2010–11 A Group
| Season | 2010–11 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Litex Lovech |
| Relegated | Akademik Sofia Sliven 2000 |
| Champions League | Litex Lovech |
| Europa League | Levski Sofia CSKA Sofia Lokomotiv Sofia |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 577 (2.4 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Pirin 6–0 Akademik |
| Biggest away win | Akademik 0–4 Slavia Chernomorets 0–4 CSKA |
| Highest scoring | Sliven 6–1 Vidima-R. Loko Sofia 4–3 Slavia |
← 2009–10 | |
The 2010–11 A PFG is the 87th season of the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, Bulgaria's premier football league. The season commenced on 31 July 2010 and will end with the last games on 28 May 2011. The winter break will be in effect between weekends around 29 November 2010 and 26 February 2011.[1] The defending champions are Litex Lovech.
Team information
Lokomotiv Mezdra, Sportist Svoge and Botev Plovdiv were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom three places. Lokomotiv Mezdra ended a two-year tenure, and Sportist were relegated after a year in the A PFG; the future of Botev Plovdiv is uncertain since the club were excluded from A PFG due to financial difficulties, and the club is trying to receive a licence to play in B PFG for next season.
The relegated teams were replaced by Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo and Kaliakra Kavarna, champions of the 2009-10 West and East B PFG. Vidima-Rakovski returned to the A PFG after two years, Kaliakra entered the top division for their first time.
A further place in the league was decided through a play-off match between the runners-up teams from the both B PFG. The game was played on 23 May 2010 between Nesebar and Akademik Sofia. Akademik won the match 2–1 and returned to the top division after 28 years. The last time the club have played in A PFG was during the 1981-82 season.
Stadia and locations
As in the previous year, the league will comprise the best thirteen teams of the 2009–10 season, the champions of the two 2009–10 Bulgarian B Professional Football Group division and the winners of the promotion play-off between the runners-up of these divisions.
The following teams have ensured their participation for the 2010–11 A PFG season (listed in alphabetical order):
Location of teams in A PFG 2010-11
| Team | City | Stadium | Stadium capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akademik | Sofia | Ovcha Kupel1 | 18,000 |
| Beroe | Stara Zagora | Beroe | 17,800 |
| Cherno More | Varna | Ticha | 12,000 |
| Chernomorets | Burgas | Lazur | 18,037 |
| CSKA | Sofia | Vasil Levski2 | 43,632 |
| Kaliakra | Kavarna | Kavarna | 5,000 |
| Levski | Sofia | Georgi Asparuhov | 29,986 |
| Litex | Lovech | Lovech | 7,050 |
| Lokomotiv | Plovdiv | Lokomotiv | 13,800 |
| Lokomotiv | Sofia | Vasil Levski3 | 43,632 |
| Minyor | Pernik | Minyor | 8,000 |
| Montana | Montana | Ogosta | 8,000 |
| Pirin | Blagoevgrad | Hristo Botev | 11,000 |
| Slavia | Sofia | Ovcha Kupel | 18,000 |
| Sliven 2000 | Sliven | Hadzhi Dimitar | 10,000 |
| Vidima-Rakovski | Sevlievo | Rakovski | 8,816 |
- Notes
- Akademik Sofia will play their league home games at Ovcha Kupel Stadium in Sofia because their Akademik Stadium had not received approval from the BFU license committee.
- CSKA Sofia will play their league home games at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia because their Balgarska Armiya had not received approval from the BFU license committee.
- Lokomotiv Sofia will play their league home games at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia because their Lokomotiv Stadium had not received approval from the BFU license committee.
Personnel and sponsoring
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit Manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akademik Sofia |  Boris Angelov
|
Nikola Asenov
|
Saller | Bench Mark Group |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | Ilian Iliev
|
Slavi Zhekov
|
GUPA | Bulsatcom |
| Cherno More Varna | Stefan Genov
|
Georgi Iliev
|
Misho | Armeets |
| Chernomorets Burgas | Georgi Vasilev
|
Trayan Dyankov
|
Puma | QUARTO |
| CSKA Sofia | Milen Radukanov
|
Todor Yanchev
|
Uhlsport | GLOBUL |
| Kaliakra | Anton Zdravkov
|
Ivan Raychev
|
Uhlsport | Municipality of Kavarna |
| Levski Sofia | Yasen Petrov
|
Hristo Yovov
|
Nike | M-Tel |
| Litex Lovech | Lyuboslav Penev
|
 Nebojša Jelenković
|
Adidas | b-connect |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Saša Nikolić
|
Zdravko Lazarov
|
Uhlsport | |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | Dian Petkov
|
Kristian Dobrev
|
Puma | |
| Minyor Pernik | Stoycho Stoev
|
Kostadin Markov
|
Jumper | Municipal Insurance Company |
| Montana | Atanas Dzhambazki
|
Daniel Gadzhev
|
ASICS | GM Capital |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | Kostadin Angelov
|
Veselin Stoykov
|
Joma | Beer Pirinsko |
| Slavia Sofia | Emil Velev
|
Bogomil Dyakov
|
Puma | |
| Sliven | Dimcho Nenov
|
Evgeni Karamanov
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Tomy | |
| Vidima-Rakovski | Dimitar Todorov
|
Georgi Stoychev
|
ASICS | VIDEXIM |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager(s) | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSKA Sofia | Adalbert Zafirov (interim)
|
End of caretaker contract | 16 May 2010 | Pre-season | Pavel Dochev
|
13 May 2010[2] |
| Slavia Sofia | Velislav Vutsov
|
Sacked | 17 May 2010 | Emil Velev
|
19 May 2010[3] | |
| Levski Sofia | Anton Zdravkov Georgi Ivanov
|
End of caretaker contract | 20 May 2010 | Yasen Petrov
|
20 May 2010[4] | |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | Stefan Grozdanov
|
Leaves the club | 08 June 2010[5] | Yordan Bozdanski
|
21 June 2010 | |
| Litex Lovech | Angel Chervenkov
|
Sacked | 5 August 2010 | 1st | Petko Petkov (interim)
|
5 August 2010[6] |
| CSKA Sofia | Pavel Dochev
|
Sacked | 16 August 2010[7] | 13th |  Gjore Jovanovski
|
16 August 2010[8] |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | Yordan Bozdanski
|
Sacked | 30 August 2010 | 14th | Kostadin Angelov
|
1 September 2010[9] |
| Litex Lovech | Petko Petkov (interim)
|
End of caretaker contract | 1 September 2010 | 4th | Luboslav Penev
|
2 September 2010[10] |
| Minyor Pernik | Anton Velkov
|
Resigned | 6 September 2010[11] | 16th | Stoycho Stoev
|
8 September 2010[12] |
| Kaliakra Kavarna | Filip Filipov
|
Sacked | 6 October 2010[13] | 13th | Anton Zdravkov
|
7 October 2010 |
| CSKA Sofia | Gjore Jovanovski
|
Sacked | 21 October 2010[14] | 9th | Milen Radukanov
|
21 October 2010[15] |
| Cherno More Varna | Velizar Popov
|
Resigned | 23 October 2010[16] | 10th | Stefan Genov
|
23 October 2010 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | Dimitar Vasev
|
Sacked | 22 November 2010[17] | 5th | Dian Petkov (interim)
|
22 November 2010 |
| Sliven | Dragoljub Simonović
|
Resigned | 4 December 2010[18] | 15th | Dimcho Nenov
|
10 January 2011[19] |
| Chernomorets Burgas | Krasimir Balakov
|
Resigned | 7 December 2010[20] | 3rd | Anton Velkov
|
23 December 2010[21] |
| Chernomorets Burgas | Anton Velkov
|
Sacked | 21 March 2011[22] | 7th | Georgi Vasilev
|
21 March 2011 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Nedelcho Matushev
|
Sacked | 26 April 2011[23] | 5th | Saša Nikolić
|
26 April 2011 |
League table
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Relegation Play-Off
| West B PFG runner-up team | v | Chernomorets Pomorie |
|---|---|---|
| Winner of the match above | v | Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo |
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Season statistics
Scoring
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- First goal of the season: 18:06, 31 July 2010 -
Georgi Filipov for Kaliakra against Slavia (6th minute) - Fastest goal in a match: 19 seconds - Rumen Trifonov for CSKA against Chernomorets (8 August 2010)
- First own goal of the season: Yordan Petkov (Slavia) for Beroe, 3rd round (15 August 2010)
- First hat-trick of the season:
Garra Dembélé (Levski) against Loko Sofia (9 August 2010) - Quickest hat-trick: 25 minutes - Garra Dembélé (Levski) against Minyor (12 September 2010)
- Widest winning margin: 5 goals
- Sliven 2000 6–1 Vidima-Rakovski (18 September 2010)
- Lokomotiv Plovdiv 5–0 Kaliakra (25 September 2010)
- Cherno More 5–0 Vidima-Rakovski (9 April 2011)
- Most goals in one half: 6 goals
- Sliven 2000 6–1 Vidima-Rakovski (5–1 at half time) (18 September 2010)
- Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals
- Lokomotiv Sofia 4–3 Slavia (27 November 2010)
- Highest scoring draw: 4 goals
- Vidima-Rakovski 2–2 CSKA (14 August 2010)
- Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–2 Litex (22 August 2010)
- Montana 2–2 Akademik (18 September 2010)
- Minyor 2–2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (2 October 2010)
- Lokomotiv Sofia 2–2 CSKA (4 October 2010)
- Slavia 2–2 Levski (7 November 2010)
Discipline
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- First yellow card of the season: Radoslav Mitrevski for Pirin against Cherno More, 17 minutes and 25 seconds (31 July 2010)
- First red card of the season: Anton Dimitrov for Kaliakra against Slavia, 87 minutes and 14 seconds (31 July 2010)
- Most yellow cards in a single match: 10
- Akademik 0–1 Sliven – 6 for Akademik (Pieter Mbemba, Asparuh Vasilev, Ivan Redovski, Nikola Asenov, Marcos Bonfim and Yulian Petkov) and 4 for Sliven (Petar Stoyanov, Nikolay Dimitrov, Miroslav Mindev and Dimo Bakalov) (21 August 2010)
- Most red cards in a single match: 3
- Cherno More 3–2 Slavia – 1 for Cherno More (Ademar Júnior) and 2 for Slavia (Galin Ivanov, Victor Deniran) (17 October 2010)
See also
- List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2010
- List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2010–11
References
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- ^ "Изхвърлиха Гьоре Йовановски" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ "Стана ясен новият треньор на ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
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- ^ "Локо (Сф) сменя Васев, праща го в отпуск до Нова година" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- ^ "Драголюб Симонович напуска Сливен" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 4 December 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- ^ "Димчо Ненов е новият старши треньор на ОФК Сливен" (in Bulgarian). dariknews.bg. 10 January 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ "Красимир Балъков си тръгна от Черноморец" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ "Тони Велков наследява Балъков в Черноморец" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ "Гочето пое Черноморец" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ^ "Саша Николич ще води Локо Пд до края на сезона" (in Bulgarian). sportni.bg. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ "Bulgaria - A PFG Top goalscorers". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ "Bulgaria - A PFG Top assistants" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
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