2015–16 B Group

B Group
Season 2015–16
Champions Dunav Ruse
Matches played 240
Goals scored 580 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer Tihomir Kanev
(14 goals)

The 2015–16 B Group was the 61st 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.

Stadia and locations

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 Voyvoda 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
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Dunav Ruse (P) 30 18 10 2 53 19+34 64 Promotion to 2016–17 Parva Liga
2 Pomorie (Q) 30 15 9 6 36 23+13 54 Qualification for Promotion playoff
3 Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa (P) 30 13 11 6 42 26+16 50 Promotion to 2016–17 Parva Liga
4 Sozopol 30 13 10 7 44 28+16 49 SOZ 3−1 LIT
LIT 3−1 SOZ
5 Litex Lovech II (R) 30 14 7 9 50 38+12 0491 Relegation to 2016–17 Treta Liga
6 Botev Galabovo 30 12 5 13 32 4715 41 LUD 0−1 GAL
GAL 3−1 LUD
7 Ludogorets Razgrad II 30 12 5 13 41 410 41
8 Vereya Stara Zagora (P) 30 10 10 10 33 27+6 40 Promotion to 2016–17 Parva Liga
9 Bansko 30 11 6 13 42 38+4 39 OBO 2−2 BAN
BAN 2−1 OBO
10 Oborishte Panagyurishte 30 11 6 13 29 334 39
11 Pirin Razlog 30 10 8 12 31 4110 38 PRZ 3−1 NEF
NEF 1−0 PRZ
12 Neftochimic Burgas (P) 30 8 14 8 31 398 38 Promotion to 2016–17 Parva Liga
13 Spartak Pleven 30 9 9 12 35 427 36
14 Dobrudzha Dobrich (R) 30 8 10 12 27 336 34 Relegation to 2016–17 Treta Liga
15 Septemvri Simitli (R) 30 6 5 19 26 5024 23
16 Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra (R) 30 5 5 20 28 5527 20

Updated to games played on 29 May 2016.
Source: Soccerway
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
1 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.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away BAN GAL DOBDUNLITLGOLM12LUDNEFOBOPRZPOMSIMSOZSPLVER
Bansko 21 01 12 22 00 22 10 30 21 30 01 20 00 12 50
Botev Galabovo 10 21 01 02 21 21 31 42 03 41 00 31 11 22 10
Dobrudzha Dobrich 12 11 11 21 01 31 11 20 21 00 01 10 11 11 01
Dunav Ruse 31 50 22 41 00 30 41 10 00 20 10 12 20 00 10
Litex Lovech II 10 30 11 12 14 21 20 11 41 10 01 00 31 41 10
Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa 21 20 11 20 12 20 41 13 01 00 11 21 32 51 10
Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra 20 30 00 15 42 11 14 00 13 20 02 13 13 01 03
Ludogorets Razgrad II 21 01 12 23 21 21 12 00 20 11 00 50 32 31 11
Neftochimic Burgas 20 10 21 11 06 22 21 12 00 10 11 21 00 11 11
Oborishte Panagyurishte 22 30 10 01 00 10 10 02 12 21 21 21 13 20 00
Pirin Razlog 22 20 20 22 00 00 31 10 31 21 01 21 10 21 11
Pomorie 01 00 10 12 04 11 10 10 21 30 51 32 21 10 41
Septemvri Simitli 23 01 01 04 11 01 22 01 00 00 10 21 03 20 42
Sozopol 21 51 20 00 31 00 20 41 11 10 12 00 10 32 10
Spartak Pleven 13 31 21 00 12 01 10 20 33 20 41 11 10 11 00
Vereya Stara Zagora 31 01 30 00 50 22 10 02 00 10 30 00 40 00 10

Updated to games played on 29 May 2016.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

4 June 2016
19:00 EEST
Montana 2−1 Pomorie
S. Georgiev  54'
Iliev  86'
Report Bozhinov  73' (pen.)
Trace Arena, Stara Zagora
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 Borisov, BorislavBorislav Borisov Neftochimic Burgas Spartak Pleven 3–3 29 August 2015
Bulgaria Chipilov, AtanasAtanas Chipilov Bansko Vereya Stara Zagora 5–0 17 October 2015
Bulgaria Kanev, TihomirTihomir Kanev Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Spartak Pleven 5–1 23 April 2016

References

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