1996–97 A Group

49th completed season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria A Group 1996–97 9 August 1996 – 1 June 1997 CSKA Sofia(28th title) Maritsa Montana Rakovski Champions League CSKA UEFA Cup Neftochimic Todor Pramatarov(26 goals) 240 705 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 A Group was the 49th 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 CSKA Sofia won the championship.http://www.temasport.com/news/view/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2+%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8+%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82,++%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5+%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE+%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8+%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0/news:23586 temasport.com Порточанов вади пистолет, после Гочето прави кълбета 27 July 2013 Bulgarian Team information Stadia and locations The following teams have ensured their participation in A Group for season 1996–97 (listed in alphabetical order): Bulgaria right 480 Location of teams in 1996–97 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 42.136 24.7675 Botev Lokomotiv Maritsa bottom Bulgaria 42.6 23.033333 Minyor left Bulgaria 43.416667 23.233333 Montana Bulgaria 43.85 25.966667 Rakovski right 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 1996–97 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 Asparuhov29,986LokomotivPlovdivLokomotiv 24,000LokomotivSofiaLokomotiv22,000MaritsaPlovdivMaritsa5,000MinyorPernikMinyor18,000MontanaMontanaOgosta 8,000NeftochimicBurgasLazur18,037RakovskiRuseGradski20,000SlaviaSofiaOvcha Kupel18,000SpartakPlevenSlavi Aleksiev 21,940SpartakVarnaSpartak8,000 League standings main WDL 5 QR CSK CSKA Sofia NAF Neftochimic Burgas SLA Slavia Sofia LEV Levski Sofia BOT Botev Plovdiv MIN Minyor Pernik LSO Lokomotiv Sofia LVK Levski Kyustendil VAR Spartak Varna LPL Lokomotiv Plovdiv DOB Dobrudzha Dobrich PLE Spartak Pleven ETA Etar Veliko Tarnovo MPL Maritsa Plovdiv MON Montana RAK Rakovski Ruse 22 5 3 65 19 C 20 7 3 70 20 17 6 7 61 23 14 11 5 58 30 14 3 13 41 41 12 8 10 28 35 13 4 13 59 47 13 3 14 51 52 13 3 14 40 41 12 5 13 38 41 11 6 13 44 48 12 3 15 35 46 10 5 15 37 53 8 8 14 38 45 R 8 4 18 32 54 R 0 1 29 8 110 R green1 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round CL1 blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1 yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round CWCQ #ccccff Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage IC1 red1 Relegation to 1997–98 B Group R R R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BOT CSK DOB ETA LVK LEV LPL LSO MAR MIN MON NEF RAK SLA SPL SPV Spartak Varna 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 Lokomotiv Sofia 3–1 2–3 2–0 0–0 7–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–3 1–2 4–0 4–1 4–3 3–0 1–2 Levski Sofia 4–0 2–0 6–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–2 5–0 0–0 6–1 0–1 4–1 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 1–0 2–4 1–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 0–1 4–3 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–2 3–0 0–2 2–0 5–1 4–0 1–5 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 Rakovski Ruse 0–2 2–4 0–1 0–4 0–1 2–5 0–6 0–2 0–7 0–2 1–7 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 Montana 1–1 4–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 Neftochimic Burgas 3–1 1–1 4–1 5–0 4–0 2–0 5–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 5–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 Maritsa Plovdiv 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 8–0 2–0 0–5 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 4–3 0–1 2–2 Slavia Sofia 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 4–0 6–0 5–0 0–1 2–0 1–3 3–0 4–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 CSKA Sofia 4–1 0–1 1–1 5–1 4–1 9–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–2 1–0 4–0 Dobrudzha Dobrich 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–2 Minyor Pernik 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 Levski Kyustendil 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 2–1 5–1 2–0 5–1 Botev Plovdiv 4–3 3–1 4–3 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–3 3–0 2–2 3–0 3–1 Spartak Pleven 3–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 complete A PFG bg Champions CSKA Sofia GoalkeepersBUL Petko Petkov 30 (0)BUL Iliyan Vasilev 0 (0) DefendersBUL Adalbert Zafirov 28 (2)BUL Filip Filipov 21 (1)BUL Stefan Lulchev 14 (0)BUL Zdravko Radev 3 (0)BUL Dobromir Mitov 25 (3)BUL Galin Ivanov 20 (0) MidfieldersBUL Anatoli Nankov 27 (2)MKD Risto Milosavov 24 (3)BUL Iliya Voynov 20 (4)BUL Ivo Slavchev 20 (2)BUL Nikolay Nikolov 5 (1)BUL Georgi Slavchev 6 (0)BUL Kostadin Vidolov* 15 (1)BUL Stiliyan Petrov 5 (0)BUL Ivan Tanchovski 1 (0)BUL Metodi Deyanov 14 (3)BUL Milen Petkov 26 (3)BUL Georgi Yordanov 12 (1) ForwardsBUL Ivaylo Andonov 25 (18)CPV Jair 6 (3)BUL Petar Zhabov 22 (9)BUL Martin Petrov 3 (1)BUL Dimitar Ivanov 24 (4)BUL Kancho Yordanov 11 (2)BUL Rumen Hristov* 4 (1)BUL Bozhidar Yankov 4 (0) Manager BUL Georgi Vasilev Vidolov and Hristov left the club during a season. Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1BUL Todor PramatarovSlavia Sofia 262BUL Hristo MarashlievLevski Kyustendil (9)Spartak Varna (11)203BUL Ivaylo AndonovCSKA Sofia 184BUL Geno DobrevskiBotev Plovdiv 135BUL Mihail MihaylovLevski Kyustendil 126BUL Emil MitsanskiDobrudzha 11BUL Todor ZaytsevLevski Sofia8BUL Georgi IvanovLokomotiv Plovdiv 10BUL Iliya GruevNeftochimic10BUL Boris HvoynevBotev Plovdiv 9BUL Petar ZhabovCSKA SofiaBUL Plamen PetrovLevski KyustendilBUL Marian HristovLevski SofiaBUL Aleksandar AleksandrovMaritsa Source:1996–97 Top Goalscorers References External links Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF) 1996–97 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) seasons Bulgaria 1