A Group
Season2004–05
Dates6 August 2004 – 28 May 2005
ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(30th title)
RelegatedVidima-Rakovski
Nesebar
Spartak Varna
Champions LeagueCSKA Sofia
UEFA CupLevski Sofia
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Litex Lovech
Matches played240
Goals scored638 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerMartin Kamburov
(27 goals)
Biggest home winLevski 8–1 Belasitsa
Biggest away winSpartak 0–7 Levski
Highest scoringLevski 8–1 Belasitsa (9 goals)

The 2004–05 A Group was the 57th season of the top Bulgarian national football league (commonly referred to as A Group) and the 81st edition of a Bulgarian national championship tournament.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.[1]

Teams

Promotion and Relegation

The league was contested by 16 teams, 13 returning from the previous season, as well as three teams promoted from the B Group. The promoted teams are Beroe Stara Zagora, Pirin Blagoevgrad, and Nesebar. Beroe return after a two-year absence, Pirin return after a four-year absence, while Nesebar made their debut in the top level of Bulgarian football.

Stadiums and Locations

Sofia 2004–05 A Group football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Belasitsa Petrich Tsar Samuil 12,000
Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe 12,500
Cherno More Varna Ticha 8,250
CSKA Sofia Balgarska Armia 22,015
Levski Sofia Georgi Asparuhov 29,200
Litex Lovech Gradski (Lovech) 7,050
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 20,000
Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv (Sofia) 17,500
Marek Dupnitsa Bonchuk 12,500
Naftex Burgas Lazur 18,037
Nesebar Nesebar Gradski (Nesebar) 5,500
Pirin Blagoevgrad Hristo Botev 15,000
Rodopa Smolyan Septemvri 6,000
Slavia Sofia Slavia 32,000
Spartak Varna Spartak 7,500
Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo Rakovski 6,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (C) 30 25 4 1 81 16 +65 79 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Levski Sofia 30 24 4 2 76 19 +57 76 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 18 4 8 65 34 +31 58
4 Litex Lovech 30 16 4 10 45 27 +18 52
5 Slavia Sofia 30 13 9 8 43 33 +10 48
6 Lokomotiv Sofia[lower-alpha 1] 30 14 7 9 43 35 +8 46
7 Naftex Burgas 30 10 5 15 24 38 −14 35[lower-alpha 2]
8 Cherno More 30 10 5 15 30 38 −8 35[lower-alpha 2]
9 Marek 30 9 8 13 34 44 −10 35[lower-alpha 2]
10 Beroe 30 9 8 13 32 36 −4 35[lower-alpha 2]
11 Belasitsa Petrich 30 9 7 14 25 48 −23 34
12 Rodopa Smolyan 30 9 6 15 33 43 −10 33[lower-alpha 3]
13 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 7 12 11 31 40 −9 33[lower-alpha 3]
14 Vidima-Rakovski (R) 30 9 5 16 32 51 −19 32 Relegation to 2005–06 B Group
15 Nesebar (R) 30 5 5 20 26 63 −37 20
16 Spartak Varna (R) 30 5 3 22 18 73 −55 18
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Lokomotiv Sofia were docked three points for failure to pay salaries to a former player.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Naftex Burgas ahead of Cherno More, Marek and Beroe on head-to-head points; Naftex Burgas: 10 pts, Cherno More: 9 pts, Marek: 9 pts, Beroe: 7 pts.
  3. 1 2 Rodopa Smolyan ahead of Pirin Blagoevgrad on head-to-head away goals scored; Rodopa Smolyan–Pirin Blagoevgrad 2–0, Pirin Blagoevgrad–Rodopa Smolyan 4–2.

Results

Home \ Away BEL BSZ CHM CSK LEV LIT LPL LSO MAR NAF NES PRN RDP SPV SLA VRA
Belasitsa Petrich 1–1 0–0 1–4 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–0
Beroe 2–0 2–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–1
Cherno More 3–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 2–0 0–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0
CSKA Sofia 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 5–1 5–0 3–0 5–0 2–1 1–0 6–0 4–0 3–0
Levski Sofia 8–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 5–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 4–0 5–1 4–1 3–0 2–0
Litex Lovech 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 4–2 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0 3–0 2–0 4–3 2–2 4–3 4–0 3–0 1–0 4–1 4–4 4–0 5–0 1–0 4–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 5–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 4–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 5–2
Marek 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–2 2–2
Naftex Burgas 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–4 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 5–1 0–2 2–0
Nesebar 2–3 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–3 1–2 0–4 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–4 1–2
Pirin Blagoevgrad 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–4 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 4–2 2–0 2–2 1–1
Rodopa Smolyan 3–1 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 4–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–1
Spartak Varna 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–7 0–2 0–2 0–5 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–2
Slavia Sofia 4–0 3–2 3–1 1–4 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 4–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 4–1
Vidima-Rakovski 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–4 1–4 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
1Bulgaria Ivaylo Ivanov11(0)
12Bulgaria Hristo Bahtarliev0(0)
31Moldova Evgheni Hmaruc19(0)
Defenders
2Slovakia Radoslav Zabavník29(6)
3Bulgaria Adalbert Zafirov13(0)
4Argentina Marcos Charras*6(1)
11Czech Republic Robert Caha8(0)
13Bulgaria Yordan Varbanov11(0)
14Bulgaria Valentin Iliev18(4)
25Bulgaria Ivan Ivanov1(0)
27Brazil Tiago Silva15(0)
29Senegal Ibrahima Gueye23(1)
30Bulgaria Yordan Todorov28(5)
Midfielders
5Bulgaria Todor Yanchev26(1)
7Bulgaria Hristo Yanev29(22)
10Georgia (country) Amiran Mujiri28(5)
15France Benoît Cauet15(0)
17Estonia Joel Lindpere11(0)
20Bulgaria Yordan Yurukov10(0)
23Bulgaria Emil Gargorov22(9)
26Bulgaria Petko Iliev2(0)
Senegal Mansour Ayanda*8(0)
Forwards
8Bulgaria Velizar Dimitrov10(4)
9Bulgaria Ivan Ploshtakov3(0)
18Bulgaria Gerasim Zakov10(1)
19Bulgaria Evgeni Yordanov23(10)
21Bulgaria Stoyko Sakaliev*13(5)
31Bulgaria Miroslav Manolov*1(0)
Manager
Serbia and Montenegro Miodrag Ješić
  • Charras, Ayanda, Sakaliev and Manolov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Martin Kamburov Lokomotiv Plovdiv 27
2 Bulgaria Hristo Yanev CSKA Sofia 22
3 Bulgaria Vladislav Zlatinov Pirin Blagoevgrad 14
4 Bulgaria Tsvetan Genkov Lokomotiv Sofia 12
5 Bulgaria Emil Angelov Levski Sofia 11
Romania Eugen Trică Litex Lovech
Bulgaria Blagoy Georgiev Slavia Sofia
Bulgaria Dimitar Telkiyski Levski Sofia
Bulgaria Plamen Timnev Cherno More Varna
10 Democratic Republic of the Congo Masena Moke Beroe Stara Zagora 10
Bulgaria Daniel Borimirov Levski Sofia
Bulgaria Evgeni Yordanov CSKA Sofia

References

  1. ↑ "(2004-2005) ЦСКА слага 3 звезди след шпагати на Топчо" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 21 September 2013. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
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