2015–16 B Group

B Group
Season	2015–16
Matches played	208
Goals scored	490 (2.36 per match)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 B Group will be the 61st season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system.

A total of 16 teams contested the league: 10 of which returning from the 2014–15 season, 4 of which promoted from third division and two new teams - the reserves team of Ludogorets Razgrad and Litex Lovech.

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in B Group 2015–16

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bansko	Bansko	Saint Peter	3,000
Botev	Galabovo	Energetik	3,000
Dobrudzha	Dobrich	Druzhba	12,500
Dunav	Ruse	Gradski Stadium	19,960
Litex II	Lovech	Lovech Stadium	8,100
Lokomotiv	Gorna Oryahovitsa	Lokomotiv	12,000
Lokomotiv 2012	Mezdra	Lokomotiv	5,000
Ludogorets II	Razgrad	Ludogorets Arena	7,500
Neftochimic	Burgas	Lazur Stadium	18,037
Oborishte	Panagyurishte	Orcho Voyvoda	3,000
Pirin	Razlog	Razlog Stadium	6,500
Pomorie	Pomorie	Pomorie Stadium	2,000
Septemvri	Simitli	Struma	8,000
Sozopol	Sozopol	Arena Sozopol	3,500
Spartak	Pleven	Pleven Stadium	22,000
Vereya	Stara Zagora	Trace Arena	1,636

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dunav Ruse !Dunav Ruse	26	17	8	1	49	15	+34	59	Promotion to 2016–17 A Group
2	Pomorie !Pomorie	26	14	7	5	32	19	+13	49	Qualification for Promotion Play-Off
3	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa !Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	26	12	9	5	35	19	+16	45
4	Sozopol !Sozopol	26	11	10	5	35	22	+13	43
5	Litex Lovech II !Litex Lovech II (R)	26	11	6	9	40	33	+7	039¹	Relegation to 2016–17 V Group
6	Oborishte Panagyurishte !Oborishte Panagyurishte	26	11	6	9	27	24	+3	39
7	Bansko !Bansko	26	11	5	10	38	30	+8	38
8	Botev Galabovo !Botev Galabovo	26	10	4	12	26	40	−14	34
9	Pirin Razlog !Pirin Razlog	26	9	6	11	27	35	−8	33
10	Ludogorets Razgrad II !Ludogorets Razgrad II	26	9	5	12	32	37	−5	32
11	Vereya Stara Zagora !Vereya Stara Zagora	26	7	10	9	24	26	−2	31
12	Neftochimic Burgas !Neftochimic Burgas	26	6	13	7	23	32	−9	31
13	Dobrudzha Dobrich !Dobrudzha Dobrich	26	7	8	11	24	28	−4	29
14	Spartak Pleven !Spartak Pleven	26	7	7	12	31	40	−9	28	Relegation to 2016–17 V Group
15	Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra !Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra	26	5	5	16	26	45	−19	20
16	Septemvri Simitli !Septemvri Simitli	26	4	5	17	21	45	−24	17

Updated to games played on 4 May 2016.
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
¹ Litex II will be relegated to V AFG regardless of their position at the end of the season, due to the relegation of the first team.
(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	Bansko !BAN	Botev Galabovo !GAL	Dobrudzha Dobrich !DOB	Dunav Ruse !DUN	Litex Lovech II !LIT	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa !LGO	Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra !LM12	Ludogorets Razgrad II !LUD	Neftochimic Burgas !NEF	Oborishte Panagyurishte !OBO	Pirin Razlog !PRZ	Pomorie !POM	Septemvri Simitli !SIM	Sozopol !SOZ	Spartak Pleven !SPL	Vereya Stara Zagora !VER
Bansko !Bansko		2–1	0–1	1–2		0–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–0		5–0
Botev Galabovo !Botev Galabovo	1–0		2–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	3–1		0–3	4–1		3–1	1–1	2–2	1–0
Dobrudzha Dobrich !Dobrudzha Dobrich	1–2	1–1		1–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1		0–1	1–0	1–1		0–1
Dunav Ruse !Dunav Ruse	3–1	5–0	2–2		4–1	0–0	3–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0		2–0	0–0
Litex Lovech II !Litex Lovech II	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–2		1–4		2–0	1–1		1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	4–1	1–0
Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa !Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0			2–0	4–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1		5–1	1–0
Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra !Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–5	4–2	1–1			0–0	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–1
Ludogorets Razgrad II !Ludogorets Razgrad II		0–1		2–3	2–1	2–1	1–2		0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	5–0	3–2	3–1	1–1
Neftochimic Burgas !Neftochimic Burgas		1–0	2–1	1–1	0–6		2–1	1–2		0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1
Oborishte Panagyurishte !Oborishte Panagyurishte	2–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0				2–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	0–0
Pirin Razlog !Pirin Razlog	2–2	2–0	2–0		0–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	2–1		0–1		1–0	2–1	1–1
Pomorie !Pomorie	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–4		1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	5–1		3–2		1–0	4–1
Septemvri Simitli !Septemvri Simitli	2–3		0–1	0–4	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0			0–3	2–0	4–2
Sozopol !Sozopol	2–1		2–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	1–1		1–2	0–0	1–0		3–2	1–0
Spartak Pleven !Spartak Pleven	1–3	3–1	2–1		1–2	0–1		2–0	3–3	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1		0–0
Vereya Stara Zagora !Vereya Stara Zagora	3–1	0–1		0–0	5–0	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0		0–0	4–0	0–0	1–0

Updated to games played on 4 May 2016.
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

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Petar Dimitrov	Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra	12
2	Diyan Dimov	Dunav Ruse	10
2	Vasil Kaloyanov	Sozopol	10
4	Tihomir Kanev	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	9
4	Yanaki Smirnov	Ludogorets Razgrad II	9
6	Lyubomir Bozhinov	Pomorie	8
	Ivan Kolev	Oborishte Panagyurishte
	Vasil Nenov	Dunav Ruse
9	Grigor Dolapchiev	Spartak Pleven	7
	Dimitar Georgiev	Pirin Razlog
	Georgi Kirilov	Botev Galabovo

_{Updated on 1 May 2016}

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Borisov, BorislavBorislav Borisov	Neftochimic Burgas	Spartak Pleven	3–3	000000002015-08-29-000029 August 2015
Chipilov, AtanasAtanas Chipilov	Bansko	Vereya Stara Zagora	5–0	000000002015-10-17-000017 October 2015
Kanev, TihomirTihomir Kanev	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	Spartak Pleven	5–1	000000002016-04-23-000023 April 2016

_{Updated on 1 May 2016}

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2015–16 in Bulgarian football

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Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group

Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Bulgarian Supercup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League

Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification (Group H) Ivaylo Petev

A Group	Beroe Botev Plovdiv Cherno More Levski Lokomotiv Plovdiv Ludogorets Montana Pirin Slavia

V Group	CSKA Sofia

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