{{Short description|9th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria}} {{Infobox football league season | competition = A Group | season = 1953 | winners = Levski Sofia<br />(8th title) | relegated = | continentalcup1 = | continentalcup1 qualifiers = | continentalcup2 = | continentalcup2 qualifiers = | league topscorer = Dimitar Minchev<br />(15 goals) <!-- 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 = 223 | total goals = 484 | highest attendance = | lowest attendance = | average attendance = | prevseason = 1952 | nextseason = 1954 }}

The '''1953 A Group''' was the fifth 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 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.temasport.com/news/view/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8+%E2%80%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B8%E2%80%9D+%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82++%D0%B7%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE+%D0%B7%D0%B0+%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0/news:18307|publisher=temasport.com|title=Сини "старци" крадат злато за червена сметка|date=9 September 2012|language=Bulgarian}}</ref>

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

|team1=LEV|name_LEV=Levski Sofia |team2=CSK|name_CSK=CSKA Sofia |team3=CHM|name_CHM=Cherno More Varna |team4=LPL|name_LPL=Lokomotiv Plovdiv |team5=SLA|name_SLA=Slavia Sofia |team6=PLE|name_PLE=Spartak Pleven |team7=LSO|name_LSO=Lokomotiv Sofia |team8=MIN|name_MIN=Minyor Pernik |team9=PLO|name_PLO=Spartak Plovdiv |team10=AKA|name_AKA=Akademik Varna |team11=BOT|name_BOT=Botev Plovdiv |team12=SOF|name_SOF=Spartak Sofia |team13=STR|name_STR=Stroitel Sofia |team14=VVS|name_VVS=VVS Sofia |team15=MAR|name_MAR=Marek Dupnitsa |team16=VSO|name_VSO=Unified team of VSO |win_LEV=19|draw_LEV=5|loss_LEV=4|gf_LEV=48|ga_LEV=22|status_LEV=C |win_CSK=18|draw_CSK=6|loss_CSK=4|gf_CSK=64|ga_CSK=23 |win_CHM=12|draw_CHM=7|loss_CHM=9|gf_CHM=29|ga_CHM=20 |win_LPL=9|draw_LPL=13|loss_LPL=6|gf_LPL=30|ga_LPL=29 |win_SLA=9|draw_SLA=12|loss_SLA=7|gf_SLA=42|ga_SLA=33 |win_PLE=9|draw_PLE=12|loss_PLE=7|gf_PLE=29|ga_PLE=29 |win_LSO=10|draw_LSO=9|loss_LSO=9|gf_LSO=30|ga_LSO=32 |win_MIN=11|draw_MIN=6|loss_MIN=11|gf_MIN=33|ga_MIN=35 |win_PLO=9|draw_PLO=9|loss_PLO=10|gf_PLO=29|ga_PLO=29 |win_AKA=9|draw_AKA=7|loss_AKA=12|gf_AKA=26|ga_AKA=43|status_AKA=R |win_BOT=8|draw_BOT=8|loss_BOT=12|gf_BOT=29|ga_BOT=31|status_BOT=R |win_SOF=5|draw_SOF=14|loss_SOF=9|gf_SOF=24|ga_SOF=34|status_SOF=R |win_STR=5|draw_STR=12|loss_STR=11|gf_STR=22|ga_STR=29|status_STR=R |win_VVS=6|draw_VVS=9|loss_VVS=13|gf_VVS=26|ga_VVS=35|status_VVS=R |win_MAR=3|draw_MAR=7|loss_MAR=18|gf_MAR=23|ga_MAR=60|status_MAR=R |win_VSO=11|draw_VSO=0|loss_VSO=2|gf_VSO=37|ga_VSO=8|status_VSO=R

|note_VSO="Unified team of volunteer's sport organisations" is the name of the national football team of Bulgaria which participated in the league |pos_VSO=&ndash;|adjust_points_VSO=-22|hth_VSO=Results annulled

|col_C=green1|text_C= |result1=C |col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to 1954 B Group |result10=R|result11=R|result12=R|result13=R|result14=R|result15=R|result16=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=AVA|team2=BPD|team3=CHM|team4=CSK|team5=LEV |team6=LPL|team7=LSO|team8=MAR|team9=MIN|team10=SLA |team11=SPL|team12=SPD|team13=SSF|team14=STR|team15=VVS

|name_LEV=Levski Sofia |match_LEV_CSK=0–5 |match_LEV_CHM=1–0 |match_LEV_LPL=5–0 |match_LEV_SLA=1–1 |match_LEV_SPL=3–0 |match_LEV_LSO=2–1 |match_LEV_MIN=1–0 |match_LEV_SPD=2–1 |match_LEV_AVA=4–1 |match_LEV_BPD=0–1 |match_LEV_SSF=0–0 |match_LEV_STR=1–0 |match_LEV_VVS=1–0 |match_LEV_MAR=2–0

|name_CSK=CSKA Sofia |match_CSK_LEV=0–1 |match_CSK_CHM=0–0 |match_CSK_LPL=5–0 |match_CSK_SLA=2–2 |match_CSK_SPL=2–0 |match_CSK_LSO=3–1 |match_CSK_MIN=1–1 |match_CSK_SPD=2–1 |match_CSK_AVA=7–0 |match_CSK_BPD=2–0 |match_CSK_SSF=7–1 |match_CSK_STR=2–2 |match_CSK_VVS=1–0 |match_CSK_MAR=3–0

|name_CHM=Cherno More |match_CHM_LEV=0–0 |match_CHM_CSK=1–0 |match_CHM_LPL=0–0 |match_CHM_SLA=3–0 |match_CHM_SPL=2–0 |match_CHM_LSO=2–1 |match_CHM_MIN=1–0 |match_CHM_SPD=0–0 |match_CHM_AVA=0–1 |match_CHM_BPD=2–0 |match_CHM_SSF=1–2 |match_CHM_STR=1–0 |match_CHM_VVS=3–2 |match_CHM_MAR=3–2

|name_LPL=Lokomotiv Plovdiv |match_LPL_LEV=0–2 |match_LPL_CSK=0–1 |match_LPL_CHM=0–0 |match_LPL_SLA=1–1 |match_LPL_SPL=2–0 |match_LPL_LSO=0–0 |match_LPL_MIN=2–0 |match_LPL_SPD=1–0 |match_LPL_AVA=0–0 |match_LPL_BPD=2–0 |match_LPL_SSF=1–0 |match_LPL_STR=0–0 |match_LPL_VVS=0–0 |match_LPL_MAR=4–3

|name_SLA=Slavia Sofia |match_SLA_LEV=1–2 |match_SLA_CSK=1–2 |match_SLA_CHM=0–2 |match_SLA_LPL=1–1 |match_SLA_SPL=2–1 |match_SLA_LSO=1–2 |match_SLA_MIN=0–3 |match_SLA_SPD=0–0 |match_SLA_AVA=1–1 |match_SLA_BPD=5–2 |match_SLA_SSF=4–1 |match_SLA_STR=1–1 |match_SLA_VVS=2–0 |match_SLA_MAR=1–1

|name_SPL=Spartak Pleven |match_SPL_LEV=1–1 |match_SPL_CSK=3–1 |match_SPL_CHM=1–0 |match_SPL_LPL=1–0 |match_SPL_SLA=0–0 |match_SPL_LSO=0–0 |match_SPL_MIN=0–0 |match_SPL_SPD=1–1 |match_SPL_AVA=3–0 |match_SPL_BPD=0–0 |match_SPL_SSF=2–0 |match_SPL_STR=3–0 |match_SPL_VVS=1–0 |match_SPL_MAR=4–2

|name_LSO=Lokomotiv Sofia |match_LSO_LEV=0–3 |match_LSO_CSK=0–4 |match_LSO_CHM=2–0 |match_LSO_LPL=2–2 |match_LSO_SLA=0–5 |match_LSO_SPL=1–1 |match_LSO_MIN=0–1 |match_LSO_SPD=3–0 |match_LSO_AVA=3–1 |match_LSO_BPD=0–1 |match_LSO_SSF=1–0 |match_LSO_STR=1–1 |match_LSO_VVS=1–1 |match_LSO_MAR=3–0

|name_MIN=Minyor Pernik |match_MIN_LEV=1–2 |match_MIN_CSK=1–3 |match_MIN_CHM=3–2 |match_MIN_LPL=1–1 |match_MIN_SLA=2–3 |match_MIN_SPL=0–0 |match_MIN_LSO=0–1 |match_MIN_SPD=1–1 |match_MIN_AVA=2–0 |match_MIN_BPD=1–4 |match_MIN_SSF=0–0 |match_MIN_STR=1–0 |match_MIN_VVS=1–0 |match_MIN_MAR=4–1

|name_SPD=Spartak Plovdiv |match_SPD_LEV=3–0 |match_SPD_CSK=0–1 |match_SPD_CHM=0–3 |match_SPD_LPL=1–1 |match_SPD_SLA=1–1 |match_SPD_SPL=1–1 |match_SPD_LSO=1–0 |match_SPD_MIN=1–2 |match_SPD_AVA=1–0 |match_SPD_BPD=2–1 |match_SPD_SSF=1–0 |match_SPD_STR=3–0 |match_SPD_VVS=2–1 |match_SPD_MAR=4–0

|name_AVA=Akademik Varna |match_AVA_LEV=0–4 |match_AVA_CSK=0–1 |match_AVA_CHM=1–0 |match_AVA_LPL=2–2 |match_AVA_SLA=2–0 |match_AVA_SPL=0–0 |match_AVA_LSO=0–2 |match_AVA_MIN=3–2 |match_AVA_SPD=2–1 |match_AVA_BPD=0–1 |match_AVA_SSF=3–1 |match_AVA_STR=0–0 |match_AVA_VVS=1–0 |match_AVA_MAR=3–0

|name_BPD=Botev Plovdiv |match_BPD_LEV=0–1 |match_BPD_CSK=0–3 |match_BPD_CHM=1–1 |match_BPD_LPL=0–1 |match_BPD_SLA=2–2 |match_BPD_SPL=4–0 |match_BPD_LSO=0–1 |match_BPD_MIN=1–2 |match_BPD_SPD=0–0 |match_BPD_AVA=1–1 |match_BPD_SSF=0–0 |match_BPD_STR=2–2 |match_BPD_VVS=3–0 |match_BPD_MAR=3–0

|name_SSF=Spartak Sofia |match_SSF_LEV=1–1 |match_SSF_CSK=2–2 |match_SSF_CHM=1–0 |match_SSF_LPL=3–3 |match_SSF_SLA=0–0 |match_SSF_SPL=2–3 |match_SSF_LSO=0–0 |match_SSF_MIN=2–0 |match_SSF_SPD=1–1 |match_SSF_AVA=1–0 |match_SSF_BPD=1–2 |match_SSF_STR=0–0 |match_SSF_VVS=1–1 |match_SSF_MAR=3–0

|name_STR=Stroitel Sofia |match_STR_LEV=3–2 |match_STR_CSK=2–2 |match_STR_CHM=0–1 |match_STR_LPL=1–0 |match_STR_SLA=0–1 |match_STR_SPL=2–0 |match_STR_LSO=0–1 |match_STR_MIN=1–2 |match_STR_SPD=0–1 |match_STR_AVA=3–0 |match_STR_BPD=1–0 |match_STR_SSF=1–1 |match_STR_VVS=0–0 |match_STR_MAR=0–0

|name_VVS=VVS Sofia |match_VVS_LEV=2–3 |match_VVS_CSK=3–0 |match_VVS_CHM=2–1 |match_VVS_LPL=0–3 |match_VVS_SLA=0–3 |match_VVS_SPL=1–1 |match_VVS_LSO=2–2 |match_VVS_MIN=3–0 |match_VVS_SPD=1–0 |match_VVS_AVA=1–2 |match_VVS_BPD=0–0 |match_VVS_SSF=0–0 |match_VVS_STR=2–2 |match_VVS_MAR=1–0

|name_MAR=Marek Dupnitsa |match_MAR_LEV=0–3 |match_MAR_CSK=1–2 |match_MAR_CHM=0–0 |match_MAR_LPL=0–3 |match_MAR_SLA=0–3 |match_MAR_SPL=2–2 |match_MAR_LSO=1–1 |match_MAR_MIN=1–2 |match_MAR_SPD=4–1 |match_MAR_AVA=2–2 |match_MAR_BPD=1–0 |match_MAR_SSF=0–0 |match_MAR_STR=1–0 |match_MAR_VVS=1–3 |match_CSK_MAR_note=Marek Dupnitsa was excluded after spectator riots in the match against Minyor Pernik. The remaining eight matches were rated 0–3 for the opponents. |match_LSO_MAR_note=CSK_MAR |match_AVA_MAR_note=CSK_MAR |match_BPD_MAR_note=CSK_MAR |match_SSF_MAR_note=CSK_MAR |match_MAR_LEV_note=CSK_MAR |match_MAR_LPL_note=CSK_MAR |match_MAR_SLA_note=CSK_MAR

|update=complete |source=[http://a-pfg.com/сезон/1953/ A PFG] {{in lang|bg}} }}

==Champions== ;Levski Sofia {| class="toccolours" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin:0.5em;" !colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="#2049B7"| <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Goalkeepers</span> |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Simeon Kostov || 19 || {{0}}(0) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Elenkov || {{0}}8 || {{0}}(0) |- |} {| class="toccolours" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin:0.5em;" !colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="#2049B7" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Defenders</span> |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Metodi Angelovski || 20 || {{0}}(0) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Dimitrov || {{0}}1 || {{0}}(0) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Iliev || 19 || {{0}}(0) |- |{{flagicon|ITA}} Amedeo Kleva || 24 || {{0}}(0) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Doychinov || {{0}}8 || {{0}}(0) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Ivan Dimchev || 23 || {{0}}(0) |- |} {| class="toccolours" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin:0.5em;" !colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="#2049B7" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Midfielders</span> |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dragan Georgiev || 11 || {{0}}(1) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Aleksandar Krastev || 17 || {{0}}(0) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Lyubomir Hranov || 17 || {{0}}(3) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Aleksandar Bahchevandzhiev || {{0}}1 || {{0}}(0) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Kontev || {{0}}2 || {{0}}(0) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Ivan Georgiev || 14 || {{0}}(1) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Stefan Abadzhiev || 14 || {{0}}(5) |- |} {| class="toccolours" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin:0.5em;" !colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="#2049B7" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Forwards</span> |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Andonov || 21 || (12) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Arsen Dimitrov || {{0}}4 || {{0}}(1) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Vasil Spasov || 24 || (10) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Todor Stoyanov || {{0}}4 || {{0}}(0) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Todor Takev || 25 || {{0}}(6) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Popdimitrov || {{0}}1 || {{0}}(0) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Georgi Kardashev || {{0}}6 || {{0}}(1) |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Yordan Tomov || 20 || {{0}}(4) |- |} {| class="toccolours" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin:0.5em;" !colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#2049B7"| <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Manager</span> |- | ||{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Mutafchiev |} {{clear}}

==Top scorers== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !Rank !Scorer !Club !Goals |- |rowspan="1"|1 |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Minchev |align="left"|Spartak Pleven<br/>VVS Sofia |rowspan="1"|15 |- |rowspan="1"|2 |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dimitar Andonov |align="left"|Levski Sofia |rowspan="1"|12 |- |rowspan="1"|3 |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Kiril Nikolov |align="left"|Marek Dupnitsa |rowspan="1"|11 |- |rowspan="1"|4 |align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Vasil Spasov |align="left"|Levski Sofia |rowspan="1"|10 |- |}

==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/1953/ 1953 Statistics of A Group] at a-pfg.com

{{A PFG seasons}} {{1952–53 in European Football (UEFA)}} {{1953–54 in European Football (UEFA)}}

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