# 1995–96 A Group

The 1995–96 A Group was the 48th 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 Slavia Sofia won the championship. Lovech, renamed from Lex Lovech in the previous season, were relegated along with Spartak Plovdiv and Shumen.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Slavia Sofia (C) | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 51 | 14 | +37 | 67 | Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 62 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 55 | 24 | +31 | 58 | Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 4 | Neftochimic Burgas | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 57 | |
| 5 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 56 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 6 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 41 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 7 | Dobrudzha Dobrich | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 39 | |
| 8 | Levski Kyustendil | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 37 | |
| 9 | Montana | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 36 | |
| 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 36 | |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 50 | −25 | 35 | |
| 12 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 37 | −16 | 33 | |
| 13 | Rakovski Ruse | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 32 | |
| 14 | Shumen (R) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 32 | Relegation to 1996–97 B Group |
| 15 | Lovech (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 30 | Relegation to 1996–97 B Group |
| 16 | Spartak Plovdiv (R) | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 58 | −34 | 22 | Relegation to 1996–97 B Group |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOT | CSK | DOB | ETA | LVK | LEV | LPL | LSO | LOV | MON | NEF | RAK | SHU | SLA | SPP | SPV |
| Botev Plovdiv | | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| CSKA Sofia | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Dobrudzha Dobrich | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Levski Kyustendil | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Levski Sofia | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| Lovech | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Montana | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| Neftochimic Burgas | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 |
| Rakovski Ruse | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Shumen | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Slavia Sofia | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Spartak Plovdiv | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | | 0–1 |
| Spartak Varna | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 8–1 | |

## Champions
### Slavia Sofia

* Paskov, G. Dobrevski, Shalamanov, Bonchev and Shishkov left the club during a season.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ivo Georgiev | Spartak Varna | 21 |
| 2 | Vesko Petkov | Neftochimic Burgas | 18 |
| 3 | Nasko Sirakov | Slavia Sofia | 16 |
| 4 | Simeon Chilibonov | Lokomotiv Sofia | 12 |
| 5 | Anatoli Tonov | Montana | 11 |
| 5 | Dimcho Belyakov | Lovech | 11 |
| 7 | Hristo Yovov | Levski Sofia | 10 |
| 7 | Marian Hristov | Levski Sofia | 10 |
| 9 | Vladko Shalamanov | Slavia Sofia | 9 |
| 9 | Petar Mihtarski | CSKA Sofia | 9 |
| 9 | Doncho Donev | Levski Sofia | 9 |
| 9 | Petar Zhabov | CSKA Sofia | 9 |
| 9 | Dimitar Totev | Slavia Sofia | 9 |
* Source:1995–96 Top Goalscorers