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This is a list of Bulgarian football clubs in European competition. Bulgarian clubs have participated since 1956, when CSKA Sofia entered the 1956–57 European Cup.
Achievements
= Biggest Achievements
=Statistics
As of 3 November 2022.
= UEFA coefficient and ranking
=For the 2020–21 UEFA competitions, the associations will be allocated places according to their 2019 UEFA country coefficients, which will take into account their performance in European competitions from 2014–15 to 2018–19. In the 2019 rankings that will be used for the 2020–21 European competitions, Bulgaria's coefficient points total is 17.500. After earning a score of 4.000 during the 2018–19 European campaign, Bulgaria is ranked by UEFA as the 28th best association in Europe out of 55.
26 Azerbaijan 19.000
27 Israel 18.625
28 Bulgaria 17.500
29 Romania 15.950
30 Slovakia 15.625
Full list Archived 2018-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
= UEFA country coefficient history
=(As of 2 September 2022), Source: Bert Kassies website.
Appearances in UEFA competitions
As of 3 November 2022
App. = Appearances; P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; EC = European Cup; UCL = UEFA Champions League; UC = UEFA Cup; UEL = UEFA Europa League; CWC = UEFA Cup Winners' Cup; UIC = UEFA Intertoto Cup.
Active competitions
= European Cup / UEFA Champions League
=Notes
Note 1: A number of Eastern European clubs withdrew from the first two rounds when UEFA paired up all of the Eastern European clubs against one another due to the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Note 2: Botev Plovdiv took the place of Levski Sofia as, following riots during the Bulgarian Cup final, the Sofia club was barred from entering European competitions.
Note 3: Bulgarian clubs did not enter the Champions League during these seasons due to the restructuring of the competition by UEFA, with entry limited to Europe's top 24 countries. The Bulgarian league champions entered the UEFA Cup instead.
= UEFA Cup / Europa League
== UEFA Conference League
=Defunct competitions
= Cup Winners' Cup
=Notes
Note 1: A number of Eastern European clubs withdrew following UEFA's decision to separate western and Eastern countries due to troubles in Czechoslovakia.
Note 2: CSKA Sofia were barred from entering the European competitions after the riots during the Bulgarian Cup final.
= UEFA Intertoto Cup
=Notes
Note 1: No club was elected by Bulgarian Football Union for the participation in the tournament in that season.
References
External links
UEFA Website
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation