2023-2024 Gabrovo
Regional League
Season
|
2023-2024
|
Dates
|
16
September 2023 – 16 June 2024
|
Champions
|
Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo
|
Promoted
|
Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo
|
Relegated
|
None
|
Matches played
|
110
(many of them were however awarded, not effectively played)
|
Goals scored
|
730
(6.64 goals/match on average, including awarded matches)
|
Top goalscorer
|
|
Biggest home win
|
Yantra
Gabrovo II – Strela 2006 Shumata 17-0 (round 10, 17 March 2024)
|
Biggest away win
|
Strela
2006 Shumata – Dan Kolov Sennik 1-17 (round 11, 24 March 2024)
Strela
2006 Shumata – Chardafon Gabrovo 2-18 (round 15, 21 April 2024)
|
Highest scoring
|
Strela
2006 Shumata – Chardafon Gabrovo 2-18 (round 15, 21 April 2024)
|
Longest winning
run
|
Lokomotiv
1927 Dryanovo – 13 matches (rounds 8-21, in round 11 did not play)
FK
Tryavna 1922 – 13 matches (rounds 4-17, in round 14 they did not play)
|
Longest unbeaten
run
|
FK
Tryavna 1922 – 15 matches (rounds 1-17, in rounds 3 and 14 they did not play)
|
Longest winless
run
|
Strela
2006 Shumata – 17 matches (rounds 1-19, in rounds 2 and 13 they did not play)
|
Longest losing
run
|
Strela
2006 Shumata – 17 matches (rounds 1-19, in rounds 2 and 13 they did not play)
|
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. 2023-2024
was the tenth consecutive season when Gabrovo Regional League consisted of a
single division (group). The competition was organised by the regional
administrative football zone centre based in Veliko Tarnovo, belonging to the
Bulgarian Football Union (BFU). FK Tryavna 1922 were the defending champions, since
they choose not to promote to the Bulgarian Third League and remained in the
Gabrovo Regional League for 2023-2024. They were unable to defend their title,
as they lost 5-3 to Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo at home, in a decisive match.
Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo became the 2023-2024 champions of the Gabrovo League.
There were 11 teams which competed in the 2023-2024
Gabrovo Regional League, nine from the 2022-2023 season, one relegated from the
Bulgarian Third League (Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo), and one that newly enrolled
(Yantra 2019 Gabrovo II), while Angel Kanchev Tryavna had withdrawn before the
start of the competition. Sportist Petko Slaveykov withdrew after round 16 and
were demoted to the bottom of the table. Their opponents were awarded 3-0 wins after
round 16, but their previous results counted. The competition was organized as
a double round robin championship, in which each team played each other team
twice, once at home and once away, a total of 20 matches. However, there were
22 rounds, and because of the odd number of participants, one team received a
bye in each round.
The competition started on 16 September 2023, and the
first half of the season (rounds 1 to 11) was scheduled to end in December 2023.
However, due to weather concerns and other reasons, the competition was stopped
after the 8th round on 19 November 2023, and the remaining three
rounds of the first half of the season, as well as other postponed matches from
the first eight rounds, were played in March 2024. The second half of the
season (rounds 12 to 22) started at the end of March 2024 and ended on 16 June
2024. Between November 2023 and February 2024, there was a large winter break
when transfers were allowed. Most matches were usually played on Sunday
afternoons, and some matches on Saturday afternoons.
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 2022-2023 winners of the
Gabrovo Regional League, FK Tryavna 1922, initially applied for promotion, but
later changed their mind and remained in the Gabrovo Regional League.
This season, defending champions FK Tryavna 1922, Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo and Planinets
Kravenik were the main favorites to
win the Gabrovo Regional League and to promote to the Bulgarian Third League –
North-West Group. Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo had a very good start of the season, winning
six consecutive games, but then lost 2-1 to FK Tryavna 1922 at home. However,
in spring 2024, Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo won 5-3 away at FK Tryavna 1922 in a
decisive match. In round 21, on 9 June 2024, Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo won
8-1 at home over Dan Kolov Sennik and were mathematically promoted before the
last round, when they did not play. FK
Tryavna 1922 came second, only two
points behind the leaders. Planinets
Kravenik finished third, way behind
the top two teams.
Relegation was not an issue, since there is no lower
division or league.
Team
changes from 2022-2023
To the Gabrovo
Regional League
Relegated
from the Bulgarian Third League – North-West Group
Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo
Other
admitted teams
Yantra 2019 Gabrovo II
From the
Gabrovo Regional League
Promoted
to the Bulgarian Third League – North-West Group
None
Withdrawn
Angel Kanchev Tryavna
Teams
Team
|
Home town
|
Stadium
|
2022-2023
|
Lokomotiv
1927
|
Dryanovo
|
Lokomotiv
|
Relegated
from the Bulgarian Third League
|
FK
Tryavna 1922
|
Tryavna
|
Angel
Kanchev
|
1st in Gabrovo League
|
Balkan
|
Plachkovtsi
|
Plachkovtsi
|
2nd
in Gabrovo League
|
Planinets
|
Kravenik
|
Kravenik
|
3rd
in Gabrovo League
|
Dan
Kolov
|
Sennik
|
Sennik
|
4th
in Gabrovo League
|
Chardafon
1919
|
Gabrovo
|
Hristo
Botev
|
5th
in Gabrovo League
|
Sportist
|
Petko
Slaveykov
|
Petko
Slaveykov
|
7th
in Gabrovo League
|
Vidima
|
Dushevo
|
Sennik
|
8th
in Gabrovo League
|
Yunak
2006
|
Kormyansko
|
Sennik
|
9th
in Gabrovo League
|
Strela
2006
|
Shumata
|
Sevlievo
|
10th
in Gabrovo League
|
Yantra
2019 II
|
Gabrovo
|
Aprilov
|
New
team
|
Geographical
distribution of teams
Teams in the Gabrovo Regional League are located in
the three of the four municipalities included in Gabrovo Province: Gabrovo,
Sevlievo and Tryavna.
Municipality
|
No. of teams
|
Name of teams
|
Gabrovo
|
2
|
Chardafon
1919 Gabrovo, Yantra 2019 Gabrovo II
|
Dryanovo
|
1
|
Lokomotiv
1927 Dryanovo
|
Sevlievo
|
6
|
Dan
Kolov Sennik, Sportist Petko Slaveykov, Yunak 2006 Kormyansko, Vidima
Dushevo, Strela 2006 Shumata, Planinets Kravenik
|
Tryavna
|
2
|
FK
Tryavna 1922, Balkan Plachkovtsi
|
The municipality of Sevlievo is by far the best
represented with 6 teams, followed by Tryavna and Gabrovo municipalities with 2
teams. There is only one team from Dryanovo municipality.
Round 1 (16-17 September
2023)
FK
Tryavna 1922 – Yunak 2006 Kormyansko 8-2
Sportist
Petko Slaveykov – Planinets Kravenik 1-3
Dan
Kolov Sennik – Vidima Dushevo 5-4
Lokomotiv
1927 Dryanovo – Strela 2006 Shumata 15-1
Yantra
2019 Gabrovo II – Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo 1-0
Balkan
Plachkovtsi bye
Round 2 (23-24
September 2023)
Yunak
2006 Kormyansko – Sportist Petko Slaveykov 0-4
Planinets
Kravenik – Yantra 2019 Gabrovo II 5-2
Vidima
Dushevo – Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo 1-8
Chardafon
1919 Gabrovo – Dan Kolov Sennik 2-2
Balkan
Plachkovtsi – FK Tryavna 1922 1-1
Strela
2006 Shumata bye
Round 3 (30
September – 1 October 2023)
Yantra
2019 Gabrovo II – Yunak 2006 Kormyansko 3-0 (awarded for no show)
Lokomotiv
1927 Dryanovo – Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo 4-1
Strela
2006 Shumata – Vidima Dushevo 1-5
Sportist
Petko Slaveykov – Balkan Plachkovtsi 3-4
Dan
Kolov Sennik – Planinets Kravenik 1-3
FK
Tryavna 1922 bye
Round 4 (7-8
October 2023)
Balkan
Plachkovtsi – Yantra 2019 Gabrovo II 2-4
Planinets
Kravenik – Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo 1-4
Chardafon
1919 Gabrovo – Strela 2006 Shumata 5-1
Yunak
2006 Kormyansko – Dan Kolov Sennik 1-4
FK
Tryavna 1922 – Sportist Petko Slaveykov 10-0 – postponed, played on 4 March
2024
Vidima
Dushevo bye
Round 5 (14-15
October 2023)
Vidima
Dushevo – Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo 2-3
Lokomotiv
1927 Dryanovo – Yunak 2006 Kormyansko 3-0 (awarded for no show)
Strela
2006 Shumata – Planinets Kravenik 1-7
Yantra
2019 Gabrovo II – FK Tryavna 1922 0-2
Dan
Kolov Sennik – Balkan Plachkovtsi 2-2
Sportist
Petko Slaveykov bye
Round 6 (21-22
October 2023)
Sportist
Petko Slaveykov – Yantra 2019 Gabrovo II 0-4
Yunak
2006 Kormyansko – Strela 2006 Shumata 6-1
Planinets
Kravenik – Vidima Dushevo 5-1
Balkan
Plachkovtsi – Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo 1-5
FK
Tryavna 1922 – Dan Kolov Sennik 3-0 (awarded) – initially postponed, then
awarded in 2024
Chardafon
1919 Gabrovo bye
Round 7 (12 November
2023)
Strela
2006 Shumata – Balkan Plachkovtsi 1-6
Lokomotiv
1927 Dryanovo – FK Tryavna 1922 1-2
Vidima
Dushevo – Yunak 2006 Kormyansko 3-2
Chardafon
1919 Gabrovo – Planinets Kravenik 0-4
Dan
Kolov Sennik – Sportist Petko Slaveykov 4-4
Yantra
2019 Gabrovo II bye
Round
8 (18-19
November 2023)
FK
Tryavna 1922 – Strela 2006 Shumata 3-0 (awarded)
Sportist
Petko Slaveykov – Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo 0-4
Yunak
2006 Kormyansko – Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo 1-4
Balkan
Plachkovtsi – Vidima Dushevo 8-0
Yantra
2019 Gabrovo II – Dan Kolov Sennik 4-1
Planinets
Kravenik bye
Table
at winter break
1
|
Lokomotiv
1927 Dryanovo
|
8
|
7
|
0
|
1
|
44-7
|
21
|
Promotion to the Third League
|
2
|
Planinets
Kravenik
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
28-10
|
18
|
|
3
|
Yantra
2019 Gabrovo II
|
7
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
18-10
|
15
|
|
4
|
FK
Tryavna 1922
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
16-4
|
13
|
|
5
|
Balkan
Plachkovtsi
|
7
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
24-16
|
11
|
|
6
|
Chardafon
1919 Gabrovo
|
7
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
15-15
|
10
|
|
7
|
Dan
Kolov Sennik
|
7
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
19-20
|
9
|
|
8
|
Vidima
Dushevo
|
7
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
16-32
|
6
|
|
9
|
Sportist
Petko Slaveykov
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
12-19
|
4
|
|
10
|
Yunak
2006 Kormyansko
|
8
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
12-30
|
3
|
|
11
|
Strela
2006 Shumata
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
6-47
|
0
|
|
In
case that two or more teams are equal on points, the main ranking criteria are
the results of the head-to-head matches.
Round
4 – postponed match (4 March 2024)
FK
Tryavna 1922 – Sportist Petko Slaveykov 10-0
Round
9 (9-10
March 2024)
Strela
2006 Shumata – Sportist Petko Slaveykov 2-9
Planinets
Kravenik – Yunak 2006 Kormyansko 9-0
Lokomotiv
1927 Dryanovo – Yantra 2019 Gabrovo II 1-0
Vidima
Dushevo – FK Tryavna 1922 0-11
Chardafon
1919 Gabrovo – Balkan Plachkovtsi 4-1
Dan
Kolov Sennik bye
Round
10 (17
March 2024)
Balkan
Plachkovtsi – Planinets Kravenik 1-5
Sportist
Petko Slaveykov – Vidima Dushevo 6-1
Yantra
2019 Gabrovo II – Strela 2006 Shumata 17-0
FK
Tryavna 1922 – Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo 5-0
Dan
Kolov Sennik – Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo 1-3
Yunak
2006 Kormyansko bye
Round
11 (24
March 2024)
Vidima
Dushevo – Yantra 2019 Gabrovo II 0-9
Yunak
2006 Kormyansko – Balkan Plachkovtsi 1-7
Strela
2006 Shumata – Dan Kolov Sennik 1-17
Chardafon
1919 Gabrovo – Sportist Petko Slaveykov 2-2
Planinets
Kravenik – FK Tryavna 1922 0-4
Lokomotiv
1927 Dryanovo bye
Round 12 (30-31 March
2024)
Chardafon
1919 Gabrovo – Yantra 2019 Gabrovo II 1-0
Vidima
Dushevo – Dan Kolov Sennik 1-4
Planinets
Kravenik – Sportist Petko Slaveykov 3-1
Yunak
2006 Kormyansko – FK Tryavna 1922 0-3 (awarded)
Strela
2006 Shumata – Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo 2-17
Balkan
Plachkovtsi bye
Round 13 (6-7 April
2024)
Lokomotiv
1927 Dryanovo – Vidima Dushevo 10-0
Yantra
2019 Gabrovo II – Planinets Kravenik 2-0
Sportist
Petko Slaveykov – Yunak 2006 Kormyansko 5-0
Dan
Kolov Sennik – Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo 4-2
FK
Tryavna 1922 – Balkan Plachkovtsi 8-0
Strela
2006 Shumata bye
Round 14 (14
April 2024)
Vidima
Dushevo – Strela 2006 Shumata 7-1
Balkan
Plachkovtsi – Sportist Petko Slaveykov 4-2
Planinets
Kravenik – Dan Kolov Sennik 0-6
Yunak
2006 Kormyansko – Yantra 2019 Gabrovo II 0-3 (initially postponed, then awarded)
Chardafon
1919 Gabrovo – Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo 0-9
FK
Tryavna 1922 bye
Round 15 (19-21 April
2024)
Yantra
2019 Gabrovo II – Balkan Plachkovtsi 4-0
Strela
2006 Shumata – Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo 2-18
Sportist
Petko Slaveykov – FK Tryavna 1922 2-5
Lokomotiv
1927 Dryanovo – Planinets Kravenik 3-0 (initially postponed, then awarded)
Dan
Kolov Sennik – Yunak 2006 Kormyansko 4-0
Vidima
Dushevo bye
Round 16 (28 April
2024)
Balkan
Plachkovtsi – Dan Kolov Sennik 1-2
Planinets
Kravenik – Strela 2006 Shumata 11-6
Chardafon
1919 Gabrovo – Vidima Dushevo 17-1
Yunak
2006 Kormyansko – Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo 0-3 (awarded)
FK
Tryavna 1922 – Yantra 2019 Gabrovo II 2-0
Sportist
Petko Slaveykov bye
Round 17 (12 May
2024)
Strela
2006 Shumata – Yunak 2006 Kormyansko 3-6
Vidima
Dushevo – Planinets Kravenik 4-7
Lokomotiv
1927 Dryanovo – Balkan Plachkovtsi 6-1
Yantra
2019 Gabrovo II – Sportist Petko Slaveykov 3-0 (awarded)
Dan
Kolov Sennik – FK Tryavna 1922 0-5
Chardafon
1919 Gabrovo bye
Round 18 (18-19 May
2024)
Balkan
Plachkovtsi – Strela 2006 Shumata 14-2
Yunak
2006 Kormyansko – Vidima Dushevo 0-6
FK
Tryavna 1922 – Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo 3-5
Planinets
Kravenik – Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo 4-1
Sportist
Petko Slaveykov – Dan Kolov Sennik 0-3 (awarded)
Yantra
2019 Gabrovo II bye
Round
19 (26
May 2024)
Strela
2006 Shumata – FK Tryavna 1922 1-15
Lokomotiv
1927 Dryanovo – Sportist Petko Slaveykov 3-0 (awarded)
Chardafon
1919 Gabrovo – Yunak 2006 Kormyansko 10-4
Vidima
Dushevo – Balkan Plachkovtsi 1-7
Dan
Kolov Sennik – Yantra 2019 Gabrovo II 3-0
Planinets
Kravenik bye
Round
20 (2
June 2024)
FK
Tryavna 1922 – Vidima Dushevo 7-1
Yunak
2006 Kormyansko – Planinets Kravenik 1-8
Sportist
Petko Slaveykov – Strela 2006 Shumata 0-3 (awarded)
Balkan
Plachkovtsi – Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo 4-2
Yantra
2019 Gabrovo II – Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo 0-1
Dan
Kolov Sennik bye
Round
21 (9-15
June 2024)
Vidima
Dushevo – Sportist Petko Slaveykov 3-0 (awarded)
Lokomotiv
1927 Dryanovo – Dan Kolov Sennik 8-1
Chardafon
1919 Gabrovo – FK Tryavna 1922 0-5
Strela
2006 Shumata – Yantra 2019 Gabrovo II 4-8
Planinets
Kravenik – Balkan Plachkovtsi 3-0
Yunak
2006 Kormyansko bye
Round
22 (16
June 2024)
Yantra
2019 Gabrovo II – Vidima Dushevo 5-1
FK
Tryavna 1922 – Planinets Kravenik 4-0
Balkan
Plachkovtsi – Yunak 2006 Kormyansko 9-1
Dan
Kolov Sennik – Strela 2006 Shumata 12-1
Sportist
Petko Slaveykov – Chardafon 1919 Gabrovo 0-3 (awarded)
Lokomotiv
1927 Dryanovo bye
Final
table
1
|
Lokomotiv
1927 Dryanovo
|
20
|
19
|
0
|
1
|
113-15
|
57
|
Promoted to Third League
|
2
|
FK
Tryavna 1922
|
20
|
18
|
1
|
1
|
106-13
|
55
|
|
3
|
Planinets
Kravenik
|
20
|
14
|
0
|
6
|
78-43
|
42
|
|
4
|
Yantra
2019 Gabrovo II
|
20
|
13
|
0
|
7
|
69-23
|
39
|
|
5
|
Dan
Kolov Sennik
|
20
|
11
|
3
|
6
|
76-45
|
36
|
|
6
|
Chardafon
1919 Gabrovo
|
20
|
9
|
2
|
9
|
75-56
|
29
|
|
7
|
Balkan
Plachkovtsi
|
20
|
9
|
2
|
9
|
73-57
|
29
|
|
8
|
Vidima
Dushevo
|
20
|
5
|
0
|
15
|
42-116
|
15
|
|
9
|
Yunak
2006 Kormyansko
|
20
|
2
|
0
|
18
|
25-100
|
6
|
|
10
|
Strela
2006 Shumata
|
20
|
1
|
0
|
19
|
34-198
|
3
|
|
11
|
Sportist
Petko Slaveykov
|
20
|
4
|
2
|
14
|
39-64
|
14
|
|
In
case that two or more teams are equal on points, the main ranking criteria are
the results of the head-to-head matches.