1945 Bulgarian Republic Football Championship

1st season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria Bulgarian Republic Football Championship 1945 Lokomotiv Sofia 1944 1946 The 1945 Republic Football Championship was a national football competition in Bulgaria. From 1945 to 1948, the Bulgarian Republic Football Championship was the successor of the Bulgarian State Football Championship. Overview The 1945 season was contested by 24 teams, and Lokomotiv Sofia won the championship. As Bulgaria had lost the territories of Vardar Macedonia, Western Thrace and parts of Greek Macedonia that it administered during most of World War II, teams from those regions no longer took part in the Bulgarian championships, beginning in 1945. First round Botev Byala Slatina 2–3 ZhSK-Botev Pleven Orlovets Gabrovo 1–0 Hadzhi Slavchev Pavlikeni Borislav Borisovgrad 3–3 ZhSK Stara Zagora Botev Mihaylovgrad 0–1 Benkovski Vidin Botev Gorna Dzhumaya 3–1 Lokomotiv Pernik Levski-Dorostol Silistra 0–2 Angel Kanchev-Levski Ruse Nikolay Laskov Yambol 2–1 Slavia Burgas Levski Sofia 4–0 ZhSK-Levski Plovdiv |- !colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0F0C0; text-align:left;" |Replay Borislav Borisovgrad 1–0 ZhSK Stara Zagora |} Second round Benkovski Vidin 1–2 Sportist Sofia Angel Kanchev-Levski Ruse 1–2 Spartak Varna Stamo Kostov Popovo 1–2 TV 45 Varna ZhSK-Botev Pleven 1–4 Lokomotiv Sofia Orlovets Gabrovo 2–0 Vihar Dobrich Nikolay Laskov Yambol 0–3 Botev Plovdiv Borislav Borisovgrad 1–3 SP 45 Plovdiv Botev Gorna Dzhumaya 1–2 Levski Sofia |} Quarter-finals Botev Plovdiv 0–2 Lokomotiv Sofia Spartak Varna 3–0 Orlovets Gabrovo SP 45 Plovdiv 2–2 TV 45 Varna Sportist Sofia 2–1 Levski Sofia |- !colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0F0C0; text-align:left;" |Replay SP 45 Plovdiv 4–1 TV 45 Varna |} Semi-finals Sportist Sofia 3–2 Spartak Varna SP 45 Plovdiv 0–1 Lokomotiv Sofia |} Final First game 30 September 1945 Lokomotiv Sofia 3–1 Sportist Sofia Yordanov G. Vasilev Milev Bozhkov Sofia Second game 7 October 1945 Sportist Sofia 1–1 Lokomotiv Sofia Bozhkov Yordanov Sofia Lokomotiv Sofia won 4–2 on aggregate. References Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF) Category:Bulgarian Republic Football Championship seasons 1 1