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 10 9 1 891 706 +185 19 Advance to playoffs
2 Rilski Sportist 10 8 2 896 749 +147 18
3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 10 7 3 852 777 +75 17
4 Cherno More 10 7 3 892 822 +70 17
5 Spartak Pleven 10 6 4 827 796 +31 16
6 Botev Vratsa 10 5 5 767 798 −31 15
7 Minyor 2015 10 5 5 831 873 −42 15
8 Beroe 10 4 6 818 869 −51 14
9 Academic Plovdiv 10 3 7 796 835 −39 13
10 Levski 10 1 9 718 866 −148 11
11 Shumen 10 0 10 749 946 −197 10
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2025. 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 Dec 20 67–86 78–74 78–66 72–86 95–68
Balkan 87–66 85–82 96–58 83–80 75–70 102–67
Beroe 59–106 Dec 19 89–76 86–89 74–96 83–78
Botev Vratsa 65–88 86–90 84–67 79–73 68–97
Cherno More 91–85 96–90 82–66 Dec 20 94–83 107–74 81–90
Levski 76–89 70–82 76–82 93–80 Dec 20
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 98–93 77–86 88–72 96–59 91–75
Minyor 2015 83–80 81–99 88–84 84–88 Dec 20 93–90 88–85
Rilski Sportist 96–84 105–70 74–78 89–77 98–71 85–80
Shumen 74–89
Spartak 96–82 78–70 87–77 65–68 81–66 90–88
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2025. 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

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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