1986–87 A Group

A Group
Season	1986–87
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (24th title)
Relegated	Akademik Svishtov, Dimitrovgrad
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
UEFA Cup	Trakia Plovdiv; Lokomotiv Sofia;
Matches played	240
Goals scored	786 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nasko Sirakov; (36 goals)
	← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 A Group was the 39th 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 CSKA Sofia won the championship.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Sofia

Locations of the 1986–87 Bulgarian A Group teams

Sofia 1986–87 A Group football clubs

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Akademik	Svishtov	Akademik	13,500
Beroe	Stara Zagora	Beroe	17,000
Chernomorets	Burgas	Deveti Septemvri	18,000
CSKA	Sofia	Narodna Armia	26,000
Dimitrovgrad	Dimitrovgrad	Rakovski	12,000
Etar	Veliko Tarnovo	Ivaylo	16,000
Levski	Sofia	Levski Rakovski	40,000 18,000
Lokomotiv	Plovdiv	Lokomotiv Deveti Septemvri	13,000 50,000
Lokomotiv	Sofia	Vasil Levski National Stadium	60,000
Pirin	Blagoevgrad	Hristo Botev (Blagoevgrad)	15,000
Slavia	Sofia	Slavia	25,000
Sliven	Sliven	Hadzhi Dimitar	15,000
Spartak	Varna	Spartak	12,000
Trakia	Plovdiv	Hristo Botev (Plovdiv)	30,000
Vratsa	Vratsa	Hristo Botev (Vratsa)	25,000

Personnel

Team	Manager	Captain
Akademik	Petko Petkov	Nikola Moskov
Beroe	Evgeni Yanchovski	Tenyo Minchev
Chernomorets	Lyubomir Borisov	Valentin Deliminkov
CSKA	Dimitar Penev	Lachezar Tanev
Dimitrovgrad	Grigor Petkov	Ivan Iliev
Etar	Georgi Vasilev	Stefan Lahchiev
Levski	Pavel Panov	Rusi Gochev
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Hristo Bonev	Ayan Sadakov
Lokomotiv Sofia	Apostol Chachevski	Nako Doychev
Pirin	Boris Nikolov	Yordan Murlev
Slavia	Atanas Parzhelov	Ivan Haydarliev
Sliven	Lyudmil Goranov	Tenko Dobrev
Spartak Pleven	Ivan Vutsov	Plamen Getov
Spartak Varna	Ivan Filipov	Zhivko Gospodinov
Trakia	Ivan Gluhchev	Kostadin Kostadinov
Vratsa	Iliya Panev	Tsvetan Danov

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	0–0	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	30	21	5	0	4	73	30	+43	47	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Levski Sofia	30	19	6	0	5	75	35	+40	44	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
3	Trakia Plovdiv	30	16	7	0	7	57	30	+27	39	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	14	7	1	8	67	45	+22	35	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Slavia Sofia	30	15	5	0	10	59	46	+13	35
6	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	11	8	1	10	58	44	+14	30
7	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	12	6	0	12	40	42	−2	30
8	Vratsa	30	11	6	0	13	42	56	−14	28
9	Sliven	30	11	5	0	14	52	52	0	27
10	Spartak Varna	30	10	5	0	15	44	62	−18	25
11	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	8	8	2	12	35	47	−12	24
12	Chernomorets Burgas	30	10	4	0	16	48	76	−28	24
13	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	8	5	0	17	44	54	−10	21
14	Spartak Pleven	30	7	7	2	14	31	50	−19	21
15	Akademik Svishtov (R)	30	7	7	1	15	29	51	−22	21	Relegation to 1987–88 B Group
16	Dimitrovgrad (R)	30	8	5	1	16	32	66	−34	21	Relegation to 1987–88 B Group

Source: 1986-87 Football retro-football.bg
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Levski Sofia qualified for Cup Winners' Cup as a finalists in the 1986–87 Bulgarian Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	ASV	BSZ	CHB	CSK	DIM	ETA	LEV	LPL	LSO	PIR	SLA	SLI	SPL	SPV	TRA	VRA
Akademik Svishtov		1–1	2–1	1–1	5–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1
Beroe Stara Zagora	1–1		4–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	2–3	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	4–1	3–0	5–0
Chernomorets Burgas	2–0	2–1		0–2	4–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	4–1	2–4	3–2	7–1	1–0	3–2	2–1
CSKA Sofia	1–0	3–2	10–1		3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–3	3–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	4–0	4–2	7–2
Dimitrovgrad	0–0	3–0	3–2	1–1		1–0	1–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2–1	4–0	2–1	0–2	1–1		0–1	4–3	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–0
Levski Sofia	3–0	3–2	8–1	0–1	4–1	3–0		4–2	2–1	3–0	2–2	4–2	3–1	7–3	1–1	7–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	7–0	3–2	2–0		2–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	7–1	1–2	2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	4–0	2–1	1–1	3–3	5–0	3–0	4–2	1–1		2–0	5–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	5–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–3	0–0	2–1		1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–3
Slavia Sofia	4–0	5–0	4–3	2–3	4–1	2–1	0–2	4–3	2–2	3–1		4–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	2–0
Sliven	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	2–3	2–2		4–2	5–2	1–3	3–0
Spartak Pleven	3–1	1–0	3–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–2		1–2	1–1	2–0
Spartak Varna	6–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	5–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0		0–2	2–2
Trakia Plovdiv	4–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	5–1		1–1
Vratsa	2–0	3–0	7–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	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 Velinov	30	(0)
Krasimir Dosev	3	(0)
Yordan Filipov	1	(0)

Defenders
Nedyalko Mladenov	26	(0)
Angel Chervenkov	18	(1)
Krasimir Bezinski	30	(2)
Aleksandar Aleksandrov	24	(1)
Kiril Kachamanov	1	(0)
Iliya Dyakov	5	(0)
Sasho Borisov	30	(0)
Valeri Damyanov	4	(0)
Aydan Ilyazov	20	(0)

Midfielders
Stoil Stefanov	1	(0)
Kostadin Yanchev	22	(0)
Ivaylo Kirov	26	(6)
Lyubomir Zhelev	4	(0)
Lachezar Tanev	29	(28)
Lyubomir Lyubenov	2	(0)

Forwards
Hristo Stoichkov	25	(6)
Emil Kostadinov	26	(3)
Ivaylo Kotev	1	(1)
Lyuboslav Penev	27	(19)
Yordan Dimitrov	17	(6)
Rumen Stoyanov	3	(0)

Manager
	Dimitar Penev

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Nasko Sirakov	Levski Sofia	36
2	Petar Aleksandrov	Slavia Sofia	33
3	Lachezar Tanev	CSKA Sofia	28
4	Lyuboslav Penev	CSKA Sofia	19
5	Stoycho Stoev	Lokomotiv Sofia	18
6	Hristo Kolev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	16
7	Petar Mihtarski	Pirin Blagoevgrad	15
8	Nikolay Rusev	Chernomorets Burgas	13
	Iliya Voynov	Vratsa
	Mitko Argirov	Etar Veliko Tarnovo
	Aleksandar Bonchev	Lokomotiv Sofia

Awards

Team of the Season

Team of the Season (by newspaper Naroden Sport)^[1]
Goalkeeper	Georgi Velinov (CSKA)
Defence	Yancho Bogomilov (Spartak Varna)	Nikolay Iliev (Levski)		Stefan Lahchiev (Etar)		Krasimir Bezinski (CSKA)
Midfield	Nasko Sirakov (Levski)		Nikolay Rusev (Chernomorets)		Hristo Stoichkov (CSKA)
Attack	Lachezar Tanev (CSKA)		Petar Aleksandrov (Slavia)		Iliya Voynov (Vratsa)

References

^ "Football'87" (PDF). retro-football.bg (in Bulgarian).

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[table_note_res_CWC10.11461145017045-1] Levski Sofia qualified for Cup Winners' Cup as a finalists in the 1986–87 Bulgarian Cup.

[football'87-2] "Football'87" (PDF). retro-football.bg (in Bulgarian).

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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 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 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

1986–87 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Cup of the Soviet Army (Final)
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 1988 qualification (Group 7) Hristo Mladenov
List of transfers

1986–87 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '86 '87 England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87 Spain Sweden '86 '87 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '86 '87–'88