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2009–10 A Group

The 2009–10 A Group was the 86th season of the Bulgarian national top football division, and the 62nd of A Group as the top tier football league in the country. It began on 7 August 2009 with the game between Beroe and Lokomotiv Sofia. The last round took place on 16 May 2010. Levski Sofia were the defending champions, but they were unable to defend it and Litex Lovech won the title, which was their third overall.

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

Belasitsa Petrich, Spartak Varna and Vihren Sandanski were directly relegated for finishing in the bottom three places. Belasitsa ended a six-year stint in the Bulgarian top flight, while Spartak Varna were relegated for a record ninth time since the introduction of the A PFG, after three years. Vihren ended their four-year tenure in the A PFG, the club's first ever in the top division.

The relegated teams were replaced by Montana, champions of the West B PFG 2008-2009, and Beroe Stara Zagora, champions of the East B PFG 2008-2009. Montana returned to the A PFG after twelve years, while Beroe returned after a one-year absence. Beroe won promotion for the ninth time in its history, therefore equaling the record previously set by Minyor Pernik.

A further place in the league was decided through a one-legged play-off. Sportist Svoge as runner-up in West B PFG had to face Naftex Burgas, who came second in East B PFG. Sportist Svoge won the game 4–2 after a penalty shootout, following a regular time score of 2–2. This was Sportist's first participation in the Bulgarian top flight.

Team overview

2009–10 A Group is located in Bulgaria
Sofia
Sofia
Botev Loko Plovdiv
Beroe
Cherno More
Chernomorets
Litex
Lok. Mezdra
Minyor
Montana
Pirin
Sliven
Sportist
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Location of teams in 2009–10 A Group
2009–10 A Group is located in Sofia
CSKA
CSKA
Levski
Lokomotiv
Slavia
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Sofia 2009–10 A Group football clubs

League table

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Beroe won the 2009–10 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
  2. ^ Botev Plovdiv were expelled from the league during the winter break because they were unable to meet the criteria required to continue the season, and deducted six points for administrative irregularities. All of their remaining matches have been scratched and will be counted as a 3–0 win for their opponents.[10][11]

Results

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Matches awarded after Botev's expulsion during the winter break.
  2. ^ This match was abandoned after 66 minutes, with Lokomotiv Mezdra leading 1–0, due to a pitch invasion by CSKA supporters. The match was awarded a 4–0 win in favour of Lokomotiv Mezdra; CSKA Sofia were fined $10,370 and their stadium was suspended for three games.[12]

Champions

Litex Lovech

Statistics

Transfers

See also

References

  1. ^ "Football stadiums of the world - Stadiums in Bulgaria". Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-09-28. Accessed on 9 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  2. ^ a b "Football stadiums of the world - Stadiums in Bulgaria". Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-09-28. Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  3. ^ [1] Accessed on 1 August 2009 (English).
  4. ^ [2] Archived 2009-06-17 at the Wayback Machine Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  5. ^ [3] Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  6. ^ [4][permanent dead link] Accessed on 7 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  7. ^ [5][permanent dead link] Accessed on 9 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  8. ^ The capacity of the stadium was reduced to 8,000 spectators Accessed on 13 August 2009
  9. ^ The capacity of the stadium was expanded to 3,500 spectators Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Accessed on 7 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  10. ^ БФС: Ботев не изпълни нито едно условие, сами се досещате накъде отиват нещата Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian)
  11. ^ Изхвърлиха официално Ботев Пловдив от "А" група Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian)
  12. ^ "CSKA Sofia handed 4-0 loss for pitch invasion". Reuters. 23 March 2010. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.

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