# 2006–07 A Group

The 2006–07 A Group was the 59th season of the Bulgarian A Football Group since its establishment in 1948 and the 83rd of a Bulgarian national top football division.
The league was contested by 16 teams, thirteen returning from the 2005–06 season and three promoted from the B Group. Levski Sofia won the championship scoring a record 96 goals.

## Teams
### Team changes

Three teams were relegated at the end of the 2005–06 season: Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad, Naftex Burgas, and FC Pirin Blagoevgrad. The latter was disqualified for financial reasons after the first two rounds.
The relegated teams were replaced by Spartak Varna and Rilski Sportist, the two regional winners of B PFG. Spartak Varna make an immediate return to the top tier, while Rilski Sportist return after a three-year absence. A further place in the league was decided through a one match playoff, between Chernomorets Burgas Sofia and Maritsa Plovdiv, the two runners-up from the two B Groups. Chernomorets won the match 3-2 and promoted to the top tier for the very first time.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Belasitsa | Petrich | Tsar Samuil Stadium | 9,500 |
| Beroe | Stara Zagora | Beroe Stadium | 13,512 |
| Botev | Plovdiv | Hristo Botev Stadium | 22,000 |
| Cherno More | Varna | Ticha Stadium | 8,250 |
| Chernomorets BS | Sofia | Vasil Levski National Stadium | 43,230 |
| CSKA | Sofia | Balgarska Armiya Stadium | 22,015 |
| Levski | Sofia | Georgi Asparuhov Stadium | 29,200 |
| Litex | Lovech | Lovech Stadium | 7,050 |
| Lokomotiv | Plovdiv | Lokomotiv | 13,800 |
| Lokomotiv | Sofia | Lokomotiv Sofia | 22,000 |
| Marek | Dupnitsa | Bonchuk Stadium | 16,050 |
| Rilski Sportist | Samokov | Iskar Stadium | 7,000 |
| Rodopa | Smolyan | Septemvri Stadium | 6,100 |
| Slavia | Sofia | Ovcha Kupel Stadium | 18,000 |
| Spartak | Varna | Spartak Stadium | 7,500 |
| Vihren | Sandanski | Sandanski Stadium | 6,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Levski Sofia (C) | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 96 | 13 | +83 | 77 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 13 | +55 | 72 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 70 | 28 | +42 | 72 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Litex Lovech | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 62 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 75 | −28 | 49 | |
| 6 | Cherno More | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 47 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 43 | |
| 8 | Belasitsa Petrich | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 38 | |
| 9 | Vihren | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 37 | |
| 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 37 | |
| 11 | Beroe | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 36 | |
| 12 | Marek | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 34 | |
| 13 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 27 | 52 | −25 | 33 | |
| 14 | Rilski Sportist (R) | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 30 | Relegation to 2007–08 B Group |
| 15 | Rodopa Smolyan (R) | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 52 | −30 | 19 | Relegation to 2007–08 B Group |
| 16 | Chernomorets Burgas Sofia (R) | 30 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 127 | −119 | −2 | Relegation to 2007–08 B Group |
* 1 2 CSKA Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Sofia on head-to-head record; Lokomotiv Sofia–CSKA Sofia 1–1, CSKA Sofia–Lokomotiv Sofia 4–1.
* 1 2 Vihren ahead of Botev Plovdiv on head-to-head record; Vihren–Botev Plovdiv 1–0, Botev Plovdiv–Vihren 1–2.
* ↑ Chernomorets Burgas Sofia were docked three points for failing to register enough youth players.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEL | BSZ | BOT | CHM | CBS | CSK | LEV | LIT | LPL | LSO | MAR | RIL | RDP | SLA | SPV | VIH |
| Belasitsa Petrich | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Beroe | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Botev Plovdiv | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 |
| Cherno More | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Chernomorets Burgas Sofia | 1–2 | 0–8 | 0–3 | 0–6 | | 0–6 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–9 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| Levski Sofia | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 10–0 | 1–0 | | 6–2 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Litex Lovech | 7–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 11–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Marek | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–8 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Rilski Sportist | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Rodopa Smolyan | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 8–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Spartak Varna | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 |
| Vihren | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |
* ↑ Match awarded as Chernomorets Burgas Sofia failed to register five youth players.
* ↑ Match awarded as Chernomorets Burgas Sofia failed to engage a licensed security firm for the game.

## Champions
### Levski Sofia

* Georgi Ivanov left the club during a season.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Tsvetan Genkov | Lokomotiv Sofia | 27 |
| 2 | Todor Kolev | Slavia Sofia | 25 |
| 3 | Eugen Trică | CSKA Sofia | 16 |
| 3 | Enyo Krastovchev | Marek Dupnitsa | 16 |
| 5 | Valeri Domovchiyski | Levski Sofia | 15 |
| 6 | Hristo Yovov | Levski Sofia | 13 |
| 7 | Krum Bibishkov | Litex Lovech | 12 |
| 7 | Marquinhos | Belasitsa Petrich | 12 |