2013–14 B Group

B Group
Season 2013–14
Champions Marek
Haskovo
Relegated Vitosha
Kaliakra
Dunav
Akademik
Matches played 182
Goals scored 399 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorer Atanas Chipilov (13 goals)

The 2013–14 B Group was the 59th season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. The season starts on 3 August 2013 and finished in May 2014.

On 21 June the Executive Committee of Bulgarian Football Union confirmed that the number of teams for the new season will remain 14. The teams play twice against each other, once home and once away, as it was the previous season. At the end of this season again there are just 2 teams promoted to the top tier of Bulgarian football (A PFG), but since there are 4 teams relegated from the top league so as to reduce the number of teams in it, there will be 4 teams relegated from B PFG at the end of the season as well, in order to keep the number of teams in the division 14.

Team changes from 2012–13

Movement between A PFG and B PFG

At the end of season 2012-1013 the first two teams of the second division of Bulgarian football were promoted to the top division (A PFG). These were Neftochimic Burgas and Lyubimets.

Because of the changes made in the number of teams in A PFG for season 2013-2014 the bottom four teams in A Group at the end of season 2012-2013 were relegated to B Group for season 2013-2014. These were Botev Vratsa, Minyor Pernik, Montana and Etar 1924.

Movement between B PFG and V AFG

During season 2012-2013 OFC Sliven 2000 was suspended due to their inability to field at least 7 players in their senior team and was relegated finishing last in the group. Additionally the other three bottom teams - Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo, Shumen 2010 and Septemvri Simitli - relegated as of their positions in the group table. However, before the beginning of this season, the teams of Spartak Pleven and Etar 1924 that participated in B PFG in the previous season, did not receive a professional license from the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) and were relegated to V AFG for the new season.

The four V AFG champions - Botev Galabovo (South-East), Dobrudzha Dobrich (North-East), Marek Dupnitsa (South-West) and Akademik Svishtov (North-West) - were promoted to B PFG because of their standings in their places in their respective groups the previous season. Nevertheless, at that time, B Group was two participants short of its 16-team quota because of the teams that did not receive license to play professional football in Bulgaria.

Moreover, after the end of season 2012-2013, on 30 July, Svetkavitsa Targovishte sent an official letter to the Bulgarian Football Union, announcing it will not take part in the 2013–2014 B PFG season. On the next day a similar decision was taken by Chavdar Etropole.[1] Both teams were experiencing financial difficulties at that time. Further, the football union was still awaiting word from Minyor Pernik on whether they will be able to participate in the group, because of speculations in the media of their inability to cover their financial costs for B PFG for the whole season.

On a special meeting on 1 August 2013 BFU approved the filed decisions by Svetkavitsa Targovishte and Chavdar Etropole, and gave final notice to Minyor Pernik to sign the required 7 players at least. The same day the leadership of Minyor Pernik declared that they will abolish the current club and intend to found a new one, which will take a license to participate in the third division (V AFG) of the Bulgarian football system. The BFU confirmed the exclusion of Minyor the next day.[2]

On 3 August the season started awaiting a decision of the BFU with some games postponed and fewer than intended participants.

On 6 August, the Bulgarian Football Union announced its decision to replace the 3 teams (Svetkavitsa, Chavdar, and Minyor) with 3 of the second placed teams in the 2012-13 V AFGs. Since FC Botev Kozloduy, the second placed team in last season's North-West V AFG declined to participate in the professional B PFG, the places were automatically delegated to the second placed clubs from the other three regional divisions - FC Dunav Ruse (North-East), FC Haskovo (South-East) and FC Vitosha Bistritsa (South-West). Dunav Ruse would take the schedule of Svetkavitsa Targovishte, Haskovo would take the schedule of Chavdar Etropole, while Vitosha would take the one meant for Minyor Pernik. The three postponed games of those teams from the first round would be played during the break for the UEFA qualifications for the World Cup in Brazil 2014, between September 6 and September 10.[3]

For season 2013-2014 B Group would have only 14 participants.

Stadia and locations

Team City Stadium Capacity
Akademik Svishtov Akademik 13,500
Bansko Bansko Saint Peter 3,000
Botev Galabovo Energetik 3,000
Botev Vratsa Hristo Botev 32,000
Dobrudzha Dobrich Druzhba 12,500
Dunav Ruse Gradski 19,960
Haskovo Haskovo Haskovo 7,500
Kaliakra Kavarna Kavarna 5,000
Marek Dupnitsa Bonchuk 16,050
Montana Montana Ogosta 8,000
Pirin Razlog Pirin 2,000
Rakovski Rakovski Legia 3,000
Spartak Varna Spartak 13,000
Vitosha Bistritsa Bistritsa 2,000

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Marek Dupnitsa (P) 26 16 6 4 40 17+23 54 Promotion to 2014–15 A Group
2 Haskovo (P) 26 14 4 8 35 20+15 46 HAS 1−0 DOB
DOB 1−0 HAS
3 Dobrudzha Dobrich 26 12 10 4 33 20+13 46
4 Montana 26 12 8 6 36 24+12 44
5 Bansko 26 13 3 10 40 24+16 42
6 Botev Vratsa 26 10 8 8 32 23+9 38
7 Pirin Razlog 26 9 9 8 30 4313 36
8 Spartak Varna 26 9 7 10 24 295 34
9 Rakovski 2011 26 8 8 10 28 357 32
10 Botev Galabovo 26 7 7 12 19 3011 28 GAL 7p
VIT 6p
KAV 4p
11 Vitosha Bistritsa (R) 26 7 7 12 21 232 28 Relegation to V AFG
12 Kaliakra Kavarna (R) 26 8 4 14 23 3411 28
13 Dunav Ruse (R) 26 6 9 11 24 328 27
14 Akademik Svishtov (R) 26 3 6 17 12 4331 15

Updated to games played on 17 May 2014.
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points; 8th Draw
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away SVI BAN GALBVRDOBDUNHASKAVMARMONPRZRAKSPVVIT
Akademik Svishtov 02 10 03 01 11 02 21 02 11 22 02 03 01
Bansko 00 10 30 23 30 02 20 12 12 23 12 40 03
Botev Galabovo 13 14 10 01 10 21 00 10 12 11 30 00 20
Botev Vratsa 10 02 51 11 30 10 22 11 00 30 20 01 21
Dobrudzha Dobrich 10 02 11 00 11 10 02 11 10 40 22 10 20
Dunav Ruse 10 02 10 32 13 00 31 11 12 12 11 20 20
Haskovo 30 14 00 10 10 21 20 21 11 30 40 01 10
Kaliakra Kavarna 10 11 30 00 01 21 02 02 21 20 01 02 01
Marek Dupnitsa 10 10 20 21 00 10 21 41 30 31 12 30 10
Montana 41 10 00 00 22 00 10 41 31 30 30 01 13
Pirin Razlog 00 21 11 21 22 32 30 10 00 22 00 11 31
Rakovski 2011 30 01 10 11 03 11 23 12 03 10 50 11 01
Spartak Varna 11 01 21 01 10 00 03 02 12 12 30 22 21
Vitosha Bistritsa 50 00 01 12 11 00 00 10 00 01 01 00 11

Updated to games played on 17 May 2014.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 3 May 2014

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Atanas Chipilov Bansko 13
2 Bulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov Pirin Razlog 9
3 Bulgaria Ventsislav Ivanov Montana 8
4 Bulgaria Sergey Georgiev Bansko 7
Bulgaria Nedyalko Hubenov Haskovo 7
Bulgaria Blagoy Nakov Montana 7
7 Bulgaria Dimitar Aleksiev Haskovo 6
Bulgaria Emil Angelov Haskovo 6
Bulgaria Deyan Hristov Spartak Varna 6
Bulgaria Chetin Sadula Vitosha Bistritsa 6
Bulgaria Lyuboslav Voynov Bansko 4

References

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