PFC Ludogorets Razgrad II

Ludogorets II
Full nameProfessional Football Club Ludogorets Razgrad II
Nickname(s)The Eagles
Short nameLudogorets II
Founded2015 (2015)
GroundEagles' Nest, Razgrad
Capacity2,000
OwnerKiril Domuschiev
ChairmanAleksandar Aleksandrov
Head coachZahari Sirakov
LeagueBulgarian Second League
2023–24Second League, 12th
Websitehttp://www.ludogorets.com/all_news.php

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

As of 11 July 2025[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
34 MF  BUL Nikolay Nikolov
35 FW  BUL Petar Kirev
40 MF  BUL Aleksandar Marinov
42 DF  BUL Simeon Shishkov
50 MF  BUL Antonio Popov
53 DF  BUL Dimitar Gospodinov
58 DF  BUL Dimitar Iliev
59 DF  BUL Aleks Lukanov
61 MF  BUL Rosen Ivanov
62 MF  BUL Dimitar Ivanov
67 GK  BUL Damyan Hristov
No. Pos. Nation Player
69 GK  BUL Zlatomir Stoimenov
70 FW  BUL Nikola Todorov
72 MF  BUL Rosen Ivanov
73 MF  BUL Filip Gigov
75 MF  RUS Yelisey Syrov
76 DF  BUL Konstantin Dimitrov
80 MF  BUL Metodiy Stefanov
81 MF  BUL David Georgiev
83 MF  BUL Trayan Ivanov
93 FW  BUL Yoan Yordanov
98 FW  BUL Atanas Yanev


For recent transfers, see Transfers winter 2024–25 and Transfers summer 2025.

For first team players, see Ludogorets Razgrad.

Personnel

Manager history

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

Current technical body

Position Name Nationality
Selectionist Ivan 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
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 Yanaki Smirnov 11
2016–17 Second League 2 30 13 5 12 39 33 +6 44 8th Tsvetelin Chunchukov 6
2017–18 2 30 11 7 12 40 50 -10 40 9th Denislav Aleksandrov 8
2018–19 2 30 9 5 16 31 43 -12 32 11th Denislav Aleksandrov 6
2019–20 2 21 5 9 7 20 35 -15 24 12th Dimitar Mitkov 10
2020–21 2 30 14 8 8 56 38 +18 50 4th Dimitar Mitkov 14
2021–22 2 36 18 7 11 70 48 +22 61 6th Vladislav Naydenov 12
2022–23 2 34 17 6 11 42 35 +7 57 4th Vladislav Naydenov
Hyusein Kelyovluev
9
2023–24 2 34 11 11 12 39 39 +0 44 12th Yoan Yordanov 8
2024–25 2 38 13 12 13 53 42 +11 51 12th Hyusein Kelyovluev 14
2025–26 2
Key
  • GS = Group stage
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

League positions

Statistics

Second League matches

As of 8 April 2025
Ranking Nationality Position Name Years Matches Goals
1  Bulgaria MF Hyusein Kelyovluev 2017–2025 185 40
2  Bulgaria MF Metodiy Stefanov 2019– 181 7
3  Bulgaria DF Dimitar Iliev 2017–2021
2022–2024
141 0
 Bulgaria MF Branimir Kostadinov 2019–2024 141 17
5  Bulgaria MF Tsvetoslav Petrov 2017–2024 140 29
6  Bulgaria FW Vladislav Naydenov 2019–2024 112 24
7  Bulgaria DF Tihomir Dimitrov 2017–2023 110 6
8  Bulgaria MF Velislav Minkov 2019–2023 102 6
9  Bulgaria MF Ilker Budinov 2018–2022 101 14
10  Bulgaria DF Preslav M. Petrov 2015–2020 99 4
  • Players in bold are still playing for Ludogorets.

Second League goals

As of 3 June 2024
Ranking Nationality Position Name Years Matches Goals
1  Bulgaria MF Hyusein Kelyovluev 2017–2025 185 40
2  Bulgaria FW Dimitar Mitkov 2019–2022 64 32
3  Bulgaria FW Tsvetoslav Petrov 2017–2024 140 29
4  Bulgaria MF Vladislav Naydenov 2019–2024 112 24
5  Bulgaria FW Denislav Aleksandrov 2015–2019 77 19
6  Bulgaria FW Branimir Kostadinov 2020–2024 141 17
7  Bulgaria FW Yoan Yordanov 2022– 90 15
8  Bulgaria MF Ilker Budinov 2018–2022 101 14
9  Bulgaria FW Yanaki Smirnov 2015–2016 28 11
10  Bulgaria MF Svetoslav Kovachev 2015–2018 54 10
  • 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 and have played at least 10 games for Ludogorets II. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries.

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.