		1–0	0–3	0–4	1–2	0–0	2–3	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–0
Cherno More	1–0		1–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0
CSKA Sofia	2–0	0–0		4–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	5–2	5–1	4–1
Levski Sofia	0–0	3–2	0–0		0–1	6–0	4–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	6–1	3–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	5–0	1–0	0–2	1–0		2–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–2
Marek Dupnitsa	2–3	1–0	2–6	1–2	2–2		1–1	1–4	2–2	4–0	0–0	0–1
Minyor Pernik	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	5–0		2–3	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
Slavia Sofia	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	1–3		0–1	4–5	1–1	3–0
Spartak Pleven	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1		3–1	1–0	1–1
Spartak Plovdiv	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	5–0	3–1	2–0	3–3		3–2	1–1
Spartak Sofia	1–1	3–0	1–4	0–0	0–1	4–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–1		1–0
Spartak Varna	3–1	3–0	1–4	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0

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

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Georgi Naydenov	15	(0)
Hristo Andonov	7	(0)

Defenders
Georgi Tsvetkov	6	(0)
Kiril Rakarov	19	(1)
Georgi Enisheynov	6	(0)
Manol Manolov	22	(0)
Nikola Kovachev	19	(1)

Midfielders
Gavril Stoyanov	17	(2)
Stefan Bozhkov	20	(4)
Petar Aleksiev	6	(0)

Forwards
Krum Yanev	19	(6)
Dimitar Milanov	19	(13)
Pavel Vladimirov	7	(2)
Georgi Dimitrov	21	(10)
Ivan Kolev	13	(4)
Stefan Stefanov	3	(0)
Petar Mihaylov	8	(4)
Panayot Panayotov	18	(6)

Manager
	Krum Milev

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Hristo Iliev	Levski Sofia	14
2	Dimitar Yordanov	Levski Sofia	13
2	Dimitar Milanov	CSKA Sofia	13
4	Dobromir Tashkov	Slavia Sofia	11
4	Spiro Debarski	Lokomotiv Sofia	11
6	Stoyan Stamov	Lokomotiv Sofia	10
	Georgi Dimitrov	CSKA Sofia
	Dimo Pechenikov	Levski Sofia
	Todor Diev	Spartak Plovdiv
	Stoyan Zdravkov	Spartak Pleven

References

^ "С 4-2-4 Врабчо изпреварва бразилците, но не и ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 6 October 2012.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1957 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[1] "С 4-2-4 Врабчо изпреварва бразилците, но не и ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 6 October 2012.

[1]

Bulgarian football championship seasons
State Championship (National Football Division)	1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1941 1942 1943 1944
Republic Championship	1945 1946 1947 1948
A Group	1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
First League	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

1956–57 in European football (UEFA)
« 1955–56 1957–58 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '56 '57 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '56 Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '56 '57 Iceland '56 '57 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '56 '57 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '56 Scotland Soviet Union '56 '57 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '57 Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '56 '57 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '56 Scotland Soviet Union '57 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup

1957–58 in European football (UEFA)
« 1956–57 1958–59 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '57 '58 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '57 '58 Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '57 '58 Finland '57 '58 France East Germany '57 '58 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '57 '58 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '57 '58 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '57 '58 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '57 '58 Bulgaria Denmark England Faroe Islands '57 '58 Finland '57 '58 France East Germany '57 '58 West Germany Greece Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '57 '58 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '57 '58 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Mitropa Cup Danube Cup