2012–13 A Group

89th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria A Group 2012–13 11 August 2012 – 25 May 2013 Ludogorets Razgrad(2nd title) Botev VratsaMinyor PernikEtar 1924Montana Champions League Ludogorets Razgrad Europa League Levski SofiaBotevBeroe GNB Basile de Carvalho(19 goals) Levski 7–1 Etar 1924 Pirin 0–5 CSKA Sofia Levski 7–1 Etar 1924 240 600 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 A Group was the 89th season of the Bulgarian national top football division, and the 65th of A Group as the top-tier football league in the country. The season began on 11 August 2012The new season begins and ended with the last games on 25 May 2013. Ludogorets Razgrad won the A Group title for a second consecutive season, after Levski were leading prior to the last round match, but made a draw with Slavia.Ludogorets Razgrad completed a remarkable league-and-cup double by being crowned champions of Bulgariahttp://www.trud.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=1389307 Ludogorets wins the championship 2012-11-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20121110153235/http://www.trud.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=1389307 2012-11-10 dead Ludogorets Razgrad - the new champion of BulgariaLudogorets wins A PFG Teams Vidima-Rakovski, Kaliakra and Svetkavitsa were relegated after finishing in the bottom three places of the table at the end of season 2011–12.Vidima was relegated from A PFG, after losing against Levski SofiaLitex send Kaliakra into B PFG after –-0 winSvetkavica is relegated from A PFG Vidima and Kaliakra return to the second tier after two-year spells in the elite, while Svetkavitsa return after just one season in the top tier. The relegated teams were replaced by Pirin (Gotse Delchev), champions of West B Group, Etar 1924 (Veliko Tarnovo), champions of East B Group and promotion play-off winners Botev (Plovdiv). Botev returned to A Group after two years of absence, Pirin made their debut on the highest level of Bulgarian football, while Etar 1924 made its debut in the top level, although it’s unofficial predecessor, Etar Veliko Tarnovo played in the top level 14 years ago, season 1997–98. Stadia and locations As in the previous year, the league comprised the best thirteen teams of season 2011–12, the champions of the two B Groups and the winners of the promotion play-offs. Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.http://a-pfg.com/index.php News, standings, rounds, seasons, teams, grounds, cities, matches at a-pfg.com 2012-11-07 https://archive.today/20121211033128/http://a-pfg.com/index.php 2012-12-11 dead Bulgaria right 480 Location of teams in 2012–13 A Group Bulgaria 42.7 23.333333 Sofia Green pog.svg top Bulgaria 43.216667 23.59333 Botev Bulgaria 42.433333 25.65 Beroe bottom Bulgaria 43.2176 27.914 Cherno More left Bulgaria 43.083333 25.65 Etar 1924 right Bulgaria 43.5376 26.514 Ludogorets left Bulgaria 42.5125 27.450278 Chernomorets left Bulgaria 43.142639 24.724861 Litex Bulgaria 42.136 24.7675 BotevLokomotiv right Bulgaria 42.6 23.033333 Minyor left Bulgaria 43.416667 23.233333 Montana Bulgaria 41.566667 23.733333 Pirin Bulgaria Sofia Sofia 2012–13 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 CapacityBeroe Stara Zagora Beroe 12,300 Botev Plovdiv Hristo Botev 18,000 Botev Vratsa Hristo Botev 32,000 Cherno More Varna Ticha 8,250Chernomorets Burgas Lazur 18,037CSKA Sofia Balgarska Armiya 22,015 Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo Ivaylo 18,000Levski Sofia Georgi Asparuhov 19,200 Litex Lovech Lovech 8,100Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv 10,000 Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 22,000Ludogorets Razgrad Ludogorets Arena 6,000Minyor Pernik Minyor 8,000Montana Montana Ogosta 8,000Pirin Gotse Delchev Gradski 5,000Slavia Sofia Ovcha Kupel 15,992 Personnel and sponsoring Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorBeroe Stara Zagora BGR Petar Hubchev BGR Doncho Atanasov Uhlsport BulsatcomBotev Plovdiv BGR Stanimir Stoilov BGR Asen Karaslavov adidas KTB ADBotev Vratsa BGR Antoni Zdravkov BGR Iliya Iliev Zeus —Cherno More Varna BGR Georgi Ivanov BGR Georgi Iliev Misho ArmeetsChernomorets Burgas BGR Dimitar Dimitrov BGR Trayan Dyankov Legea —CSKA Sofia BGR Milen Radukanov BGR Ivan Bandalovski Legea GLOBULEtar TUR Serdar Dayat BGR Dormushali Saidhodzha Jumper CBALevski Sofia BGR Nikolay Mitov BGR Stanislav Angelov Puma VTB Bank, M-telLitex Lovech BGR Hristo Stoichkov SRB Nebojša Jelenković adidas b-connectLokomotiv Plovdiv BGR Stefan Genov BGR Zdravko Lazarov Uhlsport —Lokomotiv Sofia BGR Emil Velev BGR Kristian Dobrev Joma MALIZIA, Casa BoyanaLudogorets Razgrad BGR Ivaylo Petev BGR Emil Gargorov adidas NavibulgarMinyor Pernik BGR Nikolay Todorov BGR Ivaylo Tsvetkov Jumper Municipal Insurance CompanyMontana BGR Stoycho Stoev BGR Georgi Mechedzhiev Jako Ogosta IcecreamPirin BGR Tencho Tenev BGR Petar Lazarov Tinger —Slavia Sofia BGR Velislav Vutsov BGR Bogomil Dyakov Joma — League table main WDL 5 QR LUD Ludogorets Razgrad LEV Levski Sofia CSK CSKA Sofia BOT Botev Plovdiv LIT Litex Lovech CHB Chernomorets Burgas BSZ Beroe SLA Slavia Sofia LPL Lokomotiv Plovdiv CHM Cherno More PGD Pirin Gotse Delchev LSO Lokomotiv Sofia BVR Botev Vratsa MIN Minyor Pernik MON Montana ETA Etar 22 6 2 58 13 C 22 5 3 59 20 19 6 5 54 20 18 6 6 51 21 15 5 10 56 24 14 5 11 32 28 13 6 11 36 38 12 6 12 39 35 10 9 11 37 34 9 8 13 33 39 10 4 16 27 57 7 10 13 27 38 8 7 15 23 51 R 5 5 20 20 49 R 4 4 22 27 57 R 4 4 22 20 75 R Lokomotiv Sofia ahead of Botev Vratsa on head-to-head record; Lokomotiv Sofia–Botev Vratsa 3–0, Botev Vratsa–Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0. LSO green1 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue2 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round EL1 EL1 inherit Excluded from European competitions PFC CSKA Sofia were excluded from European competitions due to debts. EXEC blue1 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round Beroe Stara Zagora qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2012–13 Bulgarian Cup. EL2 red1 Relegation to 2013–14 B Group R 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 goal difference; 7th goals scored Results main FBR grey BSZ BOT BVR CHM CHB CSK ETA LEV LIT LPL LSO LUD MIN MON PGD SLA Beroe 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–3 2–1 Botev Plovdiv 1–2 5–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 5–0 3–0 Botev Vratsa 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–4 2–1 1–3 0–4 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 Cherno More 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–3 2–0 2–1 5–1 0–0 Chernomorets Burgas 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 CSKA Sofia 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 Etar 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–4 0–3 0–4 1–1 2–2 1–5 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 Levski Sofia 2–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 7–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 Litex Lovech 1–2 0–1 5–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 6–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 5–0 5–0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–5 5–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 Lokomotiv Sofia 2–2 1–2 3–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 Ludogorets Razgrad 3–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 Minyor Pernik 3–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–4 1–0 0–4 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–4 Montana 1–3 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–3 2–3 0–2 1–3 1–2 2–3 0–3 2–0 3–0 0–1 Pirin Gotse Delchev 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 0–5 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 4–2 0–3 Slavia Sofia 6–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–2 3–0 1–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 complete A PFG bg Champions Ludogorets Razgrad Goalkeepers1SRB Uroš Golubović 6 (0)21BUL Vladislav Stoyanov 14 (0)91BUL Ivan Čvorović 10 (0) Defenders4FIN Tero Mäntylä 5 (0)5FRA Alexandre Barthe 14 (3)20BRA Guilherme Choco 6 (0)25BUL Yordan Minev 24 (0)27ROM Cosmin Moți 21 (1)33SVK Ľubomír Guldan 22 (2)77POR Vitinha 4 (0)80BRA Júnior Caiçara 28 (0) Midfielders6BUL Georgi Kostadinov 6 (0)7BUL Mihail Aleksandrov 15 (5)8BUL Stanislav Genchev 28 (3)10COL Sebastián Hernández 9 (0)14NED Mitchell Burgzorg 12 (2)15SRB Nemanja Milisavljević 6 (0)18BUL Svetoslav Dyakov 28 (3)19BUL Dimo Bakalov 15 (4)22BUL Miroslav Ivanov 26 (4)84BRA Marcelinho 25 (6)99CIV Franck Guela* 13 (1) Forwards9SVN Roman Bezjak 14 (5)11BRA Juninho Quixadá 17 (3)23BUL Emil Gargorov 22 (6)73BUL Ivan Stoyanov 28 (9) Manager BUL Ivaylo Petev Guela left the club during a season. Season statistics Top scorers RankScorerClubGoalshttp://a-pfg.com/players.php?module=top-scorers Извеждане на голмайсторите в "А" Група A PFG Bulgarian A Professional Football Group 11 March 2013 bg https://web.archive.org/web/20130530180652/http://www.a-pfg.com/players.php?module=top-scorers 30 May 2013 dead dmy-all 1Guinea-Bissau Basile de CarvalhoLevski Sofia192Bulgaria Ivan TsvetkovBotev Plovdiv173Bulgaria Georgi MilanovLitex Lovech164Bulgaria Georgi AndonovBeroe Stara Zagora125Bulgaria Ismail IsaLitex Lovech116Bulgaria Todor NedelevBotev Plovdiv9Bulgaria Ivan StoyanovLudogorets Razgrad9Albania Armando Vajushi Litex Lovech99Bulgaria Rangel AbushevLokomotiv Plovdiv8Bulgaria Ventsislav Hristov Beroe Stara Zagora / Chernomorets Burgas8Brazil Michel PlatiniCSKA Sofia8 Awards Weekly awards Player of the Round RoundPlayer of the RoundPlayerClubRound 1Ivan Tsvetkov named for Bulgarian Player of the First Round (in Bulgarian)BUL Ivan TsvetkovBotev PlovdivRound 2Simeon Raykov is the top player of the Second Round (in Bulgarian)BUL Simeon RaykovLevski SofiaRound 3 BRA MarcelinhoLudogorets RazgradRound 4Basile de Carvalho wins the award ahead of Anton Karachanakov and Stanko Yovchev (in Bulgarian)Guinea-Bissau Basile de CarvalhoLevski SofiaRound 5Anicet wins the award after scoring twice against Botev Vratsa Madagascar Anicet AndrianantenainaCSKA SofiaRound 6http://www.btv.bg/sport/a-grupa/story/289574427-Golat_sreshtu_TsSKA_napravi_Marselinyo_futbolist_na_kraga.html Marcelinho wins the award after scoring against CSKA 2012-09-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20120927065904/http://www.btv.bg/sport/a-grupa/story/289574427-Golat_sreshtu_TsSKA_napravi_Marselinyo_futbolist_na_kraga.html 2012-09-27 dead BRA MarcelinhoLudogorets RazgradRound 7Emil Gargorov is picked for the best player of the round (in Bulgarian)BUL Emil GargorovLudogorets RazgradRound 8Stars of Botev (Plovdiv) blew the competition in 'A' group away (in Bulgarian)BUL Todor NedelevBotev PlovdivRound 9The hero of the derby scoops Player of the round award (in Bulgarian)TGO Serge NyuiadziCSKA SofiaRound 10Georgi Milanov became player of the tenth round (in Bulgarian)BUL Georgi MilanovLitex LovechRound 11Ismail Isa - number one player of the eleventh round (in Bulgarian)BUL Ismail IsaLitex LovechRound 12BUL Ivan TsvetkovBotev PlovdivRound 13Stanislav Genchev number one of the round (in Bulgarian)BUL Stanislav GenchevLudogorets RazgradRound 14Basile de Carvalho named Footballer of the roundGuinea-Bissau Basile de CarvalhoLevski SofiaRound 15Joao Silva with first individual trophy at LevskiPortugal João SilvaLevski SofiaRound 16Armando Vajushi named as footballer of the 16th roundAlbania Armando VajushiLitex LovechRound 17http://tv7.bg/sport-news/bulgaria-football/9668862.html Serginho named as footballer of the 17th round 2013-03-15 https://archive.today/20130410112009/http://tv7.bg/sport-news/bulgaria-football/9668862.html 2013-04-10 dead Portugal SerginhoCSKA SofiaRound 18http://agrupa.news7.bg/klasacii/?phaseId=18 Georgi Milanov became player of the 18th round (in Bulgarian) 2013-04-09 https://archive.today/20130616011335/http://agrupa.news7.bg/klasacii/?phaseId=18 2013-06-16 dead BUL Georgi MilanovLitex LovechRound 19https://archive.today/20130627100903/http://agrupa.news7.bg/klasacii/?phaseId=19 Joro Bozhilov became player of the 19 round (in Bulgarian)BUL Georgi BozhilovCherno MoreRound 20https://archive.today/20130616011354/http://agrupa.news7.bg/klasacii/?phaseId=20 Michel Platini became player of the 20 round (in Bulgarian)Brazil Michel Platini MesquitaCska SofiaRound 21http://agrupa.news7.bg/klasacii/?phaseId=21 Milanov won the again (in Bulgarian) 2013-04-14 https://archive.today/20130705232402/http://agrupa.news7.bg/klasacii/?phaseId=21 2013-07-05 dead BUL Georgi MilanovLitex LovechRound 22https://archive.today/20130616011306/http://agrupa.news7.bg/klasacii/?phaseId=22 Elektrichkata player of the 22nd round (in Bulgarian)BUL Zdravko LazarovSlavia SofiaRound 23https://archive.today/20130627100852/http://agrupa.news7.bg/klasacii/?phaseId=23 Convincing Garry Rodrigues (in Bulgarian)CPV Garry RodriguesLevski SofiaRound 24https://archive.today/20130616011400/http://agrupa.news7.bg/klasacii/?phaseId=24 Convincing Garry Rodrigues (in Bulgarian)POR João SilvaLevski SofiaRound 25https://archive.today/20130705232355/http://agrupa.news7.bg/klasacii/?phaseId=25 Marcinho player of the round (in Bulgarian)BRA MarcinhoCSKA SofiaRound 26https://archive.today/20130707163849/http://agrupa.news7.bg/klasacii/?phaseId=26 Yordan Gospodinov number 1 of the round (in Bulgarian)BUL Yordan GospodinovLokomotiv PlovdivRound 27https://archive.today/20130616011314/http://agrupa.news7.bg/klasacii/?phaseId=27 Ivan Tsvetkov best player of the round (in Bulgarian)BUL Ivan TsvetkovBotev PlovdivRound 28Stanislav Angelov: Luck is part of life (in Bulgarian)BUL Stanislav AngelovLevski SofiaRound 29http://agrupa.news7.bg/klasacii/?phaseId=29 Iliya Iliev number 1 of the 29th round (in Bulgarian) 2013-05-23 https://archive.today/20130627100918/http://agrupa.news7.bg/klasacii/?phaseId=29 2013-06-27 dead BUL Iliya IlievBotev Vratsa Transfers List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2012 List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2012–13 Attendances No. Club Average 1 Botev 8,071 2 Levski 5,510 3 Beroe 3,443 4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3,393 5 CSKA Sofia 3,327 6 Ludogorets 2,710 7 Cherno More 2,663 8 Pirin 2,363 9 Botev 2,033 10 Montana 1,503 11 Chernomorets 1,459 12 Lovech 1,427 13 Etar 1,262 14 Minyor 1,027 15 Slavia Sofia 800 16 Lokomotiv Sofia 767 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bgr/avebgr13.htm European Football statistics Archive Bulgaria 2012-2013 References 30em Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) seasons 1 Bul