2023–24 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

The 2023–24 First Professional Football League, also known as efbet League for sponsorship reasons,[1] is the 100th season of the top division of the Bulgarian football league system, the 76th since a league format was adopted for the national competition of A Group as a top tier of the pyramid, and also the 8th season of the First Professional Football League, which decides the Bulgarian champion. The season began on 14 July 2023.

First Professional Football League
Season2023–24
Dates14 July 2023 – May 2024
Matches played248
Goals scored604 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorerAtanas Iliev
Georgi Nikolov
Rwan Cruz
Aleksandar Kolev
(12 goals)
Best goalkeeperGustavo Busatto
(15 clean sheets)
Biggest home winLevski Sofia 6–0 Lokomotiv Sofia
(30 July 2023)
Botev Plovdiv 6–0 Lokomotiv Sofia
(26 October 2023)
Ludogorets 6–0 Lokomotiv Sofia
(16 March 2024)
Biggest away winBotev Vratsa 0–5 Ludogorets
(5 August 2023)
Highest scoringBotev Vratsa 3–5 Botev Plovdiv
(21 October 2023)
Longest winning run13 games
Ludogorets Razgrad
Longest unbeaten run15 games
CSKA Sofia
Longest winless run12 games
Etar
Longest losing run7 games
Slavia Sofia
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 14:46, 30 April 2024 (UTC).

Ludogorets Razgrad are the 12-time defending champions.

Teams edit

As in the last season, 16 teams will compete in the league this year. Two teams were promoted from the 2022–23 Second League, and another place is for the winner of the promotion/relegation playoff.

The first team to earn promotion from the Second League was Etar, who mathematically secured a top three finish after Sportist Svoge lost to Yantra on May 25.[2] Etar return to the top level after a 2-year absence.

The second team to earn promotion from the Second League was Krumovgrad, who mathematically secured a top three finish after winning against Botev Plovdiv II on May 27. This is going to be Krumovgrad's maiden participation in the Bulgarian top flight.[3]

Additionally, Beroe managed to defeat Sportist Svoge with a score of 1–0 in the promotion/relegation playoff, thus maintaining its place in the First League.[4]

Stadia and locations edit

Arda Beroe Botev Plovdiv Botev Vratsa
Arena Arda Beroe Hristo Botev Hristo Botev
Capacity: 11,114 Capacity: 12,128 Capacity: 18,777 Capacity: 6,417
       
Cherno More CSKA 1948 CSKA Sofia Etar
Ticha Bistritsa Balgarska Armia Ivaylo
Capacity: 6,250 Capacity: 2,500 Capacity: 22,995 Capacity: 18,000
       
Hebar Krumovgrad
Georgi Benkovski Krumovgrad
Capacity: 13,128 Capacity: 1,500
   
Levski Sofia Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Lokomotiv
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 8,610
   
Lokomotiv Sofia Ludogorets Razgrad Pirin Blagoevgrad Slavia Sofia
Lokomotiv Huvepharma Arena Hristo Botev Aleksandar Shalamanov
Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 10,422 Capacity: 7,500 Capacity: 25,556
       

Personnel and kits edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Additional
Arda   Nikolay Kirov   Ivan Kokonov Uhlsport efbet IK Nataliya Ltd.
Beroe   José Acciari   Bozhidar Penchev Dryworld[5] efbet
Botev Plovdiv   Dušan Kerkez   Lachezar Baltanov Macron[6] WinBet
Botev Vratsa   Hristo Yanev   Krasimir Kostov Nike WinBet Vratsa Municipality, SportRespect, Inex, Predsednik Ltd.
Cherno More   Ilian Iliev   Daniel Dimov Uhlsport[7] Armeets Planex Ltd.
CSKA 1948   Valentin Iliev   Daniel Naumov Puma[8] efbet Bachkovo
CSKA Sofia   Stamen Belchev   Jurgen Mattheij Macron[9] WinBet Haval
Etar   Svetoslav Petrov   Krum Stoyanov Nike[10] WinBet
Hebar   Lyuboslav Penev   Petar Debarliev Jako efbet Pazardzhik Municipality
Krumovgrad   Stanislav Genchev   Bozhidar Katsarov Uhlsport[11] Compass Cargo Airlines PIMK
Levski Sofia   Nikolay Kostov   Nikolay Mihaylov Adidas[12] PalmsBet
Lokomotiv Plovdiv   Aleksandar Tomash   Dimitar Iliev Joma[13] WinBet Money+, Fuel Card Distribution
Lokomotiv Sofia   Krasimir Balakov   Krasimir Miloshev Joma Betano Casa Boyana, Malizia, Intesa, VIA 2000, Club 33
Ludogorets Razgrad   Georgi Dermendzhiev   Anton Nedyalkov Nike efbet Vivacom, Huvepharma
Pirin Blagoevgrad   Oleksandr Babych   Aleksandar Dyulgerov Uhlsport 8888.bg
Slavia Sofia   Zlatomir Zagorčić   Georgi Petkov Zeus bet365 Asset Insurance, SportRespect

Note: Individual clubs may wear jerseys with advertising. However, only one sponsorship is permitted per jersey for official tournaments organised by UEFA in addition to that of the kit manufacturer (exceptions are made for non-profit organisations). Clubs in the domestic league can have more than one sponsorship per jersey which can feature on the front of the shirt, incorporated with the main sponsor or in place of it; or on the back, either below the squad number or on the collar area. Shorts also have space available for advertisement.

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Levski Sofia   Elin Topuzakov End of interim period 12 June 2023 Pre-season   Nikolay Kostov 13 June 2023[14]
Beroe   Veselin Penev 14 June 2023   Gustavo Aragolaza 15 June 2023[15]
Pirin Blagoevgrad   Hristo Yanev End of contract 17 June 2023[16]   Radoslav Mitrevski 17 June 2023[16]
Slavia Sofia   Angel Slavkov End of interim period 22 June 2023   José Mari Bakero 23 June 2023[17]
CSKA Sofia   Saša Ilić Sacked 29 July 2023[18] 5th   Nestor El Maestro 29 July 2023[19]
CSKA 1948   Atanas Ribarski Resigned 15 August 2023[20] 7th   Nikolay Panayotov 15 August 2023[21]
Botev Plovdiv   Stanislav Genchev Mutual agreement 22 August 2023[22] 14th   Rafael Ferreira (interim) 22 August 2023[23]
Pirin Blagoevgrad   Radoslav Mitrevski Sacked 27 August 2023[24] 15th   Ivo Trenchev 31 August 2023[25]
Botev Plovdiv   Rafael Ferreira End of interim period 4 September 2023 11th   Dušan Kerkez 4 September 2023[26]
Lokomotiv Sofia   Stoycho Stoev Resigned 4 September 2023[27] 12th   Danilo Dončić 4 September 2023[28]
Botev Vratsa   Daniel Morales 18 September 2023[29] 13th   Hristo Yanev 19 September 2023[30]
Beroe   Gustavo Aragolaza Sacked 18 September 2023[31] 6th   José Acciari 20 September 2023[32]
Slavia Sofia   José Mari Bakero 19 September 2023[33] 14th   Ivan Kolev 20 September 2023[34]
Etar   Emanuel Lukanov 30 September 2023[35] 16th   Marin Stefanov (interim) 30 September 2023[36]
  Marin Stefanov End of interim period 2 October 2023 16th   Svetoslav Petrov 2 October 2023[37]
Slavia Sofia   Ivan Kolev Mutual agreement 23 October 2023 15th   Zlatomir Zagorčić 23 October 2023[38]
Ludogorets Razgrad   Ivaylo Petev Sacked 23 October 2023[39] 5th   Georgi Dermendzhiev 24 October 2023[40]
Krumovgrad   Nemanja Miljanović 28 October 2023 10th   Stanislav Genchev 24 October 2023[41]
Pirin Blagoevgrad   Ivo Trenchev 4 February 2024[42] 14th   Oleksandr Babych 5 February 2024[43]
Arda   Aleksandar Tunchev Mutual agreement 25 February 2024[44] 8th   Nikolay Kirov 26 February 2024[45]
CSKA 1948   Nikolay Panayotov Sacked 5 April 2024[46] 7th   Valentin Iliev 5 April 2024[47]
CSKA Sofia   Nestor El Maestro 14 April 2024[48] 3rd   Stamen Belchev 14 April 2024[49]
Lokomotiv Sofia   Danilo Dončić 22 April 2024[50] 14th   Krasimir Balakov 22 April 2024

Regular season edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ludogorets Razgrad 30 24 3 3 78 15 +63 75 Qualification for the Championship group
2 CSKA Sofia 30 19 6 5 50 19 +31 63
3 Cherno More 30 18 8 4 47 25 +22 62
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 16 7 7 50 34 +16 55
5 Levski Sofia 30 16 6 8 45 26 +19 54
6 Krumovgrad 30 12 8 10 35 35 0 44[a]
7 Botev Plovdiv 30 12 8 10 47 33 +14 44[a] Qualification for the Conference League group
8 CSKA 1948 30 11 10 9 30 26 +4 43
9 Arda 30 11 6 13 32 32 0 39
10 Slavia Sofia 30 9 6 15 28 45 −17 33[b]
11 Beroe 30 9 6 15 24 42 −18 33[b] Qualification for the Relegation group
12 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 7 9 14 23 41 −18 30[c]
13 Hebar 30 8 6 16 32 44 −12 30[c]
14 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 8 4 18 22 56 −34 28
15 Botev Vratsa 30 6 4 20 22 53 −31 22
16 Etar 30 3 5 22 17 56 −39 14
Source: soccerway, Bulgarian Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw[51]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Krumovrgard 6, Botev Plovdiv 0.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Slavia Sofia 3, Beroe 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Slavia Sofia 0, Beroe 0. Overall goal difference: Slavia Sofia -17, Beroe -18.
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Pirin Blagoevgrad 4, Hebar 1.

Results edit

Home \ Away ARD BER BPD BVR CHM CSK CSS ETA HEB KRU LEV LPD LSO LUD PIR SLA
Arda 1–0 0–2 4–0 3–3 0–3 2–3 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1
Beroe 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 3–0
Botev Plovdiv 0–2 4–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–3 0–0 6–0 0–2 3–1 3–1
Botev Vratsa 1–2 1–0 3–5 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–5 1–2 2–0
Cherno More 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 3–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–0
CSKA 1948 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–1
CSKA Sofia 0–0 3–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–1
Etar 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–5 0–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–4 0–2 0–1
Hebar 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 3–4 0–1 0–3 1–2 1–0
Krumovgrad 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–4 0–0 3–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–0
Levski Sofia 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 6–0 0–1 2–0 2–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–0 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–1 1–0 0–4 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 2–2 2–4 1–3 2–0 1–2
Ludogorets Razgrad 2–0 5–0 2–2 5–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 5–0 3–1 1–0 5–1 1–1 6–0 4–0 2–3
Pirin Blagoevgrad 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1
Slavia Sofia 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–5 0–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–0
Source: Bulgarian Football
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Championship round edit

Points and goals will carry over in full from regular season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification[a] LUD CSS CHM LPD LEV KRU
1 Ludogorets Razgrad 31 24 4 3 81 18 +63 76 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round 11 May 22 May 3–3
2 CSKA Sofia 31 20 6 5 53 20 +33 66 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round 22 May 3–1 18 May
3 Cherno More 31 19 8 4 48 25 +23 65 Qualification for the Conference League play-off 18 May 1–0 25 May
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 31 16 7 8 50 35 +15 55 25 May 18 May
5 Levski Sofia 31 16 6 9 46 29 +17 54 25 May 11 May
6 Krumovgrad 31 12 9 10 38 38 0 45 11 May 22 May
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. Source: Soccerway, Bulgarian Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[51]
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2023–24 Bulgarian Cup winners will qualify for the Europa League first qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Cup winners finish first). If the Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fourth-placed team.

Conference League round edit

Points and goals will carry over in full from regular season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CSK BPD ARD SLA
1 CSKA 1948 31 11 11 9 31 27 +4 44 Qualification for the Conference League play-off 22 May 1–1 11 May
2 Botev Plovdiv 31 12 8 11 47 34 +13 44 6 May 25 May 0–1
3 Arda 31 11 7 13 33 33 0 40 18 May 11 May 22 May
4 Slavia Sofia 31 10 6 15 29 45 −16 36 25 May 18 May 6 May
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2024. Source: Soccerway, Bulgarian Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[51]

Relegation round edit

Points and goals will carry over in full from regular season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation BER LSO PIR HEB BVR ETA
1 Beroe 31 10 6 15 27 42 −15 36 22 May 11 May 3–0
2 Lokomotiv Sofia 31 9 4 18 24 56 −32 31 25 May 18 May
3 Pirin Blagoevgrad 31 7 9 15 24 43 −19 30[a] 22 May 1–2 18 May
4 Hebar 31 8 6 17 32 46 −14 30[a] Qualification for the relegation play-off 18 May 0–2 25 May
5 Botev Vratsa 31 7 4 20 24 54 −30 25 Relegation to the Second League 25 May 11 May
6 Etar (R) 31 3 5 23 17 59 −42 14 11 May 22 May
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2024. Source: Soccerway, Bulgarian Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[51]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Pirin Blagoevgrad 4, Hebar 1.

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

As of 28 April 2024[52]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Georgi Nikolov Hebar/Botev Plovdiv 12
  Atanas Iliev Cherno More
  Rwan Cruz Ludogorets
  Aleksandar Kolev Krumovgrad
5   Jakub Piotrowski Ludogorets 11
6   Kwadwo Duah Ludogorets 10
  Bernard Tekpetey Ludogorets
8   Antoine Baroan Botev Plovdiv 8
  Toni Tasev Slavia
  Jawad El Jemili Levski
  Ricardinho Levski
  Jonathan Lindseth CSKA Sofia
13   Duckens Nazon CSKA Sofia 7
  Giovanny Lokomotiv Plovdiv
  Ivaylo Chochev CSKA 1948/Ludgorets
  Marin Petkov Levski
17   Preslav Borukov Arda 6
  Ivelin Popov Botev Plovdiv
  Pedrinho CSKA 1948
  Ewandro Lokomotiv Plovdiv
  Brayan Perea Botev Vratsa
  Vinni Triboulet Beroe
  Umeh Emmanuel Botev Plovdiv
  Stanislav Ivanov Arda
  Tobias Heintz CSKA Sofia
26   Martin Sekulić Botev Plovdiv 5
  Alex Fernandes Cherno More
  Babacar Dione Lokomotiv Plovdiv
  Aboubacar Toungara Arda
  Aslak Fonn Witry Ludogorets
  Tonislav Yordanov Arda
  Caio Vidal Ludogorets
  Ismail Isa Cherno More
  Galin Ivanov Slavia
  Serkan Yusein Krumovgrad
  Vasil Panayotov Cherno More

Clean sheets edit

As of 28 April 2024[52]
Rank Goalkeeper Club Clean
sheets
1   Gustavo Busatto CSKA Sofia 15
2   Plamen Andreev Levski 14
3   Ivan Dyulgerov Cherno More 13
4   Sergio Padt Ludogorets 11
5   Anatoli Gospodinov Arda 10
  Yanko Georgiev Krumovgrad
7   Hidajet Hankić Botev Plovdiv 9
8   Simon Sluga Ludogorets 8
  Dinko Horkaš Lokomotiv Plovdiv
  Aleksandar Lyubenov Lokomotiv Sofia
11   Daniel Naumov CSKA 1948 7
  Maksym Kovalyov Pirin
13   Matvei Igonen Hebar/Botev Plovdiv 6
14   Rodrìgo Accinelli Beroe 5
  Federico Barrios Botev Vratsa
  Svetoslav Vutsov Slavia

Hat-tricks edit

As of 28 April 2024
Player For Against Result Date
  Georgi Nikolov Hebar Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–4 (H)[53] 25 August 2023
  Antoine Baroan Botev Plovdiv Beroe 4–1 (H)[54] 30 September 2023
  Atanas Iliev Cherno More Lokomotiv Sofia 3–0 (H)[55] 4 April 2024

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