The 1997–98 A Group was the 50th 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 Litex Lovech won the championship.
Team information Stadia and locations The following teams have ensured their participation in A Group for season 1997–98 (listed in alphabetical order):
Team City Stadium CapacityBotevPlovdivHristo Botev18,000CSKASofiaBulgarian Army22,995DobrudzhaDobrichDruzhba12,500EtarVeliko TarnovoIvaylo 18,000LevskiKyustendilOsogovo10,000LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov29,986LitexLovechLovech7,050LokomotivPlovdivLokomotiv 24,000LokomotivSofiaLokomotiv22,000MetalurgPernikMetalurg18,000MinyorPernikMinyor18,000NeftochimicBurgasLazur18,037OlimpikGalataGeorgi Benkovski10,000SlaviaSofiaOvcha Kupel18,000SpartakPlevenSlavi Aleksiev 21,940SpartakVarnaSpartak8,000
League standings
Results
Champions Litex Lovech Goalkeepers Vitomir Vutov 28 (0) Stoyan Stavrev 2 (0) Defenders Petar Kushev 16 (2) Stefan Kolev 21 (1) Nikolay Dimitrov 24 (1) Dimitar Karadaliev 1 (0) Zlatomir Zagorčić 27 (0) Ivaylo Petkov 27 (3) Radostin Kishishev 5 (0) Dimitar Balabanov 6 (0) Rosen Kirilov 28 (0) Koycho Ivanov 1 (0) Midfielders Rosen Emilov 17 (1) Mariyan Todorov 28 (6) Stoycho Stoilov 30 (8) Daniel Ostrovski 5 (0) Dragoljub Simonović 22 (6) Ivaylo Petev* 12 (2) Veselin Sarbakov 16 (3) Emil Tsanev* 2 (0) Forwards Stefan Yurukov* 14 (13) Dimcho Belyakov* 14 (5) Alban Bushi 15 (4) Svetoslav Todorov 19 (9) Luis Carlos Mota 5 (1) Igor Bogdanović 15 (6) Metodi Stoynev 8 (1) Manager Dimitar Dimitrov
Petev, Tsanev, Yurukov and Belyakov left the club during a season.
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Anton SpasovNeftochimic Burgas 17 Boncho GenchevCSKA Sofia3 Stefan YurukovLitex Lovech 13 Danilo DončićLokomotiv Sofia 5 Stanimir StoilovSlavia Sofia 12 Valentin StanchevSpartak Varna 7 Ivaylo AndonovCSKA Sofia 118 Aleksandar AleksandrovLevski Sofia 10 Plamen PetrovLevski Kyustendil Georgi IvanovLevski Sofia Iliya VoynovSpartak Pleven
Source:1997–98 Top Goalscorers
References
External links Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF) 1997–98 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com