# 1976–77 A Group

The 1976–77 A Group was the 29th 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.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Levski Sofia (C) | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 73 | 34 | +39 | 43 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Marek Dupnitsa | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 38 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 37 | |
| 5 | Botev Vratsa | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 31 | |
| 6 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 31 | |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 30 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 30 | |
| 9 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 29 | |
| 10 | Sliven | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 28 | |
| 11 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 27 | |
| 12 | Akademik Sofia | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 26 | |
| 13 | Akademik Svishtov | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 26 | |
| 14 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 24 | |
| 15 | Minyor Pernik (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 23 | Relegation to 1977–78 B Group |
| 16 | Dunav Ruse (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 51 | −29 | 18 | Relegation to 1977–78 B Group |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ASF | ASV | BSZ | BPD | BVR | CSK | DUN | LEV | LPL | LSO | MAR | MIN | PIR | SLA | SLI | SPV |
| Akademik Sofia | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Akademik Svishtov | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Botev Plovdiv | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Botev Vratsa | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| CSKA Sofia | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Dunav Ruse | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Levski Sofia | 5–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 7–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–2 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Marek Dupnitsa | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 |
| Minyor Pernik | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| Sliven | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 |
| Spartak Varna | 0–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Pavel Panov | Levski Sofia | 20 |
| 2 | Yordan Hristov | Sliven | 17 |
| 3 | Ivan Petrov | Marek Dupnitsa | 16 |
| 4 | Bozhidar Grigorov | Slavia Sofia | 15 |
| 4 | Chavdar Tsvetkov | Slavia Sofia | 15 |
| 6 | Radoslav Zdravkov | Lokomotiv Sofia | 13 |
| 7 | Yordan Yordanov | Levski Sofia | 12 |
| 7 | Dimitar Tsekov | Botev Vratsa | 12 |
| 9 | Petko Petkov | Beroe Stara Zagora | 11 |
| 10 | Stoycho Mladenov | Beroe Stara Zagora | 10 |