2010–11 A Group
The 2010–11 A Group season was the 87th edition of the Bulgarian national top football division, and the 63rd of A Group as the top-tier football league in the country. The season commenced on 31 July 2010 and ended with the last games on 28 May 2011. The winter break was between the weekends around 29 November 2010 and 26 February 2011. Litex Lovech defended their 2009/10 A Group title and were champions for [|2] consecutive seasons. As of the 2024-25, this is the most recent edition not won by Ludogorets Razgrad.
Team information
[FC PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv|Lokomotiv Mezdra|Lokomotiv Mezdra], Sportist Svoge and Botev Plovdiv were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom three places. Lokomotiv Mezdra ended a two-year tenure, Sportist Svoge were relegated after a year in A Group, and Botev were excluded from A Group due to financial difficulties at the winter brake, ending a five-year stint in the A Group.The relegated teams were replaced by [PFC PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo|Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo|Vidima-Rakovski], champions of West B Group and [FC PFC Kaliakra Kavarna|Kaliakra Kavarna|Kaliakra Kavarna], champions of the East B Group. Vidima-Rakovski returned to A Group after two years, while Kaliakra entered the top division for their first time.
A further place in the league was decided by a play-off match between the runners-up teams from the two B Group's. The game was played on 23 May 2010 between Nesebar and [PFC PFC Akademik Sofia|Akademik Sofia|Akademik Sofia]. Akademik won the match by 2–1 and returned to the top division after 28 years. The last season the club had played in A Group was 1981–82.
Stadia and locations
As in the previous year, the league will comprise the best thirteen teams of season 2009/10, the 2 champions of the West and East B Group's and the winners of the promotion play-off between the runners-up from the West and East B Group's.The following teams have ensured their participation in A Group for season 2010/11 :
| Team | City | Stadium | Stadium capacity |
| Akademik | Sofia | Ovcha Kupel[|1] | 18,000 |
| Beroe | Stara Zagora | Beroe | 17,800 |
| Cherno More | Varna | Ticha | 8,250 |
| [PSFC PSFC Chernomorets Burgas|Chernomorets Burgas|Chernomorets] | Burgas | Lazur | 18,037 |
| [PFC PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia|CSKA] | Sofia | Vasil Levski2 | 43,632 |
| Kaliakra | Kavarna | Kavarna | 5,000 |
| Levski | Sofia | Georgi Asparuhov | 29,986 |
| Litex | Lovech | Lovech | 7,050 |
| Lokomotiv | Plovdiv | Lokomotiv | 13,800 |
| Lokomotiv | Sofia | Vasil Levski[|3] | 43,632 |
| Minyor | Pernik | Minyor | 8,000 |
| Montana | Montana | Ogosta | 8,000 |
| Pirin | Blagoevgrad | Hristo Botev | 7,500 |
| [PFC PFC Slavia Sofia|Slavia Sofia|Slavia] | Sofia | Ovcha Kupel | 18,000 |
| [OFC OFC Sliven 2000|Sliven 2000|Sliven 2000] | Sliven | Hadzhi Dimitar | 10,000 |
| Vidima-Rakovski | Sevlievo | Rakovski | 8,816 |
;Notes
- Akademik Sofia will play their league home games at Ovcha Kupel Stadium in Sofia because their Akademik Stadium had not received approval from the BFU license committee.
- CSKA Sofia will play their league home games at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia because their Balgarska Armiya had not received approval from the BFU license committee.
- Lokomotiv Sofia will play their league home games at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia because their Lokomotiv Stadium had not received approval from the BFU license committee.
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CSKA Sofia |  League tableRelegation playoff----Chernomorets Pomorie wasn't allowed to compete in the next season, so there will be 2 play-offs. The first will be between the teams that lost against Chernomorets Pomorie, Vidima-Rakovski and Sportist Svoge. The other will be between Svetkavitsa and FC Etar Veliko Tarnovo for the Pirin Blagoevgrad's place. ---- Champions;Litex Lovech
Season statisticsTop goalscorersIncluding matches played on 28 May 2011
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