2011–12 V AFG

Bulgarian V AFG

Season	2011–12
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 V AFG season is the 57th season of the Bulgarian V AFG, the third tier of the Bulgarian football league system. The winners of each of the four regional groups progress to the 2012–13 B PFG, and up to four teams from each group are relegated to regional amateur championships.

Changes from the 2010/11 season

Movement between B PFG and V AFG

The champions of the four 2010–11 V AFG divisions were promoted to the 2011–12 B PFG: Spartak Varna from V AFG North-East and Botev Plovdiv from V AFG South-East promoted to the B PFG East, Bdin Vidin from V AFG North-West and Slivniski Geroy Slivnitsa from V AFG South-West ascended to the B PFG West. As the East B PFG needed one more team from the third division, the both runners-up from the Eastern divisions Neftochimic Burgas and Septemvri Tervel played a special play-off on 26 June 2011. Neftohimic won the match with 1:0.^[1]

In return, Chernomorets Balchik, Dunav Ruse and Ravda canceled their participation during the East B PFG championship and relegated automatically in the third division. Ravda and Dunav Ruse even dissolved themselves, so they won't participate this season. Chernomorets Balchik will participate in the North-East V AFG. Additionally two more teams - Brestnik and Spartak Plovdiv - canceled their East B PFG participation after the end of the last season and automatically relegated into the South-East V AFG.

From West B PFG relegated three teams - Kom-Minyor canceled its participation during the season and dissolved as club, Botev Krivodol will play in the North-West V AFG and Vihren Sandanski have not received a professional licence, but due financial difficulties they canceled its participation in the South-West V AFG. Additionally the team of Pirin Blagoevgrad, which have not received a license for the 2011-12 A PFG, relegated to the third division. The team is struggling financially, so they have decided not to participate in the South-West V AFG.

Movement from V Group to fourth-level leagues

In the North-East V AFG the teams of Sportist General Toshevo, Kubrat, Topolite and Shabla resigned form the championship in different stages during the season. Additionally Skrita Sila Mudrevo decided not to participate in the new season. The new teams coming from the regional divisions are Lokomotiv Kaspichan and the newly founded Dunav 2010 Ruse (which should not be confused with the dissolved Dunav Ruse). The team of Makak 2008 Shumen renamed itself and this season they will play as Shumen 2010.

The South-East V AFG was left from Gabrovnitsa Gorno Strahane and Stambolovo. The new teams are Sportist Roza and Master Burgas. Also the team of Maritsa Plovdiv united with Rakovski, so this season the team is called Rakovski 2011 and will play its games in the town of Rakovski.

The North-West V AFG was joined by Cherven Bryag and Dunav Selanovtsi. They replace Samovodene and Botev Dimovo, which could not afford their participation this season.

The new teams in the South-West V AFG are Oborishte Panagyurishte, Belasitsa Petrich, the newly founded Marek 2010 Dupnitsa and Rilski Sportist Samokov. Benovski Pazardzhik canceled their participation for the new season. Additionally the team of Lokomotiv Septemvri united with the newly founded Hebar 2011 Pazardzhik (not to be confused with Hebar Pazardzhik) and will play under the name Hebar 2011 Pazardzhik.

Promotion to East B PFG

North-East V AFG

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shumen 2010 (P)	28	19	6	3	69	24	+45	63	Promotion to 2012–13 B PFG
2	Dve Mogili	28	19	5	4	75	28	+47	62
3	Suvorovo	28	18	6	4	60	23	+37	059^3
4	Belitsa	28	14	8	6	50	24	+26	50
5	Septemvri Tervel	28	13	10	5	45	27	+18	49
6	Dunav 2010 Ruse	28	12	10	6	48	19	+29	46
7	Chernolomets Popovo	28	12	7	9	46	30	+16	43
8	Benkovski Byala	28	13	2	13	52	60	−8	41
9	Devnya	28	11	7	10	33	38	−5	039^3
10	Chernomorets Balchik	28	10	6	12	43	33	+10	36
11	Chernomorets 2003 Byala	28	8	7	13	41	32	+9	31
12	Veliki Preslav	28	7	3	18	24	74	−50	24
13	Rapid Divdyadovo (R)	27	6	4	17	33	57	−24	022^1	Relegation to Regional Division
14	Lokomotiv 2008 Kaspichan	28	4	3	21	19	88	−69	15
15	Botev Novi Pazar (R)	27	0	2	25	3	84	−81	02^2	Relegation to Regional Division

Source: Soccerway
¹ Rapid Divdyadovo fused with Shumen 2010 and canceled its further participation on this division. All remaining fixtures are awarded 0-3 against them.^[2]
2 Botev Novi Pazar decided to cancel their participation in the championship during the winter break due to financial difficulties. All remaining fixtures are awarded 0-3 against them.^[3]
3 Suvorovo and Devnya received a one point deduction, because their match was suspended due to mass brawl between the players of both teams and pitch invasion by the fans.
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	Rakovski 2011 (P)	34	23	6	5	91	30	+61	75	Promotion to 2012–13 B PFG
2	Tundzha Yambol	34	23	6	5	71	24	+47	75
3	Botev Galabovo	34	19	9	6	57	23	+34	66
4	Svilengrad	34	18	11	5	67	29	+38	65
5	Asenovets	34	19	6	9	59	54	+5	63
6	Master Burgas	34	17	8	9	45	34	+11	59
7	Dimitrovgrad	34	18	4	12	64	47	+17	58
8	Sozopol	34	17	5	12	54	30	+24	56
9	Brestnik	34	14	8	12	60	45	+15	50
10	Zagorets Nova Zagora	34	14	4	16	42	40	+2	46
11	Arda Kardzhali	34	13	5	16	42	49	−7	44
12	Spartak Plovdiv	34	9	10	15	51	57	−6	37
13	Gigant Saedinenie	34	10	6	18	45	63	−18	36
14	Levski Karlovo	34	9	7	18	32	64	−32	34
15	Rozova Dolina	34	8	8	18	38	60	−22	32
16	Hebros Harmanli	34	8	6	20	43	58	−15	30
17	Sportist Roza (R)	34	4	6	24	21	98	−77	18	Relegation to Regional Division
18	Chirpan (R)	34	4	3	27	13	89	−76	015^3
−	Rodopa Smolyan (R)	12	1	2	9	7	25	−18	05^2
−	Tundzha Yagoda (R)	9	0	0	9	3	43	−40	00^1

Source: Soccerway
¹Tundzha Yagoda 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 Tundzha Yagoda.^[4]
2Rodopa Smolyan resigned from participation in the league after round 13, all fixtures were annulled and every opponent will rest if it is the case (according to schedule) that they should play against Rodopa.^[5]
3Chirpan decided to cancel their participation after Round 31 due to financial difficulties. All remaining fixtures are awarded 0-3 against them.^[6]
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	Spartak 1919 Pleven (P)	30	27	2	1	111	10	+101	83	Promotion to 2012–13 B PFG
2	Lokomotiv Mezdra	30	28	1	1	102	21	+81	079^1
3	Botev Kozloduy	30	19	4	7	78	24	+54	61
4	Akademik Svishtov	30	18	4	8	65	33	+32	58
5	Dunav Selanovtsi	30	16	7	7	49	22	+27	55
6	Torpedo Borovan	30	17	4	9	62	43	+19	55
7	Gigant Belene	30	13	7	10	43	34	+9	46
8	Cherven Bryag	30	12	5	13	44	63	−19	41
9	FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	30	10	7	13	34	31	+3	37
10	Sitomir Nikopol	30	11	3	16	41	79	−38	36
11	Tryavna	30	7	8	15	32	60	−28	29
12	Botev Krivodol (R)	28	7	2	19	22	54	−32	023^2	Relegation to Regional Division
13	Yantra Gabrovo (R)	29	7	2	20	20	60	−40	023^4
14	Balkan Belogradchik	30	5	5	20	24	83	−59	20
15	Levski	30	5	2	23	29	85	−56	17
16	Lokomotiv Dryanovo (R)	29	2	5	22	13	68	−55	011^3	Relegation to Regional Division

Source: Soccerway
¹Lokomotiv Mezdra received 3 points deduction due unsettled debts to former employees incl. players.^[7] On 11 April 2012 a new 3 points deduction were implemented due new unsettled debts to the former player Michael Tawiah.^[8]
2Botev Krivodol decided to cancel their participation in the championship during the winter break due to financial difficulties. All remaining fixtures are awarded 0-3 against them.^[9]
3Lokomotiv Dryanovo decided to cancel their participation in the championship during the winter break due to financial difficulties. All remaining fixtures are awarded 0-3 against them^[10]
4Yantra Gabrovo decided to cancel their participation after Round 17 due to financial difficulties. All remaining fixtures are awarded 0-3 against them.^[11]
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	Pirin Razlog (P)	36	30	3	3	93	20	+73	93	Promotion to 2012–13 B PFG
2	Perun Kresna	36	27	8	1	83	20	+63	89
3	Rilski Sportist Samokov	36	21	5	10	66	29	+37	68
4	Oborishte Panagyurishte	36	20	7	9	76	35	+41	67
5	Marek 2010 Dupnitsa	36	18	9	9	62	31	+31	63
6	Vitosha Bistritsa	36	19	4	13	53	36	+17	61
7	Velbazhd Kyustendil	36	17	6	13	57	54	+3	57
8	Germaneya Sapareva Banya	36	14	10	12	50	51	−1	52
9	Chepinets Velingrad	36	13	10	13	68	50	+18	49
10	Belasitsa Petrich	36	15	3	18	54	47	+7	48
11	Mesta Hadzhidimovo	36	13	7	16	51	51	0	46
12	OFC Kostinbrod	36	13	7	16	42	50	−8	46
13	Septemvri Sofia	36	12	8	16	38	49	−11	44
14	Minyor Bobov Dol	36	12	6	18	45	62	−17	42
15	Vitosha Dolna Dikanya	36	13	3	20	48	68	−20	42
16	FC Strumska slava Radomir (R)	36	10	6	20	44	63	−19	36	Relegation to Regional Division
17	Hebar 2011 Pazardzhik (R)	36	10	4	22	39	76	−37	034^3
18	Levski Elin Pelin (R)	36	6	5	25	31	85	−54	23
19	Hebar Pazardzhik (R)	36	2	3	31	22	145	−123	00^2
−	Balkan Botevgrad (R)	2	0	0	2	0	13	−13	00^1

Source: Soccerway
¹Balkan Botevgrad resigned from participation in the league after round 2, all fixtures were annulled and every opponent will rest if it is the case (according to schedule) that they should play against Balkan.^[12]
2Hebar Pazardzhik have not send their youth team to five consecutive games in the youth championship and received 9 point deduction. The club received also a fine of 2100 Leva.^[13]
3Hebar 2011 Pazardzhik decided to cancel their participation in the championship during the winter break due to financial difficulties. All remaining fixtures are awarded 0-3 against them.^[14]
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.

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