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Bulgarian First League

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Established
1948 (76 years old)

First Recorded Event
2020-02-22

Current Season
2023-2024

API Football ID
5344

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Soccer

Location
Bulgaria

Gender
Male

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11/05	Ludogorets R	-	CSKA Sofia	4:30pm
11/05	Arda Kardzha	2 - 1	Botev Plovdi	2:00pm
12/05	Levski Sofia	-	Cherno More	4:30pm
12/05	Beroe	-	Pirin Blagoe	2:00pm
13/05	Etar Veliko	-	Lokomotiv So	2:45pm
13/05	Botev Vratsa	-	Hebar Pazard	5:15pm
17/05	Pirin Blagoe	-	Etar Veliko	12:15pm
17/05	Hebar Pazard	-	Beroe	5:15pm
17/05	Lokomotiv So	-	Botev Vratsa	2:45pm
18/05	CSKA Sofia	-	Krumovgrad	2:45pm
Results
10/05	CSKA 1948	0 - 2	Slavia Sofia
10/05	Krumovgrad	4 - 1	Lokomotiv Pl
06/05	Botev Plovdi	0 - 0	CSKA 1948
06/05	Slavia Sofia	0 - 0	Arda Kardzha
29/04	Beroe	3 - 0	Etar Veliko
29/04	CSKA 1948	1 - 1	Arda Kardzha
28/04	Cherno More	1 - 0	Lokomotiv Pl
28/04	Ludogorets R	3 - 3	Krumovgrad
28/04	Hebar Pazard	0 - 2	Lokomotiv So
27/04	Botev Plovdi	0 - 1	Slavia Sofia

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The First Professional Football League (Bulgarian: Първа професионална футболна лига), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva liga, currently known as the efbet League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league, located at the top of the Bulgarian football league system. Contested by 14 teams, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Vtora liga.

The Bulgarian football championship was inaugurated in 1924 as the Bulgarian State Football Championship and has been played in a league format since 1948, when the A Group was established. The champions of the First League have the right to participate in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League based on the league's European coefficient. Additionally, two UEFA Europa League spots are allocated to the second team in the final standings and the winner of the European playoffs. A further fourth spot may also be granted to the fourth placed team in the final league ranking, given that the Bulgarian Cup holder has finished among the top three teams at the end of the season.

A total of 67 clubs have competed in the Bulgarian top-tier since its establishment. In the last decade, many teams such as the current champions Ludogorets were introduced for the first time in the league. In 2016–17, Vereya Stara Zagora became the 67th club to participate in the competition. Since 1948, eleven different teams have been crowned champions of Bulgaria. The three most successful clubs are CSKA Sofia with 31 titles, Levski Sofia with 26 titles and Ludogorets Razgrad with 8 titles respectively. The current champions Ludogorets Razgrad won their eight consecutive title in their eight First League season in 2018–19.

Seasons

2023-2024		2022-2023		2021-2022		2020-2021
2019-2020

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Teams

Arda Kardzhali	Beroe	Botev Plovdiv	Botev Vratsa
Cherno More	CSKA 1948	CSKA Sofia	Etar Veliko Tar
Hebar Pazardzhi	Krumovgrad	Levski Sofia	Lokomotiv Plovd
Lokomotiv Sofia	Ludogorets Razg	Pirin Blagoevgr	Slavia Sofia