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🇧🇬 Could the end of Ludogorets' 12-year title streak spark a new era for Bulgarian football?

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Graham Ruthven
Feb 29, 2024
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Ludogorets have won 12 Bulgarian titles in a row. Their current streak is the longest anywhere in European football. 

This season, however, that streak is under threat. Ludogorets have a target on their back and their rivals have a clearer sight of it than at any other time in recent history.


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With the 2023/24 Bulgarian First League campaign entering its final phase, three teams - Ludogorets, Cherno More and CSKA Sofia - have a realistic chance of winning the title. Just three points separates them

There could soon be a changing of the guard in Bulgarian football. The sport in the country could do with changing in a number of other ways too. 

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