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 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 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 ZagoraBeroe Stadium12,128
BotevPlovdivBotev 1912 Football Complex4,000
Cherno MoreVarnaTicha Stadium8,250
LevskiSofiaGeorgi Asparuhov Stadium25,000
LitexLovechLovech Stadium8,100
LokomotivPlovdivLokomotiv Stadium10,000
LudogoretsRazgradLudogorets Arena7,500
MontanaMontanaOgosta Stadium6,000
PirinBlagoevgradHristo Botev Stadium7,000
SlaviaSofiaOvcha Kupel Stadium25,556

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 Stara Zagora Plamen Lipenski Ivo IvanovUhlsportBEROE, Refan
Botev Plovdiv Nikolay Kostov Yordan HristovUhlsportEfbet
Cherno More Varna Nikola Spasov Mihail VenkovUhlsportArmeets
Levski Sofia Ljupko Petrović Veselin MinevJomaVivacom, Efbet, Strabag
Litex Lovech Lyuboslav Penev Anton NedyalkovadidasPrima
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Ilian Iliev Martin KamburovUhlsportEfbet
Ludogorets Razgrad Georgi Dermendzhiev Svetoslav DyakovMacroneCasino.bg, Vivacom
Montana Emil Velev Hristo IvanovJakoObshtina Montana
Pirin Naci Şensoy Yulian PopevJomaLafka
Slavia Sofia Aleksandr Tarkhanov Georgi PetkovJomaAsset Insurance, Efbet

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Relegation playoff

Positions by round

Season statistics

RoundGoal of the weekClub
1 Danilo Aspirilla vs Ludogorets Litex
2 Sténio vs Ludogorets Cherno More
3 Georgi Bozhilov vs Pirin Blagievgrad Beroe
4 Aleksandar Kolev vs Pirin Blagievgrad Botev Plovdiv
5 Atanas Zehirov vs Cherno More Beroe
6 Aleksandar Vasilev vs Pirin Blagievgrad Ludogorets
7 Bozhidar Vasev vs Cherno More Botev Plovdiv
8 Arsénio Nunes vs Botev Plovdiv Litex
9 Ivan Minchev vs Slavia Montana
10 Georgi Kostadinov vs Botev Plovdiv Levski Sofia
11 Roman Procházka vs Litex Levski Sofia
12 Claudiu Keșerü vs Levski Sofia Ludogorets
13 Atanas Zehirov vs Slavia Beroe
14 Nemanja Milisavljević vs Cherno More Beroe
15 Atanas Zehirov vs Botev Plovdiv Beroe
16 Igor Djoman vs Litex Beroe
17 Roman Procházka vs Slavia Levski Sofia
18 Spas Delev vs Levski Sofia Beroe
19 Strahil Popov vs Ludogorets Litex
20 Georgi Dinkov vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv Beroe
21 Nemanja Milisavljević vs Pirin Blagoevgrad Beroe
22 Miguel Bedoya vs Cherno More Levski Sofia
23 Serder Serderov vs Botev Plovdiv Slavia
24 Georgi Andonov vs Botev Plovdiv Beroe
25 Ventsislav Hristov vs Pirin Blagoevgrad Levski Sofia
26 Marcelinho vs Beroe Ludogorets
27 Martin Kamburov vs Pirin Blagoevgrad Lokomotiv Plovdiv
28 Roman Procházka vs Botev Plovdiv Levski Sofia
29 Nemanja Milisavljević vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv Beroe
30 Stefan Velev vs Botev Plovdiv Lokomotiv Plovdiv
31 Ventsislav Hristov vs Cherno More Levski Sofia
32 Emil Gargorov vs Ludogorets Lokomotiv Plovdiv
33 Ventsislav Hristov vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv Levski Sofia
34 Georgi Iliev vs Botev Plovdiv Cherno More
35 Martin Kamburov vs Cherno More Lokomotiv Plovdiv
36 Veselin Marchev vs Pirin Blagoevgrad Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Top scorers

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

Hat-tricks

Updated on 28 April 2016

Clean sheets