2024–25 Bulgarian Women's League

The 2024–25 Bulgarian Women's League is the 32nd season of the Bulgarian Women's League, the top-level women's football league in Bulgaria.

Bulgarian Women's League
Season2024–25
Dates30 August 2024 – June 2025
Matches played11
Goals scored49 (4.45 per match)
Top goalscorerYelyzaveta Kuznetsova
(4 goals)
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 8 September 2024.

NSA Sofia are the defending champions, having claimed their 19th title last season.[1]

Teams

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Twelve teams will contest the 2024–25 Women's League season.[2]

Team Location Ground Capacity 2023–24 season
Dunav Ruse Ruse Dunav Stadium 13,000 11th
Enko Plovdiv Plovdiv Stadium 1,000 10th
Etar VT Veliko Tarnovo Ivaylo Stadium 25,000 9th
Lokomotiv Stara Zagora Lokomotiv Stadium 2,000 2nd
LP Super Sport Sofia Stadion Letishte 3,000 5th
Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad Gnezdo na Orli Complex 2,000 7th
NSA Sofia Sofia NSA Stadium 1,000 1st
Pirin 22 Blagoevgrad Stadion selo Riltsi 1,000 8th
Pladin Plovdiv Paldin Stadium 1,000 4th
Sevlievo Ladies Sevlievo Rakovski Stadium 5,000 6th
Sofia Ladies 2021 Sofia Stadion Vladaia 5,000 12th
Sportika Blagoevgrad Stadion selo Riltsi 1,000 3rd

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Dunav Ruse   Aleksandar Marinov   Lora Atanasova
Enko   Ilia Kunov   Ivanka Dimitrova Krasko
Etar VT   Valentin Vitanov   Spasimira Evstatieva Joma efbet
Lokomotiv   Diana Dineva   Maria Dikelova
LP Super Sport   Desislava Grahlyova   Vivian Orlyova
Ludogorets 1945   Elena Doncheva   Viktoria Genova Jako Navibulgar
NSA Sofia   Valentina Gospodinova   Jessica Coates Jako
Pirin 22   Izabel Barakova   Kristin Kachulska
Pladin   Angel Slavov   Diana-Mihaela Atanasova eat & go
Sevlievo Ladies   Yoana Dzhambazova   Vili Karadakova
Sofia Ladies 2021   Martin Iliev   Nikol Ilieva
Sportika   Radoslav Kresnichki   Milena Karakoleva

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 NSA Sofia 2 2 0 0 27 1 +26 6 Qualification for the UEFA Women's Champions League
2 Lokomotiv 2 2 0 0 11 0 +11 6
3 Sevlievo Ladies 2 2 0 0 6 3 +3 6
4 Sportika 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
5 LP Super Sport 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
6 Etar VT 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
7 Pirin 22 2 1 0 1 8 3 +5 3
8 Paldin 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3
9 Ludogorets 1945 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
10 Enko 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0
11 Dunav Ruse 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0
12 Sofia Ladies 2021 3 0 0 3 2 38 −36 0
Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 2024. Source: Women's Football League Table
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Tiebreakers

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Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Wins in all group matches;
  9. Away wins in all group matches;
  10. Disciplinary points (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point);

Results

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The fixtures for the first half of the league were published on 29 August 2024.[3]

Home \ Away DUN ENK ETA LOK LPS LUD NSA PIR PAL SEV SOF SPO
Dunav Ruse 9 Nov 13 Oct 15 Sept 28 Sept 0–4 26 Oct
Enko 29 Sept 3 Nov 15 Sept 12 Oct 17 Nov
Etar VT 2 Nov 2–0 16 Nov 28 Sept 12 Oct 14 Sept
Lokomotiv 3–0 10 Nov 27 Oct 6 Oct 22 Sept
LP Super Sport 5 Oct 23 Nov 26 Oct 16 Nov 22 Sept
Ludogorets 1945 4–0 21 Sept 2 Nov 16 Nov 5 Oct
NSA Sofia 5 Oct 27 Oct 28 Sept 4–0 10 Nov 23–1
Pirin 22 26 Oct 15 Sept 1–2 21 Sept 9 Nov 5 Oct
Paldin 21 Sept 12 Oct 16 Nov 2 Nov 1–3
Sevlievo Ladies 17 Nov 4–2 13 Oct 3 Nov 29 Sept
Sofia Ladies 2021 22 Sept 6 Oct 0–8 10 Nov 1–7 27 Oct
Sportika 10 Nov 3 Nov 2–1 13 Oct 1–2 29 Sept
Updated to match(es) played on 8 September 2024. Source: Women's League Results and Fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 8 September 2024
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Yelyzaveta Kuznetsova Lokomotiv 4
2   Raya Boneva Lokomotiv 3
  Mirela Moeva Etar VT
  Monika Baliova Sportika
  Denitsa Semkova Pirin 22
  Silvia Naydenova Sevlievo Ladies
7   Gergana Georgieva Paldin 2
  Vyara Peliteva Sevlievo Ladies
  Katerina Maria Ravnachka Ludogorets 1945
10   Polina Rasina NSA Sofia 1
  Lora Vasileva Etar VT
  Ekaterina Zheleva Lokomotiv
  Anna-Maria Trifonova Lokomotiv
  Maria Dikelova Lokomotiv
  Yana Dineva Lokomotiv
  Raya Filipova LP Super Sport
  Zhasmina Atanasova LP Super Sport
  Iv Deskova Ludogorets 1945
  Viktoria Genova Ludogorets 1945
  Polina Demirova NSA Sofia
  Preslava Yordanova NSA Sofia
  Maria Ayanova Pirin 22
  Ebru Dormushali Pirin 22
  Gergana Petkova Pirin 22
  Gabriela Yaneva Pirin 22
  Emili Damyanova Pirin 22
  Nikol Dimanova Paldin
  Tsvetelina Slavcheva Paldin
  Yordanka Parnarova Paldin
  Yoana Tomova Sevlievo Ladies
  Yulia Okseniuk Sofia Ladies 2021
  Iveta Andreycheva Sportika

Clean sheets

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As of 8 September 2024
Rank Player Club Clean
Sheets
1   Lora Rusanina Lokomotiv 2
2   Viktoria Dimova NSA Sofia 1
  Tsveta Encheva Etar VT
  Ognyana Burgodzhieva Paldin
  Martina Ilieva Ludogorets
  Gabriela Genova Ludogorets

Discipline

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As of 8 September 2024
Most yellow cards Total Most red cards Total Ref.
Player 16 Players 1
Club Sevlievo Ladies 5

References

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  1. ^ "НСА вкара 10 гола и завърши по шампионски" [NSA scored 10 goals and finished in a champion's style.]. sportal.bg (in Bulgarian). 8 June 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Изтеглиха жребия за старта на женското футболно първенство" [The draw for the start of the Women's Football Championship has been conducted.]. sportal.bg (in Bulgarian). 17 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Програма на държавното първенство по футбол за жени 2024/2025 г." [Fixtures of the 2024/2025 Women's National Football Championship]. bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
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