1981–82 A Group
# 1981–82 A Group

The 1981–82 A Group was the 34th 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 CSKA Sofia won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CSKA Sofia (C) | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 73 | 27 | +46 | 47 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 71 | 32 | +39 | 46 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 35 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Cherno More Varna | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 33 | |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 32 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Chernomorets Burgas | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 32 | |
| 7 | Trakia Plovdiv | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 30 | |
| 8 | Haskovo | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 30 | |
| 9 | Spartak Pleven | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 29 | |
| 10 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 28 | |
| 11 | Sliven | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 27 | |
| 12 | Belasitsa Petrich | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 27 | |
| 13 | Marek Dupnitsa | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 26 | |
| 14 | Botev Vratsa | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 41 | −18 | 22 | |
| 15 | Beroe Stara Zagora (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 19 | Relegation to 1982–83 B Group |
| 16 | Akademik Sofia (R) | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 55 | −32 | 17 | Relegation to 1982–83 B Group |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AKD | BEL | BSZ | BVR | CHM | CHB | CSK | ETA | HAS | MAR | LEV | LSO | SLA | SLI | SPL | TRA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Akademik Sofia | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Belasitsa Petrich | 5–1 | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 0–1 | 4–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Botev Vratsa | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Cherno More | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Chernomorets Burgas | 1–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| CSKA Sofia | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| Haskovo | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Marek Dupnitsa | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Levski Sofia | 6–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 2–2 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Sliven | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Spartak Pleven | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 |
| Trakia Plovdiv | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mihail Valchev | Levski Sofia | 24 |
| 2 | Stoycho Mladenov | CSKA Sofia | 18 |
| 3 | Plamen Getov | Spartak Pleven | 14 |
| 3 | Tsvetan Yonchev | CSKA Sofia | 14 |
| 5 | Boycho Velichkov | Lokomotiv Sofia | 13 |
| 6 | Petar Kurdov | Levski Sofia | 12 |
| 6 | Todor Barzov | Levski Sofia | 12 |
| 8 | Georgi Dimitrov | CSKA Sofia | 11 |
| 8 | Kostadin Kostadinov | Botev Plovdiv | 11 |
| 8 | Mitko Argirov | Botev Plovdiv | 11 |
| 8 | Ivan Pritargov | Chernomorets Burgas | 11 |
