2008–09 A Group

85th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria A Group 2008–09 9 August 2008 – 13 June 2009 Levski Sofia(26th title) VihrenSpartakBelasitsa Champions League Levski Europa League CSKACherno MoreLitex (via domestic cup) Martin Kamburov(17 goals) Cherno More 6–0 BelasitsaLevski 6–0 Botev Belasitsa 1–7 Levski Vihren 3–5 ChernomoretsBelasitsa 1–7 Levski 240 619 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 A Group was the 85th season of the Bulgarian national top football division, and the 61st of A Group as the top tier football league in the country. It began on 9 August 2008 and ended on 13 June 2009. CSKA Sofia were the defending champions, but they were unable to retain it and Levski Sofia won the title, which was their 26th overall. Promotion and relegation Three teams were promoted from the 2007–08 B Group. These include the champions of the East and West B Groups, as well as the promotion playoff winner, decided through a one match between the runners-up of the two B Groups. The promoted teams were Lokomotiv Mezdra, Sliven, and Minyor Pernik. Lokomotiv Mezdra made their debut in the top tier of Bulgarian football, Sliven return after a fifteen-year absence, while Minyor Pernik return to the top tier after a seven-year absence. The promoted teams replaced Marek Dupnitsa, Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo and Beroe Stara Zagora, who were relegated after respective top flight spells of seven, one, and four years in the A Group. Teams promoted from B PFG after the 2007–08 season West group champions: Lokomotiv Mezdra East group champions: OFC Sliven Play-offs: Minyor Pernik Teams relegated to B PFG after the 2007–08 season Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo Marek Dupnitsa Beroe Stara Zagora Team overview Bulgaria right 480 Location of teams in 2008–09 A Group Bulgaria 42.7 23.333333 Sofia Green pog.svg top Bulgaria 42.136 24.7675 BotevLoko Pd Bulgaria 43.2176 27.914 Cherno MoreSpartak left Bulgaria 41.4 23.216667 Belasitsa bottom Bulgaria 42.5125 27.470278 Chernomorets bottom Bulgaria 43.142639 24.724861 Litex Bulgaria 43.138889 23.7125 Loko Mz top Bulgaria 42.6 23.033333 Minyor left Bulgaria 42.026389 23.1 Pirin bottom Bulgaria 42.679306 26.336667 Sliven Bulgaria 41.573611 23.283611 Vihren Bulgaria Sofia Sofia 2008–09 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 Venue CapacityBelasitsaPetrich Bulgaria Miroslav MitevTsar Samuil Stadium9,500BotevPlovdivBulgaria Kostadin AngelovHristo Botev Stadium, Plovdiv22,000Cherno MoreVarnaBulgaria Nikola SpasovTicha Stadium8,250ChernomoretsBurgasBulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov Dimitar Dimitrov (football manager)Naftex Stadium18,037CSKASofiaBulgaria Luboslav PenevBalgarska Armiya Stadium22,015LevskiSofiaBulgaria Emil VelevGeorgi Asparuhov Stadium29,800LitexLovechBulgaria Stanimir StoilovLovech Stadium7,000Lokomotiv MezdraMezdraBulgaria Georgi BachevLokomotiv Stadium, Mezdra5,000Lokomotiv PlovdivPlovdivBulgaria Ayan SadakovLokomotiv Stadium, Plovdiv13,800Lokomotiv SofiaSofiaSerbia Dragomir OkukaLokomotiv Stadium, Sofia22,000MinyorPernikBulgaria Dimitar AleksievMinyor Stadium16,500OFC SlivenSlivenBulgaria Georgi DermendzhievHadzhi Dimitar Stadium10,000PirinBlagoevgradBulgaria Petar TsvetkovHristo Botev Stadium, Blagoevgrad7,500SlaviaSofiaMacedonia Stevica KuzmanovskiOvcha Kupel Stadium18,000SpartakVarnaSerbia Dragoljub Simonović footballerSpartak Stadium8,000VihrenSandanskiBulgaria Filip FilipovSandanski Stadium6,000 League table main WDL 5 QR LEV Levski Sofia CSK CSKA Sofia CHM Cherno More LIT Litex Lovech LSO Lokomotiv Sofia LPL Lokomotiv Plovdiv CHB Chernomorets Burgas LME Lokomotiv Mezdra SLA Slavia Sofia PIR Pirin Blagoevgrad MIN Minyor Pernik OFC Sliven BOT Botev Plovdiv VIH Vihren SPV Spartak Varna BEL Belasitsa Petrich 21 6 3 57 18 C 21 5 4 54 22 18 6 6 48 19 17 7 6 53 26 16 6 8 52 29 12 7 11 40 43 11 10 9 41 37 10 7 13 39 41 11 4 15 41 38 10 5 15 35 50 9 8 13 24 39 8 8 14 32 40 8 6 16 31 50 8 2 20 29 50 R 5 10 15 19 46 R 4 5 21 24 71 R Lokomotiv Plovdiv ahead of Chernomorets Burgas on head-to-head record; Chernomorets Burgas–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–3, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Chernomorets Burgas 1–1. CHB Lokomotiv Mezdra ahead of Slavia Sofia on head-to-head record; Slavia Sofia–Lokomotiv Mezdra 0–0, Lokomotiv Mezdra–Slavia Sofia 1–0. SLA Montana ahead of Slavia Sofia on head-to-head record; Minyor Pernik–Pirin Blagoevgrad 0–0, Pirin Blagoevgrad–Minyor Pernik 1–0. MIN green1 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue2 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round EL3 blue3 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round EL2 blue1 Qualification for Europa League play-off round Litex Lovech won the 2008–09 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League. ELPR red1 Relegation to 2009–10 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 BEL BOT CHM CHB CSK LEV LIT LME LPL LSO MIN OFC PIR SLA SPV VIH Belasitsa Petrich 0–2 0–3 2–0 0–1 1–7 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–4 0–0 2–1 1–4 2–5 0–0 1–2 Botev Plovdiv 5–0 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–4 1–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 CSKA Sofia 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 Cherno More 6–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 Chernomorets Burgas 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–3 Levski Sofia 2–0 6–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 5–0 3–2 Litex Lovech 4–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 Lokomotiv Mezdra 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–4 1–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–1 3–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–3 0–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 Lokomotiv Sofia 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 5–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 Minyor Pernik 0–3 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–2 OFC Sliven 0–2 3–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 Pirin Blagoevgrad 2–0 0–3 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–4 1–0 3–1 3–2 0–0 2–1 Slavia Sofia 3–0 4–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–3 1–2 2–0 Spartak Varna 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–4 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 Vihren 4–1 0–0 1–4 0–2 3–5 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 1–2 2–0 complete A PFG bg Champions Levski Sofia Goalkeepers1BUL Georgi Petkov 17 (0)12BUL Bozhidar Mitrev 7 (0)29SVK Daniel Kiss 3 (0)31BUL Tsvetan Dimitrov 3 (0) Defenders2BUL Viktor Genev 14 (0)3BUL Zhivko Milanov 23 (2)5MAR Youssef Rabeh 22 (0)14BUL Veselin Minev 18 (0)15MAR Chakib Benzoukane 3 (0)20CZE David Bystroň 19 (2)25BUL Lúcio Wagner 16 (0)26BUL Martin Dimov 1 (0)33BUL Stefan Stanchev 1 (0)34BUL Dimitar Dimitrov 1 (0)37BUL Simeon Ivanov 1 (0)55BUL Yordan Miliev 4 (0) Midfielders4BUL Georgi Chakarov 2 (0)6MAR Rachid Tiberkanine 14 (3)8BUL Georgi Sarmov 21 (2)16BUL Mariyan Ognyanov 1 (0)17BUL Georgi Nedyalkov 1 (1)18BUL Miroslav Ivanov 20 (0)20BRA Joãozinho 19 (4)21BRA Zé Soares 25 (3)22MKD Darko Tasevski 23 (6)24BUL Nikolay Dimitrov 17 (1)30BUL Lachezar Baltanov 15 (0)45BUL Vladimir Gadzhev 23 (1)70POR Filipe da Costa 8 (0) BUL Boyan Iliev* 2 (0) Forwards7BRA Jean Carlos* 4 (1)9BUL Georgi Ivanov 23 (12)10BUL Hristo Yovov 11 (4)11BUL Georgi Hristov 25 (11)19BUL Ivan Tsachev 9 (4)27BUL Enyo Krastovchev 3 (0)32BUL Boyan Tabakov 1 (0) Manager BUL Emil Velev Iliev and Jean Carlos left the club during a season. Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1BUL Martin KamburovLokomotiv Sofia172Bulgaria Dormushali SaidhodzhaCSKA Sofia1143Bulgaria Georgi IvanovLevski Sofia124Bulgaria Yordan YurukovCherno More Varna11Bulgaria Georgi HristovLevski Sofia6Macedonia Zoran BaldovalievLokomotiv Sofia10Serbia Pavle DelibašićLokomotiv PlovdivBrazil Michel PlatiniChernomorets Burgas9Bulgaria Krum BibishkovLitex Lovech9Argentina Adrián FernándezChernomorets Burgas2Bulgaria Miroslav ManolovCherno More VarnaSerbia Saša SimonovićLokomotiv MezdraBulgaria Ivan StoyanovSlivenBulgaria Yordan TodorovCSKA Sofia 1. Saidhodzha scored 7 goals for Botev Plovdiv and 7 for CSKA Sofia (he was transferred during the winter break) 2. Fernández scored 4 goals for Cherno More Varna and 5 for Chernomorets Burgas (he was transferred during the winter break) Annual awards Team of the season The team have been voted by selected media representatives (Note: First team members are denoted in bold).http://sportal.bg/news.php?id=178906 Вижте идеалния отбор на сезона в "А" група - петима от Левски срещу трима от ЦСКА 14 June 2009 sportal.bg bg 14 June 2009 14 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160914140103/http://sportal.bg/news.php?id=178906 dead right 250 A PFG Team of the season, first squad Petkov Manolev I. Ivanov Rabeh Minev Yanchev Tonev Joãozinho Alex G. Ivanov Kamburov Position Name Club Goalkeepers Kiril Akalski Lokomotiv Plovdiv Georgi Petkov Levski Defenders Tanko Dyakov Cherno More Ivan Ivanov CSKA Stanislav Manolev Litex Zhivko Milanov Levski Veselin Minev Levski Youssef Rabeh Levski Midfielders Alex Cherno More Joãozinho Levski Dani Kiki Lokomotiv Plovdiv Aleksandar Tonev CSKA Todor Yanchev CSKA Kosta Yanev Sliven Forwards Spas Delev Pirin Georgi Ivanov Levski Martin Kamburov Lokomotiv Sofia Ivelin Popov Litex Head coach Emil Velev Levski Attendances # Club Average attendance 1 Levski 5,967 2 Cherno More 5,289 3 Sliven 4,989 4 CSKA Sofia 4,272 5 Botev 4,158 6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3,667 7 Chernomorets 3,129 8 Minyor 2,720 9 Pirin 2,167 10 Varna 1,670 11 Lokomotiv Mezdra 1,433 12 Lovech 1,385 13 Slavia Sofia 1,343 14 Lokomotiv Sofia 1,333 15 Vihren 1,143 16 Belasitsa 1,129 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bgr/avebgr09.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 15, 2026 See also 2008–09 B Group References External links 2008–09 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) seasons 1 Bul