The 2011–12 B Group was the 57th season of the
Bulgarian B Football Group
The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...
, the second tier of the
Bulgarian football league system The Bulgarian football league system or the Bulgarian football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Bulgaria. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels, and ...
. The season started on 13 August 2011 and finished in June 2012 with the
A Group
The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...
promotion play-off.
On 9 June the Executive Committee of
Bulgarian Football Union
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decided to reduce further the number of teams in both West and East
B PFG
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due licensing problems in most of the clubs. The new format consisted of ten teams in each group playing three times against all the others during the season. There were no draws for the matches between fixture 19 and fixture 27. The program was issued depending the position of each club after the completion of fixture 18.
Like in the previous season, the
A Group
The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...
promotion play-off was played in two stages. The first was the match between the runners-up from the West and East
B PFG
The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...
. The final stage was played between the 14th finished team from
A Group
The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...
and the winner from the first stage.
Team changes from 2010–11
Movement between A PFG and B PFG
The champions of the two groups of
B PFG
The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...
were promoted to
A PFG
The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...
. These were
Botev (Vratsa) (
West B PFG champions) and
Ludogorets Razgrad (
East B PFG champions). The third promoted team is
Svetkavitsa, which won the
promotion play-off
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against
Etar (Veliko Tarnovo).
Akademik (Sofia) and
Sliven
Sliven ( bg, Сливен ) is the eighth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and industrial centre of Sliven Province and municipality in Northern Thrace.
Sliven is famous for its heroic Haiduts who fought against the Ottoman Tu ...
were directly relegated from
A PFG
The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...
after finishing in the bottom two places. The team that finished 14th in
A PFG
The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...
-
Vidima-Rakovski (Sevlievo) lost the
promotion/relegation play-off against
Chernomorets (Pomorie), but
Chernomorets
Chernomorets ( bg, Черноморец ) is a town on the Black Sea coast of southeastern Bulgaria. Administratively part of Sozopol Municipality, Burgas Province, Chernomorets is a popular seaside resort.
Chernomorets lies some southeast of t ...
did not receive a license for
A PFG
The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...
, so
Vidima-Rakovski
FC Sevlievo ( bg, ФК Севлиево) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Sevlievo, which currently competes in the Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria), North-West Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football league sy ...
retained its place. The third relegated team is
Pirin (Blagoevgrad), finished 13th, because it filed bankruptcy.
Pirin
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did not even receive license for
B PFG
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, so the team will participate in
V AFG
The Bulgarian Third Amateur Football League ( bg, Трета аматьорска футболна лига, Treta Amat'orska Futbolna Liga), commonly referred to as Third League ( bg, Трета лига) or Treta liga, is the third level of the ...
.
Movement between B PFG and V AFG
In different stages
Chernomorets (Balchik),
Dunav (Ruse) and
Ravda
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decided to cancel their participation in the
East B PFG and were relegated from the group. Additionally the teams of
Spartak (Plovdiv) and
Brestnik 1948 (Plovdiv) declared not being ready to fulfill the license regulations and voluntarily were relegated to
V AFG
The Bulgarian Third Amateur Football League ( bg, Трета аматьорска футболна лига, Treta Amat'orska Futbolna Liga), commonly referred to as Third League ( bg, Трета лига) or Treta liga, is the third level of the ...
. In place of those five teams came the third league champions
Botev (Plovdiv) (South-East),
Spartak (Varna) (North-East) and the winner of the promotion play-off
Neftochimic 1986 (Burgas). Further the team of
Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) was moved from West to East
B PFG
The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...
so that the league had ten participating teams.
The situation in the West
B PFG
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was much more clearer.
Kom-Minyor
OFC Kom ( bg, ОФК Ком) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Berkovitsa, currently playing in the A RFG Montana, the fourth level of Bulgarian football.
The club's home ground is the Mramor Stadium in Berkovitsa, with a capacit ...
left the competition during the winter break due financial difficulties,
Botev (Krivodol) was relegated after finishing in 11th place and
Vihren (Sandanski) voluntarily left after the end of the season. Those teams were replaced with the
V AFG
The Bulgarian Third Amateur Football League ( bg, Трета аматьорска футболна лига, Treta Amat'orska Futbolna Liga), commonly referred to as Third League ( bg, Трета лига) or Treta liga, is the third level of the ...
champions -
Slivnishki Geroi (Slivnitsa) (South-West) and
Bdin (Vidin) (North-West).
East B Group
Stadia and locations
League table
West B Group
Stadia and locations
League table
Promotion play-off
References
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