# 1977–78 A Group

The 1977–78 A Group was the 30th 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 Lokomotiv Sofia won the championship which became the team’s fourth title overall.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Sofia (C) | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 16 | +24 | 42 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 35 | +25 | 41 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 38 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 32 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 30 | |
| 6 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 29 | |
| 7 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 29 | |
| 8 | Akademik Sofia | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 28 | |
| 9 | Cherno More Varna | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 28 | |
| 10 | Chernomorets Burgas | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 27 | |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 27 | |
| 12 | Sliven | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 27 | |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 27 | |
| 14 | Marek Dupnitsa | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 26 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 15 | Spartak Varna (R) | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 25 | Relegation to 1978–79 B Group |
| 16 | Akademik Svishtov (R) | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 24 | Relegation to 1978–79 B Group |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ASF | ASV | BSZ | BPD | BVR | CHM | CHB | CSK | LEV | LPL | LSO | MAR | PIR | SLA | SLI | SPV |
| Akademik Sofia | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 2–4 | 1–0 |
| Akademik Svishtov | 3–2 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Botev Plovdiv | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Botev Vratsa | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Cherno More | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Chernomorets Burgas | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| CSKA Sofia | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Levski Sofia | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Marek Dupnitsa | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Slavia Sofia | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 8–1 | 3–1 |
| Sliven | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 |
| Spartak Varna | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Stoycho Mladenov | Beroe Stara Zagora | 21 |
| 2 | Andrey Zhelyazkov | Slavia Sofia | 18 |
| 3 | Georgi Minchev | Slavia Sofia | 16 |
| 4 | Anton Milkov | Botev Plovdiv | 14 |
| 5 | Ivan Petrov | Marek Dupnitsa | 13 |
| 6 | Spas Dzhevizov | CSKA Sofia | 12 |
| 7 | Atanas Mihaylov | Lokomotiv Sofia | 11 |
| 7 | Krasimir Manolov | Akademik Sofia | 11 |
| 7 | Georgi Todorov | Levski Sofia | 11 |
| 10 | Yordan Yordanov | Levski Sofia | 10 |
| 10 | Sasho Angelov | Botev Vratsa | 10 |
| 10 | Yordan Hristov | Sliven | 10 |
| 10 | Sasho Momchilov | Akademik Svishtov | 10 |