1982–83 A Group

A Group
Season	1982–83
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (23rd title)
Relegated	Rozova Dolina; Pirin;
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
UEFA Cup	Levski Sofia
Matches	240
Goals	640 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Antim Pehlivanov; (20 goals)
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 A Group was the 35th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	30	18	9	3	52	26	+26	45	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Levski Sofia	30	18	6	6	50	21	+29	42	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Trakia Plovdiv	30	16	6	8	62	40	+22	38
4	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	12	8	10	39	40	−1	32
5	Spartak Pleven (R)	30	13	5	12	46	40	+6	31	Relegation to 1983–84 B Group^[b]
6	Sliven	30	13	4	13	46	45	+1	30
7	Spartak Varna	30	12	5	13	36	38	−2	29	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round^[c]
8	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	13	3	14	38	41	−3	29
9	Cherno More Varna	30	9	11	10	24	28	−4	29
10	Belasitsa Petrich	30	12	5	13	43	54	−11	29
11	Botev Vratsa	30	13	4	13	38	35	+3	28^[d]
12	Slavia Sofia	30	11	6	13	35	37	−2	28
13	Chernomorets Burgas	30	12	4	14	41	47	−6	28
14	Haskovo	30	9	4	17	34	41	−7	22
15	Rozova Dolina Kazanlak (R)	30	7	5	18	30	53	−23	19	Relegation to 1983–84 B Group
16	Pirin Blagoevgrad (R)	30	7	5	18	26	54	−28	19	Relegation to 1983–84 B Group

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Lokomotiv Plovdiv, which participated in the B Group, won the 1982–83 Cup of the Soviet Army and thus qualified for the 1983–84 UEFA Cup first round.
↑ Spartak Pleven was relegated after the end of the season due to allegations of match fixing and bribery
↑ Spartak Varna qualified for Cup Winners' Cup as a finalists in the 1982–83 Bulgarian Cup
↑ 2 points deducted due to the performance of their second team in its level three group.

Results

Home \ Away	BEL	BVR	CHM	CHB	CSK	ETA	HAS	LEV	LSO	PIR	ROZ	SLA	SLI	SPL	SPV	TRA
Belasitsa Petrich		4–1	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	6–4	3–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1
Botev Vratsa	4–0		1–0	2–3	2–3	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	4–1	2–1	1–0
Cherno More	3–1	1–0		1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	6–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–0
Chernomorets Burgas	3–0	0–4	0–1		1–4	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	5–2	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	3–0
CSKA Sofia	4–2	1–0	3–0	4–2		1–1	2–1	0–3	3–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	4–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–1		2–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–3
Haskovo	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0		0–1	1–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	4–3	2–1	1–0	0–1
Levski Sofia	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–0		1–0	2–1	3–0	4–0	6–2	1–0	1–0	2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1		3–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	4–2
Pirin Blagoevgrad	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0		0–0	1–2	1–0	0–4	2–0	2–0
Rozova Dolina	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0		0–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–3
Slavia Sofia	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	6–2	1–1	1–4	0–0	1–0	4–0		2–1	0–1	2–0	0–0
Sliven	4–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0		2–1	5–0	3–2
Spartak Pleven	2–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	3–2		1–1	4–3
Spartak Varna	4–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	4–0	4–2	1–0	3–0	1–0		1–1
Trakia Plovdiv	5–1	3–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	6–2	4–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	5–2

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

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Georgi Velinov	30	(0)
Krasimir Dosev	2	(0)

Defenders
Georgi Dimitrov	17	(2)
Georgi Iliev	17	(1)
Krasimir Bezinski	25	(0)
Aleksandar Aleksandrov	16	(0)
Yancho Bogomilov	16	(0)
Dinko Dimitrov	23	(0)
Nedyalko Mladenov	9	(0)
Vasil Tinchev	29	(0)

Midfielders
Plamen Markov	27	(2)
Radoslav Zdravkov	29	(14)
Valeri Kulinov	9	(0)
Tsvetan Yonchev	29	(8)
Ruzhin Kerimov	19	(2)

Forwards
Spas Dzhevizov	22	(7)
Stoycho Mladenov	27	(9)
Georgi Slavkov	26	(7)

Manager
	Boris Stankov

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Antim Pehlivanov	Trakia Plovdiv	20
2	Kostadin Kabranov	Belasitsa Petrich	17
3	Mihail Valchev	Levski Sofia	16
4	Plamen Getov	Spartak Pleven	15
5	Radoslav Zdravkov	CSKA Sofia	14
6	Emil Marinov	Botev Vratsa	13
7	Krasimir Kovachev	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	11
7	Stefan Naydenov	Spartak Varna	11
9	Ivan Pritargov	Chernomorets Burgas	10
	Lachezar Tanev	Spartak Pleven
	Tsvetan Danov	Botev Vratsa
	Boris Iliev	Lokomotiv Sofia

Attendances

#	Club	Average
1	Trakia	13,733
2	Rozova	12,154
3	CSKA Sofia	10,968
4	Levski	10,602
5	Chernomorets	10,521
6	Sliven	10,462
7	Pirin	9,923
8	Pleven	9,667
9	Haskovo	9,487
10	Etar	9,467
11	Varna	9,367
12	Belasitsa	8,933
13	Botev	8,561
14	Cherno More	7,042
15	Slavia Sofia	4,867
16	Lokomotiv Sofia	4,600

Source:^[1]

References

↑ "Historical attendances". www.european-football-statistics.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-08-01.

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[1] Lokomotiv Plovdiv, which participated in the B Group, won the 1982–83 Cup of the Soviet Army and thus qualified for the 1983–84 UEFA Cup first round.

[table_note_res_PLE0.77641813446601-2] Spartak Pleven was relegated after the end of the season due to allegations of match fixing and bribery

[table_note_res_CWC10.77641813446601-3] Spartak Varna qualified for Cup Winners' Cup as a finalists in the 1982–83 Bulgarian Cup

[table_hth_VRA0.77641813446601-4] 2 points deducted due to the performance of their second team in its level three group.

[5] "Historical attendances". www.european-football-statistics.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-08-01.

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v t e 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 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26 2026–27

v t e 1982–83 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Cup of the Soviet Army (Final)
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Balkans Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 1984 qualification (Group 4) Ivan Vutsov
List of transfers

v t e 1982–83 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '82 '83 England Faroe Islands '82 '83 Finland '82 '83 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '82 '83 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '82 '83 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '82 '83 Spain Sweden '82 '83 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '82 '83 Finland '82 '83 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '82 '83 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '82 '83 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '82 '83 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup