title: 1971–72 A Group
text: # 1971–72 A Group
  
  The 1971–72 A Group was the 24th 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 18 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.
  
  ## League standings
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | CSKA Sofia (C) | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 95 | 28 | +67 | 58 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
  | 2 | Levski Sofia | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 68 | 26 | +42 | 50 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
  | 3 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
  | 4 | Slavia Sofia | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 39 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
  | 5 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 38 | |
  | 6 | Botev Plovdiv | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 35 | |
  | 7 | Botev Vratsa | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 62 | 64 | −2 | 31 | |
  | 8 | Cherno More Varna | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 31 | |
  | 9 | Dunav Ruse | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 31 | |
  | 10 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 34 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 30 | |
  | 11 | Akademik Sofia | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 29 | |
  | 12 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 29 | |
  | 13 | Spartak Pleven | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 29 | |
  | 14 | Chernomorets Burgas | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 28 | |
  | 15 | Spartak Varna | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 28 | |
  | 16 | Tundzha Yambol | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 28 | |
  | 17 | Marek Dupnitsa (R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 65 | −34 | 26 | Relegation to 1972–73 B Group |
  | 18 | Yantra Gabrovo (R) | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 22 | Relegation to 1972–73 B Group |
  
  * ↑ 2 points deducted
  * ↑ 6 points deducted
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | AKD | BSZ | BPD | BVR | CHM | CHB | CSK | DUN | ETA | LEV | LPL | LSO | MAR | SLA | SPL | SPV | TUN | YAN |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Akademik Sofia | | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
  | Beroe Stara Zagora | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
  | Botev Plovdiv | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
  | Botev Vratsa | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 1–1 |
  | Cherno More | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
  | Chernomorets Burgas | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–2 | | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 |
  | CSKA Sofia | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 8–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
  | Dunav Ruse | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
  | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
  | Levski Sofia | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
  | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
  | Lokomotiv Sofia | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
  | Marek Dupnitsa | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
  | Slavia Sofia | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 0–6 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
  | Spartak Pleven | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
  | Spartak Varna | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 |
  | Tundzha Yambol | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 |
  | Yantra Gabrovo | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
  
  ## Top scorers
  
  | Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Petar Zhekov | CSKA Sofia | 27 |
  | 2 | Petko Petkov | Beroe Stara Zagora | 26 |
  | 3 | Stefan Bogomilov | Cherno More Varna | 24 |
  | 4 | Georgi Kamenov | Botev Vratsa | 23 |
  | 5 | Georgi Tsvetkov | Levski Sofia | 17 |
  | 6 | Dinko Dermendzhiev | Botev Plovdiv | 16 |
  | 7 | Georgi Denev | CSKA Sofia | 15 |
  | 7 | Vasil Mitkov | Levski Sofia | 15 |
  | 7 | Georgi Lukanov | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 15 |
  | 7 | Yordan Yordanov | Tundzha Yambol | 15 |
  