- Overview
- League standings
- Champions
- Top scorers
- References
- External links
{{Infobox football league season | competition = A Group | season = 1998–99 | winners = Litex Lovech (2nd title) | relegated = Metalurg Lokomotiv Plovdiv Septemvri | continentalcup1 = Champions League | continentalcup1 qualifiers = Litex Lovech | continentalcup2 = UEFA Cup | continentalcup2 qualifiers = Levski Sofia CSKA Sofia | league topscorer = Dimcho Belyakov (21 goals) | biggest home win = | biggest away win = | highest scoring = | longest wins = | longest losses = | longest unbeaten = | longest winless = | matches = 239 | total goals = 719 | highest attendance = | lowest attendance = | average attendance = | prevseason = 1997–98 | nextseason = 1999–00 }}
Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1998–1999 season. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and Litex Lovech won the championship.[1] League standings Key to colors in league table | Champion and Champions League place | Qualify for UEFA Cup | Qualify for Intertoto Cup | Relegated to B Group at the end of season |
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
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1 | Litex Lovech | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 83 | 25 | 73 | +68 | 2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 11 | 71 | +40 | 3 | Levski Kyustendil | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 57 | 29 | 57 | +28 | 4 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 30 | 55 | +16 | 5 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 39 | 50 | +17 | 6 | Neftochimic Burgas | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 52 | 38 | 49 | +14 | 7 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 36 | 41 | +11 | 8 | Minyor Pernik | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 46 | 40 | -2 | 9 | Dobrudzha Dobrich | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 45 | 55 | 36 | -10 | 10 | Metalurg Pernik | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 33 | 46 | 35 | -13 | 11 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 35 | 58 | 34 | -23 | 12 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 39 | 50 | 34 | -11 | 13 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 55 | 32 | -21 | 14 | Shumen | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 56 | 32 | -20 | 15 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 73 | 17 | -47 | 16 | Septemvri Sofia | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 34 | 73 | 17 | -39 |
- Metalurg Pernik relegated by Bulgarian Football Union for match fixing
- Litex and Levski three points deducted for winning fixed matches against Metalurg
- Levski (Kyustendil) and CSKA (Sofia) awarded no points following April 11 match abandoned at half-time.
- Litex (Lovech) have changed name to Lovech
Champions- Litex Lovech
Goalkeepers | {{0}}1 | BUL}} Vitomir Vutov | 19 | {{0}}(0) | 12 | BUL}} Stoyan Stavrev | 11 | {{0}}(0) | |
Defenders | {{0}}3 | BUL}} Zhivko Zhelev | {{0}}8 | {{0}}(1) | {{0}}4 | BUL}} Stefan Kolev | 26 | {{0}}(0) | {{0}}5 | BUL}} Dimitar Balabanov* | {{0}}1 | {{0}}(0) | 13 | BUL}} Nikolay Dimitrov | 22 | {{0}}(0) | 16 | BUL}} Dimitar Karadaliev | 16 | {{0}}(1) | 17 | BUL}} Zlatomir Zagorčić | 19 | {{0}}(1) | 22 | ALB}} Altin Haxhi | 24 | {{0}}(6) | 25 | BUL}} Radostin Kishishev | 26 | {{0}}(1) | BUL}} Rosen Kirilov* | 11 | {{0}}(1) | |
Midfielders | {{0}}2 | ROM}} Laurențiu Reghecampf | 14 | {{0}}(4) | {{0}}6 | BUL}} Rosen Emilov | 15 | {{0}}(0) | {{0}}7 | BUL}} Mariyan Todorov | 21 | {{0}}(2) | {{0}}8 | BUL}} Stoycho Stoilov | 24 | {{0}}(9) | 10 | BUL}} Vasil Kirov | 16 | {{0}}(1) | 15 | Serbia and Montenegro}} Dragoljub Simonović | 24 | {{0}}(9) | 18 | BUL}} Ivaylo Petev | {{0}}5 | {{0}}(0) | 19 | BUL}} Veselin Sarbakov* | {{0}}2 | {{0}}(0) | 23 | BUL}} Svetlan Kondev | {{0}}2 | {{0}}(0) | BUL}} Georgi Bogdanov | {{0}}3 | {{0}}(0) | |
Forwards | {{0}}9 | BUL}} Stefan Yurukov | 19 | {{0}}(7) | 11 | BUL}} Dimcho Belyakov | 25 | (21) | 14 | ALB}} Alban Bushi | 22 | (10) | 20 | BUL}} Svetoslav Todorov | 12 | {{0}}(2) | 21 | BUL}} Veselin Ignatov* | {{0}}5 | {{0}}(1) | 24 | BRA}} Luis Carlos Mota | 11 | {{0}}(1) | Serbia and Montenegro}} Igor Bogdanović* | {{0}}9 | {{0}}(5) | BUL}} Metodi Stoynev* | {{0}}1 | {{0}}(0) | BUL}} Ivan Gemedzhiev | {{0}}2 | {{0}}(0) | |
Manager | BUL}} Ferario Spasov | {{clear}}- Ignatov, Kirilov, Balabanov, Sarbakov, Bogdanović and Stoynev left the club during a season.
Top scorersRank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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1 | {{flagicon|BUL}} Dimcho Belyakov | Litex Lovech | 21 | 2 | {{flagicon|BUL}} Todor Pramatarov | Shumen | 17 | 3 | {{flagicon|BUL}} Hristo Marashliev | Levski Kyustendil | 16 | 4 | {{flagicon|BUL}} Georgi Georgiev | Minyor Pernik | 15 | 5 | {{flagicon|BUL}} Georgi Ivanov | Levski Sofia | 13 | 6 | {{flagicon|BUL}} Diyan Bozhilov | Dobrudzha Dobrich | 12 | 7 | {{flagicon|CIV}} Serge Yoffou | Dobrudzha Dobrich | 11 | {{flagicon|BUL}} Dimitar Telkiyski | Botev Plovdiv | {{flagicon|BUL}} Iliya Gruev | Neftochimic Burgas | 10 | {{flagicon|ALB}} Alban Bushi | Litex Lovech | 10 | {{flagicon|BUL}} Genadi Simeonov | Metalurg Pernik | {{flagicon|BUL}} Petar Mihtarski | Pirin Blagoevgrad | {{flagicon|BUL}} Mihail Mihaylov | Levski Kyustendil | {{flagicon|BUL}} Boyko Velichkov | Spartak Varna | |
- Source:[https://top15goalscorers.blogspot.com/2017/06/bulgaria-1998-99.html 1998–99 Top Goalscorers]
References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.temasport.com/news/view/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0+%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0+%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3,++%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81+%D1%81%D0%B5+%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC%D1%8A%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0+%D1%81%D1%83%D1%85/news:23832|publisher=temasport.com|title=Касета убива Металург, Литекс се измъква сух|date=10 August 2013|language=Bulgarian}}
External links- Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
{{A PFG seasons}}{{1998–99 in European Football (UEFA)}}{{DEFAULTSORT:1998-99 A PFG}} 3 : Bulgarian First League seasons|1998–99 in European association football leagues|1998–99 in Bulgarian football |