2023–24 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

Second Professional Football League
Season	2023–24
Dates	14 July 2023 – June 2024
Matches played	157
Goals scored	324 (2.06 per match)
Longest winning run	5 games; Septemvri Sofia
Longest unbeaten run	10 games; Montana; Septemvri Sofia
Longest winless run	9 games; Sportist Svoge
Longest losing run	4 games; Maritsa Plovdiv
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 25 November 2023.

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

Relegated from First League

From Second League

Relegated to Third League

Promoted to First League

Stadium and locations

2023–24 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) is located in Bulgaria

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	Septemvri Sofia	18	11	4	3	27	14	+13	37	Promotion to the First League
2	Spartak Varna	17	10	2	5	26	13	+13	32^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promotion to the First League
3	Marek Dupnitsa	18	8	8	2	19	14	+5	32^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification for the promotion play-off
4	Montana	18	8	6	4	20	13	+7	30
5	Dobrudzha	18	8	5	5	28	18	+10	29
6	Strumska Slava	18	8	4	6	19	15	+4	28
7	Dunav Ruse	17	7	5	5	14	15	−1	26
8	Spartak Pleven	18	8	1	9	20	21	−1	25
9	CSKA 1948 II	17	6	6	5	16	16	0	24^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Ineligible for promotion
10	Yantra	17	6	6	5	20	18	+2	24^{[lower-alpha 2]}
11	Chernomorets Burgas	18	6	6	6	19	19	0	24^{[lower-alpha 2]}
12	Litex Lovech	18	6	4	8	15	20	−5	22
13	Ludogorets Razgrad II	17	6	3	8	19	21	−2	21	Ineligible for promotion
14	Maritsa Plovdiv	18	6	1	11	17	26	−9	19
15	Sportist Svoge	18	4	6	8	17	24	−7	18	Relegation to the Third League
16	Belasitsa Petrich	18	4	5	9	14	21	−7	17
17	Chernomorets Balchik	18	4	3	11	12	25	−13	15
18	Bdin Vidin	17	3	5	9	7	16	−9	14

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2023. 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]
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head points: Spartak Varna 3, Marek Dupnitsa 0.
1 2 3 Head-to-head points: CSKA 1948 Sofia II 6, Yantra Gabrovo 1, GD: +2, Chernomorets Burgas 1, GD: ±0.

Results

Home \ Away	BEL	BDI	CBA	CBU	CSK	DOB	DUN	LIT	LUD	MAR	MRA	MON	SEP	SPA	SPV	SPO	STR	YAN
Belasitsa Petrich	—			1–1		1–1	0–1	0–1		0–0		1–0		0–2	2–0	3–1		2 Dec
Bdin Vidin	1–0	—	0–0	3 Dec	1–1				0–2	0–1	0–1		1–2				1–0	0–0
Chernomorets Balchik	1–3		—	0–0		1–3		3–0			1–0	10 Dec	0–2	0–1		2–0	0–0
Chernomorets Burgas	10 Dec	2–1		—		1–0	1–1	2–1		0–2		0–1		3–0	0–0	1–2
CSKA 1948 II	0–0		2–1	1–0	—		11 Dec		2–1		3–1		2–3		7 Dec	1–1	0–2
Dobrudzha		1–0	4–0		0–0	—	3–0	1 Dec	1–0	6–2					2–0		0–2	2–0
Dunav Ruse		1–1	2–0		0–2		—		2–2	0–0			1–1	1 Dec	0–1		1–0	0–3
Litex Lovech		0–1			3–0	1–1	1–0	—	0–0			0–1	1–0		1–2		10 Dec	0–0
Ludogorets Razgrad II	4–1		1–0	0–1		11 Dec	15 Dec		—		1–0		1–2	0–2		3–1	1–0
Marek Dupnitsa		10 Dec	1–0	3–1	0–0			1–1	1–0	—		0–0		4–1		2–0		1–1
Maritsa Plovdiv	2–0			3–3	3 Dec	1–0	0–1	1–0		0–1	—	1–2		2–1		3–1
Montana		2–0	1–0		0–0	2–2	0–1		3–2	4 Dec		—			1–1		0–1	2–0
Septemvri Sofia	2–0			0–1		2–0		2–0	4 Dec	0–0	3–1	0–0	—	2–1		2–1
Spartak Pleven		0–0			1–0	3–0	0–2	4–1		2–0		0–2	10 Dec	—	2–1			0–1
Spartak Varna		1–0	4–0		2–1				4–0	4–0	2–0		1–2		—	3 Dec	2–0	1–0
Sportist Svoge	1–1	2–0				2–2	0–1	0–1			10 Dec	1–1		1–0	2–0	—		0–0
Strumska Slava	1–0		2 Dec	2–1				2–3		0–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–0		1–1	—
Yantra	2–1	16 Dec	1–3	1–1	0–1				1–1		4–1		3–2		11 Dec		3–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2023. 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
Belasitsa	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	D
Bdin Vidin	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	L
Chernomorets Balchik	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L
Chernomorets Burgas	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	L
CSKA 1948 II	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	D
Dobrudzha	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W
Dunav Ruse	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	L
Litex	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	W
Ludogorets II	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	W
Marek Dupnitsa	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	D	W
Maritsa	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L
Montana	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	L
Septemvri Sofia	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	L
Spartak Pleven	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	W
Spartak Varna	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L
Sportist Svoge	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	D
Strumska Slava	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	W
Yantra Gabrovo	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	D

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2023. 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
Team ╲ Round
Belasitsa	2	7	11	14	12	9	12	13	14	15	16	15	12	13	15	15	16
Bdin Vidin	10	15	16	13	14	15	16	17	18	16	17	17	16	16	17	17	18
Chernomorets Balchik	18	17	17	18	13	17	18	18	16	14	15	14	15	17	16	16	17
Chernomorets Burgas	15	11	10	10	11	13	9	6	8	10	10	8	9	9	10	10	10
CSKA 1948 II	12	8	4	8	7	11	11	11	12	9	11	12	10	10	7	8	8
Dobrudzha	1	2	2	4	6	8	6	8	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	5
Dunav Ruse	9	3	12	5	10	10	10	9	10	7	8	9	8	7	6	5	6
Litex	15	16	7	11	16	14	15	16	13	13	12	13	14	11	14	14	14
Ludogorets II	8	13	15	12	15	12	13	14	15	17	14	16	17	15	11	13	12
Marek Dupnitsa	3	4	3	2	2	4	7	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3
Maritsa	6	10	6	9	9	7	5	7	9	11	13	10	11	12	13	11	13	14
Montana	14	14	13	6	4	3	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4
Septemvri Sofia	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Spartak Pleven	12	18	18	16	17	18	14	12	11	12	9	11	13	14	12	12	11
Spartak Varna	6	12	5	7	3	6	4	2	2	4	5	4	4	4	2	2	2	2
Sportist Svoge	17	9	14	17	18	16	17	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	15
Strumska Slava	5	5	9	15	8	5	8	10	7	8	7	7	7	8	9	7	7
Yantra Gabrovo	10	6	8	3	5	2	3	3	5	6	6	6	6	6	8	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2023. Source: Bulgarian Football

References

↑ "Втора професионална лига 2023/24".
↑ "Първенства и турнири - регламенти и техническа информация 2023/24". bulgarian-football.com (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 31 July 2023.

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[table_hth_SPV0.70974251195311-2] 1 2 Head-to-head points: Spartak Varna 3, Marek Dupnitsa 0.

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[1] "Втора професионална лига 2023/24".

[4] "Първенства и турнири - регламенти и техническа информация 2023/24". bulgarian-football.com (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 31 July 2023.

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