2017–18 Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria)
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The 2017–18 Third Amateur Football League season is the 68th season of the
First and Second
Professional Football Leagues.
Team changes
To Third LeaguePromoted from Regional Divisions
Relegated from Second League |
From Third LeagueRelegated to Regional Divisions
Promoted to Second League
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a.^ CSKA Sofia II officially declined to participate in the South-West Third League and was dissolved.[1]
Club movements between Third League and Second League
The champions of three Third League divisions gained promotion to the 2017–18 Second League: Chernomorets Balchik from North-East, Litex from North-West and Strumska Slava Radomir from South-West. Maritsa Plovdiv joined the promoted teams as runners-up of the South-East group because champions Zagorets refused to participate for financial reasons.[2] In return, four teams were relegated to the Third League: CSKA Sofia II, Spartak Pleven, Bansko and Levski Karlovo. CSKA Sofia II was dissolved; as a result, Svoboda Peshtera (16th in 2016–17 South-West Third League) was spared from relegation to regional divisions.[3]
Club movements between Third League and the Regional Groups
- North-East: Spartak 1918.[4]
- North-West: Kom Berkovitsa and Juventus Malchika were relegated from last season to regional divisions. The new teams, coming from the regional divisions, are Botev Lukovit (9th in RFG Lovech), Yantra 1919 Gabrovo (runners-up of RFG Gabrovo) and Yantra Polski Trambesh (champions of A RFG Veliko Tarnovo).[5]
- South-East: Lyubimets and Elhovo were relegated from last season to regional divisions. The new teams, coming from the regional divisions, are Sokol Markovo (runners-up of A RFG Plovdiv) and Tundzha Yagoda (runners-up of RFG Stara Zagora).[6][7]
- South-West: Velbazhd Kyustendil and Chepinets Velingrad were relegated from last season to regional divisions. The new teams, coming from the regional divisions, are CSKA 1948[8] (champions of RFG Sofia (capital)) and Elin Pelin (champions of RFG Sofia (province)). Initially, Kyustendil (champions of RFG Kyustendil) was supposed to participate[9] as winners of the promotion play-off.[10] However, on 14 July 2017, Kyustendil withdrew from participation[11] so the Bulgarian Football Union scheduled an additional play-off between the losers of the promotion play-offs.[12] On 31 July, Bratsigovo refused participation so Elin Pelin was approved as new member of the South-West league.[13]
Northeast group
Stadia and locations
Svetkavitsa
| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dobrudzha Dobrich |
| Promoted | Dobrudzha Dobrich |
| Relegated | Dorostol Silistra Benkovski Byala |
| Matches played | 165 |
| Goals scored | 516 (3.13 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |  Lyubomir Mihalev (15 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Dobrudzha Dobrich 9–0 Benkovski Byala (14 October 2017)[14] Dobrudzha Dobrich 9–0 Botev Novi Pazar (16 May 2018)[15] |
| Biggest away win | Spartak 1918 1–7 Suvorovo (1 October 2017)[16] Spartak 1918 0–6 Dobrudzha Dobrich (22 October 2017)[17] Benkovski Byala 0–6 Suvorovo (25 February 2018)[18] Botev Novi Pazar 0–6 Septemvri Tervel (14 April 2018)[19] |
| Highest scoring | Dobrudzha Dobrich 9–0 Benkovski Byala (14 October 2017)[14] Dobrudzha Dobrich 9–0 Botev Novi Pazar (16 May 2018)[15] |
← 2016–17 2018–19 →
All statistics correct as of 27 May 2018. | |
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benkovski | Byala | Georgi Benkovski | 3,000 |
| Botev | Novi Pazar | Gradski | 8,000 |
| Dobrudzha | Dobrich | Druzhba |
12,500 |
| Dorostol | Silistra | Louis Eyer | 12,000 |
| Hitrino | Hitrino | Hitrino | 600 |
| Kaliakra | Kavarna | Kavarna | 5,000 |
| Kubrat | Kubrat | Gradski | 6,000 |
| Lokomotiv | Ruse | Dunav |
19,960 |
| Septemvri | Tervel | Septemvri | 700 |
| Spartak 1918 | Varna | Lokomotiv | 1,000 |
| Suvorovo | Suvorovo | Suvorovo | 1,000 |
Svetkavitsa |
Targovishte | Dimitar Burkov |
5,000 |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dobrudzha Dobrich (C, P) | 30 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 10 | +91 | 86 | Promotion to Second League |
| 2 | Suvorovo | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 81 | 21 | +60 | 64 | |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Ruse | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 51[a] | |
| 4 | Hitrino | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 51[a] | |
| 5 | Septemvri Tervel | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 46 | |
| 6 | Kaliakra Kavarna | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 42[b] | |
| 7 | Svetkavitsa Targovishte
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30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 42[b] | |
| 8 | Spartak 1918 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 36 | |
| 9 | Botev Novi Pazar | 30 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 25 | 78 | −53 | 21 | |
| 10 | Kubrat | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 61 | −39 | 17 | |
| 11 | Benkovski Byala (R) | 30 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 100 | −80 | 12 | Relegation to Regional Divisions |
| 12 | Dorostol Silistra[c] (D, R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: bulgarian-football.com, Soccerway
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.[21]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
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.[21]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b Lokomotiv Ruse ahead of Hitrino on head-to-head record; Lokomotiv Ruse–Hitrino 1–1, Hitrino–Lokomotiv Ruse 1–1, Lokomotiv Ruse with better goal difference.
- ^ a b Kaliakra Kavarna ahead of Svetkavitsa Targovishte on head-to-head record; Kaliakra Kavarna–Svetkavitsa Targovishte 1–0, Svetkavitsa Targovishte–Kaliakra Kavarna 1–1.
- ^ Dorostol Silistra postponed their first match but failed to register any players after the first few rounds and subsequently were expelled in September. All fixtures involving the team were annulled.[20]
