PFC Ludogorets Razgrad II

Ludogorets II (Bulgarian: Лудогорец II) or Ludogorets 2 is a Bulgarian professional football team based in Razgrad. Founded in 2015, it is the reserve team of PFC Ludogorets Razgrad, and currently plays in Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football.

Ludogorets II
Full nameProfessional Football Club Ludogorets Razgrad II
Nickname(s)The Eagles
Short nameLudogorets II
Founded2015 (2015)
GroundEagles' Nest, Razgrad
Capacity2,000
OwnerKiril Domuschiev
ChairmanAleksandar Aleksandrov
Head coachZahari Sirakov
LeagueBulgarian Second League
2023–24Second League, 12th
WebsiteClub website

Obliged to play one level below their main side, Ludogorets II is ineligible for promotion to First League and also can not compete in the Bulgarian Cup.

History

Foundation

In the beginning of 2015, the Bulgarian Football Union discussed the idea to add the reserve sides of several A Group clubs in the B Group or in the lower regional divisions. Ludogorets Razgrad, Litex Lovech, Levski Sofia, CSKA Sofia, Cherno More Varna and Botev Plovdiv expressed such interest to have a team in the B Group. At the beginning of June 2015, the BFU announced that only Litex and Ludogorets have sent such applications. Eventually, Ludogorets II and Litex II were added to the 2015-16 B Group.

2015–present: Second League

The team finished on 7th position in their first season. The team started the 2016–17 season precariously and finished in the relegation zone after the half season. That's why on 12 January 2017, the team announced Radoslav Zdravkov, a Bulgarian football legend and also frequent assistant coach in the Bulgarian national team in recent age.[1] 2 days later from Ludogorets announced that in order to get better results from second team, they would apply big changes. Radoslav Zdravkov was announced as a head coach with Galin Ivanov and Marcelo Chagas for assistants and one other Bulgarian legend, Spas Dzhevizov, was announced as a selectionist, and will look after for youth talents from Ludogorets Academy and other academies to join the team.[2]

On 29 March 2017, the new youth stadium, Eagles' Nest was finished and the second team would play on it. The stadium has 2,000 seats.[3]

From the 2017–18 season, Ludogorets change the politic about the second team by taking the decision to play with only youth players of the club in the Bulgarian Second League.[4] The team started the season against Lokomotiv Sofia and beat them with 2:1 result with a team average age being 19 years.[5]

In the 2020–21 season, the team finished on their highest league position and ended the season on 4th place.[6]

Players
As of 20 June 2024[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF  BUL Nikolay Nikolov
34 FW  BUL Branimir Kostadinov
35 FW  BUL Petar Kirev
38 MF  BUL Trayan Ivanov
42 MF  BUL Simeon Shishkov
43 MF  BUL Filip Gigov
45 MF  BUL Petar Karaangelov
53 DF  BUL Dimitar Gospodinov
58 DF  BUL Dimitar Iliev
59 DF  BUL Aleks Lukanov
61 MF  BUL Rosen Ivanov
No. Pos. Nation Player
62 MF  BUL Dimitar Ivanov
63 DF  BUL Anastas Pemperski
67 GK  BUL Damyan Hristov
69 GK  BUL Plamen Pepelyashev
70 FW  BUL Yavor Iliev
71 DF  BUL Emil Kyosev
75 MF  BUL Petar Georgiev
76 DF  BUL Konstantin Dimitrov
80 MF  BUL Metodiy Stefanov
91 DF  BUL Aleksandar Ganchev
93 FW  BUL Yoan Yordanov

For recent transfers, see Transfers winter 2023–24 and Transfers summer 2024.

For first team players, see Ludogorets Razgrad.

Personnel

Manager history
Dates Name Honours
2015 Veselin Branimirov
2015–2017 Galin Ivanov
2017–2019 Radoslav Zdravkov
2019 Radoslav Komitov
2019–2023 Todor Zhivondov
2024– Zahari Sirakov

Current technical body
Position Name Nationality
SelectionistIvan Tsvetkov
Head coachTodor Zhivondov
Assistant coachValeri Venkov
Goalkeeper coachViktor Georgiev
PhysiotherapistDetelin Maslov
DoctorIvaylo Yakimov
AdministratorNikolay Tsonev

Past seasons
Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season League Top goalscorer
Division Level P W D L F A GD Pts Pos
2015–16 B Group 2 30 12 5 13 41 41 +0 41 7th Yanaki Smirnov 11
2016–17 Second League 2 30 13 5 12 39 33 +6 44 8th Tsvetelin Chunchukov 6
2017–18 2 30 11 7 12 40 50 -10 40 9th Denislav Aleksandrov 8
2018–19 2 30 9 5 16 31 43 -12 32 11th Denislav Aleksandrov 6
2019–20 2 21 5 9 7 20 35 -15 24 12th Dimitar Mitkov 10
2020–21 2 30 14 8 8 56 38 +18 50 4th Dimitar Mitkov 14
2021–22 2 36 18 7 11 70 48 +22 61 6th Vladislav Naydenov 12
2022–23 2 34 17 6 11 42 35 +7 57 4th Vladislav Naydenov
Hyusein Kelyovluev		 9
2023–24 2 34 11 11 12 39 39 +0 44 12th Yoan Yordanov 8
2024–25 2
Key
  • GS = Group stage
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals

Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Statistics

Second League matches
As of 3 June 2024
Ranking Nationality Position Name Years Matches Goals
1 BulgariaMFHyusein Kelyovluev2017–14926
2 BulgariaMFMetodiy Stefanov2019–1473
3 BulgariaMFTsvetoslav Petrov2017–202414029
4 BulgariaDFDimitar Iliev2017–2021
2022–		1360
5 BulgariaMFBranimir Kostadinov2019–13317
6 BulgariaFWVladislav Naydenov2019–11224
7 BulgariaDFTihomir Dimitrov2017–20231106
8 BulgariaMFVelislav Minkov2019–20231026
9 BulgariaMFIlker Budinov2018–202210114
10 BulgariaDFPreslav M. Petrov2015–2020994
  • Players in bold are still playing for Ludogorets.

Second League goals
As of 3 June 2024
Ranking Nationality Position Name Years Matches Goals
1 BulgariaFWDimitar Mitkov2019–20226432
2 BulgariaFWTsvetoslav Petrov2017–202414029
– BulgariaMFHyusein Kelyovluev2017–14926
3 BulgariaMFVladislav Naydenov2019–11224
5 BulgariaFWDenislav Aleksandrov2015–20197719
6 BulgariaMFIlker Budinov2018–202210114
— BulgariaFWBranimir Kostadinov2020–13317
8 BulgariaFWYanaki Smirnov2015–20162811
– BulgariaFWYoan Yordanov2022–6311
10 BulgariaMFSvetoslav Kovachev2015–20185410
  • Players in bold are still playing for Ludogorets.

Notable players

Note: This list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 top league games and/or have reached international status. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries.

References
  1. Ексклузивно: Легенда на ЦСКА започва работа в Лудогорец
  2. Официално: Ради Здравков пое Лудогорец 2, Джевизов селекционер на тима
  3. Лудогорец се приближи с още една стъпка към големите европейски клубове
  4. Лудогорец сменя политиката в дубъла
  5. С 18-19 годишни момчета от школата Лудогорец II победи Локомотив (София)
  6. Лудогорец II с най-добро класиране във Втора лига
  7. "Б отбор" [B team]. PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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