1996–97 B Group

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

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.^[1]

Season1996–97

ChampionsLitex

PromotedLitex
Olimpik
Metalurg

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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

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