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Sun, Feb 05 2012
Football back in action
Bulgaria's new football championship season kicked off last weekend, implementing some interesting changes from past years.
The 14 teams in the premier league must now play between 36 and 40 games instead of last year's 26, during a marathon season that will run without a winter break.
After playing the usual 26 rounds, which should be over by the end of March, the premier league teams will be grouped under the "six by eight" system. The first six teams will compete for medals whilst the remaining eight will compete to keep their place in the top league. The first six will play 10 more games and the remaining eight will play another 14.
Bearing in mind that the season will be longer and more difficult than before, the premier league teams entered the championship cautiously. The scores in the first seven games were low - less than 2 goals per match.
The most impressive result so far was Bulgarian Cup holder Litex's 4-1 victory over Chernomorets (Bourgas). The score indicated that Litex was in good shape for their game against the Irish team Langford Town, scheduled for yesterday.
The other two Bulgarian teams headed for Europe had poor results. However, few doubt that CSKA will have any difficulties in their match with the Belarussian team Shachtior (Soligorsk), also scheduled for yesterday.
Levski (Sofia), last season's Bulgarian champion, seemed to be saving itself for its away match which was on Wednesday against Galatassaray of Istanbul. The match was part of the third preliminary round for entry into the Champions League.
Among other changes, for the first time, the Professional Football League will run both the premier and the second division. Every professional football team is obliged to have a reserve team that will participate in a reserve team championship. Every Bulgarian team will also now be allowed to have seven foreign players - the limit was previously five.
The 14 teams in the premier league must now play between 36 and 40 games instead of last year's 26, during a marathon season that will run without a winter break.
After playing the usual 26 rounds, which should be over by the end of March, the premier league teams will be grouped under the "six by eight" system. The first six teams will compete for medals whilst the remaining eight will compete to keep their place in the top league. The first six will play 10 more games and the remaining eight will play another 14.
Bearing in mind that the season will be longer and more difficult than before, the premier league teams entered the championship cautiously. The scores in the first seven games were low - less than 2 goals per match.
The most impressive result so far was Bulgarian Cup holder Litex's 4-1 victory over Chernomorets (Bourgas). The score indicated that Litex was in good shape for their game against the Irish team Langford Town, scheduled for yesterday.
The other two Bulgarian teams headed for Europe had poor results. However, few doubt that CSKA will have any difficulties in their match with the Belarussian team Shachtior (Soligorsk), also scheduled for yesterday.
Levski (Sofia), last season's Bulgarian champion, seemed to be saving itself for its away match which was on Wednesday against Galatassaray of Istanbul. The match was part of the third preliminary round for entry into the Champions League.
Among other changes, for the first time, the Professional Football League will run both the premier and the second division. Every professional football team is obliged to have a reserve team that will participate in a reserve team championship. Every Bulgarian team will also now be allowed to have seven foreign players - the limit was previously five.
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