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2011–12 A Group

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The 2011–12 A Group was the 88th season of the Bulgarian national top football division, and the 64th of A Group as the top tier football league in the country. The season began on 6 August 2011 and ended on 23 May 2012. Ludogorets Razgrad claimed their maiden title in their debut season, after winning the last round clash against CSKA, which were leading by 2 points prior to the match.[1] Vidima-Rakovski, Kaliakra and Svetkavitsa were relegated, after finishing at the bottom three places.

A Group
Season2011–12
Dates6 August 2011 – 23 May 2012
ChampionsLudogorets Razgrad
(1st title)
RelegatedVidima-Rakovski, Kaliakra, Svetkavitsa
Champions LeagueLudogorets Razgrad
Europa LeagueCSKA Sofia
Levski Sofia
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Matches played240
Goals scored643 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerBrazil Junior Moraes
Ivan Stoyanov
(16 goals each)
Biggest home winLevski 7–0 Svetkavitsa
Biggest away winMinyor 0–7 Ludogorets
Highest scoringCherno More 7–1 Kaliakra
Botev 6–2 Kaliakra
Litex 6–2 Lokomotiv

Team information

Akademik Sofia and Sliven were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the table at the end of season 2010/11. Akademik were relegated after one year in the top league of Bulgarian football, while Sliven ended a three-year tenure in the top flight. Furthermore, Pirin (Blagoevgrad) were excluded from A Group due to financial difficulties and demoted to V Group.

The relegated teams were replaced by Botev Vratsa, champions of West B Group, Ludogorets Razgrad, champions of East B Group and promotion play-off winners Svetkavitsa. Botev Vratsa returned to A Group after twenty-two years, while Ludogorets Razgrad and Svetkavitsa both made their debut on the highest level of Bulgarian football.

There was some controversy regarding the relegation/promotion play-offs at the end of season 2010/11. In the original match-up, 14th-placed Vidima-Rakovski lost 3-0 against B Group play-off winners Chernomorets (Pomorie). However, Pomorie did not receive an A Group licence, so Vidima-Rakovski were spared from relegation. In order to fill the void, a second play-off match was scheduled between Svetkavitsa, 4th-placed team of East B Group, and Etar (Veliko Tarnovo), 3rd-placed team of West B Group. Svetkavitsa won this match by a score of 3-1.

Stadia and locations

As in the previous year, the league comprises the best thirteen teams of season 2010-11, the champions of the two B Groups and the winners of the promotion play-offs.

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Location of teams in 2011–12 A Group
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Sofia 2011–12 A Group football clubs
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
BeroeStara ZagoraBeroe17,800
BotevVratsaHristo Botev32,000
Cherno MoreVarnaTicha8,250
ChernomoretsBurgasLazur18,037
CSKASofiaBalgarska Armiya22,015
KaliakraKavarnaKavarna5,000
LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov29,200
LitexLovechLovech7,050
LokomotivPlovdivLokomotiv13,800
LokomotivSofiaLokomotiv Sofia122,000
LudogoretsRazgradLudogorets Arena6,000
MinyorPernikMinyor8,000
MontanaMontanaOgosta8,000
SlaviaSofiaOvcha Kupel18,000
SvetkavitsaTargovishteDimitar Burkov8,000
Vidima-RakovskiSevlievoRakovski8,816
Notes
  1. Lokomotiv Sofia play their home matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium as their own ground, Lokomotiv Stadium, had not received approval from the BFU license committee.[citation needed]

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamManagerCaptain[citation needed]Kit Manufacturer[citation needed]Shirt Sponsor[citation needed]
Beroe Stara Zagora Ilian Iliev Slavi ZhekovUhlsportBulsatcom
Botev Vratsa Sasho Angelov Rosen VankovJumper
Cherno More Varna Stefan Genov Georgi IlievMishoArmeets
Chernomorets Burgas Dimitar Dimitrov Radostin KishishevMacron
CSKA Sofia Dimitar Penev Todor YanchevKappaGLOBUL
Kaliakra Radostin Trifonov Ivan RaychevUhlsportMunicipality of Kavarna
Levski Sofia Nikolay Kostov Hristo YovovNikeVTB Bank
Litex Lovech Atanas Dzhambazki Nebojša Jelenkovićadidasb-connect
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Emil Velev Zdravko LazarovUhlsportRefan
Lokomotiv Sofia Anton Velkov Kristian DobrevPuma
Ludogorets Razgrad Ivaylo Petev Todor KolevadidasHuvepharma
Minyor Pernik Stoycho Stoev Kostadin MarkovJumperMunicipal Insurance Company
Montana Stefan Grozdanov Daniel GadzhevJakoGM Capital
Slavia Sofia Martin Kushev Bogomil DyakovPuma
Svetkavitsa Nikola Spasov Georgi DamyanovJakoVinprom Targovishte
Vidima-Rakovski Kostadin Angelov Georgi StoychevAsicsVIDEXIM

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing manager(s)Manner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
Levski Sofia Yasen PetrovEnd of contract27 May 2011Pre-season Georgi Ivanov27 May 2011[2]
Slavia Sofia Emil VelevSacked28 May 2011 Martin Kushev28 May 2011[3]
Kaliakra Kavarna Antoni ZdravkovEnd of contract28 May 2011 Adalbert Zafirov28 May 2011[4]
Chernomorets Burgas Georgi VasilevSacked30 May 2011 Dimitar Dimitrov30 May 2011[5]
Montana Atanas DzhambazkiEnd of contract2 June 2011 Stefan Grozdanov11 June 2011
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Saša NikolićSacked14 June 2011 Dragan Kanatlarovski17 June 2011
Vidima-Rakovski Dimitar TodorovSacked16 June 2011 Kostadin Angelov17 June 2011
Lokomotiv Sofia Dian PetkovSacked3 October 201110th Anton Velkov3 October 2011
Kaliakra Kavarna Adalbert ZafirovSacked19 October 2011[6]15th Radostin Trifonov19 October 2011[7]
Svetkavitsa Targovishte Plamen DonevResigned19 October 201116th Nikola Spasov23 October 2011[8]
Litex Lovech Lyuboslav PenevResigned24 October 2011[9]5th Atanas Dzhambazki24 October 2011
CSKA Sofia Milen RadukanovSacked25 October 2011[10]2nd Dimitar Penev25 October 2011
Levski Sofia Georgi IvanovResigned4 November 20115th Nikolay Kostov7 November 2011[11]
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Dragan KanatlarovskiSacked7 November 20116th Emil Velev8 November 2011[12]
Levski Sofia Nikolay KostovResigned26 March 20124th Georgi Ivanov (caretaker)March 2012

Note: Georgi Ivanov subsequently stepped down and was replaced by Yasen Petrov as caretaker manager at the helm of Levski, with Ilian Iliev set to take over prior to the 2012/2013 season.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Ludogorets Razgrad (C)3022447316+5770Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2CSKA Sofia3022356019+4169Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3Levski Sofia3020286128+3362
4Chernomorets Burgas3017945723+3460
5Litex Lovech3017855728+2959
6Lokomotiv Plovdiv3017674439+557Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7Cherno More30164104625+2152
8Slavia Sofia3015694236+651
9Minyor Pernik30812103540−536
10Beroe3098133037−735
11Montana3087152951−2231
12Botev Vratsa3078153044−1429
13Lokomotiv Sofia3059162650−2424
14Vidima-Rakovski (R)3036211959−4015Relegation to 2012–13 B Group
15Kaliakra (R)3025232677−5111
16Svetkavitsa (R)301524871−638
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
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayBSZBVRCHMCHBCSKKAVLEVLITLPLLSOLUDMINMONSLASVEVRA
Beroe1–22–01–20–13–11–21–11–11–01–20–02–01–02–01–0
Botev Vratsa1–10–10–02–26–20–21–31–12–00–10–02–40–11–02–2
Cherno More2–01–00–20–07–13–10–11–23–00–12–02–02–01–02–1
Chernomorets Burgas2–23–13–22–01–02–01–12–01–10–01–02–02–36–04–0
CSKA Sofia1–02–04–11–03–11–04–13–04–02–23–12–01–23–04–1
Kaliakra3–10–00–50–41–21–40–21–20–00–42–22–31–21–13–2
Levski Sofia2–03–02–12–21–03–23–23–24–00–10–11–01–07–02–1
Litex Lovech2–13–11–00–00–25–01–06–22–02–12–20–01–06–03–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv4–22–11–02–00–32–03–22–12–11–01–11–02–12–03–2
Lokomotiv Sofia3–00–10–00–41–23–21–11–22–00–11–11–10–3[a]4–10–1
Ludogorets Razgrad3–03–00–23–11–02–02–11–10–04–04–13–06–05–04–0
Minyor Pernik1–11–30–11–12–01–10–12–20–01–20–73–11–13–01–0
Montana0–02–01–32–40–52–10–31–02–21–11–41–21–20–01–0
Slavia Sofia0–03–21–11–10–13–00–30–23–02–13–22–11–12–01–1
Svetkavitsa1–30–01–30–30–31–00–11–30–11–10–10–31–20–30–0
Vidima-Rakovski0–10–10–00–10–11–01–61–10–32–20–50–31–21–21–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Champions

Ludogorets Razgrad
Goalkeepers
01 Uroš Golubović280(0)
13 Radek Petr020(0)
30 Georgi Argilashki000(0)
Emil Mihaylov*000(0)
Defenders
03 Marián Jarabica010(0)
04 Tero Mäntylä030(0)
05 Alexandre Barthe290(3)
20 Guilherme Choco270(1)
25 Yordan Minev280(0)
26 Diyan Dimitrov000(0)
33 Ľubomír Guldan280(0)
77 Vitinha100(0)
Jure Travner*030(0)
Suvad Grabus*010(0)
Midfielders
06 Georgi Kostadinov050(2)
07 Mihail Aleksandrov280(5)
08 Stanislav Genchev270(6)
18 Svetoslav Dyakov290(1)
19 Dimo Bakalov140(2)
22 Miroslav Ivanov270(4)
36 Mladen Kašćelan110(1)
84 Marcelinho250(9)
Shener Remzi*000(0)
Dimo Atanasov*060(0)
Nikolay Dyulgerov*020(0)
Forwards
11 Juninho Quixadá110(5)
23 Emil Gargorov26(13)
27 Christian Kabasele110(3)
73 Ivan Stoyanov25(16)
Todor Kolev*090(1)
Manager
Ivaylo Petev
  • Mihaylov, Travner, Grabus, Remzi, Atanasov, Dyulgerov and Kolev left the club during a season.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Below is a list of the top goalscorers at the end of the competition.[13]

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Júnior MoraesCSKA Sofia16
Ivan StoyanovLudogorets Razgrad16
3 Emil GargorovLudogorets Razgrad13
Ianis ZicuCSKA Sofia13
5 JuninhoSlavia Sofia / Levski Sofia12
6 Svetoslav TodorovLitex Lovech11
Ivan TsvetkovLevski Sofia11
Gerasim ZakovKaliakra Kavarna11
9 Lourival AssisChernomorets Burgas10
Aatif ChahechouheChernomorets Burgas10
Georgi IlievCherno More Varna10
Marcelo NicácioLitex Lovech10

Scoring

Transfers

References

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