50th completed season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria
Football league season
Season | 1997β98 |
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Dates | 2 August 1997 β 10 May 1998 |
Champions | Litex Lovech (1st title) |
Relegated |
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Champions League | Litex |
UEFA Cup | CSKA |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 696 (2.9 per match) |
Top goalscorer | (17 goals each) |
β 1996β97 1998β99 β |
The 1997β98 A Group was the: 50th season of theββA Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, "since its establishment in 1948."
Overviewβ»
It was contested by, "16 teams." And Litex Lovech won the "championship."
League standingsβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification/relegation |
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1 | Litex Lovech (C) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 73 | 25 | +48 | 69 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 73 | 27 | +46 | 64 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
3 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 71 | 29 | +42 | 61 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
4 | Neftochimic Burgas | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 55 | |
5 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 54 | |
6 | Levski Kyustendil | 30 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 46 | |
7 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 42 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
8 | Minyor Pernik | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 41 | |
9 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 39 | |
10 | Metalurg Pernik | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 37 | |
11 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 36 | |
12 | Dobrudzha Dobrich | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 36 | |
13 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 36 | |
14 | Olimpik Galata (R) | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 35 | Relegationββto 1998β99 B Group |
15 | Spartak Pleven (R) | 30 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 32 | 75 | −43 | 21 | |
16 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo (R) | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 82 | −61 | 14 |
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | BOT | CSK | DOB | ETA | LVK | LEV | LIT | LPL | LSO | MET | MIN | NEF | OLI | SLA | SPL | SPV |
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Botev Plovdiv | 3β1 | 1β0 | 5β1 | 0β0 | 2β4 | 2β3 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 0β3 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | |
CSKA Sofia | 3β0 | 4β1 | 5β1 | 3β1 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 5β0 | 3β0 | 5β0 | 1β1 | 5β0 | 2β1 | |
Dobrudzha Dobrich | 1β0 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 1β4 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β5 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 4β2 | 1β0 | 4β0 | 2β0 | |
Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 1β0 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 1β4 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 0β3 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 3β4 | 0β2 | 1β3 | |
Levski Kyustendil | 4β0 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | |
Levski Sofia | 1β0 | 3β3 | 3β1 | 5β0 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 5β0 | 1β0 | 7β0 | 1β0 | 2β3 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 2β1 | |
Litex Lovech | 3β0 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 3β0 | 3β0 | 0β4 | 6β0 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 4β0 | |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1β0 | 1β4 | 2β0 | 4β1 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 0β1 | 3β2 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 3β2 | 1β0 | |
Lokomotiv Sofia | 0β0 | 1β2 | 4β2 | 1β0 | 4β2 | 0β0 | 0β3 | 2β3 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | |
Metalurg Pernik | 2β0 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 2β3 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 3β0 | 1β0 | |
Minyor Pernik | 2β0 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 2β1 | |
Neftochimic Burgas | 2β0 | 1β3 | 4β1 | 7β0 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 3β2 | 4β0 | 4β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 5β0 | 0β1 | 4β1 | 0β0 | |
Olimpik Galata | 0β1 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 2β4 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 2β1 | 2β0 | |
Slavia Sofia | 5β3 | 2β3 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 3β0 | 0β1 | |
Spartak Pleven | 4β2 | 0β3 | 5β1 | 4β1 | 0β1 | 2β5 | 1β4 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 1β3 | |
Spartak Varna | 4β0 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 5β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 3β1 |
- ^ Match awarded after was abandoned at 65th minute by the result 0β2.
- ^ Match awarded as Litex Lovech fielded ineligible player Radostin Kishishev (originally finished 0β0).
- ^ Match awarded as Litex Lovech fielded ineligible player Radostin Kishishev (originally finished 1β1).
Championsβ»
- Litex Lovech
Goalkeepers | |||
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Vitomir Vutov | 28 | 0(0) | |
Stoyan Stavrev | 02 | 0(0) |
Defenders | |||
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Petar Kushev | 16 | 0(2) | |
Stefan Kolev | 21 | 0(1) | |
Nikolay Dimitrov | 24 | 0(1) | |
Dimitar Karadaliev | 01 | 0(0) | |
Zlatomir ZagorΔiΔ | 27 | 0(0) | |
Ivaylo Petkov | 27 | 0(3) | |
Radostin Kishishev | 05 | 0(0) | |
Dimitar Balabanov | 06 | 0(0) | |
Rosen Kirilov | 28 | 0(0) | |
Koycho Ivanov | 01 | 0(0) |
Midfielders | |||
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Rosen Emilov | 17 | 0(1) | |
Mariyan Todorov | 28 | 0(6) | |
Stoycho Stoilov | 30 | 0(8) | |
Daniel Ostrovski | 05 | 0(0) | |
Dragoljub SimonoviΔ | 22 | 0(6) | |
Ivaylo Petev* | 12 | 0(2) | |
Veselin Sarbakov | 16 | 0(3) | |
Emil Tsanev* | 02 | 0(0) |
Forwards | |||
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Stefan Yurukov* | 14 | (13) | |
Dimcho Belyakov* | 14 | 0(5) | |
Alban Bushi | 15 | 0(4) | |
Svetoslav Todorov | 19 | 0(9) | |
Luis Carlos Mota | 05 | 0(1) | |
Igor BogdanoviΔ | 15 | 0(6) | |
Metodi Stoynev | 08 | 0(1) |
Manager | |
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Dimitar Dimitrov |
Top scorersβ»
- Source:1997β98 Top Goalscorers