| Competition: | First Professional Football League |
| Season: | 2024–25 |
| Dates: | 19 July 2024 – 31 May 2025 |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup3: | Conference League |
| Matches: | 141 |
| Total Goals: | 324 |
| League Topscorer: | Ahmed Ahmedov (15 goals) |
| Best Goalkeeper: | Hans Christian Bernat Plamen Iliev (10 clean sheets) |
| Biggest Home Win: | (3 August 2024) (27 July 2024) (4 December 2024) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (20 July 2024) |
| Highest Scoring: | (20 July 2024) |
| Longest Wins: | 9 games Ludogorets Razgrad |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 16 games Ludogorets Razgrad |
| Longest Winless: | 12 games Lokomotiv Sofia |
| Longest Losses: | 6 games Septemvri Sofia |
| Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
| Updated: | 20:04, 4 December 2024 (UTC) |
The 2024–25 First Professional Football League, also known as efbet League for sponsorship reasons,[1] is the 101st season of the top division of the Bulgarian football league system, the 77th since a league format was adopted for the national competition of A Group as a top tier of the pyramid, and also the 9th season of the First Professional Football League, which decides the Bulgarian champion. The season began on 19 July 2024.
Ludogorets Razgrad are the 13-time defending champions.
As in the last season, 16 teams will compete in the league this year. Two teams were promoted from the 2023–24 Second League, and another place is for the winner of the promotion/relegation playoff.
The first team to earn promotion from the Second League was Spartak Varna, who mathematically secured a top two finish after Marek lost to Sportist Svoge on 3 May.[2] Spartak return to the top level after 1-year absence.
The second team to earn promotion from the Second League was Septemvri Sofia, who mathematically secured a top two finish after winning against Chernomorets Balchik on the last matchday of the season.[3] Septemvri return to the top level also after a 1-year absence.
Additionally, Botev Vratsa managed to defeat Marek with a score of 4–2 after penalties in the promotion/relegation playoff, thus remaining in the First League.[4]
| Arda | Beroe | Botev Plovdiv | Botev Vratsa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Arda | Beroe | Hristo Botev | Hristo Botev | |
| Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 18,777 | Capacity: 25,000 | |
| Cherno More | CSKA 1948 | CSKA Sofia | Hebar | |
| Ticha | Bistritsa | Vasil Levski National Stadium | Georgi Benkovski | |
| Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 4,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 13,000 | |
| Krumovgrad | Levski Sofia | |||
| Nikola Shterev - Starika Sports Complex | Georgi Asparuhov | |||
| Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 18,000 | |||
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Lokomotiv Sofia | |||
| Lokomotiv | Lokomotiv | |||
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 22,000 | |||
| Ludogorets Razgrad | Septemvri Sofia | Slavia Sofia | Spartak Varna | |
| Huvepharma Arena | Lokomotiv | Aleksandar Shalamanov | Spartak | |
| Capacity: 10,500 | Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | |
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | Additional | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arda | Aleksandar Tunchev | Anatoli Gospodinov | Uhlsport | efbet | IK Nataliya Ltd. | |
| Beroe | Josu Uribe |  Juan Pablo Salomoni | Nike | 8888.bg | — | |
| Botev Plovdiv |  Dušan Kerkez | Ivelin Popov | Macron[5] | WinBet | Bitcoin | |
| Botev Vratsa | Hristo Yanev |  Brayan Perea | Erima | WinBet | Vratsa Municipality, Inex, Predsednik Ltd. | |
| Cherno More | Ilian Iliev | Daniel Dimov | Macron | Armeets | — | |
| CSKA 1948 | Ivan Ivanov | Radoslav Kirilov | Puma | efbet | Bachkovo | |
| CSKA Sofia | Aleksandar Tomash | Ivan Turitsov | Macron[6] | WinBet | — | |
| Hebar | Bruno Akrapović | Petar Debarliev | Erima | efbet | — | |
| Krumovgrad | Atanas Ribarski | Bozhidar Katsarov | Uhlsport | Compass Cargo Airlines | Bethub | |
| Levski Sofia | Stanislav Genchev |  Wenderson Tsunami | Adidas[7] | PalmsBet | CT Interactive, Lacrima | |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Hristo Zlatinski (interim) | Dimitar Iliev | Joma[8] | WinBet | General Broker Club | |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | Anton Velkov | Valentin Nikolov | Joma | 8888.bg | VIA 2000 | |
| Ludogorets Razgrad | Igor Jovićević | Anton Nedyalkov | Jako | efbet | Vivacom, Huvepharma, Navibulgar | |
| Septemvri Sofia | Nikolay Mitov | Dimitar Sheytanov | Uhlsport | 8888.bg | ||
| Slavia Sofia |  Zlatomir Zagorčić | Georgi Petkov | Zeus | bet365 | Asset Insurance, SportRespect | |
| Spartak Varna | Nikolay Kirov | Viktor Mitev | Nike | efbet | Intercom Group, Mussala Insurance Broker, 100 Tona |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ludogorets Razgrad | Georgi Dermendzhiev | Resigned | 15 August 2024[9] | 8th | Zahari Sirakov (interim) | 15 August 2024 |
| Spartak Varna | Aleksandar Tomash | Mutual agreement | 28 August 2024[10] | 3rd | Ivan Tsvetanov (interim) | 28 August 2024 |
| CSKA Sofia | Tomislav Stipić | Sacked | 28 August 2024[11] | 13th | Aleksandar Tomash | 28 August 2024[12] |
| Botev Vratsa | Todor Yanchev | 1 September 2024[13] | 13th | Hristo Yanev | 6 September 2024[14] | |
| Spartak Varna | Ivan Tsvetanov | End of interim spell | 5 September 2024 | 3rd | Kyriakos Georgiou | 5 September 2024[15] |
| Ludogorets | Zahari Sirakov | 26 September 2024 | 1st | Igor Jovićević | 26 September 2024[16] | |
| Spartak Varna | Kyriakos Georgiou | Resigned | 28 September 2024[17] | 5th | Ivan Tsvetanov (interim) | 12 October 2024 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | Ivan Kolev | Mutual agreement | 30 September 2024[18] | 12th | Anton Velkov | 30 September 2024[19] |
| Beroe | José Acciari | 30 September 2024[20] | 8th | Josu Uribe | 3 October 2024[21] | |
| Hebar | Veselin Velikov | 1 October 2024[22] | 16th | Yordan Minev (interim) | 12 October 2024 | |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Lyuboslav Penev | 11 October 2024[23] | 10th | Hristo Zlatinski (interim) | 11 October 2024 | |
| Hebar | Yordan Minev | End of interim spell | 16 October 2024[24] | 16th | Bruno Akrapović | 16 October 2024 |
| Spartak Varna | Ivan Tsvetanov | 20 October 2024[25] | 5th | Nikolay Kirov | 20 October 2024 | |
| CSKA 1948 | Valentin Iliev | Sacked | 30 October 2024[26] | 9th | Ivan Ivanov | 30 October 2024 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahmed Ahmedov | Spartak Varna | 15 |
| 2 | Goduine Koyalipou | CSKA Sofia | 13 |
| 3 | Santiago Godoy | Beroe | 7 |
| Rwan Cruz | Ludogorets Razgrad | ||
| 5 | Stanislav Ivanov | Arda | 6 |
| Ante Aralica | Lokomotiv Sofia | ||
| 7 | Aleksandar Kolev | Levski Sofia | 5 |
 Julien Lamy | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||
 Nabil Makni | Hebar | ||
| Mustapha Sangaré | Levski Sofia | ||
| Tonislav Yordanov | Arda | ||
| Ivan Minchev | Slavia | ||
| Borislav Rupanov | Septemvri Sofia | ||
| Erick Marcus | Ludogorets Razgrad | ||
| Kristian Dimitrov | Levski Sofia | ||
 Yevheniy Serdyuk | CSKA 1948 | ||
| Dudu | Cherno More |
| Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans Christian Bernat | Botev Plovdiv | 10 |
| Plamen Iliev | Cherno More | ||
| 3 | Martin Velichkov | Spartak Varna | 8 |
| Yanko Georgiev | Krumovgrad | ||
| 5 | Arthur Motta | Beroe | 7 |
| Sergio Padt | Ludogorets Razgrad | ||
| 7 | Aleksandar Lyubenov | Lokomotiv Sofia | 5 |
| Matej Marković | Levski Sofia | ||
| Anatoli Gospodinov | Arda | ||
| Hendrik Bonmann | Ludogorets Razgrad | ||
| Petar Marinov | CSKA 1948 | ||
| 11 | Plamen Andreev | Levski Sofia | 4 |
| 13 | Federico Barrios | Botev Vratsa | 3 |
| Gustavo Busatto | CSKA Sofia |