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2002–03 A Group

55th completed season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria

Field	Value
competition	A Group
season	2002–03
dates	9 August 2002 – 31 May 2003
winners	CSKA Sofia
(29th title)
relegated
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	CSKA
continentalcup2	UEFA Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers
league topscorer	Georgi Chilikov
(22 goals)
matches	182
total goals	544
prevseason	2001–02
nextseason	2003–04

(29th title) (22 goals) NOTE: If dates are to be added, those must be cited

The 2002–03 A Group was the 55th season of the top Bulgarian national football league (commonly referred to as A Group) and the 79th edition of a Bulgarian national championship tournament.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship. The Reds finished with 66 points in total, six points above archrivals Levski Sofia. CSKA Sofia qualified for the 2003-04 Champions League qualifying rounds, while Levski and third placed Litex Lovech qualified for the UEFA Cup for next season. Marek Dupnitsa qualified for the Intertoto Cup.

At the end of the season, Dobrudzha Dobrich and Rilski Sportist were relegated after just one season in the elite. Only two teams were relegated, because the league was expanded the following season from 14 to 16 teams.

Teams

Promotion and Relegation

Beroe, Belasitsa Petrich, and Spartak Pleven were relegated at the end of the last season. The relegated teams were replaced by three teams from B PFG. These teams were Botev Plovdiv, Dobrudzha Dobrich, and Rilski Sportist Samokov. Botev return after a one-year absence, Dobrudzha return after a two-year absence, while Rilski Sportist made their debut in the top tier of Bulgarian football.

Stadia and Locations

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Botev	Plovdiv	Hristo Botev	22,000
Cherno More	Varna	Ticha	12,000
Chernomorets	Burgas	Chernomorets	22,000
CSKA	Sofia	Balgarska Armia	22,015
Dobrudzha	Dobrich	Druzhba	12,500
Levski	Sofia	Georgi Asparuhov	29,986
Litex	Lovech	Lovech	7,050
Lokomotiv	Plovdiv	Lokomotiv (Plovdiv)	13,800
Lokomotiv	Sofia	Lokomotiv (Sofia)	22,000
Marek	Dupnitsa	Bonchuk Stadium	16,050
Naftex	Burgas	Lazur	18,037
Rilski Sportist	Samokov	Iskar	7,000
Slavia	Sofia	Ovcha Kupel	18,000
Spartak	Varna	Spartak Stadium	7,500

League standings

Results

Champions

;CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
1
12

Defenders
2
3
4
6
13
25
29
30

Midfielders
5
7
10
11
14
15
17
20
23
26
27

Forwards
8
9
18
21
24

Manager

Ivanov and Deyanov left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	BUL Georgi Chilikov	Levski Sofia	22
2	BUL Martin Kushev	Slavia Sofia	17
3	BUL Emil Gargorov	CSKA Sofia	14
4	BUL Velizar Dimitrov	CSKA Sofia	13
5	BUL Desislav Rusev	Litex Lovech	11
BUL Georgi Vladimirov	Slavia Sofia
7	SCG Velimir Ivanović	Slavia Sofia	9
BUL Doncho Donev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
BUL Boyko Velichkov	Lokomotiv Sofia
BUL Borislav Dimitrov	Botev Plovdiv

References

(8 September 2013). "Стойчо тропа с юмрук по масата: Няма да ни догоните". temasport.com.

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