First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

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Bulgarian A Professional Football Group

File:A Professional Football League logo.jpg
Founded	1948
Country	Bulgaria
Confederation	UEFA
Number of clubs	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Bulgarian B PFG
Domestic cup(s)	Bulgarian Cup
International cup(s)	Champions League Europa League
Current champions	Litex Lovech (2009-2010)
Most championships	CSKA Sofia (31)
TV partners	PRO.BG, RING.BG
Website	Official Site
Current: A PFG 2009–10

The Bulgarian A Professional Football Group (Template:Lang-bg) commonly known as A PFG (Template:Lang-bg) or, in terms of sponsorship, TBI A Football Group (Template:Lang-bg) since 2005, is the top division of Bulgarian football. It determines the champion of Bulgaria. Sixteen teams take part in the division, each playing twice against all the other, once home and once away. It is administered by the Bulgarian Professional Football League.

The champion of Bulgaria has the right to take part in the UEFA Champions League from the stage allowed by the league's coefficient. The teams that finish second and third in the final standings take part in the Europa League together with the Bulgarian Cup winner.

A PFG clubs

A PFG members for 2009–10

The following sixteen clubs will be competing in A PFG during the 2009–10 season.

Club	Finishing position in 2008-09	First season in top division	First season after most recent promotion	Stadium
Beroe	1st in Eastern B PFG	1954	2009/10	Beroe Stadium
Botev Plovdiv	13th	1937/38	2005/06	Hristo Botev Stadium (Plovdiv)
Cherno More Varna	3rd	1937/38	2000/01	Ticha Stadium
Chernomorets Burgas	6th	2007/08	2007/08	Lazur Stadium
CSKA Sofia	2nd	1948/49	1948/49	Balgarska Armiya Stadium
Minyor Pernik	11th	1951	2008/09	Minyor Stadium
Levski Sofia	1st	1937/38	1937/38	Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Litex Lovech	4th	1994/95	1997/98	Lovech Stadium
Lokomotiv Mezdra	8th	2008/09	2008/09	Lokomotiv Stadium (Mezdra)
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	7th	1950	2001/02	Lokomotiv Stadium (Plovdiv)
Lokomotiv Sofia	5th	1939/40	1952	Lokomotiv Stadium (Sofia)
OFC Sliven 2000	12th	2008/09	2008/09	Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium
PFC Montana	1st in Western B PFG	1994/95	2009/10	Ogosta Stadium
Pirin Blagoevgrad	10th	2007/08	2007/08	Hristo Botev Stadium (Blagoevgrad)
Slavia Sofia	9th	1937/38	1937/38	Slavia Stadium
Sportist	2nd in Western B PFG	2009/10	2009/10	Chavdar Tsvetkov Stadium

• Location of the clubs on Google maps

Champions

Champion of Bulgaria trophy

1925 — Vladislav Varna 1926 — Vladislav Varna 1928 — Slavia Sofia 1929 — Botev Plovdiv 1930 — Slavia Sofia 1931 — AS 23 Sofia 1932 — Shipchenski Sokol 1933 — Levski Sofia 1934 — Vladislav Varna 1935 — Sportklub Sofia 1936 — Slavia Sofia 1937 — Levski Sofia 1938 — Ticha Varna 1939 — Slavia Sofia 1940 — ZHSK Sofia 1941 — Slavia Sofia 1942 — Levski Sofia 1943 — Slavia Sofia 1945 — Lokomotiv Sofia 1946 — Levski Sofia 1947 — Levski Sofia 1948 — Septemvri pri CDV 1949 — Levski Sofia 1950 — Levski Sofia 1951 — CSKA Sofia 1952 — CSKA Sofia 1953 — Levski Sofia 1954 — CSKA Sofia

1955 — CSKA Sofia 1956 — CSKA Sofia 1957 — CSKA Sofia 1958 — CSKA Sofia 1959 — CSKA Sofia 1960 — CSKA Sofia 1961 — CSKA Sofia 1962 — CSKA Sofia 1963 — Spartak Plovdiv 1964 — Lokomotiv Sofia 1965 — Levski Sofia 1966 — CSKA Sofia 1967 — Botev Plovdiv 1968 — Levski Sofia 1969 — CSKA Sofia 1970 — Levski Sofia 1971 — CSKA Sofia 1972 — CSKA Sofia 1973 — CSKA Sofia 1974 — Levski Sofia 1975 — CSKA Sofia 1976 — CSKA Sofia 1977 — Levski Sofia 1978 — Lokomotiv Sofia 1979 — Levski Sofia 1980 — CSKA Sofia 1981 — CSKA Sofia 1982 — CSKA Sofia

1983 — CSKA Sofia 1984 — Levski Sofia 1985 — Levski Sofia 1986 — Beroe Stara Zagora 1987 — CSKA Sofia 1988 — Levski Sofia 1989 — CSKA Sofia 1990 — CSKA Sofia 1991 — Etar Veliko Tarnovo 1992 — CSKA Sofia 1993 — Levski Sofia 1994 — Levski Sofia 1995 — Levski Sofia 1996 — Slavia Sofia 1997 — CSKA Sofia 1998 — Litex Lovech 1999 — Litex Lovech 2000 — Levski Sofia 2001 — Levski Sofia 2002 — Levski Sofia 2003 — CSKA Sofia 2004 — Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2005 — CSKA Sofia 2006 — Levski Sofia 2007 — Levski Sofia 2008 — CSKA Sofia 2009 — Levski Sofia 2010 — Litex Lovech

The championship was not finished in 1924 and 1944; the championship was not held in 1927.

Performance by club

• CSKA Sofia: 31
  • 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2008

• Levski Sofia: 26
  • 1933, 1937, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009

• Slavia Sofia: 7
  • 1928, 1930, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1996

• Lokomotiv Sofia: 4
  • 1940, 1945, 1964, 1978

• Cherno More Varna: 4
  • 1925, 1926, 1934, 1938

• Litex Lovech: 3
  • 1998, 1999, 2010

• Botev Plovdiv: 2
  • 1929, 1967

• AS 23 Sofia: 1
  • 1931

• Spartak Varna: 1
  • 1932

• Sportklub Sofia: 1
  • 1935

• Spartak Plovdiv: 1
  • 1963

• Beroe Stara Zagora: 1
  • 1986

• Etar Veliko Tarnovo: 1
  • 1991

• Lokomotiv Plovdiv: 1
  • 2004

Cities

The following table lists the Bulgarian champions by cities.

City	Titles	Winning Clubs
Sofia	70	CSKA Sofia (31), Levski Sofia (26), Slavia Sofia (7), Lokomotiv Sofia (4), AS 23 Sofia (1), Sportclub Sofia (1)
File:Varna COA.jpg Varna	5	Cherno More Varna (4), Spartak Varna (1)
Plovdiv	4	Botev Plovdiv (2), Lokomotiv Plovdiv (1), Spartak Plovdiv (1)
Lovech	3	Litex Lovech (3)
Stara Zagora	1	Beroe Stara Zagora (1)
Veliko Tarnovo	1	Etar Veliko Tarnovo (1)

Records

Teams

• Most times champion — CSKA Sofia — 31 times
• Most seasons played in the division — Slavia, who participated in all 85 seasons to date
• Fewest seasons played in the division — Benkovski Vidin, Cherveno Zname Pavlikeni, Rozova Dolina Kazanlak, Akademik Varna, Olimpik Teteven, PFC Nesebar and PFC Chernomorets Burgas Sofia each have played only a single season in the division
• Most wins in a single season — CSKA Sofia 31 of 32 games 2004/2005
• Fewest wins in a single season — Torpedo Ruse (out of 22 matches during 1951) and Rakovski Ruse (out of 30 matches during 1996/97) and Chernomorets Burgas Sofia (out of 30 matches during 2006/07) each did not win a game in a single season
• Most defeats in a single season — Rakovski Ruse (out of 30 matches during 1996/97) and Chernomorets Burgas Sofia — 29 (out of 30 matches during 2006/2007)
• Fewest defeats in a single season — Spartak Sofia (out of 22 matches during 1951), Levski Sofia (out of 18 matches during 1948/49), CSKA Sofia (then CDNA; out of 11 matches in 1958) and CSKA Sofia(out of 30 matches during 2007/2008) each did not lose a game in a single season
• Most goals scored in a single season — Levski Sofia — 96 goals in 30 matches during 2006/07
• Fewest goals scored in a single season — Rakovski Ruse (out of 30 matches during 1996/97), Chernomorets Burgas Sofia (out of 30 matches during 2006/07), Torpedo Ruse (out of 22 matches during 1951) and Cherno More Varna (out of 11 matches during 1968) each scored only 8 goals in a single season
• Most goals conceded in a single season — Chernomorets Burgas Sofia — 131 (out of 30 matches during 2006/07)
• Least goals conceded in a single season — CSKA Sofia (then CDNA; out of 22 matches during 1951) and Spartak Sofia (out of 22 matches during 1951) each conceded only 7 goals in a single season
• Biggest win — CSKA Sofia 12:0 Torpedo Ruse in 1951

Players

• Most times champion — Manol Manolov with CSKA Sofia — 12 times
• Most matches played in the division — Marin Bakalov — 454 matches for Botev Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia, Spartak Plovdiv, Maritsa Plovdiv and Olimpik Teteven
• Most goals in the division — Petar Zhekov — 253 goals; 8 for Dimitrovgrad, 101 for Beroe Stara Zagora and 144 for CSKA Sofia
• Most goals in a single season — Hristo Stoichkov — 38 goals for CSKA Sofia during 1989/90
• Most goals in a single match — Petar Mihaylov (for CSKA Sofia against Torpedo Ruse in 1951), Ivo Georgiev (for Spartak Varna against Spartak Plovdiv in 1995/96), Todor Pramatarov (for Slavia Sofia against Rakovski Ruse in 1996/97)) and Tsvetan Genkov (for Loko Sofia against Chernomorets Burgas Sofia in 2006/2007) each scored 6 goals in a single match

Topscorers

Year	Topscorer(s)	Club(s)	Goals
1938	Krum Milev	Slavia Sofia	12
1939	Georgi Pachedzhiev	AS 23 Sofia	14
1940	Yanko Stoyanov Dimitar Nikolaev	Levski Sofia FK 13 Sofia	14
1949	Dimitar Milanov Nedko Nedev	CSKA Sofia Cherno More Varna	11
1950	Lyubomir Hranov	Levski Sofia	13
1951	Dimitar Milanov	CSKA Sofia	14
1952	Dimitar Isakov Dobromir Tashkov	Slavia Sofia Spartak Sofia	10
1953	Dimitar Minchev	Spartak Pleven; VVS Sofia	15
1954	Dobromir Tashkov	Slavia Sofia	25
1955	Todor Diev	Spartak Plovdiv	13
1956	Pavel Vladimirov	Minyor Pernik	16
1957	Hristo Iliev Dimitar Milanov	Levski Sofia CSKA Sofia	14
1958	Dobromir Tashkov Georgi Arnaudov	Slavia Sofia Spartak Varna	9
1959	Aleksandar Vasilev	Slavia Sofia	13
1960	Dimitar Yordanov Lyuben Kostov	Levski Sofia Spartak Varna	12
1961	Ivan Sotirov	Botev Plovdiv	20
1962	Nikola Yordanov Todor Diev	Dunav Ruse Spartak Plovdiv	23
1963	Todor Diev	Spartak Plovdiv	26
1964	Nikola Tsanev	CSKA Sofia	26
1965	Georgi Asparuhov	Levski Sofia	27
1966	Traycho Spasov	Marek Dupnitsa	21
1967	Petar Zhekov	Beroe Stara Zagora	21
1968	Petar Zhekov	Beroe Stara Zagora	31
1969	Petar Zhekov	CSKA Sofia	36
1970	Petar Zhekov	CSKA Sofia	31
1971	Dimitar Yakimov	CSKA	26
1972	Petar Zhekov	CSKA Sofia	27
1973	Petar Zhekov	CSKA Sofia	29
1974	Petko Petkov Kiril Milanov	Beroe Stara Zagora Levski Sofia	19
1975	Ivan Pritargov	Botev Plovdiv	20
1976	Petko Petkov Pavel Panov	Beroe Stara Zagora Levski Sofia	18
1977	Pavel Panov	Levski Sofia	20
1978	Stoycho Mladenov	Beroe Stara Zagora	21
1979	Rusi Gochev	Chernomorets Burgas and Levski Sofia	19
1980	Spas Dzhevizov	CSKA Sofia	23
1981	Georgi Slavkov	Botev Plovdiv	31
1982	Mihail Valchev	Levski Sofia	24
1983	Antim Pehlivanov	Botev	20
1984	Eduard Eranosyan Emil Spasov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv Levski Sofia	19
1985	Plamen Getov	Spartak Pleven	26
1986	Atanas Pashev	Botev Plovdiv	30
1987	Nasko Sirakov	Levski Sofia	36
1988	Nasko Sirakov	Levski Sofia	28
1989	Hristo Stoichkov	CSKA Sofia	23
1990	Hristo Stoichkov	CSKA Sofia	38
1991	Ivaylo Yordanov Petar Mihtarski	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Levski Sofia	20
1992	Nasko Sirakov	Levski Sofia	26
1993	Plamen Getov	Levski Sofia	26
1994	Nasko Sirakov	Levski Sofia	30
1995	Petar Mihtarski	CSKA Sofia	24
1996	Ivo Georgiev	Spartak Varna	21
1997	Todor Pramatarov	Slavia Sofia	26
1998	Anton Spasov Bontcho Guentchev	Naftex Burgas CSKA Sofia	17
1999	Dimcho Belyakov	Litex Lovech	21
2000	Mihail Mihaylov	Velbazhd Kyustendil	20
2001	Georgi Ivanov Hristo Yovov	Levski Sofia Litex Lovech	19
2002	Vladimir Manchev	CSKA Sofia	21
2003	Georgi Chilikov	Levski Sofia	23
2004	Martin Kamburov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26
2005	Martin Kamburov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	27
2006	Milivoje Novakovič Jose Emilio Furtado	Litex Lovech Vihren and CSKA Sofia	16
2007	Tsvetan Genkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	27
2008	Georgi Hristov	Botev Plovdiv	19
2009	Martin Kamburov	Lokomotiv Sofia	17

All-time top scorers

All-time top scorers in Bulgarian A Group

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Petar Zhekov	253
2	Nasko Sirakov	195
3	Dinko Dermendzhiev	194
4	Hristo Bonev	185
5	Plamen Getov	164
6	Nikola Kotkov	163
7	Stefan Bogomilov	162
8	Petar Mihtarski	158
9	Petko Petkov	152
10	Dimitar Yakimov	151
In bold Currently playing in A Group

All-time appearances

All-time appearances in Bulgarian A Group

Rank	Player	Appearances
1	Marin Bakalov	454
2	Dinko Dermendzhiev	447
3	Viden Apostolov	444
4	Todor Marev	422
5	Hristo Bonev	410
6	Zapryan Rakov	403
7	Malin Orachev	398
8	Dimitar Mladenov	388
9	Bozhil Kolev	373
10	Dobromir Zhechev	369
In bold Currently playing in A Group

Sponsors

The Bulgarian A PFG has the following sponsors:

• TBI Bulgaria - the league's general sponsor.
• Puma - provides the league's official ball.
• Eko Gas Stations - sponsorship partner.
• Zagorka - sponsorship partner.

See also

• Sports attendances