1962–63 A Group

A Group
Season	1962–63
Champions	Spartak Plovdiv; (1st title)
Relegated	Dobrudzha; Himik Dimitrovgrad;
European Cup	Spartak Plovdiv
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Matches	240
Goals	630 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Todor Diev; (26 goals)
	← 1961–62 1963–64 →

19th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria

Football league season

The 1962–63 A Group was the 15th 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, including the defending champions CSKA Sofia which had won the championship for the last nine seasons consecutively. Spartak Plovdiv won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spartak Plovdiv (C)	30	19	5	6	57	33	+24	43	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Botev Plovdiv	30	17	6	7	55	26	+29	40
3	CSKA Sofia	30	14	9	7	55	28	+27	37
4	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	12	12	6	42	27	+15	36
5	Spartak Sofia	30	12	10	8	37	34	+3	34
6	Levski Sofia	30	8	16	6	41	31	+10	32
7	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	10	10	10	35	40	−5	30	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
8	Cherno More Varna	30	11	7	12	26	33	−7	29
9	Spartak Pleven	30	10	8	12	39	43	−4	28
10	Slavia Sofia	30	9	9	12	36	38	−2	27	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11	Dunav Ruse	30	8	10	12	36	46	−10	26
12	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	8	9	13	32	44	−12	25
13	Marek Dupnitsa	30	10	5	15	41	56	−15	25
14	Spartak Varna	30	10	5	15	37	53	−16	25
15	Dobrudzha Dobrich (R)	30	7	9	14	25	38	−13	23	Relegation to 1963–64 B Group
16	Himik Dimitrovgrad (R)	30	7	6	17	36	60	−24	20	Relegation to 1963–64 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	BPD	CHM	CSK	DOB	DUN	HIM	LEV	LPL	LSO	MAR	SLA	SPL	SPD	SSF	SPV
Beroe Stara Zagora		3–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–0
Botev Plovdiv	3–0		1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	6–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	6–0
Cherno More	1–0	1–3		0–3	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	2–1
CSKA Sofia	5–0	1–2	1–1		0–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	5–1
Dobrudzha Dobrich	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–3		0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	2–2
Dunav Ruse	4–1	3–3	1–0	1–2	1–1		0–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0
Himik Dimitrovgrad	1–1	3–4	1–1	0–4	0–0	2–1		1–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–3	3–1	4–3	1–0	2–3
Levski Sofia	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	4–1	3–0		3–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	0–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	4–0	0–4	1–0	0–0	3–1	4–0	2–1	3–2		0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–2
Lokomotiv Sofia	3–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1		1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	6–0
Marek Dupnitsa	3–1	3–3	1–0	0–2	2–3	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–2		2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
Slavia Sofia	4–1	0–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–3	2–0	1–0	3–0		3–3	1–3	0–1	1–0
Spartak Pleven	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	4–1	2–1	2–1	3–1		1–2	3–0	2–0
Spartak Plovdiv	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	4–2		3–2	2–1
Spartak Sofia	3–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	4–4		1–0
Spartak Varna	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	4–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–2	0–1

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

Spartak Plovdiv

Goalkeepers
Yordan Stankov
Vasil Stoynov

Defenders
Ivan Ivanov
Atanas Manolov
Georgi Botev
Georgi Statev
Tobiya Momin

Midfielders
Dimitar Dimov
Stefan Todorov
Tsvetan Stoynov
Bozhidar Mitkov

Forwards
Georgi Lazarov
Mihail Dushev
Atanas Hari Georgiev
Hristo Dishkov
Dimitar Genov
Todor Diev

Manager
	Dimitar Baykushev

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Todor Diev	Spartak Plovdiv	26
2	Georgi Asparuhov	Botev Plovdiv	20
3	Nikola Tsanev	CSKA Sofia	16
	Aleksandar Vasilev	Slavia Sofia
	Nikola Yordanov	Dunav Ruse

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1962–63 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

v t e Bulgarian football championship seasons
State Championship (National Football Division)	1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1941 1942 1943 1944
Republic Championship	1945 1946 1947 1948
A Group	1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
First League	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26 2026–27

v t e 1962–63 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup Balkans Cup
Related to national team	1964 European Nations' Cup (Preliminary round) Georgi Pachedzhiev
List of transfers

v t e 1962–63 in European football (UEFA)
« 1961–62 1963–64 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '62 '63 England Faroe Islands '62 '63 Finland '62 '63 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '62 '63 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '62 '63 Spain Sweden '62 '63 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '62 '63 Finland '62 '63 France East Germany West Germany Greece Iceland '62 '63 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '62 '63 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '62 '63 Spain Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup