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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

Sport
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Soccer

Location
Bulgaria

Gender
Male

TV Rights
Nova Broadcasting Group

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Upcoming

22 Nov	Spartak Varn	-	Hebar Pazard	3:00pm
23 Nov	Levski Sofia	-	Lokomotiv So	3:30pm
23 Nov	Botev Plovdi	-	Botev Vratsa	1:00pm
23 Nov	Arda Kardzha	-	Lokomotiv Pl	10:30am
24 Nov	CSKA 1948	-	Cherno More	12:30pm
24 Nov	Beroe	-	Septemvri So	10:15am
24 Nov	CSKA Sofia	-	Ludogorets R	3:00pm
25 Nov	Slavia Sofia	-	Krumovgrad	3:30pm
29 Nov	Septemvri So	-	Cherno More	3:00pm
29 Nov	Spartak Varn	-	CSKA 1948	12:30pm
Results
10 Nov	Spartak Varn	1 - 3	Ludogorets R
10 Nov	Hebar Pazard	1 - 1	CSKA 1948
10 Nov	CSKA Sofia	2 - 2	Krumovgrad
09 Nov	Beroe	0 - 1	Cherno More
09 Nov	Slavia Sofia	2 - 1	Lokomotiv Pl
09 Nov	Levski Sofia	2 - 3	Septemvri So
08 Nov	Arda Kardzha	2 - 0	Botev Vratsa
08 Nov	Botev Plovdi	2 - 0	Lokomotiv So
07 Nov	CSKA 1948	1 - 3	CSKA Sofia
04 Nov	Septemvri So	1 - 0	Botev Plovdi

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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

2024-2025		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	Hebar Pazardzhi
Krumovgrad	Levski Sofia	Lokomotiv Plovd	Lokomotiv Sofia
Ludogorets Razg	Septemvri Sofia	Slavia Sofia	Spartak Varna