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A Group
Season	1961–62
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (12th title)
Relegated	Minyor; Marek;
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
Matches	182
Goals	519 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nikola Yordanov; (23 goals)
	← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 A Group was the 14th 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 14 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship for the ninth straight time.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	26	18	5	3	60	25	+35	41	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Spartak Plovdiv	26	13	9	4	55	35	+20	35
3	Levski Sofia	26	12	6	8	46	37	+9	30
4	Botev Plovdiv	26	8	11	7	43	38	+5	27	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
5	Slavia Sofia	26	10	7	9	45	40	+5	27
6	Cherno More Varna	26	9	9	8	29	30	−1	27
7	Lokomotiv Sofia	26	8	10	8	39	39	0	26
8	Spartak Pleven	26	11	4	11	33	40	−7	26
9	Beroe Stara Zagora	26	10	5	11	30	40	−10	25
10	Dunav Ruse	26	8	8	10	40	40	0	24
11	Spartak Varna	26	7	9	10	33	31	+2	23
12	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26	7	7	12	24	35	−11	21
13	Minyor Pernik (R)	26	4	10	12	18	39	−21	18	Relegation to 1962–63 B Group
14	Marek Dupnitsa (R)	26	5	4	17	24	50	−26	14	Relegation to 1962–63 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	BPD	CHM	CSK	DUN	LEV	LPL	LSO	MAR	MIN	SLA	SPL	SPD	SPV
Beroe Stara Zagora		2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–2
Botev Plovdiv	1–0		0–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	3–1
Cherno More	3–0	1–1		0–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0
CSKA Sofia	3–0	3–1	1–0		1–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	7–1	4–1	0–1
Dunav Ruse	4–1	2–2	4–2	2–2		1–2	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–3	5–1	1–1	2–2
Levski Sofia	2–2	1–6	6–0	6–3	4–0		4–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	3–3	1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0		2–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1		6–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	4–4	2–0
Marek Dupnitsa	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	3–0	3–2	3–1		2–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–0
Minyor Pernik	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–0		1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0
Slavia Sofia	6–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	3–3	1–0	3–1	4–1	4–1		5–1	0–0	1–0
Spartak Pleven	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–0	1–0
Spartak Plovdiv	2–1	4–4	2–4	2–0	4–3	1–0	4–0	4–0	3–0	6–0	1–1	4–3		4–3
Spartak Varna	5–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–3	3–1	0–0	6–1	1–0	0–1

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

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Georgi Naydenov	21	(0)
Hristo Andonov	4	(0)
Petar Petrov	4	(0)

Defenders
Nikola Kovachev	25	(4)
Stoyan Koshev	10	(0)
Ivan Zdravkov	3	(0)
Kiril Rakarov	20	(2)
Manol Manolov	10	(0)
Boris Gaganelov	23	(0)

Midfielders
Boris Stankov	8	(1)
Georgi Zlatkov	10	(1)
Panteley Dimitrov	26	(2)
Vasil Romanov	10	(2)
Georgi Georgiev	4	(0)

Forwards
Ivan Kolev	26	(6)
Ivan Rankov	23	(7)
Nikola Tsanev	22	(13)
Hristo Dzhordzhilov	1	(1)
Dimitar Yakimov	25	(15)
Panayot Panayotov	24	(2)
Anton Krastev	8	(3)

Manager
	Krum Milev

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Nikola Yordanov	Dunav Ruse	23
2	Todor Diev	Spartak Plovdiv	19
2	Aleksandar Vasilev	Slavia Sofia	19
4	Hristo Dishkov	Spartak Plovdiv	16
5	Dimitar Yakimov	CSKA Sofia	15

References

↑ "Сериалът "Къде е Гунди" лишава Аспарухов от титла с ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 10 November 2012.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1961–62 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[1] "Сериалът "Къде е Гунди" лишава Аспарухов от титла с ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 10 November 2012.

[1]

v t e Bulgarian football championship seasons
State Championship (National Football Division)	1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1941 1942 1943 1944
Republic Championship	1945 1946 1947 1948
A Group	1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
First League	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26 2026–27

v t e 1961–62 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup Balkans Cup 1960–61 1961–63
Related to national team	1962 FIFA World Cup (Qualification Group 2, Group 4) Georgi Pachedzhiev
List of transfers

v t e 1961–62 in European football (UEFA)
« 1960–61 1962–63 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '61 '62 England Faroe Islands '61 '62 Finland '61 '62 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '61 '62 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '61 '62 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '61 '62 Spain Sweden '61 '62 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '61 Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '61 '62 Finland '61 '62 France East Germany West Germany Greece Iceland '61 '62 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '61 '62 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '61 '62 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '60–'61 '61–'63