1968–69 A Group

{{Short description|25th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = A Group

| season = 1968–69

| winners = CSKA Sofia
(14th title)

| relegated = Dobrudzha

| continentalcup1 = European Cup

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = CSKA

| continentalcup2 = Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = {{ubl|Lokomotiv Plovdiv|Slavia}}

| league topscorer = Petar Zhekov
(36 goals)

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| longest wins =

| longest losses =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest winless =

| matches = 225

| total goals = 713

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 1967–68

| nextseason = 1969–70

}}

The 1968–69 A Group was the 21st 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 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.{{Cite web|url=http://www.temasport.com/news/view/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0+%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0++%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B0,+%D0%B0+%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8+%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0+%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8/news:20155|publisher=temasport.com|title=Обувка става национална кауза, а Левски слага пагони|date=28 December 2012|language=Bulgarian}}

League standings

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

|show_limit=5

|res_col_header=QR

|winpoints=2

|team1=CSKA|name_CSKA=CSKA Sofia

|team2=LEV|name_LEV=Levski Sofia

|team3=LPL|name_LPL=Lokomotiv Plovdiv

|team4=CHM|name_CHM=Cherno More Varna

|team5=SLA|name_SLA=Slavia Sofia

|team6=BOT|name_BOT=Botev Plovdiv

|team7=CHB|name_CHB=Chernomorets Burgas

|team8=VRA|name_VRA=Botev Vratsa

|team9=PLE|name_PLE=Spartak Pleven

|team10=MIN|name_MIN=Minyor Pernik

|team11=AKA|name_AKA=Akademik Sofia

|team12=BER|name_BER=Beroe Stara Zagora

|team13=DUN|name_DUN=Dunav Ruse

|team14=MAR|name_MAR=Marek Dupnitsa

|team15=DOB|name_DOB=Dobrudzha Dobrich

|team16=LSO|name_LSO=Lokomotiv Sofia

|win_CSKA=22|draw_CSKA=3|loss_CSKA=5|gf_CSKA=74|ga_CSKA=38|status_CSKA=C

|win_LEV=17|draw_LEV=6|loss_LEV=7|gf_LEV=59|ga_LEV=33

|win_LPL=16|draw_LPL=7|loss_LPL=7|gf_LPL=53|ga_LPL=40

|win_CHM=13|draw_CHM=12|loss_CHM=5|gf_CHM=44|ga_CHM=27

|win_SLA=15|draw_SLA=7|loss_SLA=8|gf_SLA=54|ga_SLA=33

|win_BOT=11|draw_BOT=6|loss_BOT=13|gf_BOT=51|ga_BOT=48

|win_CHB=10|draw_CHB=8|loss_CHB=12|gf_CHB=51|ga_CHB=56

|win_VRA=10|draw_VRA=7|loss_VRA=13|gf_VRA=48|ga_VRA=51

|win_PLE=12|draw_PLE=3|loss_PLE=15|gf_PLE=44|ga_PLE=52

|win_MIN=10|draw_MIN=7|loss_MIN=13|gf_MIN=42|ga_MIN=53

|win_AKA=8|draw_AKA=10|loss_AKA=12|gf_AKA=32|ga_AKA=35

|win_BER=10|draw_BER=6|loss_BER=14|gf_BER=36|ga_BER=45

|win_DUN=10|draw_DUN=5|loss_DUN=15|gf_DUN=36|ga_DUN=48

|win_MAR=9|draw_MAR=7|loss_MAR=14|gf_MAR=34|ga_MAR=46

|win_DOB=8|draw_DOB=8|loss_DOB=14|gf_DOB=32|ga_DOB=44|status_DOB=R

|win_LSO=7|draw_LSO=2|loss_LSO=21|gf_LSO=23|ga_LSO=64|status_LSO=R

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

|result1=EC1

|col_CWC1=yellow1|text_CWC1=Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round

|result2=CWC1

|col_ICF1=blue1|text_ICF1=Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round

|result3=ICF1|result5=ICF1

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to 1969–70 B Group

|result15=R

|col_LSO=red1|text_LSO=Merged with Slavia Sofia

|note_res_LSO=Slavia Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia were merged into ZhSK-Slavia Sofia that took over Slavia's points total. No team replaced Lokomotiv, so they were awarded 0–3 losses during the second half of the season.

|result16=LSO

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

}}

Results

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=AKD|team2=BSZ|team3=BPD|team4=BVR|team5=CHM

|team6=CHB|team7=CSK|team8=DOB|team9=DUN|team10=LEV

|team11=LPL|team12=LSO|team13=MAR|team14=MIN|team15=SLA

|team16=SPL

|name_CSK=CSKA Sofia

|match_CSK_LEV=2–7

|match_CSK_LPL=2–1

|match_CSK_CHM=3–1

|match_CSK_SLA=3–1

|match_CSK_BPD=4–2

|match_CSK_CHB=7–0

|match_CSK_BVR=4–0

|match_CSK_SPL=3–1

|match_CSK_MIN=4–1

|match_CSK_AKD=3–3

|match_CSK_BSZ=7–1

|match_CSK_DUN=3–2

|match_CSK_MAR=1–0

|match_CSK_DOB=2–0

|match_CSK_LSO=3–0

|name_LEV=Levski Sofia

|match_LEV_CSK=1–3

|match_LEV_LPL=1–2

|match_LEV_CHM=4–1

|match_LEV_SLA=2–2

|match_LEV_BPD=3–0

|match_LEV_CHB=5–2

|match_LEV_BVR=2–0

|match_LEV_SPL=4–1

|match_LEV_MIN=4–0

|match_LEV_AKD=0–2

|match_LEV_BSZ=1–1

|match_LEV_DUN=3–0

|match_LEV_MAR=1–0

|match_LEV_DOB=2–1

|match_LEV_LSO=3–2

|name_LPL=Lokomotiv Plovdiv

|match_LPL_CSK=3–4

|match_LPL_LEV=1–0

|match_LPL_CHM=2–2

|match_LPL_SLA=3–0

|match_LPL_BPD=0–0

|match_LPL_CHB=1–0

|match_LPL_BVR=2–1

|match_LPL_SPL=3–0

|match_LPL_MIN=2–0

|match_LPL_AKD=2–1

|match_LPL_BSZ=1–0

|match_LPL_DUN=3–2

|match_LPL_MAR=3–1

|match_LPL_DOB=3–1

|match_LPL_LSO=3–0

|name_CHM=Cherno More

|match_CHM_CSK=0–1

|match_CHM_LEV=0–0

|match_CHM_LPL=3–3

|match_CHM_SLA=1–1

|match_CHM_BPD=2–1

|match_CHM_CHB=2–0

|match_CHM_BVR=1–0

|match_CHM_SPL=6–1

|match_CHM_MIN=2–0

|match_CHM_AKD=1–0

|match_CHM_BSZ=0–0

|match_CHM_DUN=1–0

|match_CHM_MAR=0–0

|match_CHM_DOB=1–1

|match_CHM_LSO=2–0

|name_SLA=Slavia Sofia

|match_SLA_CSK=2–0

|match_SLA_LEV=1–0

|match_SLA_LPL=4–0

|match_SLA_CHM=1–1

|match_SLA_BPD=0–2

|match_SLA_CHB=1–1

|match_SLA_BVR=6–1

|match_SLA_SPL=2–0

|match_SLA_MIN=3–0

|match_SLA_AKD=1–0

|match_SLA_BSZ=3–1

|match_SLA_DUN=5–0

|match_SLA_MAR=4–0

|match_SLA_DOB=3–2

|match_SLA_LSO=3–2

|name_BPD=Botev Plovdiv

|match_BPD_CSK=1–2

|match_BPD_LEV=2–1

|match_BPD_LPL=1–1

|match_BPD_CHM=0–0

|match_BPD_SLA=1–1

|match_BPD_CHB=2–3

|match_BPD_BVR=3–2

|match_BPD_SPL=1–0

|match_BPD_MIN=5–0

|match_BPD_AKD=1–0

|match_BPD_BSZ=3–0

|match_BPD_DUN=3–0

|match_BPD_MAR=2–2

|match_BPD_DOB=2–0

|match_BPD_LSO=3–0

|name_CHB=Chernomorets Burgas

|match_CHB_CSK=1–2

|match_CHB_LEV=1–2

|match_CHB_LPL=3–1

|match_CHB_CHM=0–0

|match_CHB_SLA=2–2

|match_CHB_BPD=5–3

|match_CHB_BVR=1–1

|match_CHB_SPL=5–2

|match_CHB_MIN=4–0

|match_CHB_AKD=2–0

|match_CHB_BSZ=5–1

|match_CHB_DUN=0–1

|match_CHB_MAR=2–1

|match_CHB_DOB=2–2

|match_CHB_LSO=0–2

|name_BVR=Botev Vratsa

|match_BVR_CSK=1–2

|match_BVR_LEV=1–1

|match_BVR_LPL=3–3

|match_BVR_CHM=1–0

|match_BVR_SLA=0–0

|match_BVR_BPD=5–1

|match_BVR_CHB=2–2

|match_BVR_SPL=2–1

|match_BVR_MIN=3–0

|match_BVR_AKD=1–2

|match_BVR_BSZ=2–0

|match_BVR_DUN=2–1

|match_BVR_MAR=5–0

|match_BVR_DOB=4–0

|match_BVR_LSO=3–0

|name_SPL=Spartak Pleven

|match_SPL_CSK=1–0

|match_SPL_LEV=0–1

|match_SPL_LPL=2–1

|match_SPL_CHM=2–2

|match_SPL_SLA=2–1

|match_SPL_BPD=2–1

|match_SPL_CHB=3–1

|match_SPL_BVR=6–3

|match_SPL_MIN=2–0

|match_SPL_AKD=2–0

|match_SPL_BSZ=2–0

|match_SPL_DUN=4–1

|match_SPL_MAR=0–0

|match_SPL_DOB=5–0

|match_SPL_LSO=0–1

|name_MIN=Minyor Pernik

|match_MIN_CSK=4–1

|match_MIN_LEV=2–2

|match_MIN_LPL=4–0

|match_MIN_CHM=3–1

|match_MIN_SLA=1–0

|match_MIN_BPD=2–2

|match_MIN_CHB=1–1

|match_MIN_BVR=3–1

|match_MIN_SPL=4–1

|match_MIN_AKD=2–3

|match_MIN_BSZ=3–1

|match_MIN_DUN=1–1

|match_MIN_MAR=1–1

|match_MIN_DOB=2–1

|match_MIN_LSO=2–1

|name_AKD=Akademik Sofia

|match_AKD_CSK=1–1

|match_AKD_LEV=1–2

|match_AKD_LPL=0–0

|match_AKD_CHM=0–2

|match_AKD_SLA=1–0

|match_AKD_BPD=2–1

|match_AKD_CHB=1–1

|match_AKD_BVR=2–2

|match_AKD_SPL=0–0

|match_AKD_MIN=1–1

|match_AKD_BSZ=2–0

|match_AKD_DUN=3–1

|match_AKD_MAR=0–0

|match_AKD_DOB=0–0

|match_AKD_LSO=3–0

|name_BSZ=Beroe Stara Zagora

|match_BSZ_CSK=0–2

|match_BSZ_LEV=1–1

|match_BSZ_LPL=3–2

|match_BSZ_CHM=0–1

|match_BSZ_SLA=3–0

|match_BSZ_BPD=3–1

|match_BSZ_CHB=1–2

|match_BSZ_BVR=0–0

|match_BSZ_SPL=3–0

|match_BSZ_MIN=2–0

|match_BSZ_AKD=2–0

|match_BSZ_DUN=2–1

|match_BSZ_MAR=5–1

|match_BSZ_DOB=2–0

|match_BSZ_LSO=3–0

|name_DUN=Dunav Ruse

|match_DUN_CSK=0–2

|match_DUN_LEV=1–2

|match_DUN_LPL=0–2

|match_DUN_CHM=2–2

|match_DUN_SLA=0–1

|match_DUN_BPD=2–0

|match_DUN_CHB=5–1

|match_DUN_BVR=1–1

|match_DUN_SPL=1–0

|match_DUN_MIN=2–1

|match_DUN_AKD=3–2

|match_DUN_BSZ=2–1

|match_DUN_MAR=0–0

|match_DUN_DOB=1–0

|match_DUN_LSO=3–0

|name_MAR=Marek Dupnitsa

|match_MAR_CSK=0–1

|match_MAR_LEV=0–1

|match_MAR_LPL=2–3

|match_MAR_CHM=1–5

|match_MAR_SLA=1–2

|match_MAR_BPD=4–2

|match_MAR_CHB=3–1

|match_MAR_BVR=1–0

|match_MAR_SPL=2–1

|match_MAR_MIN=2–1

|match_MAR_AKD=1–1

|match_MAR_BSZ=3–0

|match_MAR_DUN=1–2

|match_MAR_DOB=3–0

|match_MAR_LSO=3–0

|name_DOB=Dobrudzha Dobrich

|match_DOB_CSK=1–0

|match_DOB_LEV=3–0

|match_DOB_LPL=0–0

|match_DOB_CHM=0–1

|match_DOB_SLA=3–1

|match_DOB_BPD=0–4

|match_DOB_CHB=2–2

|match_DOB_BVR=3–0

|match_DOB_SPL=4–0

|match_DOB_MIN=0–0

|match_DOB_AKD=1–0

|match_DOB_BSZ=0–0

|match_DOB_DUN=1–1

|match_DOB_MAR=2–0

|match_DOB_LSO=1–3

|name_LSO=Lokomotiv Sofia

|match_LSO_CSK=2–2

|match_LSO_LEV=0–3

|match_LSO_LPL=0–2

|match_LSO_CHM=0–3

|match_LSO_SLA=0–3

|match_LSO_BPD=2–1

|match_LSO_CHB=0–3

|match_LSO_BVR=5–1

|match_LSO_SPL=0–3

|match_LSO_MIN=0–3

|match_LSO_AKD=2–1

|match_LSO_BSZ=0–0

|match_LSO_DUN=1–0

|match_LSO_MAR=0–1

|match_LSO_DOB=0–3

|match_CSK_LSO_note=Match awarded

|match_LPL_LSO_note=CSK_LSO

|match_BPD_LSO_note=CSK_LSO

|match_BVR_LSO_note=CSK_LSO

|match_AKD_LSO_note=CSK_LSO

|match_BSZ_LSO_note=CSK_LSO

|match_DUN_LSO_note=CSK_LSO

|match_MAR_LSO_note=CSK_LSO

|match_LSO_LEV_note=CSK_LSO

|match_LSO_CHM_note=CSK_LSO

|match_LSO_SLA_note=CSK_LSO

|match_LSO_CHB_note=CSK_LSO

|match_LSO_SPL_note=CSK_LSO

|match_LSO_MIN_note=CSK_LSO

|match_LSO_DOB_note=CSK_LSO

|update=complete

|source=[http://a-pfg.com/сезон/1968-1969/ A PFG] {{in lang|bg}}

}}

Champions

;CSKA Sofia

class="toccolours" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin:0.5em;"

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

{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Stoyan Yordanov20{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Yordan Filipov14{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Stancho Bonchev{{0}}2{{0}}(0)

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

{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Kiril Stankov28{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Penev28{{0}}(3)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Ivan Zafirov19{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Hristo Marinchev16{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Boris Gaganelov24{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Vasil Nedelchev{{0}}5{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Rusi Penchev14{{0}}(0)

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

{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Boris Stankov13{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Asparuh Nikodimov28{{0}}(4)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Petar Patsev{{0}}2{{0}}(1)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Peyu Nikolov10{{0}}(1)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Tsvetan Atanasov25{{0}}(4)

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

{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Petar Zhekov29(36)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Marashliev28{{0}}(4)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Nikola Tsanev24{{0}}(5)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Emil Simov{{0}}1{{0}}(1)
{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Yakimov24(12)

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

{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Stoyan Ormandzhiev

{{clear}}

Top scorers

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

!Scorer

!Club

!Goals

rowspan="1"|1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Petar Zhekov

|align="left"|CSKA Sofia

|rowspan="1"|36

rowspan="1"|2

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

|align="left"|Levski Sofia

|rowspan="1"|22

rowspan="2"|3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dinko Dermendzhiev

|align="left"|Botev Plovdiv

|rowspan="2"|21

align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Totko Dremsizov

|align="left"|Chernomorets Burgas

rowspan="2"|5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Bozhidar Grigorov

|align="left"|Slavia Sofia

|rowspan="2"|17

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

|align="left"|Botev Vratsa

rowspan="2"|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Hristo Bonev

|align="left"|Lokomotiv Plovdiv

|rowspan="2"|16

align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Stefan Bogomilov

|align="left"|Cherno More Varna

rowspan="1"|9

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

|align="left"|Spartak Pleven

|rowspan="1"|14

rowspan="1"|10

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

|align="left"|Dunav Ruse

|rowspan="1"|13

References

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