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 (2nd 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

Teams plays each other twice(home and away) for total of 20 games. After the 22nd round, the clubs will play an additional round, wher they 5 teams below them after 22 rounds in the standings once at home, and the 5 teams above them once away.

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Rilski Sportist 23 19 4 2088 1784 +304 42 Advance to playoffs
2 Balkan Botevgrad 23 18 5 2108 1764 +344 41
3 Cherno More 23 17 6 2059 1848 +211 40
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 23 14 9 2081 1928 +153 37
5 Minyor 2015 23 11 12 1957 2060 −103 34
6 Botev Vratsa 22 11 11 1741 1814 −73 33
7 Beroe 23 10 13 1922 2013 −91 33
8 Spartak Pleven 22 11 11 1768 1814 −46 33
9 Academic Plovdiv 23 8 15 1878 1979 −101 31
10 Levski 23 3 20 1745 2086 −341 26
11 Shumen 22 3 19 1755 2012 −257 25
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 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 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 77–91 Mar 22
Balkan 87–66 94–74 106–74 85–82 96–58 83–80 118–75 75–70 102–67 103–75 82–90 Mar 22 75–82
Beroe 89–81 59–106 84–74 84–86 89–76 86–89 90–79 74–96 83–78 97–83 93–85 95–89
Botev Vratsa 92–72 65–88 86–90 76–96 84–67 79–73 89–81 68–97 72–64 85–72 88–75
Cherno More 91–85 93–66 96–90 82–66 109–77 107–91 94–83 77–73 107–74 81–90 92–62 79–76
Levski 83–92 70–102 84–79 77–84 76–89 70–82 76–82 86–103 93–80 81–69 68–108
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 98–93 89–94 117–88 105–87 77–86 115–80 88–72 72–84 96–59 91–75 Mar 22
Minyor 2015 83–80 81–99 88–84 84–88 72–91 90–85 109–103 87–100 93–90 88–85 89–84 103–90
Rilski Sportist 96–68 81–79 94–73 92–87 96–84 105–70 74–78 89–77 98–71 85–80 81–73 89–77
Shumen 78–90 83–101 90–83 74–89 86–92 77–72 89–107 86–91 97–105 84–64 Mar 22 83–94
Spartak 96–82 78–70 87–77 65–68 83–78 81–66 79–84 92–88 91–86 90–88 89–74 Mar 22
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 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 De'Sean Parsons Beroe 35
2 Lazar Stankovic Minyor 2015 27
3 Khalil Miller Lokomotiv Plovdiv 40
4 Georgi Gerganov Botev Vratsa 37
5 Demond Robinson Balkan 30
6 Khalil Miller Lokomotiv Plovdiv 29
7 Igor Kesar Minyor 2015 33
8 Khalil Miller Lokomotiv Plovdiv 39
9 Lamont West Cherno More 46
10 Will Ellis Shumen 35
11 Devearl Ramsey Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26
12 Alonzo Gaffney Cherno More 33
13 Lamont West Cherno More 28
14 Khalil Miller Lokomotiv Plovdiv 34
15 Khalil Miller Lokomotiv Plovdiv 36
16 Georgi Gerganov Botev Vratsa 39
17 Khalil Miller Lokomotiv Plovdiv 34
18 Michael Marsh Shumen 31
19 Michael Marsh Shumen 30
20 Grant Singleton Lokomotiv Plovdiv 40
21 Igor Kesar Minyor 2015 31
22 Lamont West Cherno More 31
23 Travis McConico Balkan 27
24 DeMarcus Sharp Academic 36
25 Jalan McCloud Spartak 30

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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