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The 2002–03 A Group was the 55th season of the top Bulgarian national football league (commonly referred to as ''A Group'') and the 79th edition of a Bulgarian national championship tournament.


Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and
CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sports Club of the Army'' ...
won the championship. The Reds finished with 66 points in total, six points above archrivals
Levski Sofia PFC Levski Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 by a group of high sc ...
. CSKA Sofia qualified for the 2003-04 Champions League qualifying rounds, while Levski and third placed
Litex Lovech FC Lovech (; formerly Litex Lovech) is a Bulgarian professional association football, football club based in Lovech, that competes in the Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Spor ...
qualified for the
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for next season. Marek Dupnitsa qualified for the
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. At the end of the season, Dobrudzha Dobrich and Rilski Sportist were relegated after just one season in the elite. Only two teams were relegated, because the league was expanded the following season from 14 to 16 teams.


Teams


Promotion and Relegation

Beroe, Belasitsa Petrich, and Spartak Pleven were relegated at the end of the last season. The relegated teams were replaced by three teams from
B PFG The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League (), also known as Second League () or Vtora liga, is the second level of the Bulgarian football league system, below First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), First League and above the Third ...
. These teams were
Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (, ), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional Association football, football club based in Plovdiv. It competes in the First Professiona ...
, Dobrudzha Dobrich, and Rilski Sportist Samokov. Botev return after a one-year absence, Dobrudzha return after a two-year absence, while Rilski Sportist made their debut in the top tier of Bulgarian football.


Stadia and Locations


League standings


Results


Champions

;CSKA Sofia *Ivanov and Deyanov left the club during a season.


Top scorers


References


External links


Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)2002–03 Statistics of A Group
at a-pfg.com {{DEFAULTSORT:2002-03 A PFG First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) seasons
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