Bulgaria "A PFG" 1997/98 Thanks to Julian Dontchev (Dontchev@Touko.Helsinki.FI). 1.Litex (Lovetch) 30 21 6 3 73-25 69 [*] Champions 2.FC Levski (Sofia) 30 19 7 4 74-27 64 [*] 3.CSKA (Sofia) 30 18 7 5 70-29 61 4.Neftohimik (Burgas) 30 17 4 9 62-31 55 5.Slavia (Sofia) 30 15 9 6 51-30 54 6.Levski (Kjustendil) 30 15 1 14 43-39 46 [*] 7.Spartak (Varna) 30 12 6 12 42-36 42 8.Minjor (Pernik) 30 12 5 13 31-35 41 9.Lokomotiv (Sofia) 30 11 6 13 42-40 39 10.Metalurg (Pernik) 30 11 4 15 28-36 37 11.Botev (Plovdiv) 30 11 3 16 35-48 36 12.Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 30 11 3 16 33-55 36 13.Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 30 11 3 16 31-58 36 --------------------------------------------- 14.Olympic (Galata) 30 11 2 17 26-50 35 15.Spartak (Pleven) 30 7 0 23 31-74 21 Relegated 16.Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 30 4 2 24 21-80 14 Relegated [*] Litex' matches in round 25 (0:0 vs Levski Kjustendil) and 26 (1:1 vs Levski Sofia were awarded to their opponents for fielding Radostin Kishishev. [In the above goal differences it is assumed the first match was awarded 0:3, the second 0:4 against Litex.] Round 1 [Aug 1,2] Litex (Lovetch) - Minjor (Pernik) 2:0 Spartak (Varna) - Botev (Plovdiv) 4:0 Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) - Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 2:0 Metalurg (Pernik) - Olympic (Galata) 2:0 Levski (Kjustendil) - FC Levski (Sofia) 1:3 Slavia (Sofia) - Spartak (Pleven) 3:0 Neftohimik (Burgas) - Lokomotiv (Sofia) 4:1 CSKA (Sofia) - Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 5:1 Round 2 [Aug 8,9] Slavia (Sofia) - CSKA (Sofia) 2:3 (0:2) Spartak (Pleven) - FC Levski (Sofia) 2:5 (0:2) Lokomotiv (Sofia) - Levski (Kjustendil) 4:2 (2:1) Olympic (Galata) - Neftohimik (Burgas) 3:1 (1:0) Dobrudzha (Dobritch) - Metalurg (Pernik) 1:0 (0:0) Minjor (Pernik) - Spartak (Varna) 2:1 (1:0) Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) - Litex (Lovetch) 1:3 (1:0) Botev (Plovdiv) - Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 1:0 (0:0) Round 3 [Aug 21,22,23] Spartak (Varna) - Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 3:1 CSKA (Sofia) - Spartak (Pleven) 5:0 Litex (Lovetch) - Slavia (Sofia) 1:1 Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) - Minjor (Pernik) 1:0 Metalurg (Pernik) - Botev (Plovdiv) 2:0 Levski (Kjustendil) - Olympic (Galata) 2:0 Neftohimik (Burgas) - Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 4:1 FC Levski (Sofia) - Lokomotiv (Sofia) 1:0 Round 4 [Aug 29,30] Spartak (Pleven) - Lokomotiv (Sofia) 1:3 Dobrudzha (Dobritch) - Levski (Kjustendil) 1:0 Botev (Plovdiv) - Neftohimik (Burgas) 0:3 Minjor (Pernik) - Metalurg (Pernik) 0:0 Slavia (Sofia) - Spartak (Varna) 0:1 Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) - Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 2:1 Olympic (Galata) - FC Levski (Sofia) 2:1 CSKA (Sofia) - Litex (Lovetch) 1:1 Round 5 [Sep 3,4] Litex (Lovetch) - Spartak (Pleven) 4:0 (2:0) Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) - Slavia (Sofia) 1:1 (0:1) Metalurg (Pernik) - Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 1:1 (0:1) Levski (Kjustendil) - Botev (Plovdiv) 4:0 (2:0) Lokomotiv (Sofia) - Olympic (Galata) 3:0 (1:0) Spartak (Varna) - CSKA (Sofia) 2:1 (0:0) Neftohimik (Burgas) - Minjor (Pernik) 2:0 (0:0) FC Levski (Sofia) - Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 3:1 (0:0) Round 6 [Sep 13,14] CSKA (Sofia) - Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 3:1 (2:0) Spartak (Pleven) - Olympic (Galata) 1:0 (0:0) Dobrudzha (Dobritch) - Lokomotiv (Sofia) awd [awarded 0:5; was abandoned at 0:2 (0:1) in 63'] Minjor (Pernik) - Levski (Kjustendil) 2:0 (0:0) Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) - Neftohimik (Burgas) 1:3 (0:0) Litex (Lovetch) - Spartak (Varna) 4:0 (2:0) Slavia (Sofia) - Metalurg (Pernik) 1:0 (0:0) Botev (Plovdiv) - FC Levski (Sofia) 2:4 (1:3) Round 7 [Sep 20,21] Spartak (Varna) - Spartak (Pleven) 3:1 (1:0) Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) - Litex (Lovetch) 1:3 (0:1) Levski (Kjustendil) - Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 3:1 (1:0) Lokomotiv (Sofia) - Botev (Plovdiv) 0:0 Olympic (Galata) - Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 1:0 (0:0) Neftohimik (Burgas) - Slavia (Sofia) 0:1 (0:0) Metalurg (Pernik) - CSKA (Sofia) 1:0 (1:0) FC Levski (Sofia) - Minjor (Pernik) 1:0 (0:0) Round 8 [Sep 26,27] CSKA (Sofia) - Neftohimik (Burgas) 3:0 Spartak (Pleven) - Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 5:1 Botev (Plovdiv) - Olympic (Galata) 2:1 Minjor (Pernik) - Lokomotiv (Sofia) 3:0 Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) - FC Levski (Sofia) 0:3 Litex (Lovetch) - Metalurg (Pernik) 4:0 Spartak (Varna) - Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 5:0 Slavia (Sofia) - Levski (Kjustendil) 3:1 Round 9 [Oct 4,5] Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) - Spartak (Pleven) 3:2 (2:1) Metalurg (Pernik) - Spartak (Varna) 1:0 (0:0) Lokomotiv (Sofia) - Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 1:0 (0:0) Olympic (Galata) - Minjor (Pernik) 2:1 (1:0) Dobrudzha (Dobritch) - Botev (Plovdiv) 1:0 (1:0) Neftohimik (Burgas) - Litex (Lovetch) 3:2 (2:1) Levski (Kjustendil) - CSKA (Sofia) 1:2 (1:1) FC Levski (Sofia) - Slavia (Sofia) 1:1 (0:0) Round 10 [Oct 24,25] CSKA (Sofia) - FC Levski (Sofia) 0:1 (0:0) Spartak (Pleven) - Botev (Plovdiv) 4:2 (1:1) Minjor (Pernik) - Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 4:0 (2:0) Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) - Olympic (Galata) 1:1 (1:0) Litex (Lovetch) - Levski (Kjustendil) 3:0 (3:0) Spartak (Varna) - Neftohimik (Burgas) 1:2 (0:1) Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) - Metalurg (Pernik) 3:2 (0:2) Slavia (Sofia) - Lokomotiv (Sofia) 2:1 (0:0) Round 11 [Oct 28,29] FC Levski (Sofia) - Litex (Lovetch) 1:1 (1:1) Metalurg (Pernik) - Spartak (Pleven) 3:0 (1:0) Neftohimik (Burgas) - Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 4:0 (2:0) Levski (Kjustendil) - Spartak (Varna) 2:0 (0:0) Olympic (Galata) - Slavia (Sofia) 0:2 (0:1) Dobrudzha (Dobritch) - Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 3:0 (3:0) Botev (Plovdiv) - Minjor (Pernik) 3:0 (3:0) Lokomotiv (Sofia) - CSKA (Sofia) 1:2 (0:1) Round 12 [Nov 1,2] Spartak (Pleven) - Minjor (Pernik) 2:1 (0:1) Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) - Botev (Plovdiv) 1:0 (0:0) Spartak (Varna) - FC Levski (Sofia) 1:3 (1:0) Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) - Levski (Kjustendil) 2:1 (1:0) Metalurg (Pernik) - Neftohimik (Burgas) 1:0 (0:0) CSKA (Sofia) - Olympic (Galata) 5:0 (2:0) Litex (Lovetch) - Lokomotiv (Sofia) 3:1 (2:0) Slavia (Sofia) - Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 3:1 (2:0) Round 13 [Nov 8,9] Neftohimik (Burgas) - Spartak (Pleven) 4:1 (2:0) Levski (Kjustendil) - Metalurg (Pernik) 2:0 (1:0) Lokomotiv (Sofia) - Spartak (Varna) 1:1 (0:1) Olympic (Galata) - Litex (Lovetch) 2:4 (1:3) Dobrudzha (Dobritch) - CSKA (Sofia) 1:1 (1:0) Minjor (Pernik) - Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 0:1 (0:1) Botev (Plovdiv) - Slavia (Sofia) 1:1 (0:0) FC Levski (Sofia) - Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 5:0 (3:0) Round 14 [Nov 15,16] Spartak (Pleven) - Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 4:1 (1:0) Litex (Lovetch) - Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 3:0 (1:0) Spartak (Varna) - Olympic (Galata) 2:0 (0:0) Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) - Lokomotiv (Sofia) 0:1 (0:1) Metalurg (Pernik) - FC Levski (Sofia) 0:0 Neftohimik (Burgas) - Levski (Kjustendil) 3:1 (0:1) Slavia (Sofia) - Minjor (Pernik) 1:1 (1:0) CSKA (Sofia) - Botev (Plovdiv) 3:0 (1:0) Round 15 [Nov 22,23] Levski (Kjustendil) - Spartak (Pleven) 3:0 Olympic (Galata) - Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 2:0 Dobrudzha (Dobritch) - Spartak (Varna) 2:0 Botev (Plovdiv) - Litex (Lovetch) 2:3 Minjor (Pernik) - CSKA (Sofia) 2:2 Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) - Slavia (Sofia) 3:4 FC Levski (Sofia) - Neftohimik (Burgas) 2:3 Lokomotiv (Sofia) - Metalurg (Pernik) 2:0 Round 16 [Feb 21,22] Minjor (Pernik) - Litex (Lovetch) 0:2 (0:0) Botev (Plovdiv) - Spartak (Varna) 2:0 (0:0) Dobrudzha (Dobritch) - Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 2:0 (1:0) Olympic (Galata) - Metalurg (Pernik) 1:0 (1:0) FC Levski (Sofia) - Levski (Kjustendil) 4:0 (2:0) Spartak (Pleven) - Slavia (Sofia) 0:1 (0:0) Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) - CSKA (Sofia) 0:2 (0:1) Lokomotiv (Sofia) - Neftohimik (Burgas) 1:1 (1:1) Round 17 [Feb 28, Mar 1] CSKA (Sofia) - Slavia (Sofia) 1:1 (1:0) FC Levski (Sofia) - Spartak (Pleven) 3:0 (2:0) Levski (Kjustendil) - Lokomotiv (Sofia) 2:0 (2:0) Metalurg (Pernik) - Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 3:0 (1:0) Spartak (Varna) - Minjor (Pernik) 1:1 (0:0) Litex (Lovetch) - Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 3:0 (1:0) Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) - Botev (Plovdiv) 1:0 (0:0) Neftohimik (Burgas) - Olympic (Galata) 5:0 (2:0) Round 18 [Mar 7] Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) - Spartak (Varna) 1:3 (0:1) Spartak (Pleven) - CSKA (Sofia) 0:3 (0:1) Slavia (Sofia) - Litex (Lovetch) 1:2 (0:2) Minjor (Pernik) - Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 1:0 (0:0) Botev (Plovdiv) - Metalurg (Pernik) 1:0 (1:0) Olympic (Galata) - Levski (Kjustendil) 1:0 (1:0) Dobrudzha (Dobritch) - Neftohimik (Burgas) 0:0 Lokomotiv (Sofia) - FC Levski (Sofia) 0:0 Round 19 [Mar 14,15] Lokomotiv (Sofia) - Spartak (Pleven) 2:0 (0:0) Levski (Kjustendil) - Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 1:0 (1:0) Metalurg (Pernik) - Minjor (Pernik) 2:3 (1:2) Spartak (Varna) - Slavia (Sofia) 0:0 Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) - Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 4:1 (2:1) FC Levski (Sofia) - Olympic (Galata) 3:0 (2:0) Neftohimik (Burgas) - Botev (Plovdiv) 2:0 (2:0) Litex (Lovetch) - CSKA (Sofia) 2:0 (2:0) Round 20 [Mar 18] Spartak (Pleven) - Litex (Lovetch) 1:4 (1:1) Slavia (Sofia) - Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 2:2 (1:1) Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) - Metalurg (Pernik) 1:0 (0:0) Botev (Plovdiv) - Levski (Kjustendil) 0:0 Olympic (Galata) - Lokomotiv (Sofia) 2:0 (1:0) Minjor (Pernik) - Neftohimik (Burgas) 1:1 (1:1) Dobrudzha (Dobritch) - FC Levski (Sofia) 1:4 (1:3) CSKA (Sofia) - Spartak (Varna) 2:1 (2:1) Round 21 [Mar 21,22] Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) - CSKA (Sofia) 1:4 (1:1) Olympic (Galata) - Spartak (Pleven) 2:1 (2:0) Lokomotiv (Sofia) - Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 4:2 (2:0) Metalurg (Pernik) - Slavia (Sofia) 0:1 (0:0) FC Levski (Sofia) - Botev (Plovdiv) 1:0 (1:0) Neftohimik (Burgas) - Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 7:0 (3:0) Spartak (Varna) - Litex (Lovetch) 1:1 (1:0) Levski (Kjustendil) - Minjor (Pernik) 3:0 (2:0) Round 22 [Mar 28] Spartak (Pleven) - Spartak (Varna) 1:3 (0:1) Litex (Lovetch) - Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 6:0 (2:0) Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) - Levski (Kjustendil) 1:2 (0:2) Botev (Plovdiv) - Lokomotiv (Sofia) 2:1 (0:1) Dobrudzha (Dobritch) - Olympic (Galata) 4:2 (3:0) Slavia (Sofia) - Neftohimik (Burgas) 2:0 (2:0) Minjor (Pernik) - FC Levski (Sofia) 2:1 (0:0) CSKA (Sofia) - Metalurg (Pernik) 2:0 (2:0) Round 23 [Apr 1] Dobrudzha (Dobritch) - Spartak (Pleven) 4:0 (0:0) Olympic (Galata) - Botev (Plovdiv) 0:1 (0:0) Lokomotiv (Sofia) - Minjor (Pernik) 1:0 (0:0) FC Levski (Sofia) - Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 5:0 (3:0) Metalurg (Pernik) - Litex (Lovetch) 1:1 (1:0) Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) - Spartak (Varna) 1:0 (1:0) Levski (Kjustendil) - Slavia (Sofia) 2:0 (0:0) Neftohimik (Burgas) - CSKA (Sofia) 1:3 (1:2) Round 24 [Apr 4,5] Spartak (Pleven) - Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 2:0 (1:0) Spartak (Varna) - Metalurg (Pernik) 2:1 (1:1) Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) - Lokomotiv (Sofia) 0:3 (0:1) Minjor (Pernik) - Olympic (Galata) 1:0 (0:0) Botev (Plovdiv) - Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 1:0 (1:0) CSKA (Sofia) - Levski (Kjustendil) 3:1 (2:1) Slavia (Sofia) - FC Levski (Sofia) 2:2 (0:0) Litex (Lovetch) - Neftohimik (Burgas) 1:0 (0:0) Round 25 [Apr 10,11] FC Levski (Sofia) - CSKA (Sofia) 3:3 (2:2) Botev (Plovdiv) - Spartak (Pleven) 4:0 (2:0) Dobrudzha (Dobritch) - Minjor (Pernik) 1:0 (1:0) Olympic (Galata) - Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 2:0 (1:0) Levski (Kjustendil) - Litex (Lovetch) 0:0 (0:0) [awarded 3:0 to Levski] Metalurg (Pernik) - Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 2:0 (1:0) Lokomotiv (Sofia) - Slavia (Sofia) 1:2 (0:1) Neftohimik (Burgas) - Spartak (Varna) 0:0 Round 26 [Apr 18,19] Spartak (Pleven) - Metalurg (Pernik) 0:1 (0:1) Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) - Neftohimik (Burgas) 2:1 (1:1) Spartak (Varna) - Levski (Kjustendil) 2:0 (0:0) Slavia (Sofia) - Olympic (Galata) 4:0 (3:0) Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) - Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 1:2 (0:1) Minjor (Pernik) - Botev (Plovdiv) 2:0 (1:0) CSKA (Sofia) - Lokomotiv (Sofia) 1:1 (0:0) Litex (Lovetch) - FC Levski (Sofia) 1:1 (0:0) [awarded 0:4 to Levski] Round 27 [Apr 25] Minjor (Pernik) - Spartak (Pleven) 2:0 (2:0) Botev (Plovdiv) - Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 5:1 (2:0) FC Levski (Sofia) - Spartak (Varna) 2:1 (1:0) Levski (Kjustendil) - Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 2:0 (0:0) Olympic (Galata) - CSKA (Sofia) 0:0 Lokomotiv (Sofia) - Litex (Lovetch) 0:3 (0:1) Dobrudzha (Dobritch) - Slavia (Sofia) 1:0 (1:0) Neftohimik (Burgas) - Metalurg (Pernik) 1:0 (0:0) Round 28 [Apr 29] Spartak (Pleven) - Neftohimik (Burgas) 1:3 Metalurg (Pernik) - Levski (Kjustendil) 3:1 Spartak (Varna) - Lokomotiv (Sofia) 1:1 Litex (Lovetch) - Olympic (Galata) 3:0 CSKA (Sofia) - Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 4:1 Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) - Minjor (Pernik) 0:1 Slavia (Sofia) - Botev (Plovdiv) 5:3 Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) - FC Levski (Sofia) 1:1 Round 29 [May 2] Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) - Spartak (Pleven) 0:2 (0:1) Dobrudzha (Dobritch) - Litex (Lovetch) 1:1 (0:1) Olympic (Galata) - Spartak (Varna) 2:0 (1:0) Lokomotiv (Sofia) - Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 2:3 (1:1) FC Levski (Sofia) - Metalurg (Pernik) 7:0 (5:0) Levski (Kjustendil) - Neftohimik (Burgas) 2:1 (1:1) Minjor (Pernik) - Slavia (Sofia) 1:0 (1:0) Botev (Plovdiv) - CSKA (Sofia) 3:1 (1:1) Round 30 [May 9,10] Spartak (Pleven) - Levski (Kjustendil) 0:1 Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) - Olympic (Galata) 1:0 Spartak (Varna) - Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 3:1 Litex (Lovetch) - Botev (Plovdiv) 3:0 CSKA (Sofia) - Minjor (Pernik) 5:0 Neftohimik (Burgas) - FC Levski (Sofia) 3:0 Metalurg (Pernik) - Lokomotiv (Sofia) 2:1 Slavia (Sofia) -- Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 4:0 Table: 1.Litex (Lovetch) 30 21 6 3 73-25 69 [*] Champions 2.FC Levski (Sofia) 30 19 7 4 74-27 64 [*] 3.CSKA (Sofia) 30 18 7 5 70-29 61 4.Neftohimik (Burgas) 30 17 4 9 62-31 55 5.Slavia (Sofia) 30 15 9 6 51-30 54 6.Levski (Kjustendil) 30 15 1 14 43-39 46 [*] 7.Spartak (Varna) 30 12 6 12 42-36 42 8.Minjor (Pernik) 30 12 5 13 31-35 41 9.Lokomotiv (Sofia) 30 11 6 13 42-40 39 10.Metalurg (Pernik) 30 11 4 15 28-36 37 11.Botev (Plovdiv) 30 11 3 16 35-48 36 12.Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 30 11 3 16 33-55 36 13.Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 30 11 3 16 31-58 36 --------------------------------------------- 14.Olympic (Galata) 30 11 2 17 26-50 35 15.Spartak (Pleven) 30 7 0 23 31-74 21 Relegated 16.Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 30 4 2 24 21-80 14 Relegated [*] Litex' matches in round 25 (0:0 vs Levski Kjustendil) and 26 (1:1 vs Levski Sofia were awarded to their opponents for fielding Radostin Kishishev. [In the above goal differences it is assumed the first match was awarded 0:3, the second 0:4 against Litex.]