2020–21 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

The 2020–21 First Professional Football League, also known as Efbet League for sponsorship reasons,[1] will be the 97th season of the top division of the Bulgarian football league system, the 72nd since a league format was adopted for the national competition of A Group as a top tier of the pyramid, and also the 5th season of the First Professional Football League, which decides the Bulgarian champion. Ludogorets Razgrad are the defending champions for the ninth consecutive time.

First Professional Football League
Season	2020–21
← 2019–20 2021-22 → All statistics correct as of 6 March 2020.

Teams

Fourteen teams are competing in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Second League.[2]

CSKA 1948 were promoted as champions of the 2019–20 Second League and will make their debut in the top tier of Bulgarian football.

Stadiums and locations

Beroe	CSKA	CSKA 1948	Levski
Stadion Beroe	Stadion Balgarska Armia	Vasil Levski National Stadium	Stadion Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Capacity: 12,128	Capacity: 18,495	Capacity: 44,000	Capacity: 25,000

Lokomotiv	Sofia Beroe Lokomotiv Ludogorets Sofia teams 2020–21 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) (Bulgaria) CSKA CSKA 1948 Levski Slavia Location of Sofia teams.		Ludogorets
Stadion Lokomotiv			Huvepharma Arena
Capacity: 8,500			Capacity: 10,422

Slavia
Stadion Slavia
Capacity: 25,556

References

"Обявиха официално новото име и лого на Първа лига" [Officially announced the new name and logo of First League.]. Sportal.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2020-02-14.
"Състав на Първа и Втора професионална лига за сезон 2019/2020" (in Bulgarian). bfunion.bg. 4 June 2019.

First Professional Football League
2019–20 clubs	Arda Beroe Botev Plovdiv Botev Vratsa Cherno More CSKA Sofia Dunav Etar Levski Sofia Lokomotiv Plovdiv Ludogorets Slavia Sofia Tsarsko Selo Vitosha Bistritsa
Stadiums	Arena Arda Beroe Botev 1912 Football Complex Hristo Botev Ticha Balgarska Armia Gradski Ivaylo Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Lokomotiv Ludogorets Arena Tsarsko Selo Sports Complex Bistritsa
Former clubs*	Akademik Sofia (18) Akademik Svishtov (4) Belasitsa (12) FC Chernomorets (29) PSFC Chernomorets (7) Chernomorets Burgas Sofia (1) Dimitrovgrad (1) Dobrudzha (14) Etar (24) Etar 1924 (1) Kaliakra (2) Litex (21) Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa (10) Lokomotiv Mezdra (2) Lokomotiv Sofia (67) Lyubimets 2007 (1) Maritsa (4) Metalurg (2) Minyor (38) Montana (9) Neftochimic (14) Nesebar (1) Pirin 1922 (9) Pirin Blagoevgrad (28) Pirin GD (2) Rilski Sportist (2) Rodopa (4) Rozova Dolina (1) Septemvri (5) Shumen (7) Sliven (25) Spartak Pleven (35) Spartak Plovdiv (17) Spartak Sofia (15) Spartak Varna (43) Sportist (1) Svetkavitsa (1) Velbazhd (7) Vereya (3) Vidima-Rakovski (5) Vihren (4) Yantra (7)
Former clubs (from Macedonia & Thrace)	Belomorets Kavala Bitola Gotse Delchev Prilep Makedonija Bitola Makedonija Skopje Vardar Skopje ZhSK Skopje
Competition	Champions Players (foreign)
Associated competitions	Second League Third League Bulgarian Cup Bulgarian Supercup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Seasons	1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
* In the brackets is the number of seasons in the league.

Bulgarian football championship seasons
State Championship (National Football Division)	1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1941 1942 1943 1944
Republic Championship	1945 1946 1947 1948
A Group	1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
First League	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

2020–21 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	First League Second League Third League
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Bulgarian Supercup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification (play-offs) Georgi Dermendzhiev
Club seasons
First League	Arda Beroe Botev Plovdiv Cherno More CSKA CSKA 1948 Levski Lokomotiv Plovdiv Ludogorets Slavia
Summer transfers Winter transfers

2020–21 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '20 '21 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '20 '21 Faroe Islands '20 '21 Finland '20 '21 France Georgia '20 '21 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '20 '21 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '20 '21 Kosovo Latvia '20 '21 Lithuania '20 '21 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway '20 '21 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '20 '21 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '20 '21 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '20 '21 Finland '20 '21 France Georgia '20 '21 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '20 '21 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '20 '21 Kosovo Latvia '20 '21 Liechtenstein Lithuania '20 '21 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway '20 '21 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '20 '21 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Estonia Iceland Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '20 '21 Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus England Estonia Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Lithuania Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '20 '21 Romania Russia San Marino Spain Turkey Ukraine
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round Champions Path Main Path group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase
International competitions	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 2020–21 UEFA Nations League League A League B League C League D Finals Final 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2021 Euro Under-21 qualification 2021 Euro Under-19 qualification 2021 Euro Under-17 qualification

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