# 1985–86 A Group

The 1985–86 A Group was the 38th 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 Beroe Stara Zagora won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | 0–0 | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Beroe Stara Zagora (C) | 30 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 43 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Trakia Plovdiv | 30 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 82 | 38 | +44 | 41 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 63 | 33 | +30 | 36 | |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 34 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 33 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Sliven | 30 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 31 | |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 31 | |
| 8 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 30 | |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 29 | |
| 10 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 30 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 52 | 58 | −6 | 29 | |
| 11 | Akademik Svishtov | 30 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 26 | |
| 12 | Botev Vratsa | 30 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 25 | |
| 13 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 21 | |
| 14 | Spartak Pleven | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 33 | 63 | −30 | 21 | |
| 15 | Cherno More Varna (R) | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 20 | Relegation to 1986–87 B Group |
| 16 | Dunav Ruse (R) | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 29 | 63 | −34 | 18 | Relegation to 1986–87 B Group |
* ↑ CSKA won the 1985–86 Cup of the Soviet Army and thus qualified for the 1986–87 UEFA Cup first round.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ASV | BSZ | BVR | CHM | CSK | DUN | ETA | LEV | LPL | LSO | PIR | SLA | SLI | SPL | SPV | TRA |
| Akademik Svishtov | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 4–0 | | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Botev Vratsa | 3–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Cherno More | 0–3 | 1–2 | 7–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| CSKA Sofia | 6–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Dunav Ruse | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 3–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Levski Sofia | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–6 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 5–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 3–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Slavia Sofia | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 9–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Sliven | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Spartak Pleven | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Spartak Varna | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 |
| Trakia Plovdiv | 5–2 | 8–1 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 7–2 | 3–1 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Atanas Pashev | Trakia Plovdiv | 30 |
| 2 | Myumyun Kashmer | Beroe Stara Zagora | 23 |
| 3 | Mitko Argirov | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 20 |
| 4 | Petar Aleksandrov | Slavia Sofia | 18 |
| 4 | Plamen Getov | Spartak Pleven | 18 |
| 6 | Mihail Valchev | Levski Sofia | 16 |
| 7 | Stoycho Mladenov | CSKA Sofia | 15 |