2021–22 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

The 2021–22 First Professional Football League, also known as efbet League for sponsorship reasons,^[3] was the 98th season of the top division of the Bulgarian football league system, the 74th since a league format was adopted for the national competition of A Group as a top tier of the pyramid, and also the 6th season of the First Professional Football League, which decides the Bulgarian champion. Ludogorets Razgrad were the defending champions for the 10th consecutive time. They clinched their 11th title with four games to spare on 17 April 2022, following a 4–1 home win over Slavia Sofia.^[4]

First Professional Football League

Season	2021–22
Dates	24 July 2021 – 30 May 2022
Champions	Ludogorets Razgrad (11th title)
Relegated	Tsarsko Selo
Champions League	Ludogorets Razgrad
Europa Conference League	Botev Plovdiv CSKA Sofia Levski Sofia
Matches played	221
Goals scored	540 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pieros Sotiriou (17 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Nikolay Mihaylov (15 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Ludogorets 5–0 Lokomotiv Sofia (20 August 2021) Cherno More 5–0 Botev Vratsa (4 April 2022) Ludogorets 5–0 CSKA Sofia (30 April 2022)
Biggest away win	Arda 0–4 Ludogorets (13 February 2022) Botev Vratsa 0–4 CSKA 1948 (19 February 2022)
Highest scoring	Arda 3–6 CSKA 1948 (22 April 2022)
Longest winning run	7 games Ludogorets
Longest unbeaten run	12 games CSKA Sofia
Longest winless run	14 games Botev Vratsa
Longest losing run	6 games Tsarsko Selo Botev Vratsa
Highest attendance	19,000 Levski Sofia 0–0 CSKA Sofia (6 March 2022)[1]
Lowest attendance	110 Tsarsko Selo 1–1 Ludogorets (19 March 2022)[2]
← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 20:30, 22 May 2022 (UTC).

Summary

This was the last season featuring 14 teams; from next season, the league will expand from 14 to 16 teams, with the 14th placed team from this season being automatically relegated to the Second League, while the first three-placed teams were automatically promoted from the Second League and the 13th placed team from the First League qualified for the relegation play-off, facing the 4th placed team from the second league.

Teams

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top eleven teams from the previous season, the top two teams from the Second League, and the winner of the promotion/relegation play-off between the third-placed team from the 2020–21 Second League and the 12th placed team from the 2020–21 First League.

The first team to earn promotion was Pirin Blagoevgrad, who were promoted after winning 2–0 against Litex Lovech on 23 April 2021.^[5] Pirin returned to the top tier after a 3-year absence, having last competed in the highest level during the 2017–18 season. The second team to earn promotion was Lokomotiv Sofia, who were promoted after winning 4–1 against Septemvri Simitli on 13 May 2021.^[6] Lokomotiv returned to the top tier after a 6-year absence, having last competed in the highest level during the 2014–15 season.

Botev Vratsa won the promotion/relegation play-off 1–0 against Septemvri Sofia on 28 May 2021, thus remaining in the First League.^[7]

Stadia and locations

Arda	Beroe	Botev Plovdiv	Botev Vratsa
Arena Arda	Beroe	Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912	Hristo Botev
Capacity: 11,114	Capacity: 12,128	Capacity: 4,000	Capacity: 12,000
Cherno More	Sofia Arda Beroe Botev Plovdiv Lokomotiv Plovdiv Botev Vratsa Cherno More CSKA 1948 Ludogorets Pirin Sofia teams 2021–22 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) (Bulgaria) CSKA Levski Lokomotiv Slavia Tsarsko Selo Location of Sofia teams.		CSKA Sofia
Ticha			Balgarska Armia
Capacity: 8,250			Capacity: 22,995
CSKA 1948			Levski Sofia
Bistritsa			Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Capacity: 2,500			Capacity: 25,000
Lokomotiv Plovdiv			Lokomotiv Sofia
Lokomotiv			Lokomotiv
Capacity: 13,220			Capacity: 22,000
Ludogorets	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Slavia Sofia	Tsarsko Selo
Huvepharma Arena	Hristo Botev	Aleksandar Shalamanov	Arena Tsarsko Selo
Capacity: 10,422	Capacity: 7,500	Capacity: 25,556	Capacity: 1,550

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	Stamen Belchev	Ivan Kokonov	Nike	efbet	—
Beroe	Petar Hubchev	Georgi Dinkov	Uhlsport[8]	efbet	Refan, Ajax Group
Botev Plovdiv	Azrudin Valentić	Todor Nedelev	Uhlsport[9]	WinBet	—
Botev Vratsa	Gennaro Iezzo	Krasimir Kostov	Erreà	WinBet	Kozloduy NPP[10]
Cherno More	Ilian Iliev	Daniel Dimov	Uhlsport	Armeets	—
CSKA 1948	Nikolay Kirov	Daniel Naumov	Adidas	efbet	Bachkovo
CSKA Sofia	Alan Pardew	Jurgen Mattheij	Adidas	WinBet	A1, Baristo
Levski Sofia	Stanimir Stoilov	Nikolay Mihaylov	Joma	Levski e Vechen[a]	PalmsBet
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Aleksandar Tomash	Dimitar Iliev	Nike[11]	WinBet	General Broker, Money+
Lokomotiv Sofia	Ivan Kolev	Krasimir Miloshev	Joma	Betano	Casa Boyana, Malizia, Intesa, VIA 2000, Club 33
Ludogorets	Ante Šimundža	Anton Nedyalkov	Nike	efbet	Vivacom
Pirin Blagoevgrad	Radoslav Mitrevski	Nikolay Bodurov	Adidas[12]	8888.bg	Belogour Properties, AMFEX
Slavia Sofia	Zlatomir Zagorčić	Georgi Petkov	Uhlsport	bet365	Asset Insurance
Tsarsko Selo	Stefano Maccoppi	Martin Kavdanski	Nike	WinBet	—

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
Botev Vratsa	Veselin Velikov	Resigned	8 June 2021[13]	Pre-season	Daniel Morales	9 June 2021[14]
CSKA Sofia	Lyuboslav Penev	Resigned	25 July 2021	1st	Stoycho Mladenov	26 July 2021[15]
CSKA 1948	Todor Kiselichkov	Mutual consent	26 July 2021	14th	Miroslav Mindev	27 July 2021[16]
Levski Sofia	Zhivko Milanov	Resigned	20 August 2021	12th	Todor Simov (interim)	23 August 2021[17]
CSKA 1948	Miroslav Mindev	Mutual consent	30 August 2021	14th	Nikolay Kirov	3 September 2021[18]
Arda	Nikolay Kirov	Mutual consent	2 September 2021	11th	Dimitar Dimitrov	6 September 2021[19]
Levski Sofia	Todor Simov (interim)	End of interim period	2 September 2021	12th	Stanimir Stoilov	2 September 2021[20]
Arda	Dimitar Dimitrov	Mutual consent	8 September 2021	11th	Georgi Chilikov	8 September 2021[21]
Ludogorets	Valdas Dambrauskas	Sacked	3 October 2021	3rd	Stanislav Genchev (interim)	3 October 2021[22]
Tsarsko Selo	Antoni Zdravkov	Mutual consent	8 October 2021	13th	Lyuboslav Penev	13 October 2021[23]
Arda	Georgi Chilikov	Mutual consent	9 November 2021	7th	Slavko Matić	12 November 2021[24]
Pirin Blagoevgrad	Warren Feeney	Mutual consent	3 December 2021	13th	Radoslav Mitrevski	3 December 2021[25][26]
Arda	Slavko Matić	Sacked	16 December 2021	9th	Stamen Belchev	23 December 2021[27]
Ludogorets	Stanislav Genchev (interim)	End of interim period	3 January 2022	1st	Ante Šimundža	3 January 2022[28]
Tsarsko Selo	Lyuboslav Penev	Mutual consent	8 January 2022	14th	Andrea Sassarini	28 January 2022[29][30]
Beroe	Petar Kolev	Mutual consent	19 January 2022	7th	Petar Hubchev	19 January 2022[31]
Tsarsko Selo	Andrea Sassarini	Sacked	5 March 2022[32]	14th	Stefano Maccoppi	6 March 2022[33]
Botev Vratsa	Daniel Morales	Mutual consent	22 March 2022[34]	13th	Ivaylo Dimitrov	23 March 2022[35]
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Aleksandar Tunchev	Resigned	7 April 2022[36]	8th	Aleksandar Tomash	11 April 2022[37]
CSKA Sofia	Stoycho Mladenov	Resigned	14 April 2022[38]	2nd	Alan Pardew	14 April 2022[39]
Botev Vratsa	Ivaylo Dimitrov	Mutual consent	26 April 2022	13th	Gennaro Iezzo	27 April 2022

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	26	21	1	4	64	23	+41	64	Qualification for the Championship group
2	CSKA Sofia	26	15	7	4	39	25	+14	52
3	Botev Plovdiv	26	13	7	6	34	28	+6	46
4	Cherno More	26	12	9	5	35	18	+17	45
5	Levski Sofia	26	12	6	8	33	25	+8	42
6	Slavia Sofia	26	9	9	8	30	26	+4	36
7	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26	9	7	10	30	35	−5	34	Qualification for the Europa Conference League group
8	Beroe	26	9	5	12	23	27	−4	32
9	CSKA 1948	26	8	6	12	36	37	−1	30
10	Arda	26	7	8	11	27	34	−7	29
11	Pirin Blagoevgrad	26	7	6	13	34	41	−7	27	Qualification for the Relegation group
12	Lokomotiv Sofia	26	6	7	13	22	42	−20	25
13	Botev Vratsa	26	5	7	14	23	48	−25	22
14	Tsarsko Selo	26	3	7	16	15	36	−21	16

Source: soccerway, Bulgarian Football
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.^[40]

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BSZ	BPD	BVR	CHM	CSK	CSS	LEV	LPD	LSO	LUD	PIR	SLA	TSS
Arda	—	1–0	0–2	3–2	0–3	0–0	2–2	0–0	5–1	1–1	0–4	3–0	1–1	2–0
Beroe	1–1	—	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Botev Plovdiv	2–1	2–1	—	2–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–1
Botev Vratsa	0–0	1–0	1–1	—	0–0	0–4	2–4	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	0–0
Cherno More	2–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	—	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1
CSKA 1948	2–3	1–0	2–2	5–1	2–3	—	2–4	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0
CSKA Sofia	2–1	1–0	3–2	4–0	2–0	1–0	—	2–1	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0
Levski Sofia	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	—	2–1	1–0	2–4	3–0	1–2	3–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	—	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	1–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	—	2–4	2–1	1–0	2–1
Ludogorets Razgrad	4–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	5–0	—	3–5	3–1	4–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–0	2–3	0–1	3–1	2–2	4–1	1–1	0–3	2–3	2–1	1–3	—	0–0	2–1
Slavia Sofia	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	—	0–0
Tsarsko Selo	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–5	—

Source: Bulgarian Football
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D
Beroe	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	L
Botev Plovdiv	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W
Botev Vratsa	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W
Cherno More	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L
CSKA 1948	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	D
CSKA Sofia	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	L
Levski Sofia	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W
Lokomotiv Sofia	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L
Ludogorets Razgrad	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W
Pirin Blagoevgrad	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	L
Slavia Sofia	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L
Tsarsko Selo	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	W

Source: Bulgarian Football
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	CSS	BPD	LEV	CHM	SLA
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	31	26	1	4	77	25	+52	79	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round		—	5–0	—	—	1–0	4–1
2	CSKA Sofia	31	16	10	5	42	31	+11	58	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round		—	—	0–0	0–0	—	3–1
3	Botev Plovdiv (O)	31	15	8	8	38	33	+5	53	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off		1–2	—	—	—	1–0	2–1
4	Levski Sofia	31	15	7	9	38	27	+11	52	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[b]		0–1	—	2–0	—	—	—
5	Cherno More	31	12	11	8	36	22	+14	47			—	0–0	—	0–1	—	—
6	Slavia Sofia	31	9	10	12	35	38	−3	37			—	—	—	1–2	1–1	—

Source: Soccerway, Bulgarian Football
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.^[41]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

1. Levski e Vechen (transl. "Levski is Eternal") is the slogan for the latest donations campaign for the club.
2. Levski Sofia qualified for the Europa Conference League by winning the 2021–22 Bulgarian Cup.

Europa Conference League round

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

Europa Conference League round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BSZ	CSK	LPD	ARD
1	Beroe	32	11	8	13	30	33	−3	41[a]	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off		—	1–0	1–0	2–2
2	CSKA 1948	32	11	8	13	51	45	+6	41[a]			2–2	—	1–0	5–1
3	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	32	9	11	12	36	43	−7	38			1–1	1–1	—	0–0
4	Arda	32	8	11	13	38	51	−13	35			1–0	3–6	4–4	—

Source: Soccerway, Bulgarian Football
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.^[42]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Beroe 7, CSKA 1948 4.

Relegation round

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

Relegation round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		LSO	PIR	BVR	TSS
1	Lokomotiv Sofia	32	8	10	14	27	46	−19	34			—	1–0	1–0	0–0
2	Pirin Blagoevgrad	32	9	6	17	40	53	−13	33			2–1	—	3–5	0–2
3	Botev Vratsa (O)	32	6	10	16	30	55	−25	28	Qualification for the relegation play-off		1–1	0–1	—	0–0
4	Tsarsko Selo	32	5	11	16	22	38	−16	26	Dissolved after the season		1–1	3–0	1–1	—

Source: Soccerway, Bulgarian Football
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.^[43]
(O) Play-off winners

Europa Conference League play-off

Botev Plovdiv	2–1	Beroe
Brahimi 38' Konate 48'	Report	Mariani 53'

28 May 2022

18:30 EEST

Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912, Plovdiv

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)

Promotion/relegation play-off

Botev Vratsa	3–2	Etar
Nenov 49' Perea 74' Baurenski 85'	Report	Knežević 89' Ivanov 90+1'

27 May 2022

20:00 EEST

Aleksandar Shalamanov, Sofia

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 22 May 2022^[44]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pieros Sotiriou	Ludogorets	17
2	Jordy Caicedo	CSKA Sofia	16
3	Ivaylo Chochev	CSKA 1948	13
	Dimitar Iliev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
5	Yevheniy Serdyuk	Cherno More	12
6	Dorian Babunski	Botev Vratsa	10
	Bernard Tekpetey	Ludogorets
8	Georgi Minchev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	9
	Octávio	Lokomotiv Sofia
	Galin Ivanov	CSKA 1948
	Tonislav Yordanov	Arda
	Aleksandar Kolev	CSKA 1948
13	Georgi Yomov	CSKA Sofia	8
14	Stanislav Manolev	Pirin Blagoevgrad	7

Clean sheets

As of 22 May 2022

Rank	Goalkeeper	Club	Clean sheets
1	Nikolay Mihaylov	Levski Sofia	15
2	Ivan Dyulgerov	Cherno More	12
3	Yanko Georgiev	Pirin Blagoevgrad[a]	10
4	Gustavo Busatto	CSKA Sofia	9
	Svetoslav Vutsov	Slavia Sofia
	Daniel Naumov	CSKA 1948
7	Georgi Argilashki	Botev Plovdiv	8
	Sergio Padt	Ludogorets
	Krasimir Kostov	Botev Vratsa
	Aleksandar Lyubenov	Lokomotiv Sofia
11	Ivan Karadzhov	CSKA 1948[b]	7
	Hennadiy Hanyev	Beroe

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Georgi Minchev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	CSKA Sofia	3–1 (A)[45]	31 October 2021
Georgi Minchev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Pirin Blagoevgrad	3–2 (A)[46]	27 November 2021
Galin Ivanov	CSKA 1948	Arda	6–3 (A)[47]	22 April 2022
Aleksandar Kolev	CSKA 1948	Arda	5–1 (H)[48]	13 May 2022
Yuliyan Nenov	Botev Vratsa	Pirin Blagoevgrad	5–3 (A)	21 May 2022

Goal of the week

Week	Player	Club	Goal
1	Dimitar Iliev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	v. Ludogorets
2	Bernard Tekpetey	Ludogorets	v. CSKA 1948
3	Spas Delev	Arda	v. Levski Sofia
4	Krasimir Stanoev	Pirin Blagoevgrad	v. CSKA 1948
5	Josué Sá	Ludogorets	v. Lokomotiv Sofia
6	Borislav Tsonev	Levski Sofia	v. Beroe
7	Georgi Milanov	Levski Sofia	v. Lokomotiv Plovdiv
8	Valentin Nikolov	Lokomotiv Sofia	v. Cherno More
9	Georgi Milanov	Levski Sofia	v. CSKA Sofia
10	No winner
11	Bilal Bari	Levski Sofia	v. Lokomotiv Sofia
12	Alex Santana	Ludogorets	v. Botev Plovdiv
13	Spas Delev	Arda	v. CSKA 1948
14	Jurgen Mattheij	CSKA Sofia	v. CSKA 1948
15	Pablo Álvarez	Cherno More	v. Botev Plovdiv
16	Leandro Andrade	Cherno More	v. Beroe
17	Emmanuel Toku	Botev Plovdiv	v. Botev Vratsa
18	Octávio	Lokomotiv Sofia	v. Ludogorets
19	Yuliyan Nenov	Botev Vratsa	v. Lokomotiv Plovdiv
20	Filip Krastev	Levski Sofia	v. Lokomotiv Plovdiv
21	Radoslav Kirilov	Slavia Sofia	v. Ludogorets
22	Jack Lahne	Botev Plovdiv	v. Lokomotiv Plovdiv
23	Mathias Coureur	Cherno More	v. Arda
24	Todor Nedelev	Botev Plovdiv	v. CSKA Sofia
25	Welton Felipe	Levski Sofia	v. Pirin Blagoevgrad
26	Viktor Vasilev	Botev Vratsa	v. Slavia Sofia
27	Bernard Tekpetey	Ludogorets	v. Slavia Sofia
28	Brayan Perea	Botev Vratsa	v. Tsarsko Selo
29	Noah Sonko Sundberg	Levski Sofia	v. Botev Plovdiv
30	Wenderson Tsunami	Levski Sofia	v. Cherno More
31	Filip Krastev	Levski Sofia	v. Slavia Sofia
32	Jack Lahne	Botev Plovdiv	v. Slavia Sofia

Note: The top 3 goals of the week are selected for voting and the winner will be placed here.

Save of the week

Week	Goalkeeper	Club	Save
1	Georgi Georgiev	Cherno More	v. Tsarsko Selo
2	Aleksandar Lyubenov	Lokomotiv Sofia	v. Lokomotiv Plovdiv
3	Aleksandar Lyubenov	Lokomotiv Sofia	v. CSKA 1948
4	Ilko Pirgov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	v. Cherno More
5	Yanko Georgiev	Tsarsko Selo	v. Arda
6	No winner
7	Gustavo Busatto Svetoslav Vutsov	CSKA Sofia Slavia Sofia	v. Slavia Sofia v. CSKA Sofia
8	Daniel Naumov	CSKA 1948	v. Levski Sofia
9	Svetoslav Vutsov	Slavia Sofia	v. Lokomotiv Sofia
10	Kristijan Kahlina	Ludogorets	v. Levski Sofia
11	No winner
12	Kristijan Kahlina	Ludogorets	v. Botev Plovdiv
13	Ivan Dyulgerov	Cherno More	v. Levski Sofia
14	Georgi Argilashki	Botev Plovdiv	v. Pirin Blagoevgrad
15	Krasimir Kostov	Botev Vratsa	v. Levski Sofia
16	Hennadiy Hanyev	Beroe	v. Cherno More
17	Krasimir Kostov Ivan Dyulgerov	Botev Vratsa Cherno More	v. Botev Plovdiv v. Lokomotiv Plovdiv
18	Krasimir Kostov	Botev Vratsa	v. Beroe
19	Nikolay Mihaylov	Levski Sofia	v. Beroe
20	Yanko Georgiev	Pirin Blagoevgrad	v. Lokomotiv Sofia
21	Ivan Dyulgerov	Cherno More	v. Lokomotiv Sofia
22	Hennadiy Hanyev Nikolay Mihaylov	Beroe Levski Sofia	v. Arda v. CSKA Sofia
23	Sergio Padt	Ludogorets	v. Levski Sofia
24	Krasimir Kostov	Botev Vratsa	v. Pirin Blagoevgrad
25	Ivan Dyulgerov	Cherno More	v. Botev Vratsa
26	Martin Lukov	Arda	v. CSKA 1948
27	Daniel Naumov	CSKA 1948	v. Beroe
28	Yanko Georgiev	Pirin Blagoevgrad	v. Lokomotiv Sofia
29	Hennadiy Hanyev	Beroe	v. CSKA 1948
30	Nikolay Mihaylov	Levski Sofia	v. Slavia Sofia

Note: The top 3 goalkeeper saves of the week are selected for voting by Yordan Gospodinov and the winner will be placed here.

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Notes

1. Includes 7 clean sheets for Tsarsko Selo
2. Includes 5 clean sheets for Arda