2003–04 A Group

56th completed season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria A Group 2003–04 8 August 2003 – 15 May 2004 Lokomotiv Plovdiv(1st title) Botev Plovdiv Makedonska slava Chernomorets Burgas Champions League Lokomotiv Plovdiv UEFA Cup CSKA Levski Sofia Litex Intertoto Cup Marek Dupnitsa 240 686 Martin Kamburov(25 goals) Lokomotiv Plovdiv 8–1 Cherno More Varna Rodopa Smolyan 1–5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Belasitsa Petrich 0–4 CSKA Makedonska slava 0–4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Plovdiv 8–1 Cherno More Varna (9 goals) 2002–03 2004–05 The 2003–04 A Group was the 56th season of the top Bulgarian national football league (commonly referred to as A Group) and the 80th edition of a Bulgarian national championship tournament. This is the first season since the revision of the league rules after an unsuccessful attempt for a creation of a so-called Premier Professional Football League. Overview In the doorstep of the new millennium the Bulgarian Football Union decided to reform the football league system creating the Premier Professional Football League. The new top tier of Bulgarian football required all of its participants to be licensed as professional football clubs. The reforms also saw the number of teams reduced and introduced relegation play-offs during the years of its existence. The Bulgarian Premier League, however, was unsuccessful so from season 2003–04 the top Bulgarian league was re-established as the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, returning to the traditions of A Republican Football Group and increasing the number of teams participating back to 16. Still, A Group retained the requirement of a professional status of all participants. In the 2003–04 season Lokomotiv Plovdiv became champions for the first time in their history.http://www.blitz.bg/sport/blits-arkhiv/quotcherno-byalaquot-luda-shampionska-istoriya-snimki_226626.html blitz.bg "Черно-бяла" луда шампионска история 8 May 2014 Bulgarian Teams A total of 16 clubs contested the league, including 12 from the previous season in the tier, and 4 promoted from the second flight. As before the start of the season, the top flight of Bulgarian football was once again restructured and the number of participants in the league was increased back to the traditional 16 teams from 14 the previous season, there were no promotion play-offs for the right to participate in A Group that season. Instead after the end of season 2002–03 the last two teams in the top level – Dobrudzha Dobrich placed 13th, and Rilski Sportist Samokov placed 14th – were directly relegated to B Group. The winners and the runners-up from the two divisions of B Group in season 2002–03 – Vidima-Rakovski and Rodopa Smolyan from the East division, and Belasitsa and Makedonska slava from the West division – were directly promoted to the top level of Bulgarian football. Vidima-Rakovski, Rodopa and Makedonska Slava all made their debut in the top tier, while Belasitsa Petrich returned after a one-year absence. Stadia and Locations Bulgaria right 480 Location of teams in 2003–04 A Group Bulgaria 42.7 23.333333 Sofia Green pog.svg top Bulgaria 41.3893 23.1994 Belasitsa bottom Bulgaria 43.2176 27.914 Cherno More Spartak left Bulgaria 43.142639 24.724861 Litex left Bulgaria 42.136 24.7675 Botev Lokomotiv right Bulgaria 42.2755 23.1354 Marek left Bulgaria 42.0267 23.1005 Makedonska slava Bulgaria 43.0196 25.1017 Vidima-Rakovski right Bulgaria 42.5125 27.450278 Chernomorets Naftex Bulgaria 41.5748 24.6989 Rodopa Bulgaria Sofia Sofia 2003–04 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 City Stadium CapacityBelasitsaPetrichTsar Samuil Stadium 9,500BotevPlovdivHristo Botev Stadium 22,000Cherno MoreVarnaTicha12,000ChernomoretsBurgasChernomorets22,000CSKASofiaBalgarska Armia22,015LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov29,986LitexLovechLovech7,050LokomotivPlovdivLokomotiv (Plovdiv)13,800LokomotivSofiaLokomotiv (Sofia)22,000Makedonska slavaBlagoevgradHristo Botev11,000MarekDupnitsaBonchuk Stadium 16,050NaftexBurgasLazur18,037RodopaSmolyanSeptemvri6,100SlaviaSofiaOvcha Kupel18,000SpartakVarnaSpartak Stadium 7,500Vidima-RakovskiSevlievoRakovski8,816 League table main WDL 5 QR LPL Lokomotiv Plovdiv LEV Levski Sofia CSK CSKA Sofia LIT Litex Lovech SLA Slavia Sofia CHM Cherno More MAR Marek NAF Naftex Burgas LSO Lokomotiv Sofia RSM Rodopa Smolyan BEL Belasitsa Petrich VRA Vidima-Rakovski SPV Spartak Varna BOT Botev Plovdiv MKS Makedonska slava CHB Chernomorets Burgas 24 3 3 74 24 C 22 6 2 59 16 20 5 5 65 28 18 10 2 43 20 18 3 9 57 30 10 8 12 45 53 12 2 16 33 50 9 8 13 49 38 8 9 13 37 48 10 3 17 28 47 8 7 15 34 52 6 12 12 32 48 8 6 16 35 46 7 6 17 33 60 R 8 2 20 32 58 R 4 6 20 30 68 R Cherno More ahead of Marek on head-to-head record; Cherno More–Marek 3–0, Marek–Cherno More 4–2. CHM Lokomotiv Sofia ahead of Rodopa Smolyan on head-to-head away goals scored; Lokomotiv Sofia–Rodopa Smolyan 1–0, Rodopa Smolyan–Lokomotiv Sofia 2–1. LSO Vidima-Rakovski ahead of Spartak Varna on head-to-head record; Vidima-Rakovski–Spartak Varna 1–1, Spartak Varna–Vidima-Rakovski 1–2. VRA green1 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round UC2 UC2 UC2 #CCCCFF Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round IC2 red1 Relegation to 2004–05 B Group R R R complete A PFG bg 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 BEL BOT CHM CHB CSK LEV LIT LPL LSO MKS MAR NAF RSM SLA SPV VRA Belasitsa Petrich 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–4 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–3 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–2 Botev Plovdiv 1–0 3–4 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 Cherno More 0–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–3 1–1 4–1 Chernomorets Burgas 2–0 2–5 0–3 1–3 1–2 0–3 0–1 3–3 3–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–5 0–0 3–0 CSKA Sofia 5–1 4–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 4–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 Levski Sofia 4–2 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 6–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 Litex Lovech 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–0 3–2 8–1 6–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 Lokomotiv Sofia 5–2 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 Makedonska slava 1–3 4–3 3–4 3–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–4 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 Marek 0–0 1–0 4–2 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 Naftex Burgas 3–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 5–0 5–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 Rodopa Smolyan 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–5 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 Slavia Sofia 3–0 5–0 2–0 3–1 2–4 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 4–0 2–0 Spartak Varna 4–0 4–2 1–2 4–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 4–0 2–0 2–4 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 Vidima-Rakovski 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 0–1 0–3 0–2 1–4 3–3 3–2 1–3 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 complete A PFG bg Champions Lokomotiv Plovdiv Goalkeepers1BUL Vasil Kamburov 16 (0)12BUL Rumen Popov 0 (0)32BUL Krasimir Petkov 14 (0) Defenders2BUL Vladimir Ivanov 28 (1)3BUL Aleksandar Tunchev 25 (1)5BUL Georgi Petrov 2 (0)6BUL Kiril Kotev 30 (3)20BUL Ivan Paskov 20 (3)22BUL Trayan Dyankov 1 (0)24MKD Robert Petrov 29 (1) Midfielders4BUL Nedyalko Hubenov 6 (0)7MKD Žarko Serafimovski* 4 (0)10BUL Svetoslav Barkanichkov 10 (2)14BUL Velko Hristev 5 (0)16BUL Ivo Mihaylov 19 (2)17MKD Vančo Trajanov 16 (0)19BUL Krasimir Dimitrov 22 (1)21BUL Georgi Iliev 27 (1)25SCG Ivan Krizmanić 10 (0) BUL Nesim Özgür* 6 (1) BUL Atanas Georgiev* 2 (0) Forwards9MKD Boban Jančevski 21 (11)11BUL Martin Kamburov 29 (25)13BUL Metodi Stoynev 20 (3)15SCG Neško Milovanović 10 (4)18BUL Yavor Vandev 3 (0)23NGA Ekundayo Jayeoba 27 (9) SCG Darko Spalević* 10 (4) Manager BUL Eduard Eranosyan Serafimovski, Özgür, Georgiev and Spalević left the club during a season. Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1BUL Martin KamburovLokomotiv Plovdiv 252BUL Stoyko SakalievNaftex / CSKA17BUL Blagoy GeorgievSlavia Sofia 4BUL Georgi ChilikovLevski Sofia14BUL Emil GargorovCSKA Sofia BUL Doncho DonevLokomotiv Sofia 7MKD Boban JančevskiLokomotiv Plovdiv 11BUL Georgi VladimirovSlavia Sofia ROM Eugen TricăLitex Lovech BUL Hristo YanevCSKA Sofia BUL Plamen KrumovNaftex Burgas BRA VaváBelasitsa Petrich References External links Bulgaria – List of final tables (RSSSF) 2003–04 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) seasons Bulgaria 1