ALL TIME BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS - BULGARIA (Part 22)

• Aug 14, 2023
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Picture : Martin Kamburov surpassed Petar Zhekov !

All-time best top division goal-scorers: Bulgaria (Part 22)

The all-time goal-scoring record in Bulgarian league has changed name recently. Martin Kamburov, shortly before his retirement, managed to surpass a long-term holder Petar Zhekov. He set the new record on 13 September 2021, with a goal for Beroe in the game vs Tsarsko Selo (2-0), which was the 254th. He scored then another 2 and finished career at 256.
The legendary Zhekov was yet alive at that moment (passed away February this year). Curiously, he denied the fact of beating his record, claiming that he scored in the early 1960s, at the dawn of his career, another 8 goals for Khimik Dimitrovgrad, in addition to those 8 credited to him. It’s not clear what he did mean indeed (perhaps, some goals in the 2nd division where Khimik played before entering top tier).
Kamburov and Zhekov are only 2 players to reach 200 goals over almost 100 years of Bulgarian league (existed since 1924).
10 players have reached 150 goals; no foreigners and no active players between them.
Abroad player with the most goals in the league is Claudiu Keșerü (Romania, 113).
Dinko Dermendzhiev holds the record on goals for a single club: 194 for Botev Plovdiv.
Slavia Sofia took the name ZhSK-Slavia for a short period; CSKA took few other names (including CSKA Cherveno Zname, CSKA Septemvriysko Zname, Sredets), as well as Levski (Dinamo, Levski-Spartak, Vitosha, Levski-1914 etc.).

	BULGARIA	1924-			ALL-TIME BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS
	Player	Period	Goals	Games	Breakdown by clubs
1	Martin Kamburov	1998–2021	256	456	Botev Plovdiv 3, Spartak Pleven 5, Lokomotiv Plovdiv 145,
					Lokomotiv Sofia 33, CSKA 3, Beroe 58, CSKA-1948 9
2	Petar Zhekov	1962–1975	253	333	Khimik Dimitrovgrad 8, Beroe 101, CSKA 144
3	Nasko Sirakov	1980–1998	196	294	Haskovo 8, Levski 165, Botev Plovdiv 4, Slavia Sofia 19
4	Dinko Dermendzhiev	1959–1978	194	447	Botev Plovdiv 194
5	Hristo Bonev	1964–1984	185	410	Lokomotiv Plovdiv 180, CSKA 5
6	Plamen Getov	1977–1998	165	286	Spartak Pleven 109, CSKA 8, Etar 2, Levski 26, Shumen 20
7	Nikola Kotkov	1956–1971	163	322	Lokomotiv Sofia 142, Slavia Sofia 3, Levski 18
8	Stefan Bogomilov	1962–1976	162	353	Cherno More 162
9	Petar Mihtarski	1982–2001	158	301	Pirin 79, Levski 46, CSKA 33
10	Petko Petkov	1968–1980	152	229	Beroe 144, Akademik Svishtov 8