1989–90 A Group
# 1989–90 A Group

The 1989–90 A Group was the 42nd season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The campaign was won by CSKA Sofia, nine points ahead of Slavia Sofia. Hebar Pazardzhik, Cherno More Varna and Botev Vratsa were relegated.

## Teams

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Beroe | Stara Zagora | Beroe | 18,000 |
| Cherno More | Varna | Yuri Gagarin Ticha | 35,000 8,000 |
| Chernomorets | Burgas | Deveti Septemvri | 18,000 |
| CSKA | Sofia | Narodna Armia | 26,000 |
| Dunav | Ruse | Gradski Dunav | 22,000 12,000 |
| Etar | Veliko Tarnovo | Ivaylo | 15,000 |
| Hebar | Pazardzhik | Lyuben Shkodrov | 12,000 |
| Levski | Sofia | Levski Rakovski | 40,000 18,000 |
| Lokomotiv | Gorna Oryahovitsa | Dimitar Dyulgerov | 14,000 |
| Lokomotiv | Plovdiv | Lokomotiv Deveti Septemvri | 13,000 50,000 |
| Lokomotiv | Sofia | Vasil Levski National Stadium | 60,000 |
| Pirin | Blagoevgrad | Hristo Botev (Blagoevgrad) | 15,000 |
| Slavia | Sofia | Slavia | 25,000 |
| Sliven | Sliven | Hadzhi Dimitar | 15,000 |
| Trakia | Plovdiv | Hristo Botev (Plovdiv) | 30,000 |
| Vratsa | Vratsa | Hristo Botev (Vratsa) | 25,000 |

### Personnel

| Team | Manager | Captain |
| - | - | - |
| Beroe | Petko Petkov | Petko Tenev |
| Cherno More | Nikola Kovachev | Todor Marev |
| Chernomorets | Ivan Vutov | Lyubomir Sheytanov |
| CSKA | Dimitar Penev | Lyuboslav Penev |
| Dunav | Simeon Simeonov | Nikolay Boyanov |
| Etar | Georgi Vasilev | Nikolay Donev |
| Hebar | Dimitar Milev | Lazar Dimitrov |
| Levski | Dobromir Zhechev | Georgi Yordanov |
| Lokomotiv GO | Kiril Rabchev | Angel Minchev |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Mihail Georgiev | Stefan Draganov |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | Ventsislav Arsov | Pavel Dochev |
| Pirin | Boris Nikolov | Valentin Dartilov |
| Slavia | Ivan Vutsov | Plamen Simeonov |
| Sliven | Lyudmil Goranov | Petar Ivanov |
| Trakia | Dinko Dermendzhiev | Petar Zehtinski |
| Vratsa | Semko Goranov | Ivan Radoslavov |

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CSKA Sofia (C) | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 85 | 30 | +55 | 45 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 36 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 35 | |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 35 | |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 35 | |
| 6 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 34 | |
| 7 | Trakia Plovdiv | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 33 | |
| 8 | Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 30 | |
| 9 | Sliven | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 29 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 10 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 29 | |
| 11 | Chernomorets Burgas | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 29 | |
| 12 | Dunav Ruse | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 27 | |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 27 | |
| 14 | Hebar Pazardzhik (R) | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 25 | Relegation to 1990–91 B Group |
| 15 | Cherno More (R) | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 28 | 63 | −35 | 16 | Relegation to 1990–91 B Group |
| 16 | Vratsa (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 65 | −40 | 15 | Relegation to 1990–91 B Group |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BSZ | CHM | CHB | CSK | DUN | ETA | HEB | LEV | LGO | LPL | LSO | PIR | SLA | SLI | TRA | VRA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Cherno More | 3–3 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–6 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Chernomorets Burgas | 1–3 | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| CSKA Sofia | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 6–0 |
| Dunav Ruse | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Hebar Pazardzhik | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Levski Sofia | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Sliven | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Trakia Plovdiv | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 5–0 |
| Vratsa | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |

## Champions

### CSKA Sofia

* Penev left the club during a season.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hristo Stoichkov | CSKA Sofia | 38 |
| 2 | Petar Mihtarski | Levski Sofia | 24 |
| 3 | Gosho Petkov | Lokomotiv Sofia | 17 |
| 4 | Yordan Lechkov | Sliven | 16 |
| 5 | Valentin Stanchev | Vratsa | 15 |
| 6 | Antim Pehlivanov | Trakia Plovdiv | 13 |
| 6 | Nikolay Petrunov | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 13 |
| 8 | Lyuboslav Penev | CSKA Sofia | 12 |
| 9 | Boncho Genchev | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 11 |
| 9 | Georgi Dimitrov | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 11 |
| 9 | Yordan Bozdanski | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 11 |
