1963–64 A Group

A Group
Season	1963–64
Champions	Lokomotiv Sofia; (3rd title)
Relegated	Spartak Varna; Lokomotiv GO;
European Cup	Lokomotiv Sofia
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Matches played	240
Goals scored	612 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nikola Tsanev; (26 goals)
	← 1962–63 1964–65 →

The 1963–64 A Group was the 16th 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 Lokomotiv Sofia won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lokomotiv Sofia (C)	30	18	8	4	53	28	+25	44	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Levski Sofia	30	16	9	5	53	32	+21	41
3	Slavia Sofia	30	13	9	8	46	36	+10	35	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Spartak Plovdiv	30	13	8	9	42	34	+8	34
5	Dunav Ruse	30	12	8	10	31	35	−4	32
6	Cherno More Varna	30	11	9	10	35	30	+5	31
7	Botev Plovdiv	30	13	4	13	43	54	−11	30
8	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	10	9	11	33	38	−5	29	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
9	Marek Dupnitsa	30	11	6	13	39	32	+7	28
10	Spartak Pleven	30	9	10	11	31	33	−2	28
11	CSKA Sofia	30	12	3	15	58	40	+18	27
12	Spartak Sofia	30	8	9	13	28	40	−12	25
13	Sliven	30	8	9	13	29	41	−12	25
14	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	8	8	14	28	38	−10	24
15	Spartak Varna (R)	30	9	6	15	34	52	−18	24	Relegation to 1964–65 B Group
16	Lokomotiv GO (R)	30	9	5	16	29	49	−20	23	Relegation to 1964–65 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	BSZ	BPD	CHM	CSK	DUN	LEV	LGO	LPL	LSO	MAR	SLA	SLI	SPL	SPD	SSF	SPV
Beroe Stara Zagora		1–2	0–1	5–4	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	4–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	0–1
Botev Plovdiv	0–0		1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	5–1	4–2
Cherno More	2–0	3–1		0–0	0–2	3–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–0
CSKA Sofia	4–0	4–0	2–0		3–0	1–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	2–3	7–0	4–0	1–0	4–1	4–2
Dunav Ruse	0–0	3–2	2–2	1–0		0–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Levski Sofia	4–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–2		0–0	5–2	1–1	3–0	4–3	4–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–0
Lokomotiv GO	0–1	5–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2		3–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–1		1–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–2	4–0	4–2	3–2	5–2	1–3	2–0	1–1		2–0	1–1	5–3	2–0	3–1	2–0	5–1
Marek Dupnitsa	0–1	5–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	5–1	1–0	0–1		3–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	4–2	6–0
Slavia Sofia	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	1–0	0–0		2–0	0–0	4–2	4–2	3–1
Sliven	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–2		2–0	1–1	3–1	0–0
Spartak Pleven	2–0	6–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–2		1–0	0–1	1–2
Spartak Plovdiv	4–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	3–1		2–2	2–1
Spartak Sofia	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–2		4–1
Spartak Varna	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1

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

Champions

Lokomotiv Sofia

Goalkeepers
Ivan Deyanov	25	(0)
Tsvetan Lalov	8	(0)

Defenders
Todor Velev	13	(0)
Ivan Dimitrov	28	(0)
Vasil Metodiev	28	(0)
Dimitar Penev	28	(1)
Mladen Penev	8	(0)
Apostol Chachevski	25	(2)

Midfielders
Ivan Kotsev	28	(1)
Dimitar Dragomirov	7	(1)
Hristo Lazarov	19	(1)
Botyo Botev	10	(2)
Viktor Andonov	14	(0)
Dimitar Milushev	1	(0)
Georgi Panov	3	(0)
Vasil Vasilev	26	(7)

Forwards
Spiro Debarski	29	(14)
Nikola Kotkov	28	(14)
Tsvetan Milev	30	(9)
Georgi Manolov	4	(1)

Manager
	Georgi Berkov

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Nikola Tsanev	CSKA Sofia	26
2	Traycho Spasov	Marek Dupnitsa	22
3	Aleksandar Vasilev	Slavia Sofia	21

References

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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 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

1963–64 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Balkans Cup
Related to national team	1964 European Nations' Cup (Round of 16) Béla Volentik
Club seasons
	Beroe Botev Plovdiv Cherno More CSKA Dunav Levski Lokomotiv GO Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia Marek Slavia Sliven Spartak Pleven Spartak Plovdiv Spartak Sofia Spartak Varna
List of transfers

1963–64 in European football (UEFA)
« 1962–63 1964–65 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '63 '64 England Faroe Islands '63 '64 Finland '63 '64 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '63 '64 Iceland '63 '64 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '63 '64 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '63 '64 Spain Sweden '63 '64 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '63 '64 Finland '63 '64 France East Germany West Germany Greece Iceland '63 '64 Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '63 '64 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '63 '64 Spain Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup Mitropa Cup
International competitions	European Nations' Cup qualification final tournament European Under-18 Championship