2011–12 B Group
The 2011–12 B Group was the 57th season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. The season started on 13 August 2011 and finished in June 2012 with the A Group promotion play-off.
| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Pirin Gotse Delchev (West) Etar 1924 (East) |
| Promoted | Pirin Gotse Delchev Etar 1924 Botev Plovdiv |
| Relegated | Akademik Sofia Slivnishki Geroy Malesh Chavdar Byala Slatina Chernomorets Pomorie Dobrudzha Nesebar Dorostol |
| Matches played | 270 |
| Goals scored | 625 (2.31 per match) |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → | |
On 9 June the Executive Committee of Bulgarian Football Union decided to reduce further the number of teams in both West and East B PFG due licensing problems in most of the clubs. The new format consisted of ten teams in each group playing three times against all the others during the season. There were no draws for the matches between fixture 19 and fixture 27. The program was issued depending the position of each club after the completion of fixture 18.
Like in the previous season, the A Group promotion play-off was played in two stages. The first was the match between the runners-up from the West and East B PFG. The final stage was played between the 14th finished team from A Group and the winner from the first stage.[1]
Team changes from 2010–11
Movement between A PFG and B PFG
The champions of the two groups of B PFG were promoted to A PFG. These were Botev (Vratsa) (West B PFG champions) and Ludogorets Razgrad (East B PFG champions). The third promoted team is Svetkavitsa, which won the promotion play-off against Etar (Veliko Tarnovo).
Akademik (Sofia) and Sliven were directly relegated from A PFG after finishing in the bottom two places. The team that finished 14th in A PFG - Vidima-Rakovski (Sevlievo) lost the promotion/relegation play-off against Chernomorets (Pomorie), but Chernomorets did not receive a license for A PFG, so Vidima-Rakovski retained its place. The third relegated team is Pirin (Blagoevgrad), finished 13th, because it filed bankruptcy. Pirin did not even receive license for B PFG, so the team will participate in V AFG.[2]
Movement between B PFG and V AFG
In different stages Chernomorets (Balchik), Dunav (Ruse) and Ravda decided to cancel their participation in the East B PFG and were relegated from the group. Additionally the teams of Spartak (Plovdiv) and Brestnik 1948 (Plovdiv) declared not being ready to fulfill the license regulations and voluntarily were relegated to V AFG. In place of those five teams came the third league champions Botev (Plovdiv) (South-East), Spartak (Varna) (North-East) and the winner of the promotion play-off Neftochimic 1986 (Burgas). Further the team of Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) was moved from West to East B PFG so that the league had ten participating teams.
The situation in the West B PFG was much more clearer. Kom-Minyor left the competition during the winter break due financial difficulties, Botev (Krivodol) was relegated after finishing in 11th place and Vihren (Sandanski) voluntarily left after the end of the season. Those teams were replaced with the V AFG champions - Slivnishki Geroi (Slivnitsa) (South-West) and Bdin (Vidin) (North-West).
East B Group
Stadia and locations
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botev | Plovdiv | Hristo Botev | 22,000 |
| Chernomorets | Pomorie | Pomorie | 3,000 |
| Dobrudzha | Dobrich | Druzhba | 12,500 |
| Dorostol | Silistra | Louis Ayer | 12,000 |
| Etar | Veliko Tarnovo | Ivaylo | 18,000 |
| Lyubimetz 2007 | Lyubimets | Lyubimetz | 5,000 |
| Neftochimic | Burgas | Lazur | 18,037 |
| Nesebar | Nesebar | Nesebar | 10,000 |
| Spartak | Varna | Spartak | 13,000 |
| Sliven 2000 | Sliven | Hadzhi Dimitar | 10,000 |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Etar 1924 (P) | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 14 | +17 | 53 | Promotion to 2012–13 A Group |
| 2 | Botev Plovdiv (P) | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 40 | 17 | +23 | 51 | Qualification for Promotion play-off |
| 3 | Neftochimic 1986 Burgas | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 49 | |
| 4 | Lyubimets | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 48 | |
| 5 | Chernomorets Pomorie (R) | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 37 | Relegation to 2012–13 V Group |
| 6 | Sliven 2000 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 36 | |
| 7 | Spartak Varna | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 36 | |
| 8 | Dobrudzha Dobrich (R) | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 32 | Relegation to 2012–13 V Group |
| 9 | Nesebar (R) | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 26 | |
| 10 | Dorostol Silistra[lower-alpha 1] (R) | 27 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 66 | −60 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Dorostol Silistra canceled their participation in the championship during the winter break due to financial difficulties. All remaining fixtures were awarded 0-3 against them.[3]
West B Group
Stadia and locations
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akademik | Sofia | Akademik | 10,000 |
| Bansko | Bansko | Saint Peter | 3,000 |
| Bdin | Vidin | Georgi Benkovski | 15,000 |
| Chavdar | Byala Slatina | Chavdar | 3,000 |
| Chavdar | Etropole | Chavdar | 5,000 |
| Malesh | Mikrevo | Malesh | 1,500 |
| Pirin | Gotse Delchev | Gradski | 8,000 |
| Septemvri | Simitli | Struma | 8,000 |
| Slivnishki geroi | Slivnitsa | Slivnishki geroi | 10,000 |
| Sportist | Svoge | Chavdar Tsvetkov | 5,500 |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pirin Gotse Delchev (P) | 27 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 12 | +29 | 62 | Promotion to 2012–13 A Group |
| 2 | Sportist Svoge | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 56 | Qualification for Promotion play-off |
| 3 | Bdin Vidin | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 51 | |
| 4 | Bansko | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 40 | |
| 5 | Chavdar Etropole | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 39 | |
| 6 | Septemvri Simitli | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 34 | |
| 7 | Akademik Sofia (R) | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 31 | Relegation to 2012–13 V Group |
| 8 | Slivnishki Geroi (R) | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 25 | |
| 9 | Malesh Mikrevo (R) | 27 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 38 | −19 | 22 | |
| 10 | Chavdar Byala Slatina[lower-alpha 1] (R) | 27 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 56 | −42 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Chavdar Byala Slatina decided to cancel their participation in the championship during the winter break due to financial difficulties. All remaining fixtures are awarded 0-3 against them.[4]
Promotion play-off
| Sportist Svoge | 0–2 | Botev Plovdiv |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Rahov  22'Aleksandrov 43' |
References
- "Решения на Изпълкома на БФС" (in Bulgarian). BFU. 2011-06-09. Archived from the original on 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- "Решения на Лицензионната комисия и Бюрото на Изпълкома на БФС" (in Bulgarian). BFU. 2011-06-15. Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- "Официално: Доростол се отказа от участие в "Б" група" (in Bulgarian). www.sportal.bg. 2012-02-16. Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
- "Чавдар (Бяла Слатина) напуска Западна Б група" (in Bulgarian). www.sportal.bg. 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2012-02-06.