1980–81 A Group

{{Short description|37th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = A Group

| season = 1980–81

| winners = CSKA Sofia
(21st title)

| relegated = Minyor, Pirin

| continentalcup1 = European Cup

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = CSKA Sofia

| continentalcup2 = UEFA Cup

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = {{ubl|Levski Sofia|Akademik Sofia}}

| league topscorer = Georgi Slavkov
(31 goals)

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| longest wins =

| longest losses =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest winless =

| matches = 240

| total goals = 657

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 1979–80

| nextseason = 1981–82

}}

The 1980–81 A Group was the 33rd 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.

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=Trakia Plovdiv

|team4=AKA|name_AKA=Akademik Sofia

|team5=PLE|name_PLE=Spartak Pleven

|team6=CHM|name_CHM=Cherno More Varna

|team7=SLA|name_SLA=Slavia Sofia

|team8=MAR|name_MAR=Marek Dupnitsa

|team9=LSO|name_LSO=Lokomotiv Sofia

|team10=BER|name_BER=Beroe Stara Zagora

|team11=CHB|name_CHB=Chernomorets Burgas

|team12=VRA|name_VRA=Botev Vratsa

|team13=BEL|name_BEL=Belasitsa Petrich

|team14=SLI|name_SLI=Sliven

|team15=MIN|name_MIN=Minyor Pernik

|team16=PIR|name_PIR=Pirin Blagoevgrad

|win_CSK=14|draw_CSK=12|loss_CSK=4|gf_CSK=70|ga_CSK=32|status_CSK=C

|win_LEV=13|draw_LEV=10|loss_LEV=7|gf_LEV=44|ga_LEV=25

|win_BOT=15|draw_BOT=5|loss_BOT=10|gf_BOT=64|ga_BOT=40

|win_AKA=13|draw_AKA=8|loss_AKA=9|gf_AKA=42|ga_AKA=40

|win_PLE=12|draw_PLE=7|loss_PLE=11|gf_PLE=38|ga_PLE=41

|win_CHM=8|draw_CHM=13|loss_CHM=9|gf_CHM=36|ga_CHM=37

|win_SLA=10|draw_SLA=9|loss_SLA=11|gf_SLA=35|ga_SLA=44

|win_MAR=12|draw_MAR=4|loss_MAR=14|gf_MAR=39|ga_MAR=40

|win_LSO=8|draw_LSO=12|loss_LSO=10|gf_LSO=34|ga_LSO=35

|win_BER=11|draw_BER=6|loss_BER=13|gf_BER=45|ga_BER=49

|win_CHB=9|draw_CHB=10|loss_CHB=11|gf_CHB=42|ga_CHB=49

|win_VRA=8|draw_VRA=11|loss_VRA=11|gf_VRA=32|ga_VRA=37

|win_BEL=11|draw_BEL=5|loss_BEL=14|gf_BEL=38|ga_BEL=47

|win_SLI=11|draw_SLI=5|loss_SLI=14|gf_SLI=33|ga_SLI=43

|win_MIN=12|draw_MIN=3|loss_MIN=15|gf_MIN=32|ga_MIN=51|status_MIN=R

|win_PIR=6|draw_PIR=14|loss_PIR=10|gf_PIR=33|ga_PIR=47|status_PIR=R

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

|result1=EC1

|col_UC1=blue1|text_UC1=Qualification for UEFA Cup first round

|result2=UC1|result4=UC1

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

|result3=CWC1

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to 1981–82 B Group

|result15=R|result16=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=AKD|team2=BEL|team3=BSZ|team4=BVR|team5=CHM

|team6=CHB|team7=CSK|team8=LEV|team9=LSO|team10=MAR

|team11=MIN|team12=PIR|team13=SLA|team14=SLI|team15=SPL

|team16=TRA

|name_CSK=CSKA Sofia

|match_CSK_LEV=2–2

|match_CSK_TRA=4–2

|match_CSK_AKD=2–2

|match_CSK_SPL=4–0

|match_CSK_CHM=3–1

|match_CSK_SLA=1–1

|match_CSK_MAR=5–0

|match_CSK_LSO=0–2

|match_CSK_BSZ=7–0

|match_CSK_CHB=4–0

|match_CSK_BVR=3–0

|match_CSK_BEL=4–2

|match_CSK_SLI=3–0

|match_CSK_MIN=5–0

|match_CSK_PIR=3–0

|name_LEV=Levski Sofia

|match_LEV_CSK=2–0

|match_LEV_TRA=3–1

|match_LEV_AKD=3–1

|match_LEV_SPL=1–1

|match_LEV_CHM=0–0

|match_LEV_SLA=2–0

|match_LEV_MAR=2–0

|match_LEV_LSO=1–1

|match_LEV_BSZ=2–0

|match_LEV_CHB=2–0

|match_LEV_BVR=1–0

|match_LEV_BEL=1–0

|match_LEV_SLI=2–0

|match_LEV_MIN=2–1

|match_LEV_PIR=7–1

|name_TRA=Trakia Plovdiv

|match_TRA_CSK=3–2

|match_TRA_LEV=2–0

|match_TRA_AKD=5–1

|match_TRA_SPL=4–3

|match_TRA_CHM=3–0

|match_TRA_SLA=4–0

|match_TRA_MAR=3–1

|match_TRA_LSO=4–0

|match_TRA_BSZ=2–0

|match_TRA_CHB=1–1

|match_TRA_BVR=0–0

|match_TRA_BEL=5–1

|match_TRA_SLI=6–1

|match_TRA_MIN=3–1

|match_TRA_PIR=1–0

|name_AKD=Akademik Sofia

|match_AKD_CSK=1–2

|match_AKD_LEV=1–0

|match_AKD_TRA=1–1

|match_AKD_SPL=3–1

|match_AKD_CHM=4–1

|match_AKD_SLA=1–1

|match_AKD_MAR=2–1

|match_AKD_LSO=2–2

|match_AKD_BSZ=3–2

|match_AKD_CHB=3–1

|match_AKD_BVR=1–0

|match_AKD_BEL=2–1

|match_AKD_SLI=2–1

|match_AKD_MIN=3–1

|match_AKD_PIR=1–0

|name_SPL=Spartak Pleven

|match_SPL_CSK=2–2

|match_SPL_LEV=0–0

|match_SPL_TRA=2–1

|match_SPL_AKD=4–0

|match_SPL_CHM=3–1

|match_SPL_SLA=1–0

|match_SPL_MAR=1–0

|match_SPL_LSO=0–1

|match_SPL_BSZ=1–0

|match_SPL_CHB=2–1

|match_SPL_BVR=1–0

|match_SPL_BEL=2–0

|match_SPL_SLI=3–1

|match_SPL_MIN=3–0

|match_SPL_PIR=1–1

|name_CHM=Cherno More

|match_CHM_CSK=1–1

|match_CHM_LEV=1–1

|match_CHM_TRA=2–1

|match_CHM_AKD=0–0

|match_CHM_SPL=2–0

|match_CHM_SLA=0–0

|match_CHM_MAR=3–0

|match_CHM_LSO=0–0

|match_CHM_BSZ=4–1

|match_CHM_CHB=1–1

|match_CHM_BVR=2–1

|match_CHM_BEL=2–0

|match_CHM_SLI=0–1

|match_CHM_MIN=2–1

|match_CHM_PIR=1–1

|name_SLA=Slavia Sofia

|match_SLA_CSK=0–0

|match_SLA_LEV=1–0

|match_SLA_TRA=2–2

|match_SLA_AKD=2–0

|match_SLA_SPL=1–0

|match_SLA_CHM=3–2

|match_SLA_MAR=1–0

|match_SLA_LSO=2–2

|match_SLA_BSZ=2–1

|match_SLA_CHB=3–2

|match_SLA_BVR=1–0

|match_SLA_BEL=3–0

|match_SLA_SLI=0–1

|match_SLA_MIN=1–1

|match_SLA_PIR=3–1

|name_MAR=Marek Dupnitsa

|match_MAR_CSK=0–0

|match_MAR_LEV=1–1

|match_MAR_TRA=5–3

|match_MAR_AKD=1–0

|match_MAR_SPL=3–0

|match_MAR_CHM=2–1

|match_MAR_SLA=4–2

|match_MAR_LSO=2–1

|match_MAR_BSZ=0–0

|match_MAR_CHB=1–0

|match_MAR_BVR=0–1

|match_MAR_BEL=5–1

|match_MAR_SLI=2–0

|match_MAR_MIN=3–0

|match_MAR_PIR=2–0

|name_LSO=Lokomotiv Sofia

|match_LSO_CSK=2–3

|match_LSO_LEV=0–0

|match_LSO_TRA=0–1

|match_LSO_AKD=0–0

|match_LSO_SPL=0–0

|match_LSO_CHM=0–0

|match_LSO_SLA=2–2

|match_LSO_MAR=2–1

|match_LSO_BSZ=1–1

|match_LSO_CHB=3–1

|match_LSO_BVR=3–1

|match_LSO_BEL=5–1

|match_LSO_SLI=1–0

|match_LSO_MIN=0–2

|match_LSO_PIR=3–1

|name_BSZ=Beroe Stara Zagora

|match_BSZ_CSK=2–1

|match_BSZ_LEV=2–0

|match_BSZ_TRA=2–1

|match_BSZ_AKD=0–2

|match_BSZ_SPL=4–1

|match_BSZ_CHM=2–2

|match_BSZ_SLA=3–1

|match_BSZ_MAR=4–1

|match_BSZ_LSO=0–0

|match_BSZ_CHB=4–0

|match_BSZ_BVR=4–1

|match_BSZ_BEL=4–2

|match_BSZ_SLI=0–0

|match_BSZ_MIN=2–1

|match_BSZ_PIR=2–2

|name_CHB=Chernomorets Burgas

|match_CHB_CSK=2–2

|match_CHB_LEV=3–2

|match_CHB_TRA=1–2

|match_CHB_AKD=2–2

|match_CHB_SPL=5–0

|match_CHB_CHM=0–0

|match_CHB_SLA=1–0

|match_CHB_MAR=0–3

|match_CHB_LSO=2–1

|match_CHB_BSZ=3–1

|match_CHB_BVR=1–1

|match_CHB_BEL=2–1

|match_CHB_SLI=3–3

|match_CHB_MIN=2–0

|match_CHB_PIR=2–0

|name_BVR=Botev Vratsa

|match_BVR_CSK=0–0

|match_BVR_LEV=2–2

|match_BVR_TRA=2–1

|match_BVR_AKD=0–2

|match_BVR_SPL=1–1

|match_BVR_CHM=0–0

|match_BVR_SLA=3–0

|match_BVR_MAR=2–0

|match_BVR_LSO=0–0

|match_BVR_BSZ=2–1

|match_BVR_CHB=2–2

|match_BVR_BEL=2–1

|match_BVR_SLI=0–0

|match_BVR_MIN=3–0

|match_BVR_PIR=1–1

|name_BEL=Belasitsa Petrich

|match_BEL_CSK=0–0

|match_BEL_LEV=2–1

|match_BEL_TRA=1–0

|match_BEL_AKD=2–0

|match_BEL_SPL=1–0

|match_BEL_CHM=2–0

|match_BEL_SLA=3–0

|match_BEL_MAR=2–1

|match_BEL_LSO=3–1

|match_BEL_BSZ=3–0

|match_BEL_CHB=0–0

|match_BEL_BVR=3–3

|match_BEL_SLI=2–0

|match_BEL_MIN=2–0

|match_BEL_PIR=2–2

|name_SLI=Sliven

|match_SLI_CSK=1–3

|match_SLI_LEV=0–0

|match_SLI_TRA=2–1

|match_SLI_AKD=1–0

|match_SLI_SPL=4–3

|match_SLI_CHM=2–4

|match_SLI_SLA=3–0

|match_SLI_MAR=0–0

|match_SLI_LSO=2–1

|match_SLI_BSZ=0–2

|match_SLI_CHB=1–2

|match_SLI_BVR=2–0

|match_SLI_BEL=1–0

|match_SLI_MIN=1–0

|match_SLI_PIR=4–0

|name_MIN=Minyor Pernik

|match_MIN_CSK=3–3

|match_MIN_LEV=2–1

|match_MIN_TRA=2–1

|match_MIN_AKD=1–0

|match_MIN_SPL=0–2

|match_MIN_CHM=2–1

|match_MIN_SLA=1–0

|match_MIN_MAR=2–0

|match_MIN_LSO=1–0

|match_MIN_BSZ=2–1

|match_MIN_CHB=3–1

|match_MIN_BVR=1–3

|match_MIN_BEL=1–0

|match_MIN_SLI=2–1

|match_MIN_PIR=1–1

|name_PIR=Pirin Blagoevgrad

|match_PIR_CSK=1–1

|match_PIR_LEV=0–3

|match_PIR_TRA=0–0

|match_PIR_AKD=2–2

|match_PIR_SPL=0–0

|match_PIR_CHM=2–2

|match_PIR_SLA=3–3

|match_PIR_MAR=1–0

|match_PIR_LSO=2–0

|match_PIR_BSZ=2–0

|match_PIR_CHB=1–1

|match_PIR_BVR=3–1

|match_PIR_BEL=0–0

|match_PIR_SLI=1–0

|match_PIR_MIN=4–0

|update=complete

|source=[http://a-pfg.com/сезон/1980-1981/ 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|1971}} Georgi Velinov27{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Todor Arsov{{0}}3{{0}}(0)

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

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

{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Georgi Dimitrov25{{0}}(4)
{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Georgi Iliev27{{0}}(2)
{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Tsonyo Vasilev19{{0}}(2)
{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Angel Rangelov22{{0}}(1)
{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Vasil Tinchev{{0}}4{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Ivan Zafirov15{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Dinko Dimitrov22{{0}}(1)
{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Angel Kalburov19{{0}}(0)

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

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

{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Plamen Markov26{{0}}(7)
{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Radoslav Zdravkov21(10)
{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Metodi Tomanov{{0}}4{{0}}(0)
{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Nikola Velkov28{{0}}(4)
{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Tsvetan Yonchev26{{0}}(8)
{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Ruzhin Kerimov26{{0}}(2)

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

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

{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Spas Dzhevizov30(17)
{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Stoycho Mladenov16{{0}}(9)
{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Mario Valkov17{{0}}(1)

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

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

{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Asparuh Nikodimov

{{clear}}

Top scorers

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

!Scorer

!Club

!Goals

rowspan="1"|1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Georgi Slavkov

|align="left"|Trakia Plovdiv

|rowspan="1"|31

rowspan="1"|2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Spas Dzhevizov

|align="left"|CSKA Sofia

|rowspan="1"|17

rowspan="1"|3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Alyosha Dimitrov

|align="left"|Akademik Sofia

|rowspan="1"|16

rowspan="2"|4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Andrey Zhelyazkov

|align="left"|Slavia Sofia

|rowspan="2"|13

align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Kostadin Kostadinov

|align="left"|Trakia Plovdiv

rowspan="1"|6

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Mihail Valchev

|align="left"|Akademik Sofia

|rowspan="1"|12

rowspan="5"|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Atanas Mihaylov

|align="left"|Lokomotiv Sofia

|rowspan="5"|11

align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Georgi Stoyanov

|align="left"|Beroe Stara Zagora

align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Plamen Getov

|align="left"|Spartak Pleven

align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Ventsislav Petrov

|align="left"|Marek Dupnitsa

align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Chavdar Tsvetkov

|align="left"|Slavia Sofia

References

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bulghist.html Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)]

{{A PFG seasons}}

{{1980–81 in Bulgarian football}}

{{1980–81 in European Football (UEFA)}}

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