Bulgarian League (R)

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Any Bulgarian league fans out there?

Round 14
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Rilski Sportist 2-0 Lokomotiv Sofia
Spartak Varna 1-1 CSKA
Litex Lovech 3-0 Dobrudzha
Botev 0-0 Chernomorets
Levski 1-0 Cherno more
Slavia Sofia 1-1 Marek
Naftex 2-0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Table
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CSKA 40, Levski 34, Litex 30, Slavia 26, Lok. Plovdiv 26, Naftex 24, Cherno more 21, Marek 17, Chernomorets 17, Spartak Varna 15, Lok. Sofia 12, Botev 11, Rilski Sportist 6, Dobrudzha 1

[HristoRules(period)]

Thanks for the update. Slavia is the team, believe me. See you

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Originally posted by HristoRules(period)
Thanks for the update. Slavia is the team, believe me. See you Slavia? Wow. I thought half the country was Levski and the other half was CSKA.

BTW - I get all the results from www.bulgarian-football.com.

[HristoRules(period)]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by albionroad
[B]Slavia? Wow. I thought half the country was Levski and the other half was CSKA.

Almost. Slavia has about 200 fans and I'm one of them. ;)

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Round 15
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Slavia 5-0 Rilski Sportist
Marek 1-5 Levski
Cherno more 4-0 Botev
Chernomorets 1-4 Lovech
Lok Plovdiv 2-0 Spartak
CSKA 2-0 Lok Sofia
Dobrudzha 2-1 Naftex

Standings
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CSKA 43, Levski 37, Litex 33, Slavia 29, Lok Plovdiv 29, Cherno More 24, Naftex 24, Chernomorets 17, Marek 17, Spartak 15, Lok Sofia 12, Botev 11, Rilski Sportist 6, Dobrudzha 4

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Round 16
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Levski 1-2 Slavia
Rilski Sportist 1-1 CSKA
Lok Sofia 4-1 Lok Plovdiv
Spartak 1-0 Dobrudzha
Botev 1-0 Marek
Naftex 2-0 Chernomorets
Litex-Chernomore (postponed)

Standings - CSKA 44, Levski 37, Litex 33, Slavia 32, Lok Plovdiv 29, Naftex 27, Cherno More 24, Spartak 18, Marek 17, Chernomorets 17, Lok Sofia 15, Botev 14, Rilski Sportist 7, Dobrudzha 4

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Round 17
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Lok Plovdiv-CSKA - postponed
Cherno more 3-1 Naftex
Marek 0-0 Litex
Chernomorets 1-2 Spartak
Dobrudzha 1-0 Lok Sofia
Levski 6-0 Rilski Sportist
Slavia 5-0 Botev

Standings - CSKA* 44, Levski 40, Slavia 35, Litex* 34, Lok Plovdiv* 29, Cherno more* 27, Naftex 27, Spartak 21, Marek 18, Chernomorets 17, Lok Sofia 15, Botev 14, Rilski Sportist 7, Dobrudzha 7.

* - have played one less game.

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CSKA vs. Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3-0 (Lokomotiv didn't show up for the game; the Football Union punished them by extracting 3 points from the team's total)

CSKA 47, Levski 40, Slavia 35, Litex* 34, Cherno More* 27, Naftex 27, Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26, Spartak 21, Marek 18, Chernomoretz 17, Lokomotiv Sofia 15, Botev 14, Rilski Sportist 7, Dobrudzha 7

* - game in hand

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In addition to the 3-0 defeat awarded to CSKA for Loko Plovdiv's no-show last weekend, Loko Plovdiv were penalized 3 points.

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Round 18
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Litex 2-1 Slavia Sofia
Botev 0-3 Levski
Spartak 2-1 Cherno more (Varna derby)
Rilski Sportist 0-4 Loko Plovdiv
Loko Sofia 3-0 Chernomorets
Naftex 1-1 Marek
CSKA 3-0 Dobrudzha

Standings - CSKA 50, Levski 43, Litex* 37, Slavia 35, Loko Plovdiv 29, Naftex 28, Cherno more* 27, Spartak 24, Marek 19, Loko Sofia 18, Chernomorets 17, Botev 14, Rilski Sportist 7, Dobrudzha 7

* - one game less.

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Round 19
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Slavia 1-0 Naftex
Botev 2-1 Rilski Sportist
Marek 3-0 Spartak
Cherno more 3-0 Loko Sofia
Chernomorets 2-8 CSKA
Dobrudzha 1-2 Loko Plovdiv
Levski 3-0 Litex

Standings
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CSKA 53, Levski 46, Slavia 38, Litex* 37, Loko Plovdiv 32, Cherno more* 30, Naftex 28, Spartak 24, Marek 22, Loko Sofia 18, Chernomorets 17, Botev 17, Rilski Sportist 7, Dobrudzha 7.

* - played one less match.

Interesting Notes
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Chernomorets were actually leading CSKA 1-0 until the 40th minute.
Litex-Cherno more makeup match will be played April 9.

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Round 16 makeup game
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Litex 0-2 Cherno more

Standings
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CSKA 53, Levski 46, Slavia 38, Litex 37, Cherno more 33, Loko Plovdiv 32, Naftex 28, Spartak 24, Marek 22, Loko Sofia 18, Chernomorets 17, Botev 17, Rilski Sportist 7, Dobrudzha 7

Bulgarian Cup semifinal draw
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Litex-Marek
CSKA-Levski

(4/16/03 and 5/3/03)

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Week 20
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Rilski Sportist 0-2 Dobrudzha
Loko Plovdiv 4-0 Chernomorets
Loko Sofia 2-0 Marek
Spartak 1-0 Slavia
Litex 4-1 Botev
CSKA 1-2 Cherno more
Naftex 0-1 Levski

Standings
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CSKA 53, Levski 49, Litex 40, Slavia 38, Cherno more 36, Loko Plovdiv 35, Naftex 28, Spartak 27, Marek 22, Loko Sofia 21, Chernomorets 17, Botev 17, Dobrudzha 10, Rilski Sportist 7

* First CSKA loss of the season
* 3 penalties were missed in the Loko Plovdiv-Chernomorets game
* 10,000 at Naftex-Levski (pretty big for Bulgaria)

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The week 20 match between Spartak and Slavia has been changed to a 3-0 victory for Slavia. Spartak had 2 ineligible players in their team. Also, CSKA are protesting their 2-1 defeat to Cherno more because of supposed mistakes by the referee.

The updated standings
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CSKA 53, Levski 49, Slavia 41, Litex 40, Cherno more 36, Loko Plovdiv 35, Naftex 28, Spartak 24, Marek 22, Loko Sofia 21, Chernomorets 17, Botev 17, Dobrudzha 10, Rilski Sportist 7

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Bulgarian Cup - Semi Final (1st leg)

Litex Lovech 2 Marek Dupnitsa 0
CSKA Sofia 0 Levski Sofia 1

2nd leg to be played on May 3rd and the final will be played on May 21st.

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Round 21
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Slavia 1-1 Loko Sofia
Litex 5-2 Rilski Sportist
Botev 1-1 Naftex
Cherno more 1-0 Loko Plovdiv
Chernomorets 2-1 Dobrudzha
Marek 0-2 CSKA
Levski 0-0 Spartak

Standings
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CSKA 56, Levski 50, Litex 43, Slavia 42, Cherno more 39, Loko Plovdiv 35, Naftex 29, Spartak 25, Loko Sofia 22, Marek 22, Chernomorets 20, Botev 18, Dobrudzha 10, Rilski Sportist 7

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Round 22
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Naftex 1-3 Litex
CSKA 3-1 Slavia (played at neutral site)
Rilski Sportist 1-2 Chernomorets
Dobrudzha 1-1 Cherno more
Loko Plovdiv 5-0 Marek
Loko Sofia 0-1 Levski
Spartak 2-0 Botev

Standings
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CSKA 59, Levski 53, Litex 46, Slavia 42, Cherno more 40, Loko Plovdiv 38, Naftex 29, Spartak 28, Chernomorets 23, Loko Sofia 22, Marek 22, Botev 18, Dobrudzha 11, Rilski Sportist 7

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Bulgarian Cup
Semifinals, 2nd Leg

Marek 0-4 Litex (0-6)
Levski 0-0 CSKA (1-0)

Bulgarian Cup final will be Litex v Levski, May 21 at the Levski National Stadium.

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Round 23
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Slavia 2-0 Loko Plovdiv
Levski 1-1 CSKA
Naftex 0-0 Rilski Sportist
Litex 1-0 Spartak
Botev 3-0 Loko Sofia
Marek 5-0 Dobrudzha
Cherno more 2-2 Chernomorets

Standings
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1. CSKA 60
2. Levski 54
3. Litex 49
4. Slavia 45
5. Cherno more 41
6. Loko Plovdiv 38
7. Naftex 30
8. Spartak 28
9. Marek 25
10. Chernomorets 24
11. Loko Sofia 22
12. Botev 21
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13. Dobrudzha 11
14. Rilski Sportist 8

[lanedogg]

Hey, going to Sofia next week and would like to see either CSKA or Levski. The national stadium is being renovated, where is Levski playing? Who is home next weekend (May 25-26)?

Thanks.

Lane