For other organizations with a similar name, see National Basketball League (disambiguation) and NBL (disambiguation) .
The National Basketball League (NBL ) (in Bulgarian: Националната баскетболна лига) is the highest professional basketball league in Bulgaria . The current league was founded in 2008, though the first-tier level existed since 1942 and was previously called the Bulgarian A Division. The games in the NBL are played under FIBA rules . The most successful team in NBL history is PBC Academic , which has won 26 national titles.
Current teams [ ]
Club
Last season
Arena
Location
Capacity
Academic Plovdiv
5th
Arena SILA
Plovdiv
1,700
Balkan Botevgrad
4th
Arena Botevgrad
Botevgrad
4,500
Beroe
6th
Municipal Hall
Stara Zagora
1,000
Cherno More Ticha
9th
Hristo Borisov
Varna
1,000
Chernomorets
5th
Burgas
1,000
Levski Lukoil
1st
Universiada Hall
Sofia
4,000
Rilski Sportist
2nd
Arena Samokov
Samokov
2,500
Shumen
New team
Arena Shumen
Shumen
2,300
Spartak Pleven
8th
Balkanstroy
Pleven
1,200
Yambol
7th
Diana
Yambol
3,000
Title holders [ ]
[1]
Titles by Club [ ]
Club
Winners
Winning years
Academic Sofia
26
1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014–15 , 2015–16 , 2016–17
Levski Sofia
16
1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2014, 2017–18 , 2020-21
CSKA Sofia
12
1949, 1950, 1951, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992
Lokomotiv Sofia
6
1943, 1948, 1955, 1961, 1964, 1966
Balkan Botevgrad
5
1974, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2018–19
Spartak Sofia
4
1954, 1956, 1960, 1962
Slavia Sofia
3
1952, 1953, 1997
Cherno More Port Varna
3
1985, 1998, 1999
Spartak Pleven
2
1995, 1996
Yambol
1
2002
Latest finals [ ]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
Men's professional
basketball leagues Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania International tournaments
Defunct tournaments
Africa
FIBA Africa Basketball League
Americas Asia Europe
Category