1965–66 A Group

A Group
Season	1965–66
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (13th title)
Relegated	Spartak Varna; Spartak Pleven;
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Spartak Plovdiv
Matches	240
Goals	611 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Traycho Spasov; (21 goals)
	← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 A Group was the 18th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

Season1965–66

ChampionsCSKA Sofia
(13th title)

Relegated

European CupCSKA Sofia

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	30	17	8	5	53	30	+23	42	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Levski Sofia	30	15	11	4	59	31	+28	41
3	Slavia Sofia	30	16	7	7	38	25	+13	39	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Spartak Sofia	30	14	8	8	45	30	+15	36
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	12	7	11	36	33	+3	31
6	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	10	10	10	41	41	0	30
7	Dunav Ruse	30	12	6	12	29	40	−11	30
8	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	10	9	11	46	35	+11	29
9	Spartak Plovdiv	30	9	10	11	28	42	−14	28	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round
10	Botev Plovdiv	30	9	9	12	41	39	+2	27
11	Cherno More Varna	30	8	11	11	30	35	−5	27
12	Marek Dupnitsa	30	9	9	12	39	51	−12	27
13	Botev Vratsa	30	9	7	14	30	41	−11	25
14	Chernomorets Burgas	30	8	9	13	34	48	−14	25
15	Spartak Varna (R)	30	6	10	14	32	48	−16	22	Relegation to 1966–67 B Group
16	Spartak Pleven (R)	30	6	9	15	30	42	−12	21	Relegation to 1966–67 B Group

Home \ Away	BSZ	BPD	BVR	CHM	CHB	CSK	DUN	LEV	LPL	LSO	MAR	SLA	SPL	SPD	SSF	SPV
Beroe Stara Zagora		1–0	4–1	1–0	5–0	2–2	3–3	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1
Botev Plovdiv	1–1		0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–3	9–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	2–1	0–1
Botev Vratsa	1–1	2–2		1–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–0
Cherno More	1–0	2–2	2–0		0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–2	3–1	0–0	2–2
Chernomorets Burgas	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0		0–0	3–0	2–5	1–0	2–3	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–1
CSKA Sofia	1–1	3–1	2–1	4–2	4–2		2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–2	3–2	6–0	1–2	2–1
Dunav Ruse	1–0	3–1	6–0	2–1	1–0	0–3		1–1	1–4	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0
Levski Sofia	3–3	4–2	3–0	1–1	4–2	0–3	3–0		4–0	3–0	4–3	3–0	5–1	0–0	1–1	3–2
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	4–1	0–0		0–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	6–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	4–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–2		2–2	1–2	1–0	4–0	0–1	6–0
Marek Dupnitsa	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–3	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–1		0–1	4–1	1–0	4–2	0–0
Slavia Sofia	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	5–1	1–0	2–0		2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1
Spartak Pleven	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–2		3–1	0–0	0–0
Spartak Plovdiv	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0		0–0	3–0
Spartak Sofia	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	5–1	3–0	0–1	2–3	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	4–2		1–0
Spartak Varna	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	4–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2

Goalkeepers
Stoyan Yordanov	10	(0)
Yordan Filipov	24	(0)

Defenders
Nikola Kovachev	7	(0)
Dimitar Penev	24	(3)
Ivan Vasilev	30	(2)
Ivan Zafirov	16	(1)
Hristo Marinchev	16	(1)
Boris Gaganelov	24	(0)
Stefan Iliev	4	(0)

Midfielders
Boris Stankov	27	(2)
Asparuh Nikodimov	27	(5)
Stoichko Peshev	3	(0)
Vasil Romanov	24	(2)
Tsvetan Atanasov	12	(0)
Kiril Raykov	8	(1)
Yanko Kirilov	12	(6)

1965–66 A Group

Overview

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Champions

Top scorers

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Forwards
Ivan Kolev	24	(3)
Evden Kamenov	21	(4)
Nikola Tsanev	28	(16)
Dimitar Yakimov	17	(5)
Stoyan Stoyanov	2	(0)

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Traycho Spasov	Marek Dupnitsa	21
2	Petar Zhekov	Beroe Stara Zagora	20
3	Nikola Kotkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	17
4	Nikola Tsanev	CSKA Sofia	16
4	Vasil Mitkov	Spartak Sofia	16
6	Nikola Yordanov	Dunav Ruse	14
6	Dobrin Nenov	Botev Plovdiv	14
8	Georgi Asparuhov	Levski Sofia	13
8	Hristo Dishkov	Spartak Plovdiv	13