Akademik Sofia and
Sliven were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the table at the end of season
2010/11.
Akademik were relegated after one year in the top league of
Bulgarian football, while
Sliven ended a
three-year tenure in the top flight. Furthermore,
Pirin (Blagoevgrad) were excluded from A Group due to financial difficulties and demoted to
V Group. The relegated teams were replaced by
Botev Vratsa, champions of
West B Group,
Ludogorets Razgrad, champions of
East B Group and promotion
play-off winners
Svetkavitsa. Botev Vratsa returned to A Group after
twenty-two years, while Ludogorets Razgrad and Svetkavitsa both made their debut on the highest level of
Bulgarian football. There was some controversy regarding the relegation/promotion play-offs at the end of season
2010/11. In the original match-up,
14th-placed
Vidima-Rakovski lost
3-0 against
B Group play-off winners
Chernomorets (Pomorie). However, Pomorie did not receive an A Group licence, so Vidima-Rakovski were spared from relegation. In order to fill the void, a second play-off match was scheduled between Svetkavitsa,
4th-placed team of East B Group, and
Etar (Veliko Tarnovo),
3rd-placed team of West B Group. Svetkavitsa won this match by a score of
3-1.
Stadia and locations As in the previous year, the league comprises the best thirteen teams of season
2010-11, the champions of the two
B Groups and the winners of the promotion
play-offs. ;Notes •
Lokomotiv Sofia play their home matches at
Vasil Levski National Stadium as their own ground,
Lokomotiv Stadium, had not received approval from the
BFU license committee.
Personnel and sponsoring Managerial changes Note: Georgi Ivanov subsequently stepped down and was replaced by
Yasen Petrov as
caretaker manager at the helm of Levski, with
Ilian Iliev set to take over prior to the 2012/2013 season. ==League table==