Bulgarian State Football Championship

Bulgarian State Football Championship
Sport	Football
Founded	1924
Ceased	1944
No. of teams	Various
Country	Bulgaria
Most titles	Slavia Sofia (6 titles)
Related competitions	Republic Championship Bulgarian A Football Group

The State Football Championship was the first national football competition in Bulgaria. It was organised between 1924 and 1944 by the Bulgarian National Sport Federation.

The championship didn't finish in years 1924, 1927 and 1944 because of different reasons. After 1944 it was replaced by the Republic Championship.

Format

The championship was a knockout tournament featuring six clubs that had won six regional divisions. These divisions were round-robin tournaments that included football clubs that were founded in different geographic areas. The winners of each division were drawn in pairs at random for each of the three one-match rounds. Two of the clubs qualified directly for the second round (the semi-final stage) and the other four had to play two quarter-final matches.

The championship had many changes in its format during the years, mainly in the number of legs played in each round and the number of teams that qualified from the regional divisions. In seasons 1937–38, 1938–39 and 1939–40 the championship was reorganised to a 10 club National Football Division but it proved to be an unsuccessful decision and from season 1940–41 the division was reverted to a knockout tournament.

Bulgarian State Football Championship Champions

Season	Champions (titles)	Runner-up	Third place
1924	Not finished
1925	Vladislav Varna (1)	Levski Sofia	–
1926	Vladislav Varna (2)	Slavia Sofia	–
1927	Not held
1928	Slavia Sofia (1)	Vladislav Varna	–
1929	Botev Plovdiv (1)	Levski Sofia	–
1930	Slavia Sofia (2)	Vladislav Varna	–
1931	AS 23 Sofia (1)	Spartak Varna	–
1932	Spartak Varna (1)	Slavia Sofia	–
1933	Levski Sofia (1)	Spartak Varna	–
1934	Vladislav Varna (3)	Slavia Sofia	–
1935	Sportklub Sofia (1)	Ticha Varna	–
1936	Slavia Sofia (3)	Ticha Varna	–
1937	Levski Sofia (2)	Levski Ruse	–
1937–38	Ticha Varna (1)	Vladislav Varna	Shipka Sofia
1938–39	Slavia Sofia (4)	Vladislav Varna	Ticha Varna
1939–40	Lokomotiv Sofia (1)	Levski Sofia	Slavia Sofia
1941	Slavia Sofia (5)	Lokomotiv Sofia	–
1942	Levski Sofia (3)	Makedonija Skopie	–
1943	Slavia Sofia (6)	Levski Sofia	–
1944	Not finished

Performances

Performances by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Third place
Slavia Sofia	6	3	1
Vladislav Varna	3	4	–
Levski Sofia	3	4	–
Shipchenski Sokol	1	2	–
Ticha Varna	1	2	1
ZhSK Sofia	1	1	–
Botev Plovdiv	1	–	–
Athletic Slava 1923	1	–	–
Sportklub Sofia	1	–	–
Levski Ruse	–	1	–
Makedonija	–	1	–
Shipka Sofia	–	–	1

Notes:

Cherno More Varna was created after Vladislav Varna and Ticha Varna merged.
Italics indicates clubs no longer exist.

Performances by city

City	Winners	Runners-up	Third place
Sofia	12	8	2
Varna	5	8	1
Plovdiv	1	–	–
Ruse	–	1	–
Skopje	–	1	–

Notes:

Skopje, was part of Bulgaria during World War II.

References

Bulgarian-football.com - State Championship. Retrieved on 2009-05-26.

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

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