2010–11 A Group

A Group
Season	2010–11
Dates	31 July 2010 – 28 May 2011
Champions	Litex Lovech; (4th title)
Relegated	Akademik Sofia; Sliven; Pirin
Champions League	Litex Lovech
Europa League	Levski Sofia; CSKA Sofia; Lokomotiv Sofia
Matches played	240
Goals scored	577 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Garra Dembélé; (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Pirin 6–0 Akademik; (14 May 2011)
Biggest away win	Akademik 0–4 Slavia; (11 September 2010); Chernomorets 0–4 CSKA Sofia; (5 March 2011)
Highest scoring	Sliven 6–1 Vidima-Rakovski; (18 September 2010); Lokomotiv Sofia 4–3 Slavia; (27 November 2010)
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

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.^[1] Litex Lovech defended their 2009/10 A Group title and were champions for 2 consecutive seasons.

Team information

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 Vidima-Rakovski, champions of West B Group and 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 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 (listed in alphabetical order):

Sofia

Location of teams in 2010–11 A Group

Sofia 2010–11 A Group football clubs

Team	City	Stadium	Stadium capacity
Akademik	Sofia	Ovcha Kupel¹	18,000
Beroe	Stara Zagora	Beroe	17,800
Cherno More	Varna	Ticha	8,250
Chernomorets	Burgas	Lazur	18,037
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 Levski³	43,632
Minyor	Pernik	Minyor	8,000
Montana	Montana	Ogosta	8,000
Pirin	Blagoevgrad	Hristo Botev	7,500
Slavia	Sofia	Ovcha Kupel	18,000
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.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
Akademik Sofia	Boris Angelov	Nikola Asenov	Saller	Bench Mark Group
Beroe Stara Zagora	Ilian Iliev	Slavi Zhekov	GUPA	Bulsatcom
Cherno More Varna	Stefan Genov	Georgi Iliev	Misho	Armeets
Chernomorets Burgas	Georgi Vasilev	Trayan Dyankov	Puma	QUARTO
CSKA Sofia	Milen Radukanov	Todor Yanchev	Uhlsport	GLOBUL
Kaliakra	Anton Zdravkov	Ivan Raychev	Uhlsport	Municipality of Kavarna
Levski Sofia	Yasen Petrov	Hristo Yovov	Nike	M-Tel
Litex Lovech	Lyuboslav Penev	Nebojša Jelenković	Adidas	b-connect
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Saša Nikolić	Zdravko Lazarov	Uhlsport
Lokomotiv Sofia	Dian Petkov	Kristian Dobrev	Puma
Minyor Pernik	Stoycho Stoev	Kostadin Markov	Jumper	Municipal Insurance Company
Montana	Atanas Dzhambazki	Daniel Gadzhev	ASICS	GM Capital
Pirin Blagoevgrad	Kostadin Angelov	Veselin Stoykov	Joma	Beer Pirinsko
Slavia Sofia	Emil Velev	Bogomil Dyakov	Puma
Sliven	Dimcho Nenov	Evgeni Karamanov	Tomy
Vidima-Rakovski	Dimitar Todorov	Georgi Stoychev	ASICS	VIDEXIM

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager(s)	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
CSKA Sofia	Adalbert Zafirov (interim)	End of caretaker contract	16 May 2010	Pre-season	Pavel Dochev	13 May 2010^[2]
Slavia Sofia	Velislav Vutsov	Sacked	17 May 2010		Emil Velev	19 May 2010^[3]
Levski Sofia	Anton Zdravkov Georgi Ivanov	End of caretaker contract	20 May 2010		Yasen Petrov	20 May 2010^[4]
Pirin Blagoevgrad	Stefan Grozdanov	Leaves the club	8 June 2010^[5]		Yordan Bozdanski	21 June 2010
Litex Lovech	Angel Chervenkov	Sacked	5 August 2010	1st	Petko Petkov (interim)	5 August 2010^[6]
CSKA Sofia	Pavel Dochev	Sacked	16 August 2010^[7]	13th	Gjore Jovanovski	16 August 2010^[8]
Pirin Blagoevgrad	Yordan Bozdanski	Sacked	30 August 2010	14th	Kostadin Angelov	1 September 2010^[9]
Litex Lovech	Petko Petkov (interim)	End of caretaker contract	1 September 2010	4th	Luboslav Penev	2 September 2010^[10]
Minyor Pernik	Anton Velkov	Resigned	6 September 2010^[11]	16th	Stoycho Stoev	8 September 2010^[12]
Kaliakra Kavarna	Filip Filipov	Sacked	6 October 2010^[13]	13th	Anton Zdravkov	7 October 2010
CSKA Sofia	Gjore Jovanovski	Sacked	21 October 2010^[14]	9th	Milen Radukanov	21 October 2010^[15]
Cherno More Varna	Velizar Popov	Resigned	23 October 2010^[16]	10th	Stefan Genov	23 October 2010
Lokomotiv Sofia	Dimitar Vasev	Sacked	22 November 2010^[17]	5th	Dian Petkov (interim)	22 November 2010
Sliven	Dragoljub Simonović	Resigned	4 December 2010^[18]	15th	Dimcho Nenov	10 January 2011^[19]
Chernomorets Burgas	Krasimir Balakov	Resigned	7 December 2010^[20]	3rd	Anton Velkov	23 December 2010^[21]
Chernomorets Burgas	Anton Velkov	Sacked	21 March 2011^[22]	7th	Georgi Vasilev	21 March 2011
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Nedelcho Matushev	Sacked	26 April 2011^[23]	5th	Saša Nikolić	26 April 2011

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Litex Lovech (C)	30	23	6	1	56	13	+43	75	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Levski Sofia	30	23	3	4	67	24	+43	72	Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round
3	CSKA Sofia	30	18	7	5	53	26	+27	61	Qualification for Europa League play-off round^[a]
4	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	16	4	10	47	33	+14	52^[b]	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	14	10	6	54	28	+26	52^[b]
6	Cherno More	30	15	6	9	36	28	+8	51
7	Beroe	30	13	7	10	33	34	−1	46
8	Chernomorets Burgas	30	9	10	11	19	28	−9	37
9	Minyor Pernik	30	10	6	14	33	45	−12	36
10	Montana	30	8	8	14	30	46	−16	32^[c]
11	Slavia Sofia	30	9	5	16	34	38	−4	32^[c]
12	Kaliakra	30	8	6	16	19	40	−21	30
13	Pirin Blagoevgrad (R)	30	6	9	15	32	39	−7	27	Relegation to 2011–12 V Group^[d]
14	Vidima-Rakovski (O)	30	6	7	17	26	52	−26	25	Qualification for relegation play-off
15	Akademik Sofia (R)	30	5	5	20	16	51	−35	20	Relegation to 2011–12 B Group
16	Sliven (R)	30	4	7	19	22	52	−30	19	Relegation to 2011–12 B Group

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ CSKA Sofia have won the 2010–11 Bulgarian Cup competition and therefore qualified for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
^ ^a ^b Lokomotiv Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Plovdiv on head-to-head record; Lokomotiv Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0.
^ ^a ^b Montana ahead of Slavia Sofia on head-to-head record; Slavia Sofia–Montana 3–2, Montana–Slavia Sofia 1–0.
^ The team did not receive a license for professional football for the next season.

Results

Home \ Away	AKD	BSZ	CHM	CHB	CSK	KAV	LEV	LIT	LPL	LSO	MIN	MON	PIR	SLA	OFC	VRA
Akademik Sofia		1–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–3	1–2	2–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–4	0–1	1–2
Beroe	1–0		0–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1
Cherno More	1–0	1–0		0–1	1–0	2–0	2–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	3–2	3–0	5–0
Chernomorets Burgas	0–0	0–2	1–2		0–4	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0
CSKA Sofia	3–1	3–2	1–0	1–2		0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0
Kaliakra	0–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	0–3		0–3	0–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–0
Levski Sofia	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	3–0		2–0	1–2	3–1	4–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	5–0	2–0
Litex Lovech	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1		1–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	4–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	5–0	2–3	2–2		0–0	3–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	3–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	4–0	0–2	1–3	3–0		0–3	2–0	2–0	4–3	3–0	2–1
Minyor Pernik	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–4	1–0	0–0	0–3	2–2	1–3		1–0	1–0	1–2	4–1	2–1
Montana	2–2	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–4	3–2	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–1	3–1		3–0	1–0	2–2	1–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad	6–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0		0–2	2–1	1–1
Slavia Sofia	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	1–1		0–0	2–0
OFC Sliven	3–0	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–1		6–1
Vidima-Rakovski	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–1

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Team ╲ Round
Litex Lovech	1	3	2	5	4	6	5	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Levski Sofia	3	1	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
CSKA Sofia	14	16	13	11	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	7	6	4	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Lokomotiv Sofia	3	9	5	3	3	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	6	2	1	4	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	5	5	7	6	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	5	5	6	6	5	5
Cherno More	1	9	6	8	11	8	8	8	9	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	6	6	5	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6
Beroe	10	11	9	6	5	3	6	7	7	8	6	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Chernomorets Burgas	8	5	3	1	1	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	7	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Minyor Pernik	12	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	13	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Montana	14	13	8	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Slavia Sofia	14	8	12	7	6	5	3	5	5	5	5	6	7	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11
Kaliakra	3	6	10	12	10	11	11	11	13	12	12	13	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	12	12
Pirin Blagoevgrad	12	7	11	13	13	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	15	15	15	13	12	12	13	13	12	13	13
Vidima-Rakovski	6	3	7	9	12	13	14	14	14	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Akademik Sofia	8	12	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	15	15	15	15	15
OFC Sliven	10	14	15	14	14	14	12	13	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Relegation playoff

8 June 2011

17:00 EEST

Sportist Svoge	1–2	Chernomorets Pomorie
Mladenov 82'	(Report)	Koparanov 38' Kostadinov 41'

Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium, Sliven

Attendance: 600

Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

12 June 2011

17:00 EEST

Vidima-Rakovski	0–3	Chernomorets Pomorie
	Report	Atanasov 57' Kaloyanov 60', 80'

Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium, Sliven

Attendance: 800

Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)

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 (the 3rd teams in the West and East B Group) for the Pirin Blagoevgrad's place.

17 June 2011

17:00 EEST

Svetkavitsa	3–1	Etar
Genov 24' Stoyanov 46' Shokolarov 90+2'	Report	Kanev 4'

Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium, Sliven

Attendance: 2500

Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov (Sofia)

26 June 2011

17:00 EEST

Sportist Svoge	1–1	Vidima-Rakovski
P. Vasilev 35'	Report	Gospodinov 88' (pen.)
Penalties
Stoev Mladenov Mutafov Borisov Valentinov	2–3	Gospodinov Andonov A. Ivanov Ashimov

Hristo Botev Stadium, Vratsa

Referee: Ahmed Ahmed (Burgas)

Champions

Litex Lovech

Goalkeepers
1	Uroš Golubović	2	(0)
30	Evgeni Aleksandrov	1	(0)
31	Vinícius Barrivieira	26	(0)

Defenders
2	Alexandre Barthe	21	(3)
3	Petar Zanev	27	(1)
4	Džemal Berberović	23	(0)
5	Mihail Venkov	12	(0)
6	Ivaylo Petkov	5	(1)
16	Strahil Popov	3	(0)
18	Iliya Milanov	6	(0)
22	Plamen Nikolov	24	(0)
33	Nikolay Bodurov	25	(2)

Midfielders
7	Hristo Yanev	27	(5)
8	Tom	18	(1)
10	Sandrinho	10	(1)
15	Doka Madureira	22	(12)
17	Georgi Milanov	27	(4)
19	Rumen Rumenov	6	(0)
20	Neném	0	(0)
21	Aleksandar Tsvetkov	14	(0)
22	Simeon Slavchev	1	(0)
23	Nebojša Jelenković	22	(0)
24	Angel Zdravchev	1	(0)
27	Momchil Tsvetanov	22	(3)

Forwards
9	Svetoslav Todorov	25	(8)
11	Papa Diouf	14	(2)
14	Dejan Djermanović	12	(3)
	Wilfried Niflore*	12	(6)
	Ivelin Popov*	3	(0)
	Florin Bratu*	7	(2)

Manager
	Lyuboslav Penev

Niflore, Popov and Bratu left the club during a season.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 28 May 2011^[24]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Garra Dembélé	Levski Sofia	26
2	Zdravko Lazarov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	14
3	Spas Delev	CSKA Sofia	13
4	Doka Madureira	Litex Lovech	12
5	Tsvetan Genkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	11
5	Hristo Zlatinski	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	11
7	Michel Platini	CSKA Sofia	10
	Nikolay Bozhov	Slavia Sofia	10
	Basile de Carvalho	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	10
	Vladislav Zlatinov	Beroe Stara Zagora	10

Top assistants

Including matches played on 28 May 2011^[25]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Darko Tasevski	Levski Sofia	9
2	Tom	Litex Lovech	8
2	Zdravko Lazarov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	8
4	Joãozinho	Levski Sofia	7
	Hristo Yanev	Litex Lovech	7
	Spas Delev	CSKA Sofia	7
7	Gregory Nelson	CSKA Sofia	6
	Iskren Pisarov	Lokomotiv Sofia	6
	Marcho Dafchev	Lokomotiv Sofia	6
10	Tsvetan Genkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	5
	Basile de Carvalho	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	5
	Serginho	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	5
	Dragi Kotsev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	5
	Emil Gargorov	CSKA Sofia	5
	Todor Hristov	Beroe	5
	Doka Madureira	Litex Lovech	5
	Atanas Chipilov	Montana	5

Scoring

First goal of the season: 18:06, 31 July 2010 – Georgi Filipov for Kaliakra against Slavia (6th minute)
Fastest goal in a match: 19 seconds – Rumen Trifonov for CSKA against Chernomorets (8 August 2010)
First own goal of the season: Yordan Petkov (Slavia) for Beroe, 3rd round (15 August 2010)
First hat-trick of the season: Garra Dembélé (Levski) against Loko Sofia (9 August 2010)
Quickest hat-trick: 25 minutes – Garra Dembélé (Levski) against Minyor (12 September 2010)
Widest winning margin: 5 goals
- Sliven 2000 6–1 Vidima-Rakovski (18 September 2010)
- Lokomotiv Plovdiv 5–0 Kaliakra (25 September 2010)
- Cherno More 5–0 Vidima-Rakovski (9 April 2011)
Most goals in one half: 6 goals
- Sliven 2000 6–1 Vidima-Rakovski (5–1 at half time) (18 September 2010)
Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals
- Lokomotiv Sofia 4–3 Slavia (27 November 2010)
Highest scoring draw: 4 goals
- Vidima-Rakovski 2–2 CSKA (14 August 2010)
- Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–2 Litex (22 August 2010)
- Montana 2–2 Akademik (18 September 2010)
- Minyor 2–2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (2 October 2010)
- Lokomotiv Sofia 2–2 CSKA (4 October 2010)
- Slavia 2–2 Levski (7 November 2010)

Discipline

First yellow card of the season: Radoslav Mitrevski for Pirin against Cherno More, 17 minutes and 25 seconds (31 July 2010)
First red card of the season: Anton Dimitrov for Kaliakra against Slavia, 87 minutes and 14 seconds (31 July 2010)
Most yellow cards in a single match: 10
- Akademik 0–1 Sliven – 6 for Akademik (Pieter Mbemba, Asparuh Vasilev, Ivan Redovski, Nikola Asenov, Marcos Bonfim and Yulian Petkov) and 4 for Sliven (Petar Stoyanov, Nikolay Dimitrov, Miroslav Mindev and Dimo Bakalov) (21 August 2010)
Most red cards in a single match: 3
- Cherno More 3–2 Slavia – 1 for Cherno More (Ademar Júnior) and 2 for Slavia (Galin Ivanov, Victor Deniran) (17 October 2010)

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^ "Любо Пенев е новият треньор на Литекс" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 1 September 2010. Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
^ "Миньор остана без треньор" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 6 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
^ "Миньор избра треньор и нов шеф" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 8 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ "Калиакра уволни Филип Филипов" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 6 October 2010. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
^ "Изхвърлиха Гьоре Йовановски" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 21 October 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
^ "Стана ясен новият треньор на ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 21 October 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
^ "Черно море остана без треньор след резила срещу Монтана" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 23 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
^ "Локо (Сф) сменя Васев, праща го в отпуск до Нова година" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 22 November 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
^ "Драголюб Симонович напуска Сливен" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 4 December 2010. Archived from the original on 7 December 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
^ "Димчо Ненов е новият старши треньор на ОФК Сливен" (in Bulgarian). dariknews.bg. 10 January 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ "Красимир Балъков си тръгна от Черноморец" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 7 December 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
^ "Тони Велков наследява Балъков в Черноморец" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 23 December 2010. Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
^ "Гочето пое Черноморец" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 21 March 2011. Archived from the original on 24 March 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
^ "Саша Николич ще води Локо Пд до края на сезона" (in Bulgarian). sportni.bg. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
^ "Bulgaria – A PFG Top goalscorers". Soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
^ "Bulgaria – A PFG Top assistants" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 4 May 2010. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_ELPR0.28813781649253-24] CSKA Sofia have won the 2010–11 Bulgarian Cup competition and therefore qualified for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

[table_hth_LSO0.28813781649253-25] Lokomotiv Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Plovdiv on head-to-head record; Lokomotiv Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0.

[table_hth_SLA0.28813781649253-26] Montana ahead of Slavia Sofia on head-to-head record; Slavia Sofia–Montana 3–2, Montana–Slavia Sofia 1–0.

[table_note_res_RV0.28813781649253-27] The team did not receive a license for professional football for the next season.

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[11] "Миньор остана без треньор" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 6 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2010.

[12] "Миньор избра треньор и нов шеф" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 8 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

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v t e First Professional Football League
2025–26 clubs	Arda Beroe Botev Plovdiv Botev Vratsa Cherno More CSKA 1948 CSKA Sofia Dobrudzha Levski Sofia Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia Ludogorets Razgrad Montana Septemvri Sofia Spartak Varna Slavia Sofia
Stadia	Arena Arda Stadion Beroe Stadion Hristo Botev (Plovdiv) Stadion Hristo Botev (Vratsa) Stadion Ticha Stadion Bistritsa Vasil Levski National Stadium Stadion Druzhba Stadion Georgi Asparuhov Stadion Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) Stadion Lokomotiv (Sofia) Huvepharma Arena Stadion Ogosta Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov Stadion Spartak
Former clubs*	Akademik Sofia (18) Akademik Svishtov (4) Belasitsa (12) FC Chernomorets Burgas (29) PSFC Chernomorets Burgas (7) Chernomorets Burgas Sofia (1) Dimitrovgrad (1) Dunav Ruse (25) Etar (24) Etar 1924 (1) Hebar (6) Kaliakra (2) Krumovgrad (2) Litex Lovech (21) Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa (10) Lokomotiv Mezdra (2) Lyubimets (1) Maritsa Plovdiv (4) Metalurg Pernik (2) Minyor Pernik (38) Neftochimic (14) Nesebar (1) Pirin 1922 (9) Pirin Gotse Delchev (2) Rilski Sportist (2) Rodopa (4) Rozova Dolina (1) Shumen (7) Sliven (25) Spartak Pleven (35) Spartak Plovdiv (17) Spartak Sofia (15) Sportist Svoge (1) Svetkavitsa (1) Velbazhd (7) Vereya (3) Vidima-Rakovski (5) Vihren (4) Vitosha Bistritsa (3) Yantra (7)
Former clubs (from Macedonia & Thrace)	Belomorets Kavala Bitola Gotse Delchev Prilep Makedonija Bitola Makedonija Skopje Vardar Skopje ZhSK Skopje
Competition	Champions Players (foreign)
Associated competitions	Second League Third League Bulgarian Cup Bulgarian Supercup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Conference League
Seasons	1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
* In the brackets is the number of seasons in the league.

v t e Bulgarian football championship seasons
State Championship (National Football Division)	1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1941 1942 1943 1944
Republic Championship	1945 1946 1947 1948
A Group	1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
First League	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

v t e 2010–11 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Bulgarian Supercup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification (Group G) Stanimir Stoilov Lothar Matthäus
Club seasons
A Group	Akademik Beroe Cherno More Chernomorets CSKA Kaliakra Levski Litex Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia Minyor Montana Pirin Slavia Sliven Vidima-Rakovski
Women A Group	NSA Sofia
Summer transfers Winter transfers

v t e 2010–11 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '10 '11 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '10 '11 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '10 '11 Faroe Islands '10 '11 Finland '10 '11 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '10 '11 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '10 '11 Latvia '10 '11 Lithuania '10 '11 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '10 '11 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '10 '11 Romania Russia '10 '11–'12 San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '10 '11 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '10 '11 Finland '10 '11 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '10 '11 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '10 '11 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '10 '11 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '10 '11 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '10 '11 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '10 '11 France Hungary Iceland '10 '11 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '10 '11 Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Belarus Belgium Bulgaria England France Germany Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying 1st and 2nd rounds 3rd and play-off rounds group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup

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