2015–16 A Group


The 2015–16 A Group was the 92nd season of the top division of the Bulgarian football league system, and 68th since a league format was adopted for the national competition of A Group as a top tier of the pyramid. The season has started on 17 July 2015 and is expected to end in May 2016. The league is contested by ten teams. Ludogorets Razgrad were the defending champions, and successfully defended the title after Levski Sofia's home loss against [PFC PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv|Lokomotiv Plovdiv|Lokomotiv Plovdiv] in the 29th round. The title is Ludogorets' fifth consecutive and overall.

Competition format

The league is contested by ten teams and will be played in a quadruple round robin format, with each team playing every other team four times over 36 rounds.

Teams

A total of 12 teams were set to contest the league, including the best 10 sides from the previous season, plus two promoted clubs from the lower division B Group.
On 22 June 2015, the BFU announced the final list of participants for the 2015–16 season. CSKA Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia were both denied a professional license for the following season due to outstanding debts and would have to compete in the V AFG or fold. The group was kept at 10 teams. Marek Dupnitsa and Haskovo, who finished in the bottom two places of the table at the end of previous season, also failed to receive professional license, and were relegated to V Group.
The relegated teams were replaced by Montana, the 2014–15 B Group champions and [FC OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad|Pirin Blagoevgrad|Pirin Blagoevgrad], the 2014–15 B Group runner-up. While Montana returns to the top division after two years, Pirin reaches again the highest class after 4 years.

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
BeroeStara ZagoraBeroe12,128
BotevPlovdivBotev 1912 Football Complex4,000
Cherno MoreVarnaTicha8,250
LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov25,000
LitexLovechGradski8,100
LokomotivPlovdivLokomotiv10,000
LudogoretsRazgradLudogorets Arena7,500
MontanaMontanaOgosta6,000
PirinBlagoevgradHristo Botev7,000
[PFC PFC Slavia Sofia|Slavia Sofia|Slavia]SofiaSlavia25,556

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Beroe

League table


Season statistics

RoundGoal of the weekClub
1

Top scorers

;Note
1 Including 2 goals for Montana.
Updated on 28 May 2016

Hat-tricks

Updated on 28 April 2016

Clean sheets

Transfers

Attendances

#ClubAverageHighest
1Levski3,55812,500
2Ludogorets3,0007,000
3Beroe2,4915,200
4Pirin2,4384,100
5Botev2,1943,500
6Lokomotiv Plovdiv1,9596,700
7Cherno More1,6194,300
8Montana1,4913,600
9Lovech1,3345,800
10Slavia Sofia5953,600

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