2015–16 B Group

Bulgarian B Group
Season2015–16
PromotedDunav Ruse
Vereya
Loko GO
Neftochimic
Matches played240
Goals scored580 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorerTihomir Kanev
(14 goals)

The 2015–16 B Group was the 60th season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system.

A total of 16 teams contested the league: 10 of which returning from the 2014–15 season, 4 of which promoted from third division and two new teams - the reserves team of Ludogorets Razgrad and Litex Lovech.

This season was different compared to previous seasons in terms of promotion. Since the league structure was changed for the first and second tiers, as well as the licensing criteria needed for teams entering the First League, a select number of teams were promoted administratively to the First League, without consideration of their league positions, which was reflected in the league table.

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in B Group 2015–16
Team City Stadium Capacity
Bansko Bansko Saint Peter 3,000
Botev Galabovo Energetik 3,000
Dobrudzha Dobrich Druzhba 12,500
Dunav Ruse Gradski Stadium 19,960
Litex II Lovech Lovech Stadium 8,100
Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Lokomotiv 12,000
Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra Lokomotiv 5,000
Ludogorets II Razgrad Ludogorets Arena 7,500
Neftochimic Burgas Lazur Stadium 18,037
Oborishte Panagyurishte Orcho Voivoda 3,000
Pirin Razlog Razlog Stadium 6,500
Pomorie Pomorie Pomorie Stadium 2,000
Septemvri Simitli Struma 8,000
Sozopol Sozopol Arena Sozopol 3,500
Spartak Pleven Pleven Stadium 22,000
Vereya Stara Zagora Trace Arena 1,714

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dunav Ruse (P) 30 18 10 2 53 19 +34 64 Promotion to the First League
2 Pomorie (Q) 30 15 9 6 36 23 +13 54 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa (P) 30 13 11 6 42 26 +16 50 Promotion to the First League
4 Sozopol 30 13 10 7 44 28 +16 49[a]
5 Litex II (R) 30 14 7 9 50 38 +12 49[a][b] Relegation to the Third League
6 Botev Galabovo 30 12 5 13 32 47 −15 41[c]
7 Ludogorets Razgrad II 30 12 5 13 41 41 0 41[c]
8 Vereya (P) 30 10 10 10 33 27 +6 40 Promotion to the First League
9 Bansko 30 11 6 13 42 38 +4 39[d]
10 Oborishte 30 11 6 13 29 33 −4 39[d]
11 Pirin Razlog 30 10 8 12 31 41 −10 38[e]
12 Neftochimic (P) 30 8 14 8 31 39 −8 38[e] Promotion to the First League
13 Spartak Pleven 30 9 9 12 35 42 −7 36
14 Dobrudzha Dobrich (R) 30 8 10 12 27 33 −6 34 Relegation to the Third League
15 Septemvri Simitli (R) 30 6 5 19 26 50 −24 23
16 Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra (R) 30 5 5 20 28 55 −27 20
Source: bulgarian-football.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points; 8th Draw
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b SOZ 3−1 LIT; LIT 3−1 SOZ
  2. ^ Litex II will be relegated to V AFG regardless of their position at the end of the season, due to the relegation of the first team.
  3. ^ a b LUD 0−1 GAL; GAL 3−1 LUD
  4. ^ a b OBO 2−2 BAN; BAN 2−1 OBO
  5. ^ a b PRZ 3−1 NEF; NEF 1−0 PRZ

Results

Home \ Away BAN GAL DOB DUN LIT LGO LM12 LUD NEF OBO PRZ POM SIM SOZ SPL VER
Bansko 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 5–0
Botev Galabovo 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 4–2 0–3 4–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–0
Dobrudzha Dobrich 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1
Dunav Ruse 3–1 5–0 2–2 4–1 0–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–0
Litex II 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–4 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 4–1 1–0
Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 4–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 5–1 1–0
Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–5 4–2 1–1 1–4 0–0 1–3 2–0 0–2 1–3 1–3 0–1 0–3
Ludogorets Razgrad II 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 5–0 3–2 3–1 1–1
Neftochimic 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–6 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
Oborishte 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 2–0 0–0
Pirin Razlog 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1
Pomorie 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–4 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 5–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 4–1
Septemvri Simitli 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–4 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 2–0 4–2
Sozopol 2–1 5–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–0
Spartak Pleven 1–3 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0
Vereya 3–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 5–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–0
Source: bulgarian-football.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

Montana2−1Pomorie
S. Georgiev 54'
Iliev 86'		 Report Bozhinov 73' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Tihomir Kanev Lokomotiv GO 14
2 Bulgaria Vasil Kaloyanov Sozopol 13
3 Bulgaria Petar Dimitrov Lokomotiv Mezdra 12
4 Bulgaria Yanaki Smirnov Ludogorets Razgrad II 11
5 Bulgaria Diyan Dimov Dunav Ruse 10
6 Bulgaria Lyubomir Bozhinov Pomorie 9
7 Bulgaria Grigor Dolapchiev Spartak Pleven 8
Bulgaria Borislav Hazurov Bansko
Bulgaria Georgi Kirilov Botev Galabovo
Bulgaria Ivan Kolev Oborishte
Bulgaria Emanuil Manev Sozopol
Bulgaria Yuliyan Nenov Dunav Ruse

Updated on 1 June 2016

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Bulgaria Borislav Borisov Neftochimic Burgas Spartak Pleven 3–3 29 August 2015
Bulgaria Atanas Chipilov Bansko Vereya Stara Zagora 5–0 17 October 2015
Bulgaria Tihomir Kanev Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Spartak Pleven 5–1 23 April 2016

References