2002–03 A Group

55th completed season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria A Group 2002–03 9 August 2002 – 31 May 2003 CSKA Sofia(29th title) Dobrudzha Rilski Sportist Champions League CSKA UEFA Cup Levski Litex Georgi Chilikov(22 goals) 182 544 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 A Group was the 55th season of the top Bulgarian national football league (commonly referred to as A Group) and the 79th edition of a Bulgarian national championship tournament. Overview It was contested by 14 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.http://www.temasport.com/news/view/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%87%D0%BE+%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0+%D1%81+%D1%8E%D0%BC%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BA+%D0%BF%D0%BE++%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%3A+%D0%9D%D1%8F%D0%BC%D0%B0+%D0%B4%D0%B0+%D0%BD%D0%B8+%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5/news:24319 temasport.com Стойчо тропа с юмрук по масата: Няма да ни догоните 8 September 2013 Bulgarian The Reds finished with 66 points in total, six points above archrivals Levski Sofia. CSKA Sofia qualified for the 2003-04 Champions League qualifying rounds, while Levski and third placed Litex Lovech qualified for the UEFA Cup for next season. Marek Dupnitsa qualified for the Intertoto Cup. At the end of the season, Dobrudzha Dobrich and Rilski Sportist were relegated after just one season in the elite. Only two teams were relegated, because the league was expanded the following season from 14 to 16 teams. Teams Promotion and Relegation Beroe, Belasitsa Petrich, and Spartak Pleven were relegated at the end of the last season. The relegated teams were replaced by three teams from B PFG. These teams were Botev Plovdiv, Dobrudzha Dobrich, and Rilski Sportist Samokov. Botev return after a one-year absence, Dobrudzha return after a two-year absence, while Rilski Sportist made their debut in the top tier of Bulgarian football. Stadia and Locations Bulgaria right 480 Location of teams in 2002–03 A Group Bulgaria 42.7 23.333333 Sofia Green pog.svg top Bulgaria 43.2176 27.914 Cherno More Spartak left Bulgaria 43.566667 27.833333 Dobrudzha Bulgaria 43.142639 24.724861 Litex left Bulgaria 42.136 24.7675 Botev Lokomotiv right Bulgaria 42.2755 23.1354 Marek left Bulgaria 42.333333 23.55 Rilski Sportist right Bulgaria 42.5125 27.450278 Chernomorets Naftex Bulgaria Sofia Sofia 2002–03 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 Botev 22,000Cherno MoreVarnaTicha12,000ChernomoretsBurgasChernomorets22,000CSKASofiaBalgarska Armia22,015DobrudzhaDobrichDruzhba12,500LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov29,986LitexLovechLovech7,050LokomotivPlovdivLokomotiv (Plovdiv)13,800LokomotivSofiaLokomotiv (Sofia)22,000MarekDupnitsaBonchuk Stadium 16,050NaftexBurgasLazur18,037Rilski SportistSamokovIskar 7,000SlaviaSofiaOvcha Kupel18,000SpartakVarnaSpartak Stadium 7,500 League standings main WDL 5 QR CSK CSKA Sofia LEV Levski Sofia LIT Litex Lovech SLA Slavia Sofia CHM Cherno More LPL Lokomotiv Plovdiv SPV Spartak Varna NAF Naftex Burgas MAR Marek LSO Lokomotiv Sofia CHB Chernomorets Burgas BOT Botev Plovdiv DOB Dobrudzha Dobrich RIL Rilski Sportist 21 3 2 67 16 C 19 3 4 61 19 17 4 5 49 22 16 3 7 57 30 14 6 6 42 21 16 2 8 56 33 -3 10 4 12 25 34 10 3 13 31 36 8 6 12 35 42 7 4 15 23 37 7 3 16 32 56 6 3 17 26 61 4 2 20 19 73 R 1 6 19 20 63 R Lokomotiv Plovdiv were docked three points for failure to show in the round 17 match. green1 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQ UCQ #CCCCFF Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round IC1 red1 Relegation to 2003–04 B Group 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 BOT CHB CHM CSK DOB LEV LIT LPL LSO MAR NAF RIL SLA SPV Botev Plovdiv 0–0 0–1 1–5 5–1 0–3 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–4 1–1 Chernomorets Burgas 3–0 1–2 2–8 2–1 1–2 1–4 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–0 3–0 2–4 1–2 Cherno More 4–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 4–0 2–1 CSKA Sofia 2–0 4–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 5–2 5–2 2–0 3–1 3–1 Dobrudzha Dobrich 3–0 0–2 1–1 0–5 0–5 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–3 Levski Sofia 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 5–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 6–0 1–2 0–0 Litex Lovech 4–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 4–1 5–2 2–1 1–0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 5–3 4–0 4–1 0–3 Match awarded after Lokomotiv Plovdiv did not show up due to the protest for a playing the match in Samokov. 9–1 2–1 4–2 2–1 5–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 Lokomotiv Sofia 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 5–0 0–1 1–2 4–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 Marek 6–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 5–0 1–5 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–3 3–0 Naftex Burgas 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–2 0–1 1–3 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 Rilski Sportist 1–3 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 2–4 0–1 0–4 2–0 3–3 1–2 1–3 0–0 Slavia Sofia 5–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 6–1 2–5 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–0 4–0 Spartak Varna 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 Match awarded because Georgi Mechechiev and Anastas Petrov were ineligible to play for Spartak, match was originally finished 1–0 for the hosts. complete A PFG bg Champions CSKA Sofia Goalkeepers1BUL Ivaylo Ivanov 1 (0)12BUL Stoyan Kolev 24 (0) Defenders2BUL Georgi Antonov 17 (0)3BRA Fábio Lima 10 (0)4ARG Marcos Charras 5 (1)6BUL Aleksandar Tomash 16 (1)13BUL Yordan Varbanov 4 (0)25BRA João Carlos 24 (1)29SEN Ibrahima Gueye 23 (0)30BUL Yordan Todorov 10 (1)BUL Galin Ivanov* 1 (0) Midfielders5BUL Todor Yanchev 23 (3)7BUL Hristo Yanev 16 (1)10BUL Metodi Deyanov* 5 (0)11BUL Stoycho Mladenov, Jr. 1 (0)14BUL Svetoslav Petrov 24 (3)15MKD Artim Šakiri 20 (5)17BUL Borislav Karamatev 1 (0)20POR João Paulo Brito 23 (8)23BUL Emil Gargorov 24 (14)26BUL Ivan Pavlov 1 (0)27BUL Petar Zlatinov 4 (0) Forwards8BUL Velizar Dimitrov 24 (13)9BRA Agnaldo 18 (5)18BUL Gerasim Zakov 4 (0)21RSA MacDonald Mukansi 23 (8)24BUL Petar Nikolov 2 (0) Manager BUL Stoycho Mladenov Ivanov and Deyanov left the club during a season. Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1BUL Georgi ChilikovLevski Sofia 222BUL Martin KushevSlavia Sofia 173BUL Emil GargorovCSKA Sofia 144BUL Velizar DimitrovCSKA Sofia135BUL Desislav RusevLitex Lovech 11BUL Georgi VladimirovSlavia Sofia 7SCG Velimir IvanovićSlavia Sofia 9BUL Doncho DonevLokomotiv Plovdiv BUL Boyko VelichkovLokomotiv Sofia BUL Borislav DimitrovBotev Plovdiv References External links Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF) 2002–03 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) seasons Bulgaria 1