2004–05 A Group
# 2004–05 A Group

The 2004–05 A Group was the 57th season of the top Bulgarian national football league (commonly referred to as A Group) and the 81st edition of a Bulgarian national championship tournament.

## Overview

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

## Teams

### Promotion and Relegation

The league was contested by 16 teams, 13 returning from the previous season, as well as three teams promoted from the B Group. The promoted teams are Beroe Stara Zagora, Pirin Blagoevgrad, and Nesebar. Beroe return after a two-year absence, Pirin return after a four-year absence, while Nesebar made their debut in the top level of Bulgarian football.

### Stadiums and Locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Belasitsa | Petrich | Tsar Samuil | 12,000 |
| Beroe | Stara Zagora | Beroe | 12,500 |
| Cherno More | Varna | Ticha | 8,250 |
| CSKA | Sofia | Balgarska Armia | 22,015 |
| Levski | Sofia | Georgi Asparuhov | 29,200 |
| Litex | Lovech | Gradski (Lovech) | 7,050 |
| Lokomotiv | Plovdiv | Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) | 20,000 |
| Lokomotiv | Sofia | Lokomotiv (Sofia) | 17,500 |
| Marek | Dupnitsa | Bonchuk | 12,500 |
| Naftex | Burgas | Lazur | 18,037 |
| Nesebar | Nesebar | Gradski (Nesebar) | 5,500 |
| Pirin | Blagoevgrad | Hristo Botev | 15,000 |
| Rodopa | Smolyan | Septemvri | 6,000 |
| Slavia | Sofia | Slavia | 32,000 |
| Spartak | Varna | Spartak | 7,500 |
| Vidima-Rakovski | Sevlievo | Rakovski | 6,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CSKA Sofia (C) | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 81 | 16 | +65 | 79 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 76 | 19 | +57 | 76 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 58 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Litex Lovech | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 52 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 48 | |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 46 | |
| 7 | Naftex Burgas | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 35 | |
| 8 | Cherno More | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 35 | |
| 9 | Marek | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 35 | |
| 10 | Beroe | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 35 | |
| 11 | Belasitsa Petrich | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 34 | |
| 12 | Rodopa Smolyan | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 33 | |
| 13 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 33 | |
| 14 | Vidima-Rakovski (R) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 32 | Relegation to 2005–06 B Group |
| 15 | Nesebar (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 63 | −37 | 20 | Relegation to 2005–06 B Group |
| 16 | Spartak Varna (R) | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 73 | −55 | 18 | Relegation to 2005–06 B Group |

* ↑ Lokomotiv Sofia were docked three points for failure to pay salaries to a former player.
* 1 2 3 4 Naftex Burgas ahead of Cherno More, Marek and Beroe on head-to-head points; Naftex Burgas: 10 pts, Cherno More: 9 pts, Marek: 9 pts, Beroe: 7 pts.
* 1 2 Rodopa Smolyan ahead of Pirin Blagoevgrad on head-to-head away goals scored; Rodopa Smolyan–Pirin Blagoevgrad 2–0, Pirin Blagoevgrad–Rodopa Smolyan 4–2.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEL | BSZ | CHM | CSK | LEV | LIT | LPL | LSO | MAR | NAF | NES | PRN | RDP | SPV | SLA | VRA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Belasitsa Petrich | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Beroe | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Cherno More | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Levski Sofia | 8–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Litex Lovech | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 4–3 | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–4 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 |
| Marek | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Naftex Burgas | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Nesebar | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Rodopa Smolyan | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Spartak Varna | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Slavia Sofia | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 4–1 |
| Vidima-Rakovski | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |

## Champions

### CSKA Sofia

* Charras, Ayanda, Sakaliev and Manolov left the club during a season.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Martin Kamburov | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 27 |
| 2 | Hristo Yanev | CSKA Sofia | 22 |
| 3 | Vladislav Zlatinov | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 14 |
| 4 | Tsvetan Genkov | Lokomotiv Sofia | 12 |
| 5 | Emil Angelov | Levski Sofia | 11 |
| 5 | Eugen Trică | Litex Lovech | 11 |
| 5 | Blagoy Georgiev | Slavia Sofia | 11 |
| 5 | Dimitar Telkiyski | Levski Sofia | 11 |
| 5 | Plamen Timnev | Cherno More Varna | 11 |
| 10 | Masena Moke | Beroe Stara Zagora | 10 |
| 10 | Daniel Borimirov | Levski Sofia | 10 |
| 10 | Evgeni Yordanov | CSKA Sofia | 10 |
