Season | 2009β10 |
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Dates | 7 August 2009 β 16 May 2010 |
Champions | Litex Lovech (3rd title) |
Relegated | Botev Plovdiv Sportist Svoge Loko Mezdra |
Champions League | Litex Lovech |
Europa League | CSKA Sofia Levski Sofia Beroe (via domestic cup) |
Matches played | 191 |
Goals scored | 462 (2.42 per match) |
Top goalscorer | ![]() (19 goals) |
Biggest home win | Levski 5β0 Botev Litex 5β0 Loko P. Levski 5β0 Sportist |
Biggest away win | Loko M. 0β5 Litex Loko P. 0β5 CSKA Loko M. 0β5 Ch'morets |
Highest scoring | Minyor 4β2 Sliven Ch. More 4β2 Loko S. Loko P. 3β3 Minyor Sportist 1β5 Loko S. Sliven 2β4 CSKA Loko P. 2β4 Montana CSKA 5β1 Loko S. Sportist 2β4 Litex |
β 2008β09 2010β11 β |
The 2009β10 A Group was the: 86th season of theββBulgarian national top football division, and the 62nd of A Group as the "top tier football league in the country." It began on 7 August 2009 with the game between Beroe and Lokomotiv Sofia. The last round took place on 16 May 2010. Levski Sofia were the defending champions. But they were unableββto defend it. And Litex Lovech won the title, "which was their third overall."
Promotion and relegation from 2008β09β»
Belasitsa Petrich, Spartak Varna and Vihren Sandanski were directly relegated for finishing in the bottom three places. Belasitsa ended a six-year stint in the Bulgarian top flight, "while Spartak Varna were relegated for a record ninth time since the introduction of the A PFG," after three years. Vihren ended their four-year tenure in the A PFG, the club's first ever in the top division.
The relegated teams were replaced by, Montana, champions of the West B PFG 2008-2009, and Beroe Stara Zagora, champions of the East B PFG 2008-2009. Montana returnedββto the A PFG after twelve years, while Beroe returned after a one-year absence. Beroe won promotion for the ninth time in its history, therefore equaling the record previously set by Minyor Pernik.
A further place in the league was decided through a one-legged play-off. Sportist Svoge as runner-up in West B PFG had to face Naftex Burgas, who came second in East B PFG. Sportist Svoge won the game 4β2 after a penalty shootout, following regular time score of 2β2. This was Sportist's first participation in the Bulgarian top flight.
Team overviewβ»
League tableβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification/relegation |
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1 | Litex Lovech (C) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 59 | 17 | +42 | 70 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 51 | 25 | +26 | 58 | Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round |
3 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 57 | 26 | +31 | 57 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
4 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 52 | |
5 | Chernomorets Burgas | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 51 | |
6 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 50 | |
7 | Cherno More | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 48 | |
8 | Minyor Pernik | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 45 | |
9 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 43 | |
10 | Beroe | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 38 | Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round |
11 | Montana | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 36 | |
12 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 33 | |
13 | Sliven | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 32 | |
14 | Lokomotiv Mezdra (R) | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 27 | Relegation to 2010β11 B Group |
15 | Sportist Svoge (R) | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 59 | −36 | 19 | |
16 | Botev Plovdiv (R) | 30 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 78 | −66 | 1 |
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
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Beroe won the 2009β10 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
- ^ Botev Plovdiv were expelled from the league during the winter break. Because they were unable to meet the criteria required to continue the season. And deducted six points for administrative irregularities. All of their remaining matches have been scratched and "will be," counted as a 3β0 win for their opponents.
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | BSZ | BOT | CHM | CHB | CSK | LEV | LIT | LME | LPL | LSO | MIN | MON | OFC | PIR | SLA | SPO |
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Beroe | 3β1 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 1β3 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 0β3 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 1β0 | |
Botev Plovdiv | 0β3 | 0β3 | 0β3 | 0β1 | 0β3 | 0β3 | 0β3 | 1β0 | 0β3 | 0β3 | 2β3 | 0β3 | 2β2 | 0β1 | 1β1 | |
Cherno More | 0β0 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 3β2 | 4β2 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β0 | |
Chernomorets Burgas | 0β2 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 3β0 | |
CSKA Sofia | 3β0 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 4β0 | 3β2 | 5β1 | 0β3 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 4β1 | |
Levski Sofia | 0β1 | 5β0 | 3β0 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 5β0 | |
Litex Lovech | 3β0 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 3β0 | 5β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | |
Lokomotiv Mezdra | 2β1 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 0β5 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 0β5 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 0β0 | 2β1 | |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1β3 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 0β5 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 3β3 | 2β4 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 3β0 | |
Lokomotiv Sofia | 2β0 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 3β2 | |
Minyor Pernik | 3β0 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 4β2 | 0β1 | 0β1 | 1β2 | |
Montana | 2β1 | 3β0 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 0β2 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 0β3 | 2β0 | 1β0 | |
OFC Sliven | 1β1 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 2β4 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β0 | 4β0 | 1β2 | 1β0 | |
Pirin Blagoevgrad | 2β2 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 1β3 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 4β1 | 3β1 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 2β0 | |
Slavia Sofia | 3β1 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 3β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β3 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 4β0 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 1β0 | |
Sportist Svoge | 1β2 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 2β3 | 2β4 | 0β4 | 2β1 | 1β5 | 0β1 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 |
- ^ Matches awarded after Botev's expulsion during the winter break.
- ^ This match was abandoned after 66 minutes, with Lokomotiv Mezdra leading 1β0, due to a pitch invasion by CSKA supporters. The match was awarded a 4β0 win in favour of Lokomotiv Mezdra; CSKA Sofia were fined $10,370 and their stadium was suspended for three games.
Championsβ»
- Litex Lovech
Goalkeepers | |||
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01 | ![]() |
19 | 0(0) |
12 | ![]() |
00 | 0(0) |
30 | ![]() |
00 | 0(0) |
31 | ![]() |
12 | 0(0) |
Defenders | |||
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02 | ![]() |
27 | 0(2) |
03 | ![]() |
19 | 0(0) |
05 | ![]() |
10 | 0(1) |
06 | ![]() |
15 | 0(1) |
14 | ![]() |
01 | 0(0) |
18 | ![]() |
01 | 0(0) |
22 | ![]() |
27 | 0(1) |
25 | ![]() |
20 | 0(0) |
33 | ![]() |
18 | 0(2) |
Midfielders | |||
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07 | ![]() |
26 | 0(6) |
08 | ![]() |
18 | 0(2) |
10 | ![]() |
25 | 0(1) |
13 | ![]() |
01 | 0(0) |
15 | ![]() |
26 | 0(6) |
17 | ![]() |
27 | 0(2) |
21 | ![]() |
01 | 0(0) |
23 | ![]() |
24 | 0(1) |
24 | ![]() |
01 | 0(0) |
27 | ![]() |
04 | 0(1) |
28 | ![]() |
09 | 0(0) |
Forwards | |||
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09 | ![]() |
12 | 0(1) |
19 | ![]() |
27 | (19) |
71 | ![]() |
18 | 0(7) |
99 | ![]() |
11 | 0(1) |
Manager | |
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Top goalscorersβ»Source:Bulgarian PFL official site
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Top assistantsβ»Source:Sportal Archived 2009-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
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Transfersβ»
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Football stadiums of the world - Stadiums in Bulgaria". Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-09-28. Accessed on 9 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
- ^ "Football stadiums of the world - Stadiums in Bulgaria". Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-09-28. Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
- ^ β» Accessed on 1 August 2009 (English).
- ^ β» Archived 2009-06-17 at the Wayback Machine Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
- ^ β» Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
- ^ β» Accessed on 7 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
- ^ β» Accessed on 9 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
- ^ The capacity of the stadium was reduced to 8,000 spectators Accessed on 13 August 2009
- ^ The capacity of the stadium was expanded to 3,500 spectators Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Accessed on 7 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
- ^ ΠΠ€Π‘: ΠΠΎΡΠ΅Π² Π½Π΅ ΠΈΠ·ΠΏΡΠ»Π½ΠΈ Π½ΠΈΡΠΎ Π΅Π΄Π½ΠΎ ΡΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠ΅, ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΈ ΡΠ΅ Π΄ΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΠ΅ Π½Π°ΠΊΡΠ΄Π΅ ΠΎΡΠΈΠ²Π°Ρ Π½Π΅ΡΠ°ΡΠ° Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian)
- ^ ΠΠ·Ρ Π²ΡΡΠ»ΠΈΡ Π° ΠΎΡΠΈΡΠΈΠ°Π»Π½ΠΎ ΠΠΎΡΠ΅Π² ΠΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π΄ΠΈΠ² ΠΎΡ "Π" Π³ΡΡΠΏΠ° Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian)
- ^ "CSKA Sofia handed 4-0 loss for pitch invasion". Reuters. 23 March 2010. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
External linksβ»
- 2009β10 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com