# 1983–84 A Group

The 1983–84 A Group was the 36th 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 Levski Sofia won the championship. In addition, Levski became the first Bulgarian club to win a treble this season.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Levski Sofia (C) | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 64 | 29 | +35 | 47 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 72 | 24 | +48 | 45 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 31 | |
| 4 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 31 | |
| 5 | Chernomorets Burgas | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 31 | |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 30 | |
| 7 | Sliven | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 30 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Botev Vratsa | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 30 | |
| 9 | Trakia Plovdiv | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 64 | 58 | +6 | 29 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 10 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 28 | |
| 11 | Shumen | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 27 | |
| 12 | Belasitsa Petrich | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 27 | |
| 13 | Cherno More Varna | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 26 | |
| 14 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 25 | |
| 15 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv (R) | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 43 | 63 | −20 | 24 | Relegation to 1984–85 B Group |
| 16 | Haskovo (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 30 | 63 | −33 | 19 | Relegation to 1984–85 B Group |
* ↑ Trakia Plovdiv qualified for Cup Winners' Cup as a finalists in the 1983–84 Bulgarian Cup

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEL | BSZ | BVR | CHM | CHB | CSK | ETA | HAS | LEV | LPL | LSO | SHU | SLA | SLI | SPV | TRA |
| Belasitsa Petrich | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Botev Vratsa | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Cherno More | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 3–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Chernomorets Burgas | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| CSKA Sofia | 6–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 8–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 |
| Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Haskovo | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 |
| Levski Sofia | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Shumen | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Slavia Sofia | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–3 |
| Sliven | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Spartak Varna | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 3–1 |
| Trakia Plovdiv | 7–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Eduard Eranosyan | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 19 |
| 2 | Stoycho Mladenov | CSKA Sofia | 18 |
| 3 | Nikola Spasov | Cherno More | 17 |
| 3 | Spas Dzhevizov | CSKA Sofia | 17 |
| 3 | Georgi Slavkov | CSKA Sofia | 17 |
| 6 | Emil Spasov | Levski Sofia | 16 |
| 7 | Kostadin Kostadinov | Trakia Plovdiv | 15 |
| 8 | Georgi Madzharov | Chernomorets Burges | 14 |
| 9 | Krasimir Manolov | Shumen | 13 |
| 9 | Mihail Valchev | Levski Sofia | 13 |
| 9 | Vladimir Stoyanov | Chernomorets Burges | 13 |
| 12 | Boycho Velichkov | Lokomotiv Sofia | 12 |
| 12 | Petar Aleksandrov | Slavia Sofia | 12 |
| 12 | Stefan Naydenov | JSK Spartak Varna | 12 |

## Attendances

| # | Football club | Average attendance |
| 1 | Volov Shumen | 21,600 |
| 2 | Trakia Plovdiv | 14,233 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 14,143 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 13,033 |
| 5 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 11,400 |
| 6 | FC Sliven | 10,867 |
| 7 | Chernomorets Burgas | 10,167 |
| 8 | Levski Sofia | 9,875 |
| 9 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 9,000 |
| 10 | Spartak Varna | 8,233 |
| 11 | FC Haskovo | 7,467 |
| 12 | Belasitsa Petrich | 6,900 |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 6,333 |
| 14 | Cherno More Varna | 6,300 |
| 15 | Botev Vratsa | 6,263 |
| 16 | Slavia Sofia | 4,949 |