The 1979–80 A Group was the 32nd 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, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.
League standings
Results
Champions CSKA Sofia Goalkeepers Georgi Velinov 21 (0) Yordan Filipov 9 (0) Defenders Georgi Dimitrov 23 (1) Tsonyo Vasilev 21 (0) Angel Rangelov 30 (0) Vasil Tinchev 9 (0) Ivan Zafirov 26 (0) Dinko Dimitrov 3 (0) Angel Kalburov 18 (0) Hristo Topalov 12 (0) Midfielders Plamen Markov 30 (5) Krasimir Goranov 24 (0) Vasil Simov 9 (0) Dimitar Aleksiev 3 (0) Tsvetan Yonchev 27 (4) Metodi Tomanov 5 (0) Ivan Metodiev 24 (5) Forwards Spas Dzhevizov 28 (21) Mario Valkov 22 (6) Tsvetan Danov 2 (0) Nikola Hristov 26 (13) Georgi Slavkov 9 (5) Dimitar Dimitrov 4 (0) Manager Asparuh Nikodimov
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Spas DzhevizovCSKA Sofia 212 Andrey ZhelyazkovSlavia Sofia 193 Chavdar TsvetkovSlavia Sofia 184 Ivan PetrovMarek Dupnitsa 145 Nikola HristovCSKA Sofia136 Petko PetkovBeroe Stara Zagora 12 Tsonko SimeonovSliven 8 Krasimir ManolovTrakia Plovdiv 11 Rafi RafievCherno More Blagoy KrastanovSpartak Pleven
Awards Team of the Season Team of the Season (by newspaper Naroden Sport) Goalkeeper Hristo Hristov (Pirin) Defence Ivan Ilchev (Chernomorets) Bozhil Kolev (Cherno More) Boko Dimitrov (Lokomotiv Sofia) Evlogi Banchev (Minyor) Midfield Venelin Toshkov (Botev Vratsa) Andrey Zhelyazkov (Slavia) Valentin Maldzhanski (Botev Vratsa) Attack Georgi Iliev (Chernomorets) Petko Petkov (Beroe) Chavdar Tsvetkov (Slavia)
References
External links Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF) 1979–80 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com