Bulgaria 1937/38

State Division

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

Final Table:

 1. Ticha Varna              18   9  7  2  26-17  25       Champions
 2. Vladislav Varna          18   8  6  4  42-20  22
 3. Shipka Sofia             18   8  6  4  33-20  22
 4. FK 13 Sofia              18   8  4  6  31-30  20
 5. Slavia Sofia             18   8  4  6  30-30  20
 6. Levski Ruse              18   7  5  6  27-23  19
 7. Levski Sofia             18   7  4  7  30-26  18  [C]
 8. Chernomorets Burgas      18   4  4 10  30-40  12                  [g.a.: 0.75]
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 9. Botev Plovdiv            18   5  2 11  27-44  12       Relegated  [g.a.: 0.61]
10. Georgi Drazhev Yambol    18   3  4 11  18-44  10       Relegated

Cross Table:
               Tic Vla Shi FK  Sla LeR LeS Che Bot Dra
Ticha          xxx 2:1 2:1 4:1 0:0 0:0 1:0 2:2 4:2 1:0
Vladislav      0:0 xxx 2:2 3:3 4:0 3a0 3:1 1:1 7:0 3:0
Shipka         1:1 2:2 xxx 3:0 1:2 1:3 1:1 1:0 3a0 7:0
FK 13          1:2 2:2 4:1 xxx 0:0 1:0 1:0 3:2 1:5 2:0
Slavia         2:1 2:1 0:1 2:1 xxx 6:1 1:5 1:2 5:1 1:1
Levski Ruse    1:1 0:2 1:2 0:2 1:1 xxx 1:1 4:0 3:0 4:1
Levski Sofia   4:1 0:3 0:2 2:1 2:0 0:0 xxx 6:1 2:1 3:2
Chernomorets   0:1 0:4 1:3 2:2 2:3 0:1 2:2 xxx 2:1 8:0
Botev          0:2 2:0 1:1 1:4 3:4 1:3 3:1 3:1 xxx 2:0
Drazhev        1:1 3:1 0:0 1:2 3a0 1:4 2:0 2:4 1:1 xxx

NB: 3a0 denotes award of 3:0; Slavia and Levski Ruse did not show for their matches
    at Drazhev and Vladislav respectively; original result of Shipka-Botev was 3:1

Promotion Playoff

NB: contested between 16 regional champions;
    for additional data, see Todor Krastev's site

SO                    Team
Varnenska SO          Shipchenski sokol (Varna)
Shumenska SO          Nikola Simov (Targovishte)
Rusenska SO           Dobrudzha (Ruse)
Tarnovska SO          Atanas Hadzhi Slavchev (Pavlikeni)
Balkanska SO          Chardafon (Gabrovo)
Plevenska SO          Belite orleta (Pleven)
Vrachanska SO         Tsar Krum (Byala Slatina)
Bdinska SO            Maria Luisa (Lom)
Sofiyska SO           AS 23 (Sofia)
Rilska SO             Levski (Dupnitsa)
Pirinska SO           Botev (Gorna Dzhumaya)
Plovdivska SO         Sportklub (Plovdiv)
Haskovska SO          Bulgaria (Haskovo)
Starozagorska SO      Svetoslav (Stara Zagora)
Primorska SO          Levski (Burgas)
Tundzhanska SO        Botev (Yambol)

NB: Gorna Dzhumaya currently called Blagoevgrad

Round 1 [Aug 14, 1938]
AS 23 (Sofia)               6-1 Botev (Gorna Dzhumaya)
Levski (Burgas)             5-0 Svetoslav (Stara Zagora)
Shipchenski sokol (Varna)   1-1 Atanas Hadzhi Slavchev (Pavlikeni)
Belite orleta (Pleven)      1-2 Chardafon (Gabrovo)         
Dobrudzha (Ruse)            5-3 Nikola Simov (Targovishte)
Maria Luisa (Lom)           2-0 Tsat Krum (Byala Slatina)
Botev (Yambol)              1-1 Bulgaria (Haskovo)
Sportklub (Plovdiv)         1-0 Levski (Dupnitsa)

Round 1 Replays [Aug 15, 1938]
Shipchenski sokol (Varna)   3-3 Atanas Hadzhi Slavchev (Pavlikeni)
Botev (Yambol)              4-0 Bulgaria (Haskovo)

Round 1 Second Replay [Aug 28, 1938]
Hadzhi Slavchev (Pavlikeni) 3-1 Shipchenski sokol (Varna)   

Quarterfinals
[Aug 21, 1938]
Levski (Burgas)             0-4 AS 23 (Sofia)               
Maria Luisa (Lom)           3-1 Dobrudzha (Ruse)            
Sportklub (Plovdiv)         2-1 Botev (Yambol)              
[Sep 1, 1938]
Hadzhi Slavchev (Pavlikeni) 4-0 Chardafon (Gabrovo)         

Semifinals
[Aug 28, 1938]
Maria Luisa (Lom)           2-3 Sportklub (Plovdiv)         
[Sep 11, 1938]
Hadzhi Slavchev (Pavlikeni) 1-3 AS 23 (Sofia)               

Final [Sep 18, 1938]
AS 23 (Sofia)               5-3 Sportklub (Plovdiv)         

NB: both finalists promoted

Sofiyska SO

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

Final Table:

 1. AS 23                    10   8  2  0  40- 8  18  Qualified
 2. Botev                    10   4  4  2  19-14  12
 3. ZhSK                     10   4  3  3  20-10  11 
 4. Sportklub                10   4  1  5  15-23   9
 5. Rakovski                 10   3  2  5  16-26   8
 6. Benkovski                10   0  2  8   8-37   2

Plovdivska SO

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

Plovdiv Championship

Final Table:

 1. Sportklub Plovdiv        12  10  1  1  43-12  21  Qualified
 2. Levski Plovdiv           12   8  0  4  31-16  16
 3. Maritsa Plovdiv          12   6  4  2  28-20  16
 4. Petar Parchevich Plovdiv 12   4  4  4  25-20  12
 5. Sokol Plovdiv            12   4  2  6  14-33  10
 6. Shipka Plovdiv           12   2  4  6  19-29   8
 7. General Kolov Plovdiv    12   0  1 11   8-38   1

Playoff Plovdiv-Pazardzhik

First Leg [Jul 24, 1938]
Sportklub (Plovdiv)         4-1 Botev (Pazardzhik)          

Second Leg [Jul 26, 1938]
Botev (Pazardzhik)          0-3 Sportklub (Plovdiv)         

NB: Sportklub (Plovdiv) qualified for promotion playoff

1936/37.

1938/39.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

all-time table.

list of cup finals.

list of name changes.

About this document

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