2010–11 V AFG

Bulgarian V AFG

Season	2010–11
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010/11 V AFG season is the 56th season of the Bulgarian V AFG, the third tier of the Bulgarian football league system. The season started on 15 August 2010 and will finish in May 2011. It is contested in four divisions with different number of teams. Only the champions of each conference will promote to B Group 2011/12.

Changes from the 2009/10 season

Movement between B PFG and V AFG

The champions of the four 2009–10 V AFG divisions were promoted to the 2010–11 B PFG: Dorostol Silistra from V AFG North-East and Ravda from V AFG South-East promoted to the B PFG East, Chavdar Byala Slatina from V AFG North-West and Malesh Mikrevo from V AFG South-West ascended to the B PFG West.

In return, Rodopa Smolyan, Belite Orli Pleven and Bdin Vidin were relegated from both 2009-10 B PFG groups. Rodopa and Belite Orli even did not receive a license for V AFG, so they will play in the regional divisions this season.^[1]

Movement from V Group to fourth-level leagues

The team of Aksakovo relegated from the North-Eastern V AFG after the end of the season. The teams of Ariston Ruse and Endzhe Tsari Brod also relegated from this division, but because they resigned their participation during the season. In North-East V AFG promotion achieved the teams from Kubrat and Devnya. The team of F.C. Spartak Varna took the license of FC Topolite (the 16th-placed team in North-East division). Due the huge similarity with the name of PFC Spartak Varna, the Regional football committee registered the new team under the name FC Topolite. Spartak Varna and Volov Shumen lost their professional license and went to play in this division. Volov Shumen unites with the team of Makak from Shumen Regional division, and the new team will be called Makak Shumen. On 27 July the Executive Committee of BFU decided that Razgrad will take the place of the bancrupted team of AKB Minyor in East B PFG.^[2]

In South-East V AFG there were also a lot of changes. Botev Plovdiv and Svilengrad lost their professional license and joined the South-East V AFG. Botev Plovdiv even was abolished as a team, but resurfaced after the new founding of the club and using the spot and license for Metalik Sopot. Strandzha-Metalurg Sredets decided to cancel their participation, so their spot was taken by the team of Rodopa Smolyan (the team lost their professional license from last season). The team of Levski Stara Zagora renamed themselves Tundzha Yagoda, but will play their home games at the Lokomotiv Stadium in Stara Zagora. From that division relegated Haskovo and Kosmos Burgas resigned from participation before the start of the last season. Asenovets and Chirpan promoted form the regional divisions.

North-West V AFG was joined by Lokomotiv Mezdra from A PFG and Bdin Vidin from B PFG. The teams of Pavlikeni and Belite orli decided to cancel their participation for this season. Samovodene and the re-emerged team of Spartak Pleven joined this division from the fourth level.

The South-West division was joined by Balkan Botevgrad and Rilski Sportist Samokov from B PFG. Later Rilski Sportist and Marek Dupnitsa were not granted a license for the South-West division. The team of Belasitsa Petrich decided to cancel their participation fot this season. From the regional divisions came up the teams of Septemvri Sofia, Lokomotiv Septemvri and Avangard Bachevo, but on 12 August 2010 the zonal committee decided not to grant Avangard a license for participation in the South-West division. After the team of Avangard objected this ruling, they received the license.

Promotion to East B PFG

North-East V AFG

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spartak Varna (C) (P)	30	25	1	4	91	20	+71	76	Promotion to 2011–12 B PFG
2	Septemvri Tervel	30	20	2	8	54	27	+27	62
3	Dve Mogili	30	18	5	7	58	29	+29	59
4	Makak Shumen	30	16	8	6	65	31	+34	56
5	Suvorovo	30	17	4	9	45	24	+21	55
6	Rapid Divdyadovo	30	13	5	12	39	40	−1	44
7	Chernomorets Byala	30	13	4	13	49	50	−1	43
8	Belitsa	30	13	1	16	43	42	+1	40
9	Chernolomets Popovo	30	11	5	14	42	45	−3	38
10	Skrita Sila Mudrevo (R)	30	11	5	14	51	58	−7	038^5	Relegation to Regional Division
11	Benkovski Byala	30	10	7	13	58	58	0	37
12	Topolite (R)	29	10	2	17	34	54	−20	032^3	Relegation to Regional Division
13	Preslav	30	8	6	16	26	54	−28	30
14	Devnya	30	5	10	15	21	52	−31	25
15	Shabla (R)	29	7	4	18	23	59	−36	025^4	Relegation to Regional Division
16	Botev Novi Pazar	30	5	5	20	19	75	−56	20
−	Sportist (R)	10	1	2	7	6	31	−25	05^2	Relegation to Regional Division
−	Kubrat (R)	9	0	3	6	5	28	−23	03^1

Source: Soccerway
¹Kubrat resigned from participation in the league after round 9, all fixtures were annulled and every opponent will rest if it is the case (according to schedule) that they should play against Kubrat.
²Sportist resigned from participation in the league after round 10, all fixtures were annulled and every opponent will rest if it is the case (according to schedule) that they should play against Sportist.^[3]
3Topolite resigned from participation during the winter break on 9 February 2011. Until the end of the championship, its opponents will be awarded with 3:0 wins.
⁴Shabla resigned from participation during the winter break on 11 February 2011. Until the end of the championship, its opponents will be awarded with 3:0 wins.
⁵Skrita sila Madrevo decided to cancel their participation after the end of the season.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

South-East V AFG

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Botev Plovdiv (C) (P)	38	37	1	0	127	15	+112	112	Promotion to 2011–12 B PFG
2	Neftochimik (P)	38	25	6	7	100	31	+69	81
3	Zagorets Nova Zagora	38	23	9	6	69	37	+32	78
4	Sozopol	38	22	5	11	89	31	+58	71
5	Gigant Saedinenie	38	21	7	10	66	45	+21	70
6	Botev Galabovo	38	19	9	10	68	39	+29	66
7	Dimitrovgrad	38	17	10	11	67	42	+25	61
8	Svilengrad	38	19	4	15	70	66	+4	61
9	Maritsa Plovdiv	38	16	10	12	77	55	+22	58
10	Hebros Harmanli	38	16	6	16	61	49	+12	54
11	Arda Kardzhali	38	17	3	18	71	59	+12	54
12	Tundzha Yagoda	38	17	2	19	67	86	−19	050^3
13	Asenovets	38	13	10	15	58	63	−5	49
14	Rozova Dolina	38	13	6	19	49	58	−9	45
15	Rodopa Smolyan	38	14	5	19	63	72	−9	044^2
16	Levski Karlovo	38	12	7	19	39	71	−32	43
17	Chirpan	38	10	2	26	36	90	−54	32
18	Tundzha Yambol	38	9	3	26	43	106	−63	30
19	Gabrovnitsa Gorno Strahane (R)	38	3	2	33	19	136	−117	11	Relegation to Regional Division
20	Stambolovo (R)	38	3	1	34	16	104	−88	07^1

Source: Soccerway
¹Stambolovo resigned from participation during the winter break on 1 March 2011. Until the end of the championship, its opponents will be awarded with 3:0 wins. They were also were banned with 3 points deduction.
²Rodopa didn't showed up for their match against Gabrovnitza Gorno Strahane, so they received an 0:3 loss and 3 points deduction.
³Tundzha Yagoda didn't showed up for their match against Asenovets, so they received an 0:3 loss and 3 points deduction.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Promotion to West B PFG

North-West V AFG

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bdin Vidin (C) (P)	30	23	5	2	82	17	+65	74	Promotion to 2011–12 B PFG
2	Botev Kozloduy	30	19	4	7	57	16	+41	61
3	Lokomotiv Mezdra	30	17	7	6	53	24	+29	58
4	Yantra Gabrovo	30	16	5	9	57	34	+23	53
5	Spartak 1919 Pleven	30	15	6	9	49	27	+22	51
6	Samovodene (R)	30	14	8	8	57	25	+32	050^2	Relegation to Regional Division
7	Akademik Svishtov	30	13	9	8	52	29	+23	48
8	Tryavna	30	13	6	11	42	37	+5	45
9	Sitomir Nikopol	30	12	5	13	39	53	−14	41
10	Torpedo Borovan	30	10	5	15	39	35	+4	35
11	Balkan Belogradchik	30	9	4	17	40	65	−25	31
12	FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	30	7	8	15	28	42	−14	29
13	Botev Dimovo (R)	30	10	2	18	25	58	−33	029^1	Relegation to Regional Division
14	Gigant Belene	30	8	2	20	25	70	−45	26
15	Lokomotiv Dryanovo	30	6	5	19	17	76	−59	23
16	Levski	30	7	1	22	24	78	−54	22

Source: Soccerway
¹Botev Dimovo decided to cancel their participation on April 27, 2011 in the competition due financial difficulties. Until the end of the season its opponents will receive a 3:0 awarded win. They received also 3 points deduction because they did not showed up for their last match.
²Samovodene decided to cancel their participation after the end of the season.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

South-West V AFG

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slivnishki Geroi (C) (P)	38	29	6	3	108	24	+84	93	Promotion to 2011–12 B PFG
2	Pirin Razlog	38	26	7	5	89	28	+61	85
3	Vitosha Bistritsa	38	27	4	7	70	24	+46	85
4	Perun Kresna	38	24	7	7	89	31	+58	79
5	Mesta Hadzhidimovo	38	20	9	9	71	38	+33	69
6	OFC Kostinbrod	38	18	7	13	82	46	+36	61
7	Lokomotiv Septemvri	38	17	8	13	75	55	+20	59
8	Balkan Botevgrad	38	16	8	14	61	51	+10	56
9	Septemvri Sofia	38	15	11	12	59	54	+5	56
10	Velbazhd	38	16	6	16	73	59	+14	54
11	Minyor Bobov Dol	38	16	6	16	62	58	+4	54
12	Vitosha Dolna Dikanya	38	16	5	17	58	53	+5	53
13	Benkovski Pazardzhik (R)	38	13	9	16	57	57	0	048^1	Relegation to Regional Division
14	Strumska slava	38	14	5	19	56	78	−22	47
15	Chepinets Velingrad	38	13	3	22	49	75	−26	42
16	Germaneya Sapareva Banya	38	11	6	21	39	58	−19	39
17	Levski Elin Pelin	38	11	3	24	52	100	−48	36
18	Hebar Pazardzhik	38	10	2	26	54	93	−39	32
19	Botev Ihtiman (R)	38	4	5	29	21	134	−113	17	Relegation to Regional Division
20	Avangard Bachevo (R)	38	4	3	31	38	147	−109	15

Source: Soccerway
¹Benkovski Pazardzhik decided to cancel their participation after the end of the season.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

References

1. "По десет отбора лицензирани в двете Б групи (Ten teams are licensed for the two B Groups)". gong.bg. 11 June 2010. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
2. "Разград 2000 ще играе в "Б" група, преименува се на Лудогорец" (in Bulgarian). www.sportal.bg. 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
3. "Два отбора прекратиха участието си в Североизточната "В" група" (in Bulgarian). www.sportni.bg. 2010-10-18. Retrieved 2010-10-18.