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

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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	Relegation play-offs

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	European play-off quarter-finals
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	Relegation play-offs