| Season | 1953 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Levski Sofia (8th title) |
| Matches | 223 |
| Goals | 484 (2.17 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Dimitar Minchev (15 goals) |
← 1952 1954 → | |
The 1953 A Group was the fifth 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 Levski Sofia won the championship.[1]
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Levski Sofia (C) | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 22 | +26 | 43 | |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 64 | 23 | +41 | 42 | |
| 3 | Cherno More Varna | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 31 | |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 31 | |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 30 | |
| 6 | Spartak Pleven | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 30 | |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 29 | |
| 8 | Minyor Pernik | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 28 | |
| 9 | Spartak Plovdiv | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 27 | |
| 10 | Akademik Varna (R) | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 25 | Relegation to 1954 B Group |
| 11 | Botev Plovdiv (R) | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 24 | |
| 12 | Spartak Sofia (R) | 28 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 24 | |
| 13 | Stroitel Sofia (R) | 28 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 22 | |
| 14 | VVS Sofia (R) | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 21 | |
| 15 | Marek Dupnitsa (R) | 28 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 60 | −37 | 13 | |
| – | Unified team of VSO[a] (R) | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 8 | +29 | 0[b] |
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ "Unified team of volunteer's sport organisations" is the name of the national football team of Bulgaria which participated in the league
- ^ Results annulled
Results
| Home \ Away | AVA | BPD | CHM | CSK | LEV | LPL | LSO | MAR | MIN | SLA | SPL | SPD | SSF | STR | VVS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akademik Varna | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0[a] | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Botev Plovdiv | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0[a] | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | |
| Cherno More | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| CSKA Sofia | 7–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–0[a] | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
| Levski Sofia | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–0[a] | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Marek Dupnitsa | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3[a] | 0–3[a] | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3[a] | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Minyor Pernik | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Slavia Sofia | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Spartak Pleven | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Spartak Plovdiv | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| Spartak Sofia | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–0[a] | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Stroitel Sofia | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| VVS Sofia | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
- ^ a b c d e f g h Marek Dupnitsa was excluded after spectator riots in the match against Minyor Pernik. The remaining eight matches were rated 0–3 for the opponents.
Champions
- Levski Sofia
| Goalkeepers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Simeon Kostov |
19 | (0) | |
| Dimitar Elenkov |
8 | (0) | |
| Defenders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Metodi Angelovski |
20 | (0) | |
| Dimitar Dimitrov |
1 | (0) | |
| Dimitar Iliev |
19 | (0) | |
 Amedeo Kleva |
24 | (0) | |
| Dimitar Doychinov |
8 | (0) | |
| Ivan Dimchev |
23 | (0) | |
| Midfielders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragan Georgiev |
11 | (1) | |
| Aleksandar Krastev |
17 | (0) | |
| Lyubomir Hranov |
17 | (3) | |
| Aleksandar Bahchevandzhiev |
1 | (0) | |
| Dimitar Kontev |
2 | (0) | |
| Ivan Georgiev |
14 | (1) | |
| Stefan Abadzhiev |
14 | (5) | |
| Forwards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimitar Andonov |
21 | (12) | |
| Arsen Dimitrov |
4 | (1) | |
| Vasil Spasov |
24 | (10) | |
| Todor Stoyanov |
4 | (0) | |
| Todor Takev |
25 | (6) | |
| Dimitar Popdimitrov |
1 | (0) | |
| Georgi Kardashev |
6 | (1) | |
| Yordan Tomov |
20 | (4) | |
| Manager | |
|---|---|
| Dimitar Mutafchiev
| |
Top scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dimitar Minchev
|
Spartak Pleven VVS Sofia |
15 |
| 2 | Dimitar Andonov
|
Levski Sofia | 12 |
| 3 | Kiril Nikolov
|
Marek Dupnitsa | 11 |
| 4 | Vasil Spasov
|
Levski Sofia | 10 |
References
- ^ "Сини "старци" крадат злато за червена сметка" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 9 September 2012.
External links
- Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
- 1953 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com
