The 1998–99 A Group was the 51st 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 1998–99 (listed in alphabetical order):
Team City Stadium CapacityBotevPlovdivHristo Botev18,000CSKASofiaBulgarian Army22,995DobrudzhaDobrichDruzhba12,500LevskiKyustendilOsogovo10,000LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov29,986LitexLovechLovech7,050LokomotivPlovdivLokomotiv 24,000LokomotivSofiaLokomotiv22,000MetalurgPernikMetalurg18,000MinyorPernikMinyor18,000NeftochimicBurgasLazur18,037PirinBlagoevgradHristo Botev15,000SeptemvriSofiaVasil Levski 43,230ShumenShumenPanayot Volov24,000SlaviaSofiaOvcha Kupel18,000SpartakVarnaSpartak8,000
League standings
Results
Champions Litex Lovech Goalkeepers1 Vitomir Vutov 19 (0)12 Stoyan Stavrev 11 (0) Defenders3 Zhivko Zhelev 8 (1)4 Stefan Kolev 26 (0)5 Dimitar Balabanov* 1 (0)13 Nikolay Dimitrov 22 (0)16 Dimitar Karadaliev 16 (1)17 Zlatomir Zagorčić 19 (1)22 Altin Haxhi 24 (6)25 Radostin Kishishev 26 (1) Rosen Kirilov* 11 (1) Midfielders2 Laurențiu Reghecampf 14 (4)6 Rosen Emilov 15 (0)7 Mariyan Todorov 21 (2)8 Stoycho Stoilov 24 (9)10 Vasil Kirov 16 (1)15 Dragoljub Simonović 24 (9)18 Ivaylo Petev 5 (0)19 Veselin Sarbakov* 2 (0)23 Svetlan Kondev 2 (0) Georgi Bogdanov 3 (0) Forwards9 Stefan Yurukov 19 (7)11 Dimcho Belyakov 25 (21)14 Alban Bushi 22 (10)20 Svetoslav Todorov 12 (2)21 Veselin Ignatov* 5 (1)24 Luis Carlos Mota 11 (1) Igor Bogdanović* 9 (5) Metodi Stoynev* 1 (0) Ivan Gemedzhiev 2 (0) Manager Ferario Spasov
Ignatov, Kirilov, Balabanov, Sarbakov, Bogdanović and Stoynev left the club during a season.
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Dimcho BelyakovLitex Lovech 212 Todor PramatarovShumen173 Hristo MarashlievLevski Kyustendil 164 Georgi GeorgievMinyor Pernik 155 Georgi IvanovLevski Sofia 136 Diyan BozhilovDobrudzha Dobrich 127 Serge YoffouDobrudzha Dobrich 11 Dimitar TelkiyskiBotev Plovdiv Iliya GruevNeftochimic Burgas 10 Alban BushiLitex Lovech 10 Genadi SimeonovMetalurg Pernik Petar MihtarskiPirin Blagoevgrad Mihail MihaylovLevski Kyustendil Boyko VelichkovSpartak Varna
Source:1998–99 Top Goalscorers
References
External links Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)