1989–90 A Group

Bulgarian A Group
Season	1989–90
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (26th title)
Relegated	Hebar; Cherno More; Vratsa;
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
UEFA Cup	Slavia Sofia
Matches played	240
Goals scored	662 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hristo Stoichkov; (38 goals)
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 A Group was the 42nd season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The campaign was won by CSKA Sofia, nine points ahead of Slavia Sofia. Hebar Pazardzhik, Cherno More Varna and Botev Vratsa were relegated.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Sofia

Locations of the 1989–90 Bulgarian A Group teams

Sofia 1989–90 A Group football clubs

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Beroe	Stara Zagora	Beroe	18,000
Cherno More	Varna	Yuri Gagarin Ticha	35,000 8,000
Chernomorets	Burgas	Deveti Septemvri	18,000
CSKA	Sofia	Narodna Armia	26,000
Dunav	Ruse	Gradski Dunav	22,000 12,000
Etar	Veliko Tarnovo	Ivaylo	15,000
Hebar	Pazardzhik	Lyuben Shkodrov	12,000
Levski	Sofia	Levski Rakovski	40,000 18,000
Lokomotiv	Gorna Oryahovitsa	Dimitar Dyulgerov	14,000
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
Trakia	Plovdiv	Hristo Botev (Plovdiv)	30,000
Vratsa	Vratsa	Hristo Botev (Vratsa)	25,000

Personnel

Team	Manager	Captain
Beroe	Petko Petkov	Petko Tenev
Cherno More	Nikola Kovachev	Todor Marev
Chernomorets	Ivan Vutov	Lyubomir Sheytanov
CSKA	Dimitar Penev	Lyuboslav Penev
Dunav	Simeon Simeonov	Nikolay Boyanov
Etar	Georgi Vasilev	Nikolay Donev
Hebar	Dimitar Milev	Lazar Dimitrov
Levski	Dobromir Zhechev	Georgi Yordanov
Lokomotiv GO	Kiril Rabchev	Angel Minchev
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Mihail Georgiev	Stefan Draganov
Lokomotiv Sofia	Ventsislav Arsov	Pavel Dochev
Pirin	Boris Nikolov	Valentin Dartilov
Slavia	Ivan Vutsov	Plamen Simeonov
Sliven	Lyudmil Goranov	Petar Ivanov
Trakia	Dinko Dermendzhiev	Petar Zehtinski
Vratsa	Semko Goranov	Ivan Radoslavov

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	30	18	9	3	85	30	+55	45	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Slavia Sofia	30	13	10	7	37	29	+8	36	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	14	7	9	51	32	+19	35
4	Levski Sofia	30	12	11	7	57	39	+18	35
5	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	15	5	10	53	40	+13	35
6	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	13	8	9	46	32	+14	34
7	Trakia Plovdiv	30	15	3	12	43	39	+4	33
8	Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa	30	11	8	11	28	32	−4	30
9	Sliven	30	12	5	13	41	44	−3	29	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
10	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	10	9	11	43	48	−5	29
11	Chernomorets Burgas	30	11	7	12	36	41	−5	29
12	Dunav Ruse	30	9	9	12	30	38	−8	27
13	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	9	9	12	30	47	−17	27
14	Hebar Pazardzhik (R)	30	10	5	15	29	43	−14	25	Relegation to 1990–91 B Group
15	Cherno More (R)	30	6	4	20	28	63	−35	16
16	Vratsa (R)	30	5	5	20	25	65	−40	15

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

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	CHM	CHB	CSK	DUN	ETA	HEB	LEV	LGO	LPL	LSO	PIR	SLA	SLI	TRA	VRA
Beroe Stara Zagora		1–1	1–0	3–3	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–2	0–2	5–1	3–0	0–3	2–1	3–2
Cherno More	3–3		1–2	1–2	2–0	0–4	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–6	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	3–0
Chernomorets Burgas	1–3	4–1		0–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–0
CSKA Sofia	4–0	6–1	3–0		4–1	5–2	3–1	5–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–2	4–0	6–1	6–0
Dunav Ruse	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–2		2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	5–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	1–0	1–0	6–0	1–1	0–1		4–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	4–1	3–0
Hebar Pazardzhik	1–2	5–1	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–1		2–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1
Levski Sofia	2–1	4–0	1–2	2–2	3–1	4–1	1–2		1–0	7–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	4–0
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1		1–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1		2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	3–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	4–0	4–2	2–0	1–4	1–0	2–0		2–2	2–2	1–2	0–1	4–2
Pirin Blagoevgrad	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	4–0	1–0	6–0	2–0	2–0		0–0	2–1	2–0	5–1
Slavia Sofia	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	4–0	1–2	1–0		1–0	1–1	0–0
Sliven	3–1	3–0	1–1	0–3	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–0		3–0	1–0
Trakia Plovdiv	2–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	3–1	1–1		5–0
Vratsa	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–5	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	3–1

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

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Iliya Valov	23	(0)
Rumen Apostolov	9	(0)

Defenders
Marius Urukov	28	(1)
Stefan Bachev	18	(0)
Emil Dimitrov	28	(1)
Dimitar Mladenov	27	(1)
Trifon Ivanov	28	(3)

Midfielders
Georgi Georgiev	26	(5)
Kostadin Yanchev	27	(0)
Ivaylo Kirov	15	(4)
Petar Vitanov	22	(3)
Marin Bakalov	26	(5)
Viktorio Pavlov	3	(1)
Slavcho Iliev	7	(0)

Forwards
Hristo Stoichkov	30	(38)
Emil Kostadinov	26	(6)
Doncho Donev	16	(4)
Lyuboslav Penev*	6	(12)
Rumen Stoyanov	3	(0)

Manager
	Dimitar Penev

Penev left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Hristo Stoichkov	CSKA Sofia	38
2	Petar Mihtarski	Levski Sofia	24
3	Gosho Petkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	17
4	Yordan Lechkov	Sliven	16
5	Valentin Stanchev	Vratsa	15
6	Antim Pehlivanov	Trakia Plovdiv	13
6	Nikolay Petrunov	Pirin Blagoevgrad	13
8	Lyuboslav Penev	CSKA Sofia	12
9	Boncho Genchev	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	11
	Georgi Dimitrov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
	Yordan Bozdanski	Pirin Blagoevgrad

References

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 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

1989–90 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	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 1) Ivan Vutsov
Club seasons
	Beroe Botev Plovdiv Cherno More Chernomorets CSKA Dunav FC Etar Hebar Levski Lokomotiv GO Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia Pirin Slavia Sliven Vratsa
List of transfers

1989–90 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '89 '90 England Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France East Germany West Germany Georgia Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90 Spain Sweden '89 '90 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France Georgia East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Greece Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90
Supercups	East Germany West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Baltic League
On request of the Soviet Union, UEFA imposed sanctions against Georgia and Lithuania