2004–05 A Group

A Group
Season	2004–05
Dates	6 August 2004 – 28 May 2005
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (30th title)
Relegated	Vidima-Rakovski; Nesebar; Spartak Varna
Champions League	CSKA Sofia
UEFA Cup	Levski Sofia; Lokomotiv Plovdiv; Litex Lovech
Matches played	240
Goals scored	638 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martin Kamburov; (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Levski 8–1 Belasitsa
Biggest away win	Spartak 0–7 Levski
Highest scoring	Levski 8–1 Belasitsa (9 goals)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 A Group was the 57th season of the top Bulgarian national football league (commonly referred to as A Group) and the 81st edition of a Bulgarian national championship tournament.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.^[1]

Teams

Promotion and Relegation

The league was contested by 16 teams, 13 returning from the previous season, as well as three teams promoted from the B Group. The promoted teams are Beroe Stara Zagora, Pirin Blagoevgrad, and Nesebar. Beroe return after a two-year absence, Pirin return after a four-year absence, while Nesebar made their debut in the top level of Bulgarian football.

Stadiums and Locations

Sofia

Location of teams in 2004–05 A Group

Sofia 2004–05 A Group football clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Belasitsa	Petrich	Tsar Samuil	12,000
Beroe	Stara Zagora	Beroe	12,500
Cherno More	Varna	Ticha	8,250
CSKA	Sofia	Balgarska Armia	22,015
Levski	Sofia	Georgi Asparuhov	29,200
Litex	Lovech	Gradski (Lovech)	7,050
Lokomotiv	Plovdiv	Lokomotiv (Plovdiv)	20,000
Lokomotiv	Sofia	Lokomotiv (Sofia)	17,500
Marek	Dupnitsa	Bonchuk	12,500
Naftex	Burgas	Lazur	18,037
Nesebar	Nesebar	Gradski (Nesebar)	5,500
Pirin	Blagoevgrad	Hristo Botev	15,000
Rodopa	Smolyan	Septemvri	6,000
Slavia	Sofia	Slavia	32,000
Spartak	Varna	Spartak	7,500
Vidima-Rakovski	Sevlievo	Rakovski	6,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	30	25	4	1	81	16	+65	79	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Levski Sofia	30	24	4	2	76	19	+57	76	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	18	4	8	65	34	+31	58
4	Litex Lovech	30	16	4	10	45	27	+18	52
5	Slavia Sofia	30	13	9	8	43	33	+10	48
6	Lokomotiv Sofia^[a]	30	14	7	9	43	35	+8	46
7	Naftex Burgas	30	10	5	15	24	38	−14	35^[b]
8	Cherno More	30	10	5	15	30	38	−8	35^[b]
9	Marek	30	9	8	13	34	44	−10	35^[b]
10	Beroe	30	9	8	13	32	36	−4	35^[b]
11	Belasitsa Petrich	30	9	7	14	25	48	−23	34
12	Rodopa Smolyan	30	9	6	15	33	43	−10	33^[c]
13	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	7	12	11	31	40	−9	33^[c]
14	Vidima-Rakovski (R)	30	9	5	16	32	51	−19	32	Relegation to 2005–06 B Group
15	Nesebar (R)	30	5	5	20	26	63	−37	20
16	Spartak Varna (R)	30	5	3	22	18	73	−55	18

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Lokomotiv Sofia were docked three points for failure to pay salaries to a former player.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Naftex Burgas ahead of Cherno More, Marek and Beroe on head-to-head points; Naftex Burgas: 10 pts, Cherno More: 9 pts, Marek: 9 pts, Beroe: 7 pts.
^ ^a ^b Rodopa Smolyan ahead of Pirin Blagoevgrad on head-to-head away goals scored; Rodopa Smolyan–Pirin Blagoevgrad 2–0, Pirin Blagoevgrad–Rodopa Smolyan 4–2.

Results

Home \ Away	BEL	BSZ	CHM	CSK	LEV	LIT	LPL	LSO	MAR	NAF	NES	PRN	RDP	SPV	SLA	VRA
Belasitsa Petrich		1–1	0–0	1–4	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	1–0
Beroe	2–0		2–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–1
Cherno More	3–0	1–0		1–2	0–0	1–3	2–0	0–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0
CSKA Sofia	2–0	4–1	1–0		2–2	3–1	0–0	5–1	5–0	3–0	5–0	2–1	1–0	6–0	4–0	3–0
Levski Sofia	8–1	3–1	2–1	0–1		0–1	2–1	5–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	4–0	5–1	4–1	3–0	2–0
Litex Lovech	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1		0–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	4–2	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–0	3–0	2–0	4–3	2–2	4–3		4–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	4–4	4–0	5–0	1–0	4–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	5–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–0		4–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	5–2
Marek	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1		2–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	0–2	2–2
Naftex Burgas	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–4	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1		1–2	0–1	0–0	5–1	0–2	2–0
Nesebar	2–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–3	0–3	1–2	0–4	1–1	0–0		1–0	2–0	1–0	1–4	1–2
Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	1–4	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–1		4–2	2–0	2–2	1–1
Rodopa Smolyan	3–1	2–1	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–1	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–0		4–0	0–0	1–1
Spartak Varna	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–7	0–2	0–2	0–5	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–1		0–0	3–2
Slavia Sofia	4–0	3–2	3–1	1–4	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	4–1	0–0	1–3	2–1		4–1
Vidima-Rakovski	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–4	1–4	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–1

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

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
1	Ivaylo Ivanov	11	(0)
12	Hristo Bahtarliev	0	(0)
31	Evgheni Hmaruc	19	(0)

Defenders
2	Radoslav Zabavník	29	(6)
3	Adalbert Zafirov	13	(0)
4	Marcos Charras*	6	(1)
11	Robert Caha	8	(0)
13	Yordan Varbanov	11	(0)
14	Valentin Iliev	18	(4)
25	Ivan Ivanov	1	(0)
27	Tiago Silva	15	(0)
29	Ibrahima Gueye	23	(1)
30	Yordan Todorov	28	(5)

Midfielders
5	Todor Yanchev	26	(1)
7	Hristo Yanev	29	(22)
10	Amiran Mujiri	28	(5)
15	Benoît Cauet	15	(0)
17	Joel Lindpere	11	(0)
20	Yordan Yurukov	10	(0)
23	Emil Gargorov	22	(9)
26	Petko Iliev	2	(0)
	Mansour Ayanda*	8	(0)

Forwards
8	Velizar Dimitrov	10	(4)
9	Ivan Ploshtakov	3	(0)
18	Gerasim Zakov	10	(1)
19	Evgeni Yordanov	23	(10)
21	Stoyko Sakaliev*	13	(5)
31	Miroslav Manolov*	1	(0)

Manager
	Miodrag Ješić

Charras, Ayanda, Sakaliev and Manolov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Martin Kamburov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	27
2	Hristo Yanev	CSKA Sofia	22
3	Vladislav Zlatinov	Pirin Blagoevgrad	14
4	Tsvetan Genkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	12
5	Emil Angelov	Levski Sofia	11
	Eugen Trică	Litex Lovech
	Blagoy Georgiev	Slavia Sofia
	Dimitar Telkiyski	Levski Sofia
	Plamen Timnev	Cherno More Varna
10	Masena Moke	Beroe Stara Zagora	10
	Daniel Borimirov	Levski Sofia
	Evgeni Yordanov	CSKA Sofia

References

^ "(2004-2005) ЦСКА слага 3 звезди след шпагати на Топчо" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 21 September 2013. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
2004–05 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[table_note_LSO0.47561875892599-2] Lokomotiv Sofia were docked three points for failure to pay salaries to a former player.

[table_hth_NAF0.47561875892599-3] Naftex Burgas ahead of Cherno More, Marek and Beroe on head-to-head points; Naftex Burgas: 10 pts, Cherno More: 9 pts, Marek: 9 pts, Beroe: 7 pts.

[table_hth_RDP0.47561875892599-4] Rodopa Smolyan ahead of Pirin Blagoevgrad on head-to-head away goals scored; Rodopa Smolyan–Pirin Blagoevgrad 2–0, Pirin Blagoevgrad–Rodopa Smolyan 4–2.

[1] "(2004-2005) ЦСКА слага 3 звезди след шпагати на Топчо" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 21 September 2013. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

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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 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 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

2004–05 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Bulgarian Supercup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 8) Hristo Stoichkov
Club seasons
	Belasitsa Cherno More CSKA Levski Litex Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia Marek Naftex Nesebar Pirin Rodopa Slavia Spartak Vidima-Rakovski
List of transfers

2004–05 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '04 '05 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '04 '05 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '04 '05 Faroe Islands '04 '05 Finland '04 '05 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '04 '05 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '04 '05 Latvia '04 '05 Lithuania '04 '05 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '04 '05 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '04 '05 Romania Russia '04 '05 San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '04 '05 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '04 '05 Finland '04 '05 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '04 '05 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '04 '05 Latvia '04 '05 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '04 '05 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '04 '05 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '04 '05 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '04 '05 France Germany Iceland '04 '05 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland '04 '05 Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (qualifying rounds, group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (qualifying rounds, first round, group stage, final stage, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup