First Professional Football League

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2024-2025

Location

Bulgaria

Abbreviation

BUL1

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Summary

The First Professional Football League (BUL1) is the top professional league in the Bulgarian football system. At completion of the 2024-2025 regular season, the top 6 teams participate in the BUL1 Championship Group phase. Championship Group results determine how the teams qualify for the following non-league play:

2025-2026 UEFA Champions League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2024-2025 BUL1 Championship Group team
2025-2026 UEFA Europa Conference League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 2nd place 2024-2025 BUL1 Championship Group team
- winner of 2024-2025 BUL1 UEFA Europa Conference League Playoffs

The winner of the 2024-2025 Bulgarian Cup, typically a BUL1 team, also receives a berth in the 2nd Qualifying Round of the 2025-2026 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Leagues Pyramid - Bulgaria

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
BUL1	efbet League (First Professional Football League)	16
BUL2	Second Professional Football League	18
BUL3	Third Amatuer Football League	73

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 19 Jul 2024 - 21 Apr 2025	Champ/Releg Rounds 25 Apr 2025 - 27 May 2025	UEFAECL Playoffs 8 Jun 2025 - 10 Jun 2025	14: BUL1 (13 minimum), BUL2 (3 maximum)

Season Format

The 2024-2025 BUL1 consists of a double round robin format where each BUL1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 15 BUL1 teams, for a total of 30 regular season matches per team. At the end of regular season, the top 6 teams play in the Championship group, teams placed 7th through 10th place teams play in the UEFA Europa Conference League (UEFAECL) group, and teams placed 11th through 16th place play in the Relegation group. In the Championship and Relegation rounds, each team plays 1 match against the other 5 teams in their group for 5 more matches (35 total per team). In the UEFAECL group, each teams play Home/Away matches against the other 3 teams in their group for 6 more matches (36 total per team). Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head-to-head goal difference, (3) head-to-head goals scored, (4) head-to-head away goals scored (if only 2 teams), (5) goal difference, (6) total goals scored, (7) Fairplay ranking, then (8) a drawing.

Playoffs

Upon completion of the 2024-2025 BUL1 Championship and UEFAECL Playoffs rounds, the 3rd place Championship team enters into Home/Away highest aggregate goals wins matches against the 1st place UEFAECL Playoffs team.

Relegation

At the end of the 2024-2025 BUL1 Relegation Round, the 5th and 6th place teams will be relegated to BUL2, and the 4th place team enters into a Promotion/Relegation with a BUL2 team.

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2nd Stage

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
Championship
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	35	25 -7-3	82	-	69	20	49	17	14 -3-0	45	35	4	31	18	11 -4-3	37	34	16	18
2	PFC Levski Sofia	35	21 -8-6	71	-	64	29	35	18	11 -4-3	37	33	17	16	17	10 -4-3	34	31	12	19
3	PFC Cherno More Varna	35	15 -13-7	58	-	44	30	14	17	7 -9-1	30	24	11	13	18	8 -4-6	28	20	19	1
4	FK Arda Kardzhali	35	15 -12-8	57	-	52	39	13	18	10 -6-2	36	30	18	12	17	5 -6-6	21	22	21	1
Relegation
1	PFC Slavia Sofia	36	14 -7-15	49	-	49	51	-2	19	10 -3-6	33	30	24	6	17	4 -4-9	16	19	27	-8
2	CSKA 1948 Sofia	36	11 -11-14	44	-	44	47	-3	19	7 -3-9	24	25	30	-5	17	4 -8-5	20	19	17	2
3	FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia	36	12 -8-16	44	-	40	51	-11	18	7 -4-7	25	21	24	-3	18	5 -4-9	19	19	27	-8
4	PFC Septemvri Sofia	36	13 -3-20	42	-	40	55	-15	19	7 -2-10	23	23	25	-2	17	6 -1-10	19	17	30	-13
5	PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv	36	10 -8-18	38	-	37	48	-11	17	3 -4-10	13	14	25	-11	19	7 -4-8	25	23	23	0
6	FK Krumovgrad	36	8 -9-19	33	-	19	43	-24	17	5 -4-8	19	10	17	-7	19	3 -5-11	14	9	26	-17
7	POFC Botev Vratsa	36	9 -6-21	33	-	32	64	-32	17	6 -4-7	22	19	25	-6	19	3 -2-14	11	13	39	-26
8	FK Hebar 1918 Pazardzhik	36	4 -9-23	21	-	28	61	-33	18	3 -5-10	14	13	25	-12	18	1 -4-13	7	15	36	-21
UEFAECL Playoffs
1	CSKA Sofia	35	18 -8-9	62	-	54	28	26	18	10 -5-3	35	33	15	18	17	8 -3-6	27	21	13	8
2	PFC Botev Plovdiv	35	16 -8-11	56	-	43	39	4	17	8 -5-4	29	22	21	1	18	8 -3-7	27	21	18	3
3	FK Spartak 1918 Varna	35	15 -6-14	51	-	44	50	-6	18	10 -2-6	32	25	20	5	17	5 -4-8	19	19	30	-11
4	PFC Beroe Stara Zagora	35	13 -7-15	46	-	38	42	-4	17	6 -2-9	20	16	23	-7	18	7 -5-6	26	22	19	3
UEFAECL Playoffs 2024-2025 UEFACL 2024-2025 UEFAECL Relegation Playoff Relegation to BUL2

1st Stage

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	30	24 -4-2	76	-	63	14	49	15	13 -2-0	41	32	3	29	15	11 -2-2	35	31	11	20
2	PFC Levski Sofia	30	19 -5-6	62	-	55	25	30	15	10 -2-3	32	28	14	14	15	9 -3-3	30	27	11	16
3	FK Arda Kardzhali	30	15 -8-7	53	-	49	33	16	15	10 -4-1	34	29	14	15	15	5 -4-6	19	20	19	1
4	PFC Cherno More Varna	30	14 -11-5	53	-	41	25	16	15	6 -8-1	26	21	10	11	15	8 -3-4	27	20	15	5
5	PFC Botev Plovdiv	30	14 -7-9	49	-	32	31	1	15	7 -4-4	25	18	18	0	15	7 -3-5	24	14	13	1
6	FK Spartak 1918 Varna	30	14 -6-10	48	-	39	38	1	15	9 -2-4	29	22	16	6	15	5 -4-6	19	17	22	-5
7	CSKA Sofia	30	13 -8-9	47	-	40	27	13	15	7 -5-3	26	23	14	9	15	6 -3-6	21	17	13	4
8	PFC Beroe Stara Zagora	30	12 -6-12	42	-	34	29	5	15	6 -2-7	20	16	14	2	15	6 -4-5	22	18	15	3
9	PFC Slavia Sofia	30	12 -6-12	42	-	43	43	0	15	9 -2-4	29	26	19	7	15	3 -4-8	13	17	24	-7
10	CSKA 1948 Sofia	30	8 -10-12	34	-	38	44	-6	15	5 -2-8	17	21	29	-8	15	3 -8-4	17	17	15	2
11	PFC Septemvri Sofia	30	10 -3-17	33	-	32	47	-15	15	4 -2-9	14	17	22	-5	15	6 -1-8	19	15	25	-10
12	FK Krumovgrad	30	7 -9-14	30	-	16	31	-15	15	5 -4-6	19	10	12	-2	15	2 -5-8	11	6	19	-13
13	FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia	30	8 -6-16	30	-	29	49	-20	15	4 -4-7	16	13	23	-10	15	4 -2-9	14	16	26	-10
14	PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	7 -7-16	28	-	27	40	-13	15	3 -3-9	12	12	21	-9	15	4 -4-7	16	15	19	-4
15	POFC Botev Vratsa	30	5 -6-19	21	-	24	57	-33	15	4 -4-7	16	15	23	-8	15	1 -2-12	5	9	34	-25
16	FK Hebar 1918 Pazardzhik	30	3 -8-19	17	-	23	52	-29	15	2 -5-8	11	10	20	-10	15	1 -3-11	6	13	32	-19
Championship Group UEFAECL Playoffs Relegation Group