1976–77 A Group

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1976–77 season.

Overview[]

It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	30	17	9	4	73	34	+39	43	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	14	11	5	45	27	+18	39	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Marek Dupnitsa	30	15	8	7	43	28	+15	38	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Slavia Sofia	30	14	9	7	52	36	+16	37
5	Botev Vratsa	30	12	7	11	31	35	−4	31
6	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	11	9	10	26	30	−4	31
7	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	9	12	9	42	40	+2	30	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
8	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	10	10	10	32	31	+1	30
9	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	10	9	11	38	51	−13	29
10	Sliven	30	10	8	12	41	46	−5	28
11	Botev Plovdiv	30	7	13	10	36	40	−4	27
12	Akademik Sofia	30	7	12	11	25	30	−5	26
13	Akademik Svishtov	30	9	8	13	32	45	−13	26
14	Spartak Varna	30	7	10	13	37	42	−5	24
15	Minyor Pernik (R)	30	7	9	14	34	43	−9	23	Relegation to 1977–78 B Group
16	Dunav Ruse (R)	30	5	8	17	22	51	−29	18	Relegation to 1977–78 B Group

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

Home \ Away	ASF	ASV	BSZ	BPD	BVR	CSK	DUN	LEV	LPL	LSO	MAR	MIN	PIR	SLA	SLI	SPV
Akademik Sofia		2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	5–0	1–0
Akademik Svishtov	0–0		3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Beroe Stara Zagora	1–0	1–0		0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	4–2	1–0	5–1	0–0	2–1	0–3	2–1
Botev Plovdiv	1–1	2–1	3–3		1–1	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–0
Botev Vratsa	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–2		1–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–1
CSKA Sofia	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0		3–0	1–3	5–1	2–2	1–3	3–0	2–0	0–1	3–2	2–1
Dunav Ruse	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–1		0–3	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1
Levski Sofia	5–1	5–2	0–0	4–2	4–0	3–2	7–0		2–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	2–0	3–3	5–1	4–2
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1		2–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–1	1–1		0–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–1
Marek Dupnitsa	0–0	3–0	4–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0		3–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	5–1
Minyor Pernik	0–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	3–3	0–0	1–1	0–3		2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0		2–2	1–0	1–0
Slavia Sofia	2–1	3–2	4–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–1		3–0	4–2
Sliven	3–0	4–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	0–0	2–1		1–1
Spartak Varna	0–0	2–0	6–0	0–1	0–0	2–4	3–1	1–4	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–1

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

Goalkeepers
Stefan Staykov	24	0(0)
	06	0(0)

Manager
	Vasil Spasov

Pavel Panov – top scorer of the season

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Pavel Panov	Levski Sofia	20
2		Sliven	17
3		Marek Dupnitsa	16
4	Bozhidar Grigorov	Slavia Sofia	15
4	Chavdar Tsvetkov	Slavia Sofia	15
6	Radoslav Zdravkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	13
7	Yordan Yordanov	Levski Sofia	12
7		Botev Vratsa	12
9	Petko Petkov	Beroe Stara Zagora	11
10	Stoycho Mladenov	Beroe Stara Zagora	10

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 1976–77 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '76 '77 England Faroe Islands '76 '77 Finland '76 '77 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '76 '77 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '76 '77 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '76 '77 Spain Sweden '76 '77 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Bulgaria Cyprus England Faroe Islands Finland France West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '77 Israel Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '76 '77 Romania Scotland Spain Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
Super cups	Soviet Union
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '76 '77