# 1960–61 A Group

The 1960–61 A Group was the 13th 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 14 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) | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 56 | 17 | +39 | 40 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 30 | |
| 3 | Botev Plovdiv | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 29 | |
| 4 | Minyor Pernik | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 28 | |
| 5 | Marek Dupnitsa | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 27 | |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 26 | |
| 7 | Spartak Varna | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 26 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round |
| 8 | Dunav Ruse | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 25 | |
| 9 | Spartak Plovdiv | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 24 | |
| 10 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 24 | |
| 11 | Slavia Sofia | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 23 | |
| 12 | Cherno More Varna | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 23 | |
| 13 | Spartak Sofia (R) | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 22 | Relegation to 1961–62 B Group |
| 14 | Septemvri Sofia (R) | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 17 | Relegation to 1961–62 B Group |
* ↑ Spartak Varna qualified for European Cup Winners' Cup as a finalists in the 1960–61 Bulgarian Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BSZ | BPD | CHM | CSK | DUN | LEV | LSO | MAR | MIN | SEP | SLA | SPD | SSF | SPV |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Botev Plovdiv | 3–0 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Cherno More | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| CSKA Sofia | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Dunav Ruse | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Levski Sofia | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | | 1–1 | 7–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Marek Dupnitsa | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Minyor Pernik | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 |
| Septemvri Sofia | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Slavia Sofia | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Spartak Plovdiv | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Spartak Sofia | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 2–2 | | 1–2 |
| Spartak Varna | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ivan Sotirov | Botev Plovdiv | 20 |
| 2 | Ivan Kolev | CSKA Sofia | 18 |
| 3 | Nikola Yordanov | Dunav Ruse | 15 |
| 4 | Dimitar Yordanov | Levski Sofia | 14 |
| 4 | Pavel Vladimirov | Minyor Pernik | 14 |
| 6 | Tsvetan Milev | Septemvri Sofia | 11 |
| 6 | Dobromir Tashkov | Slavia Sofia | 11 |