1966–67 A Group

A Group
Season	1966–67
Champions	Botev Plovdiv; (2nd title)
Relegated	Dunav; Marek;
European Cup	Botev Plovdiv
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Matches played	240
Goals scored	562 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Petar Zhekov; (21 goals)
	← 1965–66 1967–68 →

The 1966–67 A Group was the 19th 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 Botev Plovdiv won the championship.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Botev Plovdiv (C)	30	13	12	5	39	24	+15	38	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Slavia Sofia	30	13	11	6	33	27	+6	37
3	Levski Sofia	30	13	10	7	46	32	+14	36	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Spartak Sofia	30	13	9	8	40	26	+14	35
5	CSKA Sofia	30	11	12	7	42	34	+8	34
6	Cherno More Varna	30	12	9	9	40	29	+11	33
7	Botev Vratsa	30	13	6	11	45	40	+5	32
8	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	12	7	11	39	34	+5	31
9	Chernomorets Burgas	30	10	10	10	38	35	+3	30
10	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	10	9	11	37	41	−4	29
11	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	7	14	9	30	31	−1	28	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
12	Dobrudzha Dobrich	30	9	8	13	24	43	−19	26
13	Spartak Plovdiv	30	10	5	15	26	35	−9	25
14	Minyor Pernik	30	6	11	13	24	30	−6	23
15	Dunav Ruse (R)	30	9	4	17	35	60	−25	22	Relegation to 1967–68 B Group
16	Marek Dupnitsa (R)	30	8	5	17	24	41	−17	21	Relegation to 1967–68 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	BPD	BVR	CHM	CHB	CSK	DOB	DUN	LEV	LPL	LSO	MAR	MIN	SLA	SSF	SPD
Beroe Stara Zagora		0–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	5–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–0
Botev Plovdiv	3–0		1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1
Botev Vratsa	1–0	0–1		3–1	4–0	4–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	3–2	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	3–0
Cherno More	1–3	1–1	4–2		0–0	0–0	6–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–0
Chernomorets Burgas	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0		0–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	4–0	5–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1
CSKA Sofia	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	3–2		5–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	4–0
Dobrudzha Dobrich	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–0		2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
Dunav Ruse	1–0	4–2	5–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–1		2–1	1–1	4–1	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–0
Levski Sofia	4–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0		0–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–4		1–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–2
Lokomotiv Sofia	4–1	2–0	0–1	1–3	3–1	5–1	0–1	4–0	1–3	0–0		1–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–2
Marek Dupnitsa	0–0	1–3	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1		2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0
Minyor Pernik	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	4–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	3–0		0–0	1–0	2–0
Slavia Sofia	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0		2–1	1–0
Spartak Sofia	1–2	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	7–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1		1–1
Spartak Plovdiv	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	4–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0

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

Champions

Botev Plovdiv

Goalkeepers
Mihail Karushkov	30	(0)
Georgi Naydenov	2	(0)

Defenders
Ivan Zaduma	26	(0)
Ivan Gluhchev	27	(0)
Nenko Georgiev	25	(0)
Vidin Apostolov	29	(0)
Rayko Stoynov	29	(1)

Midfielders
Dimitar Kostadinov	29	(2)
Bozhidar Atanasov	18	(0)
Nikola Ivanov	9	(0)
Ivan Kyuchukov	24	(1)
Kostadin Bichev	2	(0)
Ivan Bachkov	8	(0)

Forwards
Dinko Dermendzhiev	29	(14)
Vangel Delev	2	(0)
Dimitar Tortolanov	1	(0)
Georgi Popov	24	(12)
Dobrin Nenov	29	(9)
Petar Terziev	1	(0)

Manager
	Vasil Spasov

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Petar Zhekov	Beroe Stara Zagora	21
2	Dinko Dermendzhiev	Botev Plovdiv	14
	Nikola Yordanov	Dunav Ruse
	Stefan Bogomilov	Cherno More Varna
5	Iliya Dragomirov	Botev Vratsa	13
6	Nikola Tsanev	CSKA Sofia	12
6	Georgi Popov	Botev Plovdiv	12
8	Dimitar Tsekov	Lokomotiv Sofia	11
	Dimitar Yakimov	CSKA Sofia
	Yancho Dimitrov	Beroe Stara Zagora
	Georgi Kamenov	Botev Vratsa
	Hristo Bonev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv

References

^ "Ботев Пд е пръв сред равни в най-силната А група" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 15 December 2012.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1966–67 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[1] "Ботев Пд е пръв сред равни в най-силната А група" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 15 December 2012.

[1]

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 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

1966–67 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Balkans Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 1968 qualification (Group 2) Dobromir Tashkov
List of transfers

1966–67 in European football (UEFA)
« 1965–66 1967–68 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '66 '67 England Faroe Islands '66 '67 Finland '66 '67 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '66 '67 Iceland '66 '67 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '66 '67 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '66 '67 Spain Sweden '66 '67 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '66 '67 Finland '66 '67 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '66 '67 Iceland '66 '67 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '66 '67 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden '67 Switzerland Turkey 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 Mitropa Cup