1948 Bulgarian Republic Football Championship

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Bulgarian Republic Football Championship
Season1948
Champions Septemvri pri CDV Sofia
1947
1948–49

Statistics of Bulgarian Republic Football Championship in the 1948 season.

Contents

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Septemvri pri CDV Sofia won the championship.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Levski Sofia 2–0 Lyubislav Burgas 2–00–0
Aprilov Gabrovo 1–4 Septemvri pri CDV Sofia 0–21–2
Hristo Mihaylov Mihaylovgrad 6–13 Marek Dupnitsa 3–43–9
Benkovski Vidin 2–0 Lokomotiv Ruse 2–02–0
Spartak Sofia 3–0 Ilinden Petrich 2–01–0
TVP Varna 7–3 Loko Stara Zagora 1–16–2
Spartak Pleven 1–4 Slavia Plovdiv 1–10–3
Botev Plovdiv 2–4 Spartak Varna 2–30–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Benkovski Vidin 1–6 Septemvri pri CDV Sofia 0–41–2
Marek Dupnitsa 2–0 Spartak Sofia 2–00–0
Levski Sofia 7–3 Slavia Plovdiv 4–03–3
TVP Varna 2–6 Spartak Varna 2–20–4

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Spartak Varna 2–6 Septemvri pri CDV Sofia 1–21–4
Levski Sofia 6–3 Marek Dupnitsa 3–13–2

Final

First game

Levski Sofia 2−1 Septemvri pri CDV Sofia
Pachedzhiev Soccerball shade.svg76' (pen.), 79' Report Bogdanov Soccerball shade.svg66'
Yunak Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Borislav Kamenski (Sofia)

Second game

Septemvri pri CDV Sofia 3−1 Levski Sofia
Milanov Soccerball shade.svg2', 69'
Chakmakov Soccerball shade.svg90'
Report Tsvetkov Soccerball shade.svg17'
Yunak Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Stefan Danchev (Varna)

Septemvri pri CDV Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

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