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.

B Group
Season2008–09
ChampionsMontana (West)
Beroe (East)
PromotedMontana
Beroe
Sportist Svoge
RelegatedChavdar Byala Slatina
Spartak Pleven
Naftex
Lokomotiv Stara Zagora
Maritsa
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 59 21 +38 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 6 10 14 36 45 −9 28
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) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to 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 32 40 −8 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) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to 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
Penev
Orachev
Valeriev 		2 – 4 N. Ivanov
Pavlov
Dimitrov
Ts. Ivanov
Lovech Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Anton Genov

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