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 played62
Goals scored288 (4.65 per match)
Top goalscorerMonika Baliova
(17 goals)
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 17 November 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 10 10 0 0 66 4 +62 30 Qualification for the UEFA Women's Champions League
2 Ludogorets 1945 11 8 1 2 37 11 +26 25
3 Sportika 10 8 0 2 40 8 +32 24
4 Sevlievo Ladies 10 7 0 3 26 12 +14 21
5 Paldin 10 6 0 4 24 19 +5 18
6 Lokomotiv 10 5 2 3 21 8 +13 17
7 LP Super Sport 10 5 2 3 14 13 +1 17
8 Pirin 22 11 5 0 6 26 26 0 15
9 Etar VT 10 2 1 7 16 28 −12 7
10 Dunav Ruse 10 2 0 8 4 29 −25 6
11 Enko 11 1 0 10 7 34 −27 3
12 Sofia Ladies 2021 11 0 0 11 7 96 −89 0
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 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 NSA SPO LUD SEV PIR LOK LPS PAL ETA ENK DUN SOF
NSA Sofia 4–0 4–0 3–1 3–0 7–0 23–1
Sportika 1–2 2–1 1–2 PPD 2–1 14–0
Ludogorets 1945 2–1 4–1 4–0 7–1 4–0
Sevlievo Ladies 6–1 1–0 PPD 4–2 2–0
Pirin 22 1–6 1–4 2–0 1–2 1–2 5–0
Lokomotiv 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–3 3–0
LP Super Sport 23 Nov 0–4 2–1 1–0 5–0
Paldin 0–6 1–3 2–3 3–1 4–1
Etar VT 1–2 0–2 2–2 0–4 2–0 PPD
Enko 0–8 0–7 0–1 0–2 6–1
Dunav Ruse 0–2 0–4 0–3 0–2 0–4 1–0
Sofia Ladies 2021 0–11 0–8 1–7 0–8 2–7 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 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 17 November 2024
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Monika Baliova Sportika 17
2   Polina Rasina NSA Sofia 16
3   Polina Demirova NSA Sofia 13
4   Katerina Ravnachka Ludogorets 12
5   Nikol Dimanova Paldin 9
  Jessica Coates NSA Sofia
  Mariela Petrova Ludogorets
8   Mirela Moeva Etar VT 7
  Silvia Naydenova NSA Sofia
  Vasilena Stefanova Sportika
11   Preslava Yordanova NSA Sofia 6
  Gergana Georgieva Paldin
  Iv Deskova Ludogorets

Clean sheets

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As of 23 October 2024
Rank Player Club Clean
Sheets
1   Lora Rusanina Lokomotiv 4
2   Teodora Tsareva Pirin 22 3
  Milena Karakoleva Sportika
  Viktoria Simova Sevlievo ladies
5   Mayya Staneva LP Super Sport 2
  Anabel Nikolova NSA Sofia
  Martina Ilieva Ludogorets
8   Viktoria Dimova NSA Sofia 1
  Tsveta Encheva Etar VT
  Ognyana Burgodzhieva Paldin
  Darena Radeva Paldin
  Aleksandra Hristova Lokomotiv

Hat-tricks

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Player Club Against Result Date
  Raya Boneva Lokomotiv Sofia ladies 8–0 (A) 1 September 2024
  Denitsa Semkova Pirin Sofia ladies 7–1 (A) 8 September 2024
  Ivelina Pavlova NSA Sofia Sofia ladies 23–1 (H) 14 September 2024
  Jessica Coates NSA Sofia Sofia ladies 23–1 (H) (4) 14 September 2024
  Preslava Yordanova NSA Sofia Sofia ladies 23–1 (H) 14 September 2024
  Polina Rasina NSA Sofia Sofia ladies 23–1 (H) (4) 14 September 2024
  Polina Demirova NSA Sofia Pirin 6–1 (A) 21 September 2024
  Katerina Ravnachka Ludogorets Etar VT 7–1 (H) 21 September 2024
  Monika Baliova Sportika LP Super Sport 4–0 (A) 21 September 2024
Sofia Ladies 14–0 (A) (4) 29 September 2024
Pirin 4–1 (A) 5 October 2024
  Vasilena Stefanova Sportika Sofia Ladies 14–0 (A) 29 September 2024
  Maria Rikeva Sportika Sofia Ladies 14–0 (A) 29 September 2024
  Mirela Moeva Etar VT Sofia Ladies 7–2 (A) (4) 5 October 2024
  • 4 Player scored four goals

Discipline

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As of 23 October 2024
Most yellow cards Total Most red cards Total Ref.
Player   Emili Damyanova (Pirin) 4   Demet Ahmedova (Dunav Ruse)
  Oleksandra Babiuk (Lokomotiv)
  Kristiyana Dimitrova (Paldin)
  Anna Valcheva (Sofia Ladies 2021)
  Tsveta Dimitrova (Sofia Ladies 2021)
1
Club Sevlievo Ladies 12 Sofia Ladies 2021 2

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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