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2011–12 A Group

88th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria

Field	Value
competition	A Group
season	2011–12
dates	6 August 2011 – 23 May 2012
winners	Ludogorets Razgrad
(1st title)
relegated	Vidima-Rakovski, Kaliakra, Svetkavitsa
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Ludogorets Razgrad
continentalcup2	Europa League
continentalcup2 qualifiers	CSKA Sofia
Levski Sofia
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
league topscorer	BRA Junior Moraes
Ivan Stoyanov
(16 goals each)
biggest home win	Levski 7–0 Svetkavitsa
biggest away win	Minyor 0–7 Ludogorets
highest scoring	Cherno More 7–1 Kaliakra
Botev 6–2 Kaliakra
Litex 6–2 Lokomotiv
matches	240
total goals	643
prevseason	2010–11
nextseason	2012–13

(1st title) Levski Sofia Lokomotiv Plovdiv Ivan Stoyanov (16 goals each) NOTE: If dates are to be added, those must be cited

Botev 6–2 Kaliakra Litex 6–2 Lokomotiv

The 2011–12 A Group was the 88th season of the Bulgarian national top football division, and the 64th of A Group as the top tier football league in the country. The season began on 6 August 2011 and ended on 23 May 2012. Ludogorets Razgrad claimed their maiden title in their debut season, after winning the last round clash against CSKA, which were leading by 2 points prior to the match. Vidima-Rakovski, Kaliakra and Svetkavitsa were relegated, after finishing at the bottom three places.

Team information

Akademik Sofia and Sliven were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the table at the end of season 2010/11. Akademik were relegated after one year in the top league of Bulgarian football, while Sliven ended a three-year tenure in the top flight. Furthermore, Pirin (Blagoevgrad) were excluded from A Group due to financial difficulties and demoted to V Group.

The relegated teams were replaced by Botev Vratsa, champions of West B Group, Ludogorets Razgrad, champions of East B Group and promotion play-off winners Svetkavitsa. Botev Vratsa returned to A Group after twenty-two years, while Ludogorets Razgrad and Svetkavitsa both made their debut on the highest level of Bulgarian football.

There was some controversy regarding the relegation/promotion play-offs at the end of season 2010/11. In the original match-up, 14th-placed Vidima-Rakovski lost 3-0 against B Group play-off winners Chernomorets (Pomorie). However, Pomorie did not receive an A Group licence, so Vidima-Rakovski were spared from relegation. In order to fill the void, a second play-off match was scheduled between Svetkavitsa, 4th-placed team of East B Group, and Etar (Veliko Tarnovo), 3rd-placed team of West B Group. Svetkavitsa won this match by a score of 3-1.

Stadia and locations

As in the previous year, the league comprises the best thirteen teams of season 2010-11, the champions of the two B Groups and the winners of the promotion play-offs.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Beroe	Stara Zagora	Beroe	17,800
Botev	Vratsa	Hristo Botev	32,000
Cherno More	Varna	Ticha	8,250
Chernomorets	Burgas	Lazur	18,037
CSKA	Sofia	Balgarska Armiya	22,015
Kaliakra	Kavarna	Kavarna	5,000
Levski	Sofia	Georgi Asparuhov	29,200
Litex	Lovech	Lovech	7,050
Lokomotiv	Plovdiv	Lokomotiv	13,800
Lokomotiv	Sofia	Lokomotiv Sofia1	22,000
Ludogorets	Razgrad	Ludogorets Arena	6,000
Minyor	Pernik	Minyor	8,000
Montana	Montana	Ogosta	8,000
Slavia	Sofia	Ovcha Kupel	18,000
Svetkavitsa	Targovishte	Dimitar Burkov	8,000
Vidima-Rakovski	Sevlievo	Rakovski	8,816

;Notes

Lokomotiv Sofia play their home matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium as their own ground, Lokomotiv Stadium, had not received approval from the BFU license committee.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
Beroe Stara Zagora	BGR Ilian Iliev	BGR Slavi Zhekov	Uhlsport	Bulsatcom
Botev Vratsa	BGR Sasho Angelov	BGR Rosen Vankov	Jumper
Cherno More Varna	BGR Stefan Genov	BGR Georgi Iliev	Misho	Armeets
Chernomorets Burgas	BGR Dimitar Dimitrov	BGR Radostin Kishishev	Macron
CSKA Sofia	BGR Dimitar Penev	BGR Todor Yanchev	Kappa	GLOBUL
Kaliakra	BGR Radostin Trifonov	BGR Ivan Raychev	Uhlsport	Municipality of Kavarna
Levski Sofia	BGR Nikolay Kostov	BGR Hristo Yovov	Nike	VTB Bank
Litex Lovech	BGR Atanas Dzhambazki	SER Nebojša Jelenković	adidas	b-connect
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	BGR Emil Velev	BGR Zdravko Lazarov	Uhlsport	Refan
Lokomotiv Sofia	BGR Anton Velkov	BGR Kristian Dobrev	Puma
Ludogorets Razgrad	BGR Ivaylo Petev	BGR Todor Kolev	adidas	Huvepharma
Minyor Pernik	BGR Stoycho Stoev	BGR Kostadin Markov	Jumper	Municipal Insurance Company
Montana	BGR Stefan Grozdanov	BGR Daniel Gadzhev	Jako	GM Capital
Slavia Sofia	BGR Martin Kushev	BGR Bogomil Dyakov	Puma
Svetkavitsa	BGR Nikola Spasov	BGR Georgi Damyanov	Jako	Vinprom Targovishte
Vidima-Rakovski	BGR Kostadin Angelov	BGR Georgi Stoychev	Asics	VIDEXIM

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager(s)	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Levski Sofia	BGR Yasen Petrov	End of contract	27 May 2011	Pre-season	BGR Georgi Ivanov	27 May 2011
Slavia Sofia	BGR Emil Velev	Sacked	28 May 2011	BGR Martin Kushev	28 May 2011
Kaliakra Kavarna	BGR Antoni Zdravkov	End of contract	28 May 2011	BGR Adalbert Zafirov	28 May 2011
Chernomorets Burgas	BGR Georgi Vasilev	Sacked	30 May 2011	BGR Dimitar Dimitrov	30 May 2011
Montana	BGR Atanas Dzhambazki	End of contract	2 June 2011	BGR Stefan Grozdanov	11 June 2011
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	SRB Saša Nikolić	Sacked	14 June 2011	MKD Dragan Kanatlarovski	17 June 2011
Vidima-Rakovski	BUL Dimitar Todorov	Sacked	16 June 2011	BUL Kostadin Angelov	17 June 2011
Lokomotiv Sofia	BUL Dian Petkov	Sacked	3 October 2011	10th	BUL Anton Velkov	3 October 2011
Kaliakra Kavarna	BGR Adalbert Zafirov	Sacked	19 October 2011	15th	BGR Radostin Trifonov	19 October 2011
Svetkavitsa Targovishte	BGR Plamen Donev	Resigned	19 October 2011	16th	BGR Nikola Spasov	23 October 2011
Litex Lovech	BUL Lyuboslav Penev	Resigned	24 October 2011	5th	BUL Atanas Dzhambazki	24 October 2011
CSKA Sofia	BUL Milen Radukanov	Sacked	25 October 2011	2nd	BUL Dimitar Penev	25 October 2011
Levski Sofia	BUL Georgi Ivanov	Resigned	4 November 2011	5th	BUL Nikolay Kostov	7 November 2011
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	MKD Dragan Kanatlarovski	Sacked	7 November 2011	6th	BGR Emil Velev	8 November 2011
Levski Sofia	BGR Nikolay Kostov	Resigned	26 March 2012	4th	BGR Georgi Ivanov (caretaker)	March 2012

Note: Georgi Ivanov subsequently stepped down and was replaced by Yasen Petrov as caretaker manager at the helm of Levski, with Ilian Iliev set to take over prior to the 2012/2013 season.

League table

Results

Champions

;Ludogorets Razgrad

Goalkeepers
1
13
30

Defenders
3
4
5
20
25
26
33
77

Midfielders
6
7
8
18
19
22
36
84

Forwards
11
23
27
73

Manager

Mihaylov, Travner, Grabus, Remzi, Atanasov, Dyulgerov and Kolev left the club during a season.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Below is a list of the top goalscorers at the end of the competition.

Rank	Scorer	Club
Brazil Júnior Moraes	CSKA Sofia	16
Bulgaria Ivan Stoyanov	Ludogorets Razgrad	16
Bulgaria Emil Gargorov	Ludogorets Razgrad	13
Romania Ianis Zicu	CSKA Sofia	13
Brazil Juninho	Slavia Sofia / Levski Sofia	12
Bulgaria Svetoslav Todorov	Litex Lovech	11
BGR Ivan Tsvetkov	Levski Sofia	11
Bulgaria Gerasim Zakov	Kaliakra Kavarna	11
Brazil Lourival Assis	Chernomorets Burgas	10
Morocco Aatif Chahechouhe	Chernomorets Burgas	10
Bulgaria Georgi Iliev	Cherno More Varna	10
Brazil Marcelo Nicácio	Litex Lovech	10

Scoring

First goal of the season: 19:08 – Georgi Bozhilov for Cherno More against Montana (6 August 2011)
Fastest goal of the season: 6 seconds – Miroslav Manolov (Cherno More) against Montana (22 March 2012)

Transfers

List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2011
List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2011–12

Attendances

No.	Club	Average	Highest
1	CSKA Sofia	4,227	8,800
2	Ludogorets	3,919	6,000
3	Beroe	3,559	7,000
4	Levski	3,133	15,000
5	Botev	2,937	8,000
6	Chernomorets	2,619	8,900
7	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2,589	7,200
8	Cherno More	2,355	8,780
9	Svetkavista	1,818	5,400
10	Montana	1,597	5,000
11	Lovech	1,550	7,000
12	Minyor	1,481	3,900
13	Vidima-Rakovski	547	1,300
14	Slavia Sofia	532	2,300
15	Lokomotiv Sofia	505	2,370
16	Kaliakra	499	1,680

Source:

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