2008–09 B Group

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 →

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.

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)
Bansko ¹

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:

^ 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: