The 2005–06 A Group was the 58th season of the top Bulgarian national football league (commonly referred to as A Group) and the 82nd edition of a Bulgarian national championship tournament.
Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship. PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo, Nesebar, and Spartak Varna were relegated to the B PFG at the end of the last season. The relegated teams were replaced by Vihren Sandanski, Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad, and Botev Plovdiv. Vihren made their debut in the top tier of Bulgarian football, while both Pirin 1922 and Botev return after a one-year absence.
Teams Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium CapacityBelasitsaPetrich Tsar Samuil 12,000BeroeStara Zagora Beroe 12,500BotevPlovdivHristo Botev 22,000Cherno MoreVarna Ticha 8,250CSKASofiaBalgarska Armia 22,015LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov 29,200LitexLovechGradski 7,050LokomotivPlovdivLokomotiv 20,000LokomotivSofiaLokomotiv 17,500MarekDupnitsa Bonchuk 12,500NaftexBurgas Lazur 18,037PirinBlagoevgradHristo Botev 15,000RodopaSmolyanSeptemvri 6,000SlaviaSofiaSlavia 32,000VihrenSandanskiSandanski 6,000
League table
Results
Champions Levski Sofia Goalkeepers1 Georgi Petkov 23 (0)88 Nikolay Mihaylov 6 (0) Defenders2 Ivan Todorov 1 (0)3 Zhivko Milanov 19 (1)4 Igor Tomašić 23 (1)5 Anton Vergilov* 1 (0)8 Bogomil Dyakov 10 (0)11 Elin Topuzakov 23 (1)15 Borislav Stoychev 1 (0)20 Stanislav Angelov 22 (2)22 Todor Stoev 1 (0)25 Lúcio Wagner 23 (0) Midfielders6 Richard Eromoigbe 26 (0)7 Daniel Borimirov 22 (9)13 Asen Bukarev 13 (0)14 Chetin Sadula 1 (0)16 Mariyan Ognyanov 3 (0)18 Miroslav Ivanov 19 (1)21 Dimitar Telkiyski 26 (11)24 Nikolay Dimitrov 6 (2)26 Galin Ivanov 1 (0)27 Cédric Bardon 20 (7)30 Lachezar Baltanov 1 (0)77 Milan Koprivarov 21 (4) Forwards9 Georgi Ivanov 11 (5)10 Hristo Yovov 19 (4)17 Valeri Domovchiyski 24 (11)19 Georgi Chilikov* 1 (0)23 Ekundayo Jayeoba 3 (5)28 Emil Angelov 21 (6)29 Antonio Pavlov 1 (1) Manager Stanimir Stoilov
Vergilov and Chilikov left the club during a season.
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Milivoje NovakovićLitex Lovech 16 José FurtadoCSKA (6) / Vihren (10)3 Martin KamburovLokomotiv Plovdiv 13 Saša AntunovićLokomotiv Sofia5 Valeri DomovchiyskiLevski Sofia 11 Tsvetan GenkovLokomotiv Sofia Dimitar TelkiyskiLevski Sofia Emil GargorovCSKA Sofia9 Stoyko SakalievCSKA Sofia10 Guillaume Dah ZadiCSKA Sofia
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Levski 6,228 2 Botev 5,964 3 Cherno More 4,429 4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 4,250 5 CSKA Sofia 3,725 6 Beroe 3,636 7 Vihren 3,214 8 Rodopa 2,966 9 Belasitsa 2,536 10 Neftochimik 2,464 11 Pirin 2,114 12 Marek 1,907 13 Lovech 1,693 14 Lokomotiv Sofia 1,196 15 Slavia Sofia 1,050Source:
References
External links Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF) 2005–06 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com