2015–16 B Group

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B Group
Season 2015–16
Champions Dunav Ruse
Matches played 240
Goals scored 580 (2.42 per match)

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

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 1,714

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Dunav Ruse (P) 30 18 10 2 53 19 +34 64 Promotion to 2016–17 A Group
2 Pomorie (Q) 30 15 9 6 36 23 +13 54 Qualification to Promotion playoff
3 Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa 30 13 11 6 42 26 +16 50
4 Sozopol 30 13 10 7 44 28 +16 49 SOZ 3−1 LIT
LIT 3−1 SOZ
5 Litex Lovech II (R) 30 14 7 9 50 38 +12 0491 Relegation to 2016–17 V Group
6 Botev Galabovo 30 12 5 13 32 47 −15 41 LUD 0−1 GAL
GAL 3−1 LUD
7 Ludogorets Razgrad II 30 12 5 13 41 41 0 41
8 Vereya Stara Zagora 30 10 10 10 33 27 +6 40
9 Bansko 30 11 6 13 42 38 +4 39 OBO 2−2 BAN
BAN 2−1 OBO
10 Oborishte Panagyurishte 30 11 6 13 29 33 −4 39
11 Pirin Razlog 30 10 8 12 31 41 −10 38 PRZ 3−1 NEF
NEF 1−0 PRZ
12 Neftochimic Burgas 30 8 14 8 31 39 −8 38
13 Spartak Pleven 30 9 9 12 35 42 −7 36
14 Dobrudzha Dobrich (R) 30 8 10 12 27 33 −6 34 Relegation to 2016–17 V Group
15 Septemvri Simitli (R) 30 6 5 19 26 50 −24 23
16 Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra (R) 30 5 5 20 28 55 −27 20

Updated to games played on 29 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 BAN GAL DOB DUN LIT LGO LM12 LUD NEF OBO PRZ POM SIM SOZ SPL VER
Bansko 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 5–0
Botev Galabovo 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 4–2 0–3 4–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–0
Dobrudzha Dobrich 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1
Dunav Ruse 3–1 5–0 2–2 4–1 0–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–0
Litex Lovech II 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–4 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 4–1 1–0
Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 4–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 5–1 1–0
Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–5 4–2 1–1 1–4 0–0 1–3 2–0 0–2 1–3 1–3 0–1 0–3
Ludogorets Razgrad II 2–1 0–1 1–2 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 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–6 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
Oborishte Panagyurishte 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 2–0 0–0
Pirin Razlog 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1
Pomorie 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–4 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 5–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 4–1
Septemvri Simitli 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–4 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 2–0 4–2
Sozopol 2–1 5–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–0
Spartak Pleven 1–3 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0
Vereya Stara Zagora 3–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 5–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–0

Updated to games played on 29 May 2016.
Source: Soccerway
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoff

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Vasil Kaloyanov Sozopol 13
Bulgaria Tihomir Kanev Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa
3 Bulgaria Petar Dimitrov Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra 12
4 Bulgaria Yanaki Smirnov Ludogorets Razgrad II 11
5 Bulgaria Diyan Dimov Dunav Ruse 10
6 Bulgaria Lyubomir Bozhinov Pomorie 9
7 Bulgaria Grigor Dolapchiev Spartak Pleven 8
Bulgaria Borislav Hazurov Bansko
Bulgaria Georgi Kirilov Botev Galabovo
Bulgaria Ivan Kolev Oborishte Panagyurishte
Bulgaria Emanuil Manev Sozopol
Bulgaria Yuliyan Nenov Dunav Ruse

Updated on 27 May 2016

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Bulgaria Borislav Borisov Neftochimic Burgas Spartak Pleven 3–3 29 August 2015
Bulgaria Atanas Chipilov Bansko Vereya Stara Zagora 5–0 17 October 2015
Bulgaria Tihomir Kanev Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Spartak Pleven 5–1 23 April 2016

References