| Season | 2004–05 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 August 2004 – 28 May 2005 |
| Champions | CSKA Sofia (30th title) |
| Relegated | Vidima-Rakovski Nesebar Spartak Varna |
| Champions League | CSKA Sofia |
| UEFA Cup | Levski Sofia Lokomotiv Plovdiv Litex Lovech |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 638 (2.66 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Martin Kamburov (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Levski 8–1Belasitsa |
| Biggest away win | Spartak 0–7Levski |
| Highest scoring | Levski 8–1Belasitsa (9 goals) |
2005–06 → | |
The2004–05 A Group was the 57th season of the top Bulgarian national football league (commonly referred to asA Group) and the81st edition of a Bulgarian national championship tournament.
It was contested by 16 teams, andCSKA Sofia won the championship.[1]
The league was contested by 16 teams, 13 returning from the previous season, as well as three teams promoted from theB Group. The promoted teams areBeroe Stara Zagora,Pirin Blagoevgrad, andNesebar. Beroe return after a two-year absence, Pirin return after a four-year absence, while Nesebar made their debut in the top level of Bulgarian football.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belasitsa | Petrich | Tsar Samuil | 12,000 |
| Beroe | Stara Zagora | Beroe | 12,500 |
| Cherno More | Varna | Ticha | 8,250 |
| CSKA | Sofia | Balgarska Armia | 22,015 |
| Levski | Sofia | Georgi Asparuhov | 29,200 |
| Litex | Lovech | Gradski(Lovech) | 7,050 |
| Lokomotiv | Plovdiv | Lokomotiv(Plovdiv) | 20,000 |
| Lokomotiv | Sofia | Lokomotiv(Sofia) | 17,500 |
| Marek | Dupnitsa | Bonchuk | 12,500 |
| Naftex | Burgas | Lazur | 18,037 |
| Nesebar | Nesebar | Gradski(Nesebar) | 5,500 |
| Pirin | Blagoevgrad | Hristo Botev | 15,000 |
| Rodopa | Smolyan | Septemvri | 6,000 |
| Slavia | Sofia | Slavia | 32,000 |
| Spartak | Varna | Spartak | 7,500 |
| Vidima-Rakovski | Sevlievo | Rakovski | 6,000 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSKA Sofia(C) | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 81 | 16 | +65 | 79 | Qualification forChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 76 | 19 | +57 | 76 | Qualification forUEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 58 | |
| 4 | Litex Lovech | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 52 | |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 48 | |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Sofia[a] | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 46 | |
| 7 | Naftex Burgas | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 35[b] | |
| 8 | Cherno More | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 35[b] | |
| 9 | Marek | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 35[b] | |
| 10 | Beroe | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 35[b] | |
| 11 | Belasitsa Petrich | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 34 | |
| 12 | Rodopa Smolyan | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 33[c] | |
| 13 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 33[c] | |
| 14 | Vidima-Rakovski(R) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 32 | Relegation to2005–06 B Group |
| 15 | Nesebar(R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 63 | −37 | 20 | |
| 16 | Spartak Varna(R) | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 73 | −55 | 18 |
| Home \ Away | BEL | BSZ | CHM | CSK | LEV | LIT | LPL | LSO | MAR | NAF | NES | PRN | RDP | SPV | SLA | VRA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belasitsa Petrich | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Beroe | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Cherno More | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| CSKA Sofia | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | |
| Levski Sofia | 8–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| Litex Lovech | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–4 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | |
| Marek | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | |
| Naftex Burgas | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | |
| Nesebar | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Rodopa Smolyan | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Spartak Varna | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
| Slavia Sofia | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | |
| Vidima-Rakovski | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Goalkeepers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | (0) | |
| 12 | 0 | (0) | |
| 31 | 19 | (0) | |
| Defenders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 29 | (6) | |
| 3 | 13 | (0) | |
| 4 | 6 | (1) | |
| 11 | 8 | (0) | |
| 13 | 11 | (0) | |
| 14 | 18 | (4) | |
| 25 | 1 | (0) | |
| 27 | 15 | (0) | |
| 29 | 23 | (1) | |
| 30 | 28 | (5) | |
| Midfielders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 26 | (1) | |
| 7 | 29 | (22) | |
| 10 | 28 | (5) | |
| 15 | 15 | (0) | |
| 17 | 11 | (0) | |
| 20 | 10 | (0) | |
| 23 | 22 | (9) | |
| 26 | 2 | (0) | |
| 8 | (0) | ||
| Forwards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 10 | (4) | |
| 9 | 3 | (0) | |
| 18 | 10 | (1) | |
| 19 | 23 | (10) | |
| 21 | 13 | (5) | |
| 31 | 1 | (0) | |
| Manager | |
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