2008–09 B Group

The 2008–09 B Group was the 53rd season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system.^[1] The season started on 16 August 2008 and finished on 17 June 2009 with the A Group promotion play-off between the runners-up from both divisions.

Bulgarian B Group

Season	2008–09
Champions	Montana (West) Beroe (East)
Promoted	Montana Beroe Sportist Svoge
Relegated	Chavdar Byala Slatina Spartak Pleven Naftex Lokomotiv Stara Zagora Maritsa
Matches played	450
Goals scored	1,119 (2.49 per match)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

B PFG 2008-09 team distribution

Stadia, Locations and Results

West B Group

Teams Competing

• Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo
• Spartak Pleven
• PFC Chavdar Byala Slatina
• Akademik Sofia
• Pirin Gotse Delchev
• Montana
• Belite orli Pleven
• Rilski Sportist Samokov
• Sportist Svoge
• Chavdar Etropole
• Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo (relegated from A Group)
• Marek Dupnitsa (relegated from A Group)
• Botev Krivodol (winners of North-Western V group)
• Kom-Minyor (runners-up of North-Western V group)
• Balkan Botevgrad (runners-up of South-Western V group)
• Bansko¹

¹FC Bansko replaced FC Pirin Blagoevgrad, last season's winners of the South-West group, when it merged with another club from Blagoevgrad, which is playing the A PFG.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Montana (C, P)	30	22	4	4	63	21	+42	70	Promotion to 2009–10 A Group
2	Sportist Svoge (Q, P)	30	19	6	5	54	25	+29	63	Qualification for Promotion play-off
3	Bansko	30	17	9	4	52	23	+29	60
4	Chavdar Etropole	30	15	9	6	45	30	+15	54
5	Balkan Botevgrad	30	15	4	11	38	34	+4	49
6	Rilski Sportist	30	15	4	11	34	39	−5	49
7	Vidima-Rakovski	30	11	10	9	31	25	+6	43
8	Akademik Sofia	30	12	6	12	39	35	+4	42
9	Pirin Gotse Delchev	30	11	7	12	48	39	+9	40
10	Botev Krivodol	30	10	8	12	32	46	−14	38
11	Kom-Minyor	30	8	9	13	32	47	−15	33
12	Belite orli	30	8	5	17	27	43	−16	29
13	Etar 1924	30	6	10	14	36	45	−9	28
14	Marek Dupnitsa	30	7	7	16	29	48	−19	28
15	Chavdar Byala Slatina (R)	30	7	5	18	31	41	−10	26	Relegation to 2009–10 V Group
16	Spartak Pleven	30	3	5	22	10	60	−50	14	Club Folded[a]

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Spartak Pleven went bankrupt in January 2009 and folded at the end of the season

East B Group

Teams Competing

• Naftex Burgas
• Maritsa Plovdiv
• Spartak Plovdiv
• Dunav Ruse
• Shumen
• Kaliakra Kavarna
• Svetkavitsa
• Minyor Radnevo
• Nesebar
• Rodopa Smolyan
• Svilengrad
• Beroe Stara Zagora (relegated from A Group)
• Chernomorets Balchik (runners-up of North-Eastern V group)
• Lyubimets 2007 (winners of South-Eastern V group)
• Lokomotiv Stara Zagora (runners-up of South-Eastern V group)

¹No second team from North-Eastern V group was promoted because the winners, Dobrudzha Dobrich, and Ariston Ruse, team that should have replaced it, refused to participate and will play in this season's V Group.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Beroe Stara Zagora (C, P)	28	20	6	2	48	19	+29	66	Promotion to 2009–10 A Group
2	Naftex Burgas[a] (Q)	28	18	7	3	59	21	+38	61	Qualification for Promotion play-off
3	Kaliakra Kavarna	28	14	6	8	39	28	+11	48
4	Spartak Plovdiv	28	11	8	9	30	33	−3	41
5	Dunav Ruse	28	11	6	11	35	34	+1	39
6	Nesebar	28	12	2	14	36	32	+4	38
7	Lyubimets 2007	28	10	8	10	30	29	+1	38
8	Svetkavitsa	28	9	7	12	37	40	−3	34
9	Svilengrad	28	9	7	12	32	40	−8	34
10	Minyor Radnevo	28	10	3	15	35	47	−12	33
11	Lokomotiv Stara Zagora	28	8	8	12	31	36	−5	32	Club Folded
12	Rodopa Smolyan	28	8	7	13	33	48	−15	31
13	Chernomorets Balchik	28	8	7	13	30	39	−9	31
14	Shumen	28	8	6	14	22	34	−12	30
15	Maritsa Plovdiv (R)	28	9	2	17	21	38	−17	29	Relegation to 2009–10 V Group

Source: Soccerway.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Burgas folded on the 6 July 2009 and all their results were annulled from the competition.

Promotion play-off

Naftex Burgas	2–2	Sportist Svoge
Orachev 10' Kaloyanov 82'	Report	Pavlov 52' Antonov 72'
Penalties
Kovachev Penev Orachev Valeriev	2–4	N. Ivanov Pavlov Dimitrov Ts. Ivanov

17 June 2009

Lovech Stadium, Lovech

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Anton Genov