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
Ludogorets babies
Short nameLudogorets II
Founded2015 (2015)
GroundEagles' Nest, Razgrad
Capacity2,000
OwnerKiril Domuschiev
ChairmanAleksandar Aleksandrov
Head coachTodor Zhivondov
LeagueBulgarian Second League
2021–22Second League, 6th
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 14 April 2023[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
20 FW Bulgaria BUL Yoan Yordanov
34 FW Bulgaria BUL Branimir Kostadinov
35 FW Bulgaria BUL Petar Kirev
38 FW Bulgaria BUL Vladislav Naydenov
45 MF Bulgaria BUL Petar Karaangelov
50 MF Bulgaria BUL Tsvetoslav Petrov (captain)
53 DF Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Gospodinov
58 DF Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Iliev
59 DF Bulgaria BUL Aleks Lukanov
61 MF Bulgaria BUL Rosen Ivanov
No. Pos. Nation Player
62 MF Bulgaria BUL Velislav Minkov
63 DF Bulgaria BUL Anastas Pemperski
67 GK Bulgaria BUL Damyan Hristov
69 GK Bulgaria BUL Plamen Pepelyashev
71 DF Bulgaria BUL Emil Kyosov
75 MF Bulgaria BUL Petar Georgiev
76 DF Bulgaria BUL Valentin Tsvetanov
79 DF Bulgaria BUL Tihomir Dimitrov
80 MF Bulgaria BUL Metodiy Stefanov
91 DF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Ganchev

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2022.

For first team players, see Ludogorets Razgrad.

Personnel

Manager history

Dates Name Honours
2015 Bulgaria Veselin Branimirov
2015–2017 Bulgaria Galin Ivanov
2017–2019 Bulgaria Radoslav Zdravkov
2019 Bulgaria Radoslav Komitov
2019– Bulgaria Todor Zhivondov

Current technical body

Position Name Nationality
SelectionistIvan TsvetkovBulgaria
Head coachTodor ZhivondovBulgaria
Assistant coachValeri VenkovBulgaria
Goalkeeper coachViktor GeorgievBulgaria
PhysiotherapistDetelin MaslovBulgaria
DoctorIvaylo YakimovBulgaria
AdministratorNikolay TsonevBulgaria

Past seasons

Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts
2015–16B PFG (II)712513414141
2016–17Second League (II)813512393344
2017–18Second League911712405040
2018–19Second League119516314332
2019–20Second League12597202524
2020–21Second League41488563850
2021–22Second League
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

League positions

Bulgarian Second LeagueBulgarian B Football Group

Statistics

Second League matches

As of 18 November 2022
Ranking Nationality Position Name Years Matches Goals
1 BulgariaMFTsvetoslav Petrov2017–10419
2 BulgariaMFHyusein Kelyovluev2017–10119
3 BulgariaMFIlker Budinov2018–10014
4 BulgariaDFPreslav M. Petrov2015–2020994
 BulgariaDFTihomir Dimitrov2017–996
 BulgariaMFMetodiy Stefanov2019–992
7 BulgariaMFOleg Dimitrov2015–2019954
8 BulgariaDFDimitar Iliev2017–2021
2022–
890
9 BulgariaMFVelislav Minkov2019–866
 BulgariaMFBranimir Kostadinov2019–869
 BulgariaFWVladislav Naydenov2019–8615
  • Players in bold are still playing for Ludogorets.

Second League goals

As of 31 October 2022
Ranking Nationality Position Name Years Matches Goals
1 BulgariaFWDimitar Mitkov2019–20226432
2 BulgariaFWDenislav Aleksandrov2015–20197719
 BulgariaMFHyusein Kelyovluev2017–10119
 BulgariaFWTsvetoslav Petrov2018–10419
5 BulgariaMFVladislav Naydenov2019–8615
6 BulgariaMFIlker Budinov2018–10014
7 BulgariaFWYanaki Smirnov2015–20162811
8 BulgariaMFSvetoslav Kovachev2015–20185410
9 BulgariaMFTomas Tsvyatkov2015–2018579
10 BulgariaFWBranimir Kostadinov2020–869
  • 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.

References

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