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Bulgarian State Football Championship

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Sport
  
Ceased
  
1944

Country
  
Founded
  
1924

No. of teams
  
Various

Most titles
  
Slavia Sofia(6 titles)

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.

Contents

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.

Performances by club

Notes:

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

    Notes:

  • Skopje, was part of Bulgaria during World War II.
  • References

    Bulgarian State Football Championship Wikipedia


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