The 1995–96 A Group was the 48th 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 Slavia Sofia won the championship. Lovech, renamed from Lex Lovech in the previous season, were relegated along with Spartak Plovdiv, and Shumen.
Team information Stadia and locations The following teams have ensured their participation in A Group for season 1995–96 (listed in alphabetical order):
Team City Stadium CapacityBotevPlovdivHristo Botev18,000CSKASofiaBulgarian Army22,995DobrudzhaDobrichDruzhba12,500EtarVeliko TarnovoIvaylo 18,000LevskiKyustendilOsogovo10,000LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov29,986LokomotivPlovdivLokomotiv 24,000LokomotivSofiaLokomotiv22,000LovechLovechLovech7,050MontanaMontanaOgosta 8,000NeftochimicBurgasLazur18,037RakovskiRuseGradski20,000ShumenShumenPanayot Volov24,000SlaviaSofiaOvcha Kupel18,000SpartakPlovdivTodor Diev11,353SpartakVarnaSpartak8,000
League standings
Results
Champions Slavia Sofia Goalkeepers Zdravko Zdravkov 29 (0) Tsvetan Zdravkov 0 (0) Stoycho Dragov 2 (0) Defenders Petar Tsvetanov 24 (2) Mihail Zahariev 10 (0) Vladimir Ivanov 28 (3) Stoyan Atsarov 30 (1) Kiril Kachamanov 28 (1) Mario Dafkov 8 (1) Stefan Kolev 28 (0) Dobromir Minchev 11 (0) Ivan Paskov* 1 (0) Midfielders Marius Urukov 28 (4) Tsvetozar Dermendzhiev 7 (0) Kiril Metkov 4 (0) Diyan Angelov 13 (1) Zoran Ristić 13 (0) Danail Zhelyazkov 3 (0) Geno Dobrevski* 13 (1) Ivan Dobrevski 10 (1) Vladko Shalamanov* 13 (9) Anton Dimitrov 24 (1) Forwards Nikolay Pramatarov 6 (0) Atanas Kirov 28 (7) Dimitar Totev 15 (1) Ivan Dimitrov 3 (0) Aleksandar Bonchev* 3 (0) Nasko Sirakov 20 (16) Vanyo Shishkov* 6 (0) Manager Stoyan Kotsev
Paskov, G. Dobrevski, Shalamanov, Bonchev and Shishkov left the club during a season.
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Ivo GeorgievSpartak Varna 212 Vesko PetkovNeftochimic Burgas 183 Nasko SirakovSlavia Sofia 164 Simeon ChilibonovLokomotiv Sofia 125 Anatoli TonovMontana 11 Dimcho BelyakovLovech 7 Hristo YovovLevski Sofia 10 Marian HristovLevski Sofia 9 Vladko ShalamanovSlavia Sofia 9 Petar MihtarskiCSKA Sofia Doncho DonevLevski Sofia Petar ZhabovCSKA Sofia Dimitar TotevSlavia Sofia
Source:1995–96 Top Goalscorers
References
External links Bulgaria – List of final tables (RSSSF)