Bulgarian Republic Football Championship
Bulgarian Republic Football Championship trophy
Sport	Football
Founded	1945
Ceased	1948
No. of teams	16–24
Country	Bulgaria
Most titles	Levski Sofia (2 titles)
Related competitions	State Championship Bulgarian A Football Group

The Republic Football Championship was a national football competition in Bulgaria, successor of the State Championship. It was organised for only four years between 1945 and 1948. After 1948 it was reorganised as a Republic Football Group. ^[1]

Format

The championship was a knockout tournament featuring clubs that had finished at the top of six regional divisions. These divisions were round-robin tournaments that included football clubs from different geographic areas.

Season	Champions (titles)	Runner-up
1945	Lokomotiv Sofia (2)	Sportist Sofia
1946	Levski Sofia (4)	Lokomotiv Sofia
1947	Levski Sofia (5)	Lokomotiv Sofia
1948	Septemvri pri CDV (1)	Levski Sofia

Notes:

Bold indicates Double winners – i.e. League and Bulgarian Cup winners.

Performances

Performances by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up
Levski Sofia	2	1
Lokomotiv Sofia	1	2
Septemvri pri CDV	1	–
Sportist Sofia	–	1

Notes:

Italics indicates clubs no longer exist.

Performances by city

City	Winners	Runners-up
Sofia	4	4

References

^ "Bulgaria - List of Champions".

v t e Bulgarian football championship seasons
State Championship (National Football Division)	1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1941 1942 1943 1944
Republic Championship	1945 1946 1947 1948
A Group	1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
First League	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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Liechtenstein is the only UEFA member association without a national league.

Format

Performances

Performances by club

Performances by city

See also

References