2013–14 B Group

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The 2013–14 B Group was the 58th season of the

Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system
. The season starts on 3 August 2013 and finished in May 2014.

On 21 June the executive committee of

A PFG
), but since there are 4 teams relegated from the top league so as to reduce the number of teams in it, there will be 4 teams relegated from B PFG at the end of the season as well, in order to keep the number of teams in the division 14.

Team changes from 2012–13

Movement between A PFG and B PFG

At the end of

Lyubimets
.

Because of the changes made in the number of teams in A PFG for

Montana and Etar 1924
.

Movement between B PFG and V AFG

During season 2012-2013

V AFG
for the new season.

The four

Akademik Svishtov
(North-West) - were promoted to B PFG because of their standings in their places in their respective groups the previous season. Nevertheless, at that time, B Group was two participants short of its 16-team quota because of the teams that did not receive license to play professional football in Bulgaria.

Moreover, after the end of season 2012–2013, on 30 July,

Minyor Pernik
on whether they will be able to participate in the group, because of speculations in the media of their inability to cover their financial costs for B PFG for the whole season.

On a special meeting on 1 August 2013 BFU approved the filed decisions by Svetkavitsa Targovishte and Chavdar Etropole, and gave final notice to Minyor Pernik to sign the required 7 players at least. The same day the leadership of Minyor Pernik declared that they will abolish the current club and intend to found a new one, which will take a license to participate in the

third division (V AFG) of the Bulgarian football system. The BFU confirmed the exclusion of Minyor the next day.[2]

On 3 August the season started awaiting a decision of the BFU with some games postponed and fewer than intended participants.

On 6 August, the Bulgarian Football Union announced its decision to replace the 3 teams (Svetkavitsa, Chavdar, and Minyor) with 3 of the second placed teams in the 2012-13 V AFGs. Since

South-West). Dunav Ruse would take the schedule of Svetkavitsa Targovishte, Haskovo would take the schedule of Chavdar Etropole, while Vitosha would take the one meant for Minyor Pernik. The three postponed games of those teams from the first round would be played during the break for the UEFA qualifications for the World Cup in Brazil 2014, between September 6 and September 10.[3]

For season 2013-2014 B Group would have only 14 participants.

Stadia and locations

Vitosha
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Location of teams in B PFG 2013-14
Team City Stadium Capacity
Akademik
 Svishtov Akademik 13,500
Bansko
 Bansko Saint Peter 3,000
Botev Galabovo Energetik 3,000
Botev Vratsa
Hristo Botev
 32,000
Dobrudzha
 Dobrich
Druzhba
 12,500
Dunav Ruse Gradski 19,960
Haskovo Haskovo
Haskovo
 7,500
Kaliakra
 Kavarna Kavarna 5,000
Marek
 Dupnitsa
Bonchuk
 16,050
Montana
 Montana
Ogosta
 8,000
Pirin
 Razlog Pirin 2,000
Rakovski
 Rakovski Legia 3,000
Spartak
 Varna
Spartak
 13,000
Vitosha Bistritsa Bistritsa 2,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1
Marek
(C, P) 		26 16 6 4 40 17 +23 54 Promotion to 2014–15 A Group
2 Haskovo (P) 26 14 4 8 35 20 +15 46[a]
3
Dobrudzha Dobrich
 26 12 10 4 33 20 +13 46[a]
4
Montana
 26 12 8 6 36 24 +12 44
5
Bansko
 26 13 3 10 40 24 +16 42
6 Botev Vratsa 26 10 8 8 32 23 +9 38
7
Pirin Razlog
 26 9 9 8 30 43 −13 36
8 Spartak Varna 26 9 7 10 24 29 −5 34
9
Rakovski 2011
 26 8 8 10 28 35 −7 32
10 Botev Galabovo 26 7 7 12 19 30 −11 28[b]
11 Vitosha Bistritsa (R) 26 7 7 12 21 23 −2 28[b] Relegation to 2014–15 V Group
12
Kaliakra
(R) 		26 8 4 14 23 34 −11 28[b]
13 Dunav Ruse (R) 26 6 9 11 24 32 −8 27
14
Akademik Svishtov
(R) 		26 3 6 17 12 43 −31 15
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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b HAS 1−0 DOB; DOB 1−0 HAS
  2. ^ a b c GAL 7p; VIT 6p; KAV 4p

Results

Home \ Away
SVI
BAN
 GAL BVR
DOB
 DUN HAS
KAV
MAR
MON
PRZ
RAK
 SPV VIT
Akademik Svishtov
 0–2 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–3 0–1
Bansko
 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–3 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–2 4–0 0–3
Botev Galabovo 1–3 1–4 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0
Botev Vratsa 1–0 0–2 5–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–1
Dobrudzha Dobrich
 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 1–0 2–0
Dunav Ruse 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–3 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–0
Haskovo 3–0 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 0–1 1–0
Kaliakra
 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–1
Marek
 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 1–0
Montana
 4–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 1–3
Pirin Razlog
 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–1
Rakovski 2011
 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–3 1–0 5–0 1–1 0–1
Spartak Varna 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–2 2–1
Vitosha Bistritsa 5–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics