🇧🇬 First League
Bulgaria · 501 rated players
Avg Top 200: 1456
Median: 1238
Mean: 1249
Style over time
How First League has played across eras (2021–2026)
Descriptive — on-pitch character, not quality. Each polygon = the league vs the average league of that era.
League style
How this league plays vs other leagues (2024–2026)
Overlaid with the two leagues that play most like this one. Descriptive: on-pitch character, not quality.
combative · dribble-heavy3rd most combative · 2nd most dribble-heavy of 64 leagues
Top 25 Players
Coaches
Season Simulation
5,000Monte-Carlo runs of our v6 player-Elo model · 2026 season
Provisional — the 2026season hasn't kicked off yet; squads are projected from last season's line-ups.
| # | Club | Team Elo | Pld | Title % | Pred Pts | Cur Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ludogorets | 1624.0 | 0 | 44.2 | 47.8 | 0 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 1609.0 | 0 | 34.8 | 46.4 | 0 |
| 3 | Levski Sofia | 1514.0 | 0 | 11.4 | 41.6 | 0 |
| 4 | CSKA 1948 | 1463.0 | 0 | 7.8 | 39.8 | 0 |
| 5 | Botev Plovdiv | 1377.0 | 0 | 0.8 | 33.5 | 0 |
| 6 | Cherno More Varna | 1357.0 | 0 | 0.4 | 32.0 | 0 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1310.0 | 0 | 0.2 | 29.8 | 0 |
| 8 | Botev Vratsa | 1315.0 | 0 | 0.2 | 29.4 | 0 |
| 9 | Arda Kardzhali | 1295.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 28.9 | 0 |
| 10 | Septemvri Sofia | 1260.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 26.9 | 0 |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 1254.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26.4 | 0 |
| 12 | Slavia Sofia | 1199.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 24.0 | 0 |
| 13 | Spartak Varna | 1129.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20.1 | 0 |
Finishing-position probabilities
Each row sums to ~100%. Columns are final league positions (1 = champion).
| Club | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ludogorets | 44 | 29 | 16 | 6 | |||||||||
| CSKA Sofia | 35 | 30 | 19 | 9 | |||||||||
| Levski Sofia | 11 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 6 | |||||||
| CSKA 1948 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 6 | ||||||
| Botev Plovdiv | 7 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 6 | |||||
| Cherno More Varna | 10 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | |||||
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | ||||
| Botev Vratsa | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | ||||
| Arda Kardzhali | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 8 | |||||
| Septemvri Sofia | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 9 | |||||
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 10 | |||||
| Slavia Sofia | 6 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 20 | ||||||
| Spartak Varna | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 46 |