# 1982–83 A Group

The 1982–83 A Group was the 35th 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CSKA Sofia (C) | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 45 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 21 | +29 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Trakia Plovdiv | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 62 | 40 | +22 | 38 | |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 32 | |
| 5 | Spartak Pleven (R) | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 31 | Relegation to 1983–84 B Group |
| 6 | Sliven | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 30 | |
| 7 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 29 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 8 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 29 | |
| 9 | Cherno More Varna | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 29 | |
| 10 | Belasitsa Petrich | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 29 | |
| 11 | Botev Vratsa | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 28 | |
| 12 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 28 | |
| 13 | Chernomorets Burgas | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 28 | |
| 14 | Haskovo | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 22 | |
| 15 | Rozova Dolina Kazanlak (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 19 | Relegation to 1983–84 B Group |
| 16 | Pirin Blagoevgrad (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 54 | −28 | 19 | Relegation to 1983–84 B Group |
* ↑ Lokomotiv Plovdiv, which participated in the B Group, won the 1982–83 Cup of the Soviet Army and thus qualified for the 1983–84 UEFA Cup first round.
* ↑ Spartak Pleven was relegated after the end of the season due to allegations of match fixing and bribery
* ↑ Spartak Varna qualified for Cup Winners' Cup as a finalists in the 1982–83 Bulgarian Cup
* ↑ 2 points deducted due to the performance of their second team in its level three group.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEL | BVR | CHM | CHB | CSK | ETA | HAS | LEV | LSO | PIR | ROZ | SLA | SLI | SPL | SPV | TRA |
| Belasitsa Petrich | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Botev Vratsa | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Cherno More | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Chernomorets Burgas | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| CSKA Sofia | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| Haskovo | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Levski Sofia | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Rozova Dolina | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Sliven | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 |
| Spartak Pleven | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 4–3 |
| Spartak Varna | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| Trakia Plovdiv | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Antim Pehlivanov | Trakia Plovdiv | 20 |
| 2 | Kostadin Kabranov | Belasitsa Petrich | 17 |
| 3 | Mihail Valchev | Levski Sofia | 16 |
| 4 | Plamen Getov | Spartak Pleven | 15 |
| 5 | Radoslav Zdravkov | CSKA Sofia | 14 |
| 6 | Emil Marinov | Botev Vratsa | 13 |
| 7 | Krasimir Kovachev | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 11 |
| 7 | Stefan Naydenov | Spartak Varna | 11 |
| 9 | Ivan Pritargov | Chernomorets Burgas | 10 |
| 9 | Lachezar Tanev | Spartak Pleven | 10 |
| 9 | Tsvetan Danov | Botev Vratsa | 10 |
| 9 | Boris Iliev | Lokomotiv Sofia | 10 |