2019–20 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

The 2019–20 First Professional Football League, also known as Efbet League for sponsorship reasons,^[9] was the 96th 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 4th season of the First Professional Football League, which decides the Bulgarian champion. Ludogorets Razgrad were the defending champions after winning their 8th consecutive title in the previous season. On 21 June 2020 the team from Razgrad clinched its 9th championship with four games to spare after a 2:1 win home win over Beroe.^[10] The season began in July 2019 and was scheduled to end in May 2020,^[11] but was completed in July 2020.

First Professional Football League

Season	2019–20
Dates	12 July 2019 – 11 July 2020
Champions	Ludogorets Razgrad (9th title)
Relegated	Dunav Ruse Vitosha Bistritsa
Champions League	Ludogorets Razgrad
Europa League	Lokomotiv Plovdiv CSKA Sofia Slavia Sofia
Matches played	215
Goals scored	539 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martin Kamburov (18 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Gustavo Busatto (17 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Ludogorets 6–0 Botev Vratsa (15 February 2020)[1]
Biggest away win	Etar 0–5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (5 October 2019)[2]
Highest scoring	Vitosha Bistritsa 2–6 Etar (2 March 2020)[3] Etar 5–3 Dunav Ruse (11 June 2020)[4]
Longest winning run	10 games by Ludogorets
Longest unbeaten run	30 games by Ludogorets
Longest winless run	29 games by Vitosha Bistritsa
Longest losing run	7 games by Vitosha Bistritsa
Highest attendance	24,687 Levski Sofia 0–0 CSKA Sofia (15 February 2020)[5][6]
Lowest attendance	60 Arda 2–0 Vitosha Bistritsa (22 November 2019)[7] Tsarsko Selo 0–3 Botev Plovdiv (30 November 2019)[8]
← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 12 July 2020.

Impact of the coronavirus pandemic

Suspension of championship and measures pertaining to fan attendance after resumption

After the possibility of playing matches without spectators was initially envisioned,^[12] on 13 March 2020, the Bulgarian Football Union decided to suspend all fixtures until 13 April in accordance with the measures taken to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.^[13] On 3 April 2020, the state of national emergency was extended until 13 May 2020^[14] and on 11 April the Minister of Youth and Sports Krasen Kralev confirmed that no mass participation sports events and full training sessions will be held until that date.^[15] On 14 May, it was announced that footballers would be given the opportunity to train together over the course of the next three weeks, subject to the observance of strict rules and a gradual increase in the number of participants. The competitive matches resumed on 5 June (with the post-regular season phase – the championship and relegation rounds – shortened in half).^[16] The expectations in mid May were that no fans would be allowed, but on 2 June a decree by Minister of Health Kiril Ananiev permitted the presence of spectators, subject to the restriction that no more than 30% of the stadium capacity is occupied and social distancing in terms of seating is adhered to.^[17] On 12 June, it was decided that since 15 June the stadiums could be filled up to 50% capacity.^[18] On 23 June, a requirement of no more than 1000 spectators per section of the stands was imposed.^[19] The match between Vitosha and Tsarsko Selo was postponed from 26 June to 27 June after it was reported that four Vitosha players and a physiotherapist had tested positive for COVID-19, but their PCR tests eventually produced negative results.^[20] Due to a number of fans and Lokomotiv Plovdiv players who had tested positive in the aftermath of the Bulgarian Cup final, the 9 July match between Lokomotiv Plovdiv and CSKA Sofia (the same teams that contested the final) was held behind closed doors.^[21] After a continuous rise in the number of infections in the period between mid June and early July,^[22] in a decree valid from 10 July, spectators were once again forbidden to attend football matches.^[23]

Footballers with positive tests for COVID-19

In May 2020, prior to the restart of the matches, Emil Viyachki and Krasimir Stanoev tested positive for the coronavirus.^[24] Tomi Juric (in June 2020)^[25] and Martin Kavdanski's results (in July 2020)^[26] also turned out to be positive. In Kavdanski case, his initial result had come back negative due to a laboratory mix-up, as a result of which he played in the match against Cherno More on 2 July.^[27] On 6 July, it was announced that three additional Tsarsko Selo footballers as well as sixteen footballers and staff members from Cherno More had been identified as having the virus.^[28] Between 8 July and 10 July, it was officially confirmed that nine Lokomotiv Plovdiv players and two non-playing personnel members had been infected.^[29][30] Positive tests were also reported for two Dunav Ruse footballers^[31] and one from Botev Plovdiv.^[32] Infected footballers were subject to a 14-day quarantine,^[33] with the majority of them reportedly either asymptomatic or with mild symptoms that did not require hospitalization.^[34]

Teams

Fourteen teams are competing in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Second League.^[35]

Tsarsko Selo Sofia were promoted as champions of the 2018–19 Second League.^[36] This will be their debut in the Bulgarian top tier. Tsarsko Selo replaces Vereya, who were disqualified for match-fixing, ending their 3-year stay in the Bulgarian top tier.^[37][38]

The second team to be promoted was Arda, who earned promotion after winning their play-off match against Septemvri Sofia.^[39] Arda's win meant that the team will make their first appearance in the Bulgarian top tier, while Septemvri ended their two-year stay in the First League.

Stadiums and locations

Arda	Beroe	Botev Plovdiv	Botev Vratsa
Arena Arda	Stadion Beroe	Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912	Stadion Hristo Botev
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 12,128	Capacity: 4,000	Capacity: 12,000
Cherno More	Sofia Arda Beroe Botev Plovdiv Lokomotiv Botev Vratsa Cherno More Dunav Etar Ludogorets Vitosha Sofia teams 2019–20 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) (Bulgaria) CSKA Levski Slavia Tsarsko Selo Location of Sofia teams.		CSKA
Stadion Ticha			Stadion Balgarska Armia
Capacity: 8,250			Capacity: 22,995
Dunav Ruse			Etar
Gradski stadion			Stadion Ivaylo
Capacity: 12,400			Capacity: 15,000
Levski			Lokomotiv
Stadion Georgi Asparuhov			Stadion Lokomotiv
Capacity: 25,000			Capacity: 13,220
Ludogorets	Slavia	Tsarsko Selo	Vitosha
Huvepharma Arena	Stadion Slavia	Arena Tsarsko Selo	Stadion Bistritsa
Capacity: 10,422	Capacity: 25,556	Capacity: 1,550	Capacity: 2,500

Personnel and kits

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
Arda	Nikolay Kirov	Plamen Krumov	Nike[40]	Efbet	—
Beroe	Dimitar Dimitrov	Martin Kamburov	Uhlsport[41]	—	Refan, Ajax Group
Botev Plovdiv	Ferario Spasov	Lachezar Baltanov	Uhlsport[42]	WinBet	—
Botev Vratsa	Antoni Zdravkov	Valeri Domovchiyski	Errea[43]	WinBet	—
CSKA Sofia	Stamen Belchev	Petar Zanev	Adidas[44]	A1 Bulgaria	WinBet, Baristo
Cherno More	Ilian Iliev	Daniel Dimov	Uhlsport	Armeets	—
Dunav Ruse	Lyudmil Kirov	Diyan Dimov	Joma	WinBet	—
Etar	Petko Petkov	Hristo Ivanov	Joma[45]	WinBet	—
Levski Sofia	Georgi Todorov	Zhivko Milanov	Nike[46]	7777.bg	—
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Bruno Akrapović	Dimitar Iliev	Uhlsport[47]	Efbet	General Broker
Ludogorets	Pavel Vrba	Svetoslav Dyakov	Nike	Efbet	Vivacom
Slavia Sofia	Zlatomir Zagorčić	Georgi Petkov	Joma	bet365	Asset Insurance
Tsarsko Selo	Luboslav Penev	Reyan Daskalov	Nike	WinBet	—
Vitosha Bistritsa	Asen Bukarev	Chetin Sadula	Jumper	Efbet	Athletic Fitness

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
Levski Sofia	Georgi Todorov	End of caretaker tenure	29 May 2019	Pre-season	Petar Hubchev	29 May 2019[48]
Etar	Krasimir Balakov	Signed by Bulgaria	29 May 2019		Rosen Kirilov	9 June 2019[49]
Botev Plovdiv	Nikolay Kirov	Sacked	29 May 2019[50]		Željko Petrović	9 June 2019[51]
Vitosha Bistritsa	Rosen Kirilov	Mutual consent	3 June 2019[52]		Engibar Engibarov	6 June 2019[53]
Ludogorets	Stoycho Stoev	Sacked	25 August 2019	2nd	Stanislav Genchev	25 August 2019[54]
CSKA Sofia	Ljupko Petrović	Mutual consent	2 October 2019	4th	Miloš Kruščić	2 October 2019[55]
Botev Plovdiv	Željko Petrović	Sacked	16 October 2019	13th	Ferario Spasov	16 October 2019[56]
Beroe	Aleksandar Tomash	Mutual consent	22 October 2019[57]	8th	Dimitar Dimitrov	23 October 2019[58]
Botev Vratsa	Sasho Angelov		5 November 2019[59]	12th	Antoni Zdravkov	11 November 2019[60]
Etar	Rosen Kirilov		2 December 2019[61]	10th	Petko Petkov	10 December 2019[62]
Vitosha Bistritsa	Engibar Engibarov		17 December 2019[63]	14th	Asen Bukarev	27 December 2019[64]
Ludogorets	Stanislav Genchev	End of caretaker tenure	1 January 2020	1st	Pavel Vrba	1 January 2020[65]
Tsarsko Selo	Nikola Spasov	Mutual consent	1 April 2020[66]	11th	Luboslav Penev	30 April 2020[67]
Arda Kardzhali	Stamen Belchev		14 April 2020[68]	9th	Nikolay Kirov	21 April 2020[69]
Levski Sofia	Petar Hubchev		11 June 2020[70]	4th	Georgi Todorov	11 June 2020[71]
CSKA Sofia	Miloš Kruščić		2 July 2020[72]	3rd	Stamen Belchev	2 July 2020[73]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	26	18	8	0	46	12	+34	62	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26	14	8	4	49	23	+26	50[a]
3	CSKA Sofia	26	14	8	4	41	17	+24	50[a]
4	Levski Sofia	26	14	7	5	43	19	+24	49
5	Slavia Sofia	26	13	6	7	36	28	+8	45
6	Beroe	26	14	1	11	44	34	+10	43
7	Cherno More	26	10	10	6	32	24	+8	40	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Arda	26	7	10	9	27	33	−6	31
9	Botev Plovdiv	26	8	6	12	26	30	−4	30
10	Etar	26	6	9	11	31	45	−14	27
11	Tsarsko Selo	26	7	4	15	24	42	−18	25
12	Botev Vratsa	26	5	7	14	21	46	−25	22
13	Dunav Ruse	26	4	7	15	21	49	−28	19
14	Vitosha Bistritsa	26	1	3	22	15	54	−39	6

Source: Soccerway
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.^[74]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points (GD): Lokomotiv Plovdiv 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BER	BPD	BVR	CHM	CSK	DUN	ETA	LEV	LPD	LUD	SLA	TSS	VIT
Arda	—	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–3	2–5	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–0
Beroe	0–1	—	2–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–4	1–2	2–0	1–0
Botev Plovdiv	1–1	3–1	—	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–1
Botev Vratsa	3–1	1–3	3–0	—	1–1	0–3	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–4	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1
Cherno More	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	—	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0
CSKA Sofia	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	—	4–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	4–0
Dunav Ruse	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	1–4	0–3	0–1	0–0	3–1	2–0
Etar	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–4	5–3	—	0–0	0–5	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–0
Levski Sofia	2–1	1–3	3–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	—	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	—	1–1	3–2	4–0	1–1
Ludogorets	2–0	3–1	2–1	6–0	1–1	0–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	—	0–0	2–0	2–0
Slavia Sofia	2–3	2–4	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	3–2
Tsarsko Selo	0–0	2–1	0–3	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–3	0–2	1–3	—	1–0
Vitosha Bistritsa	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–6	0–4	2–3	0–1	0–1	3–2	—

Source: bulgarian-football.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ludogorets	4	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	11	5	4	5	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
CSKA Sofia	7	11	7	6	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Levski Sofia	1	3	2	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4
Slavia Sofia	5	7	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	6	5	5	5	8	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Beroe	2	6	10	7	5	4	4	6	6	6	6	7	8	7	7	8	7	8	8	9	7	6	6	7	6	6
Cherno More	3	1	3	3	4	6	6	7	7	7	7	5	5	6	6	7	6	5	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	7
Arda	9	10	5	4	6	7	7	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	6	5	6	7	7	9	9	9	8	8	8
Botev Plovdiv	8	4	6	8	10	12	11	9	9	12	13	13	13	13	11	11	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Etar	6	9	8	9	11	11	13	12	12	8	9	11	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Tsarsko Selo	13	12	13	13	13	10	9	13	13	13	11	12	11	11	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Botev Vratsa	12	8	12	11	12	13	10	11	11	11	12	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Dunav Ruse	14	14	11	12	9	9	12	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	13	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13
Vitosha Bistritsa	10	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Source: bulgarian-football.com

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Arda	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	D	D	D	L
Beroe	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W
Botev Plovdiv	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L
Botev Vratsa	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	L
Cherno More	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	W
CSKA Sofia	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D
Dunav Ruse	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L
Etar	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	W
Levski Sofia	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	W
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	D
Ludogorets	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W
Slavia Sofia	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L
Tsarsko Selo	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W
Vitosha Bistritsa	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L

Source: bulgarian-football.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Championship round

Championship round table

Points and goals will carry over in full from regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LUD	CSK	SLA	LEV	LPD	BER
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	31	21	9	1	59	18	+41	72	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round		—	—	—	3–0	6–1	2–1
2	CSKA Sofia	31	16	11	4	52	22	+30	59	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round		1–1	—	—	3–3	—	5–0
3	Slavia Sofia (O)	31	16	7	8	42	32	+10	55	Qualification for the European play-off final		3–1	0–0	—	—	—	—
4	Levski Sofia	31	15	8	8	50	30	+20	53[a]			—	—	1–2	—	1–2	—
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	31	15	8	8	53	35	+18	53[a]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[b]		—	1–2	0–1	—	—	0–2
6	Beroe	31	16	1	14	50	43	+7	49			—	—	2–0	1–2	—	—

Source: Soccerway
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.^[75]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points in the regular season: Levski 4, Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1.
2. Lokomotiv Plovdiv qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Bulgarian Cup.

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.

Team ╲ Round	Initial	1	2	3	4	5
Ludogorets Razgrad	1	1	1	1	1	1
CSKA Sofia	3	2	3	3	2	2
Slavia Sofia	5	5	5	4	4	3
Levski Sofia	4	4	2	2	3	4
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2	3	4	5	5	5
Beroe	6	6	6	6	6	6

Source: bulgarian-football.com

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		CHM	ETA	TSS	VIT
1	Cherno More	29	12	11	6	39	27	+12	47	Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals		—	2–2	—	1–0
2	Etar	29	7	10	12	34	48	−14	31[a]			—	—	0–1	1–0
3	Tsarsko Selo	29	9	4	16	27	46	−19	31[a]	Qualification for the relegation play-offs		1–4	—	—	—
4	Vitosha Bistritsa (R)	29	1	3	25	15	57	−42	6	Relegated to the Second League		—	—	0–1	—

Source: Soccerway
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.^[75]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points in the regular season: Etar 2, Tsarsko Selo 2; GD 3:3; Etar with more away goals.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		BPD	ARD	BVR	DUN
1	Botev Plovdiv	29	10	6	13	32	34	−2	36	Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals		—	—	3–2	3–1
2	Arda	29	8	11	10	28	35	−7	35			1–0	—	—	0–2
3	Botev Vratsa	29	6	8	15	26	50	−24	26	Qualification for the relegation play-offs		—	0–0	—	—
4	Dunav Ruse	29	5	7	17	25	55	−30	22			—	—	1–3	—

Source: Soccerway
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.^[75]

European play-offs

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-final				Final
	Cherno More	1
									Slavia Sofia	2
	Arda	0
					Cherno More	0			Botev Plovdiv	1
					Botev Plovdiv	1
	Botev Plovdiv	1
	Etar	0

European play-off quarter-finals

Cherno More	1–0	Arda
Isa 18'	Report

7 July 2020 (2020-07-07)

18:00 EEST

Stadion Ticha, Varna

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv)

Botev Plovdiv	1–0	Etar
Vutov 29'	Report

7 July 2020 (2020-07-07)

21:00 EEST

Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912, Plovdiv

Attendance: 900

Referee: Georgi Ivanov (Sofia)

European play-off semi-final

Cherno More	0–1	Botev Plovdiv
	Report	Vutov 53'

11 July 2020 (2020-07-11)

20:00 EEST

Stadion Ticha, Varna

Attendance: 0

Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

European play-off final

Slavia Sofia	2–1	Botev Plovdiv
Karabelyov 41' Dimitrov 84'	Report	Anderson 88'

19 July 2020 (2020-07-19)

20:30 EEST

Stadion Slavia, Sofia

Attendance: 0

Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)

Relegation play-offs

Relegation group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		BVR	DUN	TSS
1	Botev Vratsa	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4			—	0–0	—
2	Dunav Ruse (R)	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Relegation play-off against the third from the Second League		—	—	1–0
3	Tsarsko Selo (O)	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0	Relegation play-off against the second from the Second League		0–3	—	—

Source: Soccerway
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.^[75]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Relegation finals

Dunav Ruse	1−4	Montana
Nando 86'	Report	Aytov 28' Tasev 43' Minkov 69' A. Iliev 82'

17 July 2020 (2020-07-17)

20:00 EEST

Stadion Slavia, Sofia

Attendance: 0

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv)

Dunav Ruse are relegated to the Third League.^{[N 1]}

Tsarsko Selo	2−0	Septemvri Sofia
Minchev 19' Mechev 90+4'	Report

18 July 2020 (2020-07-18)

20:00 EEST

Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofia

Attendance: 0

Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

Season statistics

Round	Goal of the week	Club	Save of the week	Club
1	Georgi Amzin vs Slavia	Vitosha Bistritsa	Kristiyan Katsarev vs Slavia	Vitosha Bistritsa
2	Todor Nedelev vs Dunav	Botev Plovdiv	Hristo Ivanov vs Levski Sofia	Etar
3	Rodney Antwi vs Dunav	Tsarsko Selo	Georgi Georgiev vs CSKA Sofia	Slavia
4	Daniel Mladenov vs Botev Plovdiv	Etar	Blagoy Makendzhiev vs Beroe	Dunav
5	Rodney Antwi vs Botev Plovdiv	Tsarsko Selo	Hristo Ivanov vs Slavia	Etar
6	Paulinho vs Vitosha Bistritsa	Levski Sofia	Martin Lukov vs Dunav	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
7	Anton Karachanakov vs Beroe	Tsarsko Selo	Hristiyan Vasilev vs Botev Plovdiv	Vitosha Bistritsa
8	Spas Delev vs Slavia	Arda	Hristo Ivanov vs Beroe	Etar
9	Radoslav Vasilev vs Botev Vratsa	Arda	Georgi Georgiev vs Dunav	Slavia
10	Stanislav Ivanov vs Slavia	Levski Sofia	Miodrag Mitrović vs Botev Plovdiv	Cherno More
11	Rúben Brígido vs CSKA Sofia	Beroe	Yanko Georgiev vs Slavia	Botev Plovdiv
12	Daniel Genov vs Botev Plovdiv	Botev Vratsa	Kristiyan Katsarev vs CSKA Sofia	Vitosha Bistritsa
13	Khaly Thiam vs Arda	Levski Sofia	Martin Lukov vs CSKA Sofia	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
14	Dimitar Iliev vs Cherno More	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Miodrag Mitrović vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Cherno More
15	Kristiyan Malinov vs Cherno More	CSKA Sofia	Johny Placide vs Arda	Tsarsko Selo
16	Rodney Antwi vs Dunav	Tsarsko Selo	Hristo Ivanov vs Cherno More	Etar
17	Ismail Isa vs Slavia	Cherno More	Martin Lukov vs Ludogorets	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
18	Antonio Vutov vs Tsarsko Selo	Botev Plovdiv	Plamen Iliev vs CSKA Sofia	Ludogorets
19	Todor Nedelev vs Beroe	Botev Plovdiv	Georgi Georgiev vs Botev Vratsa	Slavia
20	Todor Nedelev vs Vitosha Bistritsa	Botev Plovdiv	Gustavo Busatto vs Dunav	CSKA Sofia
21	Patrick Andrade vs Dunav	Cherno More	Gustavo Busatto vs Levski Sofia	CSKA Sofia
22	Ivan Stoyanov vs Ludogorets	Etar
23	Gaius Makouta vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Beroe	Johny Placide vs CSKA Sofia Miodrag Mitrović vs Botev Plovdiv	Tsarsko Selo Cherno More
24	Graham Carey vs Beroe	CSKA Sofia	Dušan Perniš vs CSKA Sofia	Beroe
25	Tsvetelin Chunchukov vs Tsarsko Selo	Slavia	Nikolay Krastev vs CSKA Sofia	Vitosha Bistritsa
26			Nikolay Krastev vs Cherno More	Vitosha Bistritsa
27	Todor Nedelev vs Botev Vratsa	Botev Plovdiv
28	Nigel Robertha vs Beroe	Levski Sofia	Milan Mijatovic vs Beroe	Levski Sofia
29	Dan Biton vs CSKA-Sofia	Ludogorets	Gustavo Busatto vs Ludogorets	CSKA-Sofia
30	Ismail Isa vs Arda	Cherno More	Hennadiy Hanyev vs Slavia	Beroe
31	Antonio Vutov vs Cherno More	Botev Plovdiv	Georgi Georgiev vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Levski Sofia

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 12 July 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Martin Kamburov	Beroe	18
2	Ismail Isa	Cherno More	13
	Ali Sowe	CSKA Sofia
4	Dimitar Iliev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	12
	Claudiu Keșerü	Ludogorets
6	Nigel Robertha	Levski Sofia	11
7	Evandro	CSKA Sofia	10
	Radoslav Vasilev	Arda
9	Todor Nedelev	Botev Plovdiv	9
	Stanislav Ivanov	Levski Sofia
	Rodney Antwi	Tsarsko Selo
12	Daniel Mladenov	Etar	8
	Paulinho	Levski Sofia
	Tiago Rodrigues	CSKA Sofia

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Todor Nedelev	Botev Plovdiv	Dunav Ruse	3–1[77]	21 July 2019

Clean sheets

As of 12 July 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Gustavo Busatto	CSKA Sofia	17
2	Milan Mijatović	Levski Sofia	13
3	Martin Lukov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	11
4	Plamen Iliev	Ludogorets	9
	Dušan Perniš	Beroe
6	Georgi Georgiev[a]	Levski Sofia	8
	Krasimir Kostov	Botev Vratsa
	Blagoy Makendzhiev	Dunav
	Miodrag Mitrovic	Cherno More
10	Ivan Karadzhov	Arda	7
	Yanko Georgiev	Botev Plovdiv

1. Includes 8 clean sheets for Slavia Sofia

Transfers

• List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2019
• List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2019–20

Notes

1. Dunav Ruse withdrew from participation from Second League following ownership change and will instead enter the Third League.^[76]

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