# 2008–09 B Group

The 2008–09 B Group was the 53rd season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. The season started on 16 August 2008 and finished on 17 June 2009 with the A Group promotion play-off between the runners-up from both divisions.

## Stadia, Locations and Results
### West B Group
#### Teams Competing

* Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo
* Spartak Pleven
* PFC Chavdar Byala Slatina
* Akademik Sofia
* Pirin Gotse Delchev
* Montana
* Belite orli Pleven
* Rilski Sportist Samokov
* Sportist Svoge
* Chavdar Etropole
* Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo (relegated from A Group)
* Marek Dupnitsa (relegated from A Group)
* Botev Krivodol (winners of North-Western V group)
* Kom-Minyor (runners-up of North-Western V group)
* Balkan Botevgrad (runners-up of South-Western V group)
* Bansko$^1$
$^1$FC Bansko replaced FC Pirin Blagoevgrad, last season's winners of the South-West group, when it merged with another club from Blagoevgrad, which is playing the A PFG.

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Montana (C, P) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 21 | +42 | 70 | Promotion to 2009–10 A Group |
| 2 | Sportist Svoge (Q, P) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 63 | Qualification for Promotion play-off |
| 3 | Bansko | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 23 | +29 | 60 | |
| 4 | Chavdar Etropole | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 54 | |
| 5 | Balkan Botevgrad | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 49 | |
| 6 | Rilski Sportist | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 49 | |
| 7 | Vidima-Rakovski | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 43 | |
| 8 | Akademik Sofia | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 42 | |
| 9 | Pirin Gotse Delchev | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 40 | |
| 10 | Botev Krivodol | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 38 | |
| 11 | Kom-Minyor | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 33 | |
| 12 | Belite orli | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 29 | |
| 13 | Etar 1924 | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 28 | |
| 14 | Marek Dupnitsa | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 28 | |
| 15 | Chavdar Byala Slatina (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 26 | Relegation to 2009–10 V Group |
| 16 | Spartak Pleven | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 10 | 60 | −50 | 14 | Club Folded |
* ↑ Spartak Pleven went bankrupt in January 2009 and folded at the end of the season

### East B Group
#### Teams Competing

* Naftex Burgas
* Maritsa Plovdiv
* Spartak Plovdiv
* Dunav Ruse
* Shumen
* Kaliakra Kavarna
* Svetkavitsa
* Minyor Radnevo
* Nesebar
* Rodopa Smolyan
* Svilengrad
* Beroe Stara Zagora (relegated from A Group)
* Chernomorets Balchik (runners-up of North-Eastern V group)
* Lyubimets 2007 (winners of South-Eastern V group)
* Lokomotiv Stara Zagora (runners-up of South-Eastern V group)
$^1$No second team from North-Eastern V group was promoted because the winners, Dobrudzha Dobrich, and Ariston Ruse, team that should have replaced it, refused to participate and will play in this season's V Group.

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Beroe Stara Zagora (C, P) | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 66 | Promotion to 2009–10 A Group |
| 2 | Naftex Burgas (Q) | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 59 | 21 | +38 | 61 | Qualification for Promotion play-off |
| 3 | Kaliakra Kavarna | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 48 | |
| 4 | Spartak Plovdiv | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 41 | |
| 5 | Dunav Ruse | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 39 | |
| 6 | Nesebar | 28 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 38 | |
| 7 | Lyubimets 2007 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 38 | |
| 8 | Svetkavitsa | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 34 | |
| 9 | Svilengrad | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 34 | |
| 10 | Minyor Radnevo | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 33 | |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Stara Zagora | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 32 | Club Folded |
| 12 | Rodopa Smolyan | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 31 | |
| 13 | Chernomorets Balchik | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 31 | |
| 14 | Shumen | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 30 | |
| 15 | Maritsa Plovdiv (R) | 28 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 29 | Relegation to 2009–10 V Group |
* ↑ Burgas folded on the 6 July 2009 and all their results were annulled from the competition.