2007–08 A Group


The 2007–08 A Group was the 60th season of the Bulgarian A Football Group since its establishment in 1948 and the 84th of a Bulgarian national top football division. The season began on 11 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. [PFC PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia] won their 31st record league title. Last time they scooped the title was in 2004–05 season. CSKA won the league without a single defeat, 16 points ahead of their archrival Levski Sofia.
Despite the convincing results during the season, CSKA failed to get a UEFA license to participate in the Champions League due to unpaid debts. The guilt for the disaster in the club was taken by their chairman Aleksandar Tomov.

Teams

Team changes

At the end of the last season, Conegliano German, Rodopa Smolyan, and Rilski Sportist Samokov were relegated after finishing in the bottom three places of the 2006–07 season. Conegliano and Rilski Sportist survived only one season in the elite, while Rodopa ended a four-year stint in the A Group.
The relegated teams were replaced by three teams from the 2006–07 B Group, including the winners of the East and West B Groups, as well as the playoff winner decided between the runner-ups of the two B Groups. [PSFC PSFC Chernomorets Burgas|Chernomorets Burgas|Chernomorets Burgas] and [PFC PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad|Pirin Blagoevgrad|Pirin Blagoevgrad] were promoted directly, while [PFC FC Sevlievo|Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo|Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo] defeated Naftex Burgas to gain the last promotion spot. Chernomorets made its debut in the top tier of Bulgarian football, Pirin return after a one-year absence, while Vidima-Rakovski return after a two-year absence.

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
BelasitsaPetrichTsar Samuil Stadium9,500
BeroeStara ZagoraBeroe Stadium13,512
[PFC PFC Botev Plovdiv|Botev Plovdiv|Botev]PlovdivHristo Botev Stadium22,000
Cherno MoreVarnaTicha Stadium8,250
ChernomoretsBurgasLazur Stadium18,037
CSKASofiaBalgarska Armiya Stadium22,015
LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov Stadium29,200
LitexLovechLovech Stadium7,050
[PFC PFC Lokomotiv Sofia|Lokomotiv Plovdiv|Lokomotiv]PlovdivLokomotiv13,800
LokomotivSofiaLokomotiv Sofia22,000
MarekDupnitsaBonchuk Stadium16,050
PirinBlagoevgradHristo Botev Stadium111,000
[PFC PFC Slavia Sofia|Slavia Sofia|Slavia]SofiaOvcha Kupel Stadium18,000
SpartakVarnaSpartak Stadium7,500
Vidima-RakovskiSevlievoRakovski Stadium8,816
VihrenSandanskiSandanski Stadium6,000

1^. Stadiums of Botev Plovdiv and Pirin Blagoevgrad have the same names, but they are placed in different cities.

League table


Champions

;CSKA Sofia
  • Iliev, Kabous, Amuneke and Chilikov left the club during a season.

Attendances

#ClubAverage
1CSKA Sofia5,313
2Botev5,000
3Beroe4,967
4Levski4,940
5Cherno More4,533
6Chernomorets2,953
7Lokomotiv Plovdiv2,833
8Pirin2,627
9Vihren2,227
10Varna2,097
11Lokomotiv Sofia1,947
12Belasitsa1,940
13Lovech1,687
14Slavia Sofia1,291
15Vidima-Rakovski1,147
16Marek748

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