First Professional Football League

The First Professional Football League (Bulgarian: Първа професионална футболна лига), known in short as Parva Liga (Bulgarian: Първа лига), is the top-level league of men's association football in Bulgaria. The league was founded in 1924 as the Bulgarian State Football Championship, and was later known by several other names, most recently Bulgarian A Professional Football Group from 2003 to 2016. The current name was adopted for the 2016–17 season.^[1]

First Professional Football League

Founded	1924 (as BSFC)
Country	Bulgaria
Level on pyramid	1
Most championships	CSKA Sofia (31 titles)
Website	www.fpleague.bg

The current champions are Ludogorets Razgred, who have won the last seven titles (2012 to 2018).^[2]

Results

Bulgarian State Football Championship

Season	Winner	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 GP	–
1943	Slavia Sofia (6)	Levski Sofia	–
1944	Not finished

Bulgarian Republic Football Championship

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place
1945	Lokomotiv Sofia (2)	Sportist Sofia	–
1946	Levski Sofia (4)	Lokomotiv Sofia	–
1947	Levski Sofia (5)	Lokomotiv Sofia	–
1948	CSKA Sofia (1)	Levski Sofia	–

A Group

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place
1948–49	Levski Sofia (6)	CSKA Sofia	Lokomotiv Sofia
1950	Levski Sofia (7)	Slavia Sofia	Akademik Sofia
1951	CSKA Sofia (2)	Spartak Sofia	Levski Sofia
1952	CSKA Sofia (3)	Spartak Sofia	Lokomotiv Sofia
1953	Levski Sofia (8)	CSKA Sofia	Cherno More Varna
1954	CSKA Sofia (4)	Slavia Sofia	Lokomotiv Sofia
1955	CSKA Sofia (5)	Slavia Sofia	Spartak Varna
1956	CSKA Sofia (6)	Levski Sofia	Botev Plovdiv
1957	CSKA Sofia (7)	Lokomotiv Sofia	Levski Sofia
1958	CSKA Sofia (8)	Levski Sofia	Spartak Pleven
1958–59	CSKA Sofia (9)	Slavia Sofia	Levski Sofia
1959–60	CSKA Sofia (10)	Levski Sofia	Lokomotiv Sofia
1960–61	CSKA Sofia (11)	Levski Sofia	Botev Plovdiv
1961–62	CSKA Sofia (12)	Spartak Plovdiv	Levski Sofia
1962–63	Spartak Plovdiv (1)	Botev Plovdiv	CSKA Sofia
1963–64	Lokomotiv Sofia (3)	Levski Sofia	Slavia Sofia
1964–65	Levski Sofia (9)	Lokomotiv Sofia	Slavia Sofia
1965–66	CSKA Sofia (13)	Levski Sofia	Slavia Sofia
1966–67	Botev Plovdiv (2)	Slavia Sofia	Levski Sofia
1967–68	Levski Sofia (10)	CSKA Sofia	Lokomotiv Sofia
1968–69	CSKA Sofia (14)	Levski Sofia	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1969–70	Levski Sofia (11)	CSKA Sofia	Slavia Sofia
1970–71	CSKA Sofia (15)	Levski Sofia	Botev Vratsa
1971–72	CSKA Sofia (16)	Levski Sofia	Beroe Stara Zagora
1972–73	CSKA Sofia (17)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Slavia Sofia
1973–74	Levski Sofia (12)	CSKA Sofia	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1974–75	CSKA Sofia (18)	Levski Sofia	Slavia Sofia
1975–76	CSKA Sofia (19)	Levski Sofia	Akademik Sofia
1976–77	Levski Sofia (13)	CSKA Sofia	Marek Dupnitsa
1977–78	Lokomotiv Sofia (4)	CSKA Sofia	Levski Sofia
1978–79	Levski Sofia (14)	CSKA Sofia	Lokomotiv Sofia
1979–80	CSKA Sofia (20)	Slavia Sofia	Levski Sofia
1980–81	CSKA Sofia (21)	Levski Sofia	Botev Plovdiv
1981–82	CSKA Sofia (22)	Levski Sofia	Slavia Sofia
1982–83	CSKA Sofia (23)	Levski Sofia	Botev Plovdiv
1983–84	Levski Sofia (15)	CSKA Sofia	Spartak Varna
1984–85	Levski Sofia (16)	CSKA Sofia	Trakia Plovdiv
1985–86	Beroe Stara Zagora (1)	Botev Plovdiv	Slavia Sofia
1986–87	CSKA Sofia (24)	Levski Sofia	Botev Plovdiv
1987–88	Levski Sofia (17)	CSKA Sofia	Botev Plovdiv
1988–89	CSKA Sofia (25)	Levski Sofia	Etar Veliko Tarnovo
1989–90	CSKA Sofia (26)	Slavia Sofia	Etar Veliko Tarnovo
1990–91	Etar Veliko Tarnovo (1)	CSKA Sofia	Slavia Sofia
1991–92	CSKA Sofia (27)	Levski Sofia	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1992–93	Levski Sofia (18)	CSKA Sofia	Botev Plovdiv
1993–94	Levski Sofia (19)	CSKA Sofia	Botev Plovdiv
1994–95	Levski Sofia (20)	Lokomotiv Sofia	Botev Plovdiv
1995–96	Slavia Sofia (7)	Levski Sofia	Lokomotiv Sofia
1996–97	CSKA Sofia (28)	Neftochimic Burgas	Slavia Sofia
1997–98	Litex Lovech (1)	Levski Sofia	CSKA Sofia
1998–99	Litex Lovech (2)	Levski Sofia	Velbazhd Kyustendil
1999–00	Levski Sofia (21)	CSKA Sofia	Velbazhd Kyustendil
2000–01	Levski Sofia (22)	CSKA Sofia	Velbazhd Kyustendil
2001–02	Levski Sofia (23)	Litex Lovech	CSKA Sofia
2002–03	CSKA Sofia (29)	Levski Sofia	Litex Lovech
2003–04	Lokomotiv Plovdiv (1)	Levski Sofia	CSKA Sofia
2004–05	CSKA Sofia (30)	Levski Sofia	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
2005–06	Levski Sofia (24)	CSKA Sofia	Litex Lovech
2006–07	Levski Sofia (25)	CSKA Sofia	Lokomotiv Sofia
2007–08	CSKA Sofia (31)	Levski Sofia	Lokomotiv Sofia
2008–09	Levski Sofia (26)	CSKA Sofia	Cherno More Varna
2009–10	Litex Lovech (3)	CSKA Sofia	Levski Sofia
2010–11	Litex Lovech (4)	Levski Sofia	CSKA Sofia
2011–12	Ludogorets Razgrad (1)	CSKA Sofia	Levski Sofia
2012–13	Ludogorets Razgrad (2)	Levski Sofia	CSKA Sofia
2013–14	Ludogorets Razgrad (3)	CSKA Sofia	Litex Lovech
2014–15	Ludogorets Razgrad (4)	Beroe Stara Zagora	Lokomotiv Sofia
2015–16	Ludogorets Razgrad (5)	Levski Sofia	Beroe Stara Zagora

First Professional Football League

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place
2016–17	Ludogorets Razgrad (6)	CSKA Sofia	Levski Sofia
2017–18	Ludogorets Razgrad (7)	CSKA Sofia	Levski Sofia

Result table

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Winning Years(s)
CSKA Sofia	31	23	1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2008
Levski Sofia	26	32	1933, 1937, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009
Ludogorets Razgrad	10	–	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Slavia Sofia	7	10	1928, 1930, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1996
Lokomotiv Sofia	4	6	1940, 1945, 1964, 1978
Cherno More Varna	4	6	1925, 1926, 1934, 1938
Litex Lovech	4	1	1998, 1999, 2010, 2011
Botev Plovdiv	2	2	1929, 1967
Spartak Varna	1	2	1932
Spartak Plovdiv	1	1	1963
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1	1	2004
Beroe Stara Zagora	1	1	1986
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	1	–	1991
Sportklub Sofia	1	–	1935
Athletic Slava 1923	1	–	1931