The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League (), also known as Second League () or Vtora liga (currently known as Mr. Bit Second League for sponsorship reasons), is the second level of the Bulgarian football league system, below First League and above the Third League. Twenty teams take part in the league, each playing twice against all the other, once home and once away. Most matches are played on Saturdays and Sundays. The league is administered by the Bulgarian Professional Football League.
In 2016, the B Group's name was rebranded to Second Professional Football League.Официално 14-те отбора в родния елит, новият формат и новото име на първенството
Competition format A team receives 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss.
Promotion and relegation positions For 2026–27 Season : First place (champion): Direct promotion to First Professional Football League.
Second place (runner-up) and third place: Promotion playoff against the 13th place team from First Professional Football League.
13th place: Relegation playoff against the loser promotion playoff northeast and northwest of Third League.
14th to 20th place: Relegation to Third Amateur Football League.
2025–26 clubs
Province Team(s)3Blagoevgrad Pirin Blagoevgrad, Belasitsa, Vihren Sandanski2Veliko Tarnovo Etar, Lokomotiv GOGabrovo Yantra, Sevlievo1Pernik Minyor PernikSofia City CSKA Sofia IIBurgas Chernomorets BurgasKyustendil MarekPleven Spartak PlevenPazardzhik HebarRazgrad Ludogorets Razgrad IIRuse Dunav RuseSofia Sportist SvogeVarna Fratria
History
B Republican Football Group The B group was established in 1950 when the league was divided in two groups - North and South, in each group participating 10 teams. The first champions of the B Republican Football Group are Torpedo (Ruse) (North) and Spartak (Sofia) (South).
In season 1951 the group is only one - B Republican Football Group with 12 teams. The regulations are - in A Group are going the top team in the final standings from Sofia and the top two teams from the province (teams that aren't from Sofia).
In the next season 1952 the group is formed by 14 teams and from season 1953 the league is divided into five groups - Sofia B Group, North-West B Group, South-West B Group, North-East B Group and South-East B Group.
Second Professional Football Group In the next seasons the league had many changes. In 2000 the Bulgarian Football Union changed the name of the division. The league is formed by 18 teams, not like previous seasons - 16 teams. To reduce the teams to 16 again in the next season the last six teams that finish in the final standings in the league were directly relegated.
First Professional Football League Before the start of season 2001/2002 the league was again renamed. The championship started with 13 teams, because Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) and Belasitsa (Petrich) united with two teams from A Group - Lokomotiv with PFC Velbazhd Kyustendil and Belasitsa with PFC Hebar Pazardzhik. That meant, that this was the end of professional football in the towns of Kyustendil and Pazardzhik.
B Professional Football Group Returning to the traditions of the B Republican Football Group was the creating of the B Professional Football Group. 16 teams participated in the league, each playing twice against all the other, once home and once away, with no play-offs.
Before the start of season 2005/2006 the Bulgarian Football Union decided to divide B Group in two groups - West B Group and East B Group with 14 teams in each group. Every team plays 13 matches as home team and 13 matches as away team. The two champions of the groups were directly promoted to A Group and the two teams that finished in second place in their group played a play-off for winning the final third place for promotion in A Group. On May 19, 2008 the two groups were extended to 16 teams. For season 2010/2011 the two groups were reduced again with 12 teams in each.
But just before the start of season 2011/2012 the number of teams in the two groups was again reduced - 10 teams in both West B Group and East B Group, with the winners of the groups directly promoting to A Group. The two teams that finished in second place in their group enter in a play-off for winning a place at the final play-off for promotion/relegation with the team that finished 14th in A Group.
Further changes were made before the start of season 2012/2013. The former format of B Group with the two groups (West and East) was replaced by a single division, formed by fourteen teams.
Second League
Former champions (from season 2005–06) The following table presents the former champions of B Group (until season 2011–12 it had separate champions about the zones East and West).
Season Champion(s) Top goalscorer2005–06PFC Spartak 1918 (East)PFC Rilski Sportist Samokov (West)Georgi Hristov (18 goals) FC Maritsa PlovdivMiroslav Manolov (19 goals) Conegliano German F.C.2006–07PFC Chernomorets Burgas (East)PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad (West)Miroslav Mindev (18 goals) FC SlivenBorislav Dichev (20 goals) PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo2007–08OFC Sliven 2000 (East)PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra (West)Miroslav Mindev (24 goals) SlivenAtanas Nikolov (18 goals) Lokomotiv Mezdra2008–09PFC Beroe Stara Zagora (East)PFC Montana (West)Deyan Hristov (25 goals) Neftochimic BurgasVentsislav Ivanov (19 goals) PFC Montana2009–10PFC Kaliakra Kavarna (East)PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo (West)Borislav Rupanov (20 goals) OFC NesebarAngel Rusev and Vladislav Zlatinov (17 goals)PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo / PFC Bansko2010–11Ludogorets Razgrad (East)FC Botev Vratsa (West)Petar Atanasov (10 goals) PFC Brestnik 1948Georgi Kalaydzhiev and Tihomir Kanev (11 goals) Bansko Team / FC Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo2011–12Etar 1924 (East)Pirin Gotse Delchev (West)Nikolay Pavlov (13 goals) FC LyubimetsVladislav Mirchev (9 goals) OFC Bdin Vidin2012–13 Neftochimic Burgas Blagoy Nakov (16 goals) Pirin Blagoevgrad2013–14 Marek Dupnitsa Atanas Chipilov (13 goals) Bansko2014–15 Montana Yanaki Smirnov (23 goals) Lokomotiv GO2015–16 Dunav Ruse Vasil Kaloyanov and Tihomir Kanev (13 goals) Sozopol / Lokomotiv GO2016–17 Etar Veliko Tarnovo Dimitar Georgiev (18 goals) Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia2017–18 Botev Vratsa Svetoslav Dikov (25 goals) Tsarsko Selo Sofia2018–19 Tsarsko Selo Sofia Georgi Minchev (29 goals) Tsarsko Selo Sofia2019–20 CSKA 1948 Sofia Andon Gushterov (26 goals) CSKA 1948 Sofia2020–21 Pirin Blagoevgrad Svetoslav Dikov (17 goals) Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia2021–22 Septemvri Sofia Mariyan Tonev (19 goals) Maritsa Plovdiv2022–23 CSKA 1948 Sofia II Yordan Dimitrov and Valentin Yoskov (15 goals) Dunav Ruse / CSKA 1948 Sofia II2023–24 Spartak Varna Ahmed Ahmedov (21 goals) Spartak Varna2024–25 Dobrudzha Denislav Angelov (21 goals) Fratria / Yantra Gabrovo2025–26 Dunav Ruse Mark-Emilio Papazov (18 goals) CSKA Sofia II
References
External links Bulgarian-football MrBit's official website SPLeague BULGARIA 2nd level alltime table 1950-2013/14