1959–60 A Group

{{Short description|16th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = A Group

| season = 1959–60

| winners = CSKA Sofia
(10th title)

| relegated = Spartak Pleven

| continentalcup1 = European Cup

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = CSKA Sofia

| continentalcup2 =

| continentalcup2 qualifiers =

| league topscorer = {{ubl|Dimitar Yordanov|Lyuben Kostov}} (12 goals each)

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| longest wins =

| longest losses =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest winless =

| matches = 132

| total goals = 338

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 1958–59

| nextseason = 1960–61

}}

The 1959–60 A Group was the 12th 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://temasport.com/news/view/+%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8A%D1%82+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE++%D0%B8+%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%8E%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%82+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8/news:19128|publisher=temasport.com|title=Бенефисът на Стевето и дебютът на Гунди|date=27 October 2012|language=Bulgarian|access-date=2 February 2016|archive-date=3 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003103552/http://temasport.com/news/view/+%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8A%D1%82+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE++%D0%B8+%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%8E%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%82+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8/news%3A19128|url-status=dead}}

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=LSO|name_LSO=Lokomotiv Sofia

|team4=SLA|name_SLA=Slavia Sofia

|team5=SEP|name_SEP=Septemvri Sofia

|team6=MIN|name_MIN=Minyor Pernik

|team7=BOT|name_BOT=Botev Plovdiv

|team8=DUN|name_DUN=Dunav Ruse

|team9=PLO|name_PLO=Spartak Plovdiv

|team10=SPA|name_SPA=Spartak Varna

|team11=SOF|name_SOF=Spartak Sofia

|team12=PLE|name_PLE=Spartak Pleven

|win_CSK=12|draw_CSK=8|loss_CSK=2|gf_CSK=42|ga_CSK=18|status_CSK=C

|win_LEV=11|draw_LEV=6|loss_LEV=5|gf_LEV=32|ga_LEV=22

|win_LSO=7|draw_LSO=9|loss_LSO=6|gf_LSO=31|ga_LSO=22

|win_SLA=7|draw_SLA=9|loss_SLA=6|gf_SLA=30|ga_SLA=28

|win_SEP=7|draw_SEP=8|loss_SEP=7|gf_SEP=34|ga_SEP=31

|win_MIN=8|draw_MIN=6|loss_MIN=8|gf_MIN=27|ga_MIN=25

|win_BOT=8|draw_BOT=5|loss_BOT=9|gf_BOT=30|ga_BOT=31

|win_DUN=7|draw_DUN=6|loss_DUN=9|gf_DUN=29|ga_DUN=34

|win_PLO=4|draw_PLO=12|loss_PLO=6|gf_PLO=21|ga_PLO=28

|win_SPA=6|draw_SPA=8|loss_SPA=8|gf_SPA=27|ga_SPA=38

|win_SOF=5|draw_SOF=9|loss_SOF=8|gf_SOF=21|ga_SOF=29

|win_PLE=3|draw_PLE=8|loss_PLE=11|gf_PLE=14|ga_PLE=32|status_PLE=R

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

|result1=EC

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to 1960–61 B Group

|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=SEP|team8=SLA|team9=SPL|team10=SPD

|team11=SSF|team12=SPV

|name_CSK=CSKA Sofia

|match_CSK_LEV=3–2

|match_CSK_LSO=1–1

|match_CSK_SLA=3–1

|match_CSK_SEP=2–0

|match_CSK_MIN=3–1

|match_CSK_BPD=0–0

|match_CSK_DUN=5–1

|match_CSK_SPD=1–1

|match_CSK_SPV=7–1

|match_CSK_SSF=1–1

|match_CSK_SPL=2–0

|name_LEV=Levski Sofia

|match_LEV_CSK=1–1

|match_LEV_LSO=0–1

|match_LEV_SLA=2–3

|match_LEV_SEP=1–1

|match_LEV_MIN=1–0

|match_LEV_BPD=2–3

|match_LEV_DUN=2–0

|match_LEV_SPD=4–0

|match_LEV_SPV=0–0

|match_LEV_SSF=1–1

|match_LEV_SPL=1–0

|name_LSO=Lokomotiv Sofia

|match_LSO_CSK=0–1

|match_LSO_LEV=1–1

|match_LSO_SLA=1–2

|match_LSO_SEP=1–1

|match_LSO_MIN=0–0

|match_LSO_BPD=2–1

|match_LSO_DUN=4–0

|match_LSO_SPD=2–1

|match_LSO_SPV=2–2

|match_LSO_SSF=1–2

|match_LSO_SPL=0–0

|name_SLA=Slavia Sofia

|match_SLA_CSK=0–0

|match_SLA_LEV=0–1

|match_SLA_LSO=1–1

|match_SLA_SEP=0–0

|match_SLA_MIN=0–2

|match_SLA_BPD=3–3

|match_SLA_DUN=3–3

|match_SLA_SPD=0–0

|match_SLA_SPV=3–1

|match_SLA_SSF=2–0

|match_SLA_SPL=2–0

|name_SEP=Septemvri Sofia

|match_SEP_CSK=1–2

|match_SEP_LEV=1–2

|match_SEP_LSO=1–3

|match_SEP_SLA=1–4

|match_SEP_MIN=2–1

|match_SEP_BPD=1–0

|match_SEP_DUN=2–1

|match_SEP_SPD=4–1

|match_SEP_SPV=2–2

|match_SEP_SSF=1–1

|match_SEP_SPL=1–1

|name_MIN=Minyor Pernik

|match_MIN_CSK=1–0

|match_MIN_LEV=2–0

|match_MIN_LSO=1–0

|match_MIN_SLA=0–1

|match_MIN_SEP=1–1

|match_MIN_BPD=3–1

|match_MIN_DUN=2–0

|match_MIN_SPD=2–2

|match_MIN_SPV=2–0

|match_MIN_SSF=0–1

|match_MIN_SPL=1–1

|name_BPD=Botev Plovdiv

|match_BPD_CSK=1–1

|match_BPD_LEV=1–3

|match_BPD_LSO=3–1

|match_BPD_SLA=2–1

|match_BPD_SEP=0–2

|match_BPD_MIN=4–2

|match_BPD_DUN=2–1

|match_BPD_SPD=1–1

|match_BPD_SPV=1–1

|match_BPD_SSF=1–0

|match_BPD_SPL=2–0

|name_DUN=Dunav Ruse

|match_DUN_CSK=1–0

|match_DUN_LEV=0–1

|match_DUN_LSO=2–2

|match_DUN_SLA=1–1

|match_DUN_SEP=2–1

|match_DUN_MIN=2–1

|match_DUN_BPD=2–1

|match_DUN_SPD=1–1

|match_DUN_SPV=3–0

|match_DUN_SSF=2–2

|match_DUN_SPL=4–1

|name_SPD=Spartak Plovdiv

|match_SPD_CSK=0–3

|match_SPD_LEV=2–2

|match_SPD_LSO=1–1

|match_SPD_SLA=2–0

|match_SPD_SEP=0–1

|match_SPD_MIN=0–0

|match_SPD_BPD=1–2

|match_SPD_DUN=2–1

|match_SPD_SPV=1–1

|match_SPD_SSF=1–1

|match_SPD_SPL=1–1

|name_SPV=Spartak Varna

|match_SPV_CSK=2–3

|match_SPV_LEV=0–2

|match_SPV_LSO=1–0

|match_SPV_SLA=3–1

|match_SPV_SEP=2–2

|match_SPV_MIN=3–2

|match_SPV_BPD=1–0

|match_SPV_DUN=1–1

|match_SPV_SPD=0–0

|match_SPV_SSF=4–1

|match_SPV_SPL=1–0

|name_SSF=Spartak Sofia

|match_SSF_CSK=1–2

|match_SSF_LEV=1–2

|match_SSF_LSO=0–5

|match_SSF_SLA=2–2

|match_SSF_SEP=2–0

|match_SSF_MIN=1–1

|match_SSF_BPD=2–1

|match_SSF_DUN=0–1

|match_SSF_SPD=0–1

|match_SSF_SPV=2–0

|match_SSF_SPL=0–0

|name_SPL=Spartak Pleven

|match_SPL_CSK=1–1

|match_SPL_LEV=0–1

|match_SPL_LSO=0–1

|match_SPL_SLA=0–0

|match_SPL_SEP=2–8

|match_SPL_MIN=2–3

|match_SPL_BPD=1–0

|match_SPL_DUN=1–0

|match_SPL_SPD=0–2

|match_SPL_SPV=3–1

|match_SPL_SSF=0–0

|update=complete

|source=[http://a-pfg.com/сезон/1959-1960/ A PFG] {{in lang|bg}}

}}

Top scorers

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

!Scorer

!Club

!Goals

rowspan="2"|1

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

|align="left"|Levski Sofia

|rowspan="2"|12

align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Lyuben Kostov

|align="left"|Spartak Varna

rowspan="2"|3

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

|align="left"|Septemvri Sofia

|rowspan="2"|11

align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Tsvetan Milev

|align="left"|Septemvri Sofia

rowspan="1"|5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Vasil Razsolkov

|align="left"|Dunav Ruse

|rowspan="1"|10

References

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