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 23 October 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
15 DF Brazil BRA Pedro Henrique
18 FW Brazil BRA Raí
29 MF Bulgaria BUL Georgi Yanev
34 FW Bulgaria BUL Branimir Kostadinov
35 FW Bulgaria BUL Petar Kirev
38 MF Bulgaria BUL Trayan Ivanov
43 MF Bulgaria BUL Filip Gigov
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
No. Pos. Nation Player
61 MF Bulgaria BUL Rosen Ivanov
62 MF Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Ivanov
63 DF Bulgaria BUL Anastas Pemperski
67 GK Bulgaria BUL Zlatomir Stoimenov
69 GK Bulgaria BUL Plamen Pepelyashev
70 FW Bulgaria BUL Yavor Iliev
71 DF Bulgaria BUL Emil Kyosev
75 MF Bulgaria BUL Petar Georgiev
76 DF Bulgaria BUL Konstantin Dimitrov
80 MF Bulgaria BUL Metodiy Stefanov
91 DF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Ganchev
93 FW Bulgaria BUL Yoan Yordanov

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2023.

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
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 Bulgaria Yanaki Smirnov 11
2016–17 Second League 2 30 13 5 12 39 33 +6 44 8th Bulgaria Tsvetelin Chunchukov 6
2017–18 2 30 11 7 12 40 50 -10 40 9th Bulgaria Denislav Aleksandrov 8
2018–19 2 30 9 5 16 31 43 -12 32 11th Bulgaria Denislav Aleksandrov 6
2019–20 2 21 5 9 7 20 35 -15 24 12th Bulgaria Dimitar Mitkov 10
2020–21 2 30 14 8 8 56 38 +18 50 4th Bulgaria Dimitar Mitkov 14
2021–22 2 36 18 7 11 70 48 +22 61 6th Bulgaria Vladislav Naydenov 12
2022–23 2 34 17 6 11 42 35 +7 57 4th Bulgaria Vladislav Naydenov
Bulgaria Hyusein Kelyovluev		 9
2023–24 2
Key
  • GS = Group stage
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals

Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Statistics

Second League matches
As of 7 June 2023
Ranking Nationality Position Name Years Matches Goals
1 BulgariaMFTsvetoslav Petrov2017–12022
2 BulgariaMFHyusein Kelyovluev2017–11821
3 BulgariaMFMetodiy Stefanov2019–1153
4 BulgariaDFTihomir Dimitrov2017–20231106
5 BulgariaDFDimitar Iliev2017–2021
2022–		1060
6 BulgariaMFBranimir Kostadinov2019–10311
7 BulgariaFWVladislav Naydenov2019–10223
— 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 7 June 2023
Ranking Nationality Position Name Years Matches Goals
1 BulgariaFWDimitar Mitkov2019–20226432
2 BulgariaMFVladislav Naydenov2019–10223
3 BulgariaFWTsvetoslav Petrov2018–12022
4 BulgariaMFHyusein Kelyovluev2017–11821
5 BulgariaFWDenislav Aleksandrov2015–20197719
6 BulgariaMFIlker Budinov2018–202210114
7 BulgariaFWYanaki Smirnov2015–20162811
— BulgariaFWBranimir Kostadinov2020–10311
9 BulgariaMFSvetoslav Kovachev2015–20185410
10 BulgariaMFTomas Tsvyatkov2015–2018579
  • 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
  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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