1963–64 A Group

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A Group
Season1963–64
ChampionsLokomotiv Sofia
(3rd title)
Relegated
European CupLokomotiv Sofia
Inter-Cities Fairs CupLokomotiv Plovdiv
Matches played240
Goals scored612 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorerNikola Tsanev
(26 goals)

The 1963–64 A Group was the 16th 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 Lokomotiv Sofia won the championship.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lokomotiv Sofia (C) 30 18 8 4 53 28 +25 44 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Levski Sofia 30 16 9 5 53 32 +21 41
3 Slavia Sofia 30 13 9 8 46 36 +10 35 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Spartak Plovdiv 30 13 8 9 42 34 +8 34
5 Dunav Ruse 30 12 8 10 31 35 −4 32
6 Cherno More Varna 30 11 9 10 35 30 +5 31
7 Botev Plovdiv 30 13 4 13 43 54 −11 30
8 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 10 9 11 33 38 −5 29 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
9 Marek Dupnitsa 30 11 6 13 39 32 +7 28
10 Spartak Pleven 30 9 10 11 31 33 −2 28
11 CSKA Sofia 30 12 3 15 58 40 +18 27
12 Spartak Sofia 30 8 9 13 28 40 −12 25
13 Sliven 30 8 9 13 29 41 −12 25
14 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 8 8 14 28 38 −10 24
15 Spartak Varna (R) 30 9 6 15 34 52 −18 24 Relegation to 1964–65 B Group
16 Lokomotiv GO (R) 30 9 5 16 29 49 −20 23
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BSZ BPD CHM CSK DUN LEV LGO LPL LSO MAR SLA SLI SPL SPD SSF SPV
Beroe Stara Zagora 1–2 0–1 5–4 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 4–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–1
Botev Plovdiv 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 5–1 4–2
Cherno More 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 3–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–0
CSKA Sofia 4–0 4–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 4–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 2–3 7–0 4–0 1–0 4–1 4–2
Dunav Ruse 0–0 3–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Levski Sofia 4–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 5–2 1–1 3–0 4–3 4–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–0
Lokomotiv GO 0–1 5–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1
Lokomotiv Sofia 2–2 4–0 4–2 3–2 5–2 1–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–3 2–0 3–1 2–0 5–1
Marek Dupnitsa 0–1 5–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 5–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 6–0
Slavia Sofia 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 4–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 4–2 4–2 3–1
Sliven 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0
Spartak Pleven 2–0 6–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–2
Spartak Plovdiv 4–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–1
Spartak Sofia 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 4–1
Spartak Varna 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

Lokomotiv Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Ivan Deyanov 25 0(0)
Bulgaria Tsvetan Lalov 08 0(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Todor Velev 13 0(0)
Bulgaria Ivan Dimitrov 28 0(0)
Bulgaria Vasil Metodiev 28 0(0)
Bulgaria Dimitar Penev 28 0(1)
Bulgaria Mladen Penev 08 0(0)
Bulgaria Apostol Chachevski 25 0(2)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Ivan Kotsev 28 0(1)
Bulgaria Dimitar Dragomirov 07 0(1)
Bulgaria Hristo Lazarov 19 0(1)
Bulgaria Botyo Botev 10 0(2)
Bulgaria Viktor Andonov 14 0(0)
Bulgaria Dimitar Milushev 01 0(0)
Bulgaria Georgi Panov 03 0(0)
Bulgaria Vasil Vasilev 26 0(7)
Forwards
Bulgaria Spiro Debarski 29 (14)
Bulgaria Nikola Kotkov 28 (14)
Bulgaria Tsvetan Milev 30 0(9)
Bulgaria Georgi Manolov 04 0(1)
Manager
Bulgaria Georgi Berkov

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Nikola Tsanev CSKA Sofia 26
2 Bulgaria Traycho Spasov Marek Dupnitsa 22
3 Bulgaria Aleksandar Vasilev Slavia Sofia 21

References