1957 A Group
# 1957 A Group

The 1957 A Group was the ninth 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 12 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CSKA Sofia (C) | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 16 | +37 | 34 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 33 | |
| 3 | Levski Sofia | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 30 | |
| 4 | Spartak Pleven | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 24 | |
| 5 | Minyor Pernik | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 22 | |
| 6 | Slavia Sofia | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 20 | |
| 7 | Spartak Plovdiv | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 19 | |
| 8 | Botev Plovdiv | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 19 | |
| 9 | Cherno More Varna | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 18 | |
| 10 | Spartak Varna | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 18 | |
| 11 | Spartak Sofia (R) | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 16 | Relegation to 1958 B Group |
| 12 | Marek Dupnitsa (R) | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 54 | −34 | 11 | Relegation to 1958 B Group |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BPD | CHM | CSK | LEV | LSO | MAR | MIN | SLA | SPL | SPD | SSF | SPV |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Botev Plovdiv | | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Cherno More | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 4–1 |
| Levski Sofia | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| Marek Dupnitsa | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Minyor Pernik | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | | 0–1 | 4–5 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Spartak Pleven | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Spartak Plovdiv | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Spartak Sofia | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| Spartak Varna | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hristo Iliev | Levski Sofia | 14 |
| 2 | Dimitar Yordanov | Levski Sofia | 13 |
| 2 | Dimitar Milanov | CSKA Sofia | 13 |
| 4 | Dobromir Tashkov | Slavia Sofia | 11 |
| 4 | Spiro Debarski | Lokomotiv Sofia | 11 |
| 6 | Stoyan Stamov | Lokomotiv Sofia | 10 |
| 6 | Georgi Dimitrov | CSKA Sofia | 10 |
| 6 | Dimo Pechenikov | Levski Sofia | 10 |
| 6 | Todor Diev | Spartak Plovdiv | 10 |
| 6 | Stoyan Zdravkov | Spartak Pleven | 10 |
