# 2007–08 A Group

The 2007–08 A Group was the 60th season of the Bulgarian A Football Group since its establishment in 1948 and the 84th of a Bulgarian national top football division. The season began on 11 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. CSKA Sofia won their 31st record league title. Last time they scooped the title was in 2004–05 season. CSKA won the league without a single defeat, 16 points ahead of their archrival Levski Sofia.
Despite the convincing results during the season, CSKA failed to get a UEFA license to participate in the Champions League due to unpaid debts. The guilt for the disaster in the club was taken by their chairman Aleksandar Tomov.

## Teams
### Team changes

At the end of the last season, Conegliano German, Rodopa Smolyan, and Rilski Sportist Samokov were relegated after finishing in the bottom three places of the 2006–07 season. Conegliano and Rilski Sportist survived only one season in the elite, while Rodopa ended a four-year stint in the A Group.
The relegated teams were replaced by three teams from the 2006–07 B Group, including the winners of the East and West B Groups, as well as the playoff winner decided between the runner-ups of the two B Groups. Chernomorets Burgas and Pirin Blagoevgrad were promoted directly, while Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo defeated Naftex Burgas to gain the last promotion spot. Chernomorets made its debut in the top tier of Bulgarian football, Pirin return after a one-year absence, while Vidima-Rakovski return after a two-year absence.

### 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 | Burgas | Lazur Stadium | 18,037 |
| 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 |
| Pirin | Blagoevgrad | Hristo Botev Stadium$^1$ | 11,000 |
| Slavia | Sofia | Ovcha Kupel Stadium | 18,000 |
| Spartak | Varna | Spartak Stadium | 7,500 |
| Vidima-Rakovski | Sevlievo | Rakovski Stadium | 8,816 |
| Vihren | Sandanski | Sandanski Stadium | 6,000 |
$^{1^.StadiumsofBotevPlovdivandPirinBlagoevgradhavethesamenames,buttheyareplacedindifferentcities.}$

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CSKA Sofia (C) | 30 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 11 | +42 | 78 | Did not obtain a license for European competitions |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 56 | 19 | +37 | 62 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 57 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Litex Lovech | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 56 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Cherno More | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 48 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 6 | Chernomorets Burgas | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 47 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round |
| 7 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 47 | |
| 8 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 46 | |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 43 | |
| 10 | Vihren | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 33 | |
| 11 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 31 | |
| 12 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 30 | |
| 13 | Belasitsa Petrich | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 43 | −20 | 26 | |
| 14 | Beroe (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 26 | Relegation to 2008–09 B Group |
| 15 | Vidima-Rakovski (R) | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 61 | −44 | 18 | Relegation to 2008–09 B Group |
| 16 | Marek (R) | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 66 | −50 | 18 | Relegation to 2008–09 B Group |
* ↑ CSKA failed to get a license for the competition due to unpaid debts
* ↑ Litex qualify via 2007–08 Bulgarian Cup

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEL | BSZ | BOT | CHM | CHB | CSK | LEV | LIT | LPL | LSO | MAR | PIR | SLA | SPV | VRA | VIH |
| Belasitsa Petrich | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Beroe | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Botev Plovdiv | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Cherno More | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 |
| Chernomorets Burgas | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Levski Sofia | 4–0 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Litex Lovech | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Marek | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Slavia Sofia | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Spartak Varna | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Vidima-Rakovski | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 |
| Vihren | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |

## Champions
### CSKA Sofia

* Iliev, Kabous, Amuneke and Chilikov left the club during a season.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Georgi Hristov | Botev Plovdiv | 19 |
| 2 | Nei | CSKA Sofia | 14 |
| 3 | Marcho Dafchev | Lokomotiv Sofia | 13 |
| 3 | Zoran Baldovaliev | Lokomotiv Sofia | 13 |
| 5 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Cherno More Varna | 12 |
| 6 | Plamen Krumov | Chernomorets Burgas | 11 |
| 6 | Florentin Petre | CSKA Sofia | 11 |
| 6 | Ivelin Popov | Litex Lovech | 11 |
| 9 | Germán Pietrobon | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 10 |
| 10 | Anatoli Todorov | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 9 |
| 10 | Miroslav Manolov | Cherno More Varna | 9 |
| 10 | Ivan Naydenov | Spartak Varna | 9 |