# 1973–74 A Group

The 1973–74 A Group was the 26th 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 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 47 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 54 | 27 | +27 | 46 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 34 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 33 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 33 | |
| 6 | Akademik Sofia | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 32 | |
| 7 | Botev Vratsa | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 30 | |
| 8 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 28 | |
| 9 | Cherno More Varna | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 28 | |
| 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 27 | |
| 11 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 27 | |
| 12 | Yantra Gabrovo | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 25 | |
| 13 | Minyor Pernik | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 25 | |
| 14 | Spartak Pleven | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 24 | |
| 15 | Beroe Stara Zagora (R) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 21 | Relegation to 1974–75 B Group |
| 16 | Spartak Varna (R) | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 20 | Relegation to 1974–75 B Group |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AKD | BSZ | BPD | BVR | CHM | CSK | ETA | LEV | LPL | LSO | MIN | PIR | SLA | SPL | SPV | YAN |
| Akademik Sofia | | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 8–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 8–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Botev Plovdiv | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Botev Vratsa | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Cherno More | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| CSKA Sofia | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 |
| Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Levski Sofia | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–1 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 7–5 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 1–1 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Minyor Pernik | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Spartak Pleven | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Spartak Varna | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | | 1–0 |
| Yantra Gabrovo | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Petko Petkov | Beroe Stara Zagora | 20 |
| 2 | Stefan Bogomilov | Cherno More Varna | 19 |
| 3 | Dimitar Tsekov | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 17 |
| 4 | Georgi Vasilev | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 15 |
| 4 | Krasen Marinov | Yantra Gabrovo | 15 |
| 6 | Hristo Bonev | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 14 |
| 7 | Georgi Kamenov | Botev Vratsa | 13 |
| 7 | Dinko Dermendzhiev | Botev Plovdiv | 13 |
| 9 | Kiril Milanov | Levski Sofia | 12 |
| 9 | Atanas Mihaylov | Lokomotiv Sofia | 12 |
| 9 | Georgi Minchev | Spartak Varna | 12 |