Third League - Northeast is a Bulgarian league competition covered by Xtra-Stats. Visitors can follow live scores and fixtures, check completed results and standings, and explore player and team statistics across its recorded seasons from 2018 to 2025. The page brings these core competition details together for straightforward reference.
Upcoming matches, Third League - Northeast
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Dorostol
Septemvri Tervel
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- Northeast - 6Svetkavitsa 14
Chernolomets 1919
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- Northeast - 6Volov Shumen
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- Northeast - 6Septemvri Tervel
Fratria II
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- Northeast - 6Riltsi
Ludogorets III
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Dorostol
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Botev Novi Pazar
Chernomorets Balchik
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- Northeast - 6Olympic Varna
Cherno more II
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Benkovski Isperih
Ustrem Donchevo
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Botev Novi Pazar
Latest played matches, Third League - Northeast
Northeast - 5
Northeast - 4
Third League - Northeast Standings
Northeast
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volov Shumen | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 13 | WWWWD | |
| 2 | Svetkavitsa 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 13 | WDWWW | |
| 3 | Ludogorets III | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 10 | LDWWW | |
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Chernomorets Balchik | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 10 | WWWD |
| 5 | Riltsi | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 | LWWWL | |
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Chernolomets 1919 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 8 | WWDLD |
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Benkovski Isperih | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 | DWW |
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Botev Novi Pazar | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 7 | LDWW |
| 9 | Septemvri Dragoevo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 7 | WDLW | |
| 10 | Cherno more II | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | WLWL | |
| 11 | Olympic Varna | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 6 | LLLWW | |
| 12 | Septemvri Tervel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | WD | |
| 13 | Devnya 2005 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 3 | LLLW | |
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Aksakovo | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 1 | LLDLL |
| 15 | Fratria II | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 21 | -17 | 1 | DLLLL | |
| 16 | Ustrem Donchevo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 0 | LLLLL | |
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Dorostol | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | -12 | 0 | LLLL |
Third League - Northeast Statistics
Top scorers 2026
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Top assists 2026
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Top key passes
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Top yellow cards
Top red cards
Third League - Northeast teams participation since 2018
History
| Team | Nb participations |
|---|---|
| Svetkavitsa Targovishte | 8 |
| Septemvri Tervel | 8 |
| Ustrem Donchevo | 8 |
| Botev Novi Pazar | 7 |
| Chernolomets 1919 | 7 |
| Dorostol | 6 |
| Ludogorets III | 6 |
| Chernomorets Balchik | 5 |
| Kubrat | 5 |
| Lokomotiv Ruse | 5 |
| Volov Shumen | 5 |
| Riltsi | 5 |
| Spartak Varna II | 5 |
| Sportist G.Toshevo | 4 |
| Cherno more II | 4 |
| Benkovski Byala | 3 |
| Shumen 2007 | 3 |
| Topoli | 3 |
| Benkovski Isperih | 3 |
| Dunav Ruse | 2 |
| Spartak Varna | 2 |
| Hitrino | 2 |
| Suvorovo | 2 |
| Kaliakra 1923 | 2 |
| Dunav ot Ruse II | 2 |
| Aksakovo | 2 |
| Fratria II | 2 |
| Dobrudzha | 1 |
| Inter Dobrich | 1 |
| Fratria | 1 |
| Svetkavitsa 14 | 1 |
| Olympic Varna | 1 |
Third League - Northeast top scorer teams
Third League - Northeast About
Third League - Northeast is a Bulgarian football league competition with recorded season coverage from 2018 through 2025. It forms part of the organised football landscape in Bulgaria and provides a regional setting for clubs to compete across a full league campaign.
Competition identity
The competition’s name identifies its geographic focus within Bulgaria: the northeastern part of the country. Unlike a knockout tournament, a league is designed to assess performance over a sequence of fixtures rather than through one elimination tie. Clubs accumulate results throughout the season, with the final standings providing the clearest measure of consistency and competitive performance.
The available verified record does not establish a separate alternative title, formation year, first-event date or confirmed gender designation. Those details are therefore not stated here as fact. The competition should be understood through its documented seasons and results rather than through unsupported assumptions about its origins or regulatory history.
How the league works
Third League - Northeast is recorded as a league, but the supplied verified material does not confirm the number of participating clubs, the precise fixture schedule, whether matches are played once or home and away, or any play-off arrangements. These details can vary between seasons and should be read from the regulations or competition records for the relevant edition.
The same caution applies to points and tie-break procedures. Although many football leagues use three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat, that system has not been independently confirmed here for this competition. Head-to-head results, goal difference, goals scored and other ranking criteria should likewise be treated as season-specific unless stated in the applicable Bulgarian competition regulations.
Role in Bulgarian football
The competition’s regional identity is central to its purpose. It gives clubs from northeastern Bulgaria a defined league environment in which results can be compared over time and local football can be followed within a recognisable competitive structure. Its value lies in the regularity of league football: each campaign creates a continuing table, a sequence of fixtures and a recorded sporting outcome rather than a single winner determined by one match.
However, the supplied material does not verify the competition’s precise position in the national pyramid, its promotion and relegation links, its governing body, qualification requirements or the consequences of finishing in particular places. Those elements should not be presented as fixed features without a season-specific rule source. In particular, there is no verified basis here for attributing continental qualification, championship play-offs, relegation play-offs or professional licensing criteria to this league.
Recorded seasons and statistical context
Xtra-Stats records eight seasons of Third League - Northeast, beginning with 2018 and extending through the latest recorded 2025 season. This span makes it possible to examine the competition across multiple campaigns, compare standings and results between editions, and identify patterns without treating one season as representative of the entire history.
Season labels are important because participating clubs, fixture structures, ranking rules and administrative arrangements may change over time. A result or table position belongs to its own edition, while comparisons across seasons should account for any changes to the regulations or the composition of the league. The 2025 season is the latest recorded edition in this coverage, not a claim that the competition began in 2018 or that its current rules will remain unchanged.
A competition defined by regional league football
Third League - Northeast represents the documented northeastern Bulgarian branch of league competition and offers a focused record of football played across the region. Its enduring interest comes from the accumulation of results over a campaign, the movement of clubs through successive seasons and the opportunity to place individual performances in a wider historical sequence. For accurate interpretation, competition-specific rules and outcomes should always be attached to the relevant season.