Bulgarian League and Cup winners

Notes

•  1: 1923/24 no extra time played because of darkness. Vladislav refuse to replay the game on the next day in Sofia, and leave for Varna, demanding the replay to be staged there. BNSF at first sets a new date for the replay which is again to take place in Sofia, then give in and allow for the game to be played in Varna, but only if Vladislav and the SBSF cover the losses for the Sofia replay that didn't take place. At the end BNSF and Vladislav do not reach final agreement and the championship is abandoned.
•  2: PFC Cherno More Varna is named after the Black Sea and it was officially established on February 18, 1945, when the two teams from the city FC Vladislav (1916) and SC Ticha (1913) merged together to form a new club.
  Bulgarian State Football Championship: Winners (4): 1925, 1926, 1934 (as Vladislav Varna) 1938 (as Ticha Varna).
•  3: 1925/26 as per regulations, the final was to be replayed again in Sofia the following day. The teams were present, but the appointed referee didn't show up. BNSF immediately found among the crowd and appointed a new referee. Vladislav on their turn chose their own referee, however he declined to be in charge of the game. Nevertheless Vladislav refused to play with the BNSF appointed substitute referee and left the field. Slavia were duly awarded the match and the title. Vladislav however challenged this decision in court, and their appeal won. Because of this BNSF had to comply and a new match was scheduled for 26 Dec 1926. Both teams agreed to this, but Sofiyska OSO forbid Slavia to play as they felt the decision to revoke the awarded title was unjust. New arguments ensued and yet another date for the replay was set - 7 Apr 1927. Slavia though again complied with the decision by SOSO and boycotted the game. Because of this, this time the championship title was finally awarded to Vladislav.
•  4: 1926/27 Following the bitter dispute from last season, that dragged on well into the spring of 1927, Slavia (Sofia), which won Sofiyska OSO, refused to enter the championship. Furthermore, only three other OSO winners were determined before the alotted deadline for participation in the State championship. Those were Vladislav (Varna) from Varnenska OSO, Levski (Ruse) from Rusenska OSO and Levski (Plovdiv) from Plovdivska OSO. Because of this the championship for this season had to be cancelled.
•  5: Botev Plovdiv names
  1912-1946 Botev
  1947-51 DNV
  1952-57 DNA
  1957 SKNA
  1957-1968 Botev
  1968-1989 Trakia
  1989 Botev Plovdiv
•  6: 1923 – 1948 (AS-23)
  On October 28, 1923 Sofia football clubs Athletic Sofia (founded in 1910 as Klub Futbol) and Slava Sofia (founded in 1916) merged into Athletic Slava 1923 (Officer's Sport Club Athletic Slava 1923, short AS-23 under the patronage of the Ministry of War which provided the equipment. In 1931 AS-23 won the Bulgarian championship and The Tsar's Cup, followed by another Tsar's Cup in 1941. The stadium of AS-23 has named Athletic Park (finished in 1938) is on the spot where is present stadium Bulgarska Armia. With the partnership of Mihail Mihaylov from Shipka Sofia, The AS-23, the united team of Shipka-Podeda and Spartak from the 5th District merged into Chavdar Sofia. The unifying agreement was signed in November 9, 1944 in Sofia. Gen. Vladimir Stoychev from AS-23 was appointed as the new club's chairman as a result. Ivan Bashev was also appointed secretary and the person in charge of football.
•  7: PFC Spartak Varna was officially founded on August 28, 1918, under the name SC Sokol.
  Bulgarian State Football Championship: Winners (1): 1932 (as Shipchenski Sokol).
•  8: Sportclub (Sofia).
•  9: FK 13 (Sofia).
• 10: Shipka Sofia.
• 11: ZhSK (Sofia).
• 12: CSKA has carried a plethora of names throughout its history.
  1948 to 1948/49 Septemvri pri CDV - September at the Central House of the Troops
  1950 Narodna Voiska - People's Army
  1951 to 1952 CDNV - Central House of the People's Troops
  1953 Otbor na Sofiyskiya Garnizon - Team of the Sofia Garrison
  1954 to 1961/62 CDNA - Central House of the People's Army
  1962/63 to 1967/68 CSKA "Cherveno zname" - CSKA "Red Flag"
  1968/69 to 1984/85 CSKA "Septemvriysko zname" - CSKA "Septemvriisko Zname"
  1985/86 to 1988/89 CFKA "Sredets" - Central Football Club of the Army "Sredets"
  1989/90 CSKA - Central Sports Club Of The Army.
• 13: Since its establishment, Levski is one of the two most successful clubs in the country,having won 55 official national trophies(record) - 26 A PFG titles, 26 national cups and 3 super cups. Levski is the only Bulgarian club that has spent its entire history playing in the first division, from 1924 to 1944 in the State Championship, from 1945 to 1948 in the Republic Championship and from 1948 to date in the A PFG.
  In 1949 the authorities changed the club's name to Dinamo following the Soviet traditions, but after the destalinization of Bulgaria, it was reverted back in 1957.
  Following the new wave of political reform in the Eastern Block after the Prague Spring, in 1969 and against the wishes of the majority of its supporters, Levski was merged with Spartak Sofia and put under the auspice of the Bulgarian interior ministry. The name of the club was once again changed, this time to Levski-Spartak. The name of the team was changed to Vitosha by the authorities following the disruptions during and after the Bulgarian Cup final in 1985. It wasn't until 1989 and the Fall of the Berlin Wall that the club officially abolished the artificially imposed and hated title Vitosha and returned to being simply Levski.
  1914 Levski
  1949 Dinamo
  1957 Levski
  1969 Levski-Spartak
  1986 Vitosha
  1989 Levski


• 14: Spartak Sofia was formed in 1947. In 1969 it was merged with Levski Sofia. In 1990 the two clubs were seperated, although Levski Sofia became the parent club. The club no longer exists.


• 15: Abandoned by Levski in the 75th minute with the score at 1-0 for Slavia. The game was awarded 4-0 to Slavia (adding 3 goals to the one made), and the Cup was given to them.


• 16: Note.


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• 20: In 1969 Lokomotiv Sofia was united with Slavia Sofia for a brief period to 1971 and is associated with the Bulgarian railway workers

Research

I've cross referenced as much as possible and added links to the new club website where possible. Many thanks goes to the RSSSF Archive, which was an invaluable source of information whenever an insolvable fact was needed. If you need to find a football answer, it will be on there somewhere.