Bulgarian Football Union imposes fines on Spartak Varna and CSKA

The Bulgarian Football Union (BFS) disciplinary commission has issued multiple sanctions against clubs in the First and Second Professional Football Leagues following the 12th and 13th rounds of competition. The penalties primarily address the use of pyrotechnics and offensive chanting by spectators.

Spartak Varna received the largest financial penalty among elite clubs, totaling 3,335 EUR. This includes 2,560 EUR for detonating more than five firecrackers and 775 EUR for offensive and obscene chanting. CSKA was fined 1,705 EUR for a combination of unregulated flares and smoke bombs, firecrackers, and chanting.

Other sanctions include: • Cherno More: 1,195 EUR across three separate penalties for flares and disrupting play. • Botev Plovdiv and Ludogorets: 1,030 EUR each for offensive chanting. • Dunav Ruse: 930 EUR for smoke bombs and chanting. • Lokomotiv Plovdiv: 775 EUR for chanting.

Regarding player suspensions, Galin Ivanov of Septemvri Sofia received the heaviest penalty with a three-match ban and a 160 EUR fine. Additionally, Ivaylo Ivanov (Lokomotiv Plovdiv), Emil Stoev (Slavia), Idris Bunaas (Cherno More), and Pedro Tavares Ferreira (Septemvri) were each suspended for one match. A total of 33 players received warnings.