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2012–13 A Group

The2012–13 A Groupwas the 89th season of the Bulgarian national top football division, and the 65th of A Group as the top tier football league in the country. The season began on 11 August 2012[4]and ended with the last games on 25 May 2013. Ludogorets Razgrad won the A Group title for a second consecutive season, after Levski were leading prior to the last round match, but made a draw with Slavia.[5][6][7][8]

A Group
Season 2012–13
Champions Ludogorets Razgrad
(2nd title)
Relegated Botev Vratsa
Minyor Pernik
Etar 1924
Montana
Champions League Ludogorets Razgrad
Europa League Levski Sofia
Botev
Beroe
Matches played 240
Goals scored 600 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer Guinea-BissauBasile de Carvalho
(19 goals)
Biggest home win Levski 7–1 Etar 1924
Biggest away win Pirin 0–5 CSKA Sofia
Highest scoring Levski 7–1 Etar 1924

Teams

Vidima-Rakovski, Kaliakra and Svetkavitsa were relegated after finishing in the bottom three places of the table at the end of season 2011/12.[9][10][11]

The relegated teams were replaced by Pirin (Gotse Delchev), champions of West B Group, Etar 1924 (Veliko Tarnovo), champions of East B Group andpromotion play-offwinners Botev (Plovdiv). Botev returned to A Group after three years of absence, while Pirin made their debut on the highest level of Bulgarian football. For Etar 1924 this is the first season in A Group since 1997–98.

Stadia and locations

As in the previous year, the league comprised the best thirteen teams of season 2011–12, the champions of the two B Groups and the winners of the promotion play-offs.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.[12]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe 12,300
Botev Plovdiv Hristo Botev 18,000
Botev Vratsa Hristo Botev 32,000
Cherno More Varna Ticha 8,250
Chernomorets Burgas Lazur 18,037
CSKA Sofia Balgarska Armiya 22,015
Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo Ivaylo 18,000
Levski Sofia Georgi Asparuhov 19,200
Litex Lovech Lovech 8,100
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv 10,000
Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 22,000
Ludogorets Razgrad Ludogorets Arena 6,000
Minyor Pernik Minyor 8,000
Montana Montana Ogosta 8,000
Pirin Gotse Delchev Gradski 5,000
Slavia Sofia Ovcha Kupel 15,992

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFAeligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Beroe Stara Zagora BulgariaPetar Hubchev BulgariaDoncho Atanasov Uhlsport Bulsatcom
Botev Plovdiv BulgariaStanimir Stoilov BulgariaAsen Karaslavov adidas KTB AD
Botev Vratsa BulgariaAntoni Zdravkov BulgariaIliya Iliev Zeus —
Cherno More Varna BulgariaGeorgi Ivanov BulgariaGeorgi Iliev Misho Armeets
Chernomorets Burgas BulgariaDimitar Dimitrov BulgariaTrayan Dyankov Legea —
CSKA Sofia BulgariaMilen Radukanov BulgariaIvan Bandalovski Legea GLOBUL
Etar TurkeySerdar Dayat BulgariaDormushali Saidhodzha Jumper CBA
Levski Sofia BulgariaNikolay Mitov BulgariaStanislav Angelov Puma VTB Bank, M-tel
Litex Lovech BulgariaHristo Stoichkov SerbiaNebojša Jelenković adidas b-connect
Lokomotiv Plovdiv BulgariaStefan Genov BulgariaZdravko Lazarov Uhlsport —
Lokomotiv Sofia BulgariaEmil Velev BulgariaKristian Dobrev Joma MALIZIA, Casa Boyana
Ludogorets Razgrad BulgariaIvaylo Petev BulgariaEmil Gargorov adidas Navibulgar
Minyor Pernik BulgariaNikolay Todorov BulgariaIvaylo Tsvetkov Jumper Municipal Insurance Company
Montana BulgariaStoycho Stoev BulgariaGeorgi Mechedzhiev Jako Ogosta Icecream
Pirin BulgariaTencho Tenev BulgariaPetar Lazarov Tinger —
Slavia Sofia BulgariaVelislav Vutsov BulgariaBogomil Dyakov Joma —

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ludogorets Razgrad(C) 30 22 6 2 58 13 +45 72 2013–14 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Levski Sofia 30 22 5 3 59 20 +39 71 2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3 CSKA Sofia 30 19 6 5 54 20 +34 63 Excluded from European competitions[1]
4 Botev Plovdiv 30 18 6 6 51 21 +30 60 2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
5 Litex Lovech 30 15 5 10 56 24 +32 50
6 Chernomorets Burgas 30 14 5 11 32 28 +4 47
7 Beroe 30 13 6 11 36 38 −2 45 2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round[2]
8 Slavia Sofia 30 12 6 12 39 35 +4 42
9 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 10 9 11 37 34 +3 39
10 Cherno More 30 9 8 13 33 39 −6 35
11 Pirin Gotse Delchev 30 10 4 16 27 57 −30 34
12 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 7 10 13 27 38 −11 31[3]
13 Botev Vratsa(R) 30 8 7 15 23 51 −28 31[3] Relegation to 2013–14 B PFG
14 Minyor Pernik(R) 30 5 5 20 20 49 −29 20
15 Montana(R) 30 4 4 22 27 57 −30 16
16 Etar(R) 30 4 4 22 20 75 −55 16

Results

Home \ Away BSZ BOT BVR CHM CHB CSK ETA LEV LIT LPL LSO LUD MIN MON PGD SLA
Beroe 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–3 2–1
Botev Plovdiv 1–2 5–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 5–0 3–0
Botev Vratsa 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–4 2–1 1–3 0–4 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–0
Cherno More 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–3 2–0 2–1 5–1 0–0
Chernomorets Burgas 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0
CSKA Sofia 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1
Etar 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–4 0–3 0–4 1–1 2–2 1–5 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–1
Levski Sofia 2–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 7–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1
Litex Lovech 1–2 0–1 5–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 6–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 5–0 5–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–5 5–1 4–0 1–0 1–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 2–2 1–2 3–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0
Ludogorets Razgrad 3–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–1
Minyor Pernik 3–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–4 1–0 0–4 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–4
Montana 1–3 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–3 2–3 0–2 1–3 1–2 2–3 0–3 2–0 3–0 0–1
Pirin Gotse Delchev 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 0–5 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 4–2 0–3
Slavia Sofia 6–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–2 3–0 1–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0

Champions

Ludogorets Razgrad
Goalkeepers
01 SerbiaUroš Golubović 06 0(0)
21 BulgariaVladislav Stoyanov 14 0(0)
91 BulgariaIvan Čvorović 10 0(0)
Defenders
04 FinlandTero Mäntylä 05 0(0)
05 FranceAlexandre Barthe 14 0(3)
20 BrazilGuilherme Choco 06 0(0)
25 BulgariaYordan Minev 24 0(0)
27 RomaniaCosmin Moți 21 0(1)
33 SlovakiaĽubomír Guldan 22 0(2)
77 PortugalVitinha 04 0(0)
80 BrazilJúnior Caiçara 28 0(0)
Midfielders
06 BulgariaGeorgi Kostadinov 06 0(0)
07 BulgariaMihail Aleksandrov 15 0(5)
08 BulgariaStanislav Genchev 28 0(3)
10 ColombiaSebastián Hernández 09 0(0)
14 NetherlandsMitchell Burgzorg 12 0(2)
15 SerbiaNemanja Milisavljević 06 0(0)
18 BulgariaSvetoslav Dyakov 28 0(3)
19 BulgariaDimo Bakalov 15 0(4)
22 BulgariaMiroslav Ivanov 26 0(4)
84 BrazilMarcelinho 25 0(6)
99 Ivory CoastFranck Guela* 13 0(1)
Forwards
09 SloveniaRoman Bezjak 14 0(5)
11 BrazilJuninho Quixadá 17 0(3)
23 BulgariaEmil Gargorov 22 0(6)
73 BulgariaIvan Stoyanov 28 0(9)
Manager
BulgariaIvaylo Petev

  • Guela left the club during a season.

Season statistics

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