1952 A Group

A Group

Season	1952
Champions	CSKA Sofia (3rd title)
Relegated	Akademik Sofia Spartak Varna
Matches	132
Goals	292 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dimitar Isakov Dobromir Tashkov (10 goals each)
← 1951 1953 →

The 1952 A Group was the fourth 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 12 teams, and CSKA Sofia, who were the defending champions, won the championship.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	22	13	7	2	38	12	+26	33
2	Spartak Sofia	22	9	8	5	30	13	+17	26
3	Lokomotiv Sofia	22	11	3	8	30	22	+8	25
4	Spartak Pleven	22	8	8	6	19	21	−2	24
5	Levski Sofia	22	8	6	8	22	16	+6	22
6	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	22	9	4	9	24	26	−2	22
7	Cherno More Varna	22	8	6	8	22	32	−10	22
8	Slavia Sofia	22	8	5	9	29	22	+7	21
9	Botev Plovdiv	22	9	1	12	17	25	−8	19
10	Minyor Pernik	22	7	4	11	26	34	−8	18
11	Akademik Sofia (R)	22	6	6	10	19	32	−13	18	Relegation to 1953 B Group
12	Spartak Varna (R)	22	4	6	12	16	37	−21	14

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

Results

Home \ Away	AKD	BPD	CHM	CSK	LEV	LPL	LSO	MIN	SLA	SPL	SSF	SPV
Akademik Sofia		2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–0
Botev Plovdiv	1–0		0–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–0
Cherno More	5–1	2–1		0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–1	0–0	3–2
CSKA Sofia	1–0	3–0	4–1		3–1	5–1	4–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	5–0
Levski Sofia	4–0	0–0	5–0	0–1		1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0		3–2	4–1	0–2	6–1	1–4	2–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–0		3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	5–0
Minyor Pernik	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–0		0–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Slavia Sofia	3–0	4–1	6–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2		2–0	0–0	0–0
Spartak Pleven	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–0		0–0	0–0
Spartak Sofia	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	1–0		5–0
Spartak Varna	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–0

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

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Georgi Kekemanov	12	0(0)
Stefan Gerenski	10	0(0)

Defenders
Georgi Tsvetkov	21	0(0)
Kiril Rakarov	05	0(0)
Georgi Enisheynov	20	0(0)
Manol Manolov	21	0(0)

Midfielders
Gavril Stoyanov	18	0(1)
Stefan Bozhkov	22	0(8)
Atanas Tsanov	06	0(0)

Forwards
Krum Yanev	11	0(2)
Dimitar Milanov	21	0(8)
Mihail Yankov	14	0(3)
Ivan Kolev	18	0(3)
Stefan Stefanov	17	0(2)
Angel Milanov	09	0(2)
Petar Mihaylov	08	0(3)
Panayot Panayotov	21	0(5)

Manager
	Krum Milev

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Dimitar Isakov	Slavia Sofia	10
	Dobromir Tashkov	Spartak Sofia
3	Stefan Bozhkov	CSKA Sofia	8
	Dimitar Milanov	CSKA Sofia
	Todor Diev	Spartak Sofia
6	Nikolay Milkov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	7
	Arsen Dimitrov	Levski Sofia
	Georgi Dimitrov	Cherno More Varna
9	Yordan Tomov	Levski Sofia	6
	Toma Zahariev	Slavia Sofia
	Nikola Bogdanov	Lokomotiv Sofia
	Ivan Trendafilov	Akademik Sofia
	Dimitar Samsarov	Akademik Sofia
	Georgi Arnaudov	Spartak Varna

References

1. "Бой с налъми и дуетът Колев - Янев правят ЦСКА хегемон" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 1 September 2012.

External links

• Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• 1952 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com