Ludogorets 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. 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.
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.
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. The team started the season against Lokomotiv Sofia and beat them with 2:1 result with a team average age being 19 years.
In the 2020–21 season, the team finished on their highest league position and ended the season on 4th place.
Players
For recent transfers, see Transfers winter 2025–26 and Transfers summer 2026. For first team players, see Ludogorets Razgrad.
Personnel
Manager history DatesNameHonours2015 Veselin Branimirov2015–2017 Galin Ivanov2017–2019 Radoslav Zdravkov2019 Radoslav Komitov2019–2023 Todor Zhivondov2024–2025 Zahari Sirakov2025–2026 Todor Zhivondov2026– Ivan Stoyanov
Current technical body PositionNameNationalitySelectionistIvan TsvetkovHead coach Todor Zhivondov Assistant coach Valeri Venkov Goalkeeper coach Viktor GeorgievPhysiotherapist Detelin MaslovDoctor Ivaylo YakimovAdministrator Nikolay Tsonev
Past seasons + Results of league and cup competitions by seasonSeasonLeagueTop goalscorerDivisionLevelPWDLFAGDPts Pos2015–16B Group230125134141+041 7th Yanaki Smirnov112016–17Second League230135123933+644 8th Tsvetelin Chunchukov62017–18230117124050-1040 9th Denislav Aleksandrov82018–1923095163143-1232 11th Denislav Aleksandrov62019–202215972035-1524 12th Dimitar Mitkov102020–2123014885638+1850 4th Dimitar Mitkov142021–22236187117048+2261 6th Vladislav Naydenov122022–23234176114235+7574th Vladislav Naydenov Hyusein Kelyovluev92023–242341111123939+04412th Yoan Yordanov82024–252381312135342+115112th Hyusein Kelyovluev142025–262
Key
GS = Group stage QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals
ChampionsRunners-upPromotedRelegated
League positions
Statistics
Second League matches
RankingNationalityPositionNameYearsMatchesGoals1MFMetodiy Stefanov2019–21172MFHyusein Kelyovluev2017–2025185403DFDimitar Iliev2017–20212022–20241410—MF Branimir Kostadinov2019–2024141175MFTsvetoslav Petrov2017–2024140296FWYoan Yordanov2022–119167GKDamyan Hristov2020–202611308FWVladislav Naydenov2019–2024112249DFTihomir Dimitrov2017–2023110610MFAleks Lukanov2020–1035 Players in bold are still playing for Ludogorets.
Second League goals
RankingNationalityPositionNameYearsMatchesGoals1MFHyusein Kelyovluev2017–2025185402FWDimitar Mitkov2019–202264323FWTsvetoslav Petrov2017–2024140294MFVladislav Naydenov2019–2024112245FWDenislav Aleksandrov2015–201977196FWBranimir Kostadinov2020–2024141177FWYoan Yordanov2022–90168MFIlker Budinov2018–2022101149FWYanaki Smirnov2015–2016281110MFSvetoslav Kovachev2015–20185410—FWPetar Kirev2023–6110 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.
Denislav Aleksandrov Georgi Argilashki Tsvetelin Chunchukov Erol Dost Antonio Georgiev Ventsislav Kerchev Branimir Kostadinov Svetoslav Kovachev Daniel Naumov Hristo Popadiyn Slavcho Shokolarov Georgi Terziev Aleksandar Vasilev Dominik Yankov Ivan Yordanov Choco Igor Thiago Raí Nascimento Brayan Angulo Vitinha
References
External links Official website