1954 A Group

10th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria

Football league season

A GroupSeason| 1954

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Champions| CSKA Sofia
(4th title)
Matches played| 182
Goals scored| 481 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer| Dobromir Tashkov
(25 goals)

← 1953

1955 →

The 1954 A Group was the sixth 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 14 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.[1]

## League standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation

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1  | CSKA Sofia (C) | 26  | 20  | 5  | 1  | 76  | 14  | +62  | 45  |
2  | Slavia Sofia | 26  | 17  | 4  | 5  | 67  | 24  | +43  | 38  |
3  | Lokomotiv Sofia | 26  | 15  | 6  | 5  | 56  | 25  | +31  | 36
4  | Zavod 12 Sofia | 26  | 9  | 11  | 6  | 26  | 24  | +2  | 29
5  | Levski Sofia | 26  | 9  | 10  | 7  | 39  | 26  | +13  | 28
6  | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 26  | 8  | 9  | 9  | 33  | 32  | +1  | 25
7  | Cherno More Varna | 26  | 9  | 7  | 10  | 27  | 29  | −2  | 25
8  | Minyor Pernik | 26  | 9  | 6  | 11  | 32  | 36  | −4  | 24
9  | Spartak Plovdiv | 26  | 9  | 6  | 11  | 29  | 34  | −5  | 24
10  | Spartak Varna | 26  | 7  | 9  | 10  | 34  | 42  | −8  | 23
11  | Spartak Pleven | 26  | 6  | 11  | 9  | 17  | 25  | −8  | 23
12  | Velbazhd Kyustendil (R) | 26  | 7  | 6  | 13  | 19  | 50  | −31  | 20  | Relegation to 1955 B Group
13  | Torpedo Pleven (R) | 26  | 5  | 5  | 16  | 13  | 51  | −38  | 15
14  | Beroe Stara Zagora (R) | 26  | 2  | 5  | 19  | 13  | 69  | −56  | 9

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

## Results

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Home \ Away  | BSZ | CHM | CSK | LEV | LPL | LSO | MIN | SLA | SPL | SPD | SPV | TOR | VEL | ZAV

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Beroe Stara Zagora |  | 1–1  | 0–4  | 1–2  | 1–4  | 2–5  | 0–1  | 0–4  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 0–0
Cherno More | 3–0  |  | 2–4  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 0–0
CSKA Sofia | 8–1  | 3–0  |  | 3–1  | 4–0  | 4–0  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 4–0  | 2–0  | 7–2  | 8–1  | 3–0  | 5–0
Levski Sofia | 3–0  | 3–0  | 2–2  |  | 6–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 0–2  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 2–1  | 4–0  | 0–0  | 0–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 4–0  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  |  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 5–0  | 3–0  | 0–0
Lokomotiv Sofia | 6–0  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 5–1  |  | 4–0  | 2–3  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 5–1  | 4–1  | 6–0  | 1–1
Minyor Pernik | 2–0  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  |  | 3–6  | 2–1  | 4–0  | 0–0  | 3–0  | 5–1  | 0–1
Slavia Sofia | 8–1  | 3–1  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 0–1  |  | 4–2  | 1–0  | 6–1  | 4–0  | 7–0  | 3–1
Spartak Pleven | 2–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–0  |  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 0–1
Spartak Plovdiv | 3–0  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 3–2  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–0  |  | 1–0  | 4–0  | 4–2  | 2–1
Spartak Varna | 2–0  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 1–3  | 1–1  | 3–3  | 0–0  | 5–2  |  | 1–0  | 6–1  | 4–3
Torpedo Pleven | 2–0  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–3  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  |  | 1–0  | 1–0
Velbazhd Kyustendil | 2–0  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  |  | 1–0
Zavod 12 Sofia | 0–0  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 5–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 2–1  |

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

## Champions

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CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers

Stefan Gerenski | 19 | 0(0)
Hristo Andonov | 07 | 0(0)
Defenders

Georgi Tsvetkov | 11 | 0(0)
Kiril Rakarov | 25 | 0(2)
Georgi Enisheynov | 18 | 0(0)
Manol Manolov | 22 | 0(1)
Midfielders

Gavril Stoyanov | 20 | 0(2)
Stefan Bozhkov | 24 | 0(7)
Atanas Tsanov | 17 | 0(3)
Forwards

Krum Yanev | 22 | (16)
Dimitar Milanov | 24 | (14)
Mihail Yankov | 06 | 0(0)
Ivan Kolev | 23 | (12)
Stefan Stefanov | 19 | 0(3)
Peycho Peev | 01 | 0(0)
Petar Mihaylov | 17 | 0(7)
Panayot Panayotov | 23 | 0(9)
Manager

|  Krum Milev

## Top scorers

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Rank  | Scorer  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Dobromir Tashkov | Slavia Sofia | 25
2  |  Petar Argirov | Lokomotiv Sofia | 17
3  |  Krum Yanev | CSKA Sofia | 16
4  |  Grigor Ahtimov | Slavia Sofia | 15
5  |  Dimitar Milanov | CSKA Sofia | 14
6  |  Ivan Kolev | CSKA Sofia | 12
Dimitar Yordanov | Zavod 12 Sofia
8  |  Georgi Stoychev | Slavia Sofia | 11
Dimitar Popdimitrov | Levski Sofia
Nikola Dechev | Lokomotiv Sofia

## References

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1. ^ "Завод 12 не е Любимец 13, а кошмарът на Левски" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 15 September 2012.

## External links

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* Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
* 1954 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

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