1986–87 A Group

43rd season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria

Football league season

A Group
Season	1986–87
Champions	CSKA Sofia (24th title)
Relegated	Akademik Svishtov, Dimitrovgrad
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
UEFA Cup	Trakia Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia
Matches played	240
Goals scored	786 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nasko Sirakov (36 goals)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 A Group was the 39th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

Overview

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It was contested by 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

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1986–87 A Group is located in Bulgaria

Sofia

Sofia

Beroe

Vratsa

Spartak Vn

Spartak Pl

Akademik

Trakia Loko Pd

Trakia
Loko Pd

Sliven

Pirin

Etar

Dimitrovgrad

Chernomorets

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Locations of the 1986–87 Bulgarian A Group teams

1986–87 A Group is located in Sofia

CSKA

Levski

Lokomotiv

Slavia

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Sofia 1986–87 A Group football clubs

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Akademik	Svishtov	Akademik	13,500
Beroe	Stara Zagora	Beroe	17,000
Chernomorets	Burgas	Deveti Septemvri	18,000
CSKA	Sofia	Narodna Armia	26,000
Dimitrovgrad	Dimitrovgrad	Rakovski	12,000
Etar	Veliko Tarnovo	Ivaylo	16,000
Levski	Sofia	Levski Rakovski	40,000 18,000
Lokomotiv	Plovdiv	Lokomotiv Deveti Septemvri	13,000 50,000
Lokomotiv	Sofia	Vasil Levski National Stadium	60,000
Pirin	Blagoevgrad	Hristo Botev (Blagoevgrad)	15,000
Slavia	Sofia	Slavia	25,000
Sliven	Sliven	Hadzhi Dimitar	15,000
Spartak	Varna	Spartak	12,000
Trakia	Plovdiv	Hristo Botev (Plovdiv)	30,000
Vratsa	Vratsa	Hristo Botev (Vratsa)	25,000

Personnel

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Team	Manager	Captain
Akademik	Bulgaria Petko Petkov	Bulgaria Nikola Moskov
Beroe	Bulgaria Evgeni Yanchovski	Bulgaria Tenyo Minchev
Chernomorets	Bulgaria Lyubomir Borisov	Bulgaria Valentin Deliminkov
CSKA	Bulgaria Dimitar Penev	Bulgaria Lachezar Tanev
Dimitrovgrad	Bulgaria Grigor Petkov	Bulgaria Ivan Iliev
Etar	Bulgaria Georgi Vasilev	Bulgaria Stefan Lahchiev
Levski	Bulgaria Pavel Panov	Bulgaria Rusi Gochev
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Bulgaria Hristo Bonev	Bulgaria Ayan Sadakov
Lokomotiv Sofia	Bulgaria Apostol Chachevski	Bulgaria Nako Doychev
Pirin	Bulgaria Boris Nikolov	Bulgaria Yordan Murlev
Slavia	Bulgaria Atanas Parzhelov	Bulgaria Ivan Haydarliev
Sliven	Bulgaria Lyudmil Goranov	Bulgaria Tenko Dobrev
Spartak Pleven	Bulgaria Ivan Vutsov	Bulgaria Plamen Getov
Spartak Varna	Bulgaria Ivan Filipov	Bulgaria Zhivko Gospodinov
Trakia	Bulgaria Ivan Gluhchev	Bulgaria Kostadin Kostadinov
Vratsa	Bulgaria Iliya Panev	Bulgaria Tsvetan Danov

League standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	0–0	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	30	21	5	0	4	73	30	+43	47	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Levski Sofia	30	19	6	0	5	75	35	+40	44	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round ^[a]
3	Trakia Plovdiv	30	16	7	0	7	57	30	+27	39	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	14	7	1	8	67	45	+22	35	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Slavia Sofia	30	15	5	0	10	59	46	+13	35
6	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	11	8	1	10	58	44	+14	30
7	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	12	6	0	12	40	42	−2	30
8	Vratsa	30	11	6	0	13	42	56	−14	28
9	Sliven	30	11	5	0	14	52	52	0	27
10	Spartak Varna	30	10	5	0	15	44	62	−18	25
11	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	8	8	2	12	35	47	−12	24
12	Chernomorets Burgas	30	10	4	0	16	48	76	−28	24
13	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	8	5	0	17	44	54	−10	21
14	Spartak Pleven	30	7	7	2	14	31	50	−19	21
15	Akademik Svishtov (R)	30	7	7	1	15	29	51	−22	21	Relegation to 1987–88 B Group
16	Dimitrovgrad (R)	30	8	5	1	16	32	66	−34	21	Relegation to 1987–88 B Group

Source: 1986-87 Football retro-football.bg
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Levski Sofia qualified for Cup Winners' Cup as a finalists in the 1986–87 Bulgarian Cup.

Results

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Home \ Away	ASV	BSZ	CHB	CSK	DIM	ETA	LEV	LPL	LSO	PIR	SLA	SLI	SPL	SPV	TRA
Akademik Svishtov	1–1	2–1	1–1	5–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1
Beroe Stara Zagora	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	2–3	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	4–1	3–0	5–0
Chernomorets Burgas	2–0	2–1	0–2	4–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	4–1	2–4	3–2	7–1	1–0	3–2	2–1
CSKA Sofia	1–0	3–2	10–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–3	3–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	4–0	4–2	7–2
Dimitrovgrad	0–0	3–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2–1	4–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	4–3	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–0
Levski Sofia	3–0	3–2	8–1	0–1	4–1	3–0	4–2	2–1	3–0	2–2	4–2	3–1	7–3	1–1	7–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	7–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	7–1	1–2	2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	4–0	2–1	1–1	3–3	5–0	3–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	5–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–3
Slavia Sofia	4–0	5–0	4–3	2–3	4–1	2–1	0–2	4–3	2–2	3–1	4–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	2–0
Sliven	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	2–3	2–2	4–2	5–2	1–3	3–0
Spartak Pleven	3–1	1–0	3–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–0
Spartak Varna	6–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	5–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–2
Trakia Plovdiv	4–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	5–1	1–1
Vratsa	2–0	3–0	7–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0

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

Champions

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CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Georgi Velinov	30	(0)
Bulgaria Krasimir Dosev	3	(0)
Bulgaria Yordan Filipov	1	(0)

Defenders
Bulgaria Nedyalko Mladenov	26	(0)
Bulgaria Angel Chervenkov	18	(1)
Bulgaria Krasimir Bezinski	30	(2)
Bulgaria Aleksandar Aleksandrov	24	(1)
Bulgaria Kiril Kachamanov	1	(0)
Bulgaria Iliya Dyakov	5	(0)
Bulgaria Sasho Borisov	30	(0)
Bulgaria Valeri Damyanov	4	(0)
Bulgaria Aydan Ilyazov	20	(0)

Midfielders
Bulgaria Stoil Stefanov	1	(0)
Bulgaria Kostadin Yanchev	22	(0)
Bulgaria Ivaylo Kirov	26	(6)
Bulgaria Lyubomir Zhelev	4	(0)
Bulgaria Lachezar Tanev	29	(28)
Bulgaria Lyubomir Lyubenov	2	(0)

Forwards
Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov	25	(6)
Bulgaria Emil Kostadinov	26	(3)
Bulgaria Ivaylo Kotev	1	(1)
Bulgaria Lyuboslav Penev	27	(19)
Bulgaria Yordan Dimitrov	17	(6)
Bulgaria Rumen Stoyanov	3	(0)

Manager
Bulgaria Dimitar Penev

Top scorers

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Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov	Levski Sofia	36
2	Bulgaria Petar Aleksandrov	Slavia Sofia	33
3	Bulgaria Lachezar Tanev	CSKA Sofia	28
4	Bulgaria Lyuboslav Penev	CSKA Sofia	19
5	Bulgaria Stoycho Stoev	Lokomotiv Sofia	18
6	Bulgaria Hristo Kolev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	16
7	Bulgaria Petar Mihtarski	Pirin Blagoevgrad	15
8	Bulgaria Nikolay Rusev	Chernomorets Burgas	13
	Bulgaria Iliya Voynov	Vratsa
	Bulgaria Mitko Argirov	Etar Veliko Tarnovo
	Bulgaria Aleksandar Bonchev	Lokomotiv Sofia

Awards

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Team of the Season

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Team of the Season (by newspaper Naroden Sport)^[1]
Goalkeeper	Bulgaria Georgi Velinov (CSKA)
Defence	Bulgaria Yancho Bogomilov (Spartak Varna)	Bulgaria Nikolay Iliev (Levski)		Bulgaria Stefan Lahchiev (Etar)		Bulgaria Krasimir Bezinski (CSKA)
Midfield	Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov (Levski)		Bulgaria Nikolay Rusev (Chernomorets)		Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov (CSKA)
Attack	Bulgaria Lachezar Tanev (CSKA)		Bulgaria Petar Aleksandrov (Slavia)		Bulgaria Iliya Voynov (Vratsa)

References

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^ "Football'87" (PDF). retro-football.bg (in Bulgarian).

External links

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Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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

v t e 1986–87 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Cup of the Soviet Army (Final)
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 1988 qualification (Group 7) Hristo Mladenov
List of transfers

v t e 1986–87 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '86 '87 England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87 Spain Sweden '86 '87 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '86 '87–'88

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