1957 A Group

{{Short description|13th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = A Group

| season = 1957

| winners = CSKA Sofia
(7th title)

| relegated =

| continentalcup1 = European Cup

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = CSKA Sofia

| continentalcup2 =

| continentalcup2 qualifiers =

| league topscorer = Hristo Iliev
(14 goals)

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| longest wins =

| longest losses =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest winless =

| matches = 132

| total goals = 367

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 1956

| nextseason = 1958

}}

The 1957 A Group was the ninth 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%A1+4-2-4+%D0%92%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%87%D0%BE+%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0++%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5,+%D0%BD%D0%BE+%D0%BD%D0%B5+%D0%B8+%D0%A6%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%90/news:18775|publisher=temasport.com|title=С 4-2-4 Врабчо изпреварва бразилците, но не и ЦСКА|date=6 October 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=LSO|name_LSO=Lokomotiv Sofia

|team3=LEV|name_LEV=Levski Sofia

|team4=PLE|name_PLE=Spartak Pleven

|team5=MIN|name_MIN=Minyor Pernik

|team6=SLA|name_SLA=Slavia Sofia

|team7=PLO|name_PLO=Spartak Plovdiv

|team8=BOT|name_BOT=Botev Plovdiv

|team9=CHM|name_CHM=Cherno More Varna

|team10=SPA|name_SPA=Spartak Varna

|team11=SOF|name_SOF=Spartak Sofia

|team12=MAR|name_MAR=Marek Dupnitsa

|win_CSK=15|draw_CSK=4|loss_CSK=3|gf_CSK=53|ga_CSK=16|status_CSK=C

|win_LSO=16|draw_LSO=1|loss_LSO=5|gf_LSO=33|ga_LSO=19

|win_LEV=12|draw_LEV=6|loss_LEV=4|gf_LEV=46|ga_LEV=21

|win_PLE=8|draw_PLE=8|loss_PLE=6|gf_PLE=28|ga_PLE=28

|win_MIN=8|draw_MIN=6|loss_MIN=8|gf_MIN=30|ga_MIN=26

|win_SLA=7|draw_SLA=6|loss_SLA=9|gf_SLA=38|ga_SLA=39

|win_PLO=7|draw_PLO=5|loss_PLO=10|gf_PLO=33|ga_PLO=41

|win_BOT=6|draw_BOT=7|loss_BOT=9|gf_BOT=22|ga_BOT=33

|win_CHM=5|draw_CHM=8|loss_CHM=9|gf_CHM=19|ga_CHM=24

|win_SPA=6|draw_SPA=6|loss_SPA=10|gf_SPA=23|ga_SPA=31

|win_SOF=4|draw_SOF=8|loss_SOF=10|gf_SOF=22|ga_SOF=35|status_SOF=R

|win_MAR=2|draw_MAR=7|loss_MAR=13|gf_MAR=20|ga_MAR=54|status_MAR=R

|col_EC1=green1|text_EC1=Qualification for European Cup first round

|result1=EC1

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to 1958 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=CHM|team3=CSK|team4=LEV|team5=LSO

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

|team11=SSF|team12=SPV

|name_CSK=CSKA Sofia

|match_CSK_LSO=3–0

|match_CSK_LEV=4–0

|match_CSK_SPL=1–0

|match_CSK_MIN=0–1

|match_CSK_SLA=3–0

|match_CSK_SPD=5–2

|match_CSK_BPD=2–0

|match_CSK_CHM=0–0

|match_CSK_SPV=4–1

|match_CSK_SSF=5–1

|match_CSK_MAR=2–0

|name_LSO=Lokomotiv Sofia

|match_LSO_CSK=0–2

|match_LSO_LEV=1–0

|match_LSO_SPL=1–0

|match_LSO_MIN=1–0

|match_LSO_SLA=3–1

|match_LSO_SPD=1–0

|match_LSO_BPD=5–0

|match_LSO_CHM=1–0

|match_LSO_SPV=3–2

|match_LSO_SSF=3–0

|match_LSO_MAR=2–1

|name_LEV=Levski Sofia

|match_LEV_CSK=0–0

|match_LEV_LSO=0–1

|match_LEV_SPL=4–0

|match_LEV_MIN=4–2

|match_LEV_SLA=2–2

|match_LEV_SPD=3–1

|match_LEV_BPD=0–0

|match_LEV_CHM=3–2

|match_LEV_SPV=3–0

|match_LEV_SSF=6–1

|match_LEV_MAR=6–0

|name_SPL=Spartak Pleven

|match_SPL_CSK=1–2

|match_SPL_LSO=1–0

|match_SPL_LEV=2–1

|match_SPL_MIN=3–1

|match_SPL_SLA=2–1

|match_SPL_SPD=3–1

|match_SPL_BPD=1–1

|match_SPL_CHM=3–1

|match_SPL_SPV=1–1

|match_SPL_SSF=1–0

|match_SPL_MAR=1–1

|name_MIN=Minyor Pernik

|match_MIN_CSK=1–1

|match_MIN_LSO=0–1

|match_MIN_LEV=1–2

|match_MIN_SPL=0–0

|match_MIN_SLA=2–3

|match_MIN_SPD=2–0

|match_MIN_BPD=0–1

|match_MIN_CHM=2–0

|match_MIN_SPV=2–1

|match_MIN_SSF=1–0

|match_MIN_MAR=5–0

|name_SLA=Slavia Sofia

|match_SLA_CSK=3–1

|match_SLA_LSO=2–0

|match_SLA_LEV=2–2

|match_SLA_SPL=0–1

|match_SLA_MIN=1–3

|match_SLA_SPD=4–5

|match_SLA_BPD=2–2

|match_SLA_CHM=2–1

|match_SLA_SPV=3–0

|match_SLA_SSF=1–1

|match_SLA_MAR=3–0

|name_SPD=Spartak Plovdiv

|match_SPD_CSK=1–0

|match_SPD_LSO=2–3

|match_SPD_LEV=0–1

|match_SPD_SPL=3–3

|match_SPD_MIN=3–1

|match_SPD_SLA=2–0

|match_SPD_BPD=1–0

|match_SPD_CHM=0–0

|match_SPD_SPV=1–1

|match_SPD_SSF=3–2

|match_SPD_MAR=5–0

|name_BPD=Botev Plovdiv

|match_BPD_CSK=0–3

|match_BPD_LSO=1–2

|match_BPD_LEV=0–4

|match_BPD_SPL=3–1

|match_BPD_MIN=2–3

|match_BPD_SLA=3–0

|match_BPD_SPD=2–2

|match_BPD_CHM=1–0

|match_BPD_SPV=0–0

|match_BPD_SSF=1–0

|match_BPD_MAR=0–0

|name_CHM=Cherno More

|match_CHM_CSK=1–1

|match_CHM_LSO=1–0

|match_CHM_LEV=1–1

|match_CHM_SPL=0–0

|match_CHM_MIN=0–0

|match_CHM_SLA=2–2

|match_CHM_SPD=3–0

|match_CHM_BPD=1–0

|match_CHM_SPV=1–0

|match_CHM_SSF=1–1

|match_CHM_MAR=4–0

|name_SPV=Spartak Varna

|match_SPV_CSK=1–4

|match_SPV_LSO=1–2

|match_SPV_LEV=0–2

|match_SPV_SPL=3–1

|match_SPV_MIN=0–0

|match_SPV_SLA=1–1

|match_SPV_SPD=2–0

|match_SPV_BPD=3–1

|match_SPV_CHM=3–0

|match_SPV_SSF=1–0

|match_SPV_MAR=1–1

|name_SSF=Spartak Sofia

|match_SSF_CSK=1–4

|match_SSF_LSO=0–1

|match_SSF_LEV=0–0

|match_SSF_SPL=1–1

|match_SSF_MIN=2–2

|match_SSF_SLA=2–1

|match_SSF_SPD=1–1

|match_SSF_BPD=1–1

|match_SSF_CHM=3–0

|match_SSF_SPV=1–0

|match_SSF_MAR=4–1

|name_MAR=Marek Dupnitsa

|match_MAR_CSK=2–6

|match_MAR_LSO=2–2

|match_MAR_LEV=1–2

|match_MAR_SPL=2–2

|match_MAR_MIN=1–1

|match_MAR_SLA=1–4

|match_MAR_SPD=4–0

|match_MAR_BPD=2–3

|match_MAR_CHM=1–0

|match_MAR_SPV=0–1

|match_MAR_SSF=0–0

|update=complete

|source=[http://a-pfg.com/сезон/1957/ A PFG] {{in lang|bg}}

}}

Champions

;CSKA Sofia

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

{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Georgi Naydenov15{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Hristo Andonov{{0}}7{{0}}(0)

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

{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Georgi Tsvetkov{{0}}6{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Kiril Rakarov19{{0}}(1)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Georgi Enisheynov{{0}}6{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Manol Manolov22{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Nikola Kovachev19{{0}}(1)

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

{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Gavril Stoyanov17{{0}}(2)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Stefan Bozhkov20{{0}}(4)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Petar Aleksiev{{0}}6{{0}}(0)

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

{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Krum Yanev19{{0}}(6)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Milanov19(13)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Pavel Vladimirov{{0}}7{{0}}(2)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Georgi Dimitrov21(10)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Ivan Kolev13{{0}}(4)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Stefan Stefanov{{0}}3{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Petar Mihaylov{{0}}8{{0}}(4)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Panayot Panayotov18{{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}} Hristo Iliev

|align="left"|Levski Sofia

|rowspan="1"|14

rowspan="2"|2

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

|align="left"|Levski Sofia

|rowspan="2"|13

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

|align="left"|CSKA Sofia

rowspan="2"|4

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

|align="left"|Slavia Sofia

|rowspan="2"|11

align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Spiro Debarski

|align="left"|Lokomotiv Sofia

rowspan="5"|6

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Stoyan Stamov

|align="left"|Lokomotiv Sofia

|rowspan="5"|10

align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Georgi Dimitrov

|align="left"|CSKA Sofia

align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimo Pechenikov

|align="left"|Levski Sofia

align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Todor Diev

|align="left"|Spartak Plovdiv

align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Stoyan Zdravkov

|align="left"|Spartak Pleven

References

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