The 2006–07 A Group was the 59th season of the Bulgarian A Football Group since its establishment in 1948 and the 83rd of a Bulgarian national top football division.
The league was contested by 16 teams, thirteen returning from the 2005–06 season and three promoted from the B Group. Levski Sofia won the championship scoring a record 96 goals.
Teams Team changes Three teams were relegated at the end of the 2005–06 season: Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad, Naftex Burgas, and FC Pirin Blagoevgrad. The latter was disqualified for financial reasons after the first two rounds.
The relegated teams were replaced by Spartak Varna and Rilski Sportist, the two regional winners of B PFG. Spartak Varna makes an immediate return to the top tier, while Rilski Sportist return after a three-year absence. A further place in the league was decided through a one match playoff, between Chernomorets Burgas Sofia and Maritsa Plovdiv, the two runners-up from the two B Groups. Chernomorets won the match 3-2 and promoted to the top tier for the very first time.
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium CapacityBelasitsaPetrichTsar Samuil Stadium 9,500BeroeStara ZagoraBeroe Stadium 13,512BotevPlovdivHristo Botev Stadium 22,000Cherno MoreVarnaTicha Stadium 8,250Chernomorets BSSofiaVasil Levski National Stadium 43,230CSKASofiaBalgarska Armiya Stadium 22,015LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov Stadium 29,200LitexLovechLovech Stadium 7,050LokomotivPlovdivLokomotiv 13,800LokomotivSofiaLokomotiv Sofia 22,000MarekDupnitsaBonchuk Stadium 16,050Rilski SportistSamokovIskar Stadium 7,000RodopaSmolyanSeptemvri Stadium6,100SlaviaSofiaOvcha Kupel Stadium 18,000SpartakVarnaSpartak Stadium 7,500VihrenSandanskiSandanski Stadium 6,000
League table
Results
Champions Levski Sofia Goalkeepers1 Georgi Petkov 17 (0)12 Bozhidar Mitrev 7 (0)88 Nikolay Mihaylov 5 (0) Defenders3 Zhivko Milanov 18 (1)4 Igor Tomašić 22 (0)5 Borislav Stoychev 9 (2)11 Elin Topuzakov 23 (0)14 Veselin Minev 10 (0)15 Simeon Ivanov 1 (0)20 Stanislav Angelov 26 (1)25 Lúcio Wagner 19 (1) Midfielders6 Richard Eromoigbe 24 (1)7 Daniel Borimirov 20 (4)8 Georgi Sarmov 18 (2)13 Eli Zizov 1 (0)16 Mariyan Ognyanov 5 (0)18 Miroslav Ivanov 23 (5)19 Atanas Bornosuzov 4 (0)21 Dimitar Telkiyski 25 (8)24 Nikolay Dimitrov 8 (3)27 Cédric Bardon 24 (8)30 Lachezar Baltanov 2 (0)77 Milan Koprivarov 15 (5) Forwards9 Georgi Ivanov* 12 (9)10 Hristo Yovov 24 (13)17 Valeri Domovchiyski 19 (15)23 Ekundayo Jayeoba 6 (4)28 Emil Angelov 19 (9) Manager Stanimir Stoilov
Georgi Ivanov left the club during a season.
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Tsvetan GenkovLokomotiv Sofia 272 Todor KolevSlavia Sofia 253 Eugen TricăCSKA Sofia 16 Enyo KrastovchevMarek Dupnitsa 5 Valeri DomovchiyskiLevski Sofia 156 Hristo YovovLevski Sofia137 Krum BibishkovLitex Lovech12 MarquinhosBelasitsa Petrich
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Levski 7,572 2 Cherno More 4,900 3 Botev 4,580 4 Beroe 3,967 5 CSKA Sofia 3,898 6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3,240 7 Varna 2,300 8 Lokomotiv Sofia 2,160 9 Sportist 2,100 10 Rodopa 1,903 11 Vihren 1,727 12 Belasitsa 1,620 13 Lovech 1,527 14 Marek 1,223 15 Slavia Sofia 1,087 16 Chernomorets 531
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References
External links Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF) 2006–07 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com