1998–99 A Group

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The 1998–99 A Group was the 51st season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1998–99
Dates7 August 1998 – 29 May 1999
ChampionsLitex Lovech
(2nd title)
Relegated
Champions LeagueLitex Lovech
UEFA Cup
Matches played239
Goals scored719 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorerDimcho Belyakov
(21 goals)

Overview

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It was contested by 16 teams, and Litex Lovech won the championship.[1]

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Litex Lovech[a] (C) 30 24 4 2 83 25 +58 73[b] Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Levski Sofia 30 23 5 2 51 11 +40 71[b] Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Levski Kyustendil 30 18 4 8 57 29 +28 57[c]
4 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 17 4 9 46 30 +16 55
5 CSKA Sofia 30 15 6 9 54 39 +15 50[c] Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[d]
6 Neftochimic Burgas 30 15 4 11 52 38 +14 49
7 Slavia Sofia 30 11 8 11 47 36 +11 41
8 Minyor Pernik 30 11 7 12 44 46 −2 40
9 Dobrudzha Dobrich 30 11 3 16 45 55 −10 36
10 Metalurg Pernik (R) 30 11 2 17 33 46 −13 35 Relegation to 1999–2000 B Group[e]
11 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 10 4 16 35 58 −23 34
12 Spartak Varna 30 10 4 16 39 50 −11 34 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
13 Botev Plovdiv 30 9 5 16 34 55 −21 32
14 Shumen 30 8 8 14 36 56 −20 32
15 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (R) 30 4 5 21 26 73 −47 17 Relegation to 1999–2000 B Group
16 Septemvri Sofia (R) 30 4 5 21 34 73 −39 17
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Litex (Lovech) have changed name to Lovech.
  2. ^ a b Litex and Levski three points deducted for winning fixed matches against Metalurg.
  3. ^ a b Levski (Kyustendil) and CSKA (Sofia) awarded no points following April 11 match abandoned at half-time.
  4. ^ CSKA Sofia won the 1998–99 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
  5. ^ Metalurg Pernik relegated by Bulgarian Football Union for match fixing.

Results

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Home \ Away BOT CSK DOB LVK LEV LIT LPL LSO MET MIN NEF PIR SEP SHU SLA SPV
Botev Plovdiv 2–0 3–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 5–2 1–0 3–2
CSKA Sofia 5–0 3–0 3–2 2–3 2–3 6–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 3–2 1–1 2–1
Dobrudzha Dobrich 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 4–2 2–3 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 5–1 4–1 3–1 3–1
Levski Kyustendil 2–1 [a] 3–0 0–1 1–0 5–1 1–0 7–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 3–0 3–0 2–0
Levski Sofia 6–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 5–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0
Litex Lovech 2–0 8–0 5–0 2–0 1–1 5–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 8–1 4–1 2–0 3–1 3–2
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–4 1–3 2–0 0–1 2–4 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–3
Lokomotiv Sofia 2–0 0–2 5–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–1
Metalurg Pernik 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 4–2 2–1 1–1 2–0
Minyor Pernik 1–0 2–0 4–2 0–0 2–2 2–3 2–0 1–5 3–4 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 5–0
Neftochimic Burgas 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–4 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 6–1 1–3 6–1 2–0 4–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 6–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0
Septemvri Sofia 2–0 2–5 2–1 0–3 0–4 2–5 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–3 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 1–1
Shumen 1–1 2–5 0–0 3–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 3–2 2–1 1–1
Slavia Sofia 2–0 0–1 6–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 6–1 2–3 1–0 2–2 1–2 4–1 4–1 2–0 2–2
Spartak Varna 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–3 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–2
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match Levski Kyustendil–CSKA Sofia was abandoned at half-time. No points were awarded to these two teams.

Champions

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Litex Lovech
Goalkeepers
01   Vitomir Vutov 19 0(0)
12   Stoyan Stavrev 11 0(0)
Defenders
03   Zhivko Zhelev 08 0(1)
04   Stefan Kolev 26 0(0)
05   Dimitar Balabanov* 01 0(0)
13   Nikolay Dimitrov 22 0(0)
16   Dimitar Karadaliev 16 0(1)
17   Zlatomir Zagorčić 19 0(1)
22   Altin Haxhi 24 0(6)
25   Radostin Kishishev 26 0(1)
  Rosen Kirilov* 11 0(1)
Midfielders
02   Laurențiu Reghecampf 14 0(4)
06   Rosen Emilov 15 0(0)
07   Mariyan Todorov 21 0(2)
08   Stoycho Stoilov 24 0(9)
10   Vasil Kirov 16 0(1)
15   Dragoljub Simonović 24 0(9)
18   Ivaylo Petev 05 0(0)
19   Veselin Sarbakov* 02 0(0)
23   Svetlan Kondev 02 0(0)
  Georgi Bogdanov 03 0(0)
Forwards
09   Stefan Yurukov 19 0(7)
11   Dimcho Belyakov 25 (21)
14   Alban Bushi 22 (10)
20   Svetoslav Todorov 12 0(2)
21   Veselin Ignatov* 05 0(1)
24   Luis Carlos Mota 11 0(1)
  Igor Bogdanović* 09 0(5)
  Metodi Stoynev* 01 0(0)
  Ivan Gemedzhiev 02 0(0)
Manager
  Ferario Spasov
  • Ignatov, Kirilov, Balabanov, Sarbakov, Bogdanović and Stoynev left the club during a season.

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Dimcho Belyakov Litex Lovech 21
2   Todor Pramatarov Shumen 17
3   Hristo Marashliev Levski Kyustendil 16
4   Georgi Georgiev Minyor Pernik 15
5   Georgi Ivanov Levski Sofia 13
6   Diyan Bozhilov Dobrudzha Dobrich 12
7   Serge Yoffou Dobrudzha Dobrich 11
  Dimitar Telkiyski Botev Plovdiv
  Iliya Gruev Neftochimic Burgas
10   Alban Bushi Litex Lovech 10
  Genadi Simeonov Metalurg Pernik
  Petar Mihtarski Pirin Blagoevgrad
  Mihail Mihaylov Levski Kyustendil
  Boyko Velichkov Spartak Varna

References

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  1. ^ "Касета убива Металург, Литекс се измъква сух" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 10 August 2013.
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