# 1972–73 A Group

The 1972–73 A Group was the 25th 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 18 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CSKA Sofia (C) | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 80 | 40 | +40 | 51 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 62 | 38 | +24 | 43 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Slavia Sofia | 33 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 43 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 40 | |
| 5 | Akademik Sofia | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 38 | |
| 6 | Dunav Ruse (R) | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 37 | Relegation to 1973–74 B Group |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 37 | |
| 8 | Botev Vratsa | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 33 | |
| 9 | Botev Plovdiv | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 32 | |
| 10 | Cherno More Varna | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 32 | |
| 11 | Spartak Pleven | 33 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 31 | |
| 12 | Chernomorets Burgas (R) | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 31 | Relegation to 1973–74 B Group |
| 13 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 30 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 14 | Minyor Pernik | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 30 | |
| 15 | Spartak Varna | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 29 | |
| 16 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 28 | |
| 17 | Tundzha Yambol (R) | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 25 | Relegation to 1973–74 B Group |
| 18 | Volov Shumen (R) | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 70 | −45 | 18 | Relegation to 1973–74 B Group |
* 1 2 Following the end of the season, after allegations of match fixing and allocation of funds for briberies, Dunav and Chernomorets were relegated from the group, while the matches Slavia - Spartak Varna and Spartak Pleven - Tundzha were annulled.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AKD | BSZ | BPD | BVR | CHM | CHB | CSK | DUN | ETA | LEV | LPL | LSO | MIN | SLA | SPL | SPV | TUN | VOL |
| Akademik Sofia | | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Botev Plovdiv | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Botev Vratsa | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Cherno More | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Chernomorets Burgas | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| CSKA Sofia | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 8–1 | 7–1 |
| Dunav Ruse | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Levski Sofia | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 5–2 | | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Minyor Pernik | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 1–0 | – | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Spartak Pleven | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | – | 2–0 |
| Spartak Varna | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 6–1 |
| Tundzha Yambol | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| Volov Shumen | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | |
* 1 2 The matches Slavia Sofia – Spartak Varna and Spartak Pleven – Tundzha Yambol were annulled. The games were rated with a goalless defeat.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Petar Zhekov | CSKA Sofia | 29 |
| 2 | Hristo Bonev | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 28 |
| 3 | Nikola Hristov | Dunav Ruse | 23 |
| 4 | Atanas Mihaylov | Lokomotiv Sofia | 19 |
| 5 | Georgi Kamenov | Botev Vratsa | 18 |
| 5 | Petko Petkov | Beroe | 18 |
| 7 | Bozhidar Grigorov | Slavia Sofia | 17 |
| 8 | Georgi Tsvetkov | Levski Sofia | 16 |
| 8 | Kiril Milanov | Akademik Sofia | 16 |
| 10 | Mladen Vasilev | Akademik Sofia | 15 |