Bulgarian State Football Championship

Bulgarian State Football Championship

Sport	Football
Founded	1924
Ceased	1944
No. of teams	Various
Country	Bulgaria
Most titles	Slavia Sofia (6 titles)
Related competitions	Republic Championship Bulgarian A Football Group

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.

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.

Bulgarian State Football Championship Champions

Season	Champion	Runner-up
1924	Not Finished
1925	Vladislav Varna	Levski Sofia
1926	Vladislav Varna	Slavia Sofia
1927	Not Finished
1928	Slavia Sofia	Vladislav Varna
1929	Botev Plovdiv	Levski Sofia
1930	Slavia Sofia	Vladislav Varna
1931	AS 23 Sofia	Shipchenski Sokol
1932	Shipchenski Sokol	Slavia Sofia
1933	Levski Sofia	Shipchenski Sokol
1934	Vladislav Varna	Slavia Sofia
1935	Sportklub Sofia	Ticha Varna
1936	Slavia Sofia	Ticha Varna
1937	Levski Sofia	Levski Ruse
1937–38	Ticha Varna	Vladislav Varna
1938–39	Slavia Sofia	Vladislav Varna
1939–40	ZhSK Sofia	Levski Sofia
1941	Slavia Sofia	ZhSK Sofia
1942	Levski Sofia	Makedonija
1943	Slavia Sofia	Levski Sofia
1944	Not Finished

Performances

Performances by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up
Slavia Sofia	6	3
Vladislav Varna	3	4
Levski Sofia	3	4
Shipchenski Sokol	1	2
Ticha Varna	1	2
ZhSK Sofia	1	1
Botev Plovdiv	1	–
AS 23 Sofia	1	–
Sportklub Sofia	1	–
Levski Ruse	–	1
Makedonija	–	1

Notes:

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

Performances by city

City	Winners	Runners-up
Sofia	12	8
Varna	5	8
Plovdiv	1	–
Ruse	–	1
Skopje	–	1

See also

• Bulgarian Republic Football Championship (Champions 1945–1948)
• Bulgarian A Football Group (Champions 1948–present)

References

• Bulgarian-football.com - State Championship. Retrieved on 2009-05-26.