Bulgarian B Professional Football Group

  • B Grupa

The B Grupa ( Bulgarian " Б " Професионална футболна група / B profesionalna futbolna grupa ) is the second highest professional football league after the Bulgarian A Grupa.

Game Mode

The league is composed of 16 teams each two man playing in a season against each other. Following the departure of FC Bdin Vidin and FK Sportist Swoge in July 2012 because they could not satisfy the license terms, the B Grupa season 2012/13 started with 14 teams. The two erstklassierten rise directly to the A Grupa. Place 11, 12, 13 and 14 play a qualification game to relegation to the third tier.

History

1950 B Grupa was founded. At that time, played only 14 teams in this league. After the 2004/2005 season, the league was divided into an eastern and western group of 16 teams that were reduced to 12 each after the 2009/2010 season. As several teams their participation in the championship tasks during the 2010/2011 season due to financial problems in the middle of the season, the B Grupa East could end up with only 8 teams the season. After the season, the Bulgarian Football Federation decided to reduce the two groups on each 10 team. To reach the number of 10 teams in the B Grupa East was decided to a qualification game between the two best teams in the W Grupa East ( Septemwri Terwel ) and W perform Grupa East ( FK Neftochimik ) and Etar Veliko Tarnovo from the B Grupa East in the B Grupa West with increase. The relegation match was won 0-1 by FK Neftochimik on 26 June 2011, which will thus play again in professional football.

Again and again emerging financial difficulties of clubs in the years 2006 to 2011 meant that over again team finished the participation in professional football in the middle of the season. Subsequently, the Bulgarian Football Federation decided in the winter break of 2011/12 to unite the two groups east and west again. Thus, only a B Grupa is auszugetragen with 16 teams from the 2012/13 season.

B Grupa Master since 1980

Teams 2012/13

The 14 teams in the B Grupa in the 2012/13 season.

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