| Season | 2010–11 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 31 July 2010 – 28 May 2011 |
| Champions | Litex Lovech (4th title) |
| Relegated | Akademik Sofia Sliven Pirin |
| Champions League | Litex Lovech |
| Europa League | Levski Sofia CSKA Sofia Lokomotiv Sofia |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 577 (2.4 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | (26 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Pirin 6–0Akademik (14 May 2011) |
| Biggest away win | Akademik 0–4Slavia (11 September 2010) Chernomorets 0–4CSKA Sofia (5 March 2011) |
| Highest scoring | Sliven 6–1Vidima-Rakovski (18 September 2010) Lokomotiv Sofia 4–3Slavia (27 November 2010) |
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The2010–11 A Group season was the 87th edition of theBulgarian national top football division, and the 63rd ofA Group as the top-tier football league in the country. The season commenced on 31 July 2010 and ended with the last games on 28 May 2011. The winter break was between the weekends around 29 November 2010 and 26 February 2011.[1]Litex Lovech defended their2009/10 A Group title and were champions for 2 consecutive seasons. As of the 2024-25, this is the most recent edition not won byLudogorets Razgrad.
Lokomotiv Mezdra,Sportist Svoge andBotev Plovdiv were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom three places. Lokomotiv Mezdra ended a two-year tenure, Sportist Svoge were relegated after a year in A Group, and Botev were excluded from A Group due to financial difficulties at the winter brake, ending a five-year stint in the A Group.
The relegated teams were replaced byVidima-Rakovski, champions of WestB Group andKaliakra Kavarna, champions of the EastB Group. Vidima-Rakovski returned to A Group after two years, while Kaliakra entered the top division for their first time.
A further place in the league was decided by a play-off match between the runners-up teams from the twoB Group's. The game was played on23 May 2010 betweenNesebar andAkademik Sofia. Akademik won the match by2–1 and returned to the top division after 28 years. The last season the club had played inA Group was1981–82.
As in the previous year, the league will comprise the best thirteen teams ofseason 2009/10, the 2 champions of theWest andEastB Group's and the winners of thepromotion play-off between the runners-up from theWest andEastB Group's.
The following teams have ensured their participation inA Group for season2010/11 (listed in alphabetical order):
| Team | City | Stadium | Stadium capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akademik | Sofia | Ovcha Kupel1 | 18,000 |
| Beroe | Stara Zagora | Beroe | 17,800 |
| Cherno More | Varna | Ticha | 8,250 |
| Chernomorets | Burgas | Lazur | 18,037 |
| CSKA | Sofia | Vasil Levski2 | 43,632 |
| Kaliakra | Kavarna | Kavarna | 5,000 |
| Levski | Sofia | Georgi Asparuhov | 29,986 |
| Litex | Lovech | Lovech | 7,050 |
| Lokomotiv | Plovdiv | Lokomotiv | 13,800 |
| Lokomotiv | Sofia | Vasil Levski3 | 43,632 |
| Minyor | Pernik | Minyor | 8,000 |
| Montana | Montana | Ogosta | 8,000 |
| Pirin | Blagoevgrad | Hristo Botev | 7,500 |
| Slavia | Sofia | Ovcha Kupel | 18,000 |
| Sliven 2000 | Sliven | Hadzhi Dimitar | 10,000 |
| Vidima-Rakovski | Sevlievo | Rakovski | 8,816 |
| Team | Outgoing manager(s) | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSKA Sofia | End of caretaker contract | 16 May 2010 | Pre-season | 13 May 2010[2] | ||
| Slavia Sofia | Sacked | 17 May 2010 | 19 May 2010[3] | |||
| Levski Sofia | End of caretaker contract | 20 May 2010 | 20 May 2010[4] | |||
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | Leaves the club | 8 June 2010[5] | 21 June 2010 | |||
| Litex Lovech | Sacked | 5 August 2010 | 1st | 5 August 2010[6] | ||
| CSKA Sofia | Sacked | 16 August 2010[7] | 13th | 16 August 2010[8] | ||
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | Sacked | 30 August 2010 | 14th | 1 September 2010[9] | ||
| Litex Lovech | End of caretaker contract | 1 September 2010 | 4th | 2 September 2010[10] | ||
| Minyor Pernik | Resigned | 6 September 2010[11] | 16th | 8 September 2010[12] | ||
| Kaliakra Kavarna | Sacked | 6 October 2010[13] | 13th | 7 October 2010 | ||
| CSKA Sofia | Sacked | 21 October 2010[14] | 9th | 21 October 2010[15] | ||
| Cherno More Varna | Resigned | 23 October 2010[16] | 10th | 23 October 2010 | ||
| Lokomotiv Sofia | Sacked | 22 November 2010[17] | 5th | 22 November 2010 | ||
| Sliven | Resigned | 4 December 2010[18] | 15th | 10 January 2011[19] | ||
| Chernomorets Burgas | Resigned | 7 December 2010[20] | 3rd | 23 December 2010[21] | ||
| Chernomorets Burgas | Sacked | 21 March 2011[22] | 7th | 21 March 2011 | ||
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Sacked | 26 April 2011[23] | 5th | 26 April 2011 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Litex Lovech(C) | 30 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 56 | 13 | +43 | 75 | Qualification forChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 67 | 24 | +43 | 72 | Qualification forEuropa League third qualifying round |
| 3 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 61 | Qualification forEuropa League play-off round[a] |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 52[b] | Qualification forEuropa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 52[b] | |
| 6 | Cherno More | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 51 | |
| 7 | Beroe | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 46 | |
| 8 | Chernomorets Burgas | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 37 | |
| 9 | Minyor Pernik | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 36 | |
| 10 | Montana | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 32[c] | |
| 11 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 32[c] | |
| 12 | Kaliakra | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 40 | −21 | 30 | |
| 13 | Pirin Blagoevgrad(R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 27 | Relegation to2011–12 V Group[d] |
| 14 | Vidima-Rakovski(O) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 25 | Qualification forrelegation play-off |
| 15 | Akademik Sofia(R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 51 | −35 | 20 | Relegation to2011–12 B Group |
| 16 | Sliven(R) | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 52 | −30 | 19 |
| Home \ Away | AKD | BSZ | CHM | CHB | CSK | KAV | LEV | LIT | LPL | LSO | MIN | MON | PIR | SLA | OFC | VRA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akademik Sofia | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| Beroe | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Cherno More | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | |
| Chernomorets Burgas | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| CSKA Sofia | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Kaliakra | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Levski Sofia | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | |
| Litex Lovech | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| Minyor Pernik | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |
| Montana | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Slavia Sofia | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| OFC Sliven | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | |
| Vidima-Rakovski | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
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| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Litex Lovech | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Levski Sofia | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| CSKA Sofia | 14 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Cherno More | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Beroe | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Chernomorets Burgas | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Minyor Pernik | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Montana | 14 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Slavia Sofia | 14 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 |
| Kaliakra | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 12 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| Vidima-Rakovski | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Akademik Sofia | 8 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| OFC Sliven | 10 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Sportist Svoge | 1–2 | Chernomorets Pomorie |
|---|---|---|
| Mladenov | (Report) | Koparanov Kostadinov |
| Vidima-Rakovski | 0–3 | Chernomorets Pomorie |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Atanasov Kaloyanov |
Chernomorets Pomorie wasn't allowed to compete in the next season, so there will be 2 play-offs. The first will be between the teams that lost against Chernomorets Pomorie,Vidima-Rakovski andSportist Svoge. The other will be betweenSvetkavitsa andFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo (the 3rd teams in the West and EastB Group) for thePirin Blagoevgrad's place.
| Svetkavitsa | 3–1 | Etar |
|---|---|---|
| Genov Stoyanov Shokolarov | Report | Kanev |
| Sportist Svoge | 1–1 | Vidima-Rakovski |
|---|---|---|
| P. Vasilev | Report | Gospodinov |
| Penalties | ||
| Stoev Mladenov Mutafov Borisov Valentinov | 2–3 | Gospodinov Andonov A. Ivanov Ashimov |
| Goalkeepers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | (0) | |
| 30 | 1 | (0) | |
| 31 | 26 | (0) | |
| Defenders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 21 | (3) | |
| 3 | 27 | (1) | |
| 4 | 23 | (0) | |
| 5 | 12 | (0) | |
| 6 | 5 | (1) | |
| 16 | 3 | (0) | |
| 18 | 6 | (0) | |
| 22 | 24 | (0) | |
| 33 | 25 | (2) | |
| Midfielders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 27 | (5) | |
| 8 | 18 | (1) | |
| 10 | 10 | (1) | |
| 15 | 22 | (12) | |
| 17 | 27 | (4) | |
| 19 | 6 | (0) | |
| 20 | 0 | (0) | |
| 21 | 14 | (0) | |
| 22 | 1 | (0) | |
| 23 | 22 | (0) | |
| 24 | 1 | (0) | |
| 27 | 22 | (3) | |
| Forwards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 25 | (8) | |
| 11 | 14 | (2) | |
| 14 | 12 | (3) | |
| 12 | (6) | ||
| 3 | (0) | ||
| 7 | (2) | ||
| Manager | |
|---|---|
Top goalscorers[edit]Including matches played on 28 May 2011[24] | Top assistants[edit]Including matches played on 28 May 2011[25]
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| # | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chernomorets | 4,084 |
| 2 | Beroe | 3,222 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 3,093 |
| 4 | Levski | 2,811 |
| 5 | CSKA Sofia | 2,423 |
| 6 | Minyor | 2,411 |
| 7 | Montana | 2,310 |
| 8 | Cherno More | 2,023 |
| 9 | Sliven | 1,611 |
| 10 | Lovech | 1,513 |
| 11 | Pirin | 1,381 |
| 12 | Kaliakra | 988 |
| 13 | Vidima-Rakovski | 912 |
| 14 | Slavia Sofia | 725 |
| 15 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 311 |
| 16 | Akademik Sofia | 307 |
Source:[26]