1997–98 A Group

50th completed season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria A Group 1997–98 2 August 1997 – 10 May 1998 Litex Lovech(1st title) Olimpik Spartak Pleven Etar Champions League Litex UEFA Cup CSKA Boncho Genchev Anton Spasov (17 goals each) 240 696 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 A Group was the 50th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and Litex Lovech won the championship. Team information Stadia and locations The following teams have ensured their participation in A Group for season 1997–98 (listed in alphabetical order): Bulgaria right 480 Location of teams in 1997–98 A Group Bulgaria 42.7 23.333333 Sofia Green pog.svg top Bulgaria 43.083333 25.65 Etar right Bulgaria 42.5125 27.470278 Neftochimic right Bulgaria 43.566667 27.833333 Dobrudzha Bulgaria 43.142639 24.724861 Litex bottom Bulgaria 42.136 24.7675 Botev Lokomotiv bottom Bulgaria 42.6 23.033333 Metalurg Minyor left Bulgaria 43.0167 24.2833 Olimpik left Bulgaria 43.407778 24.620278 Spartak Pl bottom Bulgaria 43.2176 27.914 Spartak Vn bottom Bulgaria 42.296389 22.65 Levski bottom Bulgaria Sofia Sofia 1997–98 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 CapacityBotevPlovdivHristo Botev18,000CSKASofiaBulgarian Army22,995DobrudzhaDobrichDruzhba12,500EtarVeliko TarnovoIvaylo 18,000LevskiKyustendilOsogovo10,000LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov29,986LitexLovechLovech7,050LokomotivPlovdivLokomotiv 24,000LokomotivSofiaLokomotiv22,000MetalurgPernikMetalurg18,000MinyorPernikMinyor18,000NeftochimicBurgasLazur18,037OlimpikGalataGeorgi Benkovski10,000SlaviaSofiaOvcha Kupel18,000SpartakPlevenSlavi Aleksiev 21,940SpartakVarnaSpartak8,000 League standings main WDL 5 QR LIT Litex Lovech LEV Levski Sofia CSK CSKA Sofia NAF Neftochimic Burgas SLA Slavia Sofia LVK Levski Kyustendil SPA Spartak Varna MIN Minyor Pernik LSO Lokomotiv Sofia MET Metalurg Pernik BOT Botev Plovdiv DOB Dobrudzha Dobrich LPL Lokomotiv Plovdiv OLI Olimpik Galata SPL Spartak Pleven ETA Etar Veliko Tarnovo 21 6 3 73 25 C 19 7 4 73 27 18 7 5 71 29 17 4 9 59 31 15 9 6 51 30 15 1 14 45 40 12 6 12 42 36 12 5 13 32 35 11 6 13 42 40 11 4 15 28 36 11 3 16 35 48 11 3 16 33 55 11 3 16 31 58 11 2 17 26 47 R 7 0 23 32 75 R 4 2 24 21 82 R green1 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round CL1 yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round CWCQ blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1 #ccccff Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round IC1 red1 Relegation to 1998–99 B Group R R R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BOT CSK DOB ETA LVK LEV LIT LPL LSO MET MIN NEF OLI SLA SPL SPV Spartak Pleven 0–1 0–3 1–4 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 2–5 1–3 1–0 5–1 4–2 2–1 4–1 Slavia Sofia 3–0 2–3 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 4–0 3–1 5–3 1–1 4–0 CSKA Sofia 5–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 5–0 4–1 3–0 5–0 5–1 Litex Lovech 4–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 6–0 4–0 1–0 3–0 0–4 Match awarded as Litex Lovech fielded ineligible player Radostin Kishishev (originally finished 1–1). 3–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 Spartak Varna 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 3–1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–2 1–1 1–4 1–3 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 Metalurg Pernik 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–3 1–1 Neftochimic Burgas 4–1 0–1 1–3 3–2 0–0 4–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 4–1 5–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 7–0 Levski Kyustendil 3–1 2–0 1–2 3–0 Match awarded as Litex Lovech fielded ineligible player Radostin Kishishev (originally finished 0–0). 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 3–1 Levski Sofia 3–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 5–0 7–0 2–3 4–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 5–0 Lokomotiv Sofia 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 4–2 0–0 3–0 4–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 Olimpik Galata 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–4 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 Dobrudzha Dobrich 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–4 0–5 Match awarded after was abandoned at 65th minute by the result 0–2. 4–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 Botev Plovdiv 4–0 1–1 3–1 2–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–4 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 5–1 Minyor Pernik 3–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 0–2 3–4 0–2 1–3 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–4 0–3 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 complete A PFG bg Champions Litex Lovech GoalkeepersBUL Vitomir Vutov 28 (0)BUL Stoyan Stavrev 2 (0) DefendersBUL Petar Kushev 16 (2)BUL Stefan Kolev 21 (1)BUL Nikolay Dimitrov 24 (1)BUL Dimitar Karadaliev 1 (0)BUL Zlatomir Zagorčić 27 (0)BUL Ivaylo Petkov 27 (3)BUL Radostin Kishishev 5 (0)BUL Dimitar Balabanov 6 (0)BUL Rosen Kirilov 28 (0)BUL Koycho Ivanov 1 (0) MidfieldersBUL Rosen Emilov 17 (1)BUL Mariyan Todorov 28 (6)BUL Stoycho Stoilov 30 (8)BUL Daniel Ostrovski 5 (0)Serbia and Montenegro Dragoljub Simonović 22 (6)BUL Ivaylo Petev* 12 (2)BUL Veselin Sarbakov 16 (3)BUL Emil Tsanev* 2 (0) ForwardsBUL Stefan Yurukov* 14 (13)BUL Dimcho Belyakov* 14 (5)ALB Alban Bushi 15 (4)BUL Svetoslav Todorov 19 (9)BRA Luis Carlos Mota 5 (1)Serbia and Montenegro Igor Bogdanović 15 (6)BUL Metodi Stoynev 8 (1) Manager BUL Dimitar Dimitrov Petev, Tsanev, Yurukov and Belyakov left the club during a season. Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1BUL Anton SpasovNeftochimic Burgas 17BUL Boncho GenchevCSKA Sofia3BUL Stefan YurukovLitex Lovech 13Serbia and Montenegro Danilo DončićLokomotiv Sofia 5BUL Stanimir StoilovSlavia Sofia 12BUL Valentin StanchevSpartak Varna 7BUL Ivaylo AndonovCSKA Sofia 118BUL Aleksandar AleksandrovLevski Sofia 10BUL Plamen PetrovLevski Kyustendil BUL Georgi IvanovLevski Sofia BUL Iliya VoynovSpartak Pleven Source:1997–98 Top Goalscorers References External links Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF) 1997–98 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) seasons Bulgaria 1