2000–01 B Group

The 2000–01 B Group was the 45th season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system.^[1] A total of 18 teams contested the league,^[2] but three of them stopped participating during the season due to financial reasons.

Bulgarian B Group

Season	2000–01
Champions	Spartak Pleven
Promoted	Spartak Pleven, Marek
Relegated	Septemvri, Metalurg, Haskovo, Bdin, Dorostol, Shumen
Matches played	306
Goals scored	752 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Todor Kolev (45 goals)
← 1999–00 2001–02 →

Team changes

Akademik

Bdin

Belasitsa

Botev

Dobrudzha

Dorostol

Dunav

Haskovo

Lokomotiv

Marek

Metalurg

Slanchev Bryag

Pirin

Septemvri

Spartak

Svetkavitsa

Shumen

Vidima

Locations of the 2000–01 Bulgarian B Group teams

The following teams had changed division after the 1999–2000 season.

To B Group

Promoted from V Group	Relegated from A Group
Marek Dupnitsa Slanchev Bryag Nesebar Dorostol Silistra Akademik Svishtov	Dobrudzha Dobrich Belasitsa Petrich Pirin Blagoevgrad Shumen

From B Group

Promoted to A Group	Relegated to V Group
Cherno More Varna Hebar Pazardzhik	Etar Veliko Tarnovo Antibiotik-Ludogorets Razgrad Maritsa Plovdiv Beroe 2000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Spartak Pleven (P)	32	26	3	3	92	25	+67	81	Promotion to 2001–02 A Group
2	Marek Dupnitsa (P)	32	20	8	4	54	17	+37	68
3	Pirin Blagoevgrad	32	18	7	7	48	21	+27	61	Qualification for Promotion play-off
4	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	32	18	4	10	55	39	+16	58
5	Dobrudzha Dobrich	32	17	6	9	52	37	+15	57
6	Slanchev Bryag Nesebar	32	16	6	10	51	36	+15	54
7	Svetkavitsa Targovishte	32	17	3	12	47	36	+11	54
8	Vidima-Rakovski	32	15	7	10	53	36	+17	52
9	Botev Vratsa	32	15	1	16	56	57	−1	46
10	Belasitsa Petrich	32	12	8	12	37	31	+6	44
11	Dunav Ruse	32	12	5	15	35	38	−3	41
12	Akademik Svishtov	32	10	8	14	37	37	0	38
13	Septemvri Sofia (R)	32	9	10	13	39	47	−8	37	Relegation to 2001–02 V Group
14	Metalurg Pernik (R)	32	11	3	18	36	51	−15	36
15	Haskovo (R)	32	10	3	19	32	60	−28	33
16	Bdin Vidin[a] (D)	31	3	1	27	18	96	−78	10	Excluded from the league
17	Dorostol Silistra[b] (D)	31	0	1	30	10	88	−78	1
x	Shumen[c] (D)	13	2	0	11	9	30	−21	6

Source: 2000–01 B Group futbolbg.dir.bg
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Bdin Vidin were excluded after first half of the season and demoted to their regional third level league (Northwestern V Group) for failing to arrange their debts. To the end of the season they lost their matches 3–0 w/o.
2. Dorostol Silistra were excluded after first half of the season and demoted to their regional third level league (Northeastern V Group) for failing to arrange their debts. To the end of the season they lost their matches 3–0 w/o.
3. Shumen were excluded after 13 matches and demoted to their regional third level league (Northeastern V Group) for failing to arrange their debts, their results were annulled.

Promotion play-off

30 May 2001

Beroe Stara Zagora	1–0	Pirin Blagoevgrad
Zhelev 73'

Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia

Attendance: 2,000

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Todor Kolev	Spartak Pleven	45
2	Rumen Rumenov	Bdin / Svetkavitsa	15
	Ivan Georgiev	Slanchev Bryag
4	Ivaylo Andonov	Pirin Blagoevgrad	14
	Rumen Shankulov	Vidima-Rakovski
6	Vladimir Kolev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	13
7	Georgi Varadev	Metalurg / Loko Plovdiv	12
	Martin Podvarzachov	Spartak Pleven
9	Emil Todorov	Spartak Pleven	11
10	Ivan Redovski	Botev Vratsa	10
	Genadi Simeonov	Marek Dupnitsa