1999–2000 A Group

A Group

Season	1999–2000
Champions	Levski Sofia (21st title)
Relegated	Dobrudzha, Belasitsa, Pirin, Shumen
Champions League	Levski
UEFA Cup	CSKA
Matches played	240
Goals scored	663 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mihail Mihaylov (20 goals each)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1999–2000 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship.

Team information

Stadia and locations

The following teams have ensured their participation in A Group for season 1999–00 (listed in alphabetical order):

CSKA
Levski
Lokomotiv
Slavia

Belasitsa

Olimpik-Beroe

Chernomorets
Neftochimic

Dobrudzha

Lovech

Botev

Minyor

Pirin

Shumen

Spartak

Velbazhd

Location of teams in 1999–2000 A Group

Team	City	Stadium	Stadium capacity
Belasitsa	Petrich	Tsar Samuil	9,500
Botev	Plovdiv	Hristo Botev	18,000
Chernomorets	Burgas	Chernomorets	22,000
CSKA	Sofia	Bulgarian Army	22,995
Dobrudzha	Dobrich	Druzhba	12,500
Levski	Sofia	Georgi Asparuhov	29,986
Lokomotiv	Sofia	Lokomotiv	22,000
Lovech	Lovech	Lovech	7,050
Minyor	Pernik	Minyor	18,000
Neftochimic	Burgas	Lazur	18,037
Olimpik-Beroe	Stara Zagora	Beroe	16,000
Pirin	Blagoevgrad	Hristo Botev	15,000
Shumen	Shumen	Panayot Volov	24,000
Slavia	Sofia	Ovcha Kupel	18,000
Spartak	Varna	Spartak	8,000
Velbazhd	Kyustendil	Osogovo	10,000

League standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia	30	23	5	2	66	17	74	2000–01 Champions League first qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	20	4	6	60	26	64	2000–01 UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Velbazhd Kyustendil	30	17	4	9	52	32	55
4	Neftochimic Burgas	30	14	11	5	42	21	53	2000–01 UEFA Cup qualifying round
5	Lovech	30	15	4	11	61	34	49
6	Slavia Sofia	30	13	6	11	38	40	45
7	Spartak Varna	30	12	5	13	42	51	41
8	Botev Plovdiv	30	12	4	14	43	42	40
9	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	10	9	11	54	37	39
10	Chernomorets Burgas	30	10	7	13	31	40	37
11	Minyor Pernik	30	11	3	16	44	58	36
12	Dobrudzha Dobrich	30	10	5	15	30	43	35	Relegation play-off
13	Olimpik-Beroe	30	10	4	16	28	47	34	Relegation play-off
14	Belasitsa Petrich	30	9	6	15	28	57	33	Relegation to B Group
15	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	10	3	17	31	50	33	Relegation to B Group
16	Shumen	30	3	2	25	13	68	8	Relegation to B Group

• Neftochimic Burgas qualified for UEFA Cup as a finalists in the 1999–2000 Bulgarian Cup

Relegation play-off

Dobrudzha Dobrich v Hebar Pazardzhik

14 June 2000 18:30 EEST

Dobrudzha Dobrich	0 – 2	Hebar Pazardzhik

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Olimpik-Beroe v Spartak Pleven

14 June 2000 18:30 EEST

Olimpik-Beroe	1 – 0	Spartak Pleven

Champions

Levski Sofia

Goalkeepers
01	Dimitar Ivankov	27	0(5)
12	Georgi Sheytanov	03	0(0)

Defenders
02	Martin Stankov	14	0(0)
03	Stanimir Stoilov	25	0(3)
05	Aleksey Dionisiev	12	0(2)
06	John Inglis	17	0(0)
11	Elin Topuzakov	23	0(3)
13	Yulian Petkov	07	0(0)
16	Veselin Vachev	06	0(0)
21	Zahari Sirakov	29	0(1)
23	Dalibor Dragić	09	0(0)
24	Predrag Pažin	23	0(1)

Midfielders
04	Biser Ivanov	26	0(4)
07	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	28	0(6)
10	Asen Nikolov	12	0(1)
14	Krasimir Dimitrov	21	0(0)
15	Chavdar Atanasov	21	0(4)
20	Neško Milovanović	12	0(1)
22	Dimitar Telkiyski	17	0(4)
25	Stanislav Genchev	01	0(0)
26	Viktorio Pavlov	06	0(0)

Forwards
08	Serge Yoffou	25	(13)
09	Georgi Ivanov	23	(12)
17	Georgi Georgiev	14	0(3)
18	Georgi Bachev	07	0(3)
19	Todor Kolev	03	0(0)

Manager
	Dimitar Dimitrov

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Mihail Mihaylov	Velbazhd Kyustendil	20
2	Svetoslav Todorov	Litex Lovech	19
3	Plamen Timnev	Spartak Varna	16
4	Dimitar Ivanov	CSKA Sofia	14
	Dimitar Berbatov	CSKA Sofia
	Anton Evtimov	Minyor Pernik
7	Serge Yoffou	Levski Sofia	13
8	Georgi Ivanov	Levski Sofia	12
9	Anastas Petrov	Botev Plovdiv	10
	Stefan Yurukov	Spartak Varna Litex Lovech

External links

• Bulgaria Championship History at rsssf.com
• 1999–2000 A Group Statistics at a-pfg.com