1943 Bulgarian State Football Championship

1943 Bulgarian State Football Championship
Country	Bulgaria
Champions	Slavia Sofia
Runners-up	Levski Sofia
	← 1942 1944 →

Statistics of Bulgarian State Football Championship in the 1943 season.

Overview[]

It was contested by 26 teams, and PFC Slavia Sofia won the championship. Besides teams from the present borders of Bulgaria, the 1943 season also involved teams from the areas under Bulgarian administration during much of World War II. Football clubs from Bitola and Skopje in Vardar Macedonia and Kavala in Greek Macedonia took part in the competition.

Teams[]

The teams that participated in the competition were the winners of their local sport districts. According to the format of the competition - Sofia is having five seeds and Varna and Plovdiv two seeds each. Note that Makedonia Skopie was competing in the Sofia sport district during that season of the championship.

Sport District	Team
Sofia	Levski Sofia Slavia Sofia Makedonia Skopie ZhSK Sofia
Varna	Ticha Varna Vladislav Varna
Plovdiv	Levski Plovdiv Botev Plovdiv
Pleven
Ruse	ZhSK Ruse
Bdin
Dobrich	Levski Dobrich
Shumen	Han Kubrat Popovo
Tarnovo
Balkan	Chardafon Gabrovo
Rila	Atletik Dupnitsa
Pirin	Botev Gorna Dzhumaya
Skopje
Bitolya
West Thrace	Belomorets Kavala
Haskovo	Botev Haskovo
Stara Zagora	Tritsvet Chirpan
Seaside	Chernomorets Burgas
Tundzha	Georgi Drazhev Yambol

First round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Levski Dobrich	4–8	ZhSK Ruse	2–4	2–4
Belomorets Kavala	6–2	Botev Haskovo	4–1	2–1
Orel-Chegan 30 Vratsa	3–6		1–2	2–4
Georgi Drazhev Yambol	3–4	Chernomorets Burgas	2–1	1–3(a.e.t.)
	6–0	Chardafon Gabrovo	3–0	3–0
	1–7		1–4	0–3
	4–0		3–0	1–0
Han Kubrat Popovo	1–4	Vladislav Varna	1–1	0–3
Tritsvet Chirpan	1–7	Botev Plovdiv	1–4	0–3
ZhSK Sofia	2–0	Ticha Varna	2–0	0–0
Botev Gorna Dzhumaya	1–6	Atletik Dupnitsa	1–3	0–3

Second round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	9–0		5–0	4–0
ZhSK Ruse	8–5	Vladislav Varna	2–4	6–1
	4–6	Chernomorets Burgas	3–4	1–2
Belomorets Kavala	2–3	Botev Plovdiv	2–1	0–2 (a.e.t.)
Levski Sofia	6–2	Atletik Dupnitsa	2–1	4–1
Levski Plovdiv	5–2		3–1	2–1
ZhSK Sofia	6–0	Makedonia Skopie	3–0	3–0

Quarterfinals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Levski Sofia	4–3	ZhSK Sofia	2–2	2–1
	2–3	Slavia Sofia	2–2	0–1
Chernomorets Burgas	0–4	Botev Plovdiv	0–1	0–3
Levski Plovdiv	7–4	ZhSK Ruse	6–1	1–3

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Levski Sofia	5–1	Levski Plovdiv	3–1	2–0
Botev Plovdiv	2–6	Slavia Sofia	1–1	1–5

Final[]

10 October 1943 First leg	Slavia Sofia	1–0	Levski Sofia	Sofia
14:30	46'	Report		Stadium: Yunak Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Boyan Angelov

17 October 1943 Second leg	Levski Sofia	0–1	Slavia Sofia	Skopje
14:30		Report	16'	Attendance: 13,500

References[]

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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