2009–10 A Group

86th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria A Group 2009–10 7 August 2009 – 16 May 2010 Litex Lovech(3rd title) Botev PlovdivSportist SvogeLoko Mezdra Champions League Litex Lovech Europa League CSKA SofiaLevski SofiaBeroe (via domestic cup) FRA Wilfried Niflore(19 goals) Levski 5–0 Botev Litex 5–0 Loko P. Levski 5–0 Sportist Loko M. 0–5 Litex Loko P. 0–5 CSKA Loko M. 0–5 Ch'morets Minyor 4–2 Sliven Ch. More 4–2 Loko S. Loko P. 3–3 Minyor Sportist 1–5 Loko S. Sliven 2–4 CSKA Loko P. 2–4 Montana CSKA 5–1 Loko S. Sportist 2–4 Litex 191 462 2008–09 2010–11 The 2009–10 A Group was the 86th season of the Bulgarian national top football division, and the 62nd of A Group as the top tier football league in the country. It began on 7 August 2009 with the game between Beroe and Lokomotiv Sofia. The last round took place on 16 May 2010. Levski Sofia were the defending champions, but they were unable to defend it and Litex Lovech won the title, which was their third overall. Promotion and relegation from 2008–09 Belasitsa Petrich, Spartak Varna and Vihren Sandanski were directly relegated for finishing in the bottom three places. Belasitsa ended a six-year stint in the Bulgarian top flight, while Spartak Varna were relegated for a record ninth time since the introduction of the A PFG, after three years. Vihren ended their four-year tenure in the A PFG, the club's first ever in the top division. The relegated teams were replaced by Montana, champions of the West B PFG 2008-2009, and Beroe Stara Zagora, champions of the East B PFG 2008-2009. Montana returned to the A PFG after twelve years, while Beroe returned after a one-year absence. Beroe won promotion for the ninth time in its history, therefore equaling the record previously set by Minyor Pernik. A further place in the league was decided through a one-legged play-off. Sportist Svoge as runner-up in West B PFG had to face Naftex Burgas, who came second in East B PFG. Sportist Svoge won the game 4–2 after a penalty shootout, following a regular time score of 2–2. This was Sportist's first participation in the Bulgarian top flight. Team overview Bulgaria right 480 Location of teams in 2009–10 A Group Bulgaria 42.7 23.333333 Sofia Green pog.svg top Bulgaria 42.136 24.7675 BotevLoko Plovdiv Bulgaria 42.433333 25.65 Beroe Bulgaria 43.2176 27.914 Cherno More left Bulgaria 42.5125 27.470278 Chernomorets bottom Bulgaria 43.142639 24.724861 Litex Bulgaria 43.138889 23.7125 Lok. Mezdra left Bulgaria 42.6 23.033333 Minyor left Bulgaria 43.416667 23.233333 Montana Bulgaria 42.026389 23.1 Pirin bottom Bulgaria 42.679306 26.336667 Sliven Bulgaria 42.966667 23.25 Sportist left Bulgaria Sofia Sofia 2009–10 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 Club Location Manager Stadium Capacity Team captainBeroeStara Zagora Bulgaria Ilian IlievBeroe17,800http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/BUL.html Football stadiums of the world - Stadiums in Bulgaria 2010-09-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100811083735/http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/BUL.html 2010-08-11 Accessed on 9 August 2009 (Bulgarian).Bulgaria Slavi ZhekovBotevPlovdivItaly Enrico PiccioniHristo Botev (Plovdiv)21,000http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/BUL.html Football stadiums of the world - Stadiums in Bulgaria 2010-09-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100811083735/http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/BUL.html 2010-08-11 Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian).Bulgaria Vasil VasilevCherno MoreVarnaBulgaria Velizar PopovTicha8,250Bulgaria Georgi IlievChernomoretsBurgasBulgaria Krasimir BalakovLazur18,037 Accessed on 1 August 2009 (English). Bulgaria Cvetomir ConkovCSKASofiaBulgaria Pavel DochevBulgarian Army22,015 https://web.archive.org/web/20090617234744/http://www.sport1.bg/sport1/node/1927 2009-06-17 Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian).Bulgaria Todor YanchevLevskiSofiaBulgaria Georgi Ivanov Georgi Ivanov (footballer born 1976)Georgi Asparuhov29,200 Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian).Bulgaria Georgi PetkovLitexLovechBulgaria Angel ChervenkovGradski Stadion7,050August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Accessed on 7 August 2009 (Bulgarian).Bulgaria Ivelin PopovLokomotiv MezdraMezdraBulgaria Voyn VoynovLokomotiv (Mezdra)5,000Bulgaria Strati IlievLokomotiv PlovdivPlovdivBulgaria Hristo BonevLokomotiv (Plovdiv)13,800Bulgaria Georgi MechedzhievLokomotiv SofiaSofiaBulgaria Dimitar VasevLokomotiv (Sofia)22,000August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Accessed on 9 August 2009 (Bulgarian).Bulgaria Georgi MarkovMinyorPernikBulgaria Anton VelkovMinyor12,000The capacity of the stadium was reduced to 8,000 spectators Accessed on 13 August 2009 Bulgaria Ivaylo IvanovMontanaMontanaBulgaria Atanas DzhambazkiOgosta8,000Bulgaria Ventsislav IvanovSliven 2000SlivenSerbia Dragoljub Simonović footballerHadzhi Dimitar10,000Bulgaria Miroslav MindevPirinBlagoevgradBulgaria Stefan GrozdanovHristo Botev (Bgd)7,500Bulgaria Georgi GeorgievSlaviaSofiaBUL Velislav VutsovOvcha Kupel18,000Bulgaria Yordan PetkovSportistSvogeBUL Stoycho StoevChavdar Cvetkov3,500The capacity of the stadium was expanded to 3,500 spectators https://web.archive.org/web/20110706143813/http://www.winner.bg/bulgarian-football/read11334.html 2011-07-06 Accessed on 7 August 2009 (Bulgarian).Bulgaria Todor Kyuchukov League table main WDL 5 QR LIT Litex Lovech CSK CSKA Sofia LEV Levski Sofia LSO Lokomotiv Sofia CHB Chernomorets Burgas SLA Slavia Sofia CHM Cherno More MIN Minyor Pernik PIR Pirin Blagoevgrad BSZ Beroe MON Montana LPL Lokomotiv Plovdiv OFC Sliven LME Lokomotiv Mezdra SPO Sportist Svoge BOT Botev Plovdiv 22 4 4 59 17 C 16 10 4 51 25 17 6 7 57 26 15 7 8 47 33 15 6 9 44 29 14 8 8 34 28 13 9 8 40 28 13 6 11 38 26 11 10 9 34 32 10 8 12 30 36 9 9 12 30 37 9 6 15 36 52 9 5 16 29 40 7 6 17 30 48 R 5 4 21 23 59 R 1 4 25 12 78 -6 R Botev Plovdiv were expelled from the league during the winter break because they were unable to meet the criteria required to continue the season, and deducted six points for administrative irregularities. All of their remaining matches have been scratched and will be counted as a 3–0 win for their opponents.http://football.sportal.bg/news.php?id=223245 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191611/http://football.sportal.bg/news.php?id=223245 dead БФС: Ботев не изпълни нито едно условие, сами се досещате накъде отиват нещата March 3, 2016 Aug 10, 2026http://football.sportal.bg/news.php?id=223264 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181200/http://football.sportal.bg/news.php?id=223264 dead Изхвърлиха официално Ботев Пловдив от "А" група March 3, 2016 August 10, 2026 green1 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round EL3 blue2 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round EL2 blue1 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round Beroe won the 2009–10 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. EL3b red1 Relegation to 2010–11 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 goal difference; 7th goals scored Results main FBR grey BSZ BOT CHM CHB CSK LEV LIT LME LPL LSO MIN MON OFC PIR SLA SPO Beroe 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 Botev Plovdiv 0–3 Matches awarded after Botev's expulsion during the winter break. 0–3 BOT_BSZ 0–3 BOT_BSZ 0–1 0–3 BOT_BSZ 0–3 BOT_BSZ 0–3 BOT_BSZ 1–0 0–3 BOT_BSZ 0–3 2–3 0–3 BOT_BSZ 2–2 0–1 1–1 Cherno More 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 4–2 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 Chernomorets Burgas 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 CSKA Sofia 3–0 3–0 BOT_BSZ 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 3–2 5–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 Levski Sofia 0–1 5–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 5–0 Litex Lovech 3–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 Lokomotiv Mezdra 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–5 4–0 This match was abandoned after 66 minutes, with Lokomotiv Mezdra leading 1–0, due to a pitch invasion by CSKA supporters. The match was awarded a 4–0 win in favour of Lokomotiv Mezdra; CSKA Sofia were fined $10,370 and their stadium was suspended for three games.http://in.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idINIndia-47148220100323 CSKA Sofia handed 4-0 loss for pitch invasion 23 March 2010 Reuters 23 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401165712/http://in.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idINIndia-47148220100323 1 April 2010 dead 1–1 0–5 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–3 3–0 BOT_BSZ 1–0 2–1 0–5 2–2 0–3 0–1 2–1 3–3 2–4 1–2 2–0 0–2 3–0 Lokomotiv Sofia 2–0 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 Minyor Pernik 3–0 3–0 BOT_BSZ 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 4–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 Montana 2–1 3–0 BOT_BSZ 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 2–0 1–0 OFC Sliven 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–4 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–0 Pirin Blagoevgrad 2–2 3–0 BOT_BSZ 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–2 4–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 Slavia Sofia 3–1 3–0 BOT_BSZ 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 Sportist Svoge 1–2 3–0 BOT_BSZ 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–3 2–4 0–4 2–1 1–5 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 complete A PFG bg Champions Litex Lovech Goalkeepers1SRB Uroš Golubović 19 (0)12BUL Todor Todorov 0 (0)30BUL Evgeni Aleksandrov 0 (0)31BRA Rodrigo Galatto 12 (0) Defenders2FRA Alexandre Barthe 27 (2)3BUL Petar Zanev 19 (0)5BUL Mihail Venkov 10 (1)6BUL Ivaylo Petkov 15 (1)14BUL Tsvetomir Panov 1 (0)18BUL Iliya Milanov 1 (0)22BUL Plamen Nikolov 27 (1)25BUL Radostin Kishishev 20 (0)33BUL Nikolay Bodurov 18 (2) Midfielders7BUL Hristo Yanev 26 (6)8BRA Tom 18 (2)10BRA Sandrinho 25 (1)13BUL Maksim Stoykov 1 (0)15BRA Doka Madureira 26 (6)17BUL Georgi Milanov 27 (2)21BUL Aleksandar Tsvetkov 1 (0)23SRB Nebojša Jelenković 24 (1)24BRA Adriano Miranda* 1 (0)27BUL Momchil Tsvetanov 4 (1)28BRA Diego Ferraresso 9 (0) Forwards9BUL Svetoslav Todorov 12 (1)19FRA Wilfried Niflore 27 (19)71BUL Ivelin Popov 18 (7)99BUL Dormushali Saidhodzha* 11 (1) Manager BUL Angel Chervenkov Saidhodzha and Miranda left the club during a season. Statistics Top goalscorers Source:Bulgarian PFL official site RankScorerClubGoals1France Wilfried NifloreLitex Lovech192Bulgaria Martin KamburovLokomotiv Sofia163Bulgaria Ismail IsaLokomotiv Mezdra11Brazil JuniorSlavia Sofia11Bulgaria Georgi AndonovBeroe11Bulgaria Hristo YovovLevski Sofia117Bulgaria Deyan HristovSliven108Bulgaria Miroslav AntonovSportist Svoge / Levski Sofia9Serbia Goran JankovićMinyor Pernik910Bulgaria Ivan StoyanovCSKA Sofia8Bulgaria Yordan TodorovCSKA Sofia / Lokomotiv Plovdiv8 Top assistants Source:Sportal https://web.archive.org/web/20091212082538/http://sportal.bg/statistics_players_stats.php?season=27&champ=1&order=score 2009-12-12 RankPlayerClubAssists1France Wilfried NifloreLitex Lovech92Bulgaria Daniel PeevPirin / Slavia Sofia83Bulgaria Strati IlievLokomotiv Mezdra7Bulgaria Ivelin PopovLitex Lovech75Bulgaria Galin IvanovSlavia Sofia66Argentina Roberto CarboniChernomorets Burgas5Bulgaria TomLitex Lovech58Bulgaria Hristo YanevLitex Lovech4Bulgaria Georgi IlievCherno More4Bulgaria Slavi ZhekovBeroe4Bulgaria Todor KolevSlavia Sofia4Serbia Velimir IvanovićMinyor Pernik4Argentina Adrián FernándezChernomorets Burgas4 Transfers List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2009 List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2010 Attendances # Club Average 1 Chernomorets 3,996 2 Beroe 3,876 3 CSKA Sofia 3,511 4 Botev 2,439 5 Montana 2,359 6 Levski 2,277 7 Cherno More 1,983 8 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1,771 9 Minyor 1,582 10 Lovech 1,270 11 Pirin 1,214 12 Sliven 1,009 13 Sportist 678 14 Lokomotiv Sofia 676 15 Lokomotiv Mezdra 591 16 Slavia Sofia 452Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bgr/avebgr10.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk August 10, 2026 See also 2009–10 B Group 2009–10 Bulgarian Cup References External links 2009–10 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) seasons 1 Bul