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2001–02 A Group

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The 2001–02 A Group was the 54th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season2001–02
Dates3 August 2001 – 30 May 2002
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(23rd title)
Relegated
Champions LeagueLevski
UEFA Cup
Matches played268
Goals scored681 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorerVladimir Manchev
(21 goals)

Defending champions Levski Sofia won their third consecutive title, and 23rd title overall.

Overview

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The format of the league was changed from last season, with the intention of making the league more competitive. This resulted in the league being divided into two groups after the regular season. The top 6 teams from the regular season would continue in the championship round, while the bottom 8 teams would play in the relegation round. It was contested by 14 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship.[1]

Teams

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Fourteen teams competed in the league. The promoted teams from the 2000–01 B Group were Spartak Pleven (returning to the top flight after a three-year absence) and Marek Dupnitsa (returning after a nineteen-year absence). The league also included Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Belasitsa Petrich after mergers with Velbazhd Kyustendil and Hebar Pazardzhik respectively.

These teams replace Botev Plovdiv and Minyor Pernik, who were relegated at the end of the last season.

Stadiums and Locations

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Location of teams in 2001–02 A Group
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Sofia 2001–02 A Group football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Belasitsa Petrich Tsar Samuil 9,500
Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe 22,500
Cherno More Varna Ticha 8,250
Chernomorets Burgas Chernomorets 22,000
CSKA Sofia Balgarska Armia 22,015
Levski Sofia Georgi Asparuhov 29,200
Litex Lovech Gradski 7,050
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv 24,000
Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 22,000
Marek Dupnitsa Bonchuk 16,050
Naftex Burgas Lazur 18,037
Slavia Sofia Slavia 32,000
Spartak Pleven Slavi Aleksiev 21,940
Spartak Varna Spartak 7,500

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Belasitsa Bulgaria  Mihail Valchev Vitosha AD
Beroe Bulgaria  Venelin Sivriev Bulgaria  Vanyo Shishkov Germany  Erima
Cherno More Bulgaria  Aleksandar Stankov Bulgaria  Ventsislav Marinov Bulgaria  BURGELOF St. Elias
Chernomorets Bulgaria  Ivan Tsvetanov Bulgaria  Kostadin Dzhambazov
CSKA Sofia Italy  Luigi Simoni Bulgaria  Georgi Antonov Italy  Lotto —
Levski Sofia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Slavoljub Muslin Bulgaria  Stanimir Stoilov Italy  Diadora Mobiltel
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria  Dimitar Dimitrov Japan  Asics VAI Holding
Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria  Emil Dimitrov Germany  Adidas Delta-G
Litex Bulgaria  Ferario Spasov Bulgaria  Vitomir Vutov Japan  Asics Litex Commerce
Marek Bulgaria  Dimitar Aleksiev Bulgaria  Velizar Dimitrov United States  Nike
Naftex Bulgaria  Dimitar Stoychev Bulgaria  Stanimir Dimitrov Germany  Puma Petrol AD
Slavia Sofia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Žarko Olarević Bulgaria  Veselin Vachev Germany  Adidas Sofiyski Imoti
Spartak Pleven Bulgaria  Angel Stankov Bulgaria  Slavcho Pavlov Japan  Asics VIS-2
Spartak Varna Bulgaria  Stefan Grozdanov Bulgaria  Valentin Stanchev

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Beroe Bulgaria  Tsvetomir Parvanov Mutual consent 1 June 2001 Pre-season Bulgaria  Ivan Vutov 21 June 2001[2]
Chernomorets Bulgaria  Nikolay Rusev Mutual consent 1 June 2001 Pre-season Bulgaria  Mihail Valchev 22 June 2001[3]
Marek Dupnitsa Bulgaria  Petar Zehtinski Mutual consent 8 September 2001 12th Bulgaria  Yanko Dinkov 10 September 2001[4]
Chernomorets Bulgaria  Mihail Valchev Sacked 9 September 2001 14th Bulgaria  Ivan Tsvetanov 12 September 2001[5]
Levski Sofia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Ljupko Petrović Mutual consent 10 September 2001[6] 1st Bulgaria  Georgi Todorov (caretaker) 10 September 2001
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria  Kiril Kachamanov Sacked 25 September 2001 10th Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Žarko Olarević 25 September 2001
Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria  Angel Kolev Sacked 28 October 2001[7] 9th Bulgaria  Emil Dimitrov 28 October 2001
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria  Asparuh Nikodimov Sacked 4 December 2001 3rd Italy  Luigi Simoni 10 December 2001
Marek Dupnitsa Bulgaria  Yanko Dinkov Mutual consent 2 January 2002 13th Bulgaria  Dimitar Aleksiev 2 January 2002[8]
Levski Sofia Bulgaria  Georgi Todorov End of caretaker tenure 3 January 2002 1st Germany  Rüdiger Abramczik 3 January 2002
Beroe Bulgaria  Ivan Vutov Mutual consent 4 January 2002 14th Bulgaria  Tsvetomir Parvanov 4 January 2002
Levski Sofia Germany  Rüdiger Abramczik Sacked 11 March 2002[9] 1st Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Slavoljub Muslin 17 March 2002[10]
Beroe Bulgaria  Tsvetomir Parvanov Sacked 12 March 2002 14th Bulgaria  Iliya Iliev 17 March 2002
Spartak Pleven Bulgaria  Velislav Vutsov Mutual consent 12 March 2002 7th Bulgaria  Angel Stankov 18 March 2002
Belasitsa Bulgaria  Voyn Voynov Sacked 12 May 2002 12th Bulgaria  Mihail Valchev 13 May 2002[11]

First stage

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League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Levski Sofia 26 20 5 1 58 21 +37 65 Qualification for championship group
2 Litex Lovech 26 16 7 3 50 27 +23 55
3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 16 5 5 42 23 +19 53
4 CSKA Sofia 26 15 7 4 48 17 +31 52
5 Naftex Burgas 26 12 6 8 35 25 +10 42
6 Slavia Sofia 26 10 7 9 30 32 −2 37
7 Spartak Pleven 26 10 3 13 40 44 −4 33 Qualification for relegation group
8 Lokomotiv Sofia 26 7 8 11 33 32 +1 29
9 Spartak Varna 26 5 11 10 29 39 −10 26
10 Chernomorets Burgas 26 7 5 14 24 54 −30 26
11 Marek 26 6 6 14 22 42 −20 24
12 Cherno More 26 6 6 14 28 36 −8 24
13 Belasitsa Petrich 26 6 5 15 21 35 −14 23
14 Beroe 26 3 5 18 13 46 −33 14
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw.

Results

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Home \ Away BEL BSZ CHM CHB CSK LEV LIT LPL LSO MAR NAF SLA SPL SPV
Belasitsa Petrich 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0
Beroe 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–3[a] 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–4 0–2 1–0
Cherno More 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 4–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 0–3 0–1 2–2 1–1
Chernomorets Burgas 3–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 2–1
CSKA Sofia 1–0 3–0 1–0 6–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 3–0 5–0 3–2 5–1
Levski Sofia 3–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 4–1 3–1 4–1 6–0
Litex Lovech 1–0 3–1 3–2 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 5–3 2–0 1–0 4–1 6–2 1–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–0 5–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 1–1 1–2 6–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0
Marek 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 3–5 0–0
Naftex Burgas 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 4–1
Slavia Sofia 1–0 3–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–2 1–1
Spartak Pleven 3–2 2–1 3–1 4–0 0–0 2–4 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–0
Spartak Varna 4–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–4 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–2 2–1
Source: todor66.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match awarded after was not played after referee was beaten up ahead of the match.

Championship group

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Levski Sofia (C) 36 27 7 2 77 27 +50 56 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Litex Lovech 36 23 8 5 66 34 +32 50 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 CSKA Sofia 36 19 7 10 60 29 +31 38
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 36 18 6 12 48 41 +7 34
5 Slavia Sofia 36 14 8 14 42 48 −6 32
6 Naftex Burgas 36 14 9 13 44 40 +4 30
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw.
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away CSK LEV LIT LPL NAF SLA
CSKA Sofia 1–0 1–2 4–0 3–2 0–2
Levski Sofia 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1
Litex Lovech 1–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–0 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–2
Naftex Burgas 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–2
Slavia Sofia 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–2
Source: todor66.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Marek 40 14 8 18 46 57 −11 38 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
8 Lokomotiv Sofia 40 14 9 17 49 48 +1 37
9 Spartak Varna 40 12 13 15 50 51 −1 36
10 Chernomorets Burgas 40 13 9 18 41 69 −28 35
11 Cherno More 40 12 11 17 47 51 −4 35
12 Spartak Pleven (R) 40 15 4 21 58 66 −8 33 Relegation to 2002–03 B Group
13 Belasitsa Petrich (R) 40 12 7 21 34 50 −16 32
14 Beroe (R) 40 4 8 28 19 70 −51 13
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw.
(R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BEL BSZ CHM CHB LSO MAR SPL SPV
Belasitsa Petrich 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 3–2 2–1
Beroe 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–3
Cherno More 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–1
Chernomorets Burgas 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–4 1–0 1–1
Lokomotiv Sofia 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–0
Marek 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–0
Spartak Pleven 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–0
Spartak Varna 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–1
Source: todor66.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

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Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
1 Bulgaria  Georgi Petkov 27 (0)
12 Bulgaria  Georgi Sheytanov 1 (0)
27 Bulgaria  Dimitar Ivankov 9 (0)
Defenders
2 Bulgaria  Martin Stankov 15 (0)
3 Bulgaria  Stanimir Stoilov 30 (0)
5 Bulgaria  Georgi Markov* 16 (0)
11 Bulgaria  Elin Topuzakov 26 (5)
13 Bulgaria  Ivo Trenchev 19 (1)
14 Bulgaria  Vladimir Ivanov 11 (0)
20 Bulgaria  Stanislav Angelov 28 (5)
22 Bulgaria  Ilian Stoyanov 25 (0)
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina  Dalibor Dragić 24 (5)
26 Bulgaria  Tsanko Tsvetanov 6 (0)
28 Bulgaria  Bogomil Dyakov 1 (0)
Midfielders
4 Bulgaria  Biser Ivanov 24 (1)
6 Bulgaria  Stanislav Genchev 21 (3)
7 Hungary  Péter Kabát 15 (5)
15 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Saša Simonović 6 (3)
17 Russia  Konstantin Golovskoy 20 (0)
18 Trinidad and Tobago  Brent Rahim 11 (0)
21 Bulgaria  Dimitar Telkiyski 30 (4)
25 Bulgaria  Yordan Terziev* 4 (0)
30 Bulgaria  Dimitar Krastev 3 (0)
Bulgaria  Asen Nikolov* 3 (0)
Brazil  William Batista* 1 (0)
Bulgaria  Svetoslav Barkanichkov* 2 (0)
Forwards
8 Bulgaria  Georgi Bachev 18 (8)
9 Bulgaria  Georgi Ivanov 19 (13)
10 Hungary  István Ferenczi 4 (3)
16 Bulgaria  Martin Kushev 15 (6)
19 Bulgaria  Georgi Chilikov 27 (10)
24 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Miodrag Pantelić 29 (4)
29 Bulgaria  Dimitar Makriev 1 (0)
Brazil  Rogério Gaúcho* 8 (0)
Bulgaria  Todor Kolev* 2 (0)
Manager
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Slavoljub Muslin
  • Markov, Terziev, Nikolov, Batista, Barkanichkov, Gaucho and Kolev left the club during a season.

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria  Vladimir Manchev CSKA Sofia 21
2 Bulgaria  Todor Kolev Spartak Pleven 18
3 Bulgaria  Stoyko Sakaliev Naftex Burgas 17
4 Bulgaria  Stefan Yurukov Litex Lovech 14
Bulgaria  Metodi Stoynev Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Bulgaria  Boyko Velichkov Lokomotiv Sofia
Bulgaria  Velizar Dimitrov Marek Dupnitsa
8 Bulgaria  Georgi Ivanov Levski Sofia 13
Bulgaria  Zoran Janković Litex Lovech
Bulgaria  Martin Kushev Slavia Sofia
Levski Sofia

References

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  1. ^ "С 5-ма треньори Левски стига до титлата" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 31 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Иван Вутов пак треньор на Берое" (in Bulgarian). segabg.com. 22 June 2001.
  3. ^ "Мишо Вълчев ще поеме Черноморец" (in Bulgarian). segabg.com. 22 June 2001.
  4. ^ "Янко Динков пое Марек" (in Bulgarian). segabg.com. 11 September 2001.
  5. ^ "Иван Цветанов ще поеме Черноморец" (in Bulgarian). segabg.com. 12 September 2001.
  6. ^ "Люпко Петрович вече не е треньор на Левски" (in Bulgarian). news.bg. 10 September 2001.
  7. ^ "Локомотив (Сф) изгони треньора Ангел Колев" (in Bulgarian). dnevnik.bg. 29 October 2001.
  8. ^ "Димитър Алексиев пое Марек" (in Bulgarian). news.bg. 2 January 2002.
  9. ^ "Гонят Рюдигер Абрамчик" (in Bulgarian). news.bg. 11 March 2002.
  10. ^ "Славолюб Муслин поема Левски в неделя" (in Bulgarian). news.bg. 13 March 2002.
  11. ^ "М. Вълчев поема Беласица" (in Bulgarian). segabg.com. 14 May 2002.
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