2001–02 A Group

54th completed season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria A Group 2001–02 3 August 2001 – 30 May 2002 Levski Sofia(23rd title) Spartak Pleven Belasitsa Beroe Champions League Levski UEFA Cup CSKA Litex Vladimir Manchev(21 goals) 268 681 2000–01 2002–03 The 2001–02 A Group was the 54th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. Defending champions Levski Sofia won their third consecutive title, and 23rd title overall. Overview The format of the league was changed from last season, with the intention of making the league more competitive. This resulted in the league being divided into two groups after the regular season. The top 6 teams from the regular season would continue in the championship round, while the bottom 8 teams would play in the relegation round. It was contested by 14 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship.http://www.temasport.com/news/view/%D0%A1+5-%D0%BC%D0%B0+%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8+%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8+%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0+%D0%B4%D0%BE+%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0/news:24196 temasport.com С 5-ма треньори Левски стига до титлата 31 August 2013 Bulgarian Teams Fourteen teams competed in the league. The promoted teams from the 2000–01 B Group were Spartak Pleven (returning to the top flight after a three-year absence) and Marek Dupnitsa (returning after a nineteen-year absence). The league also included Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Belasitsa Petrich after mergers with Velbazhd Kyustendil and Hebar Pazardzhik respectively. These teams replace Botev Plovdiv and Minyor Pernik, who were relegated at the end of the last season. Stadiums and Locations Bulgaria right 480 Location of teams in 2001–02 A Group Bulgaria 42.7 23.333333 Sofia Green pog.svg top Bulgaria 42.433333 25.65 Beroe bottom Bulgaria 42.495278 27.471667 Naftex Chernomorets bottom Bulgaria 43.2176 27.914 Cherno More Spartak Vn bottom Bulgaria 43.407778 24.620278 Spartak Pl bottom Bulgaria 43.134722 24.717222 Litex bottom Bulgaria 42.136 24.7675 Lokomotiv bottom Bulgaria 41.4 23.216667 Belasitsa top Bulgaria 42.2645 23.1164 Marek bottom Bulgaria Sofia Sofia 2001–02 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 CapacityBelasitsaPetrichTsar Samuil 9,500BeroeStara Zagora Beroe 22,500Cherno MoreVarna Ticha 8,250ChernomoretsBurgasChernomorets 22,000CSKASofiaBalgarska Armia 22,015LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov 29,200LitexLovechGradski 7,050LokomotivPlovdivLokomotiv 24,000LokomotivSofiaLokomotiv 22,000MarekDupnitsa Bonchuk 16,050NaftexBurgas Lazur 18,037SlaviaSofiaSlavia 32,000SpartakPlevenSlavi Aleksiev 21,940SpartakVarnaSpartak 7,500 Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorBelasitsa BUL Mihail Valchev Vitosha ADBeroe BUL Venelin Sivriev BUL Vanyo Shishkov GER Erima Cherno More BUL Aleksandar Stankov BUL Ventsislav Marinov BUL BURGELOF St. EliasChernomorets BUL Ivan Tsvetanov BUL Kostadin Dzhambazov CSKA Sofia ITA Luigi Simoni BUL Georgi Antonov ITA Lotto —Levski SofiaFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Slavoljub Muslin BUL Stanimir Stoilov ITA Diadora MobiltelLokomotiv Plovdiv BUL Dimitar Dimitrov JPN Asics VAI HoldingLokomotiv Sofia BUL Emil Dimitrov GER Adidas Delta-GLitex BUL Ferario Spasov BUL Vitomir Vutov JPN Asics Litex CommerceMarek BUL Dimitar Aleksiev BUL Velizar Dimitrov USA Nike Naftex BUL Dimitar Stoychev BUL Stanimir Dimitrov GER Puma Petrol ADSlavia Sofia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Olarević BUL Veselin Vachev GER Adidas Sofiyski ImotiSpartak Pleven BUL Angel Stankov BUL Slavcho Pavlov JPN Asics VIS-2Spartak Varna BUL Stefan Grozdanov BUL Valentin Stanchev Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Beroe BUL Tsvetomir Parvanov Mutual consent 1 June 2001 Pre-season BUL Ivan Vutov 21 June 2001Иван Вутов пак треньор на Берое http://old.segabg.com/article.php?id=184865 segabg.com 22 June 2001 Bulgarian Chernomorets BUL Nikolay Rusev Mutual consent 1 June 2001 Pre-season BUL Mihail Valchev 22 June 2001Мишо Вълчев ще поеме Черноморец http://old.segabg.com/article.php?id=184863 segabg.com 22 June 2001 Bulgarian Marek Dupnitsa BUL Petar Zehtinski Mutual consent 8 September 2001 12th BUL Yanko Dinkov 10 September 2001Янко Динков пое Марек http://old.segabg.com/article.php?id=194459 segabg.com 11 September 2001 Bulgarian Chernomorets BUL Mihail Valchev Sacked 9 September 2001 14th BUL Ivan Tsvetanov 12 September 2001Иван Цветанов ще поеме Черноморец http://old.segabg.com/article.php?id=194567 segabg.com 12 September 2001 Bulgarian Levski Sofia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljupko Petrović Mutual consent 10 September 2001Люпко Петрович вече не е треньор на Левски https://news.bg/archive/futbol-lyupko-petrovich-veche-ne-e-trenyor-na-levski.html news.bg 10 September 2001 Bulgarian 1st BUL Georgi Todorov (caretaker) 10 September 2001 Slavia Sofia BUL Kiril Kachamanov Sacked 25 September 2001 10th Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Olarević 25 September 2001 Lokomotiv Sofia BUL Angel Kolev Sacked 28 October 2001Локомотив (Сф) изгони треньора Ангел Колев https://m.dnevnik.bg/sport/0000/00/00/117046_/ dnevnik.bg 29 October 2001 Bulgarian 9th BUL Emil Dimitrov 28 October 2001 CSKA Sofia BUL Asparuh Nikodimov Sacked 4 December 2001 3rd ITA Luigi Simoni 10 December 2001 Marek Dupnitsa BUL Yanko Dinkov Mutual consent 2 January 2002 13th BUL Dimitar Aleksiev 2 January 2002Димитър Алексиев пое Марек https://news.bg/archive/dimitar-aleksiev-poe-marek.html news.bg 2 January 2002 Bulgarian Levski Sofia BUL Georgi Todorov End of caretaker tenure 3 January 2002 1st GER Rüdiger Abramczik 3 January 2002 Beroe BUL Ivan Vutov Mutual consent 4 January 2002 14th BUL Tsvetomir Parvanov 4 January 2002 Levski Sofia GER Rüdiger Abramczik Sacked 11 March 2002Гонят Рюдигер Абрамчик https://news.bg/archive/gonyat-ryudiger-abramchik.html news.bg 11 March 2002 Bulgarian 1st Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slavoljub Muslin 17 March 2002Славолюб Муслин поема Левски в неделя https://news.bg/archive/slavolyub-muslin-poema-levski-v-nedelya-1001050.html news.bg 13 March 2002 Bulgarian Beroe BUL Tsvetomir Parvanov Sacked 12 March 2002 14th BUL Iliya Iliev 17 March 2002 Spartak Pleven BUL Velislav Vutsov Mutual consent 12 March 2002 7th BUL Angel Stankov 18 March 2002 Belasitsa BUL Voyn Voynov Sacked 12 May 2002 12th BUL Mihail Valchev 13 May 2002М. Вълчев поема Беласица http://old.segabg.com/article.php?id=32243 segabg.com 14 May 2002 Bulgarian First stage League standings main WDL First stage 5 Q LEV Levski Sofia LIT Litex Lovech LPL Lokomotiv Plovdiv CSKA CSKA Sofia NAF Naftex Burgas SLA Slavia Sofia PLE Spartak Pleven LSO Lokomotiv Sofia VAR Spartak Varna PCB Chernomorets Burgas MAR Marek MOR Cherno More BEL Belasitsa Petrich BER Beroe 20 5 1 58 21 16 7 3 50 27 16 5 5 42 23 15 7 4 48 17 12 6 8 35 25 10 7 9 30 32 10 3 13 40 44 7 8 11 33 32 5 11 10 29 39 7 5 14 24 54 6 6 14 22 42 6 6 14 28 36 6 5 15 21 35 3 5 18 13 46 green1 Qualification for championship group QT QT QT QT QT QT red1 Qualification for relegation group QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB 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. complete A PFG bg Results main FBR grey BEL BSZ CHM CHB CSK LEV LIT LPL LSO MAR NAF SLA SPL SPV Belasitsa Petrich 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 Beroe 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–3 Match awarded after was not played after referee was beaten up ahead of the match. 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–4 0–2 1–0 Cherno More 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 4–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 0–3 0–1 2–2 1–1 Chernomorets Burgas 3–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 CSKA Sofia 1–0 3–0 1–0 6–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 3–0 5–0 3–2 5–1 Levski Sofia 3–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 4–1 3–1 4–1 6–0 Litex Lovech 1–0 3–1 3–2 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 5–3 2–0 1–0 4–1 6–2 1–1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–0 5–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 1–1 1–2 6–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 Marek 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 3–5 0–0 Naftex Burgas 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 Slavia Sofia 1–0 3–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–2 1–1 Spartak Pleven 3–2 2–1 3–1 4–0 0–0 2–4 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 Spartak Varna 4–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–4 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 complete todor66.com Championship group Standings main WDL Championship Group Q LEV Levski Sofia LIT Litex Lovech CSKA CSKA Sofia LPL Lokomotiv Plovdiv SLA Slavia Sofia NAF Naftex Burgas 27 7 2 77 27 -32 C 23 8 5 66 34 -27 19 7 10 60 29 -26 18 6 12 48 41 -26 14 8 14 42 48 -18 14 9 13 44 40 -21 green1 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR UCQR 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. complete A PFG bg Results main FBR grey CSK LEV LIT LPL NAF SLA CSKA Sofia 1–0 1–2 4–0 3–2 0–2 Levski Sofia 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 Litex Lovech 1–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–0 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–2 Naftex Burgas 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–2 Slavia Sofia 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 complete todor66.com Relegation group Standings main WDL Relegation Group 5 7 QR MAR Marek LSO Lokomotiv Sofia VAR Spartak Varna BUR Chernomorets Burgas MOR Cherno More PLE Spartak Pleven BEL Belasitsa Petrich BER Beroe 14 8 18 46 57 -12 14 9 17 49 48 -14 12 13 15 50 51 -13 13 9 18 41 69 -13 12 11 17 47 51 -12 15 4 21 58 66 -16 R 12 7 21 34 50 -11 R 4 8 28 19 70 -7 R #CCCCFF Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round IC1 red1 Relegation to 2002–03 B Group R R R 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. complete A PFG bg Results main FBR grey BEL BSZ CHM CHB LSO MAR SPL SPV Belasitsa Petrich 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 3–2 2–1 Beroe 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–3 Cherno More 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 Chernomorets Burgas 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–4 1–0 1–1 Lokomotiv Sofia 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 Marek 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 Spartak Pleven 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 Spartak Varna 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 complete todor66.com Champions Levski Sofia Goalkeepers1BUL Georgi Petkov 27 (0)12BUL Georgi Sheytanov 1 (0)27BUL Dimitar Ivankov 9 (0) Defenders2BUL Martin Stankov 15 (0)3BUL Stanimir Stoilov 30 (0)5BUL Georgi Markov* 16 (0)11BUL Elin Topuzakov 26 (5)13BUL Ivo Trenchev 19 (1)14BUL Vladimir Ivanov 11 (0)20BUL Stanislav Angelov 28 (5)22BUL Ilian Stoyanov 25 (0)23BIH Dalibor Dragić 24 (5)26BUL Tsanko Tsvetanov 6 (0)28BUL Bogomil Dyakov 1 (0) Midfielders4BUL Biser Ivanov 24 (1)6BUL Stanislav Genchev 21 (3)7HUN Péter Kabát 15 (5)15Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Saša Simonović 6 (3)17RUS Konstantin Golovskoy 20 (0)18TRI Brent Rahim 11 (0)21BUL Dimitar Telkiyski 30 (4)25BUL Yordan Terziev* 4 (0)30BUL Dimitar Krastev 3 (0) BUL Asen Nikolov* 3 (0) BRA William Batista* 1 (0) BUL Svetoslav Barkanichkov* 2 (0) Forwards8BUL Georgi Bachev 18 (8)9BUL Georgi Ivanov 19 (13)10HUN István Ferenczi 4 (3)16BUL Martin Kushev 15 (6)19BUL Georgi Chilikov 27 (10)24Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miodrag Pantelić 29 (4)29BUL Dimitar Makriev 1 (0) BRA Rogério Gaúcho* 8 (0) BUL Todor Kolev* 2 (0) Manager Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slavoljub Muslin Markov, Terziev, Nikolov, Batista, Barkanichkov, Gaucho and Kolev left the club during a season. Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1BUL Vladimir ManchevCSKA Sofia 212BUL Todor KolevSpartak Pleven 183BUL Stoyko SakalievNaftex Burgas 174BUL Stefan YurukovLitex Lovech 14BUL Metodi StoynevLokomotiv Plovdiv BUL Boyko VelichkovLokomotiv Sofia BUL Velizar DimitrovMarek Dupnitsa 8BUL Georgi IvanovLevski Sofia 13BUL Zoran JankovićLitex LovechBUL Martin KushevSlavia SofiaLevski Sofia Attendances # Club Average Highest 1 Neftochimik 8,750 18,000 2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 7,650 20,000 3 Levski 7,250 18,000 4 Marek 4,150 15,000 5 CSKA Sofia 4,111 18,000 6 Pleven 3,590 18,000 7 Beroe 3,547 9,000 8 Chernomorets 3,505 8,000 9 Lovech 3,094 6,000 10 Cherno More 3,028 8,500 11 Belasitsa 2,825 10,000 12 Lokomotiv Sofia 2,030 9,000 13 Slavia Sofia 1,850 8,000 14 Spartak Varna 1,565 7,000Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bgr/avebgr02.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 31, 2026 References External links Bulgaria – List of final tables (RSSSF) 2001–02 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) seasons Bulgaria 1