# 2015–16 B Group

The 2015–16 B Group was the 60th season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system.
A total of 16 teams contested the league: 10 of which returning from the 2014–15 season, 4 of which promoted from third division and two new teams - the reserves team of Ludogorets Razgrad and Litex Lovech.
This season was different compared to previous seasons in terms of promotion. Since the league structure was changed for the first and second tiers, as well as the licensing criteria needed for teams entering the First League, a select number of teams were promoted administratively to the First League, without consideration of their league positions, which was reflected in the league table.

## Stadia and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Bansko | Bansko | Saint Peter | 3,000 |
| Botev | Galabovo | Energetik | 3,000 |
| Dobrudzha | Dobrich | Druzhba | 12,500 |
| Dunav | Ruse | Gradski Stadium | 19,960 |
| Litex II | Lovech | Lovech Stadium | 8,100 |
| Lokomotiv | Gorna Oryahovitsa | Lokomotiv | 12,000 |
| Lokomotiv 2012 | Mezdra | Lokomotiv | 5,000 |
| Ludogorets II | Razgrad | Ludogorets Arena | 7,500 |
| Neftochimic | Burgas | Lazur Stadium | 18,037 |
| Oborishte | Panagyurishte | Orcho Voivoda | 3,000 |
| Pirin | Razlog | Razlog Stadium | 6,500 |
| Pomorie | Pomorie | Pomorie Stadium | 2,000 |
| Septemvri | Simitli | Struma | 8,000 |
| Sozopol | Sozopol | Arena Sozopol | 3,500 |
| Spartak | Pleven | Pleven Stadium | 22,000 |
| Vereya | Stara Zagora | Trace Arena | 1,714 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dunav Ruse (P) | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 53 | 19 | +34 | 64 | Promotion to the First League |
| 2 | Pomorie (Q) | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 54 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa (P) | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 50 | Promotion to the First League |
| 4 | Sozopol | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 49 | |
| 5 | Litex II (R) | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 49 | Relegation to the Third League |
| 6 | Botev Galabovo | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 41 | |
| 7 | Ludogorets Razgrad II | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 41 | |
| 8 | Vereya (P) | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 40 | Promotion to the First League |
| 9 | Bansko | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 39 | |
| 10 | Oborishte | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 39 | |
| 11 | Pirin Razlog | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 38 | |
| 12 | Neftochimic (P) | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 38 | Promotion to the First League |
| 13 | Spartak Pleven | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 36 | |
| 14 | Dobrudzha Dobrich (R) | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 34 | Relegation to the Third League |
| 15 | Septemvri Simitli (R) | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 23 | Relegation to the Third League |
| 16 | Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 20 | Relegation to the Third League |
* 1 2 SOZ 3−1 LIT; LIT 3−1 SOZ
* ↑ Litex II will be relegated to V AFG regardless of their position at the end of the season, due to the relegation of the first team.
* 1 2 LUD 0−1 GAL; GAL 3−1 LUD
* 1 2 OBO 2−2 BAN; BAN 2−1 OBO
* 1 2 PRZ 3−1 NEF; NEF 1−0 PRZ

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAN | GAL | DOB | DUN | LIT | LGO | LM12 | LUD | NEF | OBO | PRZ | POM | SIM | SOZ | SPL | VER |
| Bansko | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 |
| Botev Galabovo | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Dobrudzha Dobrich | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Dunav Ruse | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Litex II | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 1–1 | | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Neftochimic | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Oborishte | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Pirin Razlog | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Pomorie | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Septemvri Simitli | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| Sozopol | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Spartak Pleven | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 |
| Vereya | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Tihomir Kanev | Lokomotiv GO | 14 |
| 2 | Vasil Kaloyanov | Sozopol | 13 |
| 3 | Petar Dimitrov | Lokomotiv Mezdra | 12 |
| 4 | Yanaki Smirnov | Ludogorets Razgrad II | 11 |
| 5 | Diyan Dimov | Dunav Ruse | 10 |
| 6 | Lyubomir Bozhinov | Pomorie | 9 |
| 7 | Grigor Dolapchiev | Spartak Pleven | 8 |
| 7 | Borislav Hazurov | Bansko | 8 |
| 7 | Georgi Kirilov | Botev Galabovo | 8 |
| 7 | Ivan Kolev | Oborishte | 8 |
| 7 | Emanuil Manev | Sozopol | 8 |
| 7 | Yuliyan Nenov | Dunav Ruse | 8 |
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### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Borislav Borisov | Neftochimic Burgas | Spartak Pleven | 3–3 | 29 August 2015 |
| Atanas Chipilov | Bansko | Vereya Stara Zagora | 5–0 | 17 October 2015 |
| Tihomir Kanev | Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa | Spartak Pleven | 5–1 | 23 April 2016 |