1996–97 B Group

The 1996–97 B Group was the 41st season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. A total of 18 teams contested the league.

Bulgarian B Group

Season	1996–97
Champions	Litex
Promoted	Litex Olimpik Metalurg
Relegated	Lokomotiv Ruse Parva Atomna Spartak Plovdiv Lokomotiv GO Chirpan Hebar
Matches played	306
Goals scored	776 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dimcho Belyakov (23 goals)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Litex Lovech, Olimpik Galata and Metalurg Pernik were promoted to Bulgarian A Group. Lokomotiv Ruse, Parva Atomna Kozloduy, Spartak Plovdiv, Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa, Chirpan and Hebar Pazardzhik were relegated.

League table

Parva Atomna

Akademik
Septemvri

Avtotreid

Loko Ruse

Litex

Cherno More

Hebar

Chernomorets

Haskovo

Spartak

Shumen

Loko GO

Metalurg

Olimpik

Chirpan

Pirin

Chardafon

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Locations of the 1996–97 Bulgarian B Group teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Litex Lovech (P)	34	26	3	5	74	21	+53	81	Promotion to 1997–98 A Group
2	Olimpik Galata (P)	34	20	5	9	74	44	+30	65
3	Metalurg Pernik (P)	34	20	3	11	55	33	+22	63
4	Pirin Blagoevgrad	34	19	5	10	62	34	+28	62
5	Haskovo	34	17	3	14	48	50	−2	54
6	Chardafon Gabrovo	34	17	2	15	40	38	+2	53
7	Chernomorets Burgas	34	16	4	14	51	39	+12	52
8	Cherno More Varna	34	15	7	12	39	35	+4	52
9	Akademik Sofia	34	14	7	13	40	37	+3	49
10	Avtotreid Aksakovo	34	13	10	11	36	39	−3	49
11	Shumen	34	14	7	13	45	63	−18	49
12	Septemvri Sofia	34	13	9	12	37	32	+5	48
13	Lokomotiv Ruse (R)	34	15	1	18	36	54	−18	46	Relegation to 1997–98 V Group
14	Parva Atomna Kozloduy (R)	34	9	9	16	29	40	−11	36
15	Spartak Plovdiv (R)	34	10	6	18	29	45	−16	36
16	Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa (R)	34	10	6	18	31	56	−25	36
17	Chirpan (R)	34	7	3	24	27	60	−33	24
18	Hebar Pazardzhik (R)	34	4	4	26	23	60	−37	16

Source: 1996-97 B Group season futbolbg.dir.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	Dimcho Belyakov	Litex Lovech	23

External links

• 1996–97 Bulgarian B Group season