1951 A Group

A Group
Season	1951
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (2nd title)
Matches	132
Goals	365 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dimitar Milanov; (13 goals)
	← 1950 1952 →

The 1951 A Group was the third 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 12 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship for their second title.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	22	18	1	3	62	7	+55	37
2	Spartak Sofia	22	14	8	0	27	7	+20	36
3	Levski Sofia	22	9	8	5	37	16	+21	26
4	Akademik Sofia	22	10	6	6	40	33	+7	26
5	Spartak Varna	22	10	5	7	40	27	+13	25
6	Cerveno Zname Sofia (R)	22	6	11	5	26	21	+5	23	Relegation to 1952 B Group
7	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	22	7	9	6	21	20	+1	23
8	Stroitel Sofia (R)	22	8	6	8	25	24	+1	22	Relegation to 1952 B Group
9	Minyor Pernik	22	9	2	11	37	36	+1	20
10	Botev Plovdiv	22	6	5	11	26	32	−6	17
11	Spartak Pleven (R)	22	1	3	18	16	59	−43	5	Relegation to 1952 B Group
12	Dunav Ruse (R)	22	0	4	18	8	83	−75	4	Relegation to 1952 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	AKD	BPD	CHZ	CSK	DUN	LEV	LPL	MIN	SPL	SSF	SPV	STR
Akademik Sofia		5–2	1–1	1–3	4–1	3–3	0–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–1
Botev Plovdiv	0–1		1–0	0–2	4–1	0–1	0–3	1–4	6–0	1–1	0–1	1–1
Cerveno Zname Sofia	2–0	1–1		0–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	7–1	0–0	2–2	2–0
CSKA Sofia	2–0	0–0	5–0		12–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	5–5	0–1	1–0	2–0
Dunav Ruse	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–6		0–5	0–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	0–5	1–3
Levski Sofia	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	6–0		1–1	0–1	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–5	3–0	1–0		3–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1
Minyor Pernik	1–3	1–2	2–2	0–2	5–0	1–0	3–2		1–0	1–3	0–1	1–2
Spartak Pleven	3–3	0–3	0–1	0–5	5–1	0–1	1–1	0–6		1–2	2–3	1–2
Spartak Sofia	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–0		1–0	2–1
Spartak Varna	7–2	2–1	1–1	0–3	6–1	0–4	0–0	4–0	3–0	1–1		3–2
Stroitel Sofia	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	6–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–0

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

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Dimitar Milanov	CSKA Sofia	13
2	Dimitar Andonov	Spartak Sofia	8
	Mihail Yankov	CSKA Sofia
	Arsen Dimitrov	Levski Sofia
	Nikolay Milkov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Georgi Kekemanov	14	(0)
Stefan Gerenski	8	(0)

Defenders
Georgi Rusev	9	(1)
Manol Manolov	17	(0)
Georgi Enisheynov	3	(0)
Georgi Tsvetkov	20	(0)
Georgi Nasev	19	(0)

Midfielders
Gavril Stoyanov	11	(0)
Stefan Bozhkov	17	(2)
Panayot Panayotov	17	(1)
Atanas Tsanov	12	(3)
Gancho Vasilev	11	(2)

Forwards
Krum Yanev	11	(2)
Dimitar Milanov	22	(13)
Stefan Stefanov	20	(13)
Mihail Yankov	14	(8)
Angel Milanov	14	(6)

Manager
	Krum Milev

References

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 1950–51 in European football
Domestic leagues	Albania '50 '51 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '50 '51 Cyprus Czechoslovakia '50 '51 Denmark England Faroe Islands '50 '51 Finland '50 '51 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '50 '51 Iceland '50 '51 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '50 '51 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '50 '51 Scotland Soviet Union '50 '51 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '50, Football Championship '50 '51) Yugoslavia '50 '51
Domestic cups	Albania '50 '51 Bulgaria Cyprus England France Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '50 '51 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '50 '51 Scotland Soviet Union '50 '51 Spain Sweden '50 '51 Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia '50 '51
League cups	Scotland
Super cups	Turkey '50
International competitions	Zentropa Cup

v t e 1951–52 in European football
« 1950–51 1952–53 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '51 '52 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '51 '52 Cyprus Czechoslovakia '51 '52 Denmark England Faroe Islands '51 '52 Finland '51 '52 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '51 '52 Iceland '51 '52 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '51 '52 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '51 '52 Scotland Soviet Union '51 '52 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey '51 Yugoslavia '51 '52
Domestic cups	Albania '51 '52 Bulgaria Cyprus England France East Germany Greece Hungary Israel Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '51 '52 Poland Portugal Romania '51 '52 Scotland Soviet Union '51 '52 Spain Sweden '51 Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia '51 '52
League cups	Scotland