Bulgarian women's football championship

Bulgarian women's football championship
Country	Bulgaria
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1985
Number of teams	8
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Bulgarian Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League
Current champions	FC NSA Sofia (12th title) (2014–15)
Most championships	FC NSA Sofia (12 titles)
2015–16

The Bulgarian national championship of women's football (Bulgarian: Държавно първенство жени) is contested in Bulgarian's top level league.

It features eight teams that play a double round robin to decide the champion, which qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League. Because the few teams in the country the league is closed, that is there is no relegation to a second league.^[1]

2015–16 Teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity (seating)
Akademik–Geo Milev	Sofia	Akademik Stadium	8,000
Beroe	Stara Zagora	Beroe Stadium	12,128
Bolyarki	Veliko Tarnovo	Ivaylo Stadium	25,000
Burgas Ladies	Burgas	Chernomorets Stadium	22,000
Ekomet 90	Plovdiv	Plovdiv Stadium	55,000
LP Super Sport	Sofia	German Stadium	2,000
NSA Sofia	Sofia	NSA Stadium	1,000
Sevlievo Ladies	Sevlievo	Rakovski Stadium	5,000
Sportika	Blagoevgrad	Hristo Botev Stadium	7,500
WFC Varna	Varna	Spartak Stadium	8,000

Champions

A list of champions^[2]

1985/86 Akademik (Sofia)
1986/87 Akademik (Sofia)
1987/88 Akademik (Sofia)
1988/89 CFKA Sredets (Sofia)
1989/90 PFC Akademik Sofia
1990/91 FC NSA Sofia
1991/92 Hebar (Pazardzhik)
1992/93 Lokomotiv (Plovdiv)
1993/94 Grand Hotel Varna
1994/95 Grand Hotel Varna
1995/96 Grand Hotel Varna
1996/97 Grand Hotel Varna
1997/98 Grand Hotel Varna
1998/99 Grand Hotel Varna
1999/00 Grand Hotel Varna
2000/01 Grand Hotel Varna
2001/02 Grand Hotel Varna
2002/03 Grand Hotel Varna
2003/04 LP Super sport (Sofia)
2004/05 FC NSA Sofia
2005/06 FC NSA Sofia
2006/07 FC NSA Sofia
2007/08 FC NSA Sofia
2008/09: FC NSA Sofia
2009/10: FC NSA Sofia
2010/11: FC NSA Sofia
2011/12: FC NSA Sofia
2012/13: FC NSA Sofia
2013/14: FC NSA Sofia^[3]
2014/15: FC NSA Sofia
2015/16: FC NSA Sofia

By club

Titles	Club
12	FC NSA Sofia
10	Grand Hotel Varna
4	Akademik (Sofia)
1	CFKA Sredets (Sofia) Hebar (Pazardzhik) Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) LP Super sport (Sofia)

References

↑ "Women's football across the national associations (2013/14)" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/bulg-womchamp.html
↑ "NSA triumphed title in women's football championship for a record 11th time" (in Bulgarian). focus-sport.net. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.

External links

Official Site
League at uefa.com
League at soccerway.com - standings, results, fixtures
Bulgarian-Football.com

Football in Bulgaria

League competitions	First League Second League Third League (4 divisions) Regional Groups Bulgarian women's football championship

Cup competitions	Bulgarian Cup Bulgarian Supercup Cup of AFL Bulgarian Women's Cup

Defunct competitions	State Championship (1924–1936, 1941–1945) Tsar's Cup (1924–44) National Football Division (1937–1940) Republic Championship (1945–1948) Cup of the Soviet Army (1983–90) BFU's Cup (1990–91) PFL's Cup (1994–97) Doubles Group (2008–2010) A Group (1948-2016)

National teams	Men Women Olympic team (U-23) Under-21 Under-19 Under-17

Lists	Clubs Stadiums Foreign players National team results

Awards	Footballers' Footballer of the Year

BFU PFL

Top level women's football leagues of Europe (UEFA)

Active	Albania Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Defunct leagues	Azerbaijan Belgium & Netherlands Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union

Top level women's association football leagues around the world

Africa (clubs)

Asia (clubs)

West Asia	Jordan Women's Football League (Jordan)

Central Asia	Kowsar Women Football League (Iran) Kyrgyzstan Women's Championship (Kyrgyzstan) Uzbek women's football championship (Uzbekistan)

South Asia	Indian Women's League (India) National Women Football Championship (Pakistan)

East Asia	Chinese Women's Super League (China PR) Chinese Taipei women's football championship (Chinese Taipei) Hong Kong Women League (Hong Kong) Nadeshiko League (Japan) WK League (Korea Republic)

Southeast Asia	W-League (Australia/New Zealand) Pertiwi Cup (Indonesia) PFF Women's League (Philippines) Thai Women's Premier League (Thailand) Vietnam women's football championship (Vietnam)

Europe (clubs)

North & Central America,
and the Caribbean (clubs)

North America	National Women's Soccer League (USA/Canada)

Caribbean	JFF/SDF Women’s League (Jamaica)

Oceania (clubs)

National Women's League (New Zealand)

South America (clubs)

Geography of women's association football

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