2000–01 A Group

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Template:Short description Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The 2000–01 A Group was the 53rd season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

The league was contested by the top 12 teams from the 1999–2000 season as well as Cherno More Varna and Hebar Pazardzhik, who joined as the promoted clubs from the 1999–2000 B Group.

Defending champions Levski Sofia won their 22nd Bulgarian league title overall. Botev Plovdiv and Minyor Pernik were relegated at the end of the season by finishing in the last two places.

Teams

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the B Group. The promoted teams were Cherno More Varna (returning to the top flight after a six-year absence) and Hebar Pazardzhik (returning after an eight-year absence). They replaced Dobrudzha Dobrich, Belasitsa Petrich, Pirin Blagoevgrad and Shumen.

Stadiums and Locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe 22,500
Botev Plovdiv Hristo Botev 22,000
Cherno More Varna Ticha 8,250
Chernomorets Burgas Chernomorets 22,000
CSKA Sofia Balgarska Armia 22,015
Hebar Pazardzhik Georgi Benkovski 13,128
Levski Sofia Georgi Asparuhov 29,200
Lovech Lovech Gradski 7,050
Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 22,000
Minyor Pernik Minyor 20,000
Neftochimic Burgas Lazur 18,037
Slavia Sofia Slavia 32,000
Spartak Varna Spartak 7,500
Velbazhd Kyustendil Osogovo 13,000

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Beroe Template:Flagicon Tsvetomir Parvanov Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Erima[1] AKSA[2]
Botev Plovdiv Template:Flagicon Georgi Lazarov Vitosha AD
Cherno More Template:Flagicon Bozhil Kolev Template:Flagicon Ventsislav Marinov Template:Flagicon Asics VAI Holding
Chernomorets Template:Flagicon Nikolay Rusev Template:Flagicon Angel Stoykov
CSKA Sofia Template:Flagicon Enrico Catuzzi Template:Flagicon Lotto
Hebar Template:Flagicon Voyn Voynov
Levski Sofia Template:Flagicon Ljupko Petrović Template:Flagicon Stanimir Stoilov Template:Flagicon Diadora Mobiltel
Lokomotiv Sofia Template:Flagicon Angel Kolev Template:Flagicon Adidas Delta-G
Lovech Template:Flagicon Ferario Spasov Template:Flagicon Vitomir Vutov Template:Flagicon Asics Litex Commerce
Minyor Template:Flagicon Ventsislav Arsov Template:Flagicon Nike
Neftochimic Template:Flagicon Dimitar Stoychev Template:Flagicon Veliyan Parushev Template:Flagicon Puma Petrol AD
Slavia Sofia Template:Flagicon Kiril Kachamanov Template:Flagicon Veselin Vachev Template:Flagicon Adidas Sofiyski Imoti
Spartak Varna Template:Flagicon Stefan Grozdanov
Velbazhd Template:Flagicon Dimitar Dimitrov Template:Flagicon Slavcho Pavlov Template:Flagicon Nike VIS-2

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Botev Plovdiv Template:Flagicon Dinko Dermendzhiev Mutual consent 1 June 2000 Pre-season Template:Flagicon Marin Bakalov 26 June 2000
Lovech Template:Flagicon Čedomir Đoinčević Sacked 10 June 2000 Pre-season Template:Flagicon Mihai Stoichiță 1 July 2000
Levski Sofia Template:Flagicon Dimitar Dimitrov Sacked 15 June 2000[3] Pre-season Template:Flagicon Vladimir Fedotov 7 July 2000[4]
CSKA Sofia Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Stankov End of caretaker tenure 23 June 2000 Pre-season Template:Flagicon Enrico Catuzzi 24 June 2000[5]
Beroe Template:Flagicon Ventsislav Kepov Mutual consent June 2000 Pre-season Template:Flagicon Nikola Ivanov June 2000
Slavia Template:Flagicon Miroslav Mironov Mutual consent June 2000 Pre-season Template:Flagicon Žarko Olarević June 2000
Cherno More Template:Flagicon Radoslav Zdravkov Mutual consent June 2000 Pre-season Template:Flagicon Bozhil Kolev June 2000
Velbazhd Template:Flagicon Dimitar Sokolov Mutual consent 26 June 2000 Pre-season Template:Flagicon Dimitar Dimitrov 26 June 2000[6]
Neftochimic Template:Flagicon Dimitar Stoychev Mutual consent 30 June 2000 Pre-season Template:Flagicon Salvatore Polverino 1 July 2000[7]
Neftochimic Template:Flagicon Salvatore Polverino Sacked 6 August 2000 13th Template:Flagicon Dimitar Stoychev 6 August 2000
Beroe Template:Flagicon Nikola Ivanov Sacked 14 August 2000 12th Template:Flagicon Petko Petkov 14 August 2000
Lokomotiv Sofia Template:Flagicon Pavel Panov Sacked 29 August 2000 8th Template:Flagicon Radoslav Zdravkov 29 August 2000[8]
Levski Sofia Template:Flagicon Vladimir Fedotov Sacked 30 August 2000[9] 2nd Template:Flagicon Nasko Sirakov (caretaker) 30 August 2000
Levski Sofia Template:Flagicon Nasko Sirakov End of caretaker tenure 2 October 2000 1st Template:Flagicon Ljupko Petrović 2 October 2000
Lovech Template:Flagicon Mihai Stoichiță Sacked 21 October 2000 6th Template:Flagicon Ferario Spasov 21 October 2000[10]
Slavia Sofia Template:Flagicon Žarko Olarević Mutual consent 27 November 2000 10th Template:Flagicon Kiril Kachamanov 27 November 2000[11]
CSKA Sofia Template:Flagicon Enrico Catuzzi Mutual consent 19 December 2000 2nd Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Stankov 20 December 2000
CSKA Sofia Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Stankov Mutual consent 3 March 2001 2nd Template:Flagicon Enrico Catuzzi 4 March 2001
Beroe Template:Flagicon Petko Petkov Sacked 20 March 2001 ? Template:Flagicon Tsvetomir Parvanov 20 March 2001
Lokomotiv Sofia Template:Flagicon Radoslav Zdravkov Sacked 29 April 2001 ? Template:Flagicon Angel Kolev 29 April 2001

League standings

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Results

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Relegation play-off

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Champions

Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
1 Template:Flagicon Dimitar Ivankov 25 (5)
12 Template:Flagicon Georgi Sheytanov 1 (0)
30 Template:Flagicon Vihren Uzunov 1 (0)
Defenders
2 Template:Flagicon Martin Stankov 18 (0)
3 Template:Flagicon Stanimir Stoilov 15 (2)
5 Template:Flagicon Georgi Markov 22 (0)
6 Template:Flagicon Zahari Sirakov 17 (2)
11 Template:Flagicon Elin Topuzakov 22 (3)
14 Template:Flagicon Miroslav Savić 8 (0)
15 Template:Flagicon Aleksey Dionisiev 7 (0)
22 Template:Flagicon Ilian Stoyanov 20 (1)
23 Template:Flagicon Dalibor Dragić 16 (2)
Template:Flagicon Predrag Pažin* 6 (0)
Template:Flagicon Oleksandr Koval* 3 (0)
Midfielders
4 Template:Flagicon Biser Ivanov 22 (0)
10 Template:Flagicon Asen Nikolov 7 (0)
16 Template:Flagicon Chavdar Atanasov 15 (2)
17 Template:Flagicon Konstantin Golovskoy 4 (0)
19 Template:Flagicon Svetoslav Barkanichkov 4 (0)
20 Template:Flagicon Neško Milovanović 5 (0)
21 Template:Flagicon Dimitar Telkiyski 15 (5)
25 Template:Flagicon Yordan Terziev 9 (0)
26 Template:Flagicon Viktorio Pavlov 1 (0)
28 Template:Flagicon Vladislav Radimov 3 (1)
Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Aleksandrov* 7 (1)
Template:Flagicon Eduard Tsykhmeystruk* 12 (1)
Template:Flagicon Konstantin Kaynov* 2 (0)
Forwards
7 Template:Flagicon Rogério Gaúcho 8 (0)
8 Template:Flagicon Georgi Bachev 11 (2)
9 Template:Flagicon Georgi Ivanov 24 (21)
18 Template:Flagicon Krum Bibishkov 2 (1)
24 Template:Flagicon Miodrag Pantelić 12 (1)
29 Template:Flagicon Dimitar Makriev 1 (0)
99 Template:Flagicon Petar Mihtarski 11 (4)
Template:Flagicon Georgi Georgiev* 4 (3)
Manager
Template:Flagicon Ljupko Petrović
  • Pažin, Koval, Aleksandrov, Tsykhmeystruk, Kaynov and Georgiev left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Template:Flagicon Georgi Ivanov Levski Sofia 22
2 Template:Flagicon Hristo Yovov Lovech 17
3 Template:Flagicon Stefan Yurukov Lovech 14
4 Template:Flagicon Vladimir Manchev CSKA Sofia 13
Template:Flagicon Valentin Stanchev Spartak Varna
Template:Flagicon Zoran Janković Lovech
7 Template:Flagicon Hristo Yanev CSKA Sofia 12
8 Template:Flagicon Martin Kushev Slavia Sofia 11
Template:Flagicon Boyko Velichkov Velbazhd Kyustendil
10 Template:Flagicon Ivan Tonchev Beroe Stara Zagora 9

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External links

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