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.Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
Beroe | Stara Zagora | Beroe Stadium | 12,128 |
Botev | Plovdiv | Botev 1912 Football Complex | 4,000 |
Cherno More | Varna | Ticha Stadium | 8,250 |
Levski | Sofia | Georgi Asparuhov Stadium | 25,000 |
Litex | Lovech | Lovech Stadium | 8,100 |
Lokomotiv | Plovdiv | Lokomotiv Stadium | 10,000 |
Ludogorets | Razgrad | Ludogorets Arena | 7,500 |
Montana | Montana | Ogosta Stadium | 6,000 |
Pirin | Blagoevgrad | Hristo Botev Stadium | 7,000 |
Slavia | Sofia | Ovcha Kupel Stadium | 25,556 |
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.Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
Beroe Stara Zagora | Plamen Lipenski | Ivo Ivanov | Uhlsport | BEROE, Refan |
Botev Plovdiv | Nikolay Kostov | Yordan Hristov | Uhlsport | Efbet |
Cherno More Varna | Nikola Spasov | Mihail Venkov | Uhlsport | Armeets |
Levski Sofia | Ljupko Petrović | Veselin Minev | Joma | Vivacom, Efbet, Strabag |
Litex Lovech | Lyuboslav Penev | Anton Nedyalkov | adidas | Prima |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Ilian Iliev | Martin Kamburov | Uhlsport | Efbet |
Ludogorets Razgrad | Georgi Dermendzhiev | Svetoslav Dyakov | Macron | eCasino.bg, Vivacom |
Montana | Emil Velev | Hristo Ivanov | Jako | Obshtina Montana |
Pirin | Naci Şensoy | Yulian Popev | Joma | Lafka |
Slavia Sofia | Aleksandr Tarkhanov | Georgi Petkov | Joma | Asset Insurance, Efbet |
Managerial changes
League table
Results
Relegation playoff
Positions by round
Season statistics
Round | Goal of the week | Club |
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
;Note1 Including 2 goals for Montana.
Updated on 28 May 2016
Hat-tricks
Updated on 28 April 2016Clean sheets
- Levski Sofia - 13
- Ludogorets - 12
- Slavia Sofia - 12
- Beroe - 11
Transfers
- List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2015
- List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2015–16