1990–91 A Group

The 1990–91 A Group was the 43rd season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

A Group

Season	1990–91
Dates	11 August 1990 – 8 June 1991
Champions	Etar Veliko Tarnovo (1st title)
Relegated	Dunav Haskovo
European Cup	Etar
UEFA Cup	CSKA Sofia Slavia Sofia
Matches	240
Goals	647 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ivaylo Yordanov (21 goals)
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Etar Veliko Tarnovo won the championship.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Sofia

Beroe

Dunav

Haskovo

Loko GO

Botev
Loko Pd

Minyor

Sliven

Pirin

Etar

Chernomorets

Locations of the 1990–91 Bulgarian A Group teams

CSKA

Levski

Lokomotiv

Slavia

Sofia 1990–91 A Group football clubs

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Beroe	Stara Zagora	Beroe	18,000
Botev	Plovdiv	Hristo Botev (Plovdiv)	30,000
Chernomorets	Burgas	Deveti Septemvri	18,000
CSKA	Sofia	Narodna Armia	26,000
Dunav	Ruse	Gradski Dunav	22,000 12,000
Etar	Veliko Tarnovo	Ivaylo	15,000
Haskovo	Haskovo	Haskovo	12,500
Levski	Sofia	Levski Rakovski	40,000 18,000
Lokomotiv	Gorna Oryahovitsa	Dimitar Dyulgerov	14,000
Lokomotiv	Plovdiv	Lokomotiv Deveti Septemvri	13,000 50,000
Lokomotiv	Sofia	Vasil Levski National Stadium	60,000
Minyor	Pernik	Minyor	20,000
Pirin	Blagoevgrad	Hristo Botev (Blagoevgrad)	15,000
Slavia	Sofia	Slavia	25,000
Sliven	Sliven	Hadzhi Dimitar	15,000
Yantra	Gabrovo	Hristo Botev (Gabrovo)	12,000

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Etar Veliko Tarnovo (C)	30	18	8	4	49	21	+28	44	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	14	9	7	51	28	+23	37	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Slavia Sofia	30	14	9	7	48	29	+19	37
4	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	13	10	7	50	36	+14	36
5	Botev Plovdiv	30	13	10	7	49	41	+8	36
6	Levski Sofia	30	12	9	9	51	38	+13	33	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Chernomorets Burgas	30	11	8	11	41	50	−9	30
8	Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa	30	13	3	14	42	39	+3	29
9	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	10	7	13	38	41	−3	27
10	Minyor Pernik	30	10	7	13	36	44	−8	27
11	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	9	9	12	34	42	−8	27
12	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	11	4	15	38	40	−2	26
13	Sliven	30	9	8	13	39	49	−10	26
14	Yantra Gabrovo	30	9	8	13	31	44	−13	26
15	Dunav Ruse (R)	30	8	6	16	23	42	−19	22	Relegation to 1991–92 B Group
16	Haskovo (R)	30	7	3	20	27	63	−36	17

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

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	BOT	CHB	CSK	DUN	ETA	HAS	LEV	LGO	LPL	LSO	MIN	PIR	SLA	SLI	YAN
Beroe Stara Zagora		1–2	3–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	5–0	1–3	0–1	1–1
Botev Plovdiv	0–0		5–0	3–2	2–0	0–1	4–3	4–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	4–0
Chernomorets Burgas	2–1	1–1		1–1	5–1	1–1	1–0	3–3	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0
CSKA Sofia	3–0	7–1	2–3		5–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–0
Dunav Ruse	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–2		0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2–0	4–0	3–2	1–1	2–0		3–0	4–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–1
Haskovo	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–2		2–4	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–2
Levski Sofia	1–1	2–3	5–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0		2–1	4–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–4	4–0	1–0
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa	2–3	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–4	1–0	2–0		2–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	3–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–0	1–1	5–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–2		1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–0		5–2	3–1	0–1	3–0	4–0
Minyor Pernik	3–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–0		1–0	1–1	5–2	3–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	6–0	0–3	1–2	3–0	4–0	4–0		1–1	2–0	1–0
Slavia Sofia	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	5–1	0–0	3–1	4–1	1–2	3–0	5–2		3–3	1–0
Sliven	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	5–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–2		5–1
Yantra Gabrovo	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	3–1	1–1

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

Champions

Etar Veliko Tarnovo

Goalkeepers
Nikolay Donev	26	0(0)
Kaloyan Chakarov	05	0(0)

Defenders
Angel Chervenkov	27	0(3)
Tsanko Tsvetanov	29	0(0)
Tsvetomir Parvanov	29	0(1)
Plamen Prodanov	28	0(3)
Petar Georgiev	00	0(0)

Midfielders
Iliyan Kiryakov	30	0(8)
Gencho Genchev	16	0(1)
Andriyan Gaydarski	22	0(1)
Krasimir Balakov*	11	0(3)
Georgi Popivanov	26	0(3)
Aleksandar Dimov	30	0(1)
Sasho Hristov	15	0(1)
Aleksandar Aleksandrov	16	0(1)
Georgi Georgiev	03	0(0)

Forwards
Miroslav Baychev	18	0(3)
Igor Kislov	21	0(4)
Petyo Rashev	07	0(1)
Boncho Genchev	27	(15)
Miroslav Mironov	00	0(0)
Mariyan Metlarov	03	0(0)

Manager
	Georgi Vasilev

• Balakov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Ivaylo Yordanov	Lokomotiv GO	21
2	Petar Mihtarski	Levski Sofia	18
	Yordan Lechkov	Sliven
4	Vladimir Stoyanov	Chernomorets Burgas	17
5	Boncho Genchev	Etar	15
6	Todor Pramatarov	Lokomotiv Sofia	14
	Stefan Draganov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
8	Vercho Mitov	Minyor Pernik	13
9	Yasen Petrov	Botev Plovdiv	11
	Stanimir Stoilov	Levski Sofia

• Source:1990–91 Top Goalscorers

Attendances

#	Club	Average
1	Levski	8,773
2	Etar	6,933
3	CSKA Sofia	6,533
4	Yantra	6,267
5	Dunav	6,000
6	Botev	5,500
7	Sliven	5,467
8	Pirin	5,267
9	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	5,200
10	Lokomotiv Sofia	4,733
11	Minyor	4,640
12	Lokomotiv GO	4,407
13	Beroe	3,593
14	Haskovo	3,527
15	Slavia Sofia	3,167
16	Chernomorets	2,967

Source:

References

• Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)