Bulgaria Football League - First Professional

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The First Professional Football League is a Bulgarian professional league for men's association football clubs. Standing at the top of the Bulgarian football league system, it serves as the country's primary football competition. The league determines the champion of Bulgaria and is contested by fourteen teams.

Starting from the 2016-17 season, a new league format was approved by the Bulgarian Football Union, in an attempt to improve each participating club's competitiveness, match attendance and performance in the league. It involves 14 teams playing in two phases, a regular season and playoffs. The first phase includes each club competing against every other team twice in a double round-robin system, on a home-away basis at a total of 26 games per team and played in 26 fixtures. Seven matches are played in every fixture at a total of 182 games played during the first phase. In the second phase, the top six teams form a European qualifying table, while the bottom eight teams participate in a relegation group. The winner of the top group is declared as Champions of Bulgaria and is awarded with the title.

Teams (alphabetical order)

Beroe Stara Zagora

Botev Plovdiv

Botev Vratsa

Cherno More Varna

CSKA Sofia

Dunav Ruse

Etar Veliko Tarnovo

Levski Sofia

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Ludogorets Razgrad

Septemvri Sofia

Slavia Sofia

Vereya Stara Zagora

Vitosha Bistritsa