2018–19 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)
Season | 2018–19 |
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Dates | 20 July 2018 – 30 May 2019 |
Champions | Ludogorets Razgrad (8th title) |
Relegated | Vereya[1] Septemvri Sofia[2] |
Champions League | Ludogorets Razgrad |
Europa League | CSKA Sofia Levski Sofia Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
Matches played | 252 |
Goals scored | 615 (2.44 per match) |
Top goalscorer | ![]() (24 goals) |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() (20 clean sheets) |
Biggest home win | Levski Sofia 7–0 Vereya (26 October 2018)[3] |
Biggest away win | Cherno More 1–5 Septemvri Sofia (4 August 2018)[4] |
Highest scoring | Slavia Sofia 3–5 Dunav Ruse (12 April 2019)[5] |
Longest winning run | 11 games by Ludogorets[6] |
Longest unbeaten run | 19 games by Ludogorets[6] |
Longest winless run | 32 games by Vereya[6] |
Longest losing run | 10 games by Septemvri Sofia[6] |
Highest attendance | 23,000 CSKA Sofia 0–1 Levski Sofia (29 September 2018)[7] |
Lowest attendance | 30 Septemvri Sofia 2–1 Dunav Ruse (9 December 2018)[8] |
← 2017–18 2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of 29 May 2019. |
The 2018–19 First Professional Football League was the 95th season of the top division of the Bulgarian football league system, the 71st since a league format was adopted for the national competition of A Group as a top tier of the pyramid and also the 3rd season of the First Professional Football League, which decides the Bulgarian champion. The season began on 20 July 2018 and finished on 30 May 2019. Ludogorets Razgrad became champions for the 8th consecutive time, on the final matchday of the season, with a 4–1 home win over Cherno More Varna.[9]
Teams
Fourteen teams are competing in the league – the top thirteen teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the Second League.[10]
Botev Vratsa were promoted as champions of the 2017–18 Second League.[11] The promoted club replaced Pirin Blagoevgrad, who were relegated after elimination in the relegation play-offs by Vitosha Bistritsa. Botev Vratsa return to the top tier after a 5-year absence, while Pirin Blagoevgrad ended a 3-year stay in the top flight.[12]
Stadia and locations
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity (seating) |
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Beroe | Stara Zagora | Beroe | 12,128 |
Botev | Plovdiv | Botev 1912 Football Complex | 4,000 |
Botev | Vratsa | Hristo Botev | 12,000 |
Cherno More | Varna | Ticha | 8,250 |
CSKA | Sofia | Balgarska Armiya | 18,495 |
Dunav | Ruse | Gradski | 12,400 |
Etar | Veliko Tarnovo | Ivaylo | 18,000 |
Levski | Sofia | Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov | 25,000 |
Lokomotiv | Plovdiv | Lokomotiv | 13,000 |
Ludogorets | Razgrad | Ludogorets Arena | 10,422 |
Septemvri | Sofia | Vasil Levski National Stadium | 43,230 |
Slavia | Sofia | Slavia Vasil Levski National Stadium |
25,556 43,230 |
Vereya | Stara Zagora | Trace Arena | 3,500 |
Vitosha | Bistritsa | Stadion Nikolay Stanislavov | 2,500 |
Personnel and sponsorship
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 |
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Beroe | ![]() |
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— | Refan, Ajax Group |
Botev Plovdiv | ![]() |
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WinBet[15] | — |
Botev Vratsa | ![]() |
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WinBet | Kozloduy NPP |
CSKA Sofia | ![]() |
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A1 Bulgaria | WinBet, Baristo |
Cherno More | ![]() |
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Armeets | — |
Dunav | ![]() |
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WinBet | SanSi |
Etar | ![]() |
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WinBet | — |
Levski Sofia | ![]() |
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Efbet | Strabag |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ![]() |
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Efbet | General Broker |
Ludogorets | ![]() |
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Efbet[19] | Vivacom, Spetema |
Septemvri Sofia | ![]() |
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Efbet[20] | — |
Slavia Sofia | ![]() |
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bet365 | — |
Vereya | ![]() |
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Efbet | Spetema |
Vitosha Bistritsa | ![]() |
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Efbet[22] | — |
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
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Vitosha Bistritsa | ![]() |
Promoted to Director of football | 30 May 2018 | Pre-season | ![]() |
1 June 2018[23] |
Vereya | ![]() |
Demoted to assistant1 | 4 June 2018 | ![]() |
4 June 2018[24] | |
Ludogorets | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 6 June 2018 | ![]() |
6 June 2018[25] | |
CSKA Sofia | ![]() |
End of caretaker tenure | 7 June 2018 | ![]() |
7 June 2018[26] | |
Levski Sofia | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 18 July 2018 | ![]() |
18 July 2018[27] | |
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End of caretaker tenure | 31 July 2018 | 4th | ![]() |
31 July 2018[28] | |
Vereya | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 14 August 2018 | 14th | ![]() |
14 August 2018[29] |
Dunav | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 17 September 2018 | 12th | ![]() |
17 September 2018[30] |
Septemvri | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 28 September 2018 | 13th | ![]() |
28 September 2018[31] |
Dunav | ![]() |
End of caretaker tenure | 1 October 2018 | 12th | ![]() |
1 October 2018[32] |
Ludogorets | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 9 October 2018 | 2nd | ![]() |
9 October 2018[33] |
Vereya | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 10 January 2019[34] | 14th | ![]() |
18 January 2019[35] |
Levski Sofia | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 21 January 2019[36] | 3rd | ![]() |
21 January 2019[37] |
CSKA Sofia | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 7 February 2019 | 2nd | ![]() |
8 February 2019[38] |
Ludogorets | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 6 March 2019 | 1st | ![]() |
6 March 2019[39] |
Vereya | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 25 March 2019 | 14th | ![]() |
26 March 2019[40] |
Levski Sofia | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 29 April 2019[41] | 3rd | ![]() |
29 April 2019 |
CSKA Sofia | ![]() |
Resigned | 3 May 2019[42] | 2nd | ![]() |
3 May 2019 |
1.^ No license for First League.
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 53 | 14 | +39 | 62 | Qualification for the Championship round |
2 | CSKA Sofia | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 14 | +33 | 57 | |
3 | Levski Sofia | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 54 | |
4 | Botev Plovdiv | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 21 | +18 | 45 | |
5 | Cherno More | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 42 | |
6 | Beroe | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 42 | |
7 | Etar | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 40 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
8 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 35 | |
9 | Slavia Sofia | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 33 | |
10 | Botev Vratsa | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 31 | |
11 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 39 | −22 | 25 | |
12 | Septemvri Sofia | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 52 | −29 | 21 | |
13 | Dunav Ruse | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 20 | |
14 | Vereya | 26 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 12 | 60 | −48 | 6 |
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.[43]
Results
Positions by round
Results by round
Championship round
Points and goals will carry over in full from regular season.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LUD | CSK | LEV | BSZ | CHM | BOT | |
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1 | Ludogorets Razgrad (C) | 36 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 67 | 19 | +48 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | |
2 | CSKA Sofia | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 17 | +40 | 78 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
3 | Levski Sofia (O) | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 66 | Qualification for the European play-off final | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | |
4 | Beroe | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 58 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
5 | Cherno More | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 52 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
6 | Botev Plovdiv | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 50 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |
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.[44]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Positions by round
Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.
Relegation round
Points and goals will carry over in full from regular season.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | ETA | BVR | VIT | VER | |
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1 | Etar | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 51 | Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
2 | Botev Vratsa | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 45 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 5–0 | ||
3 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | 3–0 | 2–5 | — | 2–0 | |
4 | Vereya (R, D) | 32 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 81 | −68 | 6 | Disqualified and relegated to the Second League[a] | 0–3 | 1–6 | 0–2 | — |
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.[48]
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ On 7 May 2019, Vereya were disqualified from the league for match fixing. All results from played matches involving Vereya were retained with the Bulgarian Football Union awarding Septemvri Sofia two wins by 3–0 from their scheduled relegation play-off matches with Vereya and the loser from the relegation play-off match between Dunav Ruse and Vitosha Bistritsa will now face directly the second-placed team from Second League.[45][46][47]
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | SLA | LPL | SEP | DUN | |
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1 | Slavia Sofia | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 39 | Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–5 | |
2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a] | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
3 | Septemvri Sofia (R) | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | |
4 | Dunav Ruse | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 29 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — |
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.[49]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Lokomotiv Plovdiv qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Bulgarian Cup.
European play-offs
Bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||
Quarter-final 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Etar | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Semi-final | ||||||||||||||||
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Etar | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Quarter-final 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Slavia Sofia | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Slavia Sofia | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Final | ||||||||||||||||
Botev Vratsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Levski Sofia | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Etar | 0 | |||||||||||||||
European play-off quarter-finals
Slavia Sofia | 1−0 (a.e.t.) | Botev Vratsa |
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Chunchukov ![]() |
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European play-off semi-finals
Etar | 2−0 | Slavia Sofia |
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Pehlivanov ![]() Angelov ![]() |
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European play-off final
Levski Sofia | 1−0 | Etar |
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Relegation play-offs
Bracket
First round | Second round | Third round | ||||||||||||||||||||
Match 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Vitosha Bistritsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Match 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dunav Ruse | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Dunav Ruse | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Match 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Septemvri Sofia | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Septemvri Sofia | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
Match 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Vereya | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Septemvri Sofia | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Arda | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Match 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Vitosha Bistritsa | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
Vereya | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Match 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Vitosha Bistritsa | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Winners of matches 3, 5 and 6 will play in the top division next season
First round
Vitosha Bistritsa | 0−1 | Dunav Ruse |
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Report | Isa ![]() |
Vereya | 0–3 (Awarded) | Septemvri Sofia |
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Septemvri Sofia | 3–0 (Awarded) | Vereya |
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Second round
Septemvri Sofia | 2−3 | Dunav Ruse |
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Z. Dimitrov ![]() Galchev ![]() |
Report | Isa ![]() Shterev ![]() |
Vereya | 0–3 (Awarded) | Vitosha Bistritsa |
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Vitosha Bistritsa | 3–0 (Awarded) | Vereya |
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Vereya are relegated to the Second League.
Third round
Septemvri Sofia | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Arda |
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Report | Osman ![]() |
Septemvri Sofia are relegated to the Second League.
Vitosha Bistritsa | 3−0 | Montana |
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Dolapchiev ![]() Gargorov ![]() |
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Season statistics
Top scorers
- As of match(es) played on 24 May 2019[50]
- ^ Includes 7 goals for Botev Vratsa
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Septemvri Sofia | Cherno More | 5–1[51] | 4 August 2018 |
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Ludogorets | Botev Vratsa | 4–1[52] | 7 October 2018 |
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Ludogorets | Etar | 4–1[53] | 4 November 2018 |
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Beroe | Vereya | 6–0[54] | 25 November 2018 |
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Botev Plovdiv | Vitosha Bistritsa | 3–0[55] | 10 December 2018 |
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CSKA Sofia | Septemvri Sofia | 5–1[56] | 2 March 2019 |
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Etar | Vereya | 3–0[57] | 21 April 2019 |
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Botev Vratsa | Vitosha Bistritsa | 5–2[58] | 22 April 2019 |
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Ludogorets | Cherno More | 4–1[59] | 24 May 2019 |
Clean sheets
- As of match(es) played on 24 May 2019[60]
- ^ Includes 4 clean sheets for Cherno More
Transfers
- List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2018
- List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2018–19
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