# 1962–63 A Group

The 1962–63 A Group was the 15th 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 Spartak Plovdiv won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Spartak Plovdiv (C) | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 43 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 55 | 26 | +29 | 40 | |
| 3 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 37 | |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 36 | |
| 5 | Spartak Sofia | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 34 | |
| 6 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 32 | |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 30 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 8 | Cherno More Varna | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 29 | |
| 9 | Spartak Pleven | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 28 | |
| 10 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 27 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 11 | Dunav Ruse | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 26 | |
| 12 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 25 | |
| 13 | Marek Dupnitsa | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 25 | |
| 14 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 25 | |
| 15 | Dobrudzha Dobrich (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 23 | Relegation to 1963–64 B Group |
| 16 | Himik Dimitrovgrad (R) | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 20 | Relegation to 1963–64 B Group |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BSZ | BPD | CHM | CSK | DOB | DUN | HIM | LEV | LPL | LSO | MAR | SLA | SPL | SPD | SSF | SPV |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Botev Plovdiv | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| Cherno More | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| CSKA Sofia | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| Dobrudzha Dobrich | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Dunav Ruse | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Himik Dimitrovgrad | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Levski Sofia | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 |
| Marek Dupnitsa | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Slavia Sofia | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Spartak Pleven | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Spartak Plovdiv | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Spartak Sofia | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–4 | | 1–0 |
| Spartak Varna | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Todor Diev | Spartak Plovdiv | 26 |
| 2 | Georgi Asparuhov | Botev Plovdiv | 20 |
| 3 | Nikola Tsanev | CSKA Sofia | 16 |
| 3 | Aleksandar Vasilev | Slavia Sofia | 16 |
| 3 | Nikola Yordanov | Dunav Ruse | 16 |