# 2005–06 A Group

The 2005–06 A Group was the 58th season of the top Bulgarian national football league (commonly referred to as A Group) and the 82nd edition of a Bulgarian national championship tournament.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship. PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo, Nesebar, and Spartak Varna were relegated to the B PFG at the end of the last season. The relegated teams were replaced by Vihren Sandanski, Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad, and Botev Plovdiv. Vihren made their debut in the top tier of Bulgarian football, while both Pirin 1922 and Botev return after a one-year absence.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Belasitsa | Petrich | Tsar Samuil | 12,000 |
| Beroe | Stara Zagora | Beroe | 12,500 |
| Botev | Plovdiv | Hristo Botev (Plovdiv) | 22,000 |
| Cherno More | Varna | Ticha | 8,250 |
| CSKA | Sofia | Balgarska Armia | 22,015 |
| Levski | Sofia | Georgi Asparuhov | 29,200 |
| Litex | Lovech | Gradski (Lovech) | 7,050 |
| Lokomotiv | Plovdiv | Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) | 20,000 |
| Lokomotiv | Sofia | Lokomotiv (Sofia) | 17,500 |
| Marek | Dupnitsa | Bonchuk | 12,500 |
| Naftex | Burgas | Lazur | 18,037 |
| Pirin | Blagoevgrad | Hristo Botev (Blagoevgrad) | 15,000 |
| Rodopa | Smolyan | Septemvri | 6,000 |
| Slavia | Sofia | Slavia | 32,000 |
| Vihren | Sandanski | Sandanski | 6,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Levski Sofia (C) | 28 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 71 | 23 | +48 | 68 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 73 | 22 | +51 | 65 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Litex Lovech | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 22 | +29 | 60 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 28 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 54 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 40 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round |
| 6 | Belasitsa Petrich | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 39 | |
| 7 | Slavia Sofia | 28 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 39 | |
| 8 | Cherno More | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 37 | |
| 9 | Vihren | 28 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 35 | 55 | −20 | 32 | |
| 10 | Beroe | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 32 | |
| 11 | Marek | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 31 | |
| 12 | Rodopa Smolyan | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 52 | −29 | 25 | |
| 13 | Botev Plovdiv | 28 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 38 | −18 | 24 | |
| 14 | Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad (R) | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 23 | Relegation to 2006–07 B Group |
| 15 | Naftex Burgas (R) | 28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 43 | −29 | 18 | Relegation to 2006–07 B Group |
| x | FC Pirin Blagoevgrad (D) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | Excluded from the league |
* ↑ FC Pirin Blagoevgrad were excluded after two matches and demoted to their regional third level league (Southwestern V AFG) for failing to arrange their debts, their results were annulled.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEL | BSZ | BOT | CHM | CSK | LEV | LIT | LPL | LSO | MAR | NAF | PIR | RDP | SLA | VIH |
| Belasitsa Petrich | | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Beroe | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Botev Plovdiv | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Cherno More | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2–2 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 |
| Levski Sofia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Litex Lovech | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Marek | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Naftex Burgas | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Rodopa Smolyan | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Slavia Sofia | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 1–2 |
| Vihren | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |

## Champions
### Levski Sofia

* Vergilov and Chilikov left the club during a season.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Milivoje Novaković | Litex Lovech | 16 |
| 1 | José Furtado | CSKA (6) / Vihren (10) | 16 |
| 3 | Martin Kamburov | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 13 |
| 3 | Saša Antunović | Lokomotiv Sofia | 13 |
| 5 | Valeri Domovchiyski | Levski Sofia | 11 |
| 5 | Tsvetan Genkov | Lokomotiv Sofia | 11 |
| 5 | Dimitar Telkiyski | Levski Sofia | 11 |
| 5 | Emil Gargorov | CSKA Sofia | 11 |
| 9 | Stoyko Sakaliev | CSKA Sofia | 10 |
| 9 | Guillaume Dah Zadi | CSKA Sofia | 10 |