1958–59 A Group

A Group
Season	1958–59
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (9th title)
Relegated	Beroe; Cherno More;
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
Matches played	132
Goals scored	320 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aleksandar Vasilev; (13 goals)
	← 1958 1959–60 →

The 1958–59 A Group was the 11th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	22	13	6	3	37	16	+21	32	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Slavia Sofia	22	10	7	5	29	17	+12	27
3	Levski Sofia	22	10	4	8	27	15	+12	24
4	Spartak Plovdiv	22	8	8	6	33	29	+4	24
5	Lokomotiv Sofia	22	10	3	9	33	28	+5	23
6	Dunav Ruse	22	8	6	8	25	27	−2	22
7	Spartak Pleven	22	8	6	8	24	30	−6	22
8	Botev Plovdiv	22	8	6	8	28	41	−13	22
9	Spartak Varna	22	6	9	7	21	24	−3	21
10	Minyor Pernik	22	7	4	11	27	32	−5	18
11	Beroe Stara Zagora (R)	22	7	4	11	21	25	−4	18	Relegation to 1959–60 B Group
12	Cherno More Varna (R)	22	3	5	14	15	36	−21	11	Relegation to 1959–60 B Group

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	BPD	CHM	CSK	DUN	LEV	LSO	MIN	SLA	SPL	SPD	SPV
Beroe Stara Zagora		1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1
Botev Plovdiv	3–1		2–1	0–4	2–4	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	0–2
Cherno More	0–3	1–1		0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–3	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–0
CSKA Sofia	2–1	6–1	3–1		2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1
Dunav Ruse	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–3		1–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0
Levski Sofia	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	5–0		1–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	3–0	0–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	1–0	4–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–1		4–2	0–2	0–1	5–2	0–2
Minyor Pernik	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–1		2–0	1–0	1–1	5–1
Slavia Sofia	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	4–1	2–4	3–2		2–0	2–0	2–0
Spartak Pleven	2–1	4–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1		1–3	2–2
Spartak Plovdiv	2–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	5–2	2–0	0–0	5–1		1–0
Spartak Varna	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–1

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Georgi Naydenov	16	(0)
Hristo Andonov	6	(0)

Defenders
Kiril Rakarov	21	(3)
Georgi Enisheynov	5	(0)
Manol Manolov	18	(0)
Nikola Kovachev	20	(2)
Dimitar Vasilev	4	(0)

Midfielders
Gavril Stoyanov	5	(0)
Stefan Bozhkov	10	(1)
Petar Aleksiev	13	(2)
Panteley Dimitrov	7	(0)

Forwards
Krum Yanev	17	(3)
Dimitar Milanov	9	(1)
Bogomil Martinov	18	(1)
Georgi Dimitrov	15	(4)
Ivan Kolev	21	(7)
Stefan Stefanov	3	(0)
Anton Krastev	6	(2)
Panayot Panayotov	19	(7)
Nikola Tsanev	6	(0)
Sasho Varbanov	1	(0)

Manager
	Krum Milev

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Aleksandar Vasilev	Slavia Sofia	13
2	Nikola Kotkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	9
	Vasil Romanov	Minyor Pernik
	Petar Manchev	Beroe Stara Zagora
5	Nikola Yordanov	Spartak Pleven	7
	Dobromir Tashkov	Slavia Sofia
	Tsvetan Stoynov	Spartak Plovdiv
	Yordan Kotev	Lokomotiv Sofia
	Ivan Kolev	CSKA Sofia
	Panayot Panayotov	CSKA Sofia
	Mihail Dushev	Spartak Plovdiv

References

^ "ЦСКА задминава Левски по титли" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 20 October 2012.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1958–59 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[1] "ЦСКА задминава Левски по титли" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 20 October 2012.

[1]

v t e Bulgarian football championship seasons
State Championship (National Football Division)	1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1941 1942 1943 1944
Republic Championship	1945 1946 1947 1948
A Group	1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
First League	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

v t e 1958–59 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup
List of transfers

v t e 1958–59 in European football (UEFA)
« 1957–58 1959–60 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '58 '59 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark '58 '59 England Faroe Islands '58 '59 Finland '58 '59 France East Germany '58 '59 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '58 '59 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '58 '59 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '58 '59 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '58 Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Faroe Islands '58 '59 Finland '58 '59 France East Germany '58 '59 West Germany Greece Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '58 '59 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '58 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup