1957 A Group

The 1957 A Group was the ninth season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group

Season	1957
Champions	CSKA Sofia (7th title)
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
Matches played	132
Goals scored	367 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hristo Iliev (14 goals)
← 1956 1958 →

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	22	15	4	3	53	16	+37	34	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Lokomotiv Sofia	22	16	1	5	33	19	+14	33
3	Levski Sofia	22	12	6	4	46	21	+25	30
4	Spartak Pleven	22	8	8	6	28	28	0	24
5	Minyor Pernik	22	8	6	8	30	26	+4	22
6	Slavia Sofia	22	7	6	9	38	39	−1	20
7	Spartak Plovdiv	22	7	5	10	33	41	−8	19
8	Botev Plovdiv	22	6	7	9	22	33	−11	19
9	Cherno More Varna	22	5	8	9	19	24	−5	18
10	Spartak Varna	22	6	6	10	23	31	−8	18
11	Spartak Sofia (R)	22	4	8	10	22	35	−13	16	Relegation to 1958 B Group
12	Marek Dupnitsa (R)	22	2	7	13	20	54	−34	11

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BPD	CHM	CSK	LEV	LSO	MAR	MIN	SLA	SPL	SPD	SSF	SPV
Botev Plovdiv		1–0	0–3	0–4	1–2	0–0	2–3	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–0
Cherno More	1–0		1–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0
CSKA Sofia	2–0	0–0		4–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	5–2	5–1	4–1
Levski Sofia	0–0	3–2	0–0		0–1	6–0	4–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	6–1	3–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	5–0	1–0	0–2	1–0		2–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–2
Marek Dupnitsa	2–3	1–0	2–6	1–2	2–2		1–1	1–4	2–2	4–0	0–0	0–1
Minyor Pernik	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	5–0		2–3	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
Slavia Sofia	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	1–3		0–1	4–5	1–1	3–0
Spartak Pleven	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1		3–1	1–0	1–1
Spartak Plovdiv	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	5–0	3–1	2–0	3–3		3–2	1–1
Spartak Sofia	1–1	3–0	1–4	0–0	0–1	4–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–1		1–0
Spartak Varna	3–1	3–0	1–4	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Georgi Naydenov	15	0(0)
Hristo Andonov	07	0(0)

Defenders
Georgi Tsvetkov	06	0(0)
Kiril Rakarov	19	0(1)
Georgi Enisheynov	06	0(0)
Manol Manolov	22	0(0)
Nikola Kovachev	19	0(1)

Midfielders
Gavril Stoyanov	17	0(2)
Stefan Bozhkov	20	0(4)
Petar Aleksiev	06	0(0)

Forwards
Krum Yanev	19	0(6)
Dimitar Milanov	19	(13)
Pavel Vladimirov	07	0(2)
Georgi Dimitrov	21	(10)
Ivan Kolev	13	0(4)
Stefan Stefanov	03	0(0)
Petar Mihaylov	08	0(4)
Panayot Panayotov	18	0(6)

Manager
	Krum Milev

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Hristo Iliev	Levski Sofia	14
2	Dimitar Yordanov	Levski Sofia	13
	Dimitar Milanov	CSKA Sofia
4	Dobromir Tashkov	Slavia Sofia	11
	Spiro Debarski	Lokomotiv Sofia
6	Stoyan Stamov	Lokomotiv Sofia	10
	Georgi Dimitrov	CSKA Sofia
	Dimo Pechenikov	Levski Sofia
	Todor Diev	Spartak Plovdiv
	Stoyan Zdravkov	Spartak Pleven

References

1. "С 4-2-4 Врабчо изпреварва бразилците, но не и ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 6 October 2012.

External links

• Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• 1957 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com