PFC Ludogorets Razgrad II explained

Clubname:Ludogorets II
Fullname:Professional Football Club Ludogorets Razgrad II
Nickname:The Eagles
Short Name:Ludogorets II
Ground:Eagles' Nest, Razgrad
Capacity:2,000
Owner:Kiril Domuschiev
Chairman:Aleksandar Aleksandrov
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Zahari Sirakov
League:Bulgarian Second League
Position:Second League, 12th
Website:http://www.ludogorets.com/all_news.php
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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.

Obliged to play one level below their main side, Ludogorets II is ineligible for promotion to First League and also cannot 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

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

For first team players, see Ludogorets Razgrad.

Personnel

Manager history

DatesNameHonours
2015 Veselin Branimirov
2015–2017 Galin Ivanov
2017–2019 Radoslav Zdravkov
2019 Radoslav Komitov
2019–2023 Todor Zhivondov
2024– Zahari Sirakov

Current technical body

bgcolor=Positionbgcolor=Namebgcolor=Nationality
SelectionistIvan Tsvetkov
Head coach Todor Zhivondov
Assistant coach Valeri Venkov
Goalkeeper coach Viktor Georgiev
Physiotherapist Detelin Maslov
Doctor Ivaylo Yakimov
Administrator Nikolay Tsonev

Past seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season
SeasonLeagueTop goalscorer
scope=colDivisionscope=colLevelscope=colPscope=colWscope=colDscope=colLscope=colFscope=colAscope=colGDscope=colPtsscope=col data-sort-type="number" Pos
scope=row rowspan=12015–16B Group230125134141+0417th Yanaki Smirnov11
scope=row rowspan=12016–17Second League230135123933+6448th Tsvetelin Chunchukov6
scope=row rowspan=12017–18230117124050rowspan=1-10409th Denislav Aleksandrov8
scope=row rowspan=12018–1923095163143rowspan=1-123211th Denislav Aleksandrov6
scope=row rowspan=12019–202215972035rowspan=1-152412th Dimitar Mitkov10
scope=row rowspan=12020–2123014885638+18504th Dimitar Mitkov14
scope=row rowspan=12021–22236187117048+22616th Vladislav Naydenov12
scope=row rowspan=12022–23234176114235+7574th Vladislav Naydenov
Hyusein Kelyovluev
9
scope=row rowspan=12023–242341111123939+04412th Yoan Yordanov8
scope=row rowspan=12024–252
Key
ChampionsRunners-upPromotedRelegated

Statistics

Second League matches

RankingNationalityPositionNameYearsMatchesGoals
1MFHyusein Kelyovluev2017–14926
2MFMetodiy Stefanov2019–1473
3MFTsvetoslav Petrov2017–202414029
4DFDimitar Iliev2017–2021
2022–
1360
5MFBranimir Kostadinov 2019–13317
6FWVladislav Naydenov2019–11224
7DFTihomir Dimitrov2017–20231106
8MF2019–20231026
9MFIlker Budinov2018–202210114
10DFPreslav M. Petrov2015–2020994

Second League goals

RankingNationalityPositionNameYearsMatchesGoals
1FWDimitar Mitkov2019–20226432
2FWTsvetoslav Petrov2017–202414029
MFHyusein Kelyovluev2017–14926
3MFVladislav Naydenov2019–11224
5FWDenislav Aleksandrov2015–20197719
6MFIlker Budinov2018–202210114
FWBranimir Kostadinov2020–13317
8FWYanaki Smirnov2015–20162811
FWYoan Yordanov2022–6311
10MFSvetoslav Kovachev2015–20185410

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sportal.bg/news.php?news=643673 Ексклузивно: Легенда на ЦСКА започва работа в Лудогорец
  2. http://www.sportal.bg/news.php?news=643874 Официално: Ради Здравков пое Лудогорец 2, Джевизов селекционер на тима
  3. http://www.sportal.bg/news.php?news=656325 Лудогорец се приближи с още една стъпка към големите европейски клубове
  4. https://gong.bg/bg-football/vtora-liga/multimedia/video/ludogorec-smenia-politikata-v-dubyla-435901? Лудогорец сменя политиката в дубъла
  5. http://www.ludogorets.com/bg/news/?i=2147 С 18-19 годишни момчета от школата Лудогорец II победи Локомотив (София)
  6. https://ludogorets.com/bg/news/?i=4135 Лудогорец II с най-добро класиране във Втора лига