The 2014–15 B Group was the 59th season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system.
Team changes from 2013–14
Movement between A PFG and B PFG At the end of last season the first two teams of the second division of Bulgarian football were promoted to the top division - A PFG. These were Marek Dupnitsa and Haskovo 2009.
Because of the changes made in the number of teams in A PFG for this season the bottom four teams in A Group at the end of the last one were relegated to B Group for season 2014–2015. These were Chernomorets Burgas, Neftochimic Burgas, Pirin Gotse Delchev and Lyubimets 2007.
Movement between B PFG and V AFG The four V AFG champions - Sozopol (South-East), Benkovski Byala (North-East), Pirin Blagoevgrad (South-West) and Lokomotiv Mezdra (North-West) - were promoted to B PFG because of their standings in their respective groups the previous season.
Further pre-season changes On June 16 Benkovski Byala sent an official letter to the Bulgarian Football Union and declined to participate in the 2014–15 B PFG, citing financial problems. On the next day media reports suggested that three additional clubs had not met the license criteria in the initial investigation by the BFU - Lyubimets, Neftochimic and Pirin Gotse Delchev. All three clubs were in danger of being refused a spot in the group, while the 2nd placed teams in the 2013/14 V AFG were preparing themselves to make bids to replace them.
On June 19 the BFU confirmed Benkovski's withdrawal and officially invited FC Master Burgas to take their spot as the 2nd placed team in the Southeast V AFG. On June 22, the club announced it had accepted the invitation, and in addition would change its name to FC Burgas and switch colours from red and white to blue and white. On June 30, the BFU announced the final list of participants for the 2014–15 season after a six-hour session. Lyubimets, Neftochimic and Pirin Gotse Delchev were all denied a professional license for the following season due to outstanding debts and would have to compete in the V AFG or fold. The group was kept at 16 teams with the addition of Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa (2nd place in Northwest V AFG), Septemvri Simitli (2nd place in Southwest V AFG) and Vereya Stara Zagora (3rd place in Southeast V AFG). Vereya was chosen ahead of Oborishte Panagyurishte (3rd placed in Southwest V AFG) because of its higher coefficient and better infrastructure.
Stadia and locations
Team City Stadium Capacity Bansko Bansko Saint Peter 3,000 Botev Galabovo Energetik 3,000 Botev Vratsa Hristo Botev 32,000 Burgas Burgas Balgarovo 3,000 Chernomorets Burgas Lazur 18,037 Dobrudzha Dobrich Druzhba 12,500 Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Lokomotiv 12,000 Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra Lokomotiv 5,000 Montana Montana Ogosta 8,000 Pirin Blagoevgrad Hristo Botev 11,000 Pirin Razlog Pirin 2,000 Rakovski Rakovski Legia 3,000 Septemvri Simitli Struma 8,000 Sozopol Sozopol Arena Sozopol 3,000 Spartak Varna Spartak 8,000 Vereya Stara Zagora Trace Arena 1,000
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Yanaki SmirnovLokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa 222 Miroslav AntonovMontana 183 Atanas IlievDobrudzha Dobrich174 Petar AtanasovRakovski135 Georgi KirilovBotev Galabovo126 Nikolay TsvetkovLokomotiv 2012 Mezdra117 Antoniy BalakovLokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa108 Deyan HristovChernomorets Burgas9 Sergey GeorgievMontana9 Martin ToshevPirin Blagoevgrad911 Vladimir KaptievPirin Razlog8 Updated on 24 May 2015
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