Season 2008–09 Dates 9 Aug 2008 – 13 Jun 2009 Location Bulgaria Matches played 240 | Champions League Levski Champion PFC Levski Sofia Goals scored 619 | |
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Champions Levski Sofia
(26th title) Europa League CSKA
Cherno More
Litex (via domestic cup) Top goalscorer Martin Kamburov
(17 goals) Biggest home win Cherno More 6–0 Belasitsa
Levski 6–0 Botev Relegated OFC Vihren Sandanski, PFC Spartak 1918, OFC Belasitsa Petrich People also search for 2007–08 A Group, 2010–11 A Group | ||
The 2008–09 A Group was the 85th season of the Bulgarian national top football division, and the 61st of A Group as the top tier football league in the country.. It began on 9 August 2008 and ended on 13 June 2009. CSKA Sofia were the defending champions, but they were unable to retain it and Levski Sofia won the title, which was their 26th overall.
Contents
Promotion and relegation
Teams promoted from B PFG after the 2007–08 season
Teams relegated to B PFG after the 2007–08 season
League table
Source: soccerway.com
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
1Litex Lovech won the Bulgarian Cup 2008–09 and qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Source: soccerway.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Champions
Top scorers
1. Saidhodzha scored 7 goals for Botev Plovdiv and 7 for CSKA Sofia (he was transferred during the winter break)
2. Fernández scored 4 goals for Cherno More Varna and 5 for Chernomorets Burgas (he was transferred during the winter break)
Team of the season
The team have been voted by selected media representatives (Note: First team members are denoted in bold).