# 1984–85 A Group

The 1984–85 A Group was the 37th 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 Levski Sofia won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | 0–0 | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Levski Sofia (C) | 30 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 66 | 37 | +29 | 40 | |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 66 | 36 | +30 | 36 | |
| 3 | Trakia Plovdiv | 30 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 68 | 32 | +36 | 33 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 33 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 30 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 31 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Botev Vratsa | 30 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 29 | |
| 7 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 29 | |
| 8 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 28 | |
| 9 | Spartak Pleven | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 27 | |
| 10 | Cherno More Varna | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 26 | |
| 11 | Sliven | 30 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 26 | |
| 12 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 30 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 26 | |
| 13 | Dunav Ruse | 30 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 26 | |
| 14 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 26 | |
| 15 | Minyor Pernik (R) | 30 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 65 | −33 | 25 | Relegation to 1985–86 B Group |
| 16 | Chernomorets Burgas (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 21 | Relegation to 1985–86 B Group |
* 1 2 Levski and CSKA are excluded from European competitions by Bulgarian Football Union for one season because a scandals during 1985 Bulgarian Cup Final.

## Results

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

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Plamen Getov | Spartak Pleven | 26 |
| 2 | Atanas Pashev | Trakia Plovdiv | 17 |
| 3 | Antim Pehlivanov | Trakia Plovdiv | 16 |
| 3 | Mitko Argirov | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 16 |
| 5 | Nikola Spasov | Cherno More | 15 |
| 6 | Tenko Dobrev | Sliven | 14 |
| 6 | Nasko Sirakov | Levski Sofia | 14 |
| 8 | Zhivko Gospodinov | Spartak Varna | 13 |
| 8 | Vercho Mitov | Minyor Pernik | 13 |
| 8 | Plamen Markov | CSKA Sofia | 13 |
| 8 | Emil Marinov | Botev Vratsa | 13 |