2008–09 A Group

A Group
Season	2008–09
Champions	Levski Sofia; 26th Bulgarian title
Relegated	Vihren Sandanski; Spartak Varna; Belasitsa Petrich
UEFA Champions League	Levski Sofia
UEFA Europa League	CSKA Sofia; Cherno More Varna; Litex Lovech (via domestic cup)
Goals scored	619
Average goals/game	2.58
Top goalscorer	Martin Kamburov (16)
Biggest home win	Cherno More 6–0 Belasitsa; Levski 6–0 Botev
Biggest away win	Belasitsa 1–7 Levski
Highest scoring	Vihren 3–5 Chernomorets; Belasitsa 1–7 Levski
	← 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

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

Team overview

CSKA
Levski
Loko Sf
Slavia

Location of teams in A PFG 2008–09

Club	Location	Manager	Venue	Capacity
Belasitsa	Petrich	Miroslav Mitev	Tsar Samuil Stadium	15,000
Botev	Plovdiv	Kostadin Angelov	Hristo Botev Stadium, Plovdiv	22,000
Cherno More	Varna	Nikola Spasov	Ticha Stadium	12,500
Chernomorets	Burgas	Dimitar Dimitrov	Naftex Stadium	18,037
CSKA	Sofia	Luboslav Penev	Balgarska Armiya Stadium	22,015
Levski	Sofia	Emil Velev	Georgi Asparuhov Stadium	29,800
Litex	Lovech	Stanimir Stoilov	Lovech Stadium	7,000
Lokomotiv Mezdra	Mezdra	Georgi Bachev	Lokomotiv Stadium, Mezdra	5,000
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Plovdiv	Ayan Sadakov	Lokomotiv Stadium, Plovdiv	18,800
Lokomotiv Sofia	Sofia	Dragomir Okuka	Lokomotiv Stadium, Sofia	22,000
Minyor	Pernik	Dimitar Aleksiev	Minyor Stadium	16,500
OFC Sliven	Sliven	Georgi Dermendzhiev	Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium	15,000
Pirin	Blagoevgrad	Petar Tsvetkov	Hristo Botev Stadium, Blagoevgrad	16,000
Slavia	Sofia	Stevica Kuzmanovski	Ovcha Kupel Stadium	32,000
Spartak	Varna	Dragoljub Simonović	Spartak Stadium	12,000
Vihren	Sandanski	Filip Filipov	Sandanski Stadium	6,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Levski Sofia	30	21	6	3	57	18	+39	69	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	21	5	4	54	22	+32	68	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
3	Cherno More Varna	30	18	6	6	48	19	+29	60	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
4	Litex Lovech	30	17	7	6	53	26	+27	58	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round ¹
5	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	16	6	8	52	29	+23	54
6	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	12	7	11	40	43	−3	43		CHB 1–3 LPL LPL 1–1 CHB
7	Chernomorets Burgas	30	11	10	9	41	37	+4	43		CHB 1–3 LPL LPL 1–1 CHB
8	Lokomotiv Mezdra	30	10	7	13	39	41	−2	37		SLA 0–0 LME LME 1–0 SLA
9	Slavia Sofia	30	11	4	15	41	38	+3	37		SLA 0–0 LME LME 1–0 SLA
10	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	10	5	15	35	50	−15	35		MIN 0–0 PIR PIR 1–0 MIN
11	Minyor Pernik	30	9	8	13	24	39	−15	35		MIN 0–0 PIR PIR 1–0 MIN
12	OFC Sliven	30	8	8	14	32	40	−8	32
13	Botev Plovdiv	30	8	6	16	31	50relegated=y	Expression error: Unrecognized word "relegated".	30
14	Vihren Sandanski (R)	30	8	2	20	29	50	−21	26	Relegation to 2009–10 B PFG
15	Spartak Varna (R)	30	5	10	15	19	46	−27	25
16	Belasitsa Petrich (R)	30	4	5	21	24	71	−47	17

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 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
¹Litex Lovech won the Bulgarian Cup 2008–09 and qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	BEL	BOT	CSK	CHM	CHB	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 Varna	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 Sandanski	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

Source: soccerway.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Martin Kamburov	Lokomotiv Sofia	17
2	Dormushali Saidhodzha	CSKA Sofia¹	13
3	Georgi Ivanov	Levski Sofia	12
4	Yordan Yurukov	Cherno More Varna	11
4	Georgi Hristov	Levski Sofia	11
5	Zoran Baldovaliev	Lokomotiv Sofia	10
	Pavle Delibašić	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
	Michel Platini	Chernomorets Burgas
6	Krum Bibishkov	Litex Lovech	9
	Adrián Fernández	Chernomorets Burgas²
	Miroslav Manolov	Cherno More Varna
	Saša Simonović	Lokomotiv Mezdra
	Ivan Stoyanov	Sliven
	Yordan Todorov	CSKA Sofia

^{1. Saidhodzha scored 6 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).^[1]

Position	Name	Club
Goalkeepers	Kiril Akalski	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Goalkeepers	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

References

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v t e Bulgarian football championship seasons
State Championship (National Football Division)	1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1941 1942 1943 1944
Republic Championship	1945 1946 1947 1948
A Group	1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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2008–09 A Group

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Promotion and relegation

Team overview

League table

Results

Season statistics

Annual awards

Team of the season

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