2022–23 Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria)

South-East Third League
Season	2022-23
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

North-East Third League
Season	2022–23
	← 2020–21 2023–24 →

Third Amateur Football League
Season	2022–23
Promoted	Chernomorets Balchik ; Bdin Vidin ; Chernomorets Burgas ; Marek Dupnitsa
Relegated	Botev Novi Pazar; Sportist General Toshevo; Volov Shumen; Borislav Parvomay; Vereya; Lokomotiv Dryanovo; Levski-Rakovski; Nadezhda Dobroslavtsi; Pirin Gotse Delchev; Granit Vladaya
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Third Amateur Football League season was the 73rd of the Bulgarian Third Amateur League. The group is equivalent to the third level of the Bulgarian football pyramid, comprising four divisions based on geographical areas. These divisions are the North-West, North-East, South-East, and South-West. The number of teams in each division varies, similarly to previous seasons.^[1]

Team Changes

To Third League

Promoted from Regional Leagues

Relegated from Second League

From Third League

Promoted to Second League

Relegated to Regional Leagues

North-East Group

Stadia and Locations

Botev

Popovo

Chernomorets Balchik

Cherno More II
Spartak Varna II

Lokomotiv Ruse
Dunav II

Locations of teams in the 2022−23 North-East Third League

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Botev	Novi Pazar	Gradski	8,000
Chernolomets Popovo	Popovo	Stamo Kostov Stadium	5,000
Chernomorets Balchik	Balchik	Balchik	2,600
Cherno More II	Varna	Korabostroitel	1,500
Dorostol	Silistra	Louis Eyer Stadium	12,000
Dunav Ruse II	Ruse	Gradski Stadion	13,000
Lokomotiv	Ruse	Lokomotiv Stadium	13,000
Ludogorets III	Razgrad	Eagles' Nest	2,000
Riltsi	Dobrich	Druzhba	12,500
Septemvri	Tervel	Septemvri	700
Spartak Varna II	Varna	Lokomotiv	2,000
Sportist GT	General Toshevo	Sportist	6,000
Svetkavitsa	Targovishte	Dimitar Burkov	5,000
Ustrem	Donchevo	Donchevo Stadium	1,000
Volov	Shumen	Panayot Volov Stadium	24,390

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chernomorets Balchik (C, P)	28	25	2	1	86	13	+73	77	Promotion to Second League
2	Septemvri Tervel	28	21	5	2	70	18	+52	68
3	Svetkavitsa Targovishte	28	17	5	6	42	23	+19	56
4	Chernolomets Popovo	28	17	4	7	68	24	+44	55
5	Ludogorets III	28	17	3	8	79	31	+48	54
6	Cherno More II	28	15	2	11	63	33	+30	47
7	Riltsi Dobrich	28	13	7	8	46	43	+3	46
8	Spartak Varna II	28	13	5	10	44	35	+9	44
9	Dorostol Silistra	28	12	4	12	28	40	−12	40
10	Volov Shumen	28	7	1	20	26	62	−36	22
11	Dunav Ruse II	28	6	4	18	26	63	−37	22
12	Ustrem Donchevo	28	6	3	19	28	67	−39	21
13	Lokomotiv Ruse	28	5	6	17	33	56	−23	21	Possible Relegation to Regional Divisions
14	Sportist General Toshevo	28	5	3	20	31	96	−65	18	Possible Relegation to Regional Divisions
15	Botev Novi Pazar (R)	28	4	0	24	20	86	−66	12	Relegation to Regional Divisions

Source: bulgarian-football.com
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.^[11]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

South-East Group

Stadia and Locations

Lokomotiv II
Spartak Plovdiv

Asenovets

Sliven

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Location of teams in 2022–23 South-East Third League

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Asenovets	Asenovgrad	Shipka Stadium	4,000
Atletik	Kuklen	Atletik	1,000
Beroe II	Stara Zagora	Lokomotiv Stadium	10,000
Borislav	Parvomay	Gradski	8,000
Chernomorets	Burgas	Cherveno zname	3,000
Dimitrovgrad	Dimitrovgrad	Minyor	10,000
Gigant	Saedinenie	Saedinenie	5,000
Karnobat	Karnobat	Gradski	3,000
Levski	Karlovo	Vasil Levski	3,000
Lokomotiv Plovdiv II	Plovdiv	Sadovo Stadium	500
Nesebar	Nesebar	Stadion Nesebar	6,800
Rodopa	Smolyan	Septemvri Stadium	6,100
Rozova Dolina	Kazanlak	Sevtopolis	15,000
Sayana	Haskovo	Haskovo	9,000
Sliven	Sliven	Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium	10,000
Sokol	Markovo	Sokol	2,500
Spartak Plovdiv	Plovdiv	Sports Complex Eurocollege	500
Vereya	Stara Zagora	Trace Arena	3,500
FC Yambol	Yambol	Tundzha	18,000
Zagorets	Nova Zagora	Zagorets	5,900

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Nesebar	38	26	5	7	84	32	+52	83
2	Chernomorets Burgas^[a]	38	24	8	6	82	26	+56	80	Promotion to Second League
3	Gigant Saedinenie	38	23	9	6	69	28	+41	78
4	Zagorets	38	22	10	6	64	19	+45	76
5	Sayana Haskovo	38	20	9	9	68	36	+32	69
6	Rozova Dolina	38	20	8	10	66	29	+37	68
7	Spartak 1947 Plovdiv	38	19	8	11	73	43	+30	65
8	Asenovets 2005	38	19	7	12	69	41	+28	64
9	Lokomotiv Plovdiv II	38	20	4	14	57	33	+24	64
10	Yambol 1915	38	16	9	13	57	48	+9	57
11	Rodopa Smolyan	38	16	7	15	51	48	+3	55
12	Dimitrovgrad	38	16	4	18	52	54	−2	52
13	Sokol Markovo	38	15	3	20	54	58	−4	48
14	Levski Karlovo	38	12	6	20	45	69	−24	42
15	Karnobat	38	11	8	19	37	57	−20	41
16	Beroe Stara Zagora II	38	11	4	23	45	74	−29	37	Possible Relegation to Regional Divisions
17	Atletik Kuklen	38	11	3	24	37	83	−46	36	Possible Relegation to Regional Divisions
18	Sliven^[b]	38	10	6	22	58	93	−35	36	Relegation to Regional Divisions
19	Borislav 2009 Parvomay (R)	38	5	6	27	34	92	−58	21
20	Vereya (R)	38	2	0	36	24	163	−139	6

Updated to match(es) played on 14 Juny 2023. Source: bulgarian-football.com
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.^[11]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Champions of the Southeast Third League, Nesebar, decided to cancel their promotion to the Second League due to organizational reasons. The Bulgarian Football Union invited second-placed Chernomorets Burgas to the Second League instead. Chernomorets accepted the invite and was thus promoted.
^ Although Sliven finished in the relegation zone at the end of the season, the team was spared from relegation due to Arda Kardzhali’s reserve team, Arda II, refusing promotion to the Third League. On the other hand, Mineral Ovoshtnik also refused to promote, thus Sliven was spared from relegation.

North-West Group

North-West Third League
Season	2022-23
← 2021–22 2022–24 →

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2022–23 North-West Third League

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Akademik	Svishtov	Akademik	13,500
Bdin	Vidin	Georgi Benkovski	15,000
Botev II	Vratsa	Hristo Botev	25,000
Boruna	Tsareva Livada	Republikanets	815
FC Drenovets	Drenovets	Arena Drenovets	1300
Etar II	Veliko Tarnovo	Trifon Ivanov
Juventus	Malchika	Georgi Karchev	1,000
Levski 2007	Levski	Levski	6,000
Lokomotiv	Dryanovo	Lokomotiv	3,500
Lokomotiv	Gorna Oryahovitsa	Lokomotiv	10,500
Lokomotiv	Mezdra	Lokomotiv	5,000
Partizan	Cherven Bryag	Gradski	700
Pavlikeni	Pavlikeni	Gancho Panov	10,000
Sevlievo	Sevlievo	Rakovski	5,000
Vihar	Slavyanovo	Gradski	1,000
Yantra Polski Trambesh	Polski Trambesh	Gradski	800

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bdin Vidin	30	25	1	4	89	29	+60	76	Promotion to Second League
2	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	30	23	3	4	90	21	+69	72
3	Vihar Slavyanovo	32	23	3	6	63	25	+38	72
4	Lokomotiv Mezdra	30	20	3	7	63	27	+36	63
5	Pavlikeni	29	16	4	9	54	48	+6	52
6	Sevlievo	30	16	3	11	65	30	+35	51
7	Yantra Polski Trambesh	30	13	4	13	64	44	+20	43
8	Akademik Svishtov	30	11	6	13	47	46	+1	39
9	Partizan Cherven Bryag	30	10	3	17	36	54	−18	33
10	Botev Vratsa II	30	9	6	15	41	64	−23	33
11	Juventus Malchika	30	11	0	19	35	74	−39	33
12	Drenovets	30	9	4	17	41	76	−35	31
13	Levski 2007	29	9	1	19	30	66	−36	28	Possible Relegation to Regional Divisions
14	Etar II	30	7	4	19	38	68	−30	25
15	Boruna Tsareva Livada	30	6	5	19	33	72	−39	23
16	Lokomotiv Dryanovo	30	5	6	19	23	68	−45	21	Relegation to Regional Divisions

Updated to match(es) played on 14 Juny 2023. Source: bulgarian-football.com
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.^[11]

South-West Group

South-West Third League
Season	2022-23
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2022–23 South-West Third League

Sofia 2022–23 South-West Third League football clubs

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Balkan	Botevgrad	Hristo Botev	8,000
Bansko	Bansko	Saint Peter	3,000
Botev	Ihtiman	Hristo Botev	5,000
Chavdar	Etropole	Chavdar	5,600
CSKA Sofia II	Sofia	Pancharevo	1,500
CSKA 1948 III	Sofia	National Sports Academy	200
Granit	Vladaya	Vladaya
Kostinbrod 2012	Kostinbrod	Georgi Benkovski	500
Kyustendil	Kyustendil	Osogovo	10,000
Levski-Rakovski	Sofia	Rakovski	5,000
Levski Sofia II	Sofia	Georgi Asparuhov Training Complex	1,000
Marek	Dupnitsa	Bonchuk	16,000
Nadezhda	Dovroslavtsi	Dobroslavtsi	300
Oborishte	Panagyurishte	Orcho Voyvoda	3,000
Pirin 1912	Gotse Delchev	Gradski	5,000
Pirin Razlog	Razlog	Gradski	6,500
Rilski Sportist	Samokov	Iskar	7,000
Septemvri Sofia II	Sofia	German	800
Septemvri Simitli	Simitli	Struma	8,000
Slavia Sofia II	Sofia	Aleksandar Shalamanov	25,556
Slivnishki Geroy	Slivnitsa	Slivnishki Geroy	7,000
Vihren	Sandanski	Sandanski	6,000

League table

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Marek Dupnitsa	20	15	3	2	56	15	+41	48	Qualification for Promotion group
2	Chavdar Etropole	20	14	2	4	43	19	+24	44
3	Balkan Botevgrad	20	13	1	6	43	28	+15	40
4	Bansko	20	10	4	6	31	21	+10	34
5	Slivnishki Geroy	20	9	5	6	27	31	−4	32
6	Slavia Sofia II	20	9	2	9	40	41	−1	29	Qualification for Relegation group
7	CSKA 1948 III	20	6	5	9	27	32	−5	23
8	Septemvri Sofia II	20	6	5	9	28	31	−3	23
9	Botev Ihtiman	20	5	0	15	24	41	−17	15
10	Levski-Rakovski	20	4	3	13	19	47	−28	15
11	Pirin Gotse Delchev	20	4	0	16	22	54	−32	12

Source: bulgarian-football.com
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.^[11]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vihren Sandanski	20	13	5	2	40	20	+20	44	Qualification for Promotion group
2	Kostinbrod	20	14	2	4	31	15	+16	44
3	Kyustendil	20	12	7	1	41	12	+29	43
4	CSKA Sofia II	20	8	5	7	37	20	+17	29
5	Septemvri Simitli	20	7	7	6	28	24	+4	28
6	Rilski Sportist	20	7	6	7	33	29	+4	27	Qualification for Relegation group
7	Oborishte	20	8	3	9	20	30	−10	27
8	Levski Sofia II	20	7	5	8	29	27	+2	26
9	Pirin Razlog	20	4	4	12	20	38	−18	16
10	Granit Vladaya	20	3	5	12	14	39	−25	14
11	Nadezhda Dobroslavtsi	20	0	5	15	16	55	−39	5

Source: bulgarian-football.com
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.^[11]