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

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won the title, which was their 26th overall.

Promotion and relegation

Three teams were promoted from the

2007–08 B Group The 2007–08 B Group was the 53rd season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. The season started on 18 August 2007 and finished on 24 May 2008 with the A Group promotion play-off between the r ...

. These include the champions of the East and West B Groups, as well as the promotion playoff winner, decided through a one match between the runners-up of the two B Groups. The promoted teams were Lokomotiv Mezdra,

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, and

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. Lokomotiv Mezdra made their debut in the top tier of Bulgarian football, Sliven return after a fifteen-year absence, while Minyor Pernik return to the top tier after a seven-year absence. Teams promoted from B PFG after the 2007–08 season * West group champions: Lokomotiv Mezdra * East group champions:

OFC Sliven FC Sliven (ФК Сливен) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sliven, currently playing in the Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground is the Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium in Sliven with a capacity o ...

* Play-offs:

Teams relegated to B PFG after the 2007–08 season *

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* Marek Dupnitsa *

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Team overview

League table

Results

Champions

;Levski Sofia *Iliev and Jean Carlos left the club during a season.

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)}

Annual awards

Team of the season

The team have been voted by selected media representatives (Note: First team members are denoted in bold).

References

External links

2008–09 Statistics of A Group
at a-pfg.com {{DEFAULTSORT:2008-09 A PFG First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) seasons 1 Bul