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 religation zone on 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 30 June 2019[6]

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

No. Position Player
31 DF Georgi Valchev
34 MF Branimir Kostadinov
38 FW Vladislav Naydenov
45 MF Petar Karaangelov
50 MF Tsvetoslav Petrov
51 DF Ilker Budinov
52 DF Tihomir Dimitrov
53 DF Martin Ruskov
58 DF Dimitar Iliev
62 MF Velislav Minkov
67 GK Dian Kolev
No. Position Player
68 GK Vladimir Rusanov
69 GK Damyan Damyanov
74 FW Hyusein Kelyovluev
75 DF Petar Genchev
76 MF Stanislav Valchev
80 MF Metodiy Stefanov
81 FW Dimitar Mitkov
82 MF Ivan Yordanov
87 DF Preslav Petrov (captain)
91 MF Stefan Metodiev
97 FW Georgi Babaliev
For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2019.
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

Statistics

Second League matches

As of 23 July 2019
Ranking Nationality Name Years Matches Goals
1 BulgariaOleg Dimitrov2015–2019954
2 BulgariaPreslav M. Petrov2015–804
3 BulgariaDenislav Aleksandrov2015–20197719
4 BulgariaIvaylo Klimentov2015–2019726
5 BulgariaDaniel Naumov2016–2019620
6 BulgariaTomas Tsvyatkov2015–2018579
7 BulgariaSvetoslav Kovachev2015–20185410
8 BulgariaErol Dost2017–513
9 BulgariaAntonio Georgiev2015–2017432
10 BulgariaPreslav I. Petrov2015–2017431
  • Players in bold are still playing for Ludogorets.

Second League goals

As of 13 May 2018
Ranking Nationality Name Years Matches Goals
1 BulgariaDenislav Aleksandrov2015–20197719
2 BulgariaYanaki Smirnov2015–20162811
3 BulgariaSvetoslav Kovachev2015–20185410
4 BulgariaTomas Tsvyatkov2015–2018579
5 BulgariaTsvetelin Chunchukov2015–2017318
6 BulgariaIvaylo Klimentov2015–2019616
7 BulgariaMihail Aleksandrov2015–201664
 BrazilJúnior Brandão2018–64
 BrazilJuninho Quixadá2015–201874
 BrazilLucas Sasha2015–201994
  • Players in bold are still playing for Ludogorets.

References

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