The 1926 Bulgarian State Football Championship was the third edition of the competition. It was contested by 11 teams, and

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won the championship.

Qualified teams

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First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

The final, played on 22 August 1926,As per regulations, the final was to be replayed again in

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the following day. The teams were present, but the appointed referee didn't show up. BNSF immediately found among the crowd and appointed a new referee.

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on their turn chose their own referee, however he declined to be in charge of the game. Nevertheless

refused to play with the BNSF appointed substitute referee and left the field. Slavia were duly awarded the match and the title.

however challenged this decision in court, and their appeal won. Because of this BNSF had to comply and a new match was scheduled for 26 Dec 1926. Both teams agreed to this, but Sofiyska OSO forbid Slavia to play as they felt the decision to revoke the awarded title was unjust. New arguments ensued and yet another date for the replay was set - 7 Apr 1927. Slavia though again complied with the decision by SOSO and boycotted the game. Because of this, this time the championship title was finally awarded to

. with the replays on 23 Aug 1926, 26 Dec 1926 and 7 Apr 1927.

First game

Second game

Notes

References

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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