# 1953 A Group

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{{Short description|9th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition        = [A Group](/source/Bulgarian_A_Football_Group)
| season             = 1953
| winners            = [Levski Sofia](/source/PFC_Levski_Sofia)<br />(8th title)
| relegated          = 
| continentalcup1    = 
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = 
| continentalcup2    = 
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = 
| league topscorer   = [Dimitar Minchev](/source/Dimitar_Minchev)<br />(15 goals)
<!--
NOTE: If dates are to be added, those must be cited
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| 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](/source/1952_A_Group)
| nextseason = [1954](/source/1954_A_Group)
}}

The '''1953 A Group''' was the fifth season of the [A Football Group](/source/First_Professional_Football_League_(Bulgaria)), the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

==Overview==
It was contested by 16 teams, and [Levski Sofia](/source/PFC_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](/source/PFC_Levski_Sofia)
|team2=CSK|name_CSK=[CSKA Sofia](/source/PFC_CSKA_Sofia)
|team3=CHM|name_CHM=[Cherno More Varna](/source/PFC_Cherno_More_Varna)
|team4=LPL|name_LPL=[Lokomotiv Plovdiv](/source/PFC_Lokomotiv_Plovdiv)
|team5=SLA|name_SLA=[Slavia Sofia](/source/PFC_Slavia_Sofia)
|team6=PLE|name_PLE=[Spartak Pleven](/source/PFC_Spartak_Pleven)
|team7=LSO|name_LSO=[Lokomotiv Sofia](/source/PFC_Lokomotiv_Sofia)
|team8=MIN|name_MIN=[Minyor Pernik](/source/PFC_Minyor_Pernik)
|team9=PLO|name_PLO=[Spartak Plovdiv](/source/FC_Spartak_Plovdiv)
|team10=AKA|name_AKA=[Akademik Varna](/source/FC_Akademik_Varna)
|team11=BOT|name_BOT=[Botev Plovdiv](/source/PFC_Botev_Plovdiv)
|team12=SOF|name_SOF=[Spartak Sofia](/source/Spartak_Sofia)
|team13=STR|name_STR=[Stroitel Sofia](/source/Stroitel_Sofia)
|team14=VVS|name_VVS=[VVS Sofia](/source/VVS_Sofia)
|team15=MAR|name_MAR=[Marek Dupnitsa](/source/PFC_Marek_Dupnitsa)
|team16=VSO|name_VSO=[Unified team of VSO](/source/Bulgaria_national_football_team)
|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](/source/Second_Professional_Football_League_(Bulgaria))
|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](/source/PFC_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](/source/PFC_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](/source/PFC_Cherno_More_Varna)
|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](/source/PFC_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](/source/PFC_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](/source/PFC_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](/source/PFC_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](/source/PFC_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](/source/FC_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](/source/FC_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](/source/PFC_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/PFC_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](/source/Simeon_Kostov) || 19 || {{0}}(0)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Dimitar Elenkov](/source/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](/source/Metodi_Angelovski) || 20 || {{0}}(0)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Dimitar Dimitrov](/source/Dimitar_Dimitrov_(footballer%2C_born_1930)) || {{0}}1 || {{0}}(0)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Dimitar Iliev](/source/Dimitar_Iliev_(footballer%2C_born_1925)) || 19 || {{0}}(0)
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [Amedeo Kleva](/source/Amedeo_Kleva) || 24 || {{0}}(0)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Dimitar Doychinov](/source/Dimitar_Doychinov) || {{0}}8 || {{0}}(0)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Ivan Dimchev](/source/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](/source/Dragan_Georgiev_(footballer%2C_born_1922)) || 11 || {{0}}(1)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Aleksandar Krastev](/source/Aleksandar_Krastev) || 17 || {{0}}(0)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Lyubomir Hranov](/source/Lyubomir_Hranov) || 17 || {{0}}(3)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Aleksandar Bahchevandzhiev](/source/Aleksandar_Bahchevandzhiev) || {{0}}1 || {{0}}(0)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Dimitar Kontev](/source/Dimitar_Kontev) || {{0}}2 || {{0}}(0)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Ivan Georgiev](/source/Ivan_Georgiev_(footballer%2C_born_1936)) || 14 || {{0}}(1)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Stefan Abadzhiev](/source/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](/source/Dimitar_Andonov_(footballer%2C_born_1925)) || 21 || (12)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Arsen Dimitrov](/source/Arsen_Dimitrov) || {{0}}4 || {{0}}(1)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Vasil Spasov](/source/Vasil_Spasov_(footballer)) || 24 || (10)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Todor Stoyanov](/source/Todor_Stoyanov_(footballer)) || {{0}}4 || {{0}}(0)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Todor Takev](/source/Todor_Takev) || 25 || {{0}}(6)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Dimitar Popdimitrov](/source/Dimitar_Popdimitrov) || {{0}}1 || {{0}}(0)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Georgi Kardashev](/source/Georgi_Kardashev) || {{0}}6 || {{0}}(1)
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Yordan Tomov](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Dimitar_Minchev)
|align="left"|[Spartak Pleven](/source/PFC_Spartak_Pleven)<br/>VVS Sofia
|rowspan="1"|15
|-
|rowspan="1"|2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Dimitar Andonov](/source/Dimitar_Andonov_(footballer%2C_born_1925))
|align="left"|[Levski Sofia](/source/PFC_Levski_Sofia) 
|rowspan="1"|12
|-
|rowspan="1"|3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Kiril Nikolov](/source/Kiril_Nikolov_(forward))
|align="left"|[Marek Dupnitsa](/source/PFC_Marek_Dupnitsa)
|rowspan="1"|11 
|-
|rowspan="1"|4
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [Vasil Spasov](/source/Vasil_Spasov_(footballer))
|align="left"|[Levski Sofia](/source/PFC_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

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