Season | 2004–05 |
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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 played | 240 |
Goals scored | 638 (2.66 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Martin Kamburov (27 goals) |
Biggest home win | Levski 8–1 Belasitsa |
Biggest away win | Spartak 0–7 Levski |
Highest scoring | Levski 8–1 Belasitsa (9 goals) |
← 2003–04 2005–06 → |
The 2004–05 A Group was the 57th season of the top Bulgarian national football league (commonly referred to as A Group) and the 81st edition of a Bulgarian national championship tournament.
Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.
Teams
Promotion and Relegation
The league was contested by 16 teams, 13 returning from the previous season, as well as three teams promoted from the B Group. The promoted teams are Beroe Stara Zagora, Pirin Blagoevgrad, and Nesebar. 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.
Stadiums and Locations
SofiaBeroeNaftexCherno MoreSpartakNesebarLitexLokomotivVidimaBelasitsaMarekPirinRodopaclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2004–05 A Group CSKALevskiLokomotivSlaviaclass=notpageimage| Sofia 2004–05 A Group football clubs
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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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 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | CSKA Sofia (C) | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 81 | 16 | +65 | 79 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 76 | 19 | +57 | 76 | Qualification for UEFA 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 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 46 | |
7 | Naftex Burgas | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 35 | |
8 | Cherno More | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 35 | |
9 | Marek | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 35 | |
10 | Beroe | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 35 | |
11 | Belasitsa Petrich | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 34 | |
12 | Rodopa Smolyan | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 33 | |
13 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 33 | |
14 | Vidima-Rakovski (R) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 32 | Relegation to 2005–06 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 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Lokomotiv Sofia were docked three points for failure to pay salaries to a former player.
- ^ Naftex Burgas ahead of Cherno More, Marek and Beroe on head-to-head points; Naftex Burgas: 10 pts, Cherno More: 9 pts, Marek: 9 pts, Beroe: 7 pts.
- ^ Rodopa Smolyan ahead of Pirin Blagoevgrad on head-to-head away goals scored; Rodopa Smolyan–Pirin Blagoevgrad 2–0, Pirin Blagoevgrad–Rodopa Smolyan 4–2.
Results
Home \ Away | BEL | BSZ | CHM | CSK | LEV | LIT | LPL | LSO | MAR | NAF | NES | PRN | RDP | SPV | SLA | VRA |
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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 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Champions
- CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers | |||
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01 | Ivaylo Ivanov | 11 | 0(0) |
12 | Hristo Bahtarliev | 00 | 0(0) |
31 | Evgheni Hmaruc | 19 | 0(0) |
Defenders | |||
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02 | Radoslav Zabavník | 29 | 0(6) |
03 | Adalbert Zafirov | 13 | 0(0) |
04 | Marcos Charras* | 06 | 0(1) |
11 | Robert Caha | 08 | 0(0) |
13 | Yordan Varbanov | 11 | 0(0) |
14 | Valentin Iliev | 18 | 0(4) |
25 | Ivan Ivanov | 01 | 0(0) |
27 | Tiago Silva | 15 | 0(0) |
29 | Ibrahima Gueye | 23 | 0(1) |
30 | Yordan Todorov | 28 | 0(5) |
Midfielders | |||
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05 | Todor Yanchev | 26 | 0(1) |
07 | Hristo Yanev | 29 | (22) |
10 | Amiran Mujiri | 28 | 0(5) |
15 | Benoît Cauet | 15 | 0(0) |
17 | Joel Lindpere | 11 | 0(0) |
20 | Yordan Yurukov | 10 | 0(0) |
23 | Emil Gargorov | 22 | 0(9) |
26 | Petko Iliev | 02 | 0(0) |
Mansour Ayanda* | 08 | 0(0) |
Forwards | |||
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08 | Velizar Dimitrov | 10 | 0(4) |
09 | Ivan Ploshtakov | 03 | 0(0) |
18 | Gerasim Zakov | 10 | 0(1) |
19 | Evgeni Yordanov | 23 | (10) |
21 | Stoyko Sakaliev* | 13 | 0(5) |
31 | Miroslav Manolov* | 01 | 0(0) |
Manager | |
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Miodrag Ješić |
- Charras, Ayanda, Sakaliev and Manolov left the club during a season.
Top scorers
References
- "(2004-2005) ЦСКА слага 3 звезди след шпагати на Топчо" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 21 September 2013. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
External links
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