Bulgarian A Professional Football Group 1985/1986

#	Club	M	W	D	L	Goal	Pts	GD		Result
1	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	20	4	6	55 - 36	43	+19	[-1]	Champion (Champions League)
2	Trakia Plovdiv	30	18	6	6	82 - 38	41	+44	[-1]	Vice-champion (UEFA Cup)
3	Slavia Sofia	30	16	5	9	63 - 33	36	+30	[-1]
4	Sredets Sofia	30	16	2	12	62 - 37	34	+25	¹⁾	UEFA Cup
5	Vitosha Sofia	30	14	6	10	55 - 39	33	+16	[-1]²⁾	Cup Winner Cup (cup winner)
6	Sliven	30	12	8	10	46 - 48	31	-2	[-1]
7	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	14	3	13	51 - 57	31	-6
8	Spartak Varna	30	11	9	10	31 - 32	30	-1	[-1]³⁾
9	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	12	6	12	47 - 45	29	+2	[-1]
10	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	12	5	13	52 - 58	29	-6
11	Akademik Svishtov	30	11	4	15	39 - 54	26	-15
12	Vratsa	30	10	5	15	44 - 60	25	-16	⁴⁾
13	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	8	6	16	34 - 49	21	-15	[-1]
14	Spartak Pleven	30	9	4	17	33 - 63	21	-30	[-1]
15	Cherno More Varna	30	9	3	18	47 - 58	20	-11	[-1]	Relegated
16	Dunav Ruse	30	8	4	18	29 - 63	18	-34	[-2]	Relegated
Pts = Points M = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference;
Notes: ¹⁾ Bfore the start of the season CSKA Septemvriysko zname (Sofia) were renamed Sredets. ²⁾ Bfore the start of the season Levski-Spartak (Sofia) were renamed Vitosha. ³⁾ Bfore the start of the season ZhSK-Spartak (Varna) were renamed Spartak. ⁴⁾ Before the start of the season Botev (Vratsa) were renamed Vratsa.							Notes: - Champion - national cup holder - participation in European competition - promoted - relegated

Bulgarian A Professional Football Group 1985/1986: final table of First division