# 2023–24 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

The 2023–24 Second League is the 68th season of the Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system, and the 8th season under this name and current league structure.

## Teams

The following teams have changed divisions since the 2022–23 season.

## Stadium and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Belasitsa | Petrich | Tsar Samuil | 12,000 |
| Bdin | Vidin | Georgi Benkovski | 15,000 |
| Chernomorets Balchik | Balchik | Balchik | 2,600 |
| Chernomorets Burgas | Burgas | Lazur | 18,037 |
| CSKA 1948 II | Sofia | Bistritsa | 2,500 |
| Dobrudzha | Dobrich | Druzhba | 12,500 |
| Dunav | Ruse | Gradski | 13,000 |
| Litex | Lovech | Gradski | 8,100 |
| Ludogorets II | Razgrad | Eagles' Nest | 2,000 |
| Marek | Dupnitsa | Bonchuk | 16,000 |
| Maritsa | Plovdiv | Maritsa | 5,000 |
| Montana | Montana | Ogosta | 6,000 |
| Septemvri | Sofia | Dragalevtsi | 1,800 |
| Spartak Pleven | Pleven | Pleven | 22,000 |
| Spartak Varna | Varna | Spartak | 6,000 |
| Sportist | Svoge | Chavdar Tsvetkov | 3,500 |
| Strumska Slava | Radomir | Gradski | 3,500 |
| 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.

### Managerial changes
## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Spartak Varna (C, P) | 34 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 60 | 28 | +32 | 72 | Promotion to the First League |
| 2 | Septemvri Sofia (P) | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 65 | Promotion to the First League |
| 3 | Marek Dupnitsa (Q) | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 61 | Qualification for the promotion play-off |
| 4 | Montana | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 57 | |
| 5 | Strumska Slava | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 51 | |
| 6 | Dobrudzha | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 50 | |
| 7 | CSKA 1948 II | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 50 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 8 | Yantra | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 47 | |
| 9 | Dunav Ruse | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 46 | |
| 10 | Spartak Pleven | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 45 | |
| 11 | Litex Lovech | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 45 | |
| 12 | Ludogorets Razgrad II | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 44 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 13 | Belasitsa Petrich | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 43 | |
| 14 | Sportist Svoge | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 40 | |
| 15 | Chernomorets Burgas (R) | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 38 | Relegation to the Third League |
| 16 | Chernomorets Balchik (R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 36 | Relegation to the Third League |
| 17 | Maritsa Plovdiv (R) | 34 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 30 | Relegation to the Third League |
| 18 | Bdin Vidin (R) | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 50 | −31 | 22 | Relegation to the Third League |
* 1 2 Dobrudzha finished ahead of CSKA 1948 Sofia II on head-to-head away goals scored: Dobrudzha 0–0 CSKA 1948 Sofia II, CSKA 1948 Sofia II 1–1 Dobrudzha
* 1 2 Spartak Pleven finished ahead of Litex on head-to-head goals: Spartak Pleven 4, Litex 1

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEL | BDI | CBA | CBU | CSK | DOB | DUN | LIT | LUD | MAR | MRA | MON | SEP | SPA | SPV | SPO | STR | YAN |
| Belasitsa Petrich | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Bdin Vidin | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Chernomorets Balchik | 1–3 | 6–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Chernomorets Burgas | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| CSKA 1948 II | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Dobrudzha | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Dunav Ruse | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Litex Lovech | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Marek Dupnitsa | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Maritsa Plovdiv | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| Montana | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Septemvri Sofia | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Spartak Pleven | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Spartak Varna | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Sportist Svoge | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Strumska Slava | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| Yantra | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — |

### 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 | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L |
| Bdin Vidin | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W |
| Chernomorets Balchik | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L |
| Chernomorets Burgas | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | D |
| CSKA 1948 II | L | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | W |
| Dobrudzha | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | L |
| Dunav Ruse | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | W |
| Litex | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | L |
| Ludogorets II | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | D |
| Marek Dupnitsa | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | D |
| Maritsa | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | D |
| Montana | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | W |
| Septemvri Sofia | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | W |
| Spartak Pleven | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | L |
| Spartak Varna | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Sportist Svoge | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | L |
| Strumska Slava | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | D |
| Yantra Gabrovo | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | D |

### 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 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Bdin Vidin | 10 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Chernomorets Balchik | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Chernomorets Burgas | 15 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| CSKA 1948 II | 12 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| Dobrudzha | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Dunav Ruse | 9 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| Litex | 15 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Ludogorets II | 8 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Marek Dupnitsa | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Maritsa | 6 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Montana | 14 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Septemvri Sofia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Spartak Pleven | 12 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Spartak Varna | 6 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sportist Svoge | 17 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Strumska Slava | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Yantra Gabrovo | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 24 May 2024
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ahmed Ahmedov | Spartak Varna | 21 |
| 2 | Preslav Yordanov | Dobrudzha | 14 |
| 2 | Daniel Mladenov | Yantra | 14 |
| 4 | Veselin Marchev | Maritsa | 11 |
| 5 | Zapro Dinev | Belasitsa | 9 |
| 5 | Vasil Shopov | Spartak Pleven | 9 |
| 5 | Zhivko Petkov | Chernomorets Burgas | 9 |
| 5 | Stanislav Malamov | Maritsa | 9 |
| 5 | Iliyan Kapitanov | Litex | 9 |
| 5 | Borislav Marinov | Septemvri Sofia | 9 |
| 11 | Rumen Rumenov | Spartak Varna | 8 |
| 11 | Borislav Nikolov | Strumska Slava | 8 |
| 11 | Yoan Yordanov | Ludogorets II | 8 |
| 11 | Miroslav Budinov | Dunav | 8 |
| 11 | Vasil Bozhinov | Spartak Pleven | 8 |

### Most assists

    As of 24 May 2024
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Dimitar Burov | Montana | 10 |
| 1 | Steven Kirilov | Strumska Slava/Montana | 10 |
| 3 | Aykut Ramadan | Septemvri Sofia | 9 |
| 4 | Ahmed Ahmedov | Spartak Varna | 7 |
| 4 | Preslav Yordanov | Dobrudzha | 7 |
| 4 | Veselin Lyubomirov | Marek | 7 |
| 4 | Cassiano Bouzon | Chernomorets Balchik | 7 |
| 4 | Romeesh Ivey | Spartak Varna | 7 |
| 9 | Veselin Marchev | Maritsa | 6 |
| 9 | Viktor Mitev | Spartak Varna | 6 |
| 9 | Rumen Rumenov | Spartak Varna | 6 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 24 May 2024
| Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Konstantin Kostadinov | Marek | 20 |
| 2 | Dragomir Petkov | Strumska Slava | 18 |
| 3 | Dimitar Sheytanov | Septemvri Sofia | 15 |
| 4 | Vasil Simeonov | Montana | 14 |
| 4 | Stanislav Antonov | Spartak Pleven | 14 |
| 6 | Aleks Bozhev | Litex | 13 |
| 7 | Georgi Argilashki | Dobrudzha | 12 |
| 8 | Georgi Georgiev | Spartak Varna | 11 |