# 1980–81 A Group

The 1980–81 A Group was the 33rd 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 CSKA Sofia won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CSKA Sofia (C) | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 70 | 32 | +38 | 40 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 36 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Trakia Plovdiv | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 35 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Akademik Sofia | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 34 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Spartak Pleven | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 31 | |
| 6 | Cherno More Varna | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 29 | |
| 7 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 29 | |
| 8 | Marek Dupnitsa | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 28 | |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 28 | |
| 10 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 28 | |
| 11 | Chernomorets Burgas | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 28 | |
| 12 | Botev Vratsa | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 27 | |
| 13 | Belasitsa Petrich | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 27 | |
| 14 | Sliven | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 27 | |
| 15 | Minyor Pernik (R) | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 27 | Relegation to 1981–82 B Group |
| 16 | Pirin Blagoevgrad (R) | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 26 | Relegation to 1981–82 B Group |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AKD | BEL | BSZ | BVR | CHM | CHB | CSK | LEV | LSO | MAR | MIN | PIR | SLA | SLI | SPL | TRA |
| Akademik Sofia | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Belasitsa Petrich | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 0–2 | 4–2 | | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Botev Vratsa | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Cherno More | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Chernomorets Burgas | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 1–2 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2–2 | 4–2 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 |
| Levski Sofia | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Marek Dupnitsa | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–3 |
| Minyor Pernik | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Sliven | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| Spartak Pleven | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 2–1 |
| Trakia Plovdiv | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 4–3 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Georgi Slavkov | Trakia Plovdiv | 31 |
| 2 | Spas Dzhevizov | CSKA Sofia | 17 |
| 3 | Alyosha Dimitrov | Akademik Sofia | 16 |
| 4 | Andrey Zhelyazkov | Slavia Sofia | 13 |
| 4 | Kostadin Kostadinov | Trakia Plovdiv | 13 |
| 6 | Mihail Valchev | Akademik Sofia | 12 |
| 7 | Atanas Mihaylov | Lokomotiv Sofia | 11 |
| 7 | Georgi Stoyanov | Beroe Stara Zagora | 11 |
| 7 | Plamen Getov | Spartak Pleven | 11 |
| 7 | Ventsislav Petrov | Marek Dupnitsa | 11 |
| 7 | Chavdar Tsvetkov | Slavia Sofia | 11 |