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Name
Bulgarian First League

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Established
1948 (76 years old)

First Recorded Event
2020-02-22

Current Season
2024-2025

Level Below
Bulgarian Second League

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Soccer

Location
Bulgaria

Gender
Male

TV Rights
Nova Broadcasting Group

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08 Feb	CSKA 1948	-	Lokomotiv So	12:00am
08 Feb	Septemvri So	-	Botev Vratsa	12:00am
08 Feb	Cherno More	-	Lokomotiv Pl	12:00am
08 Feb	Beroe	-	Krumovgrad	12:00am
08 Feb	Levski Sofia	-	Ludogorets R	12:00am
08 Feb	Botev Plovdi	-	Hebar Pazard	12:00am
08 Feb	Arda Kardzha	-	Spartak Varn	12:00am
08 Feb	Slavia Sofia	-	CSKA Sofia	12:00am
15 Feb	Slavia Sofia	-	CSKA 1948	12:00am
15 Feb	CSKA Sofia	-	Arda Kardzha	12:00am
Results
19 Dec	Botev Plovdi	2 - 4	Ludogorets R
09 Dec	Spartak Varn	1 - 3	Slavia Sofia
09 Dec	Hebar Pazard	0 - 2	Arda Kardzha
08 Dec	Lokomotiv So	1 - 2	Septemvri So
08 Dec	Ludogorets R	3 - 0	Botev Plovdi
08 Dec	Krumovgrad	0 - 2	Levski Sofia
07 Dec	Lokomotiv Pl	1 - 2	Beroe
07 Dec	CSKA Sofia	2 - 2	CSKA 1948
07 Dec	Botev Vratsa	2 - 3	Cherno More
05 Dec	Slavia Sofia	3 - 2	Hebar Pazard

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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.

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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