Bulgarian First League

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Established
1948 (77 years old)

First Recorded Event
2020-02-22

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round
18

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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
06 Dec	Lokomotiv	1:00pm	Arda Kard
06 Dec	Lokomotiv	10:30am	Botev Plo
06 Dec	Cherno Mo	3:30pm	CSKA Sofi
07 Dec	Spartak V	3:00pm	Levski So
07 Dec	Beroe	12:30pm	Septemvri
08 Dec	Ludogoret	3:30pm	Slavia So
08 Dec	CSKA 1948	1:00pm	Dobrudzha
09 Dec	Botev Vra	3:30pm	Montana
19 Dec	Beroe	3:30pm	Ludogoret
07 Feb	Slavia So	4:00pm	Lokomotiv
Results
04 Dec	Botev Vra	2 - 0	Spartak V
04 Dec	Dobrudzha	0 - 2	Ludogoret
04 Dec	Slavia So	2 - 0	Levski So
03 Dec	Septemvri	1 - 4	CSKA 1948
03 Dec	Beroe	1 - 2	Cherno Mo
03 Dec	CSKA Sofi	2 - 1	Lokomotiv
02 Dec	Montana	1 - 2	Lokomotiv
02 Dec	Arda Kard	0 - 0	Botev Plo
30 Nov	Ludogoret	2 - 0	Botev Vra
30 Nov	Levski So	7 - 0	Septemvri

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.

Seasons

Teams

Arda Kardzhali	Beroe	Botev Plovdiv	Botev Vratsa
Cherno More	CSKA 1948	CSKA Sofia	Dobrudzha Dobri
Levski Sofia	Lokomotiv Plovd	Lokomotiv Sofia	Ludogorets Razg
Montana	Septemvri Sofia	Slavia Sofia	Spartak Varna