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
2019–20Second 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]

Players
As of 24 September 2020[6]

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 MF  BRA Choco
31 DF  BUL Georgi Valchev
34 MF  BUL Branimir Kostadinov
38 FW  BUL Vladislav Naydenov
45 MF  BUL Petar Karaangelov
50 MF  BUL Tsvetoslav Petrov (captain)
51 DF  BUL Ilker Budinov
52 DF  BUL Tihomir Dimitrov
53 DF  BUL Martin Ruskov
58 DF  BUL Dimitar Iliev
62 MF  BUL Velislav Minkov
No. Pos. Nation Player
67 GK  BUL Damyan Hristov
68 GK  BUL Vladimir Rusanov
69 GK  BUL Damyan Damyanov
72 MF  BUL Erol Dost
74 FW  BUL Hyusein Kelyovluev
75 DF  BUL Petar Genchev
76 MF  BUL Stanislav Valchev
80 MF  BUL Metodiy Stefanov
81 FW  BUL Dimitar Mitkov
91 DF  BUL Aleksandar Ganchev
97 MF  BUL Georgi Chukalov
For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2020 and Transfers winter 2021.
For first team players, see Ludogorets Razgrad.

Personnel
Radoslav Zdravkov, the current head coach of the team.

Manager history
Dates Name Honours
2015 Veselin Branimirov
2015–2017 Galin Ivanov
2017–2019 Radoslav Zdravkov
2019– Radoslav Komitov

Current technical body
Position Name Nationality
SelectionistSpas Dzhevizov
Head CoachRadoslav Komitov
Assistant CoachVacant
Assistant CoachTodor Zhivondov
Goalkeeper coachHarry Kazakov
PhysiotherapistStoyan Aleksiev
PhysiotherapistMustafa Inol
DoctorOrlin Simov
AdministratorNikolay Tsonev

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
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 15 December 2020
Ranking Nationality Position Name Years Matches Goals
1 BulgariaDFPreslav M. Petrov2015–2020994
2 BulgariaMFOleg Dimitrov2015–2019954
3 BulgariaFWDenislav Aleksandrov2015–20197719
4 BulgariaMFIvaylo Klimentov2015–2019728
5 BulgariaMFErol Dost2017–2020714
6 BulgariaGKDaniel Naumov2016–2019620
7 BulgariaDFDimitar Iliev2017–590
8 BulgariaMFTomas Tsvyatkov2015–2018579
9 BulgariaMFIvan Yordanov2018–575
10 BulgariaMFIlker Budinov2018–546
  • Players in bold are still playing for Ludogorets.

Second League goals
As of 15 December 2020
Ranking Nationality Position Name Years Matches Goals
1 BulgariaFWDimitar Mitkov2019–5227
2 BulgariaFWDenislav Aleksandrov2015–20197719
3 BulgariaFWYanaki Smirnov2015–20162811
4 BulgariaMFSvetoslav Kovachev2015–20185410
5 BulgariaMFTomas Tsvyatkov2015–2018579
6 BulgariaFWTsvetelin Chunchukov2015–2017318
7 BulgariaMFIvaylo Klimentov2015–2019728
8 BulgariaFWTsvetoslav Petrov2018–377
9 BulgariaMFIlker Budinov2018–546
10 BulgariaMFIvan Yordanov2018–575
  • Players in bold are still playing for Ludogorets.

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. "Б отбор" [B team]. PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
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