1998–99 A Group
# 1998–99 A Group

The 1998–99 A Group was the 51st 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 16 teams, and Litex Lovech won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Litex Lovech (C) | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 83 | 25 | +58 | 73 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 11 | +40 | 71 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Levski Kyustendil | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 57 | |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 55 | |
| 5 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 50 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 6 | Neftochimic Burgas | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 49 | |
| 7 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 41 | |
| 8 | Minyor Pernik | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 40 | |
| 9 | Dobrudzha Dobrich | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 36 | |
| 10 | Metalurg Pernik (R) | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 35 | Relegation to 1999–2000 B Group |
| 11 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 34 | |
| 12 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 34 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 13 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 32 | |
| 14 | Shumen | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 32 | |
| 15 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv (R) | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 73 | −47 | 17 | Relegation to 1999–2000 B Group |
| 16 | Septemvri Sofia (R) | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 34 | 73 | −39 | 17 | Relegation to 1999–2000 B Group |

* ↑ Litex (Lovech) have changed name to Lovech.
* 1 2 Litex and Levski three points deducted for winning fixed matches against Metalurg.
* 1 2 Levski (Kyustendil) and CSKA (Sofia) awarded no points following April 11 match abandoned at half-time.
* ↑ CSKA Sofia won the 1998–99 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
* ↑ Metalurg Pernik relegated by Bulgarian Football Union for match fixing.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOT | CSK | DOB | LVK | LEV | LIT | LPL | LSO | MET | MIN | NEF | PIR | SEP | SHU | SLA | SPV |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Botev Plovdiv | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| CSKA Sofia | 5–0 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Dobrudzha Dobrich | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Levski Kyustendil | 2–1 | – | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Levski Sofia | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Litex Lovech | 2–0 | 8–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 8–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 2–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Metalurg Pernik | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Minyor Pernik | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 3–4 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Neftochimic Burgas | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 6–1 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Septemvri Sofia | 2–0 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Shumen | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2–0 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 2–2 |
| Spartak Varna | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | |

* ↑ Match Levski Kyustendil–CSKA Sofia was abandoned at half-time. No points were awarded to these two teams.

## Champions

### Litex Lovech

* Ignatov, Kirilov, Balabanov, Sarbakov, Bogdanović and Stoynev left the club during a season.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dimcho Belyakov | Litex Lovech | 21 |
| 2 | Todor Pramatarov | Shumen | 17 |
| 3 | Hristo Marashliev | Levski Kyustendil | 16 |
| 4 | Georgi Georgiev | Minyor Pernik | 15 |
| 5 | Georgi Ivanov | Levski Sofia | 13 |
| 6 | Diyan Bozhilov | Dobrudzha Dobrich | 12 |
| 7 | Serge Yoffou | Dobrudzha Dobrich | 11 |
| 7 | Dimitar Telkiyski | Botev Plovdiv | 11 |
| 7 | Iliya Gruev | Neftochimic Burgas | 11 |
| 10 | Alban Bushi | Litex Lovech | 10 |
| 10 | Genadi Simeonov | Metalurg Pernik | 10 |
| 10 | Petar Mihtarski | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 10 |
| 10 | Mihail Mihaylov | Levski Kyustendil | 10 |
| 10 | Boyko Velichkov | Spartak Varna | 10 |

* Source:1998–99 Top Goalscorers
