# 1964–65 A Group

The 1964–65 A Group was the 17th 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 league, breaking a 12-year period without a championship title.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Levski Sofia (C) | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 28 | +31 | 42 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 39 | |
| 3 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 35 | |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 26 | +22 | 34 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 31 | |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 30 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 7 | Spartak Pleven | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 30 | |
| 8 | Cherno More Varna | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 29 | |
| 9 | Botev Vratsa | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 29 | |
| 10 | Spartak Plovdiv | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 28 | |
| 11 | Spartak Sofia | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 28 | |
| 12 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 27 | |
| 13 | Marek Dupnitsa | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 26 | |
| 14 | Dunav Ruse | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 26 | |
| 15 | Sliven (R) | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 25 | Relegation to 1965–66 B Group |
| 16 | Akademik Sofia (R) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 21 | Relegation to 1965–66 B Group |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AKD | BSZ | BPD | BVR | CHM | CSK | DUN | LEV | LPL | LSO | MAR | SLA | SLI | SPL | SPD | SSF |
| Akademik Sofia | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Botev Plovdiv | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Botev Vratsa | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Cherno More | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| CSKA Sofia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 5–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 9–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Dunav Ruse | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Levski Sofia | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Marek Dupnitsa | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Slavia Sofia | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 6–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Sliven | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Spartak Pleven | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 3–4 | 1–0 |
| Spartak Plovdiv | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–3 |
| Spartak Sofia | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Georgi Asparuhov | Levski Sofia | 27 |
| 2 | Traycho Spasov | Marek Dupnitsa | 21 |
| 3 | Petar Zhekov | Beroe Stara Zagora | 18 |
| 4 | Hristo Dishkov | Spartak Plovdiv | 17 |
| 4 | Ivan Kanchev | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 17 |
| 6 | Nikola Yordanov | Dunav Ruse | 16 |
| 7 | Aleksandar Vasilev | Slavia Sofia | 15 |
| 7 | Nikola Tsanev | CSKA Sofia | 15 |