1987–88 B Group

The 1987–88 B Group was the 32nd season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. A total of 20 teams contested the league.

Bulgarian B Group

Season	1987–88
Champions	Cherno More
Promoted	Cherno More Dunav
Relegated	Rozova Dolina Balkan Neftochimic Dimitrovgrad
Matches played	380
Goals scored	958 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Georgi Todorov (28 goals)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Akademik

Arda

Balkan

Bdin

Cherno More

Dimitrovgrad

Dobrudzha

Dunav

Haskovo

Hebar

Ludogorets

Neftochimic

Osam

Rozova Dolina

Spartak

Madara

Vihren

Tundzha

Rila

Yantra

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Locations of the 1987–88 Bulgarian B Group teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Akademik	Svishtov	Akademik	13,500
Arda	Kardzhali	Druzhba (Kardzhali)	12,000
Balkan	Botevgrad	Hristo Botev (Botevgrad)	8,000
Bdin	Vidin	Georgi Benkovski	12,000
Cherno More	Varna	Yuri Gagarin	35,000
Dimitrovgrad	Dimitrovgrad	Rakovski	12,000
Dobrudzha	Dobrich	Druzhba (Dobrich)	16,000
Dunav	Ruse	Dunav	12,000
Haskovo	Haskovo	Dimitar Kanev	14,000
Hebar	Pazardzhik	Lyuben Shkodrov	8,000
Ludogorets	Razgrad	Dyanko Stefanov	8,000
Madara	Shumen	Panayot Volov	28,000
Neftochimic	Burgas	Neftochimic	12,000
Osam	Lovech	Hristo Karpachev	12,000
Rila	Dupnitsa	Bonchuk	22,000
Rozova Dolina	Kazanlak	Tsvyatko Radoynov	15,000
Spartak	Plovdiv	Spartak	10,000
Tundzha	Yambol	Nikola Laskov	12,000
Vihren	Sandanski	Vihren	8,000
Yantra	Gabrovo	Hristo Botev (Gabrovo)	12,000

Personnel

Team	Manager	Captain
Akademik Svishtov	Petar Shatrov	Todor Borisov
Arda	Stefan Velichkov	Hristo Topalov
Balkan	Todor Nikolov	Vasil Redovski
Bdin	Ivan Petkov	Toshko Borisov
Cherno More	Bozhil Kolev	Todor Marev
Dimitrovgrad	Mavro Mavrov	Stefan Metodiev
Dobrudzha	Kurti Nedev	Georgi Mirchev
Dunav	Vasil Razsolkov	Borislav Bogomilov
Haskovo	Dobrin Nenov	Sasho Georgiev
Hebar	Toncho Prodanov	Lazar Dimitrov
Ludogorets	Lyuben Markov	Andrey Borilov
Madara	Todor Todorov	Stoyan Cheshmedzhiev
Neftochimic	Dimitar Dimitrov	Drazho Stoyanov
Osam	Tsetso Zelenski	Petar Hubchev
Rila	Mario Mitev	Roman Karakolev
Rozova Dolina	Petar Dimitrov	Kolyo Petkov
Spartak Plovdiv	Stancho Bonchev	Nasko Nechev
Tundzha	Asen Milushev	Ivan Penchev
Vihren	Andreya Metodiev	Todor Mechev
Yantra	Todor Todorov	Vesko Ganchev

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Cherno More Varna (P)	38	20	10	8	57	36	+21	50	Promotion to 1988–89 A Group
2	Dunav Ruse (P)	38	17	11	10	48	40	+8	45
3	Arda Kardzhali	38	20	5	13	53	47	+6	45
4	Hebar Pazardzhik	38	16	12	10	47	41	+6	44
5	Bdin Vidin	38	18	5	15	53	45	+8	41
6	Yantra Gabrovo	38	16	9	13	52	46	+6	41
7	Vihren Sandanski	38	18	5	15	43	47	−4	41
8	Madara Shumen	37	18	4	15	69	43	+26	40
9	Dobrudzha Dobrich	38	14	10	14	48	49	−1	38
10	Osam Lovech	38	16	6	16	49	55	−6	38
11	Tundzha Yambol	38	16	5	17	53	46	+7	37
12	Akademik Svishtov	38	14	9	15	39	41	−2	37
13	Spartak Plovdiv	38	15	7	16	47	52	−5	37
14	Haskovo	38	16	4	18	43	42	+1	36
15	Ludogorets Razgrad	38	14	6	18	41	53	−12	34
16	Rila Dupnitsa	38	11	11	16	43	49	−6	33
17	Rozova Dolina Kazanlak (R)	38	13	7	18	45	57	−12	33	Relegation to 1988–89 V Group
18	Balkan Botevgrad (R)	38	10	12	16	33	46	−13	32
19	Neftochimic Burgas (R)	37	13	5	19	52	62	−10	31
20	Dimitrovgrad (R)	38	9	7	22	39	61	−22	25

Source: 1988 Football retro-football.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	Georgi Todorov	Madara Shumen	28
2	Ognyan Radev	Cherno More	18
3	Lyubomir Burnarski	Spartak Plovdiv	17
	Alyosha Bayraktarov	Arda Kardzhali
5	Krasimir Ibrishimov	Yantra Gabrovo	15
	Plamen Linkov	Osam Lovech
7	Shibil Cheshmedzhiev	Arda Kardzhali	14
8	Diyan Petkov	Neftochimic	12
	Yordan Dimitrov	Dunav Ruse
	Nikolay Kostov	Dobrudzha

External links

• 1987–88 Bulgarian B Group season