{{Short description|8th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria}} {{Infobox football league season | competition = A Group | season = 1952 | winners = CSKA Sofia<br />(3rd title) | relegated = {{ubl|Akademik Sofia|Spartak Varna}} | continentalcup1 = | continentalcup1 qualifiers = | continentalcup2 = | continentalcup2 qualifiers = | league topscorer = {{ubl|Dimitar Isakov|Dobromir Tashkov}} (10 goals each) <!-- NOTE: If dates are to be added, those must be cited --> | biggest home win = | biggest away win = | highest scoring = | longest wins = | longest losses = | longest unbeaten = | longest winless = | matches = 132 | total goals = 292 | highest attendance = | lowest attendance = | average attendance = | prevseason = 1951 | nextseason = 1953 }}

The '''1952 A Group''' was the fourth season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

==Overview== It was contested by 12 teams, and CSKA Sofia, who were the defending champions, won the championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.temasport.com/news/view/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B9+%D1%81+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8A%D0%BC%D0%B8+%D0%B8+%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%82++%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2+-+%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B2+%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82++%D0%A6%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%90+%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD/news:18182|publisher=temasport.com|title=Бой с налъми и дуетът Колев - Янев правят ЦСКА хегемон|date=1 September 2012|language=Bulgarian}}</ref>

==League standings== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_limit=5 |res_col_header=R |winpoints=2

|team1=CSK|name_CSK=CSKA Sofia |team2=SOF|name_SOF=Spartak Sofia |team3=LSO|name_LSO=Lokomotiv Sofia |team4=PLE|name_PLE=Spartak Pleven |team5=LEV|name_LEV=Levski Sofia |team6=LPL|name_LPL=Lokomotiv Plovdiv |team7=CHM|name_CHM=Cherno More Varna |team8=SLA|name_SLA=Slavia Sofia |team9=BOT|name_BOT=Botev Plovdiv |team10=MIN|name_MIN=Minyor Pernik |team11=AKA|name_AKA=Akademik Sofia |team12=SPA|name_SPA=Spartak Varna |win_CSK=13|draw_CSK=7|loss_CSK=2|gf_CSK=38|ga_CSK=12|status_CSK=C |win_SOF=9|draw_SOF=8|loss_SOF=5|gf_SOF=30|ga_SOF=13 |win_LSO=11|draw_LSO=3|loss_LSO=8|gf_LSO=30|ga_LSO=22 |win_PLE=8|draw_PLE=8|loss_PLE=6|gf_PLE=19|ga_PLE=21 |win_LEV=8|draw_LEV=6|loss_LEV=8|gf_LEV=22|ga_LEV=16 |win_LPL=9|draw_LPL=4|loss_LPL=9|gf_LPL=24|ga_LPL=26 |win_CHM=8|draw_CHM=6|loss_CHM=8|gf_CHM=22|ga_CHM=32 |win_SLA=8|draw_SLA=5|loss_SLA=9|gf_SLA=29|ga_SLA=22 |win_BOT=9|draw_BOT=1|loss_BOT=12|gf_BOT=17|ga_BOT=25 |win_MIN=7|draw_MIN=4|loss_MIN=11|gf_MIN=26|ga_MIN=34 |win_AKA=6|draw_AKA=6|loss_AKA=10|gf_AKA=19|ga_AKA=32|status_AKA=R |win_SPA=4|draw_SPA=6|loss_SPA=12|gf_SPA=16|ga_SPA=37|status_SPA=R

|col_C=green1|text_C= |result1=C |col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to 1953 B Group |result11=R|result12=R |update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bulghist.html rsssf.com] }}</onlyinclude>

== Results == {{#invoke:sports results|main |matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey |team1=AKD|team2=BPD|team3=CHM|team4=CSK|team5=LEV |team6=LPL|team7=LSO|team8=MIN|team9=SLA|team10=SPL |team11=SSF|team12=SPV

|name_CSK=CSKA Sofia |match_CSK_SSF=1–0 |match_CSK_LSO=4–0 |match_CSK_SPL=1–0 |match_CSK_LEV=3–1 |match_CSK_LPL=5–1 |match_CSK_CHM=4–1 |match_CSK_SLA=1–0 |match_CSK_BPD=3–0 |match_CSK_MIN=1–2 |match_CSK_AKD=1–0 |match_CSK_SPV=5–0

|name_SSF=Spartak Sofia |match_SSF_CSK=1–1 |match_SSF_LSO=2–0 |match_SSF_SPL=1–0 |match_SSF_LEV=0–0 |match_SSF_LPL=3–0 |match_SSF_CHM=1–1 |match_SSF_SLA=3–1 |match_SSF_BPD=0–1 |match_SSF_MIN=3–0 |match_SSF_AKD=3–0 |match_SSF_SPV=5–0

|name_LSO=Lokomotiv Sofia |match_LSO_CSK=2–2 |match_LSO_SSF=1–0 |match_LSO_SPL=1–0 |match_LSO_LEV=3–0 |match_LSO_LPL=1–0 |match_LSO_CHM=1–0 |match_LSO_SLA=1–0 |match_LSO_BPD=1–0 |match_LSO_MIN=3–1 |match_LSO_AKD=4–0 |match_LSO_SPV=5–0

|name_SPL=Spartak Pleven |match_SPL_CSK=0–0 |match_SPL_SSF=0–0 |match_SPL_LSO=2–2 |match_SPL_LEV=1–0 |match_SPL_LPL=2–1 |match_SPL_CHM=2–0 |match_SPL_SLA=0–0 |match_SPL_BPD=2–1 |match_SPL_MIN=2–1 |match_SPL_AKD=1–0 |match_SPL_SPV=0–0

|name_LEV=Levski Sofia |match_LEV_CSK=0–1 |match_LEV_SSF=0–0 |match_LEV_LSO=0–1 |match_LEV_SPL=0–1 |match_LEV_LPL=1–0 |match_LEV_CHM=5–0 |match_LEV_SLA=2–0 |match_LEV_BPD=0–0 |match_LEV_MIN=2–1 |match_LEV_AKD=4–0 |match_LEV_SPV=1–0

|name_LPL=Lokomotiv Plovdiv |match_LPL_CSK=1–0 |match_LPL_SSF=1–4 |match_LPL_LSO=3–2 |match_LPL_SPL=6–1 |match_LPL_LEV=0–0 |match_LPL_CHM=0–0 |match_LPL_SLA=0–2 |match_LPL_BPD=1–0 |match_LPL_MIN=4–1 |match_LPL_AKD=0–0 |match_LPL_SPV=2–1

|name_CHM=Cherno More |match_CHM_CSK=0–0 |match_CHM_SSF=0–0 |match_CHM_LSO=1–0 |match_CHM_SPL=0–1 |match_CHM_LEV=1–0 |match_CHM_LPL=0–0 |match_CHM_SLA=3–2 |match_CHM_BPD=2–1 |match_CHM_MIN=2–1 |match_CHM_AKD=5–1 |match_CHM_SPV=3–2

|name_SLA=Slavia Sofia |match_SLA_CSK=0–1 |match_SLA_SSF=0–0 |match_SLA_LSO=2–1 |match_SLA_SPL=2–0 |match_SLA_LEV=1–1 |match_SLA_LPL=0–1 |match_SLA_CHM=6–1 |match_SLA_BPD=4–1 |match_SLA_MIN=1–2 |match_SLA_AKD=3–0 |match_SLA_SPV=0–0

|name_BPD=Botev Plovdiv |match_BPD_CSK=0–1 |match_BPD_SSF=2–0 |match_BPD_LSO=1–0 |match_BPD_SPL=1–0 |match_BPD_LEV=1–0 |match_BPD_LPL=1–2 |match_BPD_CHM=0–2 |match_BPD_SLA=1–2 |match_BPD_MIN=1–0 |match_BPD_AKD=1–0 |match_BPD_SPV=2–0

|name_MIN=Minyor Pernik |match_MIN_CSK=2–2 |match_MIN_SSF=1–1 |match_MIN_LSO=1–0 |match_MIN_SPL=1–1 |match_MIN_LEV=1–3 |match_MIN_LPL=1–0 |match_MIN_CHM=3–0 |match_MIN_SLA=0–1 |match_MIN_BPD=1–2 |match_MIN_AKD=2–1 |match_MIN_SPV=4–0

|name_AKD=Akademik Sofia |match_AKD_CSK=1–1 |match_AKD_SSF=2–3 |match_AKD_LSO=2–0 |match_AKD_SPL=1–1 |match_AKD_LEV=1–1 |match_AKD_LPL=1–0 |match_AKD_CHM=2–0 |match_AKD_SLA=1–1 |match_AKD_BPD=2–0 |match_AKD_MIN=0–0 |match_AKD_SPV=2–0

|name_SPV=Spartak Varna |match_SPV_CSK=0–0 |match_SPV_SSF=1–0 |match_SPV_LSO=1–1 |match_SPV_SPL=2–2 |match_SPV_LEV=0–1 |match_SPV_LPL=0–1 |match_SPV_CHM=0–0 |match_SPV_SLA=2–1 |match_SPV_BPD=2–0 |match_SPV_MIN=4–0 |match_SPV_AKD=1–2

|update=complete |source=[http://a-pfg.com/сезон/1952/ A PFG] {{in lang|bg}} }}

==Champions== ;CSKA Sofia {| class="toccolours" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin:0.5em;" !colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="#FF2020"| <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Goalkeepers</span> |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Georgi Kekemanov || 12 || {{0}}(0) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Stefan Gerenski || 10 || {{0}}(0) |- |} {| class="toccolours" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin:0.5em;" !colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="#FF2020" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Defenders</span> |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Georgi Tsvetkov || 21 || {{0}}(0) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Kiril Rakarov || {{0}}5 || {{0}}(0) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Georgi Enisheynov || 20 || {{0}}(0) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Manol Manolov || 21 || {{0}}(0) |- |} {| class="toccolours" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin:0.5em;" !colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="#FF2020" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Midfielders</span> |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Gavril Stoyanov || 18 || {{0}}(1) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Stefan Bozhkov || 22 || {{0}}(8) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Atanas Tsanov || {{0}}6 || {{0}}(0) |- |} {| class="toccolours" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin:0.5em;" !colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="#FF2020" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Forwards</span> |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Krum Yanev || 11 || {{0}}(2) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Milanov || 21 || {{0}}(8) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Mihail Yankov || 14 || {{0}}(3) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Ivan Kolev || 18 || {{0}}(3) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Stefan Stefanov || 17 || {{0}}(2) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Angel Milanov || {{0}}9 || {{0}}(2) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Petar Mihaylov || {{0}}8 || {{0}}(3) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Panayot Panayotov || 21 || {{0}}(5) |- |} {| class="toccolours" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin:0.5em;" !colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#FF2020"| <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Manager</span> |- | ||{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Krum Milev |} {{clear}}

==Top scorers== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !Rank !Scorer !Club !Goals |- |rowspan="2"|1 |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Isakov |align="left"|Slavia Sofia |rowspan="2"|10 |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dobromir Tashkov |align="left"|Spartak Sofia |- |rowspan="3"|3 |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Stefan Bozhkov |align="left"|CSKA Sofia |rowspan="3"|8 |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Milanov |align="left"|CSKA Sofia |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Todor Diev |align="left"|Spartak Sofia |- |rowspan="3"|6 |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Nikolay Milkov |align="left"|Lokomotiv Plovdiv |rowspan="3"|7 |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Arsen Dimitrov |align="left"|Levski Sofia |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Georgi Dimitrov |align="left"|Cherno More Varna |- |rowspan="6"|9 |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Yordan Tomov |align="left"|Levski Sofia |rowspan="6"|6 |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Toma Zahariev |align="left"|Slavia Sofia |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Nikola Bogdanov |align="left"|Lokomotiv Sofia |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Ivan Trendafilov |align="left"|Akademik Sofia |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Samsarov |align="left"|Akademik Sofia |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Georgi Arnaudov |align="left"|Spartak Varna |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bulghist.html Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)] *[http://a-pfg.com/%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD/1952/ 1952 Statistics of A Group] at a-pfg.com

{{A PFG seasons}} {{1951–52 in European Football (UEFA)}} {{1952–53 in European Football (UEFA)}}

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