Bulgarian A Professional Football Group

The Bulgarian A Professional Football Group ("А" Професионална футболна група) or A PFG (А ПФГ) is the top division of Bulgarian football. It determines the champion of Bulgaria. Sixteen teams take part in the division, each playing twice against all the other, once home and once away. It is administered by the Bulgarian Professional Football League.

The champion of Bulgaria has the right to take part in the UEFA Champions League from the stage allowed by the league's coefficient. The teams that finish second and third in the final standings take part in the UEFA Cup together with the Bulgarian Cup winner.

A PFG clubs

A PFG members for 2008–09

Champions

Performance by club

• CSKA Sofia: 31
• 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981,1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2008
• Levski Sofia: 25
• 1933, 1937, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007
• Slavia Sofia: 7
• 1928, 1930, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1996
• Lokomotiv Sofia: 4
• 1940, 1945, 1964, 1978
• Cherno More Varna: 4
• 1925, 1926, 1934, 1938
• Botev Plovdiv: 2
• 1929, 1967
• Litex Lovech: 2
• 1998, 1999
• AS-23: 1
• 1931
• Spartak Varna: 1
• 1932
• Sportklub Sofia: 1
• 1935
• Spartak Plovdiv: 1
• 1963
• Beroe Stara Zagora: 1
• 1986
• Etar Veliko Tarnovo: 1
• 1991
• Lokomotiv Plovdiv: 1
• 2004

Cities

Records

Teams

• Most times champion — CSKA Sofia — 31 times
• Most seasons played in the division — Levski Sofia, who participated in all 85 seasons to date
• Fewest seasons played in the division — Benkovski Vidin, Cherveno Zname Pavlikeni, Rozova Dolina Kazanlak, Akademik Varna, Olimpik Teteven, PFC Nesebar and PFC Chernomorets Burgas Sofia each have played only a single season in the division
• Most wins in a single season — Levski Sofia — 26 out of 36 matches during 2001/02
• Fewest wins in a single season — Torpedo Ruse (out of 22 matches during 1951) and Rakovski Ruse and Chernomorets Burgas Sofia (out of 30 matches during 1996/97) each did not win a game in a single season
• Most defeats in a single season — Rakovski Ruse (out of 30 matches during 1996/97) and Chernomorets Burgas Sofia — 29 (out of 30 matches during 2006/2007)
• Fewest defeats in a single season — Spartak Sofia (out of 22 matches during 1951), Levski Sofia (out of 18 matches during 1948/49), CSKA Sofia (then CDNA; out of 11 matches in 1958) and CSKA Sofia(out of 30 matches during 2007/2008) each did not lose a game in a single season
• Most goals scored in a single season — Levski Sofia — 96 goals in 30 matches during 2006/07
• Fewest goals scored in a single season — Rakovski Ruse, Chernomorets Burgas Sofia (out of 30 matches during 1996/97), Torpedo Ruse (out of 22 matches during 1951) and Cherno More Varna (out of 11 matches during 1968) each scored only 8 goals in a single season
• Most goals conceded in a single season — Chernomorets Burgas Sofia — 131 (out of 30 matches during 2006/07)
• Least goals conceded in a single season — CSKA Sofia (then CDNA; out of 22 matches during 1951) and Spartak Sofia (out of 22 matches during 1951) each conceded only 7 goals in a single season
• Biggest win — CSKA Sofia 12:0 Torpedo Ruse in 1951

Players

• Most times champion — Manol Manolov with CSKA Sofia — 12 times
• Most matches played in the division — Marin Bakalov — 454 matches for Botev Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia, Spartak Plovdiv, Maritsa Plovdiv and Olimpik Teteven
• Most goals in the division — Petar Zhekov — 253 goals; 8 for Dimitrovgrad, 101 for Beroe Stara Zagora and 144 for CSKA Sofia
• Most goals in a single season — Hristo Stoichkov — 38 goals for CSKA Sofia during 1989/90
• Most goals in a single match — Petar Mihaylov (for CSKA Sofia against Torpedo Ruse in 1951), Ivo Georgiev (for Spartak Varna against Spartak Plovdiv in 1995/96),Todor Pramatarov (for Slavia Sofia against Rakovski Ruse in 1996/97)) and Tsvetan Genkov (for Loko Sofia against Chernomorets Burgas Sofia in 2006/2007) each scored 6 goals in a single match

Topscorers

Sponsors:

• August 1998 - June 2001: Kamenitza
• August 2001 - June 2003: M-tel
• August 2003 - 2005: Zagorka
• August 2005 - till now : TBI Bulgaria

See also

• Sports attendances
• List of foreign football players in A PFG