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Bulgarian First League

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Established
1948 (75 years old)

First Recorded Event
2020-02-22

Current Season
2022-2023

API Football ID
4351

Sport
Soccer

Location
Bulgaria

Gender
Male

Alternate Names
efbet League
Първа професионална футболна лига
First Professional Football League
1 PFG


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Upcoming Events

10 Feb 23		Botev Plovdiv		-		Lokomotiv Sofia		Sporten kompleks Bot @ 3:30pm
11 Feb 23		Levski Sofia		-		Cherno More		Stadion Ivailo @ 3:30pm
11 Feb 23		Spartak Varna		-		Ludogorets Razg		Stadion Spartak @ 1:00pm
11 Feb 23		CSKA 1948		-		Hebar Pazardzhi		Stadion Vitosha @ 10:30am
12 Feb 23		Lokomotiv Plovd		-		Botev Vratsa		Stadion Lokomotiv @ 2:45pm
12 Feb 23		Septemvri Sofia		-		Arda Kardzhali		Stadion Vasil Levski @ 10:00am
12 Feb 23		Beroe		-		CSKA Sofia		Stadion Beroe @ 12:15pm
13 Feb 23		Slavia Sofia		-		Pirin Blagoevgr		Stadion Aleksandar S @ 3:00pm
18 Feb 23		Cherno More		-		Beroe		Stadion Ticha @ 1:00pm
18 Feb 23		CSKA Sofia		-		Botev Plovdiv		Stadion Bâlgarska A @ 3:30pm
Latest Results
01 Dec 22		Ludogorets Razg		0 - 0		Levski Sofia		Huvepharma Arena
26 Nov 22		Slavia Sofia		1 - 2		Ludogorets Razg		Stadion Aleksandar S
14 Nov 22		Botev Vratsa		0 - 0		Septemvri Sofia		Stadion Hristo Botev
13 Nov 22		Ludogorets Razg		1 - 1		CSKA 1948		Huvepharma Arena
13 Nov 22		Hebar Pazardzhi		1 - 2		Lokomotiv Plovd		Stadion Vasil Levski
13 Nov 22		Lokomotiv Sofia		1 - 2		Beroe		Stadion Lokomotiv
12 Nov 22		Levski Sofia		1 - 2		Slavia Sofia		Vivacom Arena - Geor
12 Nov 22		Arda Kardzhali		2 - 1		Botev Plovdiv		Arena Arda
12 Nov 22		Cherno More		0 - 2		CSKA Sofia		Stadion Ticha
11 Nov 22		Pirin Blagoevgr		3 - 1		Spartak Varna		Stadion Hristo Botev

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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

2019-2020

2020-2021

2021-2022

2022-2023

Teams

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

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