The 2009–10 A Group was the 86th season of the Bulgarian national top football division, and the 62nd of A Group as the top tier football league in the country. It began on 7 August 2009 with the game between Beroe and Lokomotiv Sofia. The last round took place on 16 May 2010. Levski Sofia were the defending champions, but they were unable to defend it and Litex Lovech won the title, which was their third overall.
Promotion and relegation from 2008–09 Belasitsa Petrich, Spartak Varna and Vihren Sandanski were directly relegated for finishing in the bottom three places. Belasitsa ended a six-year stint in the Bulgarian top flight, while Spartak Varna were relegated for a record ninth time since the introduction of the A PFG, after three years. Vihren ended their four-year tenure in the A PFG, the club's first ever in the top division.
The relegated teams were replaced by Montana, champions of the West B PFG 2008-2009, and Beroe Stara Zagora, champions of the East B PFG 2008-2009. Montana returned to the A PFG after twelve years, while Beroe returned after a one-year absence. Beroe won promotion for the ninth time in its history, therefore equaling the record previously set by Minyor Pernik.
A further place in the league was decided through a one-legged play-off. Sportist Svoge as runner-up in West B PFG had to face Naftex Burgas, who came second in East B PFG. Sportist Svoge won the game 4–2 after a penalty shootout, following a regular time score of 2–2. This was Sportist's first participation in the Bulgarian top flight.
Team overview
Club Location Manager Stadium Capacity Team captainBeroeStara Zagora Beroe17,800 Accessed on 9 August 2009 (Bulgarian). Slavi ZhekovBotevPlovdiv Hristo Botev (Plovdiv)21,000 Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian). Vasil VasilevCherno MoreVarna Ticha8,250 Georgi IlievChernomoretsBurgas Lazur18,037 Accessed on 1 August 2009 (English). Cvetomir ConkovCSKASofia Bulgarian Army22,015 Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian). Todor YanchevLevskiSofia Georgi Asparuhov29,200 Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian). Georgi PetkovLitexLovech Gradski Stadion7,050 Accessed on 7 August 2009 (Bulgarian). Ivelin PopovLokomotiv MezdraMezdra Lokomotiv (Mezdra)5,000 Strati IlievLokomotiv PlovdivPlovdiv Lokomotiv (Plovdiv)13,800 Georgi MechedzhievLokomotiv SofiaSofia Lokomotiv (Sofia)22,000 Accessed on 9 August 2009 (Bulgarian). Georgi MarkovMinyorPernik Minyor12,000The capacity of the stadium was reduced to 8,000 spectators Accessed on 13 August 2009 Ivaylo IvanovMontanaMontana Ogosta8,000 Ventsislav IvanovSliven 2000Sliven Hadzhi Dimitar10,000 Miroslav MindevPirinBlagoevgrad Hristo Botev (Bgd)7,500 Georgi GeorgievSlaviaSofia Ovcha Kupel18,000 Yordan PetkovSportistSvoge Chavdar Cvetkov3,500The capacity of the stadium was expanded to 3,500 spectators Accessed on 7 August 2009 (Bulgarian). Todor Kyuchukov
League table
Results
Champions Litex Lovech Goalkeepers1 Uroš Golubović 19 (0)12 Todor Todorov 0 (0)30 Evgeni Aleksandrov 0 (0)31 Rodrigo Galatto 12 (0) Defenders2 Alexandre Barthe 27 (2)3 Petar Zanev 19 (0)5 Mihail Venkov 10 (1)6 Ivaylo Petkov 15 (1)14 Tsvetomir Panov 1 (0)18 Iliya Milanov 1 (0)22 Plamen Nikolov 27 (1)25 Radostin Kishishev 20 (0)33 Nikolay Bodurov 18 (2) Midfielders7 Hristo Yanev 26 (6)8 Tom 18 (2)10 Sandrinho 25 (1)13 Maksim Stoykov 1 (0)15 Doka Madureira 26 (6)17 Georgi Milanov 27 (2)21 Aleksandar Tsvetkov 1 (0)23 Nebojša Jelenković 24 (1)24 Adriano Miranda* 1 (0)27 Momchil Tsvetanov 4 (1)28 Diego Ferraresso 9 (0) Forwards9 Svetoslav Todorov 12 (1)19 Wilfried Niflore 27 (19)71 Ivelin Popov 18 (7)99 Dormushali Saidhodzha* 11 (1) Manager Angel Chervenkov
Saidhodzha and Miranda left the club during a season.
Statistics
Top goalscorers Source:Bulgarian PFL official site
RankScorerClubGoals1 Wilfried NifloreLitex Lovech192 Martin KamburovLokomotiv Sofia163 Ismail IsaLokomotiv Mezdra11 JuniorSlavia Sofia11 Georgi AndonovBeroe11 Hristo YovovLevski Sofia117 Deyan HristovSliven108 Miroslav AntonovSportist Svoge / Levski Sofia9 Goran JankovićMinyor Pernik910 Ivan StoyanovCSKA Sofia8 Yordan TodorovCSKA Sofia / Lokomotiv Plovdiv8
Top assistants Source:Sportal RankPlayerClubAssists1 Wilfried NifloreLitex Lovech92 Daniel PeevPirin / Slavia Sofia83 Strati IlievLokomotiv Mezdra7 Ivelin PopovLitex Lovech75 Galin IvanovSlavia Sofia66 Roberto CarboniChernomorets Burgas5 TomLitex Lovech58 Hristo YanevLitex Lovech4 Georgi IlievCherno More4 Slavi ZhekovBeroe4 Todor KolevSlavia Sofia4 Velimir IvanovićMinyor Pernik4 Adrián FernándezChernomorets Burgas4
Transfers List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2009 List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2010
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Chernomorets 3,996 2 Beroe 3,876 3 CSKA Sofia 3,511 4 Botev 2,439 5 Montana 2,359 6 Levski 2,277 7 Cherno More 1,983 8 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1,771 9 Minyor 1,582 10 Lovech 1,270 11 Pirin 1,214 12 Sliven 1,009 13 Sportist 678 14 Lokomotiv Sofia 676 15 Lokomotiv Mezdra 591 16 Slavia Sofia 452Source:
See also 2009–10 B Group 2009–10 Bulgarian Cup
References
External links 2009–10 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com