[1] In the 1920s, the young operetta and opera singer Mimi Balkanska became the first Bulgarian woman seriously involved in football in Bulgaria.
According to official reports, over 10,000 female players took part in this championship, and it is suggested that this number is highly inflated.
Nineteen teams, representing the various counties (now districts) of the time, reached the final stage of the tournament, which followed a complex schedule.
The names of 16 women who won the first gold medals for the state champion are: Tsvetanka Miteva, Galina Doneva, Katya Petkova, Iliana Georgieva, Tsvetanka Todorova, Hristina Hristova, Ganka Todorova, Bistra Trifonova, Diana Kalfina, Emilia Milanova, Daniela Bineva, Stoilka Ilcheva, Iliana Bogdanova, Albena Stefanova, Isabel Adjemianova and Polina Shishmanova.
For every bigger football club in Bulgaria at that time it was a matter of honour to have a women's team.
This team, which is owned by the eponymous hotel complex located in the Saints Constantine and Helena ressort, won 10 consecutive championship titles in the period from 1993 to 2003.
After Grand Hotel Varna sponsorship money were shrunk, NSA Sofia become absolut hegemony.