1956 A Group

{{Short description|12th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = A Group

| season = 1956

| winners = CSKA Sofia
(6th title)

| relegated =

| continentalcup1 = European Cup

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = CSKA Sofia

| continentalcup2 =

| continentalcup2 qualifiers =

| league topscorer = Pavel Vladimirov
(16 goals)

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| longest wins =

| longest losses =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest winless =

| matches = 132

| total goals = 330

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 1955

| nextseason = 1957

}}

The 1956 A Group was the eighth 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 12 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.{{Cite web|url=http://www.temasport.com/news/view/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5+%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82+%D0%BE%D1%82+%D0%90+%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B0,++%D0%92%D0%92%D0%A1+%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0+%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8/news:18653|publisher=temasport.com|title=Летците отлитат от А група, ВВС дава крила на Левски|date=29 September 2012|language=Bulgarian}}

League standings

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|show_limit=5

|res_col_header=QR

|winpoints=2

|team1=CSK|name_CSK=CSKA Sofia

|team2=LEV|name_LEV=Levski Sofia

|team3=BOT|name_BOT=Botev Plovdiv

|team4=SLA|name_SLA=Slavia Sofia

|team5=MIN|name_MIN=Minyor Pernik

|team6=PLO|name_PLO=Spartak Plovdiv

|team7=LSO|name_LSO=Lokomotiv Sofia

|team8=PLE|name_PLE=Spartak Pleven

|team9=SOF|name_SOF=Spartak Sofia

|team10=SPA|name_SPA=Spartak Varna

|team11=ZAV|name_ZAV=Zavod 12 Sofia

|team12=DUN|name_DUN=Dunav Ruse

|win_CSK=11|draw_CSK=9|loss_CSK=2|gf_CSK=46|ga_CSK=25|status_CSK=C

|win_LEV=8|draw_LEV=10|loss_LEV=4|gf_LEV=30|ga_LEV=24

|win_BOT=9|draw_BOT=7|loss_BOT=6|gf_BOT=27|ga_BOT=20

|win_SLA=8|draw_SLA=7|loss_SLA=7|gf_SLA=37|ga_SLA=31

|win_MIN=8|draw_MIN=6|loss_MIN=8|gf_MIN=40|ga_MIN=34

|win_PLO=7|draw_PLO=7|loss_PLO=8|gf_PLO=28|ga_PLO=29

|win_LSO=5|draw_LSO=11|loss_LSO=6|gf_LSO=20|ga_LSO=22

|win_PLE=6|draw_PLE=9|loss_PLE=7|gf_PLE=19|ga_PLE=26

|win_SOF=5|draw_SOF=9|loss_SOF=8|gf_SOF=25|ga_SOF=30

|win_SPA=5|draw_SPA=9|loss_SPA=8|gf_SPA=22|ga_SPA=28

|win_ZAV=5|draw_ZAV=9|loss_ZAV=8|gf_ZAV=20|ga_ZAV=29|status_ZAV=R

|win_DUN=2|draw_DUN=13|loss_DUN=7|gf_DUN=16|ga_DUN=32|status_DUN=R

|col_EC=green1|text_EC=Qualification for European Cup preliminary round

|result1=EC

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to 1957 B Group

|result11=R|result12=R

|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bulghist.html rsssf.com]

}}

Results

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=BPD|team2=CSK|team3=DUN|team4=LEV|team5=LSO

|team6=MIN|team7=SLA|team8=SPL|team9=SPD|team10=SSF

|team11=SPV|team12=ZAV

|name_CSK=CSKA Sofia

|match_CSK_LEV=3–1

|match_CSK_BPD=2–2

|match_CSK_SLA=3–2

|match_CSK_MIN=1–0

|match_CSK_SPD=4–1

|match_CSK_LSO=0–0

|match_CSK_SPL=2–0

|match_CSK_SSF=3–1

|match_CSK_SPV=2–1

|match_CSK_ZAV=6–0

|match_CSK_DUN=4–1

|name_LEV=Levski Sofia

|match_LEV_CSK=1–1

|match_LEV_BPD=0–1

|match_LEV_SLA=1–1

|match_LEV_MIN=5–1

|match_LEV_SPD=3–1

|match_LEV_LSO=2–1

|match_LEV_SPL=1–1

|match_LEV_SSF=3–2

|match_LEV_SPV=3–2

|match_LEV_ZAV=2–0

|match_LEV_DUN=1–1

|name_BPD=Botev Plovdiv

|match_BPD_CSK=1–2

|match_BPD_LEV=1–1

|match_BPD_SLA=1–2

|match_BPD_MIN=2–0

|match_BPD_SPD=1–0

|match_BPD_LSO=0–0

|match_BPD_SPL=5–0

|match_BPD_SSF=1–0

|match_BPD_SPV=2–0

|match_BPD_ZAV=2–1

|match_BPD_DUN=1–1

|name_SLA=Slavia Sofia

|match_SLA_CSK=3–0

|match_SLA_LEV=0–0

|match_SLA_BPD=0–2

|match_SLA_MIN=3–2

|match_SLA_SPD=3–0

|match_SLA_LSO=2–2

|match_SLA_SPL=3–1

|match_SLA_SSF=3–1

|match_SLA_SPV=5–0

|match_SLA_ZAV=2–0

|match_SLA_DUN=0–0

|name_MIN=Minyor Pernik

|match_MIN_CSK=3–6

|match_MIN_LEV=4–1

|match_MIN_BPD=1–1

|match_MIN_SLA=4–1

|match_MIN_SPD=1–1

|match_MIN_LSO=1–1

|match_MIN_SPL=3–2

|match_MIN_SSF=1–1

|match_MIN_SPV=2–3

|match_MIN_ZAV=3–0

|match_MIN_DUN=5–0

|name_SPD=Spartak Plovdiv

|match_SPD_CSK=1–1

|match_SPD_LEV=1–1

|match_SPD_BPD=0–1

|match_SPD_SLA=4–1

|match_SPD_MIN=2–1

|match_SPD_LSO=1–1

|match_SPD_SPL=3–0

|match_SPD_SSF=2–1

|match_SPD_SPV=2–1

|match_SPD_ZAV=2–2

|match_SPD_DUN=2–2

|name_LSO=Lokomotiv Sofia

|match_LSO_CSK=2–2

|match_LSO_LEV=2–3

|match_LSO_BPD=1–0

|match_LSO_SLA=3–2

|match_LSO_MIN=1–0

|match_LSO_SPD=0–0

|match_LSO_SPL=0–1

|match_LSO_SSF=2–3

|match_LSO_SPV=0–0

|match_LSO_ZAV=1–0

|match_LSO_DUN=1–0

|name_SPL=Spartak Pleven

|match_SPL_CSK=0–0

|match_SPL_LEV=0–1

|match_SPL_BPD=2–0

|match_SPL_SLA=1–1

|match_SPL_MIN=0–0

|match_SPL_SPD=1–0

|match_SPL_LSO=1–1

|match_SPL_SSF=3–0

|match_SPL_SPV=1–0

|match_SPL_ZAV=1–1

|match_SPL_DUN=1–1

|name_SSF=Spartak Sofia

|match_SSF_CSK=1–1

|match_SSF_LEV=0–0

|match_SSF_BPD=1–1

|match_SSF_SLA=1–0

|match_SSF_MIN=2–4

|match_SSF_SPD=1–0

|match_SSF_LSO=1–0

|match_SSF_SPL=1–1

|match_SSF_SPV=1–1

|match_SSF_ZAV=0–0

|match_SSF_DUN=4–0

|name_SPV=Spartak Varna

|match_SPV_CSK=2–1

|match_SPV_LEV=1–0

|match_SPV_BPD=1–1

|match_SPV_SLA=2–0

|match_SPV_MIN=0–0

|match_SPV_SPD=1–2

|match_SPV_LSO=0–0

|match_SPV_SPL=2–0

|match_SPV_SSF=1–1

|match_SPV_ZAV=0–0

|match_SPV_DUN=1–1

|name_ZAV=Zavod 12 Sofia

|match_ZAV_CSK=1–1

|match_ZAV_LEV=0–0

|match_ZAV_BPD=3–0

|match_ZAV_SLA=1–1

|match_ZAV_MIN=1–3

|match_ZAV_SPD=2–0

|match_ZAV_LSO=3–1

|match_ZAV_SPL=0–0

|match_ZAV_SSF=3–2

|match_ZAV_SPV=2–1

|match_ZAV_DUN=0–0

|name_DUN=Dunav Ruse

|match_DUN_CSK=1–1

|match_DUN_LEV=0–0

|match_DUN_BPD=2–1

|match_DUN_SLA=2–2

|match_DUN_MIN=0–1

|match_DUN_SPD=0–3

|match_DUN_LSO=0–0

|match_DUN_SPL=1–2

|match_DUN_SSF=0–0

|match_DUN_SPV=2–2

|match_DUN_ZAV=1–0

|update=complete

|source=[http://a-pfg.com/сезон/1956/ A PFG] {{in lang|bg}}

}}

Champions

;CSKA Sofia

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!colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="#FF2020"| Goalkeepers

{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Georgi Naydenov13{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Hristo Andonov{{0}}9{{0}}(0)

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!colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="#FF2020" | Defenders

{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Georgi Tsvetkov11{{0}}(1)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Kiril Rakarov18{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Georgi Enisheynov22{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Manol Manolov14{{0}}(0)

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!colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="#FF2020" | Midfielders

{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Gavril Stoyanov18{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Stefan Bozhkov19{{0}}(7)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Petar Aleksiev{{0}}9{{0}}(0)

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!colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="#FF2020" | Forwards

{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Krum Yanev17{{0}}(6)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Milanov18(11)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Konstantin Sotirov{{0}}1{{0}}(1)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Georgi Dimitrov17{{0}}(2)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Ivan Kolev16{{0}}(5)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Stefan Stefanov13{{0}}(3)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Petar Mihaylov12{{0}}(4)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Panayot Panayotov15{{0}}(6)

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!colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#FF2020"| Manager

{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Krum Milev

{{clear}}

Top scorers

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Rank

!Scorer

!Club

!Goals

rowspan="1"|1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Pavel Vladimirov

|align="left"|Minyor Pernik

|rowspan="1"|16

rowspan="1"|2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dobromir Tashkov

|align="left"|Slavia Sofia

|rowspan="1"|13

rowspan="1"|3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Milanov

|align="left"|CSKA Sofia

|rowspan="1"|11

rowspan="2"|4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Andonov

|align="left"|Spartak Sofia

|rowspan="2"|9

align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Mihail Kozhuharov

|align="left"|Slavia Sofia

References

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