2001–02 B Group

The 2001–02 B Group was the 47th season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. A total of 13 teams contested the league.[1]

Bulgarian B Group
Season2001–02
ChampionsRilski Sportist
PromotedRilski Sportist, Dobrudzha, Botev Plovdiv
RelegatedSvilengrad, Minyor, Devnya
Matches played156
Goals scored394 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerBulgaria Rumen Shankulov
(14 goals)

Team changes

The following teams had changed division after the 2000–01 season.

To B Group
  Promoted from V Group    Relegated from A Group  

From B Group
  Promoted to A Group    Relegated to V Group  

Teams

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the 2001–02 Bulgarian B Group teams
Team City Stadium Capacity
AkademikSvishtovAkademik13,500
Belite OrliPlevenBelite Orli15,000
BotevPlovdivHristo Botev (Plovdiv)20,000
BotevVratsaHristo Botev (Vratsa)32,000
DevnyaDevnyaPovelyanovo3,000
DobrudzhaDobrichDruzhba16,000
DunavRuseDunav12,000
MinyorPernikMinyor20,000
PirinBlagoevgradHristo Botev (Blagoevgrad)15,000
Rilski SportistSamokovIskar7,000
SvetkavitsaTargovishteDimitar Burkov8,000
SvilengradSvilengradKolodruma1,750
Vidima-RakovskiSevlievoRakovski8,816

Personnel
Team Manager Captain
Akademik Svishtov Bulgaria Stoycho Stoev Bulgaria
Belite Orli Bulgaria Bulgaria
Botev Plovdiv Bulgaria Tencho Tenev Bulgaria
Botev Vratsa Bulgaria Bulgaria
Devnya Bulgaria Bulgaria
Dobrudzha Bulgaria Eduard Eranosyan Bulgaria
Dunav Bulgaria Ignat Mladenov Bulgaria Dragomir Grigorov
Minyor Bulgaria Bulgaria
Pirin Bulgaria Bulgaria
Rilski Sportist Bulgaria Ivan Marinov Bulgaria
Svetkavitsa Bulgaria Miroslav Mironov Bulgaria
Svilengrad Bulgaria Bulgaria
Vidima-Rakovski Bulgaria Dimitar Todorov Bulgaria

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Botev Plovdiv Bulgaria Petar Kurdov Sacked September 2001 Bulgaria Krasimir Manolov September 2001
Vidima-Rakovski Bulgaria Plamen Markov Signed by Bulgaria December 2001 Bulgaria Dimitar Todorov December 2001
Botev Plovdiv Bulgaria Krasimir Manolov Sacked February 2002 Bulgaria Tencho Tenev February 2002
Dunav Ruse Bulgaria Nikola Hristov Mutual consent March 2002 Bulgaria Ignat Mladenov March 2002[2]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Rilski Sportist (P) 24 15 6 3 44 16 +28 51 Promotion to 2002–03 A Group
2 Dobrudzha Dobrich (P) 24 14 6 4 42 21 +21 48
3 Botev Plovdiv (P) 24 13 7 4 36 19 +17 46
4 Svetkavitsa Targovishte 24 12 5 7 35 24 +11 41
5 Vidima-Rakovski 24 11 7 6 39 20 +19 40
6 Akademik Svishtov 24 10 7 7 35 28 +7 37
7 Pirin Blagoevgrad 24 9 6 9 32 29 +3 33
8 Botev Vratsa 24 9 6 9 35 40 −5 33
9 Belite Orli Pleven 24 7 6 11 26 35 −9 27
10 Dunav Ruse 24 6 8 10 21 26 −5 26
11 Svilengrad (R) 24 6 2 16 24 46 −22 20 Relegation to 2002–03 V Group
12 Minyor Pernik (R) 24 3 7 14 10 47 −37 16
13 Devnya (R) 24 2 5 17 14 42 −28 11
Source: 2001–02 B Group futbolbg.dir.bg
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Rumen Shankulov Vidima-Rakovski 14
2 Bulgaria Borislav Dimitrov Botev Plovdiv 13
3 Bulgaria Vasil Kirov Rilski Sportist 12
4 Bulgaria Georgi Kichukov Botev Vratsa 11
5 Bulgaria Desislav Rusev Akademik Svishtov 9
Bulgaria Spas Urumov Akademik Svishtov
7 Bulgaria Nikolay Filipov Dobrudzha 7
Bulgaria Stanislav Rumenov Svetkavitsa
9 Bulgaria Emil Angelov Svilengrad 6
Bulgaria Todor Pramatarov Pirin
Bulgaria Georgi Zdravkov Dobrudzha
Bulgaria Milen Kunchev Botev Plovdiv
Bulgaria Valentin Ignatov Vidima-Rakovski

References
  1. ""Б" група сезон 2001/02" (in Bulgarian). futbolbg.dir.bg.
  2. "Игнат Младенов пое Дунав" (in Bulgarian). segabg.com. 28 March 2002.
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