2022–23_First_Professional_Football_League_(Bulgaria)

2022–23 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

99th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria

The 2022–23 First Professional Football League, also known as efbet League for sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the 99th season of the top division of the Bulgarian football league system, the 75th since a league format was adopted for the national competition of A Group as a top tier of the pyramid, and also the 7th season of the First Professional Football League, which decides the Bulgarian champion. The season began on 8 July 2022. Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the last round before the league's winter break was held on 11–12 November. The league resumed on 11 February 2023.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

First Professional Football League
Season	2022–23
Dates	8 July 2022 – 11 June 2023
Champions	Ludogorets Razgrad (12th title)
Relegated	Spartak Varna Septemvri Sofia
Champions League	Ludogorets Razgrad
Europa Conference League	CSKA Sofia CSKA 1948 Sofia Levski Sofia
Matches played	284
Goals scored	670 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ivaylo Chochev (21 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Plamen Andreev (22 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Ludogorets 8–1 Botev Vratsa (8 April 2023)
Biggest away win	Lokomotiv Sofia 0–6 CSKA 1948 (3 March 2023)
Highest scoring	Ludogorets 8–1 Botev Vratsa (8 April 2023)
Longest winning run	9 games Ludogorets
Longest unbeaten run	16 games CSKA Sofia
Longest winless run	11 games Levski Sofia
Longest losing run	7 games Spartak Varna Septemvri Sofia
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 22:31, 11 June 2023 (UTC).

Ludogorets Razgrad were the 11-time defending champions. On 7 June 2023, they won their 12th straight title in a dramatic final matchday, winning 1–0 away at Cherno More and finishing one point above second-placed CSKA Sofia.^[2]

Teams

From this season, the league was expanded from 14 to 16 teams, with 12 teams returning from last season, three teams promoted from the 2021–22 Second League, as well as the winner of the promotion/relegation playoff.

The first team to earn promotion from the Second League was Spartak Varna, who mathematically secured a top three finish after winning their game against Sozopol on May 5, coupled with Etar losing to CSKA 1948 II.^[3] Spartak return to the top level after a 13-year absence.

The second team to earn promotion from the Second League was Septemvri Sofia, who mathematically secured a top three finish after drawing with Sportist Svoge on May 9. Septemvri Sofia return to the top level after a 3-year absence.^[4]

The third team to earn promotion from the Second League was Hebar, who secured a top three finish in the very last round of the Second League, on May 21. Hebar return to the top level of Bulgarian football after a 21-year absence.^[5]

Additionally, Botev Vratsa managed to defeat Etar with a score of 3–2 in the promotion/relegation playoff, thus maintaining its place in the First League.^[6]

Stadia and locations

More information Arda, Beroe ...

Arda	Beroe	Botev Plovdiv	Botev Vratsa
Arena Arda	Beroe	Hristo Botev	Hristo Botev
Capacity: 11,114	Capacity: 12,128	Capacity: 18,777	Capacity: 6,417

Cherno More	CSKA 1948	CSKA Sofia	Hebar
Ticha	Bistritsa	Balgarska Armia	Georgi Benkovski
Capacity: 6,250	Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 22,995	Capacity: 13,128

Levski Sofia	Sofia Beroe Arda Botev Vratsa Cherno More Spartak Ludogorets Botev Plovdiv Lokomotiv Plovdiv Pirin CSKA 1948 Hebar Location of teams in 2022–23 First League CSKA Levski Lokomotiv Septemvri Slavia Sofia 2022–23 First League football clubs		Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov			Lokomotiv
Capacity: 25,000			Capacity: 8,610

Lokomotiv Sofia			Ludogorets
Lokomotiv			Huvepharma Arena
Capacity: 22,000			Capacity: 10,422

Pirin Blagoevgrad	Septemvri Sofia	Slavia Sofia	Spartak Varna
Hristo Botev	Vasil Levski National Stadium	Aleksandar Shalamanov	Spartak
Capacity: 7,500	Capacity: 43,230	Capacity: 25,556	Capacity: 7,500

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

More information Team, Manager ...

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Additional
Arda	Aleksandar Tunchev	Ivan Kokonov	Uhlsport	efbet	IA Nataliya Ltd.
Beroe	Nikolay Kirov	Ivan Karadzhov	Jako^[7]	efbet	Chahov Ltd.
Botev Plovdiv	Bruno Baltazar	Viktor Genev	Macron^[8]	WinBet	—
Botev Vratsa	Daniel Morales	Krasimir Kostov	Zeus^[9]	WinBet	Vratsa Municipality, SportRespect
Cherno More	Ilian Iliev	Daniel Dimov	Uhlsport	Armeets	—
CSKA 1948	Todor Yanchev	Daniel Naumov	Adidas^[10]	efbet	Bachkovo
CSKA Sofia	Saša Ilić	Jurgen Mattheij	Macron^[11]	WinBet	—
Hebar	Lyuboslav Penev	Petar Debarliev	Jako	efbet	Pazardzhik Municipality
Levski Sofia	Elin Topuzakov	Nikolay Mihaylov	Joma^[12]	PalmsBet	—
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Aleksandar Tomash	Dimitar Iliev	Nike^[13]	WinBet	General Broker, Money+
Lokomotiv Sofia	Stanislav Genchev	Krasimir Miloshev	Joma	Betano	Casa Boyana, Malizia, Intesa, VIA 2000, Club 33
Ludogorets	Ivaylo Petev	Anton Nedyalkov	Nike^[14]	efbet	Vivacom, HUVESEPT
Pirin Blagoevgrad	Hristo Yanev	Krasimir Stanoev	Adidas	8888.bg	—
Septemvri Sofia	Svetoslav Petrov	Asen Georgiev	Uhlsport	8888.bg	—
Slavia Sofia	Zlatomir Zagorčić	Georgi Petkov	Uhlsport	bet365	Asset Insurance
Spartak Varna	Dimitar Dimitrov	Rumen Rumenov	Jako	efbet	Intercom Group

Note: Individual clubs may wear jerseys with advertising. However, only one sponsorship is permitted per jersey for official tournaments organised by UEFA in addition to that of the kit manufacturer (exceptions are made for non-profit organisations). Clubs in the domestic league can have more than one sponsorship per jersey which can feature on the front of the shirt, incorporated with the main sponsor or in place of it; or on the back, either below the squad number or on the collar area. Shorts also have space available for advertisement.

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Arda	Stamen Belchev	End of contract	16 May 2022^[15]	Pre-season	Aleksandar Tunchev	19 May 2022^[16]
Lokomotiv Sofia	Ivan Kolev	End of contract	23 May 2022^[17]		Stanislav Genchev	25 May 2022^[18]
CSKA 1948	Nikolay Kirov	Mutual consent	23 May 2022^[19]		Lyuboslav Penev	28 May 2022^[20]
CSKA Sofia	Alan Pardew	Mutual consent	1 June 2022^[21]		Saša Ilić	2 June 2022^[22]
Botev Vratsa	Gennaro Iezzo	Sacked	2 June 2022^[23]		Rosen Kirilov	2 June 2022^[24]
Hebar	Nikolay Mitov	End of contract	8 June 2022^[25]		Fulvio Pea	13 June 2022^[26]
Pirin Blagoevgrad	Radoslav Mitrevski	Resigned	20 June 2022^[27]		Petar Mihtarski (interim)	21 June 2022
Pirin Blagoevgrad	Petar Mihtarski	End of interim period	3 July 2022^[28]		Krasimir Petrov	4 July 2022^[29]
Botev Plovdiv	Azrudin Valentić	Promoted to advisor	29 July 2022^[30]	16th	Željko Kopić	3 August 2022^[31]
Spartak Varna	Vasil Petrov	Resigned	11 August 2022^[32]	15th	Georgi Ivanov (interim)	11 August 2022^[32]
Spartak Varna	Georgi Ivanov	End of interim period	22 August 2022	16th	Todor Kiselichkov	23 August 2022^[33]
Botev Vratsa	Rosen Kirilov	Resigned	6 September 2022^[34]	12th	Vladislav Vutov (interim)	6 September 2022^[34]
Beroe	Petar Hubchev	Mutual consent	12 September 2022^[35]	10th	Nikolay Kirov	14 September 2022^[36]
Botev Vratsa	Vladislav Vutov	End of interim period	14 September 2022^[37]	14th	Daniel Morales	14 September 2022^[37]
Hebar	Fulvio Pea	Promoted to sports director	23 September 2022^[38]	15th	Vladimir Manchev	23 September 2022^[38]
Septemvri Sofia	Slavko Matić	Mutual consent	9 October 2022^[39]		Svetoslav Petrov	9 October 2022^[40]
Pirin Blagoevgrad	Krasimir Petrov		18 October 2022^[41]		Hristo Yanev	25 October 2022^[42]
Spartak Varna	Todor Kiselichkov		28 November 2022	16th	Dimitar Dimitrov	28 November 2022^[43]
CSKA 1948	Lyuboslav Penev	Resigned	10 December 2022^[44]	3rd	Todor Yanchev	13 December 2022^[45]
Botev Plovdiv	Željko Kopić	Sacked	7 December 2022^[46]	10th	Bruno Baltazar	3 January 2023^[47]
Ludogorets	Ante Šimundža		7 March 2023^[48]	2nd	Ivaylo Petev	7 March 2023^[49]
Hebar	Vladimir Manchev		20 March 2023^[50]	15th	Lyuboslav Penev	21 March 2023^[51]
Levski Sofia	Stanimir Stoilov	Resigned	8 April 2023^[52]	4th	Elin Topuzakov	12 April 2023^[53]
Slavia Sofia	Zlatomir Zagorčić		4 May 2023^[54]	7th	Angel Slavkov	4 May 2023^[55]
Septemvri Sofia	Svetoslav Petrov		5 May 2023	13th	Krasimir Balakov	5 May 2023^[56]
CSKA 1948	Todor Yanchev		25 May 2023^[57]	3rd	Atanas Ribarski	25 May 2023^[58]
Botev Plovdiv	Bruno Baltazar	Sacked	25 May 2023^[59]	10th	Stefan Stoyanov (interim)	25 May 2023^[60]
Spartak Varna	Dimitar Dimitrov	Resigned	6 June 2023^[61]	16th	Valentin Iliev	6 June 2023^[62]
Beroe	Nikolay Kirov	Sacked	6 June 2023^[63]	14th	Veselin Penev (interim)	6 June 2023
Lokomotiv Sofia	Stanislav Genchev	Resigned	6 June 2023^[64]	9th	Stoycho Stoev	8 June 2023^[65]
Botev Plovdiv	Stefan Stoyanov	End of interim period	8 June 2023^[66]	10th	Stanislav Genchev	8 June 2023

Regular season

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	30	23	5	2	72	21	+51	74	Qualification for the Championship group
2	CSKA Sofia	30	23	4	3	57	14	+43	73
3	CSKA 1948	30	17	8	5	49	22	+27	59
4	Levski Sofia	30	15	9	6	38	14	+24	54
5	Cherno More	30	15	8	7	36	27	+9	53
6	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	14	8	8	33	28	+5	50
7	Slavia Sofia	30	15	4	11	31	27	+4	49	Qualification for the Europa Conference League group
8	Arda	30	11	9	10	33	32	+1	42
9	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	10	8	12	32	38	−6	38
10	Botev Plovdiv	30	9	5	16	38	40	−2	32
11	Botev Vratsa	30	7	7	16	23	55	−32	28	Qualification for the Relegation group
12	Beroe	30	7	6	17	26	47	−21	27
13	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	5	9	16	21	39	−18	24
14	Hebar	30	6	5	19	19	51	−32	23
15	Septemvri Sofia	30	5	7	18	25	45	−20	22
16	Spartak Varna	30	3	8	19	27	60	−33	17

Source: soccerway, Bulgarian Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[67]

Results

More information Home \ Away, ARD ...

Home \ Away	ARD	BSZ	BPD	BVR	CHM	CSK	CSS	HEB	LEV	LPD	LSO	LUD	PIR	SEP	SLA	SPV
Arda	—	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–3	1–0	0–3	5–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	3–2	1–0	2–0
Beroe	2–0	—	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–3	1–4	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–4	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–1
Botev Plovdiv	0–2	1–0	—	6–0	3–4	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–1
Botev Vratsa	0–0	2–0	3–2	—	0–2	1–0	0–4	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–4	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
Cherno More	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	—	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–3	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–2
CSKA 1948	1–0	4–0	2–1	5–2	0–0	—	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0
CSKA Sofia	3–0	5–1	3–1	5–1	1–0	2–1	—	4–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0
Hebar	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–4	—	0–2	1–2	3–2	1–3	0–0	1–3	0–3	0–0
Levski Sofia	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	—	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	5–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	—	1–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–6	1–1	1–4	3–2	0–0	—	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–2
Ludogorets	1–1	2–1	1–0	8–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	6–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	—	0–1	3–1	2–1	5–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–1	0–0	2–4	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–4	—	1–4	1–2	3–1
Septemvri Sofia	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–3	0–1	—	1–2	1–1
Slavia Sofia	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	—	2–2
Spartak Varna	1–3	0–4	3–2	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	—

Source: Bulgarian Football
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Results by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Arda ...

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Arda	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	D
Beroe	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L
Botev Plovdiv	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	L
Botev Vratsa	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	L
Cherno More	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W
CSKA 1948	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	L
CSKA Sofia	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W
Hebar	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W
Levski Sofia	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	W
Lokomotiv Sofia	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	D
Ludogorets Razgrad	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Pirin Blagoevgrad	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W
Septemvri Sofia	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Slavia Sofia	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W
Spartak Varna	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L

Source: Bulgarian Football
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Championship round

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

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LUD	CSS	CSK	LEV	LPD	CHM
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	35	26	7	2	81	27	+54	85	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round	—	2–2	—	3–2	1–0	—
2	CSKA Sofia	35	26	6	3	65	17	+48	84	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round	—	—	1–1	—	1–0	2–0
3	CSKA 1948	35	17	13	5	55	28	+27	64		2–2	—	—	2–2	0–0	—
4	Levski Sofia (O)	35	17	10	8	47	22	+25	61	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off	—	0–2	—	—	—	2–1
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	35	15	9	11	35	34	+1	54^{[lower-alpha 1]}		—	—	—	0–3	—	2–1
6	Cherno More	35	15	9	11	39	35	+4	54^{[lower-alpha 1]}		0–1	—	1–1	—	—	—

Source: Soccerway, Bulgarian Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[68]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

Head-to-head points: Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3, Cherno More 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Lokomotiv Plovdiv +2, Cherno More -2.

Europa Conference League round

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

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ARD	SLA	LSO	BPD
1	Arda	36	16	10	10	47	36	+11	58^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off	—	3–2	3–0	2–1
2	Slavia Sofia	36	17	7	12	37	31	+6	58^{[lower-alpha 1]}		0–0	—	2–0	1–0
3	Lokomotiv Sofia	36	11	9	16	37	49	−12	42		1–3	1–1	—	1–2
4	Botev Plovdiv	36	10	6	20	41	49	−8	36		0–3	0–0	0–2	—

Head-to-head points: Arda 7, Slavia Sofia 4.

Relegation round

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

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	PIR	HEB	BVR	BSZ	SEP	SPV
1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	35	8	10	17	28	43	−15	34		—	2–1	2–0	—	—	2–0
2	Hebar	35	9	5	21	30	59	−29	32^{[lower-alpha 1]}		—	—	—	3–1	3–1	—
3	Botev Vratsa	35	8	8	19	29	64	−35	32^{[lower-alpha 1]}		—	2–3	—	2–0	—	1–1
4	Beroe (O)	35	8	8	19	31	54	−23	32^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification for the relegation play-off	1–1	—	—	—	2–0	1–1
5	Septemvri Sofia (R)	35	7	7	21	31	52	−21	28	Relegation to the Second League	2–0	—	3–1	—	—	—
6	Spartak Varna (R)	35	5	10	20	32	65	−33	25	Relegation to the Second League	—	2–1	—	—	1–0	—

Head-to-head points: Hebar 11, Botev Vratsa 10, Beroe 4.

Europa Conference League play-off

More information Levski Sofia, 2–0 ...

Levski Sofia	2–0	Arda
Welton 36', 58'	Report

11 June 2023

19:00 EEST

Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia

Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv)

Promotion/relegation play-off

More information Beroe, 1–0 ...

Beroe	1–0	Sportist Svoge
Mara 35'	Report

9 June 2023

19:00 EEST

Ivaylo, Veliko Tarnovo

Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 11 June 2023^[71]

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ivaylo Chochev	CSKA 1948	21
2	Duckens Nazon	CSKA Sofia	18
3	Igor Thiago	Ludogorets	15
4	Antoine Baroan	Botev Plovdiv	14
4	Kiril Despodov	Ludogorets	14
6	Matías Tissera	Ludogorets	12
7	Aboubacar Toungara	Beroe / Arda	10
7	Maurício Garcez	CSKA Sofia	10
9	Brayan Perea	Botev Vratsa	9
	Brayan Moreno	CSKA Sofia
	Ricardinho	Levski Sofia

Clean sheets

As of 11 June 2023^[72]

More information Rank, Goalkeeper ...

Rank	Goalkeeper	Club	Clean sheets
1	Plamen Andreev	Levski Sofia	22
2	Gustavo Busatto	CSKA Sofia	20
3	Daniel Naumov	CSKA 1948	14
4	Sergio Padt	Ludogorets	13
5	Ivan Dyulgerov	Cherno More	12
6	Krasimir Kostov	Botev Vratsa	11
6	Anatoli Gospodinov	Arda	11
8	Dinko Horkaš	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	10
9	Svetoslav Vutsov	Slavia Sofia	9
10	Aleksandar Lyubenov	Lokomotiv Sofia	8

Hat-tricks

As of 11 June 2023

More information Player, For ...

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Maurício Garcez	CSKA Sofia	Arda	3–0 (H)^[73]	10 July 2022
Ivaylo Chochev⁴	CSKA 1948	Botev Vratsa	5–2 (H)^[74]	6 August 2022
Elvis Manu	Botev Plovdiv	Botev Vratsa	6–0 (H)^[75]	5 November 2022
Kiril Despodov	Ludogorets	Cherno More	3–2 (H)^[76]	12 March 2023
Igor Thiago	Ludogorets	Botev Vratsa	8–1 (H)^[77]	8 April 2023
Tonislav Yordanov	Beroe	Spartak Varna	4–0 (A)^[78]	9 April 2023
Antoine Baroan	Botev Plovdiv	Pirin Blagoevgrad	4–2 (A)^[79]	4 May 2023
Duckens Nazon	CSKA Sofia	Botev Vratsa	5–1 (H)^[80]	8 May 2023

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

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