2022–23 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

The 2022–23 Second League is the 67th season of the Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system, and the 7th season under this name and current league structure.

Second Professional Football League

Season	2022–23
Dates	14 July 2022 – 4 June 2023[1]
Champions	CSKA 1948 Sofia II
Promoted	Etar Krumovgrad
Relegated	Botev Plovdiv II Minyor Pernik Sozopol Vitosha Bistritsa
Matches played	306
Goals scored	690 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	15 goals Yordan Dimitrov (Dunav Ruse) Valentin Yoskov (CSKA 1948 II)
Biggest home win	Dunav Ruse 5–0 Botev Plovdiv II (10 September 2022)
Biggest away win	Sozopol 0–5 CSKA 1948 II (11 November 2022)
Highest scoring	Dobrudzha 6–2 Sportist Svoge (13 November 2022)
Longest winning run	5 games Krumovgrad
Longest unbeaten run	9 games CSKA 1948 II Etar
Longest winless run	10 games Spartak Pleven Strumska Slava
Longest losing run	6 games Belasitsa
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 4 June 2023.

For this season, the league was reduced from 20 to 18 teams, with four teams relegated to Third League, five teams promoted from Third League and three teams promoted to First League.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season.

To Second League Promoted from Third League Dunav Ruse Spartak Pleven Krumovgrad Belasitsa Petrich Vitosha Bistritsa Relegated from First League None

From Second League Relegated to Third League Levski Lom Neftochimic Burgas Marek Dupnitsa Septemvri Simitli Promoted to First League Septemvri Sofia Hebar Spartak Varna

Stadium and locations

Dobrudzha

CSKA 1948 II

Vitosha

Krumovgrad

Litex

Dunav

Ludogorets II

Minyor

Maritsa

Belasitsa

Sozopol

Sportist

Strumska Slava

Spartak

Yantra

Botev II

Montana

Etar

Location of teams in 2022–23 Second League

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Belasitsa	Petrich	Tsar Samuil	12,000
Botev II	Plovdiv	Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912	3,500
CSKA 1948 II	Sofia	Bistritsa	2,500
Dobrudzha	Dobrich	Druzhba	12,500
Dunav	Ruse	Gradski	13,000
Etar	Veliko Tarnovo	Ivaylo	18,000
Krumovgrad	Krumovgrad	Krumovgrad	1,500
Litex	Lovech	Gradski	8,100
Ludogorets II	Razgrad	Eagles' Nest	2,000
Maritsa	Plovdiv	Maritsa	5,000
Minyor	Pernik	Minyor	8,000
Montana	Montana	Ogosta	6,000
Sozopol	Sozopol	Arena Sozopol	3,500
Spartak	Pleven	Pleven	22,000
Sportist	Svoge	Chavdar Tsvetkov	3,500
Strumska Slava	Radomir	Gradski	3,500
Vitosha	Bistritsa	Bistritsa	2,500
Yantra	Gabrovo	Hristo Botev	14,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Kit sponsor
Belasitsa	Ventsislav Ivanov	Martin Taushanov	Jako	efbet	—
Botev Plovdiv II	Daniel Cohen	Dimitar Balinov	Uhlsport	WinBet	—
CSKA 1948 II	Atanas Ribarski	Georgi Mariyanov	Adidas	efbet	Bachkovo
Dobrudzha	Sasho Angelov	Dimitar Iliev	Jako	8888.bg	—
Dunav	Lyudmil Kirov	Diyan Dimov	Uhlsport	WinBet	—
Etar	Emanuel Lukanov	Zdravko Iliev	Joma	WinBet	—
Krumovgrad	Nemanja Milanovic	Krasimir Iliev	Uhlsport	—	—
Litex	Andrey Andreev	Iliyan Kapitanov	Givova	WinBet	—
Ludogorets II	Todor Zhivondov	Tsvetoslav Petrov	Nike	Efbet	Vivacom, Spetema
Maritsa	Nikolay Dimitrov	Valeri Domovchiyski	Uhlsport	—	—
Minyor	Krasimir Petrov	Andreas Vasev	Joma	efbet	—
Montana	Angel Stoykov	Ivan Mihov	Joma	efbet	—
Sоzopol	Margarit Dimov	Diyan Moldovanov	Hummel	efbet	—
Spartak	Tsvetomir Mladenov	Ivo Varbanov	Jako	efbet	—
Sportist	Petar Kolev	Borislav Stoychev	Zeus	Petar Electric	—
Strumska Slava	Anatoli Nankov	Borislav Nikolov	Jako	efbet	—
Vitosha	Nikolay Hristozov	Emil Gargorov	Jumper	efbet	—
Yantra	Zhivko Zhelev	Petar Kazakov	Jumper	efbet	—

Note: Individual clubs may wear jerseys with advertising. However, only one sponsorship is permitted per jersey for official tournaments organised by UEFA in addition to that of the kit manufacturer (exceptions are made for non-profit organisations). Clubs in the domestic league can have more than one sponsorship per jersey which can feature on the front of the shirt, incorporated with the main sponsor or in place of it; or on the back, either below the squad number or on the collar area. Shorts also have space available for advertisement.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Botev II	Stefan Stoyanov	Mutual consent	24 May 2022[2]	Pre-season	Artur Hovhannisyan	12 June 2022[3]
Etar	Veselin Velikov	Resigned	27 May 2022[4]		Emanuel Lukanov	8 June 2022[5]
CSKA 1948 II	Vladimir Dimitrov	Mutual consent	28 May 2022[6]		Valentin Iliev	29 May 2022[7]
Krumovgrad	Stefan Genov	Reassigned as a technical director	3 June 2022[8]		Akis Vavalis	7 June 2022[9]
Belasitsa	Nikolay Nikolov	Mutual consent	5 June 2022[10]		Ivo Trenchev	13 June 2022[11]
Litex	Zhivko Zhelev		22 June 2022[12]		Andrey Andreev	28 June 2022[13]
Botev II	Artur Hovhannisyan	Reassigned to Botev Plovdiv coaching staff	22 August 2022[14]	18th	Nemanja Milanovic	22 August 2022[15]
Belasitsa	Ivo Trenchev	Mutual consent	21 August 2022[16]	5th	Ventsislav Ivanov	24 August 2022[17]
Dunav	Martin Tsirkov		31 August 2022[18]	13th	Ivaylo Kirilov (interim)	31 August 2022[18]
Montana	Antoni Zdravkov	Resigned	8 September 2022[19]	8th	Svetlan Kondev (interim)	10 September 2022[20]
Dunav	Ivaylo Kirilov	End of interim period	12 September 2022[21]	12th	Lyudmil Kirov	12 September 2022[21]
Montana	Svetlan Kondev		13 September 2022[22]	7th	Ferario Spasov	13 September 2022[22]
Minyor	Hristo Yanev	Mutual consent	14 September 2022[23]	13th	Petar Anestiev (interim)	14 September 2022[23]
Yantra	Sasho Angelov	Resigned	26 September 2022[24]	13th	Nikolay Vasilev (interim)	26 September 2022
Minyor	Petar Anestiev	End of interim period	29 September 2022[25]	16th	Emil Serafimov	29 September 2022[25]
Krumovgrad	Akis Vavalis	Resigned	4 October 2022[26]	5th	Velislav Vutsov	4 October 2022[26]
Yantra	Nikolay Vasilev	End of interim period	5 October 2022	16th	Zhivko Zhelev	5 October 2022[27]
Dobrudzha	Atanas Atanasov	Resigned	16 October 2022[28]	17th	Sasho Angelov	18 October 2022[29]
Sportist	Borislav Kyosev	Mutual consent	23 November 2022[30]	5th	Petar Kolev	17 December 2022[31]
CSKA 1948 II	Valentin Iliev		14 December 2022[32]	1st	Atanas Ribarski	29 December 2022[33]
Botev II	Nemanja Milanovic		27 December 2022[34]	15th	Daniel Cohen	5 January 2023[35]
Krumovgrad	Velislav Vutsov		23 December 2022[36]	2nd	Nemanja Milanovic	8 January 2023[37]
Montana	Ferario Spasov		17 February 2023[38]	9th	Angel Stoykov	25 February 2023[39]
Strumska Slava	Yuriy Vasev		21 February 2023[40]	12th	Anatoli Nankov	28 February 2023[41]
Spartak	Krasimir Bislimov		1 March 2023[42]	6th	Tsvetomir Mladenov	1 March 2023[42]
Minyor	Emil Serafimov	Sacked	2 March 2023[43]	16th	Krasimir Petrov	2 March 2023[44]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	CSKA 1948 II (C)	34	22	8	4	60	17	+43	74	Ineligible for promotion
2	Etar (P)	34	18	9	7	47	22	+25	63	Promotion to the First League
3	Krumovgrad (P)	34	17	9	8	43	33	+10	60
4	Ludogorets Razgrad II	34	17	6	11	42	35	+7	57	Ineligible for promotion
5	Sportist Svoge (Q)	34	14	10	10	41	40	+1	52	Qualification for the promotion play-off
6	Dunav Ruse	34	13	11	10	47	38	+9	50
7	Maritsa Plovdiv	34	14	5	15	36	46	−10	47
8	Yantra	34	11	11	12	31	34	−3	44
9	Litex Lovech	34	11	11	12	32	28	+4	44
10	Montana	34	12	8	14	37	39	−2	44
11	Spartak Pleven	34	10	12	12	44	44	0	42
12	Belasitsa Petrich	34	12	5	17	33	41	−8	41
13	Dobrudzha	34	10	9	15	38	40	−2	39
14	Strumska Slava	34	9	12	13	35	44	−9	39
15	Minyor Pernik (R)	34	9	11	14	33	35	−2	38	Relegation to the Third League
16	Sozopol (R)	34	9	11	14	32	52	−20	38
17	Vitosha Bistritsa (R)	34	9	9	16	34	50	−16	36
18	Botev Plovdiv II (R)	34	7	7	20	25	52	−27	28

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2023. Source: bulgarian-football.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[45]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BEL	BOT	CSK	DOB	DUN	ETA	KRU	LIT	LUD	MAR	MIN	MON	SOZ	SPA	SPO	STR	VIT	YAN
Belasitsa	—	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–3	3–1	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–0
Botev Plovdiv II	0–1	—	1–3	2–0	0–0	1–4	1–3	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	3–3	1–1	0–3	2–0	2–0
CSKA 1948 Sofia II	1–0	1–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1
Dobrudzha	1–1	2–1	1–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–2	3–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	6–2	1–1	0–1	2–0
Dunav Ruse	0–2	5–0	0–0	1–1	—	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–2	0–1	2–2	4–2	1–0	2–1	4–1	0–1
Etar	2–0	3–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	—	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0
Krumovgrad	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	—	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	0–0
Litex	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	—	3–1	1–2	3–0	0–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–2
Ludogorets II	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	—	5–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2
Maritsa	1–0	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	—	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	4–1	3–0
Minyor Pernik	2–1	3–0	1–4	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	—	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0
Montana	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	4–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	—	4–1	0–2	0–0	3–2	3–1	0–0
Sozopol	0–0	1–1	0–5	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	—	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1
Spartak Pleven	1–1	2–0	0–3	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	4–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	—	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–2
Sportist Svoge	0–2	1–0	0–3	1–0	5–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	3–2	3–2	—	3–1	1–0	0–1
Strumska Slava	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–3	—	3–0	0–1
Vitosha Bistritsa	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–4	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	—	0–0
Yantra Gabrovo	4–1	4–0	1–3	1–1	0–3	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2023. Source: bulgarian-football.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Belasitsa	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L
Botev Plovdiv II	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D
CSKA 1948 II	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W
Dobrudzha	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	L
Dunav Ruse	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	D
Etar	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	L
Krumovgrad	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W
Litex	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	W
Ludogorets II	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W
Maritsa	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L
Minyor Pernik	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	W
Montana	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	D
Sozopol	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	L
Spartak Pleven	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	D
Sportist Svoge	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	W
Strumska Slava	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	W
Vitosha Bistritsa	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L
Yantra Gabrovo	D	D	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2023. Source: Bulgarian Football
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Belasitsa	6	8	6	8	13	7	7	6	8	4	7	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	6	7	8	8	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	12
Botev Plovdiv II	13	14	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	15	13	14	15	16	16	16	18	17	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18
CSKA 1948 Sofia II	10	13	13	12	8	15	6	5	3	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Dobrudzha	11	7	9	9	15	9	9	11	14	12	15	15	17	18	18	18	17	16	15	14	12	12	14	11	13	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13
Dunav Ruse	3	3	2	5	7	11	13	16	12	9	6	8	10	13	11	12	10	12	10	10	9	8	9	8	7	7	9	9	9	7	7	7	6	6
Etar	8	4	7	1	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	1	1	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Krumovgrad	5	2	5	7	9	4	5	4	5	6	5	3	3	2	2	6	2	3	4	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3
Litex	14	17	14	13	10	14	15	9	9	7	4	6	6	7	8	9	8	10	11	13	14	14	13	13	15	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	11	9
Ludogorets II	17	16	17	14	16	12	16	15	17	15	11	13	9	12	10	11	9	7	9	9	7	6	5	5	6	5	6	5	3	3	3	4	4	4
Maritsa	18	9	11	16	14	13	8	7	6	10	8	9	8	8	7	8	12	8	7	8	11	10	8	10	9	9	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	7
Minyor Pernik	1	11	4	3	4	6	12	13	13	16	12	12	15	10	13	10	13	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	12	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	17	15
Montana	12	6	8	6	5	3	3	8	7	11	13	10	11	9	9	7	7	9	8	7	5	5	7	6	5	6	5	6	7	8	8	8	9	10
Sozopol	16	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	14	14	14	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	16
Spartak Pleven	2	1	1	4	2	5	2	1	1	1	1	4	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	8	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	11
Sportist Svoge	15	15	15	10	12	16	10	10	11	8	10	7	7	5	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Strumska Slava	4	5	3	2	1	1	1	2	4	5	9	11	12	11	12	13	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	14	11	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	15	14
Vitosha Bistritsa	7	10	10	15	11	10	14	12	15	17	17	17	14	15	15	14	16	17	17	18	18	17	17	16	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	17
Yantra Gabrovo	9	12	12	11	6	8	11	14	10	13	16	16	13	14	14	15	14	15	13	11	10	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	12	12	11	10	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2023. Source: Bulgarian Football