Bulgarian football in Other Leagues from Football.co.uk
A football (initially called ритнитоп, ritnitop, "kickball") match was first played in Varna's High School for Boys in 1894, and the game was brought to Sofia by Charles Champaud the following year. Akademik (Svishtov) 110,577 +22 24 4625. Albena'97 (Obrochishte) 23,574 +5 79 8985. Among the founders of the Turkish team Galatasaray S.K. Asenosport (Asenovgrad) 57,105 -6 21 5758. Balkan (Botevgrad) 84,115 +19 40 7041. Bdin (Vidin) 40,530 -14 60 7778. Belasitsa (Petrich) 176,292 +16 11 4312. Belite orli (Pleven) 71,914 -21 28 4950. Beroe (Stara Zagora) 105,660 +25 13 5026. Botev (Plovdiv) 85,684 -26 13 3940. Botev (Vratsa) 123,305 +4 20 5221. Chavdar (Byala Slatina) 99,995 +31 30 6131. Cherno more (Varna) 153,558 -5 7 1415. Chernomorets (Balchik) 18,498 -8 78 8687. Chernomorets (Burgas) 93,318 -19 14 3334. Chernomorets (Chernevo) 29,899 -7 73 9081. CSKA (Sofia) 309,855 +4 2 6 3. Dobrich 2000 (Dobrich) 57,987 -16 40 6457. Dobrudzha (Dobrich) 133,386 -10 5 1718. Dulovo'98 (Dulovo) 56,299 -3 47 6061. Dunav (Ruse) 180,979 +26 9 3510. Dunav'98 (Selanovtsi) 93,877 +52 32 8633. Energia (Targovishte) 47,116 -10 62 7273. Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 12,637 -48 39 8788. Fair play (Varna) 60,619 -34 19 5354. Gigant (Belene) 21,996 -19 58 8586. Haskovo (Haskovo) 32,210 +2 79 8280. Hebar (Sofia) 64,836 +35 50 8652. In 1962, Bulgaria first qualified for a FIFA World Cup tournament, and, although participating in 1966, 1970 and 1974, was eliminated in the group stage without recording a win. In the 1986 FIFA World Cup, Bulgaria did reach the round of 16, but still did not win a single match.
It was introduced in 1893�1894 by Swiss gymnastics teachers invited to the country. Kaliakra (Kavarna) 12,224 -5 53 8889. Kameno (Kameno) 52,109 +14 66 8367. Koneliano (German) 72,995 -36 12 4849. Kosmos (Burgas) 56,895 +10 58 8759. Levski (Dolna Banya) 76,641 +15 45 8146. Levski (Omurtag) 34,116 -13 59 7879. Levski (Sofia) 320,560 0 1 1 2. Levski 1986 (Strazhitsa) 49,925 -32 25 6970. Levski'96 (Glavinitsa) 45,332 -33 41 7475. Liteks (Lovech) 262,325 -2 2 8 5. Lokomotiv (Dryanovo) 81,662 +22 42 6443. Lokomotiv (Gorna Oryahovitsa) 73,595 -18 29 4748. Lokomotiv (Kaspichan) 40,899 -29 47 7677. Lokomotiv (Mezdra) 62,087 +6 52 8953. Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 176,922 -7 3 1011. Lokomotiv (Sofia) 103,000 -7 4 2728. Lokomotiv'98 (Novi Iskar) 82,986 +1 41 4242. Lokomotiv-Chicago Atletik (Ruse) 47,338 -35 35 7172. Loviko (Suhindol) 87,945 -15 22 4538. Makedonska slava (Blagoevgrad) 127,185 +13 18 3220. Marek (Dupnitsa) 293,343 +45 3 48 4. Maritsa (Plovdiv) 56,881 -41 18 5960. Metalik (Sopot) 86,435 +17 38 8039. Minyor (Bobov dol) 26,116 -53 30 8384. Minyor (Pernik) 157,841 +41 13 6514. Montana (Montana) 55,603 +12 57 7564. Neftohimik (Burgas) 195,568 -1 2 6 7. OFK Devnya (Devnya) 116,168 +22 23 4524. OFK Sliven 2000 (Sliven) 54,690 -15 48 6465. Olimpik (Teteven) 91,021 -3 31 4435. Orlovets (Pobeda) 51,167 +5 51 7268. Pavlikeni (Pavlikeni) 29,729 -11 70 8882. PFC Botev Plovdiv was founded in 1912, PFC Slavia Sofia in 1913, and PFC Levski Sofia in 1914. Pirin (Blagoevgrad) 95,397 -21 10 4132. Pirin (Gotse Delchev) 50,969 +3 68 7669. Pomorie (Pomorie) 71,493 +38 50 8851. Port (Burgas) 45,885 +3 49 7674. Preslav (Veliki Preslav) 101,581 +54 28 8229. Rilski sportist (SAMOKOV) 165,309 -1 11 1213. Rodopa (Smolyan) 100,018 +5 27 3430. Sekirovo (Rakovski) 49,368 +9 46 7971. Septemvri (Sofia) 74,701 -8 15 4647. Septemvri'98 (Simitli) 88,152 +48 36 8437. Shumen 2001 (Shumen) 59,149 -11 44 6356. Siera 2000 (Dimitrovgrad) 52,197 -12 53 7366. Sitomir (Nikopol) 56,139 +5 30 6763. Slanchev bryag (Nesebar) 80,329 -18 26 4445. Slavia (Sofia) 245,733 +20 5 25 6. Sokol'96 (Markovo) 104,807 -5 20 2627. Spartak (Pleven) 151,668 -11 4 2416. Spartak (Varna) 193,232 +1 7 10 8. Spartak-S'94 (Plovdiv) 116,466 -5 17 2223. Sportist-Skala (Svoge) 90,781 +17 35 7236. Strumska slava (Radomir) 60,357 +33 54 8755. Svetkavitsa (Targovishte) 192,539 +8 8 16 9. Svilengrad (Svilengrad) 123,218 +48 21 6922. The Bulgaria national football team debuted on 21 May 1924 in a 1924 Summer Olympics qualifier, losing 0�6 to Austria in Vienna. The rules of the game were published in Bulgarian by Swiss teachers in the Uchilishten pregled magazine in 1897, and football continued to gain popularity in the early 20th century. Then, in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, came Bulgaria's biggest World Cup success, the fourth place, the elimination of reigning world champions Germany and Hristo Stoichkov's top goalscorer prize. Velbazhd 1919 (Kyustendil) 136,428 +27 16 5417. Vidima-Rakovski (Sevlievo) 132,264 -3 14 1819. Vihar (Gorublyane) 28,009 -26 16 8283. Vihren (Sandanski) 81,574 -20 23 4344. Yantra (Gabrovo) 44,870 -42 23 7576. Zagorets (Nova Zagora) 56,168 +16 61 8462.