The 1966–67 A Group was the 19th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1966–67
ChampionsBotev Plovdiv
(2nd title)
Relegated
European CupBotev Plovdiv
Inter-Cities Fairs CupLokomotiv Plovdiv
Matches played240
Goals scored562 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorerPetar Zhekov
(21 goals)

Overview

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It was contested by 16 teams, and Botev Plovdiv won the championship.[1]

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Botev Plovdiv (C) 30 13 12 5 39 24 +15 38 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Slavia Sofia 30 13 11 6 33 27 +6 37
3 Levski Sofia 30 13 10 7 46 32 +14 36 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Spartak Sofia 30 13 9 8 40 26 +14 35
5 CSKA Sofia 30 11 12 7 42 34 +8 34
6 Cherno More Varna 30 12 9 9 40 29 +11 33
7 Botev Vratsa 30 13 6 11 45 40 +5 32
8 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 12 7 11 39 34 +5 31
9 Chernomorets Burgas 30 10 10 10 38 35 +3 30
10 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 10 9 11 37 41 −4 29
11 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 7 14 9 30 31 −1 28 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
12 Dobrudzha Dobrich 30 9 8 13 24 43 −19 26
13 Spartak Plovdiv 30 10 5 15 26 35 −9 25
14 Minyor Pernik 30 6 11 13 24 30 −6 23
15 Dunav Ruse (R) 30 9 4 17 35 60 −25 22 Relegation to 1967–68 B Group
16 Marek Dupnitsa (R) 30 8 5 17 24 41 −17 21
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BSZ BPD BVR CHM CHB CSK DOB DUN LEV LPL LSO MAR MIN SLA SSF SPD
Beroe Stara Zagora 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 5–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–0
Botev Plovdiv 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–1
Botev Vratsa 1–0 0–1 3–1 4–0 4–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 3–0
Cherno More 1–3 1–1 4–2 0–0 0–0 6–2 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0
Chernomorets Burgas 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 4–0 5–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1
CSKA Sofia 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 3–2 5–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–0
Dobrudzha Dobrich 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Dunav Ruse 1–0 4–2 5–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–0
Levski Sofia 4–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 2–4 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–2
Lokomotiv Sofia 4–1 2–0 0–1 1–3 3–1 5–1 0–1 4–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–2
Marek Dupnitsa 0–0 1–3 4–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0
Minyor Pernik 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 4–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–0
Slavia Sofia 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0
Spartak Sofia 1–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 7–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1
Spartak Plovdiv 4–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

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Botev Plovdiv
Goalkeepers
  Mihail Karushkov 30 0(0)
  Georgi Naydenov 02 0(0)
Defenders
  Ivan Zaduma 26 0(0)
  Ivan Gluhchev 27 0(0)
  Nenko Georgiev 25 0(0)
  Vidin Apostolov 29 0(0)
  Rayko Stoynov 29 0(1)
Midfielders
  Dimitar Kostadinov 29 0(2)
  Bozhidar Atanasov 18 0(0)
  Nikola Ivanov 09 0(0)
  Ivan Kyuchukov 24 0(1)
  Kostadin Bichev 02 0(0)
  Ivan Bachkov 08 0(0)
Forwards
  Dinko Dermendzhiev 29 (14)
  Vangel Delev 02 0(0)
  Dimitar Tortolanov 01 0(0)
  Georgi Popov 24 (12)
  Dobrin Nenov 29 0(9)
  Petar Terziev 01 0(0)
Manager
  Vasil Spasov

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Petar Zhekov Beroe Stara Zagora 21
2   Dinko Dermendzhiev Botev Plovdiv 14
  Nikola Yordanov Dunav Ruse
  Stefan Bogomilov Cherno More Varna
5   Iliya Dragomirov Botev Vratsa 13
6   Nikola Tsanev CSKA Sofia 12
  Georgi Popov Botev Plovdiv
8   Dimitar Tsekov Lokomotiv Sofia 11
  Dimitar Yakimov CSKA Sofia
  Yancho Dimitrov Beroe Stara Zagora
  Georgi Kamenov Botev Vratsa
  Hristo Bonev Lokomotiv Plovdiv

References

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  1. ^ "Ботев Пд е пръв сред равни в най-силната А група" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 15 December 2012.
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