The Republic
Football
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Championship was a national football competition in
Bulgaria
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, successor of the
State Championship
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History
The Plunket Shield competition was instigated in Octob ...
. It was organised for only four years between 1945 and 1948. After 1948 it was reorganised as a
Republic Football Group.
Format
The championship was a
knockout tournament featuring clubs that had finished at the top of six regional
divisions. These divisions were
round-robin tournament
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s that included football clubs from different geographic areas.
Notes:
*Bold indicates
Double
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winners – i.e. League and Bulgarian Cup winners.
Performances
Performances by club
Notes:
*''Italics'' indicates clubs no longer exist.
Performances by city
See also
*
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 ...
(Champions 1924–1944)
*
Bulgarian A Football Group
The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...
(Champions 1948–present)
References
Republic Football Championship
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National championships in Bulgaria
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