1987–88 A Group
# 1987–88 A Group

The 1987–88 A Group was the 40th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The championship was won by Levski Sofia, two points ahead of CSKA Sofia. Chernomorets Burgas and Spartak Pleven were relegated.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Levski Sofia (C) | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 67 | 29 | +38 | 48 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 76 | 32 | +44 | 46 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Trakia Plovdiv | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 38 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 32 | |
| 6 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 29 | |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 28 | |
| 8 | Sliven | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 27 | |
| 9 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 26 | |
| 10 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 26 | |
| 11 | Minyor Pernik | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 25 | |
| 12 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 25 | |
| 13 | Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 25 | |
| 14 | Vratsa | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 24 | |
| 15 | Chernomorets Burgas (R) | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 21 | Relegation to 1988–89 B Group |
| 16 | Spartak Pleven (R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 21 | Relegation to 1988–89 B Group |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BSZ | CHB | CSK | ETA | LEV | LGO | LPL | LSO | MIN | PIR | SLA | SLI | SPL | SPV | TRA | VRA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Chernomorets Burgas | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| CSKA Sofia | 4–2 | 8–0 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| Levski Sofia | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 4–0 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Minyor Pernik | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Sliven | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 4–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Spartak Pleven | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 |
| Spartak Varna | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Trakia Plovdiv | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 2–0 |
| Vratsa | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nasko Sirakov | Levski Sofia | 28 |
| 2 | Lyuboslav Penev | CSKA Sofia | 21 |
| 3 | Ivelin Mladenov | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 18 |
| 4 | Atanas Pashev | Trakia Plovdiv | 17 |
| 5 | Petar Aleksandrov | Slavia Sofia | 16 |
| 6 | Hristo Stoichkov | CSKA Sofia | 14 |
| 7 | Petar Kurdov | Levski Sofia | 13 |
| 7 | Vasil Dragolov | Beroe | 13 |
| 7 | Emil Kostadinov | CSKA Sofia | 13 |
| 10 | Yordan Lechkov | Sliven | 12 |
| 10 | Stefan Draganov | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 12 |
