2017–18 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)
The 2017–18 First Professional Football League was the 94th season of the top division of the Bulgarian football league system, the 70th since a league format was adopted for the national competition of A Group as a top tier of the pyramid and also the 2nd season of the First Professional Football League, which decides the Bulgarian champion. The season is the second with a new league structure and strict financial criteria where 14 clubs play each other home and away, until the league is split up in championship and relegation playoffs. The new league structure, inspired by the ones used by the Belgian First Division A and Danish Superliga, was approved by the Bulgarian Football Union on 6 June 2016. The fixture list was released on 22 June 2017.
| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14 July 2017–25 May 2018 |
| Champions | Ludogorets Razgrad (7th title) |
| Relegated | Pirin Blagoevgrad |
| Champions League | Ludogorets Razgrad |
| Europa League | Slavia Sofia CSKA Sofia Levski Sofia |
| Matches played | 243 |
| Goals scored | 621 (2.56 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Claudiu Keșerü (26) |
| Best goalkeeper | Bozhidar Mitrev (19 clean sheets) |
| Biggest home win | Ludogorets Razgrad 7–0 Beroe (18 April 2018) |
| Biggest away win | Etar 0–6 Ludogorets Razgrad (18 March 2018) |
| Highest scoring | Botev Plovdiv 2–6 CSKA Sofia (30 July 2017) |
| Longest winning run | 14 games by Ludogorets Razgrad |
| Longest unbeaten run | 25 games by CSKA Sofia |
| Longest winless run | 31 games by Vitosha Bistritsa |
| Longest losing run | 6 games by Vereya and Vitosha Bistritsa |
| Highest attendance | 29,000 CSKA Sofia 0–0 Ludogorets Razgrad (5 May 2018) |
| Lowest attendance | ~30 Septemvri Sofia 2–1 Cherno More (8 December 2017) |
← 2016–17 2018–19 →
All statistics correct as of 25 May 2018. | |
On 29 April 2018, four rounds before the end of the championship, Ludogorets Razgrad managed to secure the title for a seventh consecutive and overall time.