2008–09 B Group

The 2008–09 B Group was the 54th season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system.[1] The season started on 16 August 2008 and finished on 17 June 2009 with the A Group promotion play-off between the runners-up from both divisions.

Bulgarian B Group
Season2008–09
ChampionsMontana (West)
Beroe (East)
PromotedMontana
Beroe
Sportist Svoge
RelegatedChavdar Byala Slatina
Spartak Pleven
Naftex
Lokomotiv Stara Zagora
Maritsa
Matches played450
Goals scored1,119 (2.49 per match)
B PFG 2008-09 team distribution

Stadia, Locations and Results

Teams Competing

1FC Bansko replaced FC Pirin Blagoevgrad, last season's winners of the South-West group, when it merged with another club from Blagoevgrad, which is playing the A PFG.

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Montana (C, P) 30 22 4 4 63 21 +42 70 Promotion to 2009–10 A Group
2 Sportist Svoge (Q, P) 30 19 6 5 54 25 +29 63 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 Bansko 30 17 9 4 52 23 +29 60
4 Chavdar Etropole 30 15 9 6 45 30 +15 54
5 Balkan Botevgrad 30 15 4 11 38 34 +4 49
6 Rilski Sportist 30 15 4 11 34 39 −5 49
7 Vidima-Rakovski 30 11 10 9 31 25 +6 43
8 Akademik Sofia 30 12 6 12 39 35 +4 42
9 Pirin Gotse Delchev 30 11 7 12 48 39 +9 40
10 Botev Krivodol 30 10 8 12 32 46 −14 38
11 Kom-Minyor 30 8 9 13 32 47 −15 33
12 Belite orli 30 8 5 17 27 43 −16 29
13 Etar 1924 30 6 10 14 36 45 −9 28
14 Marek Dupnitsa 30 7 7 16 29 48 −19 28
15 Chavdar Byala Slatina (R) 30 7 5 18 31 41 −10 26 Relegation to 2009–10 V Group
16 Spartak Pleven 30 3 5 22 10 60 −50 14 Club Folded[lower-alpha 1]
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Spartak Pleven went bankrupt in January 2009 and folded at the end of the season

Teams Competing

1No second team from North-Eastern V group was promoted because the winners, Dobrudzha Dobrich, and Ariston Ruse, team that should have replaced it, refused to participate and will play in this season's V Group.

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Beroe Stara Zagora (C, P) 28 20 6 2 48 19 +29 66 Promotion to 2009–10 A Group
2 Naftex Burgas[lower-alpha 1] (Q) 28 18 7 3 59 21 +38 61 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 Kaliakra Kavarna 28 14 6 8 39 28 +11 48
4 Spartak Plovdiv 28 11 8 9 30 33 −3 41
5 Dunav Ruse 28 11 6 11 35 34 +1 39
6 Nesebar 28 12 2 14 36 32 +4 38
7 Lyubimets 2007 28 10 8 10 30 29 +1 38
8 Svetkavitsa 28 9 7 12 37 40 −3 34
9 Svilengrad 28 9 7 12 32 40 −8 34
10 Minyor Radnevo 28 10 3 15 35 47 −12 33
11 Lokomotiv Stara Zagora 28 8 8 12 31 36 −5 32 Club Folded
12 Rodopa Smolyan 28 8 7 13 33 48 −15 31
13 Chernomorets Balchik 28 8 7 13 30 39 −9 31
14 Shumen 28 8 6 14 22 34 −12 30
15 Maritsa Plovdiv (R) 28 9 2 17 21 38 −17 29 Relegation to 2009–10 V Group
Source: Soccerway.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Burgas folded on the 6 July 2009 and all their results were annulled from the competition.

Promotion play-off
Naftex Burgas2–2Sportist Svoge
Orachev 10'
Kaloyanov 82'		 Report Pavlov 52'
Antonov 72'
Penalties
Kovachev soccer ball with red X
Penev soccer ball with check mark
Orachev soccer ball with red X
Valeriev soccer ball with check mark		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark N. Ivanov
soccer ball with check mark Pavlov
soccer ball with check mark Dimitrov
soccer ball with check mark Ts. Ivanov
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Anton Genov

References
  1. ""Б" група сезон 2008/09" (in Bulgarian). futbolbg.dir.bg.
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