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2000–01 A Group

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A Group
Season2000–01
Dates4 August 2000 – 27 May 2001
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(22nd title)
RelegatedBotev Plovdiv, Minyor
Champions LeagueLevski
UEFA CupCSKA
Litex Lovech
Matches played182
Goals scored552 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorerGeorgi Ivanov
(21 goals)

The 2000–01 A Group was the 53rd season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

The league was contested by the top 12 teams from the 1999–2000 season as well as Cherno More Varna and Hebar Pazardzhik, who joined as the promoted clubs from the 1999–2000 B Group.

Defending champions Levski Sofia won their 22nd Bulgarian league title overall. Botev Plovdiv and Minyor Pernik were relegated at the end of the season by finishing in the last two places.

Teams

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Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the B Group. The promoted teams were Cherno More Varna (returning to the top flight after a six-year absence) and Hebar Pazardzhik (returning after an eight-year absence). They replaced Dobrudzha Dobrich, Belasitsa Petrich, Pirin Blagoevgrad and Shumen.

Stadiums and Locations

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Location of teams in 2000–01 A Group
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Sofia 2000–01 A Group football clubs
Team Standort Stadium Capacity
Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe 22,500
Botev Plovdiv Hristo Botev 22,000
Cherno More Varna Ticha 8,250
Chernomorets Burgas Chernomorets 22,000
CSKA Sofia Balgarska Armia 22,015
Hebar Pazardzhik Georgi Benkovski 13,128
Levski Sofia Georgi Asparuhov 29,200
Lovech Lovech Gradski 7,050
Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 22,000
Minyor Pernik Minyor 20,000
Neftochimic Burgas Lazur 18,037
Slavia Sofia Slavia 32,000
Spartak Varna Spartak 7,500
Velbazhd Kyustendil Osogovo 13,000

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Beroe Bulgarien Tsvetomir Parvanov Bulgarien Deutschland Erima[1] AKSA[2]
Botev Plovdiv Bulgarien Georgi Lazarov Vitosha AD
Cherno More Bulgarien Bozhil Kolev Bulgarien Ventsislav Marinov Japan Asics VAI Holding
Chernomorets Bulgarien Nikolay Rusev Bulgarien Angel Stoykov
CSKA Sofia Italien Enrico Catuzzi Italien Lotto
Hebar Bulgarien Voyn Voynov
Levski Sofia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljupko Petrović Bulgarien Stanimir Stoilov Italien Diadora Mobiltel
Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgarien Angel Kolev Deutschland Adidas Delta-G
Lovech Bulgarien Ferario Spasov Bulgarien Vitomir Vutov Japan Asics Litex Commerce
Minyor Bulgarien Ventsislav Arsov Vereinigte Staaten Nike
Neftochimic Bulgarien Dimitar Stoychev Bulgarien Veliyan Parushev Deutschland Puma Petrol AD
Slavia Sofia Bulgarien Kiril Kachamanov Bulgarien Veselin Vachev Deutschland Adidas Sofiyski Imoti
Spartak Varna Bulgarien Stefan Grozdanov
Velbazhd Bulgarien Dimitar Dimitrov Bulgarien Slavcho Pavlov Vereinigte Staaten Nike VIS-2

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Botev Plovdiv Bulgarien Dinko Dermendzhiev Mutual consent 1 June 2000 Pre-season Bulgarien Marin Bakalov 26 June 2000
Lovech Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Čedomir Đoinčević Sacked 10 June 2000 Pre-season Rumänien Mihai Stoichiță 1 July 2000
Levski Sofia Bulgarien Dimitar Dimitrov Sacked 15 June 2000[3] Pre-season Russland Vladimir Fedotov 7 July 2000[4]
CSKA Sofia Bulgarien Aleksandar Stankov End of caretaker tenure 23 June 2000 Pre-season Italien Enrico Catuzzi 24 June 2000[5]
Beroe Bulgarien Ventsislav Kepov Mutual consent June 2000 Pre-season Bulgarien Nikola Ivanov June 2000
Slavia Bulgarien Miroslav Mironov Mutual consent June 2000 Pre-season Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Olarević June 2000
Cherno More Bulgarien Radoslav Zdravkov Mutual consent June 2000 Pre-season Bulgarien Bozhil Kolev June 2000
Velbazhd Bulgarien Dimitar Sokolov Mutual consent 26 June 2000 Pre-season Bulgarien Dimitar Dimitrov 26 June 2000[6]
Neftochimic Bulgarien Dimitar Stoychev Mutual consent 30 June 2000 Pre-season Italien Salvatore Polverino 1 July 2000[7]
Neftochimic Italien Salvatore Polverino Sacked 6 August 2000 13th Bulgarien Dimitar Stoychev 6 August 2000
Beroe Bulgarien Nikola Ivanov Sacked 14 August 2000 12th Bulgarien Petko Petkov 14 August 2000
Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgarien Pavel Panov Sacked 29 August 2000 8th Bulgarien Radoslav Zdravkov 29 August 2000[8]
Levski Sofia Russland Vladimir Fedotov Sacked 30 August 2000[9] 2nd Bulgarien Nasko Sirakov (caretaker) 30 August 2000
Levski Sofia Bulgarien Nasko Sirakov End of caretaker tenure 2 October 2000 1st Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljupko Petrović 2 October 2000
Lovech Rumänien Mihai Stoichiță Sacked 21 October 2000 6th Bulgarien Ferario Spasov 21 October 2000[10]
Slavia Sofia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Olarević Mutual consent 27 November 2000 10th Bulgarien Kiril Kachamanov 27 November 2000[11]
CSKA Sofia Italien Enrico Catuzzi Mutual consent 19 December 2000 2nd Bulgarien Aleksandar Stankov 20 December 2000
CSKA Sofia Bulgarien Aleksandar Stankov Mutual consent 3 March 2001 2nd Italien Enrico Catuzzi 4 March 2001
Beroe Bulgarien Petko Petkov Sacked 20 March 2001 ? Bulgarien Tsvetomir Parvanov 20 March 2001
Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgarien Radoslav Zdravkov Sacked 29 April 2001 ? Bulgarien Angel Kolev 29 April 2001

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levski Sofia (C) 26 22 3 1 63 13 +50 69 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 CSKA Sofia 26 19 5 2 65 16 +49 62 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Velbazhd Kyustendil 26 18 3 5 48 29 +19 57 Relegation to V Group
4 Lovech 26 17 4 5 70 23 +47 55 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
5 Neftochimic Burgas 26 12 6 8 47 34 +13 42
6 Slavia Sofia 26 10 5 11 35 35 0 35
7 Spartak Varna 26 10 4 12 38 40 −2 34 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
8 Lokomotiv Sofia 26 9 6 11 37 37 0 33
9 Hebar Pazardzhik 26 7 5 14 38 55 −17 26 Relegation to V Group
10 Cherno More 26 7 5 14 20 49 −29 26
11 Chernomorets Burgas 26 6 4 16 22 48 −26 22
12 Beroe (O) 26 6 4 16 21 47 −26 22 Qualification for relegation play-off
13 Botev Plovdiv (R) 26 6 2 18 28 55 −27 20 Relegation to 2001–02 B Group
14 Minyor Pernik (R) 26 3 4 19 19 71 −52 13
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian) and rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Lovech won the 2000–01 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.

Results

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Home \ Away BSZ BOT CHB CHM CSK HEB LEV LSO LOV MIN NEF SLA SPV VEL
Beroe 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–2
Botev Plovdiv 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–4 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–4
Chernomorets Burgas 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–2
Cherno More 1–2 3–2 3–0 1–4 2–1 0–3 2–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–3
CSKA Sofia 5–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 9–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
Hebar Pazardzhik 3–0 3–0 5–1 2–0 2–4 0–1 2–2 1–4 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–3
Levski Sofia 3–0 3–0 4–0 6–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 3–2 3–2 0–1 3–0 1–4 3–1 0–2 2–2 6–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–0
Lovech 4–0 6–0 3–0 5–0 4–1 2–0 3–4 2–0 4–1 2–0 6–1 4–0 5–0
Minyor Pernik 2–0 4–3 2–0 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–4[a] 0–1 1–4 1–4 0–3 1–2 0–0
Neftochimic Burgas 4–1 2–1 3–1 4–0 0–3[b] 5–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–2 2–5 5–0
Slavia Sofia 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 7–1 0–0 3–2 0–2
Spartak Varna 4–1 1–0 4–3 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 2–0 0–3
Velbazhd Kyustendil 2–0 4–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 0–1 2–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match awarded after was abandoned at 0-1 in 65th minute due to home fans throwing stones following a second sending off
  2. ^ Match awarded (originally finished 1–3).

Relegation play-off

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Beroe Stara Zagora1–0Pirin Blagoevgrad
Zhelev 73'
Attendance: 2,000

Champions

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Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
01 Bulgarien Dimitar Ivankov 25 0(5)
12 Bulgarien Georgi Sheytanov 01 0(0)
30 Bulgarien Vihren Uzunov 01 0(0)
Defenders
02 Bulgarien Martin Stankov 18 0(0)
03 Bulgarien Stanimir Stoilov 15 0(2)
05 Bulgarien Georgi Markov 22 0(0)
06 Bulgarien Zahari Sirakov 17 0(2)
11 Bulgarien Elin Topuzakov 22 0(3)
14 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav Savić 08 0(0)
15 Usbekistan Aleksey Dionisiev 07 0(0)
22 Bulgarien Ilian Stoyanov 20 0(1)
23 Bosnien und Herzegowina Dalibor Dragić 16 0(2)
Bulgarien Predrag Pažin* 06 0(0)
Ukraine Oleksandr Koval* 03 0(0)
Midfielders
04 Bulgarien Biser Ivanov 22 0(0)
10 Bulgarien Asen Nikolov 07 0(0)
16 Bulgarien Chavdar Atanasov 15 0(2)
17 Russland Konstantin Golovskoy 04 0(0)
19 Bulgarien Svetoslav Barkanichkov 04 0(0)
20 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Neško Milovanović 05 0(0)
21 Bulgarien Dimitar Telkiyski 15 0(5)
25 Bulgarien Yordan Terziev 09 0(0)
26 Bulgarien Viktorio Pavlov 01 0(0)
28 Russland Vladislav Radimov 03 0(1)
Bulgarien Aleksandar Aleksandrov* 07 0(1)
Ukraine Eduard Tsykhmeystruk* 12 0(1)
Russland Konstantin Kaynov* 02 0(0)
Forwards
07 Brasilien Rogério Gaúcho 08 0(0)
08 Bulgarien Georgi Bachev 11 0(2)
09 Bulgarien Georgi Ivanov 24 (21)
18 Bulgarien Krum Bibishkov 02 0(1)
24 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miodrag Pantelić 12 0(1)
29 Bulgarien Dimitar Makriev 01 0(0)
99 Bulgarien Petar Mihtarski 11 0(4)
Usbekistan Georgi Georgiev* 04 0(3)
Manager
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljupko Petrović
  • Pažin, Koval, Aleksandrov, Tsykhmeystruk, Kaynov and Georgiev left the club during a season.

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgarien Georgi Ivanov Levski Sofia 22
2 Bulgarien Hristo Yovov Lovech 17
3 Bulgarien Stefan Yurukov Lovech 14
4 Bulgarien Vladimir Manchev CSKA Sofia 13
Bulgarien Valentin Stanchev Spartak Varna
Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Janković Lovech
7 Bulgarien Hristo Yanev CSKA Sofia 12
8 Bulgarien Martin Kushev Slavia Sofia 11
Bulgarien Boyko Velichkov Velbazhd Kyustendil
10 Bulgarien Ivan Tonchev Beroe Stara Zagora 9

References

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  1. ^ "„Берое в елита": 2000-2001 г. – Бараж" (in Bulgarian). beroe.bg.
  2. ^ "Турски спонсор пое "Берое"" (in Bulgarian). capital.bg. 15 September 2000.
  3. ^ "Димитър Димитров – Херо напуска Левски" (in Bulgarian). news.bg. 15 June 2000.
  4. ^ "Циркът на Герена е с традиции" (in Bulgarian). bgfootball.com. 12 April 2012. Archived from the original on 16 March 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Енрико Катуци подписва с ЦСКА за 1 година" (in Bulgarian). segabg.com. 23 June 2000.
  6. ^ "Димитър Димитров поема Велбъжд в понеделник" (in Bulgarian). segabg.com. 22 June 2000.
  7. ^ "Българо-италианската връзка в Нефтохимик не сработи" (in Bulgarian). capital.bg. 21 July 2000.
  8. ^ "Ради Здравков е новия треньор на Локомотив (Сф)" (in Bulgarian). news.bg. 29 August 2000.
  9. ^ "Уволниха протежето на Чорни от Левски" (in Bulgarian). segabg.com. 31 August 2000.
  10. ^ "Цената на треньорските авантюри на Гриша Ганчев" (in Bulgarian). capital.bg. 20 October 2000.
  11. ^ "Славия избра най-лесния вариант за нов старши треньор" (in Bulgarian). capital.bg. 24 November 2000.
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