The 1996–97 A Group was the 49th 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 CSKA Sofia won the championship.
Team information Stadia and locations The following teams have ensured their participation in A Group for season 1996–97 (listed in alphabetical order):
Team City Stadium CapacityBotevPlovdivHristo Botev18,000CSKASofiaBulgarian Army22,995DobrudzhaDobrichDruzhba12,500EtarVeliko TarnovoIvaylo 18,000LevskiKyustendilOsogovo10,000LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov29,986LokomotivPlovdivLokomotiv 24,000LokomotivSofiaLokomotiv22,000MaritsaPlovdivMaritsa5,000MinyorPernikMinyor18,000MontanaMontanaOgosta 8,000NeftochimicBurgasLazur18,037RakovskiRuseGradski20,000SlaviaSofiaOvcha Kupel18,000SpartakPlevenSlavi Aleksiev 21,940SpartakVarnaSpartak8,000
League standings
Results
Champions CSKA Sofia Goalkeepers Petko Petkov 30 (0) Iliyan Vasilev 0 (0) Defenders Adalbert Zafirov 28 (2) Filip Filipov 21 (1) Stefan Lulchev 14 (0) Zdravko Radev 3 (0) Dobromir Mitov 25 (3) Galin Ivanov 20 (0) Midfielders Anatoli Nankov 27 (2) Risto Milosavov 24 (3) Iliya Voynov 20 (4) Ivo Slavchev 20 (2) Nikolay Nikolov 5 (1) Georgi Slavchev 6 (0) Kostadin Vidolov* 15 (1) Stiliyan Petrov 5 (0) Ivan Tanchovski 1 (0) Metodi Deyanov 14 (3) Milen Petkov 26 (3) Georgi Yordanov 12 (1) Forwards Ivaylo Andonov 25 (18) Jair 6 (3) Petar Zhabov 22 (9) Martin Petrov 3 (1) Dimitar Ivanov 24 (4) Kancho Yordanov 11 (2) Rumen Hristov* 4 (1) Bozhidar Yankov 4 (0) Manager Georgi Vasilev
Vidolov and Hristov left the club during a season.
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Todor PramatarovSlavia Sofia 262 Hristo MarashlievLevski Kyustendil (9)Spartak Varna (11)203 Ivaylo AndonovCSKA Sofia 184 Geno DobrevskiBotev Plovdiv 135 Mihail MihaylovLevski Kyustendil 126 Emil MitsanskiDobrudzha 11 Todor ZaytsevLevski Sofia8 Georgi IvanovLokomotiv Plovdiv 10 Iliya GruevNeftochimic10 Boris HvoynevBotev Plovdiv 9 Petar ZhabovCSKA Sofia Plamen PetrovLevski Kyustendil Marian HristovLevski Sofia Aleksandar AleksandrovMaritsa
Source:1996–97 Top Goalscorers
References
External links Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF) 1996–97 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com