2007–08 A Group
Season | 2007–08 |
---|---|
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]
The league was contested by 16 teams, thirteen returning from the 2006-07 season and three promoted from the 2006–07 B Group. The defending champion was Levski Sofia. Chernomorets Burgas and Pirin Blagoevgrad gained automatic promotion as winners of East and West B PFG. Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo gained promotion through the Promotion Play-Off beating Naftex Burgas 1–0 on 2 June 2007. The promoted teams replaced Conegliano German, Rodopa Smolyan, and Rilski Sportist Samokov, who were relegated after one, four, and one year in the A Group, respectively.
Teams[]
Stadia and locations[]
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
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[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CSKA Sofia (C) | 30 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 11 | +42 | 78 | Excluded from 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) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ CSKA failed to get a license for the competition due to unpaid debts
- ^ Litex qualify via 2007–08 Bulgarian Cup
Results[]
Champions[]
- CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers | |||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Daniel Bekono | 0 | (0) |
12 | Ivaylo Petrov | 28 | (0) |
22 | Ilko Pirgov | 2 | (0) |
Defenders | |||
---|---|---|---|
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|
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 | |
---|---|
Stoycho Mladenov |
- Iliev, Kabous, Amuneke and Chilikov left the club during a season.
Top scorers[]
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
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[]
- ^ "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[]
- 2007–08 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) seasons
- 2007–08 in Bulgarian football
- 2007–08 in European association football leagues