2024–25 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

Second Professional Football League
Season	2024–25
Dates	July 2024 – June 2025
Matches played	156
Goals scored	356 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martin Toshev; (12 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Boyan Dishkov; Vasil Simeonov; (5 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Dunav 6–1 Nesebar ; (13 August 2024);
Biggest away win	Botev Plovdiv II 0–5 Dunav Ruse ; (30 September 2024); Pirin Blagoevgrad 0–5 CSKA 1948 II ; (6 October 2024)
Highest scoring	Dunav 6–1 Nesebar ; (13 August 2024); Spartak Pleven 2–5 Dunav ; (20 July 2024); Etar 2–5 CSKA 1948 II ; (16 September 2024);
Longest winning run	6 games; CSKA 1948 II
Longest unbeaten run	11 games; Pirin Blagoevgrad
Longest winless run	13 games; Botev Plovdiv II
Longest losing run	6 games; Botev Plovdiv II
	← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 16:52, 9 November 2024 (UTC).

The 2024–25 Second League will be the 69th season of the Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system, and the 9th season under this name and current league structure.

Teams

The following teams have changed divisions since the 2023–24 season.

To Second League

Promoted from Third League

Introduced reserve teams

Relegated from First League

From Second League

Relegated to Third League

Promoted to First League

Stadium and locations

Location of teams in 2024–25 Second League

No. of teams	Province	Team(s)
2
	Blagoevgrad	Pirin Blagoevgrad, Belasitsa
	Pernik	Minyor Pernik, Strumska Slava
	Veliko Tarnovo	Etar, Lokomotiv GO
	Sofia City	CSKA Sofia II, CSKA 1948 II
1
	Dobrich	Dobrudzha
	Burgas	Nesebar
	Kyustendil	Marek
	Gabrovo	Yantra
	Lovech	Lovech
	Pleven	Spartak Pleven
	Montana	Montana
	Plovdiv	Botev Plovdiv II
	Razgrad	Ludogorets Razgrad II
	Ruse	Dunav Ruse
	Sofia	Sportist Svoge
	Varna	Fratria Varna

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	Pirin Blagoevgrad	16	11	4	1	28	15	+13	37	Promotion to the First League
2	Dobrudzha	16	9	5	2	32	9	+23	32	Promotion to the First League
3	Montana	15	9	5	1	18	6	+12	32	Qualification for the promotion play-off
4	Belasitsa Petrich	15	8	3	4	20	9	+11	27	Qualification for the promotion play-off
5	Ludogorets Razgrad II	15	7	4	4	26	19	+7	25	Ineligible for promotion
6	Spartak Pleven	15	7	4	4	17	16	+1	25
7	Etar	15	7	3	5	25	24	+1	24
8	Yantra	16	7	3	6	22	15	+7	24
9	Dunav Ruse	16	6	5	5	20	21	−1	23
10	Marek Dupnitsa	15	5	7	3	16	11	+5	22
11	CSKA Sofia II	15	6	4	5	16	13	+3	22	Ineligible for promotion
12	CSKA 1948 II	16	6	2	8	25	23	+2	20	Ineligible for promotion
13	Fratria	16	5	5	6	15	17	−2	20
14	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	16	6	1	9	14	19	−5	19
15	Lovech	16	5	3	8	10	13	−3	18
16	Minyor Pernik	16	4	4	8	12	19	−7	16
17	Strumska Slava	15	2	5	8	11	26	−15	11	Relegation to the Third League
18	Sportist Svoge	16	2	5	9	9	19	−10	11
19	Botev Plovdiv II	16	3	2	11	10	31	−21	11
20	Nesebar	16	2	4	10	10	31	−21	10

Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. 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]

Results

Home \ Away	BEL	BOT	CSK	CSS	DOB	DUN	ETV	FRA	LGO	LOV	LUD	MAR	MIN	MON	NES	PIR	SPA	SPO	STR	YAN
Belasitsa P	—				2–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–1		3–0						2–0		3–0
Botev Plovdiv II	1–0	—			0–5	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–2								0–1
CSKA 1948 II	1–1	2–1	—		0–3	1–2					1–2	2–0								1–4
CSKA Sofia II	2–0	2–0		—						0–1	1–1					0–1	0–0	1–2		0–0
Dobrudzha				4–0	—	2–0	0–1		1–0				2–0	0–0	6–1				3–1
Dunav R						—	1–4		2–0	1–0			1–0	1–1	2–0				0–0
Etar			2–5	3–2			—			1–0		2–2	1–1					1–1	5–1
Fratria			0–2		1–1		3–1	—	1–2				1–1	1–2	1–0	0–1			1–1
Lokomotiv GO			1–3				1–0		—	0–0			0–1	0–3				1–0	4–0
Lovech	1–2	3–1	1–0							—	0–0	0–0					0–1			0–1
Ludogorets Razgrad II					1–1	4–1		2–0	2–0		—		5–1	1–2		2–3	3–2
Marek Dupnitsa	1–0	4–0			0–2	1–1		1–0	2–0			—								1–1
Minyor Pk		1–2	1–0	0–1						2–0		1–0	—	0–1	0–0			1–1
Montana			2–0	0–0						1–0		0–0		—	2–0	1–1		1–0		1–0
Nesebar	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–3						1–2	2–2				—	1–5		2–1		0–3
Pirin Blr		2–0	0–5			1–1	4–1		2–0	2–1		1–1				—			1–1
Spartak Pleven					0–0	2–5		0–0					3–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	—		2–0
Sportist Svoge	1–1	2–1	1–1					0–1			0–1	0–2				0–1	0–0	—		0–3
Strumska Slava		3–0	0–2	1–2						0–1		1–1			1–1			1–0	—
Yantra					2–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–2		2–0		1–0			0–1	1–2			—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. 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
Belasitsa	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W
Botev Plovdiv II	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	W
CSKA 1948 II	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D
CSKA Sofia II	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L
Dobrudzha	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W
Dunav Ruse	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	L
Etar	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	W
Fratria	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	L
Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	W
Lovech	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L
Ludogorets Razgrad II	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	L
Marek Dupnitsa	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	W
Minyor Pernik	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L
Montana	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W
Nesebar	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	L
Pirin Blagoevgrad	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W
Spartak Pleven	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W
Sportist Svoge	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	D
Strumska Slava	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	D
Yantra Gabrovo	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. 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
Team ╲ Round
Belasitsa	2	10	7	10	7	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	5	4
Botev Plovdiv II	4	3	4	9	13	15	17	19	17	17	19	19	19	20	20
CSKA 1948 II	14	17	19	20	20	20	20	15	14	10	7	7	11	12	13
CSKA Sofia II	17	20	20	17	19	19	15	16	16	16	15	13	9	6	10
Dobrudzha	9	4	8	3	6	9	7	5	5	5	5	6	4	3	4
Dunav Ruse	1	1	5	7	10	7	10	11	9	14	14	11	8	11	8
Etar	5	7	10	5	5	4	6	10	11	9	6	5	6	8	7
Fratria	10	5	12	13	15	11	12	13	12	15	10	12	12	10	12
Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	18	19	16	18	18	14	11	8	10	13	16	16	16	16	16
Lovech	7	12	6	8	9	13	14	14	15	11	13	15	15	14	14
Ludogorets Razgrad II	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	5	4	5
Marek Dupnitsa	11	13	17	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	11	10	14	13	9
Minyor Pernik	13	14	9	6	4	8	5	7	6	7	9	14	13	15	15
Montana	12	6	2	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	2	2	2	2	2
Nesebar	6	11	15	19	14	15	16	18	19	18	18	20	20	19	18
Pirin Blagoevgrad	8	8	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Spartak Pleven	19	9	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	8	8	10	7	6
Sportist Svoge	16	18	14	16	17	18	19	20	20	19	20	18	18	18	19
Strumska Slava	20	16	11	15	16	17	18	17	18	20	17	17	17	17	17
Yantra Gabrovo	15	15	18	14	8	6	8	6	7	6	12	9	7	9	11

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2024. Source: Bulgarian Football

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 20 October 2024^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Martin Toshev	Yantra Gabrovo	12
2	Aymen Souda	Pirin Blagoevgrad	9
3	Hyusein Kelyovluev	Ludogorets II	8
3	Philip Ejike	Montana	8
5	Iliya Dimitrov	Marek Dupnitsa	7
6	Boris Dimitrov	CSKA 1948 II	6
6	Denislav Angelov	Fratria	6
8	Valentin Yoskov	Pirin Blagoevgrad	5
	Lucas Cardoso	Dobrudzha
	Ivan Kokonov	Etar

Clean sheets

As of 20 October 2024^[3]

Rank	Goalkeeper	Club	Clean sheets
1	Boyan Dishkov	Spartak Pleven	5
1	Vasil Simeonov	Montana	5
3	Krasimir Kostov	Pirin Blagoevgrad	4
4	Daniel Leontiev	Minyor Pernik	3
	Georgi Kitanov	Fratria
	Damyan Hristov	Ludogorets II
	Georgi Argilashki	Dobrudzha
	Konstantin Kostadinov	Marek Dupnitsa

References

^ "Втора професионална лига 2023/24".
^ "Първенства и турнири - регламенти и техническа информация 2024/25". bulgarian-football.com (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Втора професионална лига 2024/25". bulgarian-football.com (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 6 October 2024.

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

[2] "Първенства и турнири - регламенти и техническа информация 2024/25". bulgarian-football.com (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[Stats-3] "Втора професионална лига 2024/25". bulgarian-football.com (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 6 October 2024.

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v t e 2024–25 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	First League Second League Third League Women's League
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Bulgarian Supercup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Conference League
Related to national team	2024–25 UEFA Nations League (League C) 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Ilian Iliev
Club seasons
First League	Arda Beroe Botev Plovdiv Botev Vratsa Cherno More CSKA CSKA 1948 Hebar Krumovgrad Levski Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia Ludogorets Septemvri Slavia Spartak
Summer transfers Winter transfers