# 1997–98 A Group

The 1997–98 A Group was the 50th 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 Litex Lovech won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Litex Lovech (C) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 73 | 25 | +48 | 69 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 73 | 27 | +46 | 64 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 71 | 29 | +42 | 61 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Neftochimic Burgas | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 55 | |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 54 | |
| 6 | Levski Kyustendil | 30 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 46 | |
| 7 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 42 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 8 | Minyor Pernik | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 41 | |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 39 | |
| 10 | Metalurg Pernik | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 37 | |
| 11 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 36 | |
| 12 | Dobrudzha Dobrich | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 36 | |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 36 | |
| 14 | Olimpik Galata (R) | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 35 | Relegation to 1998–99 B Group |
| 15 | Spartak Pleven (R) | 30 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 32 | 75 | −43 | 21 | Relegation to 1998–99 B Group |
| 16 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo (R) | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 82 | −61 | 14 | Relegation to 1998–99 B Group |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOT | CSK | DOB | ETA | LVK | LEV | LIT | LPL | LSO | MET | MIN | NEF | OLI | SLA | SPL | SPV |
| Botev Plovdiv | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| CSKA Sofia | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Dobrudzha Dobrich | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Levski Kyustendil | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Levski Sofia | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Litex Lovech | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | | 6–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Metalurg Pernik | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Minyor Pernik | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Neftochimic Burgas | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 5–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Olimpik Galata | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Slavia Sofia | 5–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Spartak Pleven | 4–2 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–3 |
| Spartak Varna | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
* ↑ Match awarded after was abandoned at 65th minute by the result 0–2.
* ↑ Match awarded as Litex Lovech fielded ineligible player Radostin Kishishev (originally finished 0–0).
* ↑ Match awarded as Litex Lovech fielded ineligible player Radostin Kishishev (originally finished 1–1).

## Champions
### Litex Lovech

* Petev, Tsanev, Yurukov and Belyakov left the club during a season.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Anton Spasov | Neftochimic Burgas | 17 |
| 1 | Boncho Genchev | CSKA Sofia | 17 |
| 3 | Stefan Yurukov | Litex Lovech | 13 |
| 3 | Danilo Dončić | Lokomotiv Sofia | 13 |
| 5 | Stanimir Stoilov | Slavia Sofia | 12 |
| 5 | Valentin Stanchev | Spartak Varna | 12 |
| 7 | Ivaylo Andonov | CSKA Sofia | 11 |
| 8 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Levski Sofia | 10 |
| 8 | Plamen Petrov | Levski Kyustendil | 10 |
| 8 | Georgi Ivanov | Levski Sofia | 10 |
| 8 | Iliya Voynov | Spartak Pleven | 10 |
* Source:1997–98 Top Goalscorers