2001–02 B Group

The 2001–02 B Group was the 46th season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. A total of 13 teams contested the league.^[1]

Bulgarian B Group

Season	2001–02
Champions	Rilski Sportist
Promoted	Rilski Sportist, Dobrudzha, Botev Plovdiv
Relegated	Svilengrad, Minyor, Devnya
Matches played	156
Goals scored	394 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rumen Shankulov (14 goals)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Team changes

The following teams had changed division after the 2000–01 season.

To B Group

Promoted from V Group	Relegated from A Group
Rilski Sportist Belite Orli Pleven Svilengrad Devnya	Botev Plovdiv Minyor Pernik

From B Group

Promoted to A Group	Relegated to V Group
Spartak Pleven Marek Dupnitsa Lokomotiv Plovdiv (after merger with Velbazhd) Belasitsa Petrich (after merger with Hebar)	Septemvri Sofia Metalurg Pernik Haskovo Bdin Vidin Dorostol Silistra Shumen

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Akademik

Belite Orli

Botev Vr

Devnya

Dobrudzha

Dunav

Botev Pd

Minyor

Pirin

Rilski Sportist

Svetkavitsa

Svilengrad

Vidima

Locations of the 2001–02 Bulgarian B Group teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Akademik	Svishtov	Akademik	13,500
Belite Orli	Pleven	Belite Orli	15,000
Botev	Plovdiv	Hristo Botev (Plovdiv)	20,000
Botev	Vratsa	Hristo Botev (Vratsa)	32,000
Devnya	Devnya	Povelyanovo	3,000
Dobrudzha	Dobrich	Druzhba	16,000
Dunav	Ruse	Dunav	12,000
Minyor	Pernik	Minyor	20,000
Pirin	Blagoevgrad	Hristo Botev (Blagoevgrad)	15,000
Rilski Sportist	Samokov	Iskar	7,000
Svetkavitsa	Targovishte	Dimitar Burkov	8,000
Svilengrad	Svilengrad	Kolodruma	1,750
Vidima-Rakovski	Sevlievo	Rakovski	8,816

Personnel

Team	Manager	Captain
Akademik Svishtov	Stoycho Stoev
Belite Orli
Botev Plovdiv	Tencho Tenev
Botev Vratsa
Devnya
Dobrudzha	Eduard Eranosyan
Dunav	Ignat Mladenov	Dragomir Grigorov
Minyor
Pirin
Rilski Sportist	Ivan Marinov
Svetkavitsa	Miroslav Mironov
Svilengrad
Vidima-Rakovski	Dimitar Todorov

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Botev Plovdiv	Petar Kurdov	Sacked	September 2001	Krasimir Manolov	September 2001
Vidima-Rakovski	Plamen Markov	Signed by Bulgaria	December 2001	Dimitar Todorov	December 2001
Botev Plovdiv	Krasimir Manolov	Sacked	February 2002	Tencho Tenev	February 2002
Dunav Ruse	Nikola Hristov	Mutual consent	March 2002	Ignat Mladenov	March 2002[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Rilski Sportist (P)	24	15	6	3	44	16	+28	51	Promotion to 2002–03 A Group
2	Dobrudzha Dobrich (P)	24	14	6	4	42	21	+21	48
3	Botev Plovdiv (P)	24	13	7	4	36	19	+17	46
4	Svetkavitsa Targovishte	24	12	5	7	35	24	+11	41
5	Vidima-Rakovski	24	11	7	6	39	20	+19	40
6	Akademik Svishtov	24	10	7	7	35	28	+7	37
7	Pirin Blagoevgrad	24	9	6	9	32	29	+3	33
8	Botev Vratsa	24	9	6	9	35	40	−5	33
9	Belite Orli Pleven	24	7	6	11	26	35	−9	27
10	Dunav Ruse	24	6	8	10	21	26	−5	26
11	Svilengrad (R)	24	6	2	16	24	46	−22	20	Relegation to 2002–03 V Group
12	Minyor Pernik (R)	24	3	7	14	10	47	−37	16
13	Devnya (R)	24	2	5	17	14	42	−28	11

Source: 2001–02 B Group futbolbg.dir.bg
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Rumen Shankulov	Vidima-Rakovski	14
2	Borislav Dimitrov	Botev Plovdiv	13
3	Vasil Kirov	Rilski Sportist	12
4	Georgi Kichukov	Botev Vratsa	11
5	Desislav Rusev	Akademik Svishtov	9
	Spas Urumov	Akademik Svishtov
7	Nikolay Filipov	Dobrudzha	7
	Stanislav Rumenov	Svetkavitsa
9	Emil Angelov	Svilengrad	6
	Todor Pramatarov	Pirin
	Georgi Zdravkov	Dobrudzha
	Milen Kunchev	Botev Plovdiv
	Valentin Ignatov	Vidima-Rakovski