1997–98 A Group

A Group
Season	1997–98
Champions	Litex Lovech; (1st title)
Relegated	Olimpik; Spartak Pleven; Etar;
Champions League	Litex
UEFA Cup	CSKA
Matches played	240
Goals scored	696 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Boncho Genchev; Anton Spasov; (17 goals each)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1997–1998 season.

Overview[]

It was contested by 16 teams, and Litex Lovech won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Litex Lovech (C)	30	21	6	3	73	25	+48	69	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	Levski Sofia	30	19	7	4	73	27	+46	64	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3	CSKA Sofia	30	18	7	5	71	29	+42	61	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Neftochimic Burgas	30	17	4	9	59	31	+28	55
5	Slavia Sofia	30	15	9	6	51	30	+21	54
6	Levski Kyustendil	30	15	1	14	45	40	+5	46
7	Spartak Varna	30	12	6	12	42	36	+6	42	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
8	Minyor Pernik	30	12	5	13	32	35	−3	41
9	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	11	6	13	42	40	+2	39
10	Metalurg Pernik	30	11	4	15	28	36	−8	37
11	Botev Plovdiv	30	11	3	16	35	48	−13	36
12	Dobrudzha Dobrich	30	11	3	16	33	55	−22	36
13	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	11	3	16	31	58	−27	36
14	(R)	30	11	2	17	26	47	−21	35	Relegation to 1998–99 B Group
15	Spartak Pleven (R)	30	7	0	23	32	75	−43	21
16	Etar Veliko Tarnovo (R)	30	4	2	24	21	82	−61	14

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

Home \ Away	BOT	CSK	DOB	ETA	LVK	LEV	LIT	LPL	LSO	MET	MIN	NEF		SLA	SPL	SPV
Botev Plovdiv		3–1	1–0	5–1	0–0	2–4	2–3	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–0
CSKA Sofia	3–0		4–1	5–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	5–0	3–0	5–0	1–1	5–0	2–1
Dobrudzha Dobrich	1–0	1–1		3–0	1–0	1–4	1–1	2–0	0–5^[a]	1–0	1–0	0–0	4–2	1–0	4–0	2–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	1–0	0–2	1–2		1–4	0–3	1–3	2–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	3–4	0–2	1–3
Levski Kyustendil	4–0	1–2	1–0	3–1		1–3	3–0^[b]	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0
Levski Sofia	1–0	3–3	3–1	5–0	4–0		1–1	5–0	1–0	7–0	1–0	2–3	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–1
Litex Lovech	3–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	0–4^[c]		6–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	4–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–0	1–4	2–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–3		0–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	0–0	1–2	4–2	1–0	4–2	0–0	0–3	2–3		2–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–1
Metalurg Pernik	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1		2–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–0
Minyor Pernik	2–0	2–2	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	0–0		1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1
Neftochimic Burgas	2–0	1–3	4–1	7–0	3–1	3–0	3–2	4–0	4–1	1–0	2–0		5–0	0–1	4–1	0–0
	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–4	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1		0–2	2–1	2–0
Slavia Sofia	5–3	2–3	3–1	4–0	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–0		3–0	0–1
Spartak Pleven	4–2	0–3	5–1	4–1	0–1	2–5	1–4	2–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	0–1		1–3
Spartak Varna	4–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–1

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

^ Match awarded after was abandoned at 65th minute by the result 0–2.
^ Match awarded as Litex Lovech fielded ineligible player Radostin Kishishev (originally finished 0–0).
^ Match awarded as Litex Lovech fielded ineligible player Radostin Kishishev (originally finished 1–1).

Goalkeepers
Vitomir Vutov	28	0(0)
Stoyan Stavrev	02	0(0)

Manager
	Dimitar Dimitrov

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Anton Spasov	Neftochimic Burgas	17
1	Boncho Genchev	CSKA Sofia	17
3	Stefan Yurukov	Litex Lovech	13
3	Danilo Dončić	Lokomotiv Sofia	13
5	Stanimir Stoilov	Slavia Sofia	12
5	Valentin Stanchev	Spartak Varna	12
7	Ivaylo Andonov	CSKA Sofia	11
8	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Levski Sofia	10
		Levski Kyustendil
	Georgi Ivanov	Levski Sofia
	Iliya Voynov	Spartak Pleven

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 1997–98 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	1998 FIFA World Cup (Qualification Group 5, Group D) Hristo Bonev

v t 1997–98 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '97 '98 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '97 '98 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '97 '98 Latvia '97 '98 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '97 '98 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '97 '98 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Armenia Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Macedonia Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Ukraine FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland Germany Iceland '97 '98 Northern Ireland Scotland
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup