Name
Bulgarian First League

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Established
1948 (73 years old)

First Recorded Event
2020-02-22

Current Season
2021-2022

API Football ID
3531

Sport
Soccer

Location
Bulgaria

Gender
Male

Alternate Names
efbet League
Първа професионална футболна лига
First Professional Football League
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Upcoming Events
30 Nov 21 Beroe  - Slavia Sofia
30 Nov 21 Botev Plovdiv 2 - 2 Botev Vratsa
01 Dec 21 Lokomotiv Plovd  - Cherno More
01 Dec 21 Tsarsko Selo  - Levski Sofia
02 Dec 21 Ludogorets Razg  - Arda Kardzhali
02 Dec 21 CSKA Sofia  - Lokomotiv Sofia
02 Dec 21 CSKA 1948  - Pirin Blagoevgr
04 Dec 21 Levski Sofia  - Botev Plovdiv
04 Dec 21 Botev Vratsa  - Beroe
05 Dec 21 Slavia Sofia  - Lokomotiv Plovd

Latest Results
29 Nov 21 Ludogorets Razg 2 - 0  CSKA Sofia
28 Nov 21 Lokomotiv Sofia 2 - 2  CSKA 1948
27 Nov 21 Arda Kardzhali 0 - 0  Levski Sofia
27 Nov 21 Pirin Blagoevgr 2 - 3  Lokomotiv Plovd
26 Nov 21 Botev Vratsa 0 - 0  Tsarsko Selo
26 Nov 21 Slavia Sofia 0 - 0  Botev Plovdiv
26 Nov 21 Cherno More 1 - 0  Beroe
22 Nov 21 Levski Sofia 0 - 0  Botev Vratsa
21 Nov 21 CSKA 1948 2 - 0  Ludogorets Razg
21 Nov 21 Lokomotiv Plovd 2 - 1  Lokomotiv 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

2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022

Teams

Arda Kardzhali -11

Beroe -11

Botev Plovdiv -10

Botev Vratsa -11

Cherno More -11

CSKA 1948 -11

CSKA Sofia -1

Levski Sofia -11

Lokomotiv Plovd -11

Lokomotiv Sofia -11

Ludogorets Razg -8

Pirin Blagoevgr -11

Slavia Sofia -11

Tsarsko Selo -11

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