2016–17 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

The 2016–17 Second League was the 62nd season of the Bulgarian Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system.

Second Professional Football League
Season2016–17
Dates6 August 2016 – 27 May 2017
ChampionsEtar
PromotedEtar
Septemvri Sofia
Vitosha Bistritsa
RelegatedCSKA Sofia II
Spartak Pleven
Bansko
Levski Karlovo
Matches played240
Goals scored632 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerDimitar Georgiev (18)
Best goalkeeperMartin Temenliev
(13 clean sheets)
Biggest home winEtar 6–0 Nesebar
(30 November 2016)
Lokomotiv Sofia 6–0 Levski Karlovo
(4 December 2016)
Biggest away winBotev Galabovo 0–5 Septemvri Sofia
(1 April 2017)[1]
Highest scoringTsarsko Selo 5–3 Botev Vratsa
(27 May 2017)
Longest winning run6 games by Pomorie[2]
Longest unbeaten run11 games by Sozopol[2]
Longest winless run10 games by Bansko[2]
Longest losing run9 games by Levski Karlovo[2]
All statistics correct as of 27 May 2017.

A total of 16 teams contested the league in a similar format to the B Group: 7 of which returning from the 2015–16 season, 7 of which promoted from third division and the reserves teams of Ludogorets Razgrad and CSKA Sofia.

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in 2016–17 Second League
Team City Stadium Capacity
BanskoBanskoSaint Peter3,000
BotevGalabovoEnergitik3,000
BotevVratsaHristo Botev32,000
CSKA IISofiaBalgarska Armia22,995
EtarVeliko TarnovoIvaylo25,000
LevskiKarlovoVasil Levski6,000
LokomotivSofiaLokomotiv22,000
Ludogorets IIRazgradEagles' Nest2,000
NesebarNesebarNesebar Stadium7,000
OborishtePanagyurishteOrcho Voyvoda3,000
PomoriePomoriePomorie Stadium3,000
SozopolSozopolArena Sozopol3,500
SpartakPlevenPleven Stadium22,000
SeptemvriSofiaDragalevtsi1,700
Tsarsko SeloSofiaTsarsko Selo2,000
VitoshaBistritsaBistritsa Stadium2,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Kit sponsor
Bansko Petko Medvetski Ivan Topuzov adidas
Botev Galabovo Ivan Vutov Georgi Kirilov KRASIKO Galabovo Municipality Knauf
Botev Vratsa Sasho Angelov Todor Gochev Jumper WinBet
CSKA Sofia II Svetoslav Todorov Petar Vitanov adidas Mtel WinBet
Etar Veliko Tarnovo Stanislav Genchev Kiril Akalski Joma
Levski Karlovo Krasimir Manolov Yanko Valkanov Saller Karlovo Municipality
Lokomotiv Sofia Yavor Valchinov Daniel Peev Joma
Ludogorets Razgrad II Radoslav Zdravkov Preslav Petrov Macron bet365 Vivacom, Spetema
Nesebar Nikolay Rusev Nikolay Kostov Joma
Oborishte Panagyurishte Emil Velev Anatoli Todorov KRASIKO Asarel Medet
Pomorie Malin Orachev Georgi Petkov Joma Pomorie Municipality Efbet
Sozopol Rumen Dimov Ivan Yanchev KRASIKO
Spartak Pleven Momchil Chelestinov (caretaker) Tihomir Todorov adidas
Septemvri Sofia Hristo Arangelov Valentin Galev Joma
Tsarsko Selo Sofia Nikola Spasov Simeon Ganchev Joma
Vitosha Bistritsa Kostadin Angelov Chetin Sadula Jumper Efbet[3]

Note: Individual clubs may wear jerseys with advertising. However, only one sponsorship is permitted per jersey for official tournaments organised by UEFA in addition to that of the kit manufacturer (exceptions are made for non-profit organisations). Clubs in the domestic league can have more than one sponsorship per jersey which can feature on the front of the shirt, incorporated with the main sponsor or in place of it; or on the back, either below the squad number or on the collar area. Shorts also have space available for advertisement.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Botev Vratsa Dimitar Mutafov End of caretaker tenure 31 May 2016 Pre-season Boyko Velichkov 8 June 2016[4]
Bansko Ivan Atanasov Mutual consent 23 June 2016[5] Petko Medvetski 23 June 2016[6]
Lokomotiv Sofia Anton Velkov Resigned 5 July 2016 Angel Kolev 5 July 2016[7]
Etar Ferario Spasov 1 August 2016[8] Sasho Angelov 5 August 2016[9]
Sasho Angelov 10 August 2016[10] 10th Iliyan Kiryakov (caretaker) 13 August 2016[11]
Iliyan Kiryakov End of caretaker tenure 20 August 2016 2nd Georgi Vasilev 20 August 2016[12]
Spartak Pleven Diyan Donchev Resigned 30 August 2016[13] 10th Ferario Spasov 31 August 2016[14]
Septemvri Sofia Nikolay Mitov Signed by Botev Plovdiv 30 August 2016[15] 1st Hristo Arangelov 30 September 2016[16]
Hristo Arangelov Mutual consent 3 September 2016 1st Nikolay Mitov 3 September 2016[17]
Botev Galabovo Dimcho Markov 14 October 2016[18] 11th Nikola Nikolov (caretaker) 14 October 2016
Spartak Pleven Ferario Spasov Resigned 15 October 2016[19] 12th Boyko Tsvetkov 17 October 2016[20]
Oborishte Tancho Kalpakov 17 October 2016[21] 14th Emil Velev 17 October 2016[22]
Tsarsko Selo Todor Yanchev 29 October 2016[23] 8th Nikola Spasov 29 October 2016[24]
Botev Vratsa Boyko Velichkov 22 November 2016[25] 7th Sasho Angelov 23 November 2016[26]
CSKA Sofia II Stamen Belchev Promoted to CSKA Sofia 27 November 2016[27] 5th Ivaylo Stanev (caretaker) 28 November 2016[28]
Lokomotiv Sofia Angel Kolev Promoted to Director of football 20 December 2016 11th Yavor Valchinov 20 December 2016[29]
Botev Galabovo Nikola Nikolov End of caretaker tenure 31 December 2016 14th Ivan Vutov 1 January 2017
Etar Georgi Vasilev Resigned 3 January 2017[30] 1st Stanislav Genchev 8 January 2017[31]
Spartak Pleven Boyko Tsvetkov Mutual consent 4 January 2017 10th Aleksandar Georgiev 4 January 2017[32]
CSKA Sofia II Ivaylo Stanev End of caretaker tenure 9 January 2017 8th Svetoslav Todorov 9 January 2017[33]
Ludogorets Razgrad II Galin Ivanov Demoted to assistant 15 January 2017 13th Radoslav Zdravkov 15 January 2017[34]
Septemvri Sofia Nikolay Mitov Signed by Levski Sofia 2 March 2017[35] 1st Hristo Arangelov 2 March 2017[36]
Spartak Pleven Aleksandar Georgiev Resigned 6 May 2017[37] 14th Momchil Chelestinov (caretaker) 9 May 2017[38]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Etar (C, P) 30 17 10 3 52 27 +25 61 Promotion to First League
2 Septemvri Sofia (O, P) 30 17 8 5 52 26 +26 59 Qualification for Promotion playoffs
3 Vitosha Bistritsa (O, P) 30 15 8 7 37 23 +14 53
4 Sozopol 30 14 8 8 38 25 +13 50
5 Tsarsko Selo 30 14 6 10 54 39 +15 48 Ineligible for promotion
6 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 13 8 9 47 34 +13 47[lower-alpha 1]
7 Pomorie 30 14 5 11 36 32 +4 47[lower-alpha 1]
8 Ludogorets Razgrad II 30 13 5 12 39 33 +6 44 Ineligible for promotion
9 Nesebar 30 11 7 12 39 47 −8 40
10 Botev Vratsa 30 9 11 10 42 41 +1 38
11 Oborishte 30 10 7 13 30 39 −9 37
12 Botev Galabovo 30 9 7 14 28 39 −11 34
13 CSKA Sofia II (R) 30 9 6 15 44 49 −5 33[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to Third League
14 Spartak Pleven (R) 30 9 6 15 44 52 −8 33[lower-alpha 2]
15 Bansko (R) 30 6 7 17 26 55 −29 25
16 Levski Karlovo (R) 30 5 1 24 24 71 −47 16
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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. POM 2–0 LSO; LSO 3–0 POM
  2. SPL 3–4 CSK; CSK 1–1 SPL

Results
Home \ Away BAN GAL BVR CSK ETA LEK LSO LUD NES OBO POM SOZ SPL SEP TSS VIT
Bansko 0–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–4 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 4–3 0–1 1–1 1–3
Botev Galabovo 1–0 1–3 3–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–5 0–1 0–0
Botev Vratsa 4–0 1–1 3–2 3–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–4
CSKA Sofia II 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1
Etar 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 3–0 6–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–0
Levski Karlovo 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–3 2–0 2–3 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–3 0–1 1–3 1–4
Lokomotiv Sofia 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 6–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–1
Ludogorets Razgrad II 4–1 2–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 4–2 1–3 2–1 0–1
Nesebar 4–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 4–0 2–1 1–4 3–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–0
Oborishte 1–3 3–2 1–0 3–1 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–3 0–0
Pomorie 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 5–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0
Sozopol 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 3–0
Spartak Pleven 1–3 3–1 1–1 3–4 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–4 1–3 0–0
Septemvri Sofia 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–3 3–0 1–0
Tsarsko Selo 4–0 1–1 5–3 4–2 1–2 5–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–3 1–0 1–5 1–1 0–1
Vitosha Bistritsa 4–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1
Source: Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
As of matches played on 27 May 2017[39]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Dimitar Georgiev Lokomotiv Sofia 18
2 Simeon Ganchev Tsarsko Selo 13
3 Kostadin Adzhov Septemvri Sofia 12
Milcho Angelov CSKA Sofia II
5 Georgi Fikiyn Bansko 11
Chris Gadi Spartak Pleven
7 Georgi Kirilov Botev Galabovo 10
Todor Chavorski Botev Vratsa
Ahmed Ahmedov Pomorie
Pavel Petkov[nb 1] Tsarsko Selo
11 Stefan Hristov[nb 2] Vitosha Bistritsa 9
Daniel Pehlivanov Septemvri Sofia
13 Daniel Peev Lokomotiv Sofia 8
Ivan Petkov Etar
Svetoslav Dikov Tsarsko Selo
Vladimir Aytov Oborishte
Eray Karadayi Nesebar
Notes
  1. Including 4 goals for Botev Vratsa.
  2. Including 4 goals for Spartak Pleven.

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