The 2004–05 A Group was the 57th season of the top Bulgarian national football league (commonly referred to as A Group) and the 81st edition of a Bulgarian national championship tournament.
Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.
Teams Promotion and Relegation The league was contested by 16 teams, 13 returning from the previous season, as well as three teams promoted from the B Group. The promoted teams are Beroe Stara Zagora, Pirin Blagoevgrad, and Nesebar. Beroe return after a two-year absence, Pirin return after a four-year absence, while Nesebar made their debut in the top level of Bulgarian football.
Stadiums and Locations
Team Location Stadium CapacityBelasitsaPetrich Tsar Samuil 12,000BeroeStara Zagora Beroe 12,500Cherno MoreVarna Ticha 8,250CSKASofiaBalgarska Armia 22,015LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov 29,200LitexLovechGradski 7,050LokomotivPlovdivLokomotiv 20,000LokomotivSofiaLokomotiv 17,500MarekDupnitsa Bonchuk 12,500NaftexBurgas Lazur 18,037NesebarNesebarGradski 5,500PirinBlagoevgradHristo Botev 15,000RodopaSmolyanSeptemvri 6,000SlaviaSofiaSlavia 32,000SpartakVarnaSpartak 7,500Vidima-RakovskiSevlievoRakovski 6,000
League table
Results
Champions CSKA Sofia Goalkeepers1 Ivaylo Ivanov 11 (0)12 Hristo Bahtarliev 0 (0)31 Evgheni Hmaruc 19 (0) Defenders2 Radoslav Zabavník 29 (6)3 Adalbert Zafirov 13 (0)4 Marcos Charras* 6 (1)11 Robert Caha 8 (0)13 Yordan Varbanov 11 (0)14 Valentin Iliev 18 (4)25 Ivan Ivanov 1 (0)27 Tiago Silva 15 (0)29 Ibrahima Gueye 23 (1)30 Yordan Todorov 28 (5) Midfielders5 Todor Yanchev 26 (1)7 Hristo Yanev 29 (22)10 Amiran Mujiri 28 (5)15 Benoît Cauet 15 (0)17 Joel Lindpere 11 (0)20 Yordan Yurukov 10 (0)23 Emil Gargorov 22 (9)26 Petko Iliev 2 (0) Mansour Ayanda* 8 (0) Forwards8 Velizar Dimitrov 10 (4)9 Ivan Ploshtakov 3 (0)18 Gerasim Zakov 10 (1)19 Evgeni Yordanov 23 (10)21 Stoyko Sakaliev* 13 (5)31 Miroslav Manolov* 1 (0) Manager Miodrag Ješić
Charras, Ayanda, Sakaliev and Manolov left the club during a season.
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Martin KamburovLokomotiv Plovdiv 272 Hristo YanevCSKA Sofia 223 Vladislav ZlatinovPirin Blagoevgrad 144 Tsvetan GenkovLokomotiv Sofia125 Emil AngelovLevski Sofia 11 Eugen TricăLitex Lovech Blagoy GeorgievSlavia Sofia Dimitar TelkiyskiLevski Sofia Plamen TimnevCherno More Varna 10 Masena MokeBeroe Stara Zagora 10 Daniel BorimirovLevski Sofia Evgeni YordanovCSKA Sofia
Attendances
# Club Average 1 CSKA Sofia 4,813 2 Beroe 4,707 3 Levski 4,295 4 Pirin 4,287 5 Rodopa 4,107 6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3,960 7 Cherno More 3,313 8 Belasitsa 2,547 9 Neftochimik 2,200 10 Marek 2,077 11 Lovech 1,920 12 Vidima-Rakovski 1,887 13 Spartak Varna 1,433 14 Slavia Sofia 1,200 15 Lokomotiv Sofia 910 16 Nesebar 551Source:
References
External links Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF) 2004–05 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com