1988–89 B Group

The 1988–89 B Group was the thirty-third season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. A total of 20 teams contested the league.[1]

Bulgarian B Group
Season1988–89
ChampionsHebar
PromotedHebar
Chernomorets
RelegatedAkademik Sofia
Spartak Plovdiv
Lokomotiv Ruse
Arda
Matches played380
Goals scored962 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer Vladimir Stoyanov
(24 goals)

Teams

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the 1988–89 Bulgarian B Group teams
Team City Stadium Capacity
AkademikSofiaAkademik (Sofia)15,000
AkademikSvishtovAkademik (Svishtov)13,500
ArdaKardzhaliDruzhba (Kardzhali)12,000
BdinVidinGeorgi Benkovski12,000
ChernomoretsBurgasDeveti Septemvri18,000
Cherveno ZnamePavlikeniGradski8,000
DobrudzhaDobrichDruzhba (Dobrich)16,000
HaskovoHaskovoDimitar Kanev14,000
HebarPazardzhikLyuben Shkodrov8,000
LokomotivRuseLokomotiv (Ruse)8,000
LokomotivStara ZagoraLokomotiv (St. Zagora)10,000
LudogoretsRazgradDyanko Stefanov8,000
OsamLovechHristo Karpachev12,000
RilaDupnitsaBonchuk22,000
ShumenShumenPanayot Volov28,000
SpartakPlevenSpartak (Pleven)15,000
SpartakPlovdivSpartak (Plovdiv)10,000
TundzhaYambolNikola Laskov12,000
VihrenSandanskiVihren8,000
YantraGabrovoHristo Botev12,000

Personnel
Team Manager Captain
Akademik Sofia Milen Goranov Biser Velkov
Akademik Svishtov Asen Milushev Todor Borisov
Arda Vasil Ankov Hristo Topalov
Bdin Ivan Tsvetkov Toshko Borisov
Chernomorets Evgeni Yanchovski Lyubomir Sheytanov
Cherveno Zname Kiril Furnigov Angel Stefanov
Dobrudzha Kurti Nedev Ivan Georgiev
Haskovo Pavel Panov Yuliyan Minchev
Hebar Kiril Vaglarov Lazar Dimitrov
Lokomotiv Ruse Nikola Hristov Iliya Yankov
Lokomotiv Stara Zagora Ivan Tanev Tanko Tanev
Ludogorets Grigor Petkov Ruzhin Ananiev
Osam Kiril Ivkov Petar Hubchev
Rila Sasho Pargov Vasil Gizdov
Shumen Todor Todorov Stoyan Cheshmedzhiev
Spartak Pleven Stefan Velichkov Ventsislav Gochev
Spartak Plovdiv Atanas Marinov Ivan Marinov
Tundzha Petko Nikolov Ivan Penchev
Vihren Todor Nikolov Todor Mechev
Yantra Todor Todorov Vesko Ganchev

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hebar Pazardzhik (P) 38 23 6 9 66 38 +28 52 Promotion to 1989–90 A Group
2 Chernomorets Burgas (P) 38 20 10 8 63 32 +31 50
3 Osam Lovech 38 21 5 12 50 27 +23 47
4 Dobrudzha Dobrich 38 18 10 10 46 31 +15 46
5 Akademik Svishtov 38 16 12 10 45 30 +15 44
6 Shumen 38 16 9 13 49 37 +12 41
7 Haskovo 38 14 12 12 59 41 +18 40
8 Yantra Gabrovo 38 18 4 16 47 52 −5 40
9 Vihren Sandanski 38 15 9 14 43 47 −4 39
10 Lokomotiv Stara Zagora 38 17 4 17 56 61 −5 38
11 Spartak Pleven 38 16 5 17 61 48 +13 37
12 Tundzha Yambol 38 14 9 15 43 46 −3 37
13 Bdin Vidin 38 13 11 14 41 50 −9 37
14 Ludogorets Razgrad 38 15 4 19 51 62 −11 34
15 Cherveno Zname Pavlikeni 38 13 7 18 45 62 −17 33
16 Rila Dupnitsa 38 15 3 20 39 59 −20 33
17 Akademik Sofia (R) 38 9 14 15 38 48 −10 32 Relegation to 1989–90 V Group
18 Spartak Plovdiv (R) 38 11 8 19 43 60 −17 30
19 Lokomotiv Ruse (R) 38 12 2 24 39 56 −17 26
20 Arda Kardzhali (R) 38 8 8 22 38 75 −37 24
Source: 1989 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 Vladimir Stoyanov Chernomorets Burgas 24
2 Stanimir Stoilov Haskovo 23
3 Blagovest Petkov Spartak Pleven 18
4 Plamen Linkov Osam Lovech 16
Kostadin Avramov Shumen / Lokomotiv Ruse
Simeon Chilibonov Chernomorets Burgas
7 Yuliyan Minchev Haskovo 14
Georgi Tsvetanov Spartak Pleven
Valentin Ignatov Akademik Svishtov
Rafi Rafiev Ludogorets
Demir Demirev Ludogorets
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References
  1. ""Б" група сезон 1988/89" (in Bulgarian). lokomotiv1930.com.
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