2018–19 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

First Professional Football League

Season	2018–19
Dates	20 July 2018 – 30 May 2019
Champions	Ludogorets Razgrad (8th title)
Relegated	Vereya[1] Septemvri Sofia[2]
Champions League	Ludogorets Razgrad
Europa League	CSKA Sofia Levski Sofia Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Matches played	252
Goals scored	615 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stanislav Kostov (24 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Vytautas Černiauskas (20 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Levski Sofia 7–0 Vereya (26 October 2018)[3]
Biggest away win	Cherno More 1–5 Septemvri Sofia (4 August 2018)[4]
Highest scoring	Slavia Sofia 3–5 Dunav Ruse (12 April 2019)[5]
Longest winning run	11 games by Ludogorets[6]
Longest unbeaten run	19 games Ludogorets[6]
Longest winless run	32 games Vereya[6]
Longest losing run	10 games Septemvri Sofia[6]
Highest attendance	23,000 CSKA Sofia 0–1 Levski Sofia (29 September 2018)[7]
Lowest attendance	30 Septemvri Sofia 2–1 Dunav Ruse (9 December 2018)[8]
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 29 May 2019.

The 2018–19 First Professional Football League was the 95th season of the top division of the Bulgarian football league system, the 71st since a league format was adopted for the national competition of A Group as a top tier of the pyramid and also the 3rd season of the First Professional Football League, which decides the Bulgarian champion. The season began on 20 July 2018 and finished on 30 May 2019. Ludogorets Razgrad became champions for the 8th consecutive time, on the final matchday of the season, with a 4–1 home win over Cherno More Varna.^[9]

Teams

Fourteen teams are competing in the league – the top thirteen teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the Second League.^[10]

Botev Vratsa were promoted as champions of the 2017–18 Second League.^[11] The promoted club replaced Pirin Blagoevgrad, who were relegated after elimination in the relegation play-offs by Vitosha Bistritsa. Botev Vratsa return to the top tier after a 5-year absence, while Pirin Blagoevgrad ended a 3-year stay in the top flight.^[12]

Stadia and locations

Sofia

Beroe
Vereya

Dunav

Cherno More

Etar

Ludogorets

Botev
Lokomotiv

Botev Vratsa

Vitosha

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Location of teams in 2018–19 First League

CSKA

Levski

Septemvri

Slavia

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Sofia 2018–19 First League football clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity (seating)
Beroe	Stara Zagora	Beroe	12,128
Botev	Plovdiv	Botev 1912 Football Complex	4,000
Botev	Vratsa	Hristo Botev	12,000
Cherno More	Varna	Ticha	8,250
CSKA	Sofia	Balgarska Armiya	18,495
Dunav	Ruse	Gradski	12,400
Etar	Veliko Tarnovo	Ivaylo	18,000
Levski	Sofia	Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov	25,000
Lokomotiv	Plovdiv	Lokomotiv	13,000
Ludogorets	Razgrad	Ludogorets Arena	10,422
Septemvri	Sofia	Vasil Levski National Stadium	43,230
Slavia	Sofia	Slavia Vasil Levski National Stadium	25,556 43,230
Vereya	Stara Zagora	Trace Arena	3,500
Vitosha	Bistritsa	Stadion Nikolay Stanislavov	2,500

Personnel and sponsorship

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
Beroe	Aleksandar Tomash	Martin Kamburov	Uhlsport[13]	—	Refan, Ajax Group
Botev Plovdiv	Nikolay Kirov	Lachezar Baltanov	Uhlsport[14]	WinBet[15]	—
Botev Vratsa	Sasho Angelov	Ivaylo Mihaylov	Joma	WinBet	Kozloduy NPP
CSKA Sofia	Dobromir Mitov	Nikolay Bodurov	adidas	A1 Bulgaria	WinBet, Baristo
Cherno More	Ilian Iliev	Georgi Iliev	Uhlsport	Armeets	—
Dunav	Lyudmil Kirov	Martin Kovachev	Joma	WinBet	SanSi
Etar	Krasimir Balakov	Ivan Stoyanov	Joma[16]	WinBet	—
Levski Sofia	Georgi Todorov	Zhivko Milanov	Nike	Efbet	Strabag
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Bruno Akrapović	Bircent Karagaren	Uhlsport[17]	Efbet	General Broker
Ludogorets	Stoycho Stoev	Svetoslav Dyakov	Umbro[18]	Efbet[19]	Vivacom, Spetema
Septemvri Sofia	Hristo Arangelov	Boris Galchev	Uhlsport[20]	Efbet[20]	—
Slavia Sofia	Zlatomir Zagorčić	Georgi Petkov	Joma	bet365	—
Vereya	Ivan Vutov	Ivo Ivanov	Uhlsport	Efbet	Spetema
Vitosha Bistritsa	Rosen Kirilov	Georgi Amzin	Jumper[21]	Efbet[22]	—

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
Vitosha Bistritsa	Kostadin Angelov	Promoted to Director of football	30 May 2018	Pre-season	Rosen Kirilov	1 June 2018[23]
Vereya	Elias	Demoted to assistant^1	4 June 2018		Ivan Kolev	4 June 2018[24]
Ludogorets	Dimitar Dimitrov	Mutual consent	6 June 2018		Paulo Autuori	6 June 2018[25]
CSKA Sofia	Hristo Yanev	End of caretaker tenure	7 June 2018		Nestor El Maestro	7 June 2018[26]
Levski Sofia	Delio Rossi	Mutual consent	18 July 2018		Todor Simov (caretaker)	18 July 2018[27]
	Todor Simov	End of caretaker tenure	31 July 2018	4th	Slaviša Stojanovič	31 July 2018[28]
Vereya	Ivan Kolev	Mutual consent	14 August 2018	14th	Nebojša Miličić	14 August 2018[29]
Dunav	Malin Orachev	Mutual consent	17 September 2018	12th	Tsvetomir Mladenov (caretaker)	17 September 2018[30]
Septemvri	Nikolay Mitov	Mutual consent	28 September 2018	13th	Hristo Arangelov (caretaker)	28 September 2018[31]
Dunav	Tsvetomir Mladenov	End of caretaker tenure	1 October 2018	12th	Lyudmil Kirov	1 October 2018[32]
Ludogorets	Paulo Autuori	Mutual consent	9 October 2018	2nd	Antoni Zdravkov	9 October 2018[33]
Vereya	Nebojša Miličić	Mutual consent	10 January 2019[34]	14th	Oleksandr Sevidov	18 January 2019[35]
Levski Sofia	Slaviša Stojanovič	Mutual consent	21 January 2019[36]	3rd	Georgi Dermendzhiev	21 January 2019[37]
CSKA Sofia	Nestor El Maestro	Mutual consent	7 February 2019	2nd	Lyuboslav Penev	8 February 2019[38]
Ludogorets	Antoni Zdravkov	Mutual consent	6 March 2019	1st	Stoycho Stoev	6 March 2019[39]
Vereya	Oleksandr Sevidov	Mutual consent	25 March 2019	14th	Ivan Vutov	26 March 2019[40]
Levski Sofia	Georgi Dermendzhiev	Mutual consent	29 April 2019[41]	3rd	Georgi Todorov (caretaker)	29 April 2019
CSKA Sofia	Lyuboslav Penev	Resigned	3 May 2019[42]	2nd	Dobromir Mitov (caretaker)	3 May 2019

1.^ No license for First League.

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	26	19	5	2	53	14	+39	62	Qualification for the Championship round
2	CSKA Sofia	26	18	3	5	47	14	+33	57
3	Levski Sofia	26	17	3	6	51	24	+27	54
4	Botev Plovdiv	26	13	6	7	39	21	+18	45
5	Cherno More	26	12	6	8	36	34	+2	42
6	Beroe	26	12	6	8	32	23	+9	42
7	Etar	26	12	4	10	30	27	+3	40	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26	10	5	11	32	28	+4	35
9	Slavia Sofia	26	9	6	11	28	31	−3	33
10	Botev Vratsa	26	9	4	13	29	40	−11	31
11	Vitosha Bistritsa	26	7	4	15	17	39	−22	25
12	Septemvri Sofia	26	6	3	17	23	52	−29	21
13	Dunav Ruse	26	5	5	16	25	47	−22	20
14	Vereya	26	0	6	20	12	60	−48	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.^[43]

Results

Home \ Away	BER	BPD	BVR	CHM	CSK	DUN	ETA	LEV	LPL	LUD	SEP	SLA	VER	VIT
Beroe	—	2−1	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	6–0	0–1
Botev Plovdiv	4−1	—	1–1	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–3	2–0	1–0	4–0	3–0
Botev Vratsa	0–1	0–1	—	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–4	4–1	1–3	3–0	1–0
Cherno More	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–5	1–2	4–2	1–0
CSKA Sofia	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	—	3–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–1	4–0	3–0
Dunav Ruse	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	—	2–4	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–0
Etar	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	3–0	—	1–2	2–0	1–4	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0
Levski Sofia	1–0	4–1	1–3	2–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	—	1–1	0–2	2–0	2−0	7–0	4–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	4–1	0–2	4–0	0–2	0–1	4–1	0–0	1–0	—	0–1	0–2	2–4	3–0	2–1
Ludogorets Razgrad	1–0	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	—	6–0	2–0	2–1	3–0
Septemvri Sofia	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–4	—	1–2	1–0	0–0
Slavia Sofia	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	0−3	1–1	0–0	3–1	—	4–0	0–2
Vereya	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–4	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–1
Vitosha Bistritsa	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	—

Source: bulgarian-football.com
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.

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 Razgrad	5	5	8	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
CSKA Sofia	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Levski Sofia	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3
Botev Plovdiv	12	7	3	5	9	6	7	7	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Cherno More	2	2	9	8	8	5	5	6	7	9	7	8	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
Beroe	6	10	5	3	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	6
Etar	13	8	11	11	12	13	11	9	9	10	8	9	8	8	7	6	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	14	14	12	6	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	9	9	8
Slavia Sofia	7	4	7	10	7	9	9	10	6	8	10	7	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	9
Botev Vratsa	10	13	14	13	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	8	7	8	8	9	8	8	9	10	10	10
Vitosha Bistritsa	3	6	4	7	6	8	8	8	10	7	9	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Septemvri Sofia	8	12	6	9	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Dunav Ruse	11	9	10	12	13	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Vereya	9	11	13	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
Beroe	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L
Botev Plovdiv	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	D
Botev Vratsa	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D
Cherno More	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	D
CSKA Sofia	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W
Dunav Ruse	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D
Etar	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W
Levski Sofia	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W
Ludogorets Razgrad	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W
Septemvri Sofia	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	L
Slavia Sofia	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L
Vereya	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L
Vitosha Bistritsa	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	L

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

Championship round

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LUD	CSK	LEV	BSZ	CHM	BOT
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	36	23	10	3	67	19	+48	79	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round		—	0–0	1–1	0–0	4–1	3–0
2	CSKA Sofia	36	24	6	6	57	17	+40	78	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round		0–0	—	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
3	Levski Sofia (O)	36	20	6	10	64	37	+27	66	Qualification for the European play-off final		0–2	0–2	—	1–2	5–1	1–1
4	Beroe	36	16	10	10	42	30	+12	58			1–1	0–1	3–1	—	2–0	1–1
5	Cherno More	36	15	7	14	44	51	−7	52			2–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	—	1–0
6	Botev Plovdiv	36	14	8	14	44	36	+8	50			0–2	2–0	1–3	0–1	0–2	—

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.^[44]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

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	6	7	8	9	10
Beroe	6	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Botev Plovdiv	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6
Cherno More	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
CSKA Sofia	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Levski Sofia	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Ludogorets Razgrad	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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		ETA	BVR	VIT	VER
1	Etar	32	15	6	11	39	31	+8	51	Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals		—	0–0	2–0	3–0
2	Botev Vratsa	32	13	6	13	49	44	+5	45			1–1	—	3–0	5–0
3	Vitosha Bistritsa	32	10	4	18	26	49	−23	34	Qualification for the relegation play-offs		3–0	2–5	—	2–0
4	Vereya (R, D)	32	0	6	26	13	81	−68	6	Disqualified and relegated to the Second League[a]		0–3	1–6	0–2	—

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.^[48]
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. On 7 May 2019, Vereya were disqualified from the league for match fixing. All results from played matches involving Vereya were retained with the Bulgarian Football Union awarding Septemvri Sofia two wins by 3–0 from their scheduled relegation play-off matches with Vereya and the loser from the relegation play-off match between Dunav Ruse and Vitosha Bistritsa will now face directly the second-placed team from Second League.^[45][46][47]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		SLA	LPL	SEP	DUN
1	Slavia Sofia	32	10	9	13	37	42	−5	39	Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals		—	2–2	0–0	3–5
2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	32	10	8	14	37	37	0	38	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]		1–1	—	1–2	1–1
3	Septemvri Sofia (R)	32	9	6	17	32	58	−26	33	Qualification for the relegation play-offs		3–2	1–0	—	1–1
4	Dunav Ruse	32	7	8	17	36	55	−19	29			0–1	2–0	2–2	—

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.^[49]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Lokomotiv Plovdiv qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Bulgarian Cup.

European play-offs

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Quarter-final 1
	Etar	2	1	3
							Semi-final
	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0	0	0
							Etar	0	2	2
	Quarter-final 2
							Slavia Sofia	1	0	1
	Slavia Sofia	0	1	1
													Final
	Botev Vratsa	0	0	0
													Levski Sofia			1
													Etar			0

European play-off quarter-finals

7 May 2019 (2019-05-07)

17:15 EEST

Botev Vratsa	0–0	Slavia Sofia
	Report

Hristo Botev, Vratsa

Attendance: 600

Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas)

10 May 2019 (2019-05-10)

20:15 EEST

Slavia Sofia	1−0 (a.e.t.)	Botev Vratsa
Chunchukov 99'	Report

Slavia, Sofia

Attendance: 370

Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)

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7 May 2019 (2019-05-07)

19:30 EEST

Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0–2	Etar
	Report	Mladenov 24' Sarmov 39' (pen.)

Lokomotiv, Plovdiv

Attendance: 380

Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)

10 May 2019 (2019-05-10)

17:15 EEST

Etar	1−0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
K. Stoyanov 63'	Report

Ivaylo, Veliko Tarnovo

Attendance: 370

Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)

European play-off semi-finals

20 May 2019 (2019-05-20)

20:00 EEST

Slavia Sofia	1−0	Etar
Yomov 45+1'	Report

Slavia, Sofia

Attendance: 370

Referee: Georgi Ivanov (Sofia)

23 May 2019 (2019-05-23)

20:00 EEST

Etar	2−0	Slavia Sofia
Pehlivanov 23' Angelov 37'	Report

Ivaylo, Veliko Tarnovo

Attendance: 1,700

Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)

European play-off final

28 May 2019 (2019-05-28)

20:00 EEST

Levski Sofia	1−0	Etar
Bojinov 72'	Report

Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia

Attendance: 7,300

Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)

Relegation play-offs

Bracket

	First round						Second round						Third round
	Match 1
	Vitosha Bistritsa	0	0	0
							Match 3
	Dunav Ruse	0	1	1
							Dunav Ruse	0	3	3
	Match 2
							Septemvri Sofia	1	2	3
	Septemvri Sofia	3	3	6
													Match 5
	Vereya	0	0	0
													Septemvri Sofia			0
													Arda			1
							Match 4
							Vitosha Bistritsa	3	3	6
							Vereya	0	0	0
													Match 6
													Vitosha Bistritsa			3
													Montana			0

Winners of matches 3, 5 and 6 will play in the top division next season

First round

8 May 2019 (2019-05-08)

19:30 EEST

Dunav Ruse	0–0	Vitosha Bistritsa
	Report

Gradski, Ruse

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)

13 May 2019 (2019-05-13)

20:00 EEST

Vitosha Bistritsa	0−1	Dunav Ruse
	Report	Isa 16'

Bistritsa Stadium, Bistritsa

Attendance: 340

Referee: Nedelcho Gadzhalov (Plovdiv)

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8 May 2019 (2019-05-08)

19:30 EEST

Vereya	0–3 (Awarded)	Septemvri Sofia
	Report

Trace Arena, Stara Zagora

14 May 2019 (2019-05-14)

20:00 EEST

Septemvri Sofia	3–0 (Awarded)	Vereya
	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Second round

19 May 2019 (2019-05-19)

20:00 EEST

Dunav Ruse	0−1	Septemvri Sofia
	Report	Mandiangu 65'

Gradski, Ruse

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)

22 May 2019 (2019-05-22)

20:00 EEST

Septemvri Sofia	2−3	Dunav Ruse
Z. Dimitrov 5' Galchev 67'	Report	Isa 41' Shterev 44', 73'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 330

Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

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19 May 2019 (2019-05-19)

17:30 EEST

Vereya	0–3 (Awarded)	Vitosha Bistritsa
	Report

Trace Arena, Stara Zagora

22 May 2019 (2019-05-22)

17:30 EEST

Vitosha Bistritsa	3–0 (Awarded)	Vereya
	Report

Bistritsa Stadium, Bistritsa

Vereya are relegated to the Second League.

Third round

29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)

18:30 EEST

Septemvri Sofia	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Arda
	Report	Osman 111'

Lokomotiv, Plovdiv

Attendance: 3,700

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv)

Septemvri Sofia are relegated to the Second League.

30 May 2019 (2019-05-30)

20:00 EEST

Vitosha Bistritsa	3−0	Montana
Dolapchiev 52' Gargorov 90', 90+3'	Report

Slavia, Sofia

Attendance: 520

Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

Season statistics

Round	Goal of the week	Club
1	Martin Kamburov vs Slavia [1]	Beroe
2	Martin Raynov vs Ludogorets [2]	Beroe
3	Martin Kamburov vs Vereya [3]	Beroe
4	Virgil Misidjan vs Vitosha Bistritsa [4]	Ludogorets
5	Slavcho Shokolarov vs Dunav [5]	Slavia
6	Kiril Despodov vs Vereya [6]	CSKA Sofia
7	Anthony Belmonte vs Beroe [7]	Levski Sofia
8	Rúben Pinto vs Cherno More [8]	CSKA Sofia
9	Jerson Cabral vs Vitosha Bistritsa [9] Todor Nedelev vs Ludogorets [10]	Levski Sofia Botev Plovdiv
10	Yulian Nenov vs Slavia [11]	Botev Vratsa
11	Stanislav Manolev vs Septemvri [12]	CSKA Sofia
12	Emil Stoev vs Vereya [13]	Botev Vratsa
13	Ivan Petkov vs Slavia [14]	Etar
14	Stanislav Kostov vs Botev Plovdiv [15]	Levski Sofia
15	Jody Lukoki vs Beroe [16]	Ludogorets
16	Martin Kamburov vs Vereya [17]	Beroe
17	Yanis Karabelyov vs CSKA Sofia [18]	Slavia
18	Todor Nedelev vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv [19]	Botev Plovdiv
19	Todor Nedelev vs Vitosha Bistritsa [20]	Botev Plovdiv
20	Martin Kamburov vs Levski Sofia [21]	Beroe
21	Aristote N'Dongala vs CSKA Sofia [22]	Charno More
22	Emil Stoev vs CSKA Sofia [23]	Botev Vratsa
23	Kristian Dobrev vs Vereya [24]	Botev Plovdiv
24	Davide Mariani vs Slavia [25]	Levski Sofia
25	Dimitar Iliev vs Dunav [26]	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
26	Tiago Rodrigues vs Beroe [27]	CSKA Sofia
27	Kristian Dimitrov vs Levski Sofia [28]	Botev Plovdiv
28	Stanislav Kostov vs Cherno More [29]	Levski Sofia
29	Suad Sahiti vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv [30]	Septemvri
30	Pedro Eugénio vs Cherno More [31]	Beroe
31	Carlos Ohene vs Levski Sofia [32]	Beroe
32	Pedro Eugénio vs Ludogorets [33]	Beroe
33	Paulinho vs Cherno More [34]	Levski Sofia
34	Zhivko Milanov vs Ludogorets [35]	Levski Sofia
35	Tiago Rodrigues vs Levski Sofia [36]	CSKA Sofia
36	Rúben Brígido vs Levski Sofia [37]	Beroe

Top scorers

As of 24 May 2019^[50]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Stanislav Kostov	Levski Sofia	24
2	Claudiu Keșerü	Ludogorets	20
3	Martin Kamburov	Beroe	16
4	Todor Nedelev	Botev Plovdiv	14
5	Ali Sowe	CSKA Sofia	11
	Daniel Mladenov	Etar
	Davide Mariani	Levski Sofia
	Jakub Świerczok	Ludogorets
	Tsvetelin Chunchukov	Slavia Sofia
	Georgi Iliev	Cherno More
	Valeri Bojinov	Levski Sofia[a]

1. Includes 7 goals for Botev Vratsa

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Chris Gadi	Septemvri Sofia	Cherno More	5–1[51]	4 August 2018
Claudiu Keșerü	Ludogorets	Botev Vratsa	4–1[52]	7 October 2018
Claudiu Keșerü	Ludogorets	Etar	4–1[53]	4 November 2018
Borislav Tsonev	Beroe	Vereya	6–0[54]	25 November 2018
Todor Nedelev	Botev Plovdiv	Vitosha Bistritsa	3–0[55]	10 December 2018
Ali Sowe	CSKA Sofia	Septemvri Sofia	5–1[56]	2 March 2019
Ivan Petkov	Etar	Vereya	3–0[57]	21 April 2019
Emil Stoev	Botev Vratsa	Vitosha Bistritsa	5–2[58]	22 April 2019
Jakub Świerczok	Ludogorets	Cherno More	4–1[59]	24 May 2019

Clean sheets

As of match(es) played on 24 May 2019^[60]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Vytautas Černiauskas	CSKA Sofia	20
2	Hristo Ivanov	Etar	16
3	Dušan Perniš	Beroe	14
4	Daniel Kajzer	Botev Plovdiv	13
5	Krasimir Kostov	Botev Vratsa	10
	Renan	Ludogorets
7	Blagoy Makendzhiev	Dunav Ruse[a]	8

1. Includes 4 clean sheets for Cherno More

Transfers

• List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2018
• List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2018–19

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