2023–24 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

Second Professional Football League

Season	2023–24
Dates	14 July 2023 – June 2024[1]
Champions	Spartak Varna
Promoted	Spartak Varna Septemvri Sofia
Relegated	Bdin Vidin Chernomorets Balchik Chernomorets Burgas Maritsa Plovdiv
Matches played	306
Goals scored	663 (2.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ahmed Ahmedov (21 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Konstantin Kostadinov (20 clean sheets)
Longest winning run	6 games Spartak Varna
Longest unbeaten run	10 games Montana Septemvri Sofia
Longest winless run	14 games Bdin Vidin
Longest losing run	6 games Bdin Vidin Maritsa Plovdiv
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 11:01, 25 May 2024 (UTC).

The 2023–24 Second League is the 68th season of the Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system, and the 8th season under this name and current league structure.

Teams

The following teams have changed divisions since the 2022–23 season.

To Second League Promoted from Third League Chernomorets Balchik Bdin Vidin Chernomorets Burgas Marek Dupnitsa Relegated from First League Spartak Varna Septemvri Sofia

From Second League Relegated to Third League Botev Plovdiv II Vitosha Bistritsa Sozopol Minyor Pernik Promoted to First League Etar Veliko Tarnovo Krumovgrad

Stadium and locations

Belasitsa

Bdin

Chernomorets Balchik

Chernomorets

CSKA 1948 II

Dobrudzha

Dunav

Litex

Ludogorets II

Marek

Maritsa

Montana

Septemvri

Spartak Pleven

Spartak Varna

Sportist

Strumska Slava

Yantra

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Location of teams in 2022–23 Second League

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Belasitsa	Petrich	Tsar Samuil	12,000
Bdin	Vidin	Georgi Benkovski	15,000
Chernomorets Balchik	Balchik	Balchik	2,600
Chernomorets Burgas	Burgas	Lazur	18,037
CSKA 1948 II	Sofia	Bistritsa	2,500
Dobrudzha	Dobrich	Druzhba	12,500
Dunav	Ruse	Gradski	13,000
Litex	Lovech	Gradski	8,100
Ludogorets II	Razgrad	Eagles' Nest	2,000
Marek	Dupnitsa	Bonchuk	16,000
Maritsa	Plovdiv	Maritsa	5,000
Montana	Montana	Ogosta	6,000
Septemvri	Sofia	Dragalevtsi	1,800
Spartak Pleven	Pleven	Pleven	22,000
Spartak Varna	Varna	Spartak	6,000
Sportist	Svoge	Chavdar Tsvetkov	3,500
Strumska Slava	Radomir	Gradski	3,500
Yantra	Gabrovo	Hristo Botev	14,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Spartak Varna (C, P)	34	23	3	8	60	28	+32	72	Promotion to the First League
2	Septemvri Sofia (P)	34	19	8	7	46	26	+20	65
3	Marek Dupnitsa (Q)	34	16	13	5	36	26	+10	61	Qualification for the promotion play-off
4	Montana	34	16	9	9	46	31	+15	57
5	Strumska Slava	34	14	9	11	34	28	+6	51
6	Dobrudzha	34	14	8	12	43	34	+9	50[a]
7	CSKA 1948 II	34	13	11	10	39	36	+3	50[a]	Ineligible for promotion
8	Yantra	34	12	11	11	39	37	+2	47
9	Dunav Ruse	34	12	10	12	30	36	−6	46
10	Spartak Pleven	34	13	6	15	29	32	−3	45[b]
11	Litex Lovech	34	12	9	13	30	36	−6	45[b]
12	Ludogorets Razgrad II	34	11	11	12	39	39	0	44	Ineligible for promotion
13	Belasitsa Petrich	34	12	7	15	37	33	+4	43
14	Sportist Svoge	34	10	10	14	36	45	−9	40
15	Chernomorets Burgas (R)	34	9	11	14	33	41	−8	38	Relegation to the Third League
16	Chernomorets Balchik (R)	34	10	6	18	36	49	−13	36
17	Maritsa Plovdiv (R)	34	9	3	22	31	56	−25	30
18	Bdin Vidin (R)	34	5	7	22	19	50	−31	22

Source: bulgarian-football.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Dobrudzha finished ahead of CSKA 1948 Sofia II on head-to-head away goals scored: Dobrudzha 0–0 CSKA 1948 Sofia II, CSKA 1948 Sofia II 1–1 Dobrudzha
2. Spartak Pleven finished ahead of Litex on head-to-head goals: Spartak Pleven 4, Litex 1

Results

Home \ Away	BEL	BDI	CBA	CBU	CSK	DOB	DUN	LIT	LUD	MAR	MRA	MON	SEP	SPA	SPV	SPO	STR	YAN
Belasitsa Petrich	—	4–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–0
Bdin Vidin	1–0	—	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–3	1–2	0–1	0–1	4–3	1–0	0–0
Chernomorets Balchik	1–3	6–0	—	0–0	1–3	1–3	2–0	3–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	2–1
Chernomorets Burgas	1–3	2–1	2–0	—	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–2
CSKA 1948 II	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	—	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–2	2–3	1–1	0–5	1–1	0–2	0–0
Dobrudzha	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	0–0	—	3–0	0–1	1–0	6–2	4–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–0
Dunav Ruse	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	—	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–3
Litex Lovech	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	—	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0
Ludogorets Razgrad II	4–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	—	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–4	3–1	1–0	2–1
Marek Dupnitsa	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	—	1–0	0–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1
Maritsa Plovdiv	2–0	3–2	0–2	3–3	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	—	1–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	3–1	4–1	1–2
Montana	1–3	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	3–2	2–1	5–0	—	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0
Septemvri Sofia	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	—	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–2
Spartak Pleven	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	0–2	4–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	—	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–1
Spartak Varna	1–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	—	2–2	2–0	1–0
Sportist Svoge	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–4	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	—	1–0	0–0
Strumska Slava	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	—	1–0
Yantra	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	4–1	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	—

Source: bulgarian-football.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Belasitsa	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L
Bdin Vidin	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W
Chernomorets Balchik	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L
Chernomorets Burgas	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	D
CSKA 1948 II	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	W
Dobrudzha	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L
Dunav Ruse	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	W
Litex	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	L
Ludogorets II	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	D
Marek Dupnitsa	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	D
Maritsa	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D
Montana	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	W
Septemvri Sofia	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W
Spartak Pleven	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	L
Spartak Varna	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W
Sportist Svoge	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L
Strumska Slava	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	D
Yantra Gabrovo	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	D

Source: Bulgarian Football
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Belasitsa	2	7	11	14	12	9	12	13	14	15	16	15	12	13	15	15	16	16	16	16	13	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Bdin Vidin	10	15	16	13	14	15	16	17	18	16	17	17	16	16	17	17	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chernomorets Balchik	18	17	17	18	13	17	18	18	16	14	15	14	15	17	16	16	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16
Chernomorets Burgas	15	11	10	10	11	13	9	6	8	10	10	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	12	13	14	11	13	13	14	13	13	13	15	14	14	15	15	15
CSKA 1948 II	12	8	4	8	7	11	11	11	12	9	11	12	10	10	7	8	8	9	11	9	9	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	10	7	7
Dobrudzha	1	2	2	4	6	8	6	8	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	7	8	8	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6
Dunav Ruse	9	3	12	5	10	10	10	9	10	7	8	9	8	7	6	5	6	7	8	12	10	13	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	12	12	9
Litex	15	16	7	11	16	14	15	16	13	13	12	13	14	11	14	14	14	12	10	11	12	12	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	7	9	10	11
Ludogorets II	8	13	15	12	15	12	13	14	15	17	14	16	17	15	11	13	12	13	13	10	11	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	11	11	12
Marek Dupnitsa	3	4	3	2	2	4	7	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Maritsa	6	10	6	9	9	7	5	7	9	11	13	10	11	12	13	11	13	14	14	14	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	17	17	17	17
Montana	14	14	13	6	4	3	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Septemvri Sofia	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Spartak Pleven	12	18	18	16	17	18	14	12	11	12	9	11	13	14	12	12	11	8	7	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	11	8	9	10
Spartak Varna	6	12	5	7	3	6	4	2	2	4	5	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sportist Svoge	17	9	14	17	18	16	17	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14
Strumska Slava	5	5	9	15	8	5	8	10	7	8	7	7	7	8	9	7	7	6	5	6	6	7	8	9	8	8	7	7	8	11	8	6	5	5
Yantra Gabrovo	10	6	8	3	5	2	3	3	5	6	6	6	6	6	8	9	9	10	9	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8

Source: Bulgarian Football

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 24 May 2024[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ahmed Ahmedov	Spartak Varna	21
2	Preslav Yordanov	Dobrudzha	14
	Daniel Mladenov	Yantra
4	Veselin Marchev	Maritsa	11
5	Zapro Dinev	Belasitsa	9
	Vasil Shopov	Spartak Pleven
	Zhivko Petkov	Chernomorets Burgas
	Stanislav Malamov	Maritsa
	Iliyan Kapitanov	Litex
	Borislav Marinov	Septemvri Sofia
11	Rumen Rumenov	Spartak Varna	8
	Borislav Nikolov	Strumska Slava
	Yoan Yordanov	Ludogorets II
	Miroslav Budinov	Dunav
	Vasil Bozhinov	Spartak Pleven

Most assists

As of 24 May 2024[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Dimitar Burov	Montana	10
	Steven Kirilov	Strumska Slava/Montana
3	Aykut Ramadan	Septemvri Sofia	9
4	Ahmed Ahmedov	Spartak Varna	7
	Preslav Yordanov	Dobrudzha
	Veselin Lyubomirov	Marek
	Cassiano Bouzon	Chernomorets Balchik
	Romeesh Ivey	Spartak Varna
9	Veselin Marchev	Maritsa	6
	Viktor Mitev	Spartak Varna
	Rumen Rumenov	Spartak Varna

Clean sheets

As of 24 May 2024[3]

Rank	Goalkeeper	Club	Clean sheets
1	Konstantin Kostadinov	Marek	20
2	Dragomir Petkov	Strumska Slava	18
3	Dimitar Sheytanov	Septemvri Sofia	15
4	Vasil Simeonov	Montana	14
	Stanislav Antonov	Spartak Pleven
6	Aleks Bozhev	Litex	13
7	Georgi Argilashki	Dobrudzha	12
8	Georgi Georgiev	Spartak Varna	11

References

1. "Втора професионална лига 2023/24".
2. "Първенства и турнири - регламенти и техническа информация 2023/24". bulgarian-football.com (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
3. "Втора професионална лига 2023/24". bulgarian-football.com (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 5 May 2024.