1961–62 A Group

A Group
Season	1961–62
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (12th title)
Relegated	Minyor; Marek;
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
Matches played	182
Goals scored	519 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nikola Yordanov; (23 goals)
	← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 A Group was the 14th 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 14 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	26	18	5	3	60	25	+35	41	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Spartak Plovdiv	26	13	9	4	55	35	+20	35
3	Levski Sofia	26	12	6	8	46	37	+9	30
4	Botev Plovdiv	26	8	11	7	43	38	+5	27	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
5	Slavia Sofia	26	10	7	9	45	40	+5	27
6	Cherno More Varna	26	9	9	8	29	30	−1	27
7	Lokomotiv Sofia	26	8	10	8	39	39	0	26
8	Spartak Pleven	26	11	4	11	33	40	−7	26
9	Beroe Stara Zagora	26	10	5	11	30	40	−10	25
10	Dunav Ruse	26	8	8	10	40	40	0	24
11	Spartak Varna	26	7	9	10	33	31	+2	23
12	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26	7	7	12	24	35	−11	21
13	Minyor Pernik (R)	26	4	10	12	18	39	−21	18	Relegation to 1962–63 B Group
14	Marek Dupnitsa (R)	26	5	4	17	24	50	−26	14	Relegation to 1962–63 B Group

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	BPD	CHM	CSK	DUN	LEV	LPL	LSO	MAR	MIN	SLA	SPL	SPD	SPV
Beroe Stara Zagora		2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–2
Botev Plovdiv	1–0		0–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	3–1
Cherno More	3–0	1–1		0–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0
CSKA Sofia	3–0	3–1	1–0		1–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	7–1	4–1	0–1
Dunav Ruse	4–1	2–2	4–2	2–2		1–2	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–3	5–1	1–1	2–2
Levski Sofia	2–2	1–6	6–0	6–3	4–0		4–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	3–3	1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0		2–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1		6–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	4–4	2–0
Marek Dupnitsa	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	3–0	3–2	3–1		2–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–0
Minyor Pernik	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–0		1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0
Slavia Sofia	6–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	3–3	1–0	3–1	4–1	4–1		5–1	0–0	1–0
Spartak Pleven	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–0	1–0
Spartak Plovdiv	2–1	4–4	2–4	2–0	4–3	1–0	4–0	4–0	3–0	6–0	1–1	4–3		4–3
Spartak Varna	5–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–3	3–1	0–0	6–1	1–0	0–1