1977–78 A Group

A Group
Season	1977–78
Champions	Lokomotiv Sofia; (4th title)
Relegated	Spartak Varna; Akademik Svishtov;
European Cup	Lokomotiv Sofia
UEFA Cup	CSKA; Levski; Botev Plovdiv;
Matches played	240
Goals scored	623 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stoycho Mladenov; (21 goals)
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 A Group was the 30th 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 16 teams, and Lokomotiv Sofia won the championship which became ^[1] the team’s fourth title overall.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lokomotiv Sofia (C)	30	16	10	4	40	16	+24	42	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	18	5	7	60	35	+25	41	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Levski Sofia	30	15	8	7	53	30	+23	38
4	Botev Plovdiv	30	13	6	11	39	36	+3	32
5	Slavia Sofia	30	12	6	12	54	35	+19	30
6	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	12	5	13	37	37	0	29
7	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	12	5	13	32	40	−8	29
8	Akademik Sofia	30	10	8	12	34	38	−4	28
9	Cherno More Varna	30	8	12	10	27	34	−7	28
10	Chernomorets Burgas	30	11	5	14	44	43	+1	27
11	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	11	5	14	33	41	−8	27
12	Sliven	30	11	5	14	36	51	−15	27
13	Botev Vratsa	30	11	5	14	31	56	−25	27
14	Marek Dupnitsa	30	11	4	15	37	40	−3	26	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
15	Spartak Varna (R)	30	11	3	16	30	46	−16	25	Relegation to 1978–79 B Group
16	Akademik Svishtov (R)	30	9	6	15	36	45	−9	24	Relegation to 1978–79 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	ASF	ASV	BSZ	BPD	BVR	CHM	CHB	CSK	LEV	LPL	LSO	MAR	PIR	SLA	SLI	SPV
Akademik Sofia		1–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	2–4	0–0	6–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–6	2–4	1–0
Akademik Svishtov	3–2		2–3	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	5–1
Beroe Stara Zagora	0–1	2–1		3–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–1
Botev Plovdiv	1–1	3–0	0–0		2–0	3–2	3–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0
Botev Vratsa	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–2		0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	4–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–0
Cherno More	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0		1–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0
Chernomorets Burgas	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	5–0	3–0		2–1	1–2	3–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	4–1
CSKA Sofia	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	5–2	3–1	2–1		2–2	4–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	4–0	3–1	3–0
Levski Sofia	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	5–0	4–0	2–1	4–1		3–0	1–2	3–2	3–1	3–0	1–0	4–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	5–0	2–0	3–0	0–0		2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	5–0	1–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	0–0	5–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–3	1–0		3–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	3–0
Marek Dupnitsa	1–1	4–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	4–1	1–1		3–1	1–0	3–1	2–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–0	5–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–0	2–4	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–0		0–0	1–0	1–1
Slavia Sofia	1–1	2–1	4–3	3–0	6–2	0–2	4–0	1–0	1–1	6–0	0–0	1–0	0–1		8–1	3–1
Sliven	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–1		3–0
Spartak Varna	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–1

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

Champions

Lokomotiv Sofia

Goalkeepers
Rumyancho Goranov	24	(0)
Nikolay Donev	7	(0)
Vasil Elenkov	1	(0)

Defenders
Boko Dimitrov	29	(0)
Sasho Kostov	14	(0)
Nasko Zhelev	1	(0)
Georgi Bonev	29	(0)
Yordan Stoykov	29	(1)
Georgi Stefanov	29	(0)

Midfielders
Angel Kolev	28	(8)
Valentin Svilenov	10	(0)
Radoslav Zdravkov	22	(2)
Ventsislav Arsov	30	(4)
Lyuben Traykov	24	(3)
Traycho Sokolov	26	(5)

Forwards
Boycho Velichkov	22	(5)
Nikola Spasov	13	(0)
Atanas Mihaylov	27	(11)
Rumen Manolov	6	(0)

Manager
	Vasil Metodiev

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Stoycho Mladenov	Beroe Stara Zagora	21
2	Andrey Zhelyazkov	Slavia Sofia	18
3	Georgi Minchev	Slavia Sofia	16
4	Anton Milkov	Botev Plovdiv	14
5	Ivan Petrov	Marek Dupnitsa	13
6	Spas Dzhevizov	CSKA Sofia	12
7	Atanas Mihaylov	Lokomotiv Sofia	11
	Krasimir Manolov	Akademik Sofia
	Georgi Todorov	Levski Sofia
10	Yordan Yordanov	Levski Sofia	10
	Sasho Angelov	Botev Vratsa
	Yordan Hristov	Sliven
	Sasho Momchilov	Akademik Svishtov

References

^ "Армията на генерал Шпайдел – отзад катеначо, отпред Бате Начо" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 2 March 2013.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1977–78 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[1] "Армията на генерал Шпайдел – отзад катеначо, отпред Бате Начо" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 2 March 2013.

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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 1957 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 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

1977–78 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Balkans Cup
Related to national team	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 5) Stoyan Ormandzhiev
List of transfers

1977–78 in European football (UEFA)
« 1976–77 1978–79 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '77 '78 England Faroe Islands '77 '78 Finland '77 '78 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '77 '78 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '77 '78 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '77 '78 Spain Sweden '77 '78 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '77 '78 Finland '77 '78 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '77 '78 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '77 '78 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
Super cups	Soviet Union
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '77 '77–'78