1984–85 A Group

A Group

Season	1984–85
Champions	Levski Sofia (16th title)
Relegated	Minyor, Chernomorets
European Cup	Trakia Plovdiv
UEFA Cup	Lokomotiv Sofia Pirin
Matches played	240
Goals scored	744 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Plamen Getov (26 goals)
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 A Group was the 37th 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 Levski Sofia won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	0–0	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	30	18	4	2	6	66	37	+29	40
2	CSKA Sofia	30	15	6	1	8	66	36	+30	36
3	Trakia Plovdiv	30	15	3	2	10	68	32	+36	33	Qualification for European Cup first round
4	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	13	7	1	9	45	41	+4	33	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	12	7	0	11	42	43	−1	31
6	Botev Vratsa	30	13	3	0	14	48	42	+6	29
7	Slavia Sofia	30	14	1	1	14	49	48	+1	29
8	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	14	0	1	15	49	50	−1	28
9	Spartak Pleven	30	11	5	2	12	47	52	−5	27
10	Cherno More Varna	30	11	4	3	12	41	45	−4	26
11	Sliven	30	11	4	1	14	41	45	−4	26
12	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	11	4	1	14	41	51	−10	26
13	Dunav Ruse	30	10	6	1	13	39	51	−12	26
14	Spartak Varna	30	11	4	0	15	35	49	−14	26
15	Minyor Pernik (R)	30	11	3	2	14	32	65	−33	25	Relegation to 1985–86 B Group
16	Chernomorets Burgas (R)	30	8	5	0	17	35	57	−22	21

Source: 1984-85 Football retro-football.bg
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	BVR	CHM	CHB	CSK	DUN	ETA	LEV	LSO	MIN	PIR	SLA	SLI	SPL	SPV	TRA
Beroe Stara Zagora		0–2	3–0	4–0	0–3	2–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0
Botev Vratsa	2–1		2–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	8–1	1–2	4–1	2–0	4–3	1–1	0–2
Cherno More	5–0	1–0		2–1	1–2	3–4	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–1	4–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0
Chernomorets Burgas	1–0	1–0	1–1		0–2	3–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	5–1	3–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	0–1	1–0
CSKA Sofia	3–1	6–0	4–0	3–0		0–3	2–0	0–1	2–0	8–1	4–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	5–1	0–1
Dunav Ruse	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–4		1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–2	1–2	1–1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2–0	4–1	1–2	3–2	3–1	4–1		0–3	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	5–2	1–0	1–0
Levski Sofia	7–2	2–0	3–2	3–1	3–1	0–0	4–2		3–1	2–3	0–1	1–2	4–1	3–2	2–1	3–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	5–2	0–5		2–2	3–1	2–3	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–2
Minyor Pernik	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–3	0–4	2–1	0–0	0–1		1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–2
Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1		3–2	4–2	7–1	1–0	1–0
Slavia Sofia	1–2	3–2	3–1	4–1	2–2	4–1	2–1	2–4	1–2	2–0	2–0		2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Sliven	5–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–0		2–0	5–2	2–1
Spartak Pleven	3–1	2–0	5–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0		3–1	4–3
Spartak Varna	2–1	1–4	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–3	1–1	2–0	3–3	2–1	1–0	3–1		0–2
Trakia Plovdiv	4–1	1–3	5–1	8–0	3–1	4–0	4–1	2–2	0–0	8–0	1–0	5–1	4–2	1–1	3–0

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

Champions

Levski Sofia

Goalkeepers
Borislav Mihaylov	29	0(0)
Vlado Delchev	01	0(0)

Defenders
Antoni Zdravkov	13	0(0)
Nikolay Iliev	29	0(4)
Krasimir Koev	15	0(0)
Plamen Nikolov	22	0(1)
Veselin Balevski	10	0(0)
Stoil Georgiev	08	0(0)
Kalin Bankov	03	0(0)
Petar Petrov	29	0(5)

Midfielders
Emil Velev	23	0(3)
Krasimir Chavdarov	19	0(3)
Nikolay Todorov	12	0(1)
Plamen Tsvetkov	20	0(4)
Bozhidar Iskrenov	13	0(3)
Rusi Gochev	24	0(8)

Forwards
Emil Spasov	23	0(6)
Nasko Sirakov	19	(14)
Miroslav Baychev	14	0(2)
Mihail Valchev	23	(10)
Petar Kurdov	09	0(1)
Milko Galabov	01	0(0)
Myumyun Kashmer	07	0(1)

Manager
	Vasil Metodiev

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Plamen Getov	Spartak Pleven	26
2	Atanas Pashev	Trakia Plovdiv	17
3	Antim Pehlivanov	Trakia Plovdiv	16
	Mitko Argirov	Etar Veliko Tarnovo
5	Nikola Spasov	Cherno More	15
6	Tenko Dobrev	Sliven	14
	Nasko Sirakov	Levski Sofia
8	Zhivko Gospodinov	Spartak Varna	13
	Vercho Mitov	Minyor Pernik
	Plamen Markov	CSKA Sofia
	Emil Marinov	Botev Vratsa

References

• Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)