The 1992–93 A Group was the 45th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group
Season1992–93
Dates8 August 1992 – 5 June 1993
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(18th title)
RelegatedHaskovo, Sliven
Champions LeagueLevski Sofia
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored667 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorerPlamen Getov
(26 goals)

Overview

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It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levski Sofia (C) 30 22 6 2 76 27 49 50 Qualification for Champions League first round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 17 8 5 66 31 35 42 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Botev Plovdiv 30 16 6 8 55 33 22 38 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round[a]
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 16 5 9 57 29 28 37
5 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 11 13 6 52 39 13 35
6 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 30 13 9 8 37 36 1 35
7 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 13 7 10 33 32 1 33
8 Chernomorets Burgas 30 11 8 11 33 31 2 30
9 Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 30 10 9 11 31 37 −6 29
10 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 10 8 12 29 35 −6 28
11 Yantra Gabrovo 30 10 6 14 38 52 −14 26
12 Spartak Varna 30 8 8 14 30 48 −18 24
13 Dobrudzha Dobrich 30 9 4 17 32 57 −25 22
14 Slavia Sofia 30 8 5 17 39 56 −17 21
15 Haskovo (R) 30 6 5 19 32 66 −34 17 Relegation to 1993–94 B Group
16 Sliven (R) 30 6 1 23 27 58 −31 13
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ An extra slot for the UEFA Cup was given to Bulgaria following the 1993 Polish football scandal.

Results

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Home \ Away BSZ BOT CHB CSK DOB ETA HAS LEV LGO LPL LSO PIR SLA SLI SPV YAN
Beroe Stara Zagora 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–4 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1
Botev Plovdiv 1–1 3–1 4–2 4–2 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 4–1 2–0 3–1 4–1
Chernomorets Burgas 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–2
CSKA Sofia 2–0 3–1 2–0 5–2 1–1 3–0 2–3 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 4–0 6–1
Dobrudzha Dobrich 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 0–4 0–0 0–2 0–5 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 2–2 2–1
Haskovo 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–3 3–1 2–2 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 2–1 4–1 2–0 3–0
Levski Sofia 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 4–2 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 4–3 4–1 4–0 5–0
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 6–2 3–1 3–0 1–3 4–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 6–0 3–1
Lokomotiv Sofia 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–5 2–1 3–0 4–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 4–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0
Slavia Sofia 2–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 4–1 0–3 0–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 4–0
Sliven 2–3 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 5–2 0–4 1–1 1–3 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 3–1
Spartak Varna 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 3–1
Yantra Gabrovo 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–4 1–0 0–0 6–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

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Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
  Plamen Nikolov 23 0(0)
  Zdravko Zdravkov 10 0(0)
Defenders
  Valentin Dartilov 28 0(0)
  Gosho Ginchev 11 0(0)
  Krasimir Koev 17 0(0)
  Stoyan Pumpalov 04 0(0)
  Petar Hubchev 29 0(1)
  Kalin Bankov 01 0(0)
  Aleksandar Markov 17 0(0)
  Nikolay Iliev 14 0(7)
Midfielders
  Daniel Borimirov 29 0(5)
  Georgi Slavchev 16 0(1)
  Vladko Shalamanov 07 0(0)
  Ilian Iliev 25 0(4)
  Zlatko Yankov 17 0(5)
  Emil Mitsanski 09 0(0)
  Georgi Donkov 19 0(4)
Forwards
  Valeri Valkov 12 0(0)
  Plamen Getov 30 (26)
  Lyubomir Nikolov 02 0(0)
  Velko Yotov 25 (10)
  Nikolay Mitov 07 0(1)
  Rumen Stoyanov 05 0(0)
  Dimitar Trendafilov 19 0(3)
  Nasko Sirakov 12 0(9)
Manager
  Ivan Vutov

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Plamen Getov Levski Sofia 26
2   Vladimir Stoyanov Lokomotiv Sofia 21
3   Stefan Draganov CSKA Sofia 17
  Ayan Sadakov Lokomotiv Plovdiv
5   Ivaylo Andonov CSKA Sofia 15
6   Yordan Bozdanski Pirin Blagoevgrad 12
7   Doncho Donev Lokomotiv Sofia 10
  Velko Yotov Levski Sofia
  Petre Grigoraș Dobrudzha
  Yasen Petrov Botev Plovdiv
  Vesko Petkov Beroe

References

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