# 1979–80 A Group

The 1979–80 A Group was the 32nd 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 CSKA Sofia won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CSKA Sofia (C) | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 46 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 45 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 37 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 34 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Trakia Plovdiv | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 33 | |
| 6 | Marek Dupnitsa | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 31 | |
| 7 | Cherno More Varna | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 31 | |
| 8 | Minyor Pernik | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 28 | |
| 9 | Chernomorets Burgas | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 27 | |
| 10 | Botev Vratsa | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 26 | |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 26 | |
| 12 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 25 | |
| 13 | Sliven | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 25 | |
| 14 | Spartak Pleven | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 24 | |
| 15 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv (R) | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 22 | Relegation to 1980–81 B Group |
| 16 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo (R) | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 20 | Relegation to 1980–81 B Group |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BSZ | BVR | CHM | CHB | CSK | ETA | LEV | LPL | LSO | MAR | MIN | PIR | SLA | SLI | SPL | TRA |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| Botev Vratsa | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Cherno More | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Chernomorets Burgas | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| CSKA Sofia | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Levski Sofia | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Marek Dupnitsa | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| Minyor Pernik | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Sliven | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 3–3 | 0–0 |
| Spartak Pleven | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 |
| Trakia Plovdiv | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Spas Dzhevizov | CSKA Sofia | 21 |
| 2 | Andrey Zhelyazkov | Slavia Sofia | 19 |
| 3 | Chavdar Tsvetkov | Slavia Sofia | 18 |
| 4 | Ivan Petrov | Marek Dupnitsa | 14 |
| 5 | Nikola Hristov | CSKA Sofia | 13 |
| 6 | Petko Petkov | Beroe Stara Zagora | 12 |
| 6 | Tsonko Simeonov | Sliven | 12 |
| 8 | Krasimir Manolov | Trakia Plovdiv | 11 |
| 8 | Rafi Rafiev | Cherno More | 11 |
| 8 | Blagoy Krastanov | Spartak Pleven | 11 |

## Awards
### Team of the Season

Team of the Season (by newspaper Naroden Sport) :
| Goalkeeper | Hristo Hristov (Pirin) | Hristo Hristov (Pirin) | Hristo Hristov (Pirin) | Hristo Hristov (Pirin) | Hristo Hristov (Pirin) | Hristo Hristov (Pirin) | Hristo Hristov (Pirin) | Hristo Hristov (Pirin) | Hristo Hristov (Pirin) | Hristo Hristov (Pirin) | Hristo Hristov (Pirin) | Hristo Hristov (Pirin) |
| Defence | Ivan Ilchev (Chernomorets) | Ivan Ilchev (Chernomorets) | Ivan Ilchev (Chernomorets) | Bozhil Kolev (Cherno More) | Bozhil Kolev (Cherno More) | Bozhil Kolev (Cherno More) | Boko Dimitrov (Lokomotiv Sofia) | Boko Dimitrov (Lokomotiv Sofia) | Boko Dimitrov (Lokomotiv Sofia) | Evlogi Banchev (Minyor) | Evlogi Banchev (Minyor) | Evlogi Banchev (Minyor) |
| Midfield | Venelin Toshkov (Botev Vratsa) | Venelin Toshkov (Botev Vratsa) | Venelin Toshkov (Botev Vratsa) | Venelin Toshkov (Botev Vratsa) | Andrey Zhelyazkov (Slavia) | Andrey Zhelyazkov (Slavia) | Andrey Zhelyazkov (Slavia) | Andrey Zhelyazkov (Slavia) | Valentin Maldzhanski (Botev Vratsa) | Valentin Maldzhanski (Botev Vratsa) | Valentin Maldzhanski (Botev Vratsa) | Valentin Maldzhanski (Botev Vratsa) |
| Attack | Georgi Iliev (Chernomorets) | Georgi Iliev (Chernomorets) | Georgi Iliev (Chernomorets) | Georgi Iliev (Chernomorets) | Petko Petkov (Beroe) | Petko Petkov (Beroe) | Petko Petkov (Beroe) | Petko Petkov (Beroe) | Chavdar Tsvetkov (Slavia) | Chavdar Tsvetkov (Slavia) | Chavdar Tsvetkov (Slavia) | Chavdar Tsvetkov (Slavia) |