2016–17 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

First Professional Football League

Season	2016–17
Dates	29 July 2016 – 4 June 2017
Champions	Ludogorets Razgrad 6th title
Relegated	Neftochimic Burgas Montana Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa
Champions League	Ludogorets Razgrad
Europa League	Botev Plovdiv Dunav Ruse Levski Sofia
Matches played	240
Goals scored	616 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Claudiu Keșerü (22)
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The 2016–17 First Professional Football League (Bulgarian: Първа професионална футболна лига 2016/17, Parva profesionalna futbolna liga 2016/17) was the 93rd season of top division football in Bulgaria. It was played from 29 July 2016 to 4 June 2017. Ludogorets Razgrad won the tournament. The top scorer was Claudiu Keșerü, with 22 goals.

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	26	21	4	1	69	19	+50	67	Championship round
2	Levski Sofia	26	15	6	5	38	17	+21	51
3	CSKA Sofia	26	13	7	6	35	16	+19	46
4	Cherno More Varna	26	12	7	7	30	24	+6	43
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26	10	9	7	35	30	+5	39
6	Dunav Ruse	26	10	8	8	32	31	+1	38
7	Botev Plovdiv	26	10	5	11	36	42	−6	35	Relegation round
8	Beroe Stara Zagora	26	10	5	11	27	28	−1	35
9	Pirin Blagoevgrad	26	10	4	12	30	36	−6	34
10	Vereya	26	8	6	12	22	36	−14	30
11	Slavia Sofia	26	8	4	14	30	45	−15	28
12	Neftochimic Burgas	26	7	5	14	27	37	−10	26
13	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	26	5	7	14	22	39	−17	22
14	Montana	26	3	3	20	16	49	−33	12

Championship round

Points and goals will carry over in full from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	36	25	8	3	87	28	+59	83	Champions League second qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	36	19	10	7	51	21	+30	67
3	Levski Sofia	36	18	9	9	50	31	+19	63	European play-off final
4	Dunav Ruse	36	15	10	11	46	44	+2	55	Europa League first qualifying round
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	36	14	10	12	50	52	−2	52
6	Cherno More Varna	36	13	8	15	39	45	−6	47

Relegation round

Points and goals will carry over in full from the regular season.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vereya	32	13	6	13	31	40	−9	45	European play-off quarter-finals
2	Botev Plovdiv	32	13	5	14	51	50	+1	44	Europa League first qualifying round
3	Slavia Sofia	32	11	4	17	37	55	−18	37	Relegation play-offs
4	Montana (R)	32	4	3	25	24	66	−42	15

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Beroe Stara Zagora	32	12	8	12	35	33	+2	44	European play-off quarter-finals
2	Pirin Blagoevgrad	32	12	7	13	41	44	−3	43
3	Neftochimic Burgas (R)	32	8	7	17	33	47	−14	31	Relegation play-offs
4	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa (R)	32	7	9	16	32	51	−19	30

Statistics

Top goalscorers

22 goals

• Claudiu Keșerü (Ludogorets Razgrad)

17 goals

• Martin Kamburov (Lokomotiv Plovdiv)

14 goals

• Marcelo Nascimento da Costa (Ludogorets Razgrad)

13 goals

• João Paulo da Silva Araújo (Ludogorets Razgrad and Botev Plovdiv)
• Wanderson Cristaldo Farias (Ludogorets Razgrad)

11 goals

• Todor Nedelev (Botev Plovdiv)
• Daniel Mladenov (Pirin Blagoevgrad)
• Junior Mapuku (Beroe Stara Zagora)

Other websites

• First League (uefa.com)
• bulgarian-football.com