1962–63 A Group

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A Group
Season1962–63
ChampionsSpartak Plovdiv
(1st title)
Relegated
European CupSpartak Plovdiv
Inter-Cities Fairs CupLokomotiv Plovdiv
Matches played240
Goals scored630 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerTodor Diev
(26 goals)

The 1962–63 A Group was the 15th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

Overview[edit]

It was contested by 16 teams, and Spartak Plovdiv won the championship.

League standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Spartak Plovdiv (C) 30 19 5 6 57 33 +24 43 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Botev Plovdiv 30 17 6 7 55 26 +29 40
3 CSKA Sofia 30 14 9 7 55 28 +27 37
4 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 12 12 6 42 27 +15 36
5 Spartak Sofia 30 12 10 8 37 34 +3 34
6 Levski Sofia 30 8 16 6 41 31 +10 32
7 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 10 10 10 35 40 −5 30 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
8 Cherno More Varna 30 11 7 12 26 33 −7 29
9 Spartak Pleven 30 10 8 12 39 43 −4 28
10 Slavia Sofia 30 9 9 12 36 38 −2 27 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11 Dunav Ruse 30 8 10 12 36 46 −10 26
12 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 8 9 13 32 44 −12 25
13 Marek Dupnitsa 30 10 5 15 41 56 −15 25
14 Spartak Varna 30 10 5 15 37 53 −16 25
15 Dobrudzha Dobrich (R) 30 7 9 14 25 38 −13 23 Relegation to 1963–64 B Group
16 Himik Dimitrovgrad (R) 30 7 6 17 36 60 −24 20
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results[edit]

Home \ Away BSZ BPD CHM CSK DOB DUN HIM LEV LPL LSO MAR SLA SPL SPD SSF SPV
Beroe Stara Zagora 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–1 2–0
Botev Plovdiv 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 6–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 6–0
Cherno More 1–0 1–3 0–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–1
CSKA Sofia 5–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 5–1
Dobrudzha Dobrich 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 2–2
Dunav Ruse 4–1 3–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0
Himik Dimitrovgrad 1–1 3–4 1–1 0–4 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 3–1 4–3 1–0 2–3
Levski Sofia 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 4–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 0–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 4–0 0–4 1–0 0–0 3–1 4–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–2
Lokomotiv Sofia 3–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 6–0
Marek Dupnitsa 3–1 3–3 1–0 0–2 2–3 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Slavia Sofia 4–1 0–3 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–3 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–3 1–3 0–1 1–0
Spartak Pleven 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 3–0 2–0
Spartak Plovdiv 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 4–2 3–2 2–1
Spartak Sofia 3–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 4–4 1–0
Spartak Varna 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 0–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions[edit]

Spartak Plovdiv
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Yordan Stankov
Bulgaria Vasil Stoynov
Defenders
Bulgaria Ivan Ivanov
Bulgaria Atanas Manolov
Bulgaria Georgi Botev
Bulgaria Georgi Statev
Bulgaria Tobiya Momin
Midfielders
Bulgaria Dimitar Dimov
Bulgaria Stefan Todorov
Bulgaria Tsvetan Stoynov
Bulgaria Bozhidar Mitkov
Forwards
Bulgaria Georgi Lazarov
Bulgaria Mihail Dushev
Bulgaria Atanas Hari Georgiev
Bulgaria Hristo Dishkov
Bulgaria Dimitar Genov
Bulgaria Todor Diev
Manager
Bulgaria Dimitar Baykushev

Top scorers[edit]

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Todor Diev Spartak Plovdiv 26
2 Bulgaria Georgi Asparuhov Botev Plovdiv 20
3 Bulgaria Nikola Tsanev CSKA Sofia 16
Bulgaria Aleksandar Vasilev Slavia Sofia
Bulgaria Nikola Yordanov Dunav Ruse

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