# 2024–25 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

The 2024–25 Second League will be the 69th season of the Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system, and the 9th season under this name and current league structure.
This season, the league was expanded return to 20 teams for 2024–25 season including two teams relegated from First League, four teams promoted from Third League and four teams reserve from First League.

## Teams

The following teams have changed divisions since the 2023–24 season.
* Team
* Botev II
* Belasitsa
* Dobrudzha
* Dunav
* Etar
* Lovech
* Lokomotiv
* Ludogorets II
* Marek
* Minyor
* Montana
* Nesebar
* Pirin
* Spartak
* Sportist
* Strumska Slava
* Fratria
* CSKA 1948 II
* CSKA II
* Yantra Gabrovo

### To Second League

Promoted from Third League
* Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa
* Minyor Pernik
* Fratria
* Nesebar
Introduced reserve teams
* Botev Plovdiv II
* CSKA Sofia II
Relegated from First League
* Etar
* Pirin Blagoevgrad

### From Second League

Relegated to Third League
* Bdin Vidin
* Maritsa Plovdiv
* Chernomorets Balchik
* Chernomorets Burgas
Promoted to First League
* Spartak Varna
* Septemvri Sofia

## Stadium and locations

| No. of teams | Province | Team(s) |
| 2 |
| 2 | Blagoevgrad | Pirin Blagoevgrad, Belasitsa |
| 2 | Pernik | Minyor Pernik, Strumska Slava |
| 2 | Veliko Tarnovo | Etar, Lokomotiv GO |
| 2 | Sofia City | CSKA Sofia II, CSKA 1948 II |
| 1 |
| 1 | Dobrich | Dobrudzha |
| 1 | Burgas | Nesebar |
| 1 | Kyustendil | Marek |
| 1 | Gabrovo | Yantra |
| 1 | Lovech | Lovech |
| 1 | Pleven | Spartak Pleven |
| 1 | Montana | Montana |
| 1 | Plovdiv | Botev Plovdiv II |
| 1 | Razgrad | Ludogorets Razgrad II |
| 1 | Ruse | Dunav Ruse |
| 1 | Sofia | Sportist Svoge |
| 1 | Varna | Fratria |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Montana | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 11 | +27 | 56 | Promotion to the First League |
| 2 | Dobrudzha | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 48 | 12 | +36 | 54 | Promotion to the First League |
| 3 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 50 | Qualification for the promotion play-off |
| 4 | Dunav Ruse | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 45 | Qualification for the promotion play-off |
| 5 | Marek Dupnitsa | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 45 | |
| 6 | Belasitsa Petrich | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 43 | |
| 7 | Etar | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 41 | |
| 8 | CSKA Sofia II | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 41 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 9 | Yantra | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 40 | |
| 10 | Spartak Pleven | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 36 | |
| 11 | Ludogorets Razgrad II | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 34 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 12 | CSKA 1948 II | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 33 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 13 | Minyor Pernik | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 33 | |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 32 | |
| 15 | Fratria | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 28 | |
| 16 | Lovech | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 31 | −16 | 21 | |
| 17 | Botev Plovdiv II | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 44 | −23 | 21 | Relegation to the Third League |
| 18 | Sportist Svoge | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 20 | Relegation to the Third League |
| 19 | Nesebar | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 46 | −26 | 19 | Relegation to the Third League |
| 20 | Strumska Slava | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 39 | −23 | 19 | Relegation to the Third League |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head points: Dunav Ruse (3); Marek Dupnitsa (0).
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head points: Etar Veliko Tarnovo (3); CSKA Sofia II (0).
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head points: Lovech (3); Botev Plovdiv II (0).
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head away goals scored: Nesebar (1); Strumska Slava (-1).

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEL | BOT | CSK | CSS | DOB | DUN | ETV | FRA | LGO | LOV | LUD | MAR | MIN | MON | NES | PIR | SPA | SPO | STR | YAN |
| Belasitsa P | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | | | | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| Botev Plovdiv II | 1–0 | — | | | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| CSKA 1948 II | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–4 |
| CSKA Sofia II | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | — | 1–3 | | | 4–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 |
| Dobrudzha | | | | 4–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Dunav R | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | | — | 1–4 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Etar | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 3–2 | | | — | | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 |
| Fratria | | | 0–2 | | 1–1 | | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Lokomotiv GO | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | | 1–0 | | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Lovech | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | | 0–2 | | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | | | 0–1 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | | | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | | 5–1 | 1–2 | | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | |
| Marek Dupnitsa | 1–0 | 4–0 | | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | | | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Minyor Pk | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | | |
| Montana | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Nesebar | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | | — | 1–5 | | 2–1 | | 0–3 |
| Pirin Blr | | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | | | | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Spartak Pleven | | | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Sportist Svoge | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | | | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | | 0–3 |
| Strumska Slava | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | — | |
| Yantra | | | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | — |

### 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 |
| Belasitsa | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L |
| Botev Plovdiv II | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | L |
| CSKA 1948 II | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | W |
| CSKA Sofia II | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | W |
| Dobrudzha | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W |
| Dunav Ruse | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | W |
| Etar | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | L |
| Fratria | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | D |
| Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | W |
| Lovech | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L |
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | D |
| Marek Dupnitsa | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | W |
| Minyor Pernik | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W |
| Montana | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | W |
| Nesebar | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | D | D | W | L |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | W |
| Spartak Pleven | L | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | L |
| Sportist Svoge | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | L |
| Strumska Slava | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | D | L |
| Yantra Gabrovo | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | L |

### 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 |
| Belasitsa | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Botev Plovdiv II | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 |
| CSKA 1948 II | 14 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| CSKA Sofia II | 17 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Dobrudzha | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Dunav Ruse | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Etar | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Fratria | 10 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa | 18 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Lovech | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Marek Dupnitsa | 11 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Minyor Pernik | 13 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Montana | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nesebar | 6 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Spartak Pleven | 19 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Sportist Svoge | 16 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| Strumska Slava | 20 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 20 |
| Yantra Gabrovo | 15 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 17 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Martin Toshev | Yantra Gabrovo/Sportist Svoge | 18 |
| 2 | Boris Dimitrov | CSKA 1948 II | 12 |
| 3 | Philip Ejike | Montana | 11 |
| 3 | Aymen Souda | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 11 |
| 3 | Hyusein Kelyovluev | Ludogorets II | 11 |
| 3 | Iliya Dimitrov | Marek Dupnitsa | 11 |
| 3 | Ivan Kokonov | Etar | 11 |
| 3 | Yoan Bornosuzov | CSKA Sofia II | 11 |
| 9 | Denislav Angelov | Fratria | 10 |
| 9 | Rumen Rumenov | Dobrudzha | 10 |
| 9 | Jonathan N'Sondé | Dunav Ruse | 10 |
| 12 | Valentin Yoskov | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 8 |
| 13 | Lucas Cardoso | Dobrudzha | 6 |
| 13 | Ibrahim Keita | Etar | 6 |
| 13 | Preslav Antonov | Spartak Pleven | 6 |
| 13 | Asparuh Smilkov | Belasitsa | 6 |
| 13 | Ivaylo Mihaylov | Dobrudzha | 6 |
| 13 | Borislav Nikolov | Strumska Slava | 6 |
| 13 | Mariyan Vangelov | Dunav Ruse/Botev Plovdiv II | 6 |
| 13 | Mark-Emilio Papazov | CSKA Sofia II | 6 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 6 March 2025
| Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Vasil Simeonov | Montana | 9 |
| 2 | Krasimir Kostov | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 6 |
| 2 | Boyan Dishkov | Spartak Pleven | 6 |
| 4 | Daniel Leontiev | Minyor Pernik | 4 |
| 4 | Georgi Kitanov | Fratria | 3 |
| 4 | Damyan Hristov | Ludogorets II | 3 |
| 4 | Georgi Argilashki | Dobrudzha | 3 |
| 4 | Konstantin Kostadinov | Marek Dupnitsa | 3 |
| 4 | Marin Orlinov | CSKA Sofia II | 3 |
| 4 | Daniel Nikolov | Dunav Ruse | 3 |
| 4 | Kiril Georgiev | Belasitsa Petrich | 3 |
| 4 | Stanislav Nistorov | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 3 |