The 1948–49 season was the inaugural season of A group under the name Republican Football Division (Bulgarian: Републиканска футболна дивизия). Cherno More started the season as TVP but was renamed after the first round to Botev pri DNV (Bulgarian: Ботев при ДНВ),[2] a common practice in the years after the establishment of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. Botev is 19th-century Bulgarian revolutionary and poet Hristo Botev and pri DNV stands for Home of the People's Army (Bulgarian: Дом на народната войска).
| 1948–49 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Ivan Mokanov |
| Republican Football Division | 6th |
| Bulgarian Cup | First Round |
| Top goalscorer | Nedko Nedev (11)[1] |
Republican Football Division
editMatches
edit| 10 October 1948 Round 1 | Slavia Plovdiv | 1 – 1 | Botev pri DNV | Plovdiv |
Bachvarov  2' |
Dzhurov 43' |
| 17 October 1948 Round 2 | Botev pri DNV | 2 – 0 | CDNV | Varna |
| Terzistoev 38' Ganchev 57' |
Attendance: 8,000 |
| 24 October 1948 Round 3 | Botev Burgas | 2 – 4 | Botev pri DNV | Burgas |
| Toledjian 4' Mandalchev 32' |
Nedev 20' Konakov 24' 76' Petrov 57' |
| 31 October 1948 Round 4 | Botev pri DNV | 2 – 3 | Levski Sofia | Varna |
| Terzistoev 14' Nedev 36' |
Apostolov 20' (o.g.) Kardashev 51' Tomov 83' |
Attendance: 12,000 |
| 12 December 1948 Round 5 | Spartak Sofia | 1 – 0 | Botev pri DNV | Sofia |
| Konyarov 49' |
Attendance: 10,000 |
| 14 November 1948 Round 6 | Botev pri DNV | 1 – 0 | Lokomotiv Sofia | Varna |
| Konakov 66' |
Attendance: 10,000 |
| 21 November 1948 Round 7 | Benkovski Vidin | 2 – 2 | Botev pri DNV | Vidin |
| Marinov 77' Enchev 88' (pen.) |
Radev 4' Nedev 58' |
Attendance: 4,000 |
| 28 November 1948 Round 8 | Botev pri DNV | 1 – 0 | Slavia Sofia | Varna |
| Konakov 14' |
Attendance: 8,000 |
| 5 December 1948 Round 9 | Botev pri DNV | 3 – 2 | Marek Dupnitsa | Varna |
| Konakov 15' Nedev 52' 61' |
Vasilev 51' Lyuben Kolarov 70' |
Attendance: 9,000 |
| 20 March 1949 Round 10 | Botev pri DNV | 0 – 1 | Slavia Plovdiv | Varna |
| Furnadzhiev 35' |
| 10 April 1949 Round 12 | Botev pri DNV | 2 – 1 | Botev Burgas | Varna |
| Kovachev 39' Radev 54' |
Zhelev 55' |
| 24 April 1949 Round 13 | Levski Sofia | 4 – 2 | Botev pri DNV | Sofia |
| Hranov 20' Dimitrov 35' Tsvetkov 50' 58' |
Nedev 10' Konakov 76' |
| 22 May 1949 Round 14 | Botev pri DNV | 3 – 1 | Spartak Sofia | Varna |
| Kovachev 3' Radev 17' 70' |
Stankov 58' |
| 30 May 1949 Round 15 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 1 – 0 | Botev pri DNV | Sofia |
| Delev 90' |
| 4 June 1949 Round 16 | Botev pri DNV | 2 – 1 | Benkovski Vidin | Varna |
| Videnov 5' (o.g.) Nedev 30' |
Bashinovski 52' |
| 13 June 1949 Round 17 | Slavia Sofia | 1 – 3 | Botev pri DNV | Sofia |
| Nenov 27' |
Nedev 19' 55' 70' |
| 16 July 1949 Round 18 | Marek Dupnitsa | 1 – 1 | Botev pri DNV | Dupnitsa |
| Krastev 84' (pen.) |
Stefanov 70' |
League standings
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Slavia Sofia | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 21 |
| 5 | Spartak Sofia | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 21 |
| 6 | Cherno More Varna | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 21 |
| 7 | Slavia Plovdiv | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 16 |
| 8 | Marek Dupnitsa | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 42 | −26 | 8 |
Source: rsssf.com
Results summary
edit| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | −2 |
Goalscorers
edit| Rank | Scorer | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nedko Nedev
|
11 |
| 2 | Hristo Konakov
|
6 |
| 3 | Georgi Radev
|
4 |
| 4 | Borislav Kovachev
|
3 |
| 5 | Todor Terzistoev
|
2 |
| 6 | Mladen Dzhurov
|
1 |
| Nikola Ganchev
| ||
| Asen Petrov
| ||
| Dimitar Stefanov
|
Bulgarian Cup
edit| 3 April 1949 First Round | Torpedo Pernik | 2–1 | Botev pri DNV | Pernik |
- Torpedo Pernik is a former name of Minyor Pernik