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1997–98 A Group

50th completed season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria

Field	Value
competition	A Group
season	1997–98
dates	2 August 1997 – 10 May 1998
winners	Litex Lovech
(1st title)
relegated
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Litex
continentalcup2	UEFA Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers	CSKA
league topscorer	(17 goals each)
matches	240
total goals	696
prevseason	1996–97
nextseason	1998–99

(1st title) NOTE: If dates are to be added, those must be cited

The 1997–98 A Group was the 50th 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 16 teams, and Litex Lovech won the championship.

Team information

Stadia and locations

The following teams have ensured their participation in A Group for season 1997–98 (listed in alphabetical order):

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Botev	Plovdiv	Hristo Botev	18,000
CSKA	Sofia	Bulgarian Army	22,995
Dobrudzha	Dobrich	Druzhba	12,500
Etar	Veliko Tarnovo	Ivaylo	18,000
Levski	Kyustendil	Osogovo	10,000
Levski	Sofia	Georgi Asparuhov	29,986
Litex	Lovech	Lovech	7,050
Lokomotiv	Plovdiv	Lokomotiv	24,000
Lokomotiv	Sofia	Lokomotiv	22,000
Metalurg	Pernik	Metalurg	18,000
Minyor	Pernik	Minyor	18,000
Neftochimic	Burgas	Lazur	18,037
Olimpik	Galata	Georgi Benkovski	10,000
Slavia	Sofia	Ovcha Kupel	18,000
Spartak	Pleven	Slavi Aleksiev	21,940
Spartak	Varna	Spartak	8,000

League standings

Results

Champions

;Litex Lovech

Goalkeepers
BUL Vitomir Vutov
BUL Stoyan Stavrev

Defenders
BUL Petar Kushev
BUL Stefan Kolev
BUL Nikolay Dimitrov
BUL Dimitar Karadaliev
BUL Zlatomir Zagorčić
BUL Ivaylo Petkov
BUL Radostin Kishishev
BUL Dimitar Balabanov
BUL Rosen Kirilov
BUL Koycho Ivanov

Midfielders
BUL Rosen Emilov
BUL Mariyan Todorov
BUL Stoycho Stoilov
BUL Daniel Ostrovski
Serbia and Montenegro Dragoljub Simonović
BUL Ivaylo Petev*
BUL Veselin Sarbakov
BUL Emil Tsanev*

Forwards
BUL Stefan Yurukov*
BUL Dimcho Belyakov*
ALB Alban Bushi
BUL Svetoslav Todorov
BRA Luis Carlos Mota
Serbia and Montenegro Igor Bogdanović
BUL Metodi Stoynev

Manager

Petev, Tsanev, Yurukov and Belyakov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	BUL Anton Spasov	Neftochimic Burgas	17
BUL Boncho Genchev	CSKA Sofia
3	BUL Stefan Yurukov	Litex Lovech	13
Serbia and Montenegro Danilo Dončić	Lokomotiv Sofia
5	BUL Stanimir Stoilov	Slavia Sofia	12
BUL Valentin Stanchev	Spartak Varna
7	BUL Ivaylo Andonov	CSKA Sofia	11
8	BUL Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Levski Sofia	10
BUL Plamen Petrov	Levski Kyustendil
BUL Georgi Ivanov	Levski Sofia
BUL Iliya Voynov	Spartak Pleven

Source:1997–98 Top Goalscorers

References

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