A legal entity that it claims descent from was founded in 1923 as the football department of the Bulgarian National Sports Federation, which existed until the Soviet invasion of 1944. The football governing body was then known as the Central Football Committee until 1948, the Republican Section for Football from 1948 until 1962 and the Bulgarian Football Federation from 1962 until 1985. On 27 June 1985, the organization was renamed to the Bulgarian Football Union, the name that it carries today.
References
Paytashev, Rumen (2001). World Football Encyclopedia, 1st edition. Trud. ISBN954-528-500-1.
Football (soccer) (Bulgarian:футбол, futbol) is the most popular sport in Bulgaria. It was introduced in 1893–1894 by Swiss gymnastics teachers invited to the country. A football (initially called ритнитоп, ritnitop, "kickball") match was first played in Varna's High School for Boys in 1894, where it was introduced by Georges de Regibus, and the game was brought to Sofia by Charles Champaud the following year. The rules of the game were published in Bulgarian by Swiss teachers in the Uchilishten pregled magazine in 1897, and football continued to gain popularity in the early 20th century. Among the founders of the Turkish team Galatasaray S.K. in 1905 was the Bulgarian Lycée de Galatasaray student Blagoy Balakchiev, and the first Bulgarian club, Futbol Klub, was established in Sofia in 1909 on the initiative of Sava Kirov. PFC Botev Plovdiv was founded in 1912, PFC Slavia Sofia in 1913, and PFC Levski Sofia in 1914. The Bulgaria national football team debuted on 21 May 1924 in a 1924 Summer Olympics qualifier, losing 0–6 to Austria in Vienna. What is today PFC CSKA Sofia was established on 5 May 1948. In the 1950s and 1960s Bulgarian football achieved its biggest Olympic success, being third in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne and second in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, also finishing fifth in Euro 1968. In 1962, Bulgaria first qualified for a FIFA World Cup tournament, in total of seven participations to date. In the 1986 FIFA World Cup, Bulgaria did reach the round of 16. Then, in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, came Bulgaria's biggest World Cup success, the fourth place, the elimination of reigning world champions Germany and Hristo Stoichkov's top goalscorer prize.
Their main cause is the long-standing management of the BulgarianFootballUnion which led to a decline of Bulgarian football, without any prospects for development," Denkov told journalists.
“The president and the governing body of the BulgarianFootballUnion were rightfully elected and are recognized by all stakeholders as such – and the fact that Mr.
UEFA ordered the game to be played behind closed doors after a request by the national federation, which feared potential trouble following calls for a major protest against the BulgarianFootballUnion.
The qualifying match between Bulgaria and Hungary for next year's European soccer championship fell victim to a bitter dispute between the management of the BulgarianFootballUnion and soccer fans from across the Balkan country.
A demonstration by thousands of Bulgarian football fans in Sofia to demand the resignation of the president of the Bulgarian FootballUnion (BFS) and its leadership turned violent on November 16, resulting in injuries and arrests.
UEFA ordered the game in Sofia to be played behind closed doors after a request by the national federation that feared potential trouble following the fans' call for a major protest against the BulgarianFootballUnion (BFU).
The Bulgarian national football team will play its upcoming Euro 2024 qualifying match against Hungary without fans in the stadium after angry protests against the head of the Bulgarian FootballUnion....
Killeen Daily Herald
16 Nov 2023
Killeen Daily Herald
16 Nov 2023