1977–78 A Group

A Group
Season	1977–78
Champions	Lokomotiv Sofia; (4th title)
Relegated	Spartak Varna; Akademik Svishtov;
European Cup	Lokomotiv Sofia
UEFA Cup	CSKA; Levski; Botev Plovdiv;
Matches played	240
Goals scored	623 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stoycho Mladenov; (21 goals)
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1977–78 season.

Overview[]

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lokomotiv Sofia (C)	30	16	10	4	40	16	+24	42	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	18	5	7	60	35	+25	41	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Levski Sofia	30	15	8	7	53	30	+23	38
4	Botev Plovdiv	30	13	6	11	39	36	+3	32
5	Slavia Sofia	30	12	6	12	54	35	+19	30
6	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	12	5	13	37	37	0	29
7	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	12	5	13	32	40	−8	29
8	Akademik Sofia	30	10	8	12	34	38	−4	28
9	Cherno More Varna	30	8	12	10	27	34	−7	28
10	Chernomorets Burgas	30	11	5	14	44	43	+1	27
11	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	11	5	14	33	41	−8	27
12	Sliven	30	11	5	14	36	51	−15	27
13	Botev Vratsa	30	11	5	14	31	56	−25	27
14	Marek Dupnitsa	30	11	4	15	37	40	−3	26	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
15	Spartak Varna (R)	30	11	3	16	30	46	−16	25	Relegation to 1978–79 B Group
16	Akademik Svishtov (R)	30	9	6	15	36	45	−9	24	Relegation to 1978–79 B Group

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

Home \ Away	ASF	ASV	BSZ	BPD	BVR	CHM	CHB	CSK	LEV	LPL	LSO	MAR	PIR	SLA	SLI	SPV
Akademik Sofia		1–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	2–4	0–0	6–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–6	2–4	1–0
Akademik Svishtov	3–2		2–3	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	5–1
Beroe Stara Zagora	0–1	2–1		3–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–1
Botev Plovdiv	1–1	3–0	0–0		2–0	3–2	3–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0
Botev Vratsa	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–2		0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	4–2	0–0	2��0	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–0
Cherno More	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0		1–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0
Chernomorets Burgas	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	5–0	3–0		2–1	1–2	3–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	4–1
CSKA Sofia	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	5–2	3–1	2–1		2–2	4–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	4–0	3–1	3–0
Levski Sofia	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	5–0	4–0	2–1	4–1		3–0	1–2	3–2	3–1	3–0	1–0	4–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	5–0	2–0	3–0	0–0		2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	5–0	1–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	0–0	5–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–3	1–0		3–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	3–0
Marek Dupnitsa	1–1	4–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	4–1	1–1		3–1	1–0	3–1	2–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–0	5–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–0	2–4	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–0		0–0	1–0	1–1
Slavia Sofia	1–1	2–1	4–3	3–0	6–2	0–2	4–0	1–0	1–1	6–0	0–0	1–0	0–1		8–1	3–1
Sliven	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–1		3–0
Spartak Varna	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–1

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

Manager
	Vasil Metodiev

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Stoycho Mladenov	Beroe Stara Zagora	21
2	Andrey Zhelyazkov	Slavia Sofia	18
3		Slavia Sofia	16
4		Botev Plovdiv	14
5		Marek Dupnitsa	13
6	Spas Dzhevizov	CSKA Sofia	12
7	Atanas Mihaylov	Lokomotiv Sofia	11
		Akademik Sofia
		Levski Sofia
10	Yordan Yordanov	Levski Sofia	10
		Botev Vratsa
		Sliven
		Akademik Svishtov

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 1977–78 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '77 '78 England Faroe Islands '77 '78 Finland '77 '78 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '77 '78 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '77 '78 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '77 '78 Spain Sweden '77 '78 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Bulgaria Cyprus England Faroe Islands Finland France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '77 '78 Israel Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '77 '78 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 '77 '77–'78