Statistics of

Bulgarian State Football Championship The State Football Championship was the first national football competition in Bulgaria. It was organised between 1924 and 1944 by the Bulgarian National Sport Federation. The championship did not finish in years 1924, 1927 and 1944 because of ...

in the 1943 season.

Overview

It was contested by 26 teams, and

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won the championship. Besides teams from the present borders of Bulgaria, the 1943 season also involved teams from the areas under Bulgarian administration during much of

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. Football clubs from

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and

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and

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took part in the competition.

Teams

The teams that participated in the competition were the winners of their local sport districts. According to the format of the competition - Sofia is having five seeds and Varna and Plovdiv two seeds each. Note that

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was competing in the Sofia sport district during that season of the championship.

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

First game

Second game

''Slavia Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.''

References

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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