2009–10 B Group

The 2009–10 B Group was the 54th season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. The season started on 8 August 2009 and finished on 23 May 2010 with the A Group promotion play-off between the runners-up from both divisions.

Bulgarian B Group

Season	2009–10
Champions	Vidima-Rakovski (West) Kaliakra (East)
Promoted	Vidima-Rakovski Kaliakra Akademik Sofia
Relegated	Balkan Marek Rilski Sportist Bdin Vidin Belite Orli Pleven Spartak Varna Panayot Volov Svilengrad Minyor Radnevo Rodopa
Matches played	450
Goals scored	1,119 (2.49 per match)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

East B Group

Teams

Team1	City	Stadium	Capacity	Notes
AKB Minyor Radnevo	Radnevo	Minyor Stadium	3,455	10th in 2008-09
Brestnik 1948	Brestnik	Brestnik Stadium	7,000	Promoted from Third Division - South East
Chernomorets Balchik	Balchik	Balchik Stadium	2,500	13th in 2008-09
Chernomorets Pomorie	Pomorie	Pomorie Stadium	3,000	2nd in 2008-09
Dobrudzha Dobrich	Dobrich	Druzhba Stadium	12,500	Promoted from Third Division - North East
Dunav Rousse	Rousse	Gradski Stadium	22,000	5th in 2008-09
Kaliakra Kavarna	Kavarna	Kavarna Stadium	5,000	3rd in 2008-09
Lyubimetz 2007	Lyubimets	Lyubimetz Stadium	5,000	7th in 2008-09
Nesebar	Nesebar	Nesebar Stadium	10,000	6th in 2008-09
PFC Panayot Volov	Shumen	Panayot Volov Stadium	24,390	14th in 2008-09
PFC Svetkavitsa	Targovishte	Svetkavitsa Stadium	7,000	8th in 2008-09
Rodopa	Smolyan	Septemvri Stadium	6,100	12th in 2008-09
Spartak Varna	Varna	Spartak Stadium	12,000	Relegated from First Division
Spartak Plovdiv	Plovdiv	Todor Diev Stadium	3,548	4th in 2008-09
Svilengrad 1921	Svilengrad	Kolodruma Stadium	6,536	9th in 2008-09

¹Only 15 teams will compete in the East B PFG this season due to no team from the Bulgarian North-East V AFG being promoted. Both the champions FC Orlovets Pobeda and runners-up FC Benkovski Bjala refused to participate in the Second Division and chose instead to continue to compete in the Third Division.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kaliakra Kavarna (P)	28	17	6	5	44	20	+24	57	Promotion to 2010–11 A Group
2	Nesebar	28	17	6	5	56	24	+32	57	Qualification for Promotion play-off
3	Dunav Ruse	28	16	6	6	48	29	+19	54
4	Spartak Plovdiv	28	13	8	7	36	24	+12	47
5	Lyubimets 2007	28	12	9	7	39	24	+15	45
6	Brestnik	28	13	6	9	42	29	+13	45
7	Chernomorets Pomorie	28	13	4	11	45	36	+9	43
8	Chernomorets Balchik	28	12	6	10	37	30	+7	42
9	Spartak Varna (R)	28	11	4	13	33	41	−8	37[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to 2010–11 V Group
10	PFC Panayot Volov (R)	28	9	6	13	37	39	−2	33[lower-alpha 1]
11	PFC Svetkavitsa	28	8	8	12	28	31	−3	32
12	Svilengrad 1921 (R)	28	10	1	17	36	58	−22	31[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to 2010–11 V Group
13	Dobrudzha Dobrich	28	8	6	14	27	39	−12	30
14	AKB Minyor Radnevo (R)	28	8	6	14	34	46	−12	30[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to 2010–11 V Group
–	Rodopa Smolyan (R)	28	1	2	25	6	78	−72	5[lower-alpha 2]

Source: BFU
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The team did not receive a license for professional football for the next season.
2. Rodopa were excluded from the league during the winter break, all remaining fixtures are awarded 0-3 against them.

Top goalscorers

Source:

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Borislav Ivanov	Nesebar	12
2	Emil Todorov	Chernomorets Balchik	8
	Martin Stefanov	Nesebar	8
	Todor Hristov	Nesebar	8
5	Aleksandar Stoychev	Brestnik 1948	7
	Ivan Petkov	Kaliakra Kavarna	7
7	Emil Petkov	Lyubimetz	6

West B Group

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Notes
Akademik Sofia	Sofia	Stadium "Akademik"	18,000	8th in 2008-09
Balkan Botevgrad	Botevgrad	Hirsto Botev Stadium	8,000	5th in 2008-09
Bansko	Bansko	St. Petar Stadium	3,000	3rd in 2008-09
Belite Orli Pleven	Pleven	Belite Orli Stadium	15,000	5th in 2008-09
Botev Krivodol	Krivodol	Hristo Botev Stadium	3,000	10th in 2008-09
Botev Vratsa	Vratsa	Hristo Botev Stadium	32,000	Promoted from Third Division - North West
Chavdar Etropole	Etropole	Chavdar Stadium	5,000	4th in 2008-09
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	Tarnovo	Ivaylo Stadium	18,000	13th in 2008-09
FC Bdin Vidin	Vidin	Georgi Benkovski Stadium	15,000	Promoted from Third Division - North West
Kom-Minyor	Berkovitza	Gradski Stadium	6,000	11th in 2008-09
Marek Dupnitsa	Dupnitsa	Bonchuk Stadium	16,050	14th in 2008-09
Pirin Gotse Delchev	Gotse Delchev	Gradski Stadium	8,000	9th in 2008-09
Rilski Sportist Samokov	Samokov	Iskar Stadium	5,000	6th in 2008-09
Septemvri Simitli	Simitli	Struma Stadium	8,000	Promoted from Third Division - South West
Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo	Sevlievo	Rakovski Stadium	8,816	7th in 2008-09
Vihren Sandanski	Sandanski	Sandanski Stadium	6,000	Relegated from First Division

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vidima-Rakovski (P)	30	19	3	8	53	32	+21	60	Promotion to 2010–11 A Group
2	Akademik Sofia (P)	30	18	5	7	49	37	+12	59	Qualification for Promotion play-off
3	Bansko	30	17	8	5	50	22	+28	59
4	Vihren Sandanski	30	16	8	6	45	24	+21	56
5	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	13	8	9	47	38	+9	47
6	Botev Vratsa	30	11	12	7	39	26	+13	45
7	Septemvri Simitli	30	13	4	13	40	34	+6	43
8	Chavdar Etropole	30	12	7	11	34	32	+2	43
9	Balkan Botevgrad (R)	30	9	14	7	35	28	+7	41[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to 2010–11 V Group
10	Marek Dupnitsa (R)	30	12	5	13	35	36	−1	41[lower-alpha 1]
11	Pirin Gotse Delchev	30	11	7	12	35	38	−3	40
12	Kom-Minyor	30	10	8	12	36	43	−7	38
13	Botev Krivodol	30	8	7	15	21	40	−19	31
14	Rilski Sportist Samokov (R)	30	8	6	16	32	49	−17	30[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to 2010–11 V Group
15	FC Bdin Vidin (R)	30	4	8	18	24	47	−23	20
–	Belite Orli Pleven (R)	30	2	4	24	20	69	−49	10[lower-alpha 2]

Source: BFU
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The team did not receive a license for professional football for the next season.
2. Belite Orli Pleven were excluded from the league during the winter break, all remaining fixtures are awarded 0-3 against them.

Top goalscorers

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Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Veselin Stoykov	Bansko	15
	Rumen Rangelov	Botev Vratsa	15
3	Angel Rusev	Vidima	10
4	Ivan Redovski	Balkan	9
	Todorov	Bdin	9
	Vladislav Zlatinov	Bansko	9
7	Asparuh Vasilev	Akademik Sofia	8
	Valentin Valentinov	Marek	8
9	Daniel Genov	Kom-Minyor	7
	Angel Toshev	Pirin GD	7

Promotion play-off

Nesebar	1–2	Akademik Sofia
Ivanov 24'	Report	Bozhov 20', 26' (pen.)

23 May 2010

Beroe Stadium, Stara Zagora

Attendance: 300

Referee: Stefan Spasov, Pernik

References

1. http://www.sportal.bg/statistics_players_stats.php?champ=7 , sportal.bg

External links

• Bulgaria B PFG at Soccerway
• Bulgarian League- season 2009/10 at RSSSF