1956 A Group

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1956 season.

Overview[]

It was contested by 12 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	22	11	9	2	46	25	+21	31	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Levski Sofia	22	8	10	4	30	24	+6	26
3	Botev Plovdiv	22	9	7	6	27	20	+7	25
4	Slavia Sofia	22	8	7	7	37	31	+6	23
5	Minyor Pernik	22	8	6	8	40	34	+6	22
6	Spartak Plovdiv	22	7	7	8	28	29	−1	21
7	Lokomotiv Sofia	22	5	11	6	20	22	−2	21
8	Spartak Pleven	22	6	9	7	19	26	−7	21
9	Spartak Sofia	22	5	9	8	25	30	−5	19
10	Spartak Varna	22	5	9	8	22	28	−6	19
11	(R)	22	5	9	8	20	29	−9	19	Relegation to 1957 B Group
12	Dunav Ruse (R)	22	2	13	7	16	32	−16	17	Relegation to 1957 B Group

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	BPD	CSK	DUN	LEV	LSO	MIN	SLA	SPL	SPD	SSF	SPV
Botev Plovdiv		1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	5–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1
CSKA Sofia	2–2		4–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	6–0
Dunav Ruse	2–1	1–1		0–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–3	0–0	2–2	1–0
Levski Sofia	0–1	1–1	1–1		2–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	3–2	2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–3		1–0	3–2	0–1	0–0	2–3	0–0	1–0
Minyor Pernik	1–1	3–6	5–0	4–1	1–1		4–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–0
Slavia Sofia	0–2	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–2		3–1	3–0	3–1	5–0	2–0
Spartak Pleven	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1		1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1
Spartak Plovdiv	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	3–0		2–1	2–1	2–2
Spartak Sofia	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–0	2–4	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–1	0–0
Spartak Varna	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–1		0–0
	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–1

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goalkeepers
Georgi Naydenov	13	0(0)
	09	0(0)

Manager
	Krum Milev

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1		Minyor Pernik	16
2	Dobromir Tashkov	Slavia Sofia	13
3	Dimitar Milanov	CSKA Sofia	11
4		Spartak Sofia	9
4		Slavia Sofia	9

v t 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
First League	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22

v t 1955–56 in European football (UEFA)
« 1954–55 1956–57 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '55 '56 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '55 '56 Czechoslovakia '55 '56 Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '55 '56 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '55 '56 Iceland '55 '56 Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '55 '56 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 '56 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Bulgaria Denmark England Finland '55 '56 East Germany '56 West Germany Greece Iceland Norway '55 '56 Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 Spain Wales
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup

v t 1956–57 in European football (UEFA)
« 1955–56 1957–58 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '56 '57 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '56 '57 Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '56 '57 Iceland '56 '57 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '56 '57 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '56 '57 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '57 Bulgaria Denmark England Faroe Islands Finland '56 East Germany '56 West Germany Greece Norway '56 '57 Scotland Soviet Union '57 Spain Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup