1965–66 A Group

A Group
Season	1965–66
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (13th title)
Relegated	Spartak Varna; Spartak Pleven;
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Spartak Plovdiv
Matches played	240
Goals scored	611 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Traycho Spasov; (21 goals)
	← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 A Group was the 18th 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.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	30	17	8	5	53	30	+23	42	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Levski Sofia	30	15	11	4	59	31	+28	41
3	Slavia Sofia	30	16	7	7	38	25	+13	39	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Spartak Sofia	30	14	8	8	45	30	+15	36
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	12	7	11	36	33	+3	31
6	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	10	10	10	41	41	0	30
7	Dunav Ruse	30	12	6	12	29	40	−11	30
8	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	10	9	11	46	35	+11	29
9	Spartak Plovdiv	30	9	10	11	28	42	−14	28	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round
10	Botev Plovdiv	30	9	9	12	41	39	+2	27
11	Cherno More Varna	30	8	11	11	30	35	−5	27
12	Marek Dupnitsa	30	9	9	12	39	51	−12	27
13	Botev Vratsa	30	9	7	14	30	41	−11	25
14	Chernomorets Burgas	30	8	9	13	34	48	−14	25
15	Spartak Varna (R)	30	6	10	14	32	48	−16	22	Relegation to 1966–67 B Group
16	Spartak Pleven (R)	30	6	9	15	30	42	−12	21	Relegation to 1966–67 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	BPD	BVR	CHM	CHB	CSK	DUN	LEV	LPL	LSO	MAR	SLA	SPL	SPD	SSF	SPV
Beroe Stara Zagora		1–0	4–1	1–0	5–0	2–2	3–3	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1
Botev Plovdiv	1–1		0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–3	9–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	2–1	0–1
Botev Vratsa	1–1	2–2		1–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–0
Cherno More	1–0	2–2	2–0		0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–2	3–1	0–0	2–2
Chernomorets Burgas	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0		0–0	3–0	2–5	1–0	2–3	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–1
CSKA Sofia	1–1	3–1	2–1	4–2	4–2		2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–2	3–2	6–0	1–2	2–1
Dunav Ruse	1–0	3–1	6–0	2–1	1–0	0–3		1–1	1–4	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0
Levski Sofia	3–3	4–2	3–0	1–1	4–2	0–3	3–0		4–0	3–0	4–3	3–0	5–1	0–0	1–1	3–2
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	4–1	0–0		0–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	6–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	4–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–2		2–2	1–2	1–0	4–0	0–1	6–0
Marek Dupnitsa	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–3	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–1		0–1	4–1	1–0	4–2	0–0
Slavia Sofia	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	5–1	1–0	2–0		2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1
Spartak Pleven	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–2		3–1	0–0	0–0
Spartak Plovdiv	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0		0–0	3–0
Spartak Sofia	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	5–1	3–0	0–1	2–3	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	4–2		1–0
Spartak Varna	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	4–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2

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

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Stoyan Yordanov	10	0(0)
Yordan Filipov	24	0(0)

Defenders
Nikola Kovachev	07	0(0)
Dimitar Penev	24	0(3)
Ivan Vasilev	30	0(2)
Ivan Zafirov	16	0(1)
Hristo Marinchev	16	0(1)
Boris Gaganelov	24	0(0)
Stefan Iliev	04	0(0)

Midfielders
Boris Stankov	27	0(2)
Asparuh Nikodimov	27	0(5)
Stoichko Peshev	03	0(0)
Vasil Romanov	24	0(2)
Tsvetan Atanasov	12	0(0)
Kiril Raykov	08	0(1)
Yanko Kirilov	12	0(6)

Forwards
Ivan Kolev	24	0(3)
Evden Kamenov	21	0(4)
Nikola Tsanev	28	(16)
Dimitar Yakimov	17	0(5)
Stoyan Stoyanov	02	0(0)

Manager
	Stoyan Ormandzhiev

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Traycho Spasov	Marek Dupnitsa	21
2	Petar Zhekov	Beroe Stara Zagora	20
3	Nikola Kotkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	17
4	Nikola Tsanev	CSKA Sofia	16
4	Vasil Mitkov	Spartak Sofia	16
6	Nikola Yordanov	Dunav Ruse	14
6	Dobrin Nenov	Botev Plovdiv	14
8	Georgi Asparuhov	Levski Sofia	13
8	Hristo Dishkov	Spartak Plovdiv	13

References

^ "Левски води 28 кръга, но ЦСКА възкръсва с Пашата" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 8 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1965–66 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[1] "Левски води 28 кръга, но ЦСКА възкръсва с Пашата" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 8 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

[1]

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 1965–66 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Balkans Cup
Related to national team	1966 FIFA World Cup (Qualification Group 1, Group 3) Rudolf Vytlačil
List of transfers

v t e 1965–66 in European football (UEFA)
« 1964–65 1966–67 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '65 '66 England Faroe Islands '65 '66 Finland '65 '66 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '65 '66 Iceland '65 '66 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '65 '66 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '65 '66 Spain Sweden '65 '66 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '65 '66 Finland '65 '66 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '65 '66 Iceland '65 '66 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '65 '66 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup