Bulgaria 1925/26


State Championship

Participants:

OSO                   Team
Varnenska OSO         Vladislav (Varna)
Shumenska OSO         Sokol (Shumen)
Rusenska OSO          Levski (Ruse)
Tarnovska OSO         Etar (Tarnovo) 
Plevenska OSO           no representative
Vrachanska OSO        Orel (Vratsa)
Bdinska OSO             no representative
Sofiyska OSO          Slavia (Sofia)
Rilska OSO            Levski (Dupnitsa)
Plovdivska OSO        Botev (Pazardzhik)
Haskovska OSO         Borislav (Borisovgrad)
Starozagorska OSO     Beroya (Stara Zagora)
Primorska OSO         Chegan (Burgas)

NB: Borisovgrad now called Parvomay; Tarnovo now called Veliko Tarnovo

Round 1 [Aug 1, 1926]
Sokol (Shumen)              6-0 Etar (Tarnovo)                      
Slavia (Sofia)              9-1 Levski (Dupnitsa)                
Botev (Pazardzhik)          4-0 Beroya (Stara Zagora)           
Chegan (Burgas)             4-1 Borislav (Borisovgrad)      
Vladislav (Varna)           bye
Levski (Ruse)               bye
Orel (Vratsa)               bye

Round 2 [Aug 8, 1926]
Vladislav (Varna)           9-0 Chegan (Burgas)              
Levski (Ruse)               1-0 Sokol (Shumen)                 
Botev (Pazardzhik)          5-1 Orel (Vratsa)                  
Slavia (Sofia)              bye

Semifinals [Aug 15, 1926]
Vladislav (Varna)           5-1 Levski (Ruse)                       
Botev (Pazardzhik)          2-6 Slavia (Sofia)                   

Final [Aug 22, 1926]
Slavia (Sofia)              1-1 Vladislav (Varna)           

Final Replay [Aug 23, 1926]
Slavia (Sofia)              n/p Vladislav (Varna)           
  [Vladislav refused to play the match (the originally appointed referee had not shown
   up and a referee was chosen from among the crowd by the BNSF) and it was awarded to
   Slavia, but Vladislav challenged this decision in court, which ruled the match was
   to be replayed]

Final Replay [Dec 26, 1926]
Slavia (Sofia)              n/p Vladislav (Varna)          
  [the Sofia regional FA (SOSO) forbade Slavia to play the match in protest against the
   decision to revoke their title]

Final Replay [Apr 7, 1927]
Slavia (Sofia)              awd Vladislav (Varna)          [awarded 0-3]
  [again Slavia refused to play the match and the title was awarded to Vladislav]


Sofiyska OSO

NB: for additional data, see Todor Krastev's site

Final Table:

 1. Slavia                   10   8  2  0  41-10  18  Qualified
 2. Levski                   10   6  1  3  32-18  13
 3. Sportklub                10   5  1  4  20-23  11
 4. FK 13                    10   3  2  5  22-20   8
 5. AS 23                    10   4  0  6  18-34   8
 6. Rakovski                 10   0  2  8   8-36   2


Varnenska OSO

Final Table:

 1. Vladislav Varna          10   8  1  1  36- 7  17  Qualified
 2. Shipchenski sokol Varna  10   7  1  2  25-14  15
 3. Ticha Varna              10   7  0  3  31-11  14
 4. Diana Varna              10   2  2  6  14-35   6
 5. Atlant Varna             10   2  1  7  13-31   5
 6. Jupiter Varna            10   1  1  8  10-31   3


Rusenska OSO

Final Table:

 1. Levski Ruse               8   5  2  1  29-11  12  Qualified
 2. Kubrat Ruse               8   5  1  2  17-11  11
 3. Napredak Ruse             8   4  1  3  22-10   9
 4. Angel Kanchev Ruse        8   3  0  5   6-24   6
 5. Pobeda Ruse               8   1  0  7   8-26   2


Plovdivska OSO

NB: for additional data, see Todor Krastev's site

Plovdiv Championship

Final Table:

 1. Botev Plovdiv            10   8  0  2  31-13  16  Qualified
 2. Trakiyska Slava Plovdiv  10   7  1  2  22- 6  15
 3. BP 25 Plovdiv            10   4  2  4  19-14  10
 4. Maritza Plovdiv          10   4  1  5  14-21   9
 5. Bar Kohba Plovdiv        10   2  2  6  11-23   6
 6. Sveti Avgustin Plovdiv   10   2  0  8   8-28   4

Playoff Plovdiv-Pazardzhik

[Jul 18, 1926]
Botev (Plovdiv)             1-3 Botev (Pazardzhik)          

NB: Botev (Pazardzhik) qualified for state championship


1924/25.

1926/27.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

all-time table.

list of cup finals.

list of name changes.


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Thanks to Todor Krastev and Iordan Tsirov

Prepared and maintained by Adri van Veen for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Adri van Veen
Last updated: 26 May 2023

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