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2025–26 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

NBL
Duration4 October 2025 – June 2026
Teams11
TV partnerMax Sport
2026–27 →

The 2025–26 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season is the 85th season of the Bulgarian NBL.

Teams

2025–26 Bulgarian National Basketball League club locations.

11 teams will participate as two teams joined the competititon this season: BC Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Botev Vratsa.[1][2]

Club Last season Arena Location Capacity
Academic Plovdiv[3] 5th SILA Hall Plovdiv 1,600
Balkan Botevgrad[4] 2nd Arena Botevgrad Botevgrad 4,500
Beroe[5] 6th Municipal Hall Stara Zagora 1,000
Botev Vratsa[6] N/A Arena Botevgrad Botevgrad 4,500
Cherno More Ticha[7] 3rd Hristo Borisov Hall Varna 1,000
Minyor 2015[8] 7th Boris Gyuderov Hall Pernik 1,700
Levski[9] 8th Universiada Hall Sofia 4,000
Lokomotiv Plovdiv[10] 1st (second division) SILA Hall Plovdiv 1,600
Rilski Sportist[11] 1st Arena Samelyon Samokov 3,000
Shumen[12] 9th Arena Shumen Shumen 1,500
Spartak Pleven[13] 4th Balkanstroy Hall Pleven 1,200

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Balkan Botevgrad 19 16 3 1754 1441 +313 35 Advance to playoffs
2 Rilski Sportist 19 16 3 1724 1475 +249 35
3 Cherno More 19 14 5 1723 1539 +184 33
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 19 12 7 1718 1575 +143 31
5 Botev Vratsa 19 10 9 1513 1541 −28 29
6 Beroe 20 8 12 1659 1751 −92 28
7 Spartak Pleven 19 8 11 1506 1579 −73 27
8 Minyor 2015 19 8 11 1579 1694 −115 27
9 Academic Plovdiv 19 7 12 1540 1623 −83 26
10 Shumen 19 3 16 1497 1731 −234 22
11 Levski 19 3 16 1430 1694 −264 22
Updated to match(es) played on 20 February 2026. Source: NBL

Results

Matches 1–22

Teams played each other twice, once at home and once away.

Home \ Away ACP BAL BER BVR CMT LEV LPD MIN RIL SHU SPA
Academic 95–106 67–86 78–74 95–94 78–66 90–86 70–85 72–86 95–68 83–62
Balkan 87–66 94–74 Mar 4 85–82 96–58 83–80 118–75 75–70 102–67 103–75
Beroe 89–81 59–106 84–74 84–86 89–76 86–89 90–79 74–96 83–78 97–83
Botev Vratsa 92–72 65–88 86–90 76–96 84–67 79–73 89–81 68–97 72–64 85–72
Cherno More 91–85 93–66 96–90 82–66 109–77 107–91 94–83 77–73 107–74 81–90
Levski Mar 4 70–102 84–79 77–84 76–89 70–82 76–82 86–103 93–80 81–69
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 98–93 89–94 117–88 105–87 77–86 115–80 88–72 72–84 96–59 91–75
Minyor 2015 83–80 81–99 88–84 84–88 72–91 90–85 Mar 4 87–100 93–90 88–85
Rilski Sportist 96–68 81–79 94–73 92–87 96–84 105–70 74–78 89–77 98–71 85–80
Shumen 78–90 83–101 90–83 74–89 Mar 4 77–72 89–107 86–91 97–105 84–64
Spartak 96–82 78–70 87–77 65–68 83–78 81–66 79–84 92–88 Mar 4 90–88
Updated to match(es) played on 20 February 2026. Source: NBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Player of the round

Round Player Team PIR
1 United States De'Sean Parsons Beroe 35
2 Serbia Lazar Stankovic Minyor 2015 27
3 United States Khalil Miller Lokomotiv Plovdiv 40
4 Bulgaria Georgi Gerganov Botev Vratsa 37
5 United States Demond Robinson Balkan 30
6 United States Khalil Miller Lokomotiv Plovdiv 29
7 Serbia Igor Kesar Minyor 2015 33
8 United States Khalil Miller Lokomotiv Plovdiv 39
9 United States Lamont West Cherno More 46
10 United States Will Ellis Shumen 35
11 United States Devearl Ramsey Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26
12 United States Alonzo Gaffney Cherno More 33
13 United States Lamont West Cherno More 28
14 United States Khalil Miller Lokomotiv Plovdiv 34
15 United States Khalil Miller Lokomotiv Plovdiv 36
16 Bulgaria Georgi Gerganov Botev Vratsa 39
17 United States Khalil Miller Lokomotiv Plovdiv 34
18 United States Michael Marsh Shumen 31
19 United States Michael Marsh Shumen 30
20 United States Grant Singleton Lokomotiv Plovdiv 40
21 Serbia Igor Kesar Minyor 2015 31

Bulgarian clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Rilski Sportist FIBA Europe Cup Regular season
Balkan Qualifying round

Bulgarian clubs in Regional competitions

Team Competition Progress
Spartak Pleven European North Basketball League Regular season

References

Regular Season Stats

  1. ^ Петрова, Виктория (2025-07-10). "НБЛ с 11 отбора през 2025/2026". BBALL.BG (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2025-07-14.
  2. ^ "11 отбора подадоха заявки за участие в Sesame НБЛ за 2025/2026". basketball.bg. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
  3. ^ Akademik in NBL
  4. ^ Balkan in NBL
  5. ^ Beroe in NBL
  6. ^ Botev in NBL
  7. ^ Cherno More in NBL
  8. ^ Minyor 2015 in NBL
  9. ^ Levski in NBL
  10. ^ Lokomotiv in NBL
  11. ^ Rilski Sportist in NBL
  12. ^ Shumen in NBL
  13. ^ Spartak in NBL
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