Bulgarian First League

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Established
1948 (77 years old)

First Recorded Event
2020-02-22

Current Season
2024-2025

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Bulgarian Second League

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Soccer

Location
Bulgaria

Gender
Male

TV Rights
Nova Broadcasting Group

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05 Apr	Botev Vratsa	-	CSKA Sofia	4:00pm
05 Apr	Cherno More	-	Botev Plovdi	1:30pm
06 Apr	Krumovgrad	-	Hebar Pazard	9:15am
06 Apr	Lokomotiv So	-	Slavia Sofia	11:45am
06 Apr	Beroe	-	Levski Sofia	2:15pm
07 Apr	CSKA 1948	-	Ludogorets R	5:00pm
07 Apr	Lokomotiv Pl	-	Spartak Varn	2:30pm
07 Apr	Septemvri So	-	Arda Kardzha	12:00pm
11 Apr	Beroe	-	CSKA 1948	4:00pm
11 Apr	Spartak Varn	-	Krumovgrad	1:30pm
Results
03 Apr	Hebar Pazard	0 - 0	Lokomotiv Pl
03 Apr	Ludogorets R	3 - 0	Krumovgrad
03 Apr	Levski Sofia	2 - 0	CSKA 1948
02 Apr	Botev Plovdi	0 - 0	Beroe
02 Apr	CSKA Sofia	1 - 0	Lokomotiv So
02 Apr	Arda Kardzha	4 - 0	Cherno More
01 Apr	Spartak Varn	1 - 0	Botev Vratsa
01 Apr	Slavia Sofia	2 - 3	Septemvri So
30 Mar	Lokomotiv Pl	1 - 0	Ludogorets R
30 Mar	Levski Sofia	1 - 1	Botev Plovdi

Description

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.

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Teams

Arda Kardzhali	Beroe	Botev Plovdiv	Botev Vratsa
Cherno More	CSKA 1948	CSKA Sofia	Hebar Pazardzhi
Krumovgrad	Levski Sofia	Lokomotiv Plovd	Lokomotiv Sofia
Ludogorets Razg	Septemvri Sofia	Slavia Sofia	Spartak Varna