2008–09 B Group

Bulgarian B Group
Season	2008–09
Champions	Montana (West); Beroe (East)
Promoted	Montana; Beroe; Sportist Svoge
Relegated	Chavdar Byala Slatina; Spartak Pleven; Naftex; Lokomotiv Stara Zagora; Maritsa
Matches played	450
Goals scored	1,119 (2.49 per match)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 B Group was the 53rd 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.

Stadia, Locations and Results edit

West B Group edit

Teams Competing edit

Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo
Spartak Pleven
PFC Chavdar Byala Slatina
Akademik Sofia
Pirin Gotse Delchev
Montana
Belite orli Pleven
Rilski Sportist Samokov
Sportist Svoge
Chavdar Etropole
Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo (relegated from A Group)
Marek Dupnitsa (relegated from A Group)
Botev Krivodol (winners of North-Western V group)
Kom-Minyor (runners-up of North-Western V group)
Balkan Botevgrad (runners-up of South-Western V group)
Bansko ¹

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 edit

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^[a]

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:

^ Spartak Pleven went bankrupt in January 2009 and folded at the end of the season

East B Group edit

Teams Competing edit

Naftex Burgas
Maritsa Plovdiv
Spartak Plovdiv
Dunav Ruse
Shumen
Kaliakra Kavarna
Svetkavitsa
Minyor Radnevo
Nesebar
Rodopa Smolyan
Svilengrad
Beroe Stara Zagora (relegated from A Group)
Chernomorets Balchik (runners-up of North-Eastern V group)
Lyubimets 2007 (winners of South-Eastern V group)
Lokomotiv Stara Zagora (runners-up of South-Eastern V group)

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 edit

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^[a] (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: