The 2015–16 V Football Group season was the 66th season of the Bulgarian V Group. The group comprised the third level of the Bulgarian football pyramid and was divided into four geographic regions: North-West, North-East, South-East, and South-West. The 2015–16 season was notable for the participation of CSKA Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia in the South-Western region, as the two teams were unable to obtain a license for the A PFG due to unpaid debts, which led to their administrative relegation.

Bulgarian V Football Group
Season2015–16

Changes from the 2014–15 season

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Club Movements Between V Group and B Group

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The champions of the four 2014–15 V AFG divisions were promoted to the 2015–16 B Group: Dunav Ruse from V AFG North-East and Pomorie from V AFG South-East, Spartak Pleven from V AFG North-West and Oborishte Panagyurishte from V AFG South-West.

In return, four teams were relegated to the V AFG: Botev Vratsa, Chernomorets Burgas, Rakovski and Spartak Varna.

Club Movements Between V Group and the Regional Groups

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  • North-East: Provadia and Dorostol 2003 relegated last season to regional divisions. Spartak Varna, which relegated to the amateur divisions on financial and organizational reasons, declared on 11 August 2015 its inability to participate shortly before the start of the season. The new teams, coming from the regional divisions, are Inter Plachidol, Marisan Ruse and Himik Devnya.
  • North-West: Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo and Sitomir Nikopol relegated from last season to regional divisions. The new teams, coming from the regional divisions, are Era Sevlievo, Gigant Belene, Vihar Slavnyanovo and Tryavna. The team of Era Sevlievo renamed itself into FC Sevlievo.
  • South-East: FC Stara Zagora relegated from last season to regional divisions, while Elhovo and Rodopa Smolyan resigned shortly before the start of the season. Furthermore, Tundzha Yambol declared on 31 July 2015 their inability to participate this season due to financial and organizational reasons. Its place was taken by FC Karnobat, which won 3-0 a play-off game against Vereya Stara Zagora II in Elhovo. The new teams, coming from the regional divisions, are Uragan Boyadzhik and Borislav Parvomay.
  • South-West: FC Sportist Svoge and Mesta Hadzhidimovo relegated from last season to regional divisions. The new teams, coming from the regional divisions, are Chiko Byaga, Botev Ihtiman and Sofia 2010. New teams, coming from A PFG, are CSKA Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia as they had not received professional license. Two days before the start of the season, the game between CSKA and Slivnishki Geroy was postponed due to problems with the CSKA players' files, which is currently resolved. After playing its first game, the other Sofia powerhouse Lokomotiv declared its inability to maintain its participation due to financial and organizational reasons. The decision was confirmed by the Zonal Council of BFU on 24 August 2015, which led to the expulsion of Lokomotiv and the annulment of its current results.[1] Conegliano German, which finished 10th last season, was acquired by DIT Group and later merged into PFC Septemvri Sofia.

Broadcasting

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Kanal 3 is the TV partner of the V group.[2][3]

North-East V AFG

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Chernomorets Balchik (P) 26 24 1 1 79 14 65 73 Promotion to Second League
2 Kaliakra Kavarna 26 18 4 4 66 24 42 58
3 Suvorovo 26 14 6 6 46 32 14 48
4 Svetkavitsa Targovishte 26 13 3 10 41 32 9 42
5 Botev Novi Pazar 26 11 5 10 43 27 16 38
6 Inter Plachidol 26 11 5 10 34 33 1 38
7 Marisan Ruse 26 12 2 12 42 47 −5 38
8 Benkovski Byala 26 10 2 14 30 56 −26 32
9 Himik Devnya 26 10 2 14 36 64 −28 32
10 Septemvri Tervel 26 9 4 13 42 39 3 31
11 Shumen 1929 26 8 6 12 40 39 1 30
12 Kubrat 26 8 5 13 26 37 −11 29
13 Ticha Dolni Chiflik[a] (R) 25 5 3 17 21 56 −35 18 Relegation to Regional Divisions
14 Dve Mogili[b] (R) 25 3 2 20 18 64 −46 11
Source: bulgarian-football.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[4]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ During the winter break Ticha Dolni Chiflik decided to cancel their participation in the championship due to financial difficulties. All remaining fixtures are awarded 0−3 against them.
  2. ^ During the winter break Dve Mogili decided to cancel their participation in the championship due to financial difficulties. All remaining fixtures are awarded 0−3 against them.

South-East V AFG

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nesebar (P) 34 29 3 2 88 20 68 90 Promotion to Second League
2 Rozova Dolina 34 24 4 6 81 30 51 76
3 Zagorets Nova Zagora[a] 33 22 6 5 64 20 44 72
4 Uragan Boyadzhik 34 20 4 10 93 45 48 64
5 Dimitrovgrad 34 18 8 8 61 38 23 62
6 Gigant Saedinenie 34 18 4 12 67 58 9 58
7 Svilengrad[a] 33 17 5 11 72 53 19 56
8 Asenovets 34 15 8 11 57 46 11 53
9 Maritsa Plovdiv 34 14 9 11 45 29 16 51
10 Eurocollege Plovdiv 34 14 4 16 69 74 −5 46
11 Karnobat[b] 34 13 4 17 56 56 0 43
12 Spartak Plovdiv 34 12 6 16 36 38 −2 42
13 Levski Karlovo 34 11 2 21 43 75 −32 35
14 Rakovski 34 10 4 20 45 68 −23 34
15 Borislav Parvomay 34 6 11 17 34 59 −25 29
16 Minyor Radnevo 34 8 3 23 32 84 −52 27
17 Chernomorets Burgas[c] (R) 34 6 4 24 42 100 −58 19 Relegation to Regional Divisions
18 Sliven 2000 (R) 34 3 1 30 20 112 −92 10
Source: bulgarian-football.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[5]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The game from Round 1 between Zagorets and Svilengrad was annulled by the Zonal Council of the BFU as it was established that both club used illegible players (Vladislav Yamukov and Stoyan Kostadinov), which had remaining suspensions from the past season.
  2. ^ Karnobat took the place of Tundzha Yambol after the Yambol club declared its resignation on 31 July 2015 due to financial and organizational reasons.
  3. ^ On 9 February 2016 Chernomorets received a three point deduction due to unpaid obligations to their former player Pedrinha.

North-West V AFG

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Etar Veliko Tarnovo (P) 30 27 1 2 100 16 84 82 Promotion to Second League
2 Botev Vratsa 30 27 0 3 101 17 84 81
3 Akademik Svishtov 30 19 2 9 58 34 24 59
4 Levski 2007 30 14 6 10 48 33 15 48
5 Kariana Erden 30 14 5 11 49 44 5 47
6 Pavlikeni 30 15 1 14 39 52 −13 46
7 Vihar Slavyanovo 30 13 7 10 44 38 6 46
8 Partizan Cherven Bryag 30 13 5 12 47 40 7 44
9 Sevlievo 30 13 3 14 49 56 −7 42
10 Botev Lukovit 30 13 2 15 47 56 −9 41
11 Tryavna 30 9 9 12 36 42 −6 36
12 Bdin Vidin 30 11 1 18 48 74 −26 34
13 Juventus Malchika 30 9 4 17 32 62 −30 31
14 Yantra Gabrovo (R) 30 8 5 17 29 50 −21 29 Relegation to Regional Divisions
15 Botev Kozloduy (R) 30 4 3 23 23 65 −42 15
16 Gigant Belene (R) 30 3 2 25 21 92 −71 11
Source: bulgarian-football.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[6]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

South-West V AFG

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (P) 32 31 1 0 146 10 136 94 Promoted to Second League
2 Vitosha Bistritsa 32 23 5 4 72 16 56 74
3 Slivnishki Geroy 32 21 6 5 80 35 45 69
4 Strumska Slava 32 18 6 8 58 36 22 60
5 Minyor Pernik 32 17 8 7 55 35 20 59
6 Vihren Sandanski 32 17 4 11 48 36 12 55
7 Chiko Byaga 32 12 7 13 57 67 −10 43
8 Septemvri Sofia 32 13 3 16 67 62 5 42
9 Belasitsa Petrich 32 11 6 15 41 52 −11 39
10 Botev Ihtiman 32 10 7 15 52 66 −14 37
11 Rilski Sportist Samokov 32 10 5 17 41 43 −2 35
12 Sofia 2010 32 11 1 20 51 72 −21 34
13 Velbazhd Kyustendil 32 9 7 16 42 56 −14 34
14 Chepinets Velingrad 32 7 11 14 35 72 −37 32
15 Pirin Gotse Delchev 32 8 4 20 33 63 −30 28
16 Germanea 32 5 4 23 20 122 −102 19
17 Balkan Varvara (R) 32 4 5 23 25 80 −55 17 Relegated to Regional Divisions
18 Lokomotiv Sofia[a] (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: bulgarian-football.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[7]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Lokomotiv Sofia was excluded from the group on 24 August 2015 for a second no-show without an excusable reason. The team's results up to this point were cancelled and its opponents until the end of the season received byes. The team was relegated to the Sofia City Regional Division, which it joined straightaway.

References

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  1. ^ "Касев и Льосков са история - Локо (Сф) започва на чисто в "А" окръжна. Надежда (Доброславци) чака обновените "железничари"". topsport.bg. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Канал 3 излъчва на живо мачове от "В" групите". sportal.bg. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  3. ^ Mihov, Valentin (6 August 2015). "Няма смисъл да се налага мораториум за тв излъчването на ЦСКА. Ситуацията с правата за "А" група е конфликт на интереси". 7sport.net. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  4. ^ "V AFG 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  5. ^ "V AFG 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  6. ^ "V AFG 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  7. ^ "V AFG 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 31 August 2015.