The State Football Championship was the first national football competition in Bulgaria

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. It was organised between 1924 and 1944 by the Bulgarian National Sport Federation.

The championship didn't finish in years 1924, 1927 and 1944 because of different reasons. After 1944 it was replaced by the Republic Championship.

Format

The championship was a knockout tournament featuring six clubs that had won six regional divisions

Division (sport)

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. These divisions were round-robin tournament

Round-robin tournament

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s that included football clubs that were founded in different geographic areas. The winners of each division were drawn in pairs at random for each of the three one-match rounds. Two of the clubs qualified directly for the second round (the semi-final stage) and the other four had to play two quarter-final matches.

The championship had many changes in its format during the years, mainly in the number of legs played in each round and the number of teams that qualified from the regional divisions. In seasons 1937-38, 1938–39 and 1939-40 the championship was reorganised to a 10-club National football division but it proved to be an unsuccessful decision and from season 1940-41 the division was reverted back to a knockout tournament.

Champions

Season	Champion	Runner-up
1924	Not finished
1925	Vladislav Varna	Levski Sofia
1926	Vladislav Varna	Slavia Sofia
1927	Not finished
1928	Slavia Sofia	Vladislav Varna
1929	Botev Plovdiv	Levski Sofia
1930	Slavia Sofia	Vladislav Varna
1931	AS-23	Shipchenski Sokol
1932	Shipchenski Sokol	Slavia Sofia
1933	Levski Sofia	Shipchenski Sokol
1934	Vladislav Varna	Slavia Sofia
1935	Sportklub Sofia	Ticha Varna
1936	Slavia Sofia	Ticha Varna
1937	Levski Sofia	Levski Ruse
1937-38	Ticha Varna	Vladislav Varna
1938-39	Slavia Sofia	Vladislav Varna
1939-40	ZhSK Sofia	Levski Sofia
1941	Slavia Sofia	ZhSK Sofia
1942	Levski Sofia	Makedonija
1943	Slavia Sofia	Levski Sofia
1944	Not finished

All-time table 1924-2011

Pos.	Team	S	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	1º	2º	3º
1	Levski Sofia	73	1737	1020	412	305	3416	1605	2452	26	28	7
2	CSKA Sofia	63	1682	1017	377	288	3577	1565	2411	31	20	4
3	Slavia Sofia	72	1732	778	416	538	2737	2011	1972	7	10	13
4	Lokomotiv Sofia	62	1604	666	409	529	2323	1946	1738	4	6	9
5	Botev Plovdiv	64	1531	604	360	567	2287	2110	1568	2	2	12
6	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	59	1398	537	333	527	1918	1925	1407	1	1	5
7	Cherno More Varna	60	1294	444	338	512	1583	1724	1226	4	6	3
8	Beroe Stara Zagora	43	1148	373	262	513	1428	1789	1008	1	–	1
9	Spartak Varna	49	1143	375	252	516	1384	1738	1002	1	1	3
10	Spartak Pleven	51	1053	323	255	475	1211	1650	901	–	–	1
11	Minyor Pernik	36	910	287	211	412	1028	1402	785	–	–	–
12	PFC Chernomorets Burgas PFC Chernomorets Burgas PSFC Chernomorets Burgas or simply Chernomorets is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Burgas, which currently competes in Bulgaria's top football league, the A PFG. The club was restored in 2005 by the local municipality and is the official successor of the traditions and successes of the...	43	924	287	198	439	1131	1563	772	–	–	–
13	Botev Vratsa	38	822	281	173	368	1050	1267	735	–	–	1
14	Etar Veliko Tarnovo F.C. Etar Football Club Etar was a Bulgarian professional association football club from Veliko Tarnovo. Founded on 24 April 1924, the club spent most of its history in the Bulgarian A PFG....	27	730	265	161	304	959	1060	691	1	–	–
15	Dunav Ruse	42	784	250	190	344	862	1193	690	–	1	–
16	Marek Dupnitsa	37	768	240	164	364	896	1239	644	–	–	1
17	Pirin Blagoevgrad	24	690	220	167	303	744	940	607	–	–	–
18	OFC Sliven 2000 OFC Sliven 2000 OFC Sliven 2000 is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sliven, currently playing in the East B PFG, the second division of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground is the Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium in Sliven with a capacity of 15,000...	23	661	225	144	292	823	980	594	–	–	–
19	Spartak Sofia Spartak Sofia Spartak Sofia was a Bulgarian football club founded in 1947. It existed independently until 1969, when it was merged with Levski Sofia. After 1990 the club's independence has been restored. The team plays in "Bulgarian V Amateur football group". In 2005 the name is changed to "Levski-Spartak" when...	21	443	161	142	140	566	514	464	–	2	1
20	Akademic Sofia	17	485	158	131	186	573	625	447	–	–	2
21	Spartak Plovdiv	18	445	160	121	164	568	592	441	1	1	–
22	Litex Lovech	12	326	185	65	76	594	319	435	3	1	–
23	Naftex Burgas	12	356	154	72	130	534	420	380	–	1	–
24	Dobrudzha Dobrich	17	419	128	82	209	457	695	338	–	–	–