2021-2022 Gabrovo Regional League

2021-2022 Gabrovo Regional League

 

Season	2021-2022
Dates	19 September 2021 – spring 2022
Champions
Promoted
Relegated
Matches played
Goals scored
Top goalscorer
Biggest home win
Biggest away win
Highest scoring
Longest winning run
Longest unbeaten run
Longest winless run
Longest losing run

 

Competition details and format

 

The Gabrovo Regional League (also known as the Gabrovo Oblast Group) sits at the fourth tier in the football pyramid of Bulgaria, along with the other regional leagues which are organized at the level of each Bulgarian province (oblast). Unlike other regional leagues, it consists of only one division, ”A”, which is at the same time the highest and the lowest football level in Gabrovo Province. 2021-2022 is the eighth consecutive season when Gabrovo Regional League is made up of a single division (group). The competition is organized by the regional administrative football zone centre based in Veliko Tarnovo, belonging to the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU). Dan Kolov Sennik are the defending champions.

There are 11 teams which compete in the 2021-2022 Gabrovo Regional League. The competition is organized as a double round robin championship, in which each team plays each other team twice, once at home and once away, a total of 20 matches. However, because of the odd number of teams, there are 22 rounds, and in each round there is one team which receives a bye.

The competition started on 19 September 2021, and the first half of the season (rounds 1 to 11) is scheduled in autumn 2021, while the second half of the season (rounds 12 to 22) will be played in spring 2022. Between the two halves of the season, there is a large winter break when transfers are allowed. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several restrictions are in place and certain rules have been implemented to avoid the spread of the infection. Most matches are played on Sunday afternoon.

The winners of the league may be promoted to the Bulgarian Third League – North-West Group (Severozapadna Treta Liga) if they meet the standards required for this competition and places are available. If the number of places is lower than the number of teams which apply for promotion, then a promotion play-off may be organized between the winners of the different regional leagues. In recent times, however, the number of places was usually high enough and no play-offs have been played. Moreover, some teams which did not even topped the regional league were invited to fill in the places left in the Bulgarian Third League – North-West Group, meaning that even lower classified teams may promote, once they meet the specific standards, involving the existence of junior teams enrolled in national or regional competitions, among others. The latest winners of the Gabrovo Regional League, Dan Kolov Sennik (2020-2021) and Balkan Plachkovtsi (2019-2020) did not apply for promotion to the Bulgarian Third League – North-West Group.

However, things might change this season, as OFK Tryavna have just been relegated to the Gabrovo Regional League from the Bulgarian Third League – North-West Group, and are eager to promote back, making sure that all the standards required are met. They are therefore the main favorites to win the Gabrovo Regional League this year. Defending champions Dan Kolov Sennik may however be strong contenders for the regional title.

Relegation is not an issue, since there is no lower division or league.

 

Team changes from 2020-2021

 

To the Gabrovo Regional League

 

Relegated from the Bulgarian Third League – North-West Group

 

OFK Tryavna

 

Other admitted teams

 

None

 

From the Gabrovo Regional League

 

Promoted to the Bulgarian Third League – North-West Group

 

None

 

Withdrawn

 

None

 

Teams

 

Team	Home town	Stadium	2020-2021
OFK Tryavna	Tryavna	Angel Kanchev	18th in the Third League – NW Group – relegated
Dan Kolov	Sennik	Sennik	1st in Gabrovo League
Balkan	Plachkovtsi	Plachkovtsi	2nd in Gabrovo League
Angel Kanchev	Tryavna	Angel Kanchev	3rd in Gabrovo League
Chardafon 1919	Gabrovo	Hristo Botev	4th in Gabrovo League
Boruna	Tsareva Livada	Tsareva Livada	5th in Gabrovo League
Sportist	Petko Slaveykov	Petko Slaveykov	6th in Gabrovo League
Vihar 1962	Ryahovtsite	Ryahovtsite	7th in Gabrovo League
Yunak 2006	Kormyansko	Sennik	8th in Gabrovo League
Vidima	Dushevo	Sennik	9th in Gabrovo League
Strela 2006	Shumata	Sevlievo	10th in Gabrovo League

 

Geographical distribution of teams

 

Teams in the Gabrovo Regional League are located in the four municipalities included in Gabrovo Province: Gabrovo, Dryanovo, Sevlievo and Tryavna.

 

Municipality	No. of teams	Name of teams
Gabrovo	1	Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo
Dryanovo	1	Boruna Tsareva Livada
Sevlievo	6	Dan Kolov Sennik, Sportist Petko Slaveykov, Vihar 1962 Ryahovtsite, Yunak 2006 Kormyansko, Vidima Dushevo, Strela 2006 Shumata
Tryavna	3	OFK Tryavna, Angel Kanchev Tryavna, Balkan Plachkovtsi

 

The municipality of Sevlievo is by far the best represented with 6 teams, followed by Tryavna municipality with 3 teams.

The municipalities of Gabrovo and Dryanovo have only one team in Gabrovo Regional League.

 

Round 1 (19 September 2021)

 

Yunak 2006 Kormyansko – Vihar 1962 Ryahovtsite 2-5

Sportist Petko Slaveykov – OFK Tryavna 2-4

Boruna Tsareva Livada – Vidima Dushevo 15-0

Strela 2006 Shumata – Dan Kolov Sennik 1-6

Balkan Plachkovtsi – Angel Kanchev Tryavna 0-4 (awarded)

Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo bye

 

Round 2 (26 September 2021)

 

Angel Kanchev Tryavna – Strela 2006 Shumata 4-1

Vidima Dushevo – Balkan Plachkovtsi 1-5

Vihar 1962 Ryahovtsite – Boruna Tsareva Livada 0-7

OFK Tryavna – Yunak 2006 Kormyansko 12-0

Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo – Sportist Petko Slaveykov 4-1

Dan Kolov Sennik bye

 

Round 3 (3 October 2021)

 

Yunak 2006 Kormyansko – Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo 0-2

Balkan Plachkovtsi – Vihar 1962 Ryahovtsite 4-1

Strela 2006 Shumata – Vidima Dushevo 2-10

Boruna Tsareva Livada – OFK Tryavna 0-4

Dan Kolov Sennik – Angel Kanchev Tryavna 3-0

Sportist Petko Slaveykov bye

 

Round 4 (10 October 2021)

 

Vidima Dushevo – Dan Kolov Sennik 1-10

Vihar 1962 Ryahovtsite – Strela 2006 Shumata 2-2

OFK Tryavna – Balkan Plachkovtsi 6-0

Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo – Boruna Tsareva Livada 3-4

Sportist Petko Slaveykov – Yunak 2006 Kormyansko 3-3

Angel Kanchev Tryavna bye

 

Round 5 (17 October 2021)

 

Strela 2006 Shumata – OFK Tryavna 0-7

Balkan Plachkovtsi – Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo 1-0

Dan Kolov Sennik – Vihar 1962 Ryahovtsite 1-0

Boruna Tsareva Livada – Sportist Petko Slaveykov 9-1

Angel Kanchev Tryavna – Vidima Dushevo 6-4

Yunak 2006 Kormyansko bye

 

Round 6 (24 October 2021)

 

Vihar 1962 Ryahovtsite – Angel Kanchev Tryavna 1-6

Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo – Strela 2006 Shumata 19-0

Sportist Petko Slaveykov – Balkan Plachkovtsi 3-2

Yunak 2006 Kormyansko – Boruna Tsareva Livada 0-11

OFK Tryavna – Dan Kolov Sennik postponed

Vidima Dushevo bye

 

Round 7 (31 October 2021)

 

Strela 2006 Shumata – Sportist Petko Slaveykov 0-4

Vidima Dushevo – Vihar 1962 Ryahovtsite 2-1

Balkan Plachkovtsi – Yunak 2006 Kormyansko 3-0 (awarded, the visitors did not show up)

Angel Kanchev Tryavna – OFK Tryavna 0-5

Dan Kolov Sennik – Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo postponed (match abandoned)

Boruna Tsareva Livada bye

 

Table

 

1	OFK Tryavna	6	6	0	0	38-2	18	Promotion to the Third League
2	Boruna Tsareva Livada	6	5	0	1	46-8	15
3	Dan Kolov Sennik	4	4	0	0	20-2	12
4	Angel Kanchev Tryavna	5	4	0	1	20-14	12
5	Balkan Plachkovtsi	7	4	0	3	15-15	12
6	Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo	5	3	0	2	28-6	9
7	Sportist Petko Slaveykov	6	2	1	3	14-22	7
8	Vidima Dushevo	6	2	0	4	18-39	6
9	Vihar 1962 Ryahovtsite	7	1	1	5	10-24	4
10	Yunak 2006 Kormyansko	6	0	1	5	5-36	1
11	Strela 2006 Shumata	7	0	1	6	6-52	1

 

In case that two or more teams are equal on points, the main ranking criteria are the results of the head-to-head matches.

 

All rounds initially scheduled in November 2021 have been postponed indefinitely due to a new outbreak of COVID-19 in Bulgaria.

 

Round 8 – to be rescheduled

 

OFK Tryavna – Vidima Dushevo

Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo – Angel Kanchev Tryavna

Sportist Petko Slaveykov – Dan Kolov Sennik

Yunak 2006 Kormyansko – Strela 2006 Shumata

Boruna Tsareva Livada – Balkan Plachkovtsi

Vihar 1962 Ryahovtsite bye