# 1970–71 A Group

The 1970–71 A Group was the 23rd 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 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 74 | 21 | +53 | 48 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 59 | 22 | +37 | 48 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Botev Vratsa | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 38 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 35 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 32 | |
| 6 | ZhSK-Slavia Sofia | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 31 | |
| 7 | Cherno More Varna | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 28 | |
| 8 | Yantra Gabrovo | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 28 | |
| 9 | Spartak Pleven | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 27 | |
| 10 | Marek Dupnitsa | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 27 | |
| 11 | Dunav Ruse | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 27 | |
| 12 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 27 | |
| 13 | Tundzha Yambol | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 25 | |
| 14 | Akademik Sofia | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 23 | |
| 15 | Chernomorets Burgas | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 66 | −33 | 19 | |
| 16 | Maritsa Plovdiv (R) | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 17 | Relegation to 1971–72 B Group |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AKD | BPD | BVR | CHM | CHB | CSK | DUN | ETA | LEV | LPL | MAR | MPL | SLA | SPL | TUN | YAN |
| Akademik Sofia | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Botev Plovdiv | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–6 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Botev Vratsa | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 8–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Cherno More | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 |
| Chernomorets Burgas | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| CSKA Sofia | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 4–0 |
| Dunav Ruse | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Levski Sofia | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 7–2 | 2–4 |
| Marek Dupnitsa | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 |
| Maritsa Plovdiv | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Spartak Pleven | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| Tundzha Yambol | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 |
| Yantra Gabrovo | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dimitar Yakimov | CSKA Sofia | 26 |
| 2 | Georgi Kamenov | Botev Vratsa | 20 |
| 3 | Hristo Bonev | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 17 |
| 4 | Petar Zhekov | CSKA Sofia | 16 |
| 5 | Georgi Vasilev | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 15 |
| 5 | Georgi Georgiev | Chernomorets ZhSK-Slavia | 15 |
| 7 | Yosif Haralampiev | Yantra Gabrovo | 14 |
| 7 | Sasho Pargov | Marek Dupnitsa | 14 |
| 7 | Totko Dremsizov | Chernomorets Burgas | 14 |
| 7 | Stoyan Marinov | Dunav Ruse | 14 |