The 1999–2000 A Group was the 52nd 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 Levski Sofia won the championship.
Team information Stadia and locations The following teams have ensured their participation in A Group for season 1999–00 (listed in alphabetical order):
Team City Stadium CapacityBelasitsaPetrichTsar Samuil9,500BotevPlovdivHristo Botev18,000ChernomoretsBurgasChernomorets22,000CSKASofiaBulgarian Army22,995DobrudzhaDobrichDruzhba12,500LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov29,986LokomotivSofiaLokomotiv22,000LovechLovechLovech7,050MinyorPernikMinyor18,000NeftochimicBurgasLazur18,037Olimpik-BeroeStara ZagoraBeroe16,000PirinBlagoevgradHristo Botev15,000ShumenShumenPanayot Volov24,000SlaviaSofiaOvcha Kupel18,000SpartakVarnaSpartak8,000VelbazhdKyustendilOsogovo10,000
League standings
Results
Relegation play-off
Champions Levski Sofia Goalkeepers1 Dimitar Ivankov 27 (5)12 Georgi Sheytanov 3 (0) Defenders2 Martin Stankov 14 (0)3 Stanimir Stoilov 25 (3)5 Aleksey Dionisiev 12 (2)6 John Inglis 17 (0)11 Elin Topuzakov 23 (3)13 Yulian Petkov 7 (0)16 Veselin Vachev 6 (0)21 Zahari Sirakov 29 (1)23 Dalibor Dragić 9 (0)24 Predrag Pažin 23 (1) Midfielders4 Biser Ivanov 26 (4)7 Aleksandar Aleksandrov 28 (6)10 Asen Nikolov 12 (1)14 Krasimir Dimitrov 21 (0)15 Chavdar Atanasov 21 (4)20 Neško Milovanović 12 (1)22 Dimitar Telkiyski 17 (4)25 Stanislav Genchev 1 (0)26 Viktorio Pavlov 6 (0) Forwards8 Serge Yoffou 25 (13)9 Georgi Ivanov 23 (12)17 Georgi Georgiev 14 (3)18 Georgi Bachev 7 (3)19 Todor Kolev 3 (0) Manager Dimitar Dimitrov
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Mihail MihaylovVelbazhd Kyustendil 202 Svetoslav TodorovLitex Lovech 193 Plamen TimnevSpartak Varna 164 Dimitar IvanovCSKA Sofia 14 Dimitar BerbatovCSKA Sofia Anton EvtimovMinyor Pernik 7 Serge YoffouLevski Sofia 138 Georgi IvanovLevski Sofia 129 Anastas PetrovBotev Plovdiv10 Stefan YurukovSpartak VarnaLitex Lovech
Source:1999–2000 Top Goalscorers
Attendances
No. Club Average 1 Beroe 13,600 2 Levski 12,667 3 Neftochimik 12,600 4 Chernomorets 10,000 5 Botev Plovdiv 8,400 6 Belasitsa 7,500 7 CSKA Sofia 7,367 8 Pirin 6,500 9 Dobrudzha 5,967 10 Velbazhd 5,067 11 Lokomotiv Sofia 5,067 12 Spartak Varna 3,280 13 Shumen 3,157 14 Lovech 2,987 15 Minyor 2,880 16 Slavia Sofia 2,700Source:
References
External links Bulgaria Championship History at rsssf.com 1999–2000 A Group Statistics at a-pfg.com