2000–01 A Group

53rd completed season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria A Group 2000–01 4 August 2000 – 27 May 2001 Levski Sofia(22nd title) Botev Plovdiv, Minyor Champions League Levski UEFA Cup CSKALitex Lovech Georgi Ivanov(21 goals) 182 552 1999–00 2001–02 The 2000–01 A Group was the 53rd season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The league was contested by the top 12 teams from the 1999–2000 season as well as Cherno More Varna and Hebar Pazardzhik, who joined as the promoted clubs from the 1999–2000 B Group. Defending champions Levski Sofia won their 22nd Bulgarian league title overall. Botev Plovdiv and Minyor Pernik were relegated at the end of the season by finishing in the last two places. Teams Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the B Group. The promoted teams were Cherno More Varna (returning to the top flight after a six-year absence) and Hebar Pazardzhik (returning after an eight-year absence). They replaced Dobrudzha Dobrich, Belasitsa Petrich, Pirin Blagoevgrad and Shumen. Stadiums and Locations Bulgaria right 480 Location of teams in 2000–01 A Group Bulgaria 42.7 23.333333 Sofia Green pog.svg top Bulgaria 42.433333 25.65 Beroe bottom Bulgaria 42.495278 27.471667 Neftochimic Chernomorets bottom Bulgaria 43.2176 27.914 Cherno More Spartak bottom Bulgaria 42.283333 22.683333 Velbazhd bottom Bulgaria 43.134722 24.717222 Lovech bottom Bulgaria 42.136 24.7675 Botev bottom Bulgaria 42.2 24.333333 Hebar left Bulgaria 42.6 23.033333 Minyor bottom Bulgaria Sofia Sofia 2000–01 A Group football clubs right 200 Bulgaria Sofia 42.684258 23.339769 CSKA right Bulgaria Sofia 42.705467 23.363197 Levski top Bulgaria Sofia 42.7325 23.298611 Lokomotiv left Bulgaria Sofia 42.675361 23.272028 Slavia left Team Location Stadium CapacityBeroeStara Zagora Beroe 22,500BotevPlovdivHristo Botev 22,000Cherno MoreVarna Ticha 8,250ChernomoretsBurgasChernomorets 22,000CSKASofiaBalgarska Armia 22,015HebarPazardzhikGeorgi Benkovski 13,128LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov 29,200LovechLovechGradski 7,050LokomotivSofiaLokomotiv 22,000MinyorPernik Minyor 20,000NeftochimicBurgas Lazur 18,037SlaviaSofiaSlavia 32,000SpartakVarnaSpartak 7,500VelbazhdKyustendilOsogovo 13,000 Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorBeroe BUL Tsvetomir Parvanov BUL GER Erimahttp://www.beroe.bg/2016/05/20/beroe-v-elita-2000/ "Берое в елита": 2000-2001 г. – Бараж beroe.bg Bulgarian AKSAhttps://www.capital.bg/politika_i_ikonomika/sport/2000/09/15/204831_turski_sponsor_poe_beroe/ Турски спонсор пое "Берое" capital.bg 15 September 2000 BulgarianBotev Plovdiv BUL Georgi Lazarov Vitosha ADCherno More BUL Bozhil Kolev BUL Ventsislav Marinov JPN Asics VAI HoldingChernomorets BUL Nikolay Rusev BUL Angel Stoykov CSKA Sofia ITA Enrico Catuzzi ITA Lotto Hebar BUL Voyn Voynov Levski SofiaFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljupko Petrović BUL Stanimir Stoilov ITA Diadora MobiltelLokomotiv Sofia BUL Angel Kolev GER Adidas Delta-GLovech BUL Ferario Spasov BUL Vitomir Vutov JPN Asics Litex CommerceMinyor BUL Ventsislav Arsov USA Nike Neftochimic BUL Dimitar Stoychev BUL Veliyan Parushev GER Puma Petrol ADSlavia Sofia BUL Kiril Kachamanov BUL Veselin Vachev GER Adidas Sofiyski ImotiSpartak Varna BUL Stefan Grozdanov Velbazhd BUL Dimitar Dimitrov BUL Slavcho Pavlov USA Nike VIS-2 Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Botev Plovdiv BUL Dinko Dermendzhiev Mutual consent 1 June 2000 Pre-season BUL Marin Bakalov 26 June 2000 Lovech Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Čedomir Đoinčević Sacked 10 June 2000 Pre-season ROM Mihai Stoichiță 1 July 2000 Levski Sofia BUL Dimitar Dimitrov Sacked 15 June 2000Димитър Димитров – Херо напуска Левски https://news.bg/archive/futbol-dimitar-dimitrov-hero-napuska-quot-levski-quot.html news.bg 15 June 2000 Bulgarian Pre-season RUS Vladimir Fedotov 7 July 2000Циркът на Герена е с традиции https://bgfootball.com/new.php?id=13123&blog_id=&s_id= bgfootball.com 12 April 2012 Bulgarian 15 December 2019 16 March 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200316122750/https://bgfootball.com/new.php?id=13123&blog_id=&s_id= dead CSKA Sofia BUL Aleksandar Stankov End of caretaker tenure 23 June 2000 Pre-season ITA Enrico Catuzzi 24 June 2000Енрико Катуци подписва с ЦСКА за 1 година http://old.segabg.com/article.php?id=219026 segabg.com 23 June 2000 Bulgarian Beroe BUL Ventsislav Kepov Mutual consent June 2000 Pre-season BUL Nikola Ivanov June 2000 Slavia BUL Miroslav Mironov Mutual consent June 2000 Pre-season Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Olarević June 2000 Cherno More BUL Radoslav Zdravkov Mutual consent June 2000 Pre-season BUL Bozhil Kolev June 2000 Velbazhd BUL Dimitar Sokolov Mutual consent 26 June 2000 Pre-season BUL Dimitar Dimitrov 26 June 2000Димитър Димитров поема Велбъжд в понеделник http://old.segabg.com/article.php?id=218889 segabg.com 22 June 2000 Bulgarian Neftochimic BUL Dimitar Stoychev Mutual consent 30 June 2000 Pre-season ITA Salvatore Polverino 1 July 2000Българо-италианската връзка в Нефтохимик не сработи https://www.capital.bg/politika_i_ikonomika/sport/2000/07/21/204099_bulgaro-italianskata_vruzka_v_neftohimik_ne_sraboti/ capital.bg 21 July 2000 Bulgarian Neftochimic ITA Salvatore Polverino Sacked 6 August 2000 13th BUL Dimitar Stoychev 6 August 2000 Beroe BUL Nikola Ivanov Sacked 14 August 2000 12th BUL Petko Petkov 14 August 2000 Lokomotiv Sofia BUL Pavel Panov Sacked 29 August 2000 8th BUL Radoslav Zdravkov 29 August 2000Ради Здравков е новия треньор на Локомотив (Сф) https://news.bg/archive/futbol-radi-zdravkov-e-noviya-trenyor-na-lokomotiv-sf.html news.bg 29 August 2000 Bulgarian Levski Sofia RUS Vladimir Fedotov Sacked 30 August 2000Уволниха протежето на Чорни от Левски http://old.segabg.com/article.php?id=225828 segabg.com 31 August 2000 Bulgarian 2nd BUL Nasko Sirakov (caretaker) 30 August 2000 Levski Sofia BUL Nasko Sirakov End of caretaker tenure 2 October 2000 1st Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljupko Petrović 2 October 2000 Lovech ROM Mihai Stoichiță Sacked 21 October 2000 6th BUL Ferario Spasov 21 October 2000Цената на треньорските авантюри на Гриша Ганчев https://www.capital.bg/politika_i_ikonomika/sport/2000/10/20/205387_cenata_na_trenyorskite_avantjuri_na_grisha_ganchev/ capital.bg 20 October 2000 Bulgarian Slavia Sofia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Olarević Mutual consent 27 November 2000 10th BUL Kiril Kachamanov 27 November 2000Славия избра най-лесния вариант за нов старши треньор https://www.capital.bg/politika_i_ikonomika/sport/2000/11/24/205939_slaviia_izbra_nai-lesniia_variant_za_nov_starshi/ capital.bg 24 November 2000 Bulgarian CSKA Sofia ITA Enrico Catuzzi Mutual consent 19 December 2000 2nd BUL Aleksandar Stankov 20 December 2000 CSKA Sofia BUL Aleksandar Stankov Mutual consent 3 March 2001 2nd ITA Enrico Catuzzi 4 March 2001 Beroe BUL Petko Petkov Sacked 20 March 2001 ? BUL Tsvetomir Parvanov 20 March 2001 Lokomotiv Sofia BUL Radoslav Zdravkov Sacked 29 April 2001 ? BUL Angel Kolev 29 April 2001 League standings main WDL 5 QR LEV Levski Sofia CSK CSKA Sofia VEL Velbazhd Kyustendil LIT Lovech NEF Neftochimic Burgas SLA Slavia Sofia SPV Spartak Varna LSO Lokomotiv Sofia HEB Hebar Pazardzhik CHM Cherno More CHB Chernomorets Burgas BSE Beroe BOT Botev Plovdiv MIN Minyor Pernik 22 3 1 63 13 C 19 5 2 65 16 18 3 5 48 29 17 4 5 70 23 12 6 8 47 34 10 5 11 35 35 10 4 12 38 40 9 6 11 37 37 7 5 14 38 55 7 5 14 20 49 6 4 16 22 48 6 4 16 21 47 O 6 2 18 28 55 R 3 4 19 19 71 R green1 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round CL1 blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQ blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round Lovech won the 2000–01 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. UCCQ #CCCCFF Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round IC1 red2 Qualification for relegation play-off RPO red1 Relegation to 2001–02 B Group R R R1 R1 red1 Relegation to V Group complete A PFG bg and rsssf.com 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 season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw Results main FBR grey BSZ BOT CHB CHM CSK HEB LEV LSO LOV MIN NEF SLA SPV VEL Beroe 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 Botev Plovdiv 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–4 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–4 Cherno More 1–2 3–2 3–0 1–4 2–1 0–3 2–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 Chernomorets Burgas 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 CSKA Sofia 5–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 9–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 Hebar Pazardzhik 3–0 3–0 2–0 5–1 2–4 0–1 2–2 1–4 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–3 Levski Sofia 3–0 3–0 6–0 4–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 Lokomotiv Sofia 3–2 3–2 3–0 0–1 1–4 3–1 0–2 2–2 6–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 Lovech 4–0 6–0 5–0 3–0 4–1 2–0 3–4 2–0 4–1 2–0 6–1 4–0 5–0 Minyor Pernik 2–0 4–3 1–1 2–0 1–4 1–1 0–4 Match awarded after was abandoned at 0-1 in 65th minute due to home fans throwing stones following a second sending off 0–1 1–4 1–4 0–3 1–2 0–0 Neftochimic Burgas 4–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 0–3 Match awarded (originally finished 1–3). 5–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–2 2–5 5–0 Slavia Sofia 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 7–1 0–0 3–2 0–2 Spartak Varna 4–1 1–0 0–0 4–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 2–0 0–3 Velbazhd Kyustendil 2–0 4–1 3–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 complete A PFG bg Relegation play-off 30 May 2001 Beroe Stara Zagora 1–0 Pirin Blagoevgrad Zhelev 73 Stadion Georgi Asparuhov Sofia 2,000 Champions Levski Sofia Goalkeepers1BUL Dimitar Ivankov 25 (5)12BUL Georgi Sheytanov 1 (0)30BUL Vihren Uzunov 1 (0) Defenders2BUL Martin Stankov 18 (0)3BUL Stanimir Stoilov 15 (2)5BUL Georgi Markov 22 (0)6BUL Zahari Sirakov 17 (2)11BUL Elin Topuzakov 22 (3)14Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav Savić 8 (0)15UZB Aleksey Dionisiev 7 (0)22BUL Ilian Stoyanov 20 (1)23BIH Dalibor Dragić 16 (2) BUL Predrag Pažin* 6 (0) UKR Oleksandr Koval* 3 (0) Midfielders4BUL Biser Ivanov 22 (0)10BUL Asen Nikolov 7 (0)16BUL Chavdar Atanasov 15 (2)17RUS Konstantin Golovskoy 4 (0)19BUL Svetoslav Barkanichkov 4 (0)20Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Neško Milovanović 5 (0)21BUL Dimitar Telkiyski 15 (5)25BUL Yordan Terziev 9 (0)26BUL Viktorio Pavlov 1 (0)28RUS Vladislav Radimov 3 (1) BUL Aleksandar Aleksandrov* 7 (1) UKR Eduard Tsykhmeystruk* 12 (1) RUS Konstantin Kaynov* 2 (0) Forwards7BRA Rogério Gaúcho 8 (0)8BUL Georgi Bachev 11 (2)9BUL Georgi Ivanov 24 (21)18BUL Krum Bibishkov 2 (1)24Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miodrag Pantelić 12 (1)29BUL Dimitar Makriev 1 (0)99BUL Petar Mihtarski 11 (4) UZB Georgi Georgiev* 4 (3) Manager Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljupko Petrović Pažin, Koval, Aleksandrov, Tsykhmeystruk, Kaynov and Georgiev left the club during a season. Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1BUL Georgi IvanovLevski Sofia 222BUL Hristo YovovLovech173BUL Stefan YurukovLovech 144BUL Vladimir ManchevCSKA Sofia 13BUL Valentin StanchevSpartak Varna FRY Zoran JankovićLovech 7BUL Hristo YanevCSKA Sofia 128BUL Martin KushevSlavia Sofia 11BUL Boyko VelichkovVelbazhd Kyustendil 10BUL Ivan TonchevBeroe Stara Zagora 9 Source:2000–01 Top Goalscorers Attendances # Club Average 1 Levski 13,184 2 Neftochimic 9,658 3 Beroe 7,572 4 Chernomorets 6,341 5 CSKA Sofia 6,019 6 Botev 4,972 7 Cherno More 4,901 8 Hebar 4,623 9 Velbazhd 4,041 10 Spartak Varna 3,708 11 Lovech 3,351 12 Lokomotiv Sofia 2,988 13 Slavia Sofia 1,884 14 Minyor 1,811 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bgr/avebgr01.htm References External links Bulgaria Championship History at rsssf.com 2000–01 A Group Statistics at a-pfg.com Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) seasons Bulgaria 1