1987–88 A Group

Bulgarian A Group
Season	1987–88
Champions	Levski Sofia; (17th title)
Relegated	Chernomorets; Spartak Pleven;
European Cup	Levski Sofia
UEFA Cup	Trakia Plovdiv; Slavia Sofia;
Matches played	240
Goals scored	695 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nasko Sirakov; (28 goals)
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 A Group was the 40th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.^[1] The championship was won by Levski Sofia, two points ahead of CSKA Sofia.^[2] Chernomorets Burgas and Spartak Pleven were relegated.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	30	20	8	2	67	29	+38	48	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	20	6	4	76	32	+44	46	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Trakia Plovdiv	30	15	9	6	52	31	+21	39	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Slavia Sofia	30	14	10	6	48	30	+18	38	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	12	8	10	47	47	0	32
6	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	11	7	12	41	44	−3	29
7	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	12	4	14	44	59	−15	28
8	Sliven	30	11	5	14	35	43	−8	27
9	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	10	6	14	44	41	+3	26
10	Spartak Varna	30	10	6	14	36	52	−16	26
11	Minyor Pernik	30	10	5	15	34	36	−2	25
12	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	7	11	12	32	37	−5	25
13	Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa	30	11	3	16	41	57	−16	25
14	Vratsa	30	8	8	14	34	46	−12	24
15	Chernomorets Burgas (R)	30	9	3	18	27	50	−23	21	Relegation to 1988–89 B Group
16	Spartak Pleven (R)	30	6	9	15	37	61	−24	21	Relegation to 1988–89 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	CHB	CSK	ETA	LEV	LGO	LPL	LSO	MIN	PIR	SLA	SLI	SPL	SPV	TRA	VRA
Beroe Stara Zagora		1–0	2–3	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	3–3	4–1	1–1	1–4
Chernomorets Burgas	0–1		0–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–3	0–1
CSKA Sofia	4–2	8–0		1–0	2–3	4–0	7–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	4–3	5–1	2–1	1–0	2–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2–1	3–0	3–3		3–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	3–0	3–0	3–2
Levski Sofia	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–0		3–0	5–1	5–3	2–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	6–1	1–0	4–2
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa	4–1	3–2	2–5	1–0	1–2		2–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	2–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	4–3		3–0	2–0	2–1	2–4	1–0	3–2	5–2	2–5	4–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	1–1	4–2	2–2	1–0	1–3	3–1	1–1		1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–2	2–0
Minyor Pernik	1–0	3–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	0–2		4–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	4–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	4–0	1–1	2–0		3–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1
Slavia Sofia	2–0	4–0	1–3	2–0	2–2	5–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0		2–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	4–1
Sliven	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–2	0–4	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1		4–3	4–1	1–1	0–0
Spartak Pleven	2–4	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–1		2–2	3–3	0–0
Spartak Varna	2–0	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–3	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	4–1		0–0	3–1
Trakia Plovdiv	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	5–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–2		2–0
Vratsa	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–2

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

Champions

Levski Sofia

Goalkeepers
Borislav Mihaylov	24	(0)
Vlado Delchev	6	(0)

Defenders
Kiril Vangelov	17	(0)
Nikolay Iliev	30	(1)
Krasimir Koev	30	(1)
Plamen Nikolov	11	(0)
Dinko Gospodinov	15	(0)
Stoil Georgiev	27	(0)
Stefan Kolev	6	(0)
Petar Petrov	23	(2)

Midfielders
Emil Velev	29	(1)
Dimitar Markov	9	(0)
Georgi Yordanov	30	(10)
Sasho Nachev	11	(1)
Bozhidar Iskrenov	27	(6)
Georgi Slavchev	5	(1)

Forwards
Emil Spasov	18	(2)
Nasko Sirakov	30	(28)
Rosen Krumov	16	(0)
Georgi Donkov	1	(0)
Petar Kurdov	22	(13)

Manager
	Vasil Metodiev

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Nasko Sirakov	Levski Sofia	28
2	Lyuboslav Penev	CSKA Sofia	21
3	Ivelin Mladenov	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	18
4	Atanas Pashev	Trakia Plovdiv	17
5	Petar Aleksandrov	Slavia Sofia	16
6	Hristo Stoichkov	CSKA Sofia	14
7	Petar Kurdov	Levski Sofia	13
	Vasil Dragolov	Beroe
	Emil Kostadinov	CSKA Sofia
10	Yordan Lechkov	Sliven	12
10	Stefan Draganov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	12

References

^ "Свои хулят "предателя" Сираков, Стоичков гони рефери" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 18 May 2013.
^ "А група - Сезон 1987/88" (in Bulgarian). a-pfg.com.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1987–88 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[1] "Свои хулят "предателя" Сираков, Стоичков гони рефери" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 18 May 2013.

[2] "А група - Сезон 1987/88" (in Bulgarian). a-pfg.com.

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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

v t e 1987–88 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 1988 qualification (Group 7) Hristo Mladenov
Club seasons
A Group	Beroe Chernomorets CSKA FC Etar Levski Lokomotiv GO Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia Minyor Pirin Slavia Sliven Spartak Pleven Spartak Varna Trakia Vratsa
List of transfers

v t e 1987–88 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '87 '88 England Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88 Spain Sweden '87 '88 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88
Supercups	West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup