First League

The highly anticipated European qualification match between Bulgaria and Hungary has become embroiled in a venue controversy, resulting in the decision to keep the game behind closed doors despite several venue changes.

Love of football has brought together many a family, but a football game in Turkey's capital has taken that shared love of sports to a new level.

In the Sept. 12 match, for the first time in history, a married couple officiated at a Turkish football match.

Turkish Süper Lig broadcaster Digiturk has not paid its mandatory dues for the 2020-2021 football season, the Turkish Football Federation said on Dec. 18.

digiturkThe football body's statement came after Digiturk earlier in the day said it has paid the broadcasting rights fee for this season.

The aging star of Ludogorets - Marcelinho, won the First League player's first prize in the InStat Index.
The ranking was established at the start of the First League campaign by the Association of Bulgarian Football Players (ABF), in cooperation with INSTAT - one of the largest soccer analysis and statistics companies.

Stara Zagora football team "Vereya" was removed from the First League because of signals for fixing matches. The decision was taken on Tuesday by the Disciplinary Commission of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) after receiving information from the European football central UEFA. Vereya has a seven-day period to appeal against the decision.

The Bulgarian Football Union will initiate a meeting between Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the bosses of professional football clubs because of the pressure on the referees and the tensions surrounding the games in the First League lately, said Borislav Mihaylov.

Romania prosecutors on Monday detained the former chairman of the Professional Football League, LPF, and other six others on suspicion of tax evasion and money laundering in a case related to the sale of match rights to television stations.

Former chairman Dumitru Dragomir was taken into custody for 24 hours, with a proposal to extend the arrest over a month more.