The 1988–89 B Group was the 33rd 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 goalscorerBulgaria Vladimir Stoyanov
(24 goals)

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

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Team City Stadium Capacity
Akademik Sofia Akademik (Sofia) 15,000
Akademik Svishtov Akademik (Svishtov) 13,500
Arda Kardzhali Druzhba (Kardzhali) 12,000
Bdin Vidin Georgi Benkovski 12,000
Chernomorets Burgas Deveti Septemvri 18,000
Cherveno Zname Pavlikeni Gradski 8,000
Dobrudzha Dobrich Druzhba (Dobrich) 16,000
Haskovo Haskovo Dimitar Kanev 14,000
Hebar Pazardzhik Lyuben Shkodrov 8,000
Lokomotiv Ruse Lokomotiv (Ruse) 8,000
Lokomotiv Stara Zagora Lokomotiv (St. Zagora) 10,000
Ludogorets Razgrad Dyanko Stefanov 8,000
Osam Lovech Hristo Karpachev 12,000
Rila Dupnitsa Bonchuk 22,000
Shumen Shumen Panayot Volov 28,000
Spartak Pleven Spartak (Pleven) 15,000
Spartak Plovdiv Spartak (Plovdiv) 10,000
Tundzha Yambol Nikola Laskov 12,000
Vihren Sandanski Vihren 8,000
Yantra Gabrovo Hristo Botev 12,000

Personnel

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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

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ ""Б" група сезон 1988/89" (in Bulgarian). lokomotiv1930.com.[permanent dead link]
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