2007–08 A Group
Season | 2007–08 |
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Dates | 11 August 2007 – 17 May 2008 |
Champions | CSKA Sofia (31st title) |
Relegated | Beroe Vidima-Rakovski Marek |
Champions League | Levski Sofia |
UEFA Cup | Lokomotiv Sofia Litex Cherno More |
Intertoto Cup | Chernomorets |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 558 (2.33 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Georgi Hristov (19 goals) |
Biggest home win | Cherno More 7–0 Vidima-Rakovski |
Biggest away win | Belasitsa 1–6 Chernomorets |
Highest scoring | Levski 6–2 Botev (8 goals) |
← 2006–07 2008–09 → |
The 2007–08 A Group was the 60th season of the Bulgarian A Football Group since its establishment in 1948 and the 84th of a Bulgarian national top football division. The season began on 11 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. CSKA Sofia won their 31st record league title.[1] Last time they scooped the title was in 2004–05 season. CSKA won the league without a single defeat, 16 points ahead of their archrival Levski Sofia.
Despite the convincing results during the season, CSKA failed to get a UEFA license to participate in the Champions League due to unpaid debts. The guilt for the disaster in the club was taken by their chairman Aleksandar Tomov.[2][3]
Teams
[edit]Team changes
[edit]At the end of the last season, Conegliano German, Rodopa Smolyan, and Rilski Sportist Samokov were relegated after finishing in the bottom three places of the 2006–07 season. Conegliano and Rilski Sportist survived only one season in the elite, while Rodopa ended a four-year stint in the A Group.
The relegated teams were replaced by three teams from the 2006–07 B Group, including the winners of the East and West B Groups, as well as the playoff winner decided between the runner-ups of the two B Groups. Chernomorets Burgas and Pirin Blagoevgrad were promoted directly, while Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo defeated Naftex Burgas to gain the last promotion spot. Chernomorets made its debut in the top tier of Bulgarian football, Pirin return after a one-year absence, while Vidima-Rakovski return after a two-year absence.
Stadia and locations
[edit]Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Belasitsa | Petrich | Tsar Samuil Stadium | 9,500 |
Beroe | Stara Zagora | Beroe Stadium | 13,512 |
Botev | Plovdiv | Hristo Botev Stadium | 22,000 |
Cherno More | Varna | Ticha Stadium | 8,250 |
Chernomorets | Burgas | Lazur Stadium | 18,037 |
CSKA | Sofia | Balgarska Armiya Stadium | 22,015 |
Levski | Sofia | Georgi Asparuhov Stadium | 29,200 |
Litex | Lovech | Lovech Stadium | 7,050 |
Lokomotiv | Plovdiv | Lokomotiv | 13,800 |
Lokomotiv | Sofia | Lokomotiv Sofia | 22,000 |
Marek | Dupnitsa | Bonchuk Stadium | 16,050 |
Pirin | Blagoevgrad | Hristo Botev Stadium1 | 11,000 |
Slavia | Sofia | Ovcha Kupel Stadium | 18,000 |
Spartak | Varna | Spartak Stadium | 7,500 |
Vidima-Rakovski | Sevlievo | Rakovski Stadium | 8,816 |
Vihren | Sandanski | Sandanski Stadium | 6,000 |
1^. Stadiums of Botev Plovdiv and Pirin Blagoevgrad have the same names, but they are placed in different cities.
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | CSKA Sofia (C) | 30 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 11 | +42 | 78 | Did not obtain a license for European competitions[a] |
2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 56 | 19 | +37 | 62 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 57 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round[b] |
4 | Litex Lovech | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 56 | |
5 | Cherno More | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 48 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
6 | Chernomorets Burgas | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 47 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round |
7 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 47 | |
8 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 46 | |
9 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 43 | |
10 | Vihren | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 33 | |
11 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 31 | |
12 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 30 | |
13 | Belasitsa Petrich | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 43 | −20 | 26 | |
14 | Beroe (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 26 | Relegation to 2008–09 B Group |
15 | Vidima-Rakovski (R) | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 61 | −44 | 18 | |
16 | Marek (R) | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 66 | −50 | 18 |
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:
- ^ CSKA failed to get a license for the competition due to unpaid debts
- ^ Litex qualify via 2007–08 Bulgarian Cup
Results
[edit]Champions
[edit]- CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers | |||
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1 | Daniel Bekono | 0 | (0) |
12 | Ivaylo Petrov | 28 | (0) |
22 | Ilko Pirgov | 2 | (0) |
Defenders | |||
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2 | Nenad Nastić | 7 | (0) |
3 | Aleksandar Tunchev | 26 | (3) |
6 | Kiril Kotev | 18 | (0) |
13 | Nikola Vujadinović | 24 | (1) |
14 | Valentin Iliev* | 14 | (1) |
15 | Robert Petrov | 0 | (0) |
27 | Quido Lanzaat | 8 | (0) |
30 | Yordan Todorov | 26 | (1) |
84 | Filipe Machado | 15 | (2) |
Midfielders | |||
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5 | Todor Yanchev | 28 | (2) |
10 | Georgi Iliev | 16 | (1) |
11 | Emil Gargorov | 13 | (0) |
16 | Ivaylo Dimitrov | 1 | (0) |
17 | Zé Rui | 13 | (0) |
18 | Florentin Petre | 24 | (11) |
20 | Yordan Yurukov | 8 | (1) |
21 | Chigozie Udoji | 23 | (1) |
23 | Abderrahman Kabous* | 8 | (0) |
24 | Aleksandar Tonev | 2 | (0) |
28 | Marquinhos | 25 | (1) |
Forwards | |||
---|---|---|---|
8 | Velizar Dimitrov | 24 | (4) |
9 | José Luis Garcés | 14 | (3) |
19 | Evgeni Yordanov | 8 | (1) |
99 | Nei | 29 | (14) |
Kevin Amuneke* | 10 | (2) | |
Georgi Chilikov* | 12 | (3) |
Manager | |
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Stoycho Mladenov |
- Iliev, Kabous, Amuneke and Chilikov left the club during a season.
Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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1 | Georgi Hristov | Botev Plovdiv | 19
|
2 | Nei | CSKA Sofia | 14
|
3 | Marcho Dafchev | Lokomotiv Sofia | 13
|
Zoran Baldovaliev | Lokomotiv Sofia | ||
5 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Cherno More Varna | 12
|
6 | Plamen Krumov | Chernomorets Burgas | 11
|
Florentin Petre | CSKA Sofia | ||
Ivelin Popov | Litex Lovech | ||
9 | Germán Pietrobon | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 10
|
10 | Anatoli Todorov | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 9
|
Miroslav Manolov | Cherno More Varna | ||
Ivan Naydenov | Spartak Varna |
References
[edit]- ^ "Сезон 2007-08 "Лицензгейт" пука розовите балони на Сашо Томов" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 12 October 2013.
- ^ CSKA without UEFA license, Tomov takes the guilt
- ^ "Part of Aleksandar Tomov's book: How they took the license of CSKA". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
External links
[edit]- 2007–08 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com