The 1997–98 B Group was the 42nd season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. A total of 16 teams contested the league.[1]

Bulgarian B Group
Season1997–98
ChampionsSeptemvri
PromotedSeptemvri
Pirin
Shumen
RelegatedMontana
Port-Avtotreid
Storgozia
Dunav-Rakovski
Matches played240
Goals scored630 (2.63 per match)

Septemvri Sofia, Pirin Blagoevgrad and Shumen were promoted to Bulgarian A Group. Montana, Port-Avtotreid Varna, Storgosia Pleven and Dunav-Rakovski Ruse were relegated.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Septemvri Sofia (P) 30 19 5 6 54 20 +34 62 Promotion to 1998–99 A Group
2 Pirin Blagoevgrad (P) 30 18 7 5 55 24 +31 61
3 Shumen (P) 30 19 2 9 48 28 +20 59
4 Chernomorets Burgas 30 18 5 7 50 17 +33 59
5 Maritsa Plovdiv 30 17 2 11 58 28 +30 53
6 Haskovo 30 16 3 11 53 34 +19 51
7 Chardafon Gabrovo 30 15 4 11 30 24 +6 49
8 Akademik Sofia 30 14 6 10 39 28 +11 48
9 Svetkavitsa Targovishte 30 14 5 11 46 36 +10 47
10 Cherno More Varna 30 13 5 12 37 37 0 44
11 Kremikovtsi 30 13 4 13 45 38 +7 43
12 Dimitrovgrad 30 12 3 15 37 54 −17 39
13 Montana (R) 30 9 5 16 28 42 −14 32 Relegation to 1998–99 V Group
14 Port-Avtotreid Varna (R) 30 3 5 22 18 73 −55 14
15 Storgozia Pleven[a] (R) 30 4 5 21 19 68 −49 11
16 Dunav-Rakovski Ruse (R) 30 2 2 26 13 79 −66 8
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Storgosia Pleven were docked six points.

References

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  1. ^ "Bulgaria 1997/98". RSSSF.