2001–02 B Group

The 2001–02 B Group was the 47th season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. A total of 13 teams contested the league.[1]

Bulgarian B Group
Season2001–02
ChampionsRilski Sportist
PromotedRilski Sportist, Dobrudzha, Botev Plovdiv
RelegatedSvilengrad, Minyor, Devnya
Top goalscorer Rumen Shankulov
(14 goals)
2002–03 →

Team changes

The following teams had changed division after the 2000–01 season.

Teams

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the 2001–02 Bulgarian B Group teams
Team City Stadium Capacity
AkademikSvishtovAkademik13,500
Belite OrliPlevenBelite Orli15,000
BotevPlovdivHristo Botev (Plovdiv)20,000
BotevVratsaHristo Botev (Vratsa)32,000
DevnyaDevnyaPovelyanovo3,000
DobrudzhaDobrichDruzhba16,000
DunavRuseDunav12,000
MinyorPernikMinyor20,000
PirinBlagoevgradHristo Botev (Blagoevgrad)15,000
Rilski SportistSamokovIskar7,000
SvetkavitsaTargovishteDimitar Burkov8,000
SvilengradSvilengradKolodruma1,750
Vidima-RakovskiSevlievoRakovski8,816

Personnel
Team Manager Captain
Akademik Svishtov Stoycho Stoev
Belite Orli
Botev Plovdiv Tencho Tenev
Botev Vratsa
Devnya
Dobrudzha Eduard Eranosyan
Dunav Ignat Mladenov Dragomir Grigorov
Minyor
Pirin
Rilski Sportist Ivan Marinov
Svetkavitsa Miroslav Mironov
Svilengrad
Vidima-Rakovski Dimitar Todorov

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Botev Plovdiv Petar Kurdov Sacked September 2001 Krasimir Manolov September 2001
Vidima-Rakovski Plamen Markov Signed by Bulgaria December 2001 Dimitar Todorov December 2001
Botev Plovdiv Krasimir Manolov Sacked February 2002 Tencho Tenev February 2002
Dunav Ruse Nikola Hristov Mutual consent March 2002 Ignat Mladenov March 2002[2]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Rilski Sportist (P) 24 15 6 3 44 16 +28 51 Promotion to 2002–03 A Group
2 Dobrudzha Dobrich (P) 24 14 6 4 42 21 +21 48
3 Botev Plovdiv (P) 24 13 7 4 36 19 +17 46
4 Svetkavitsa Targovishte 24 12 5 7 35 24 +11 41
5 Vidima-Rakovski 24 11 7 6 39 20 +19 40
6 Akademik Svishtov 24 10 7 7 35 28 +7 37
7 Pirin Blagoevgrad 24 9 6 9 32 29 +3 33
8 Botev Vratsa 24 9 6 9 35 40 −5 33
9 Belite Orli Pleven 24 7 6 11 26 35 −9 27
10 Dunav Ruse 24 6 8 10 21 26 −5 26
11 Svilengrad (R) 24 6 2 16 24 46 −22 20 Relegation to 2002–03 V Group
12 Minyor Pernik (R) 24 3 7 14 10 47 −37 16
13 Devnya (R) 24 2 5 17 14 42 −28 11
Source: 2001–02 B Group futbolbg.dir.bg
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Rumen Shankulov Vidima-Rakovski 14
2 Borislav Dimitrov Botev Plovdiv 13
3 Vasil Kirov Rilski Sportist 12
4 Georgi Kichukov Botev Vratsa 11
5 Desislav Rusev Akademik Svishtov 9
Spas Urumov Akademik Svishtov
7 Nikolay Filipov Dobrudzha 7
Stanislav Rumenov Svetkavitsa
9 Emil Angelov Svilengrad 6
Todor Pramatarov Pirin
Georgi Zdravkov Dobrudzha
Milen Kunchev Botev Plovdiv
Valentin Ignatov Vidima-Rakovski

References
  1. ""Б" група сезон 2001/02" (in Bulgarian). futbolbg.dir.bg.
  2. "Игнат Младенов пое Дунав" (in Bulgarian). segabg.com. 28 March 2002.
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