The 2025–26 season is Ludogorets Razgrad's fifteenth consecutive season in the First League, of which they are defending champions. Managerial changes On the 29th October, Ludogorets confirmed that Todor Zhivondov would be taking over duties as interim head coach, after talks were initiated with Rui Mota regarding his termination as head coach. Ludogorets officially parted ways with Mota on the 4th of November, alongside confirming Zhivondov as interim coach. On the 21st November, Ludogorets unveiled Per-Mathias Høgmo as their new head coach.
Squad information First-team squad
Player Position(s) Date of birth(age) Height Preferredfoot Signed Transferfee Contractends Goals Assists On From Goalkeepers 1 Sergio Padt GK Right Groningen Free 132 0 0 39 Hendrik Bonmann GK Right Wolfsberger Free 27 0 0 67 Damyan Hristov (HG, CT) GK Right Ludogorets Academy 7 0 0 Defenders 2 Joel Andersson RB Right Midtjylland €710K 0 0 0 3 Anton Nedyalkov (C) (AT) LB / CB Both Dallas €2M 211 3 21 4 Dinis Almeida CB Right Antwerp data-sort-value="0" 63 9 2 5 Georgi Terziev (AT) CB Both Chernomorets €600K 233 7 4 15 Edvin Kurtulus CB / RB Right Hammarby €1.45M 41 1 0 17 Son RB / LB Right Levante €100K 92 7 15 24 Olivier Verdon CB Right Alavés €1M 200 13 1 27 Vinícius Nogueira (NE) LB Left Halmstad €750K 0 0 0 32 Pipa RB Right Olympiacos €600K 19 0 0 42 Simeon Shishkov (HG, CT) CB / LB Left Ludogorets Academy 1 0 0 55 Idan Nachmias CB Right Maccabi Tel Aviv Free 0 0 0 Midfielders 14 Petar Stanić AM / CM Both TSC €2.1M 0 0 0 18 Ivaylo Chochev (AT) CM / DM Both CSKA 1948 €500K 67 10 6 20 Aguibou Camara (NE) AM Right Olympiacos €1.09M 42 3 4 23 Deroy Duarte DM / CM Right Fortuna Sittard Free 47 1 1 26 Filip Kaloč CM Right Kaiserslautern €2.8M 0 0 0 30 Pedro Naressi (VC) (NE) DM Right Ceará €750K 125 4 6 80 Metodiy Stefanov (HG, CT) CM Right Ludogorets Academy 4 0 0 82 Ivan Yordanov (HG, CT) DM / LB Left Ludogorets Academy 68 2 6 Forwards 7 Alberto Salido CF / AM Right Beroe €1M 0 0 0 9 Kwadwo Duah CF Right Nürnberg €3.5M 77 26 7 10 Matheus Machado (NE) CF / RW Left Al Fateh (loan) data-sort-value="0" 0 0 0 11 Caio Vidal LW / RW Right Internacional €1.6M 111 21 16 12 Rwan Cruz CF / AM Right Botafogo (loan) data-sort-value="0" 84 30 13 29 Yves Erick Bile CF Right Žilina €700K 17 2 0 37 Bernard Tekpetey RW Right Schalke 04 €900K 178 42 35 73 Filip Gigov (HG, CT) CF Right Ludogorets Academy 4 0 0 77 Erick Marcus (NE) RW Right Vasco da Gama €1.1M 39 9 5 99 Stanislav Ivanov (AT) RW Both Arda Kardzhali €350K 0 0 0
Notes: Player (HG) – Player who meets the First League's homegrown player criteria. Player (NE) - Player who falls into the First League's non-EU nationality player quota. Player (CT) – Player who meets UEFA's "club-trained player" criteria. Player (AT) – Player who meets UEFA's "association-trained player" criteria. Player (B) – Player who meets UEFA's "List B" criteria.
Out on loan Player Position(s) Date of birth(age) Height Preferredfoot Signed Transferfee Loan Contractends Goals Assists On From To Fee Until Noah Sonko Sundberg CB Right Levski €750K Aris None 36 2 2 Todor Nedelev AM Left Botev Plovdiv €150K Botev Plovdiv Undisclosed 50 9 8 Emerson Rodríguez LW / RW Right Inter Miami €1.45M 20 2 4
Transfers and contracts For recent transfers, see Transfers winter 2024–25, Transfers summer 2025 and Transfers winter 2025–26. Summer 2025 In
+ Date Player From Type Fee FW Erick Marcus Vasco da GamaLoan buyout clause€1,100,000FW Stanislav Ivanov Arda KardzhaliTransfer€350,000MF Filip Kaloč KaiserslauternTransfer€2,800,000DF Franco Russo QuerétaroLoan return DF Pipa BurgosLoan return DF Noah Sonko Sundberg SivassporLoan return FW Mounir Chouiar ZürichLoan return DF Joel Andersson MidtjyllandTransfer€710,000MF Petar Stanić TSCTransfer€2,100,000FW Matheus Machado Al FatehLoan transferUndisclosedDF Idan Nachmias Maccabi Tel AvivTransferFree Total €7,060,000
Out + Date Player To Type Fee FW Antoine Baroan WinterthusLoan returnrowspan="2" FW Georgi Rusev SionDF Denny Gropper Maccabi Tel AvivEnd of contractFreeDF Franco Russo Querétaro Loan buyout clause €1,000,000DF Aslak Fonn Witry RosenborgTransfer€750,000MF Todor Nedelev Botev PlovdivLoan transferUndisclosedDF Pedro Henrique Al-HusseinTransferUndisclosedDF Noah Sonko Sundberg ArisLoan transferNoneMF Jakub Piotrowski UdineseTransfer€3,000,00026 August 2025FW Mounir Chouiar BerkaneTransferUndisclosed Total €4,750,000
Rumours In + Date Player From Type Fee 29 April 2025FW Salifou Soumah ZiraTransferUndisclosed30 May 2025MF Stanislav Shopov CSKA SofiaTransferUndisclosedMF Marcelino Carreazo9 June 2025FW Stanislav Ivanov Arda KardzhaliTransfer Undislosed18 June 2025MF Filip Kaloč KaiserslauternTransfer€2,800,00023 June 2025MF Musah Mohammed BodrumTransferUndisclosedFW Gonçalo Gregório NoahTransferUndisclosed1 July 2025FW Marius Mouandilmadji SamsunsporTransfer€1,500,0007 July 2025DF Joel Andersson MidtjyllandTransfer€710,0008 July 2025FW Ángel Rodado Wisła KrakówTransfer€1,500,00010 July 2025DF Tymoteusz Puchacz Holstein KielTransferUndisclosed11 July 2025MF Jawad El Jemili Levski SofiaTransferUndisclosed15 July 2025GK Kenan Pirić AntalyasporEnd of contractFree16 July 2025MF Petar Stanić TSCTransfer€2,100,00029 July 2025MF Akram Bouras AlgerTransferUndisclosed30 July 2025FW André Henrique GrêmioLoan transfer€388,25028 August 2025DF Jordan Semedo SlaviaTransferUndisclosed29 August 2025DF Lucyan Delgado BahiaTransferUndisclosed3 September 2025FW Tevis Gabriel CruzeiroTransferUndisclosed
Out + Date Player To Type Fee 31 May 2025DF Edvin Kurtulus RomaTransfer Undislosed17 June 2025DF Noah Sonko Sundberg GöztepeTransferUndisclosed20 June 2025MF Jakub Piotrowski GöztepeTransferUndisclosedDF Aslak Fonn Witry RosenborgTransfer€700,00027 June 2025MF Ivan Yordanov CSKA SofiaTransfer€175,000–€350,00030 June 2025MF Todor Nedelev Botev PlovdivTransferUndisclosed1 July 2025GK Hendrik Bonmann KölnTransferUndisclosed2 July 2025 Bayern Munich€500,0003 July 2025MF Jakub Piotrowski UdineseTransfer€3,000,000 PanathinaikosUndisclosedMF Aguibou Camara BeşiktaşTransferUndisclosed Samsunspor€4,000,00018 July 2025DF Pipa ApoelTransfer€650,00019 July 2025DF Noah Sonko Sundberg ArisTransfer€800,00021 August 2025FW Erick Marcus PalmeirasTransferUndisclosed26 August 2025FW Mounir Chouiar BerkaneTransferUndisclosed11 September 2025FW Caio Vidal BeşiktaşTransfer€2,000,000
Winter 2026 In
+ Date Player From Type Fee 1 January 2026FW Matías Tissera HuracánLoan returnNone8 January 2026DF Vinícius Nogueira HalmstadTransfer€750,00016 January 2026FW Rwan Cruz BotafogoLoanUndisclosed24 February 2026FW Alberto Salido BeroeTransfer€1,000,000 Total €1,750,000
Out
+ Date Player To Type Fee 28 January 2026 FW Emerson Rodríguez Botev Plovdiv Loan Undisclosed 2 March 2026 FW Matías Tissera Instituto Transfer Free
Rumours In + Date Player From Type Fee 29 October 2025MF Rodrigo Nestor São PauloTransferUndisclosed10 December 2025MF Kristiyan Balov SlaviaTransferUndisclosed27 December 2025FW Stefán Ingi Sigurðarson SandefjordTransferUndisclosed5 January 2026DF Samukele Kabini MoldeTransferUndisclosed7 January 2026DF Vinícius Nogueira HalmstadTransferUndisclosed7 January 2026FW Rwan Cruz BotafogoLoan transferUndisclosed8 January 2026FW Lofti Boussouar BelouizdadTransferUndisclosed9 January 2026FW Armstrong Oko-Flex Botev PlovdivTransfer€350,000–€400,00012 January 2026MF Mathias Rasmussen Union Saint-GilloiseTransferUndisclosed11 February 2026MF Joni Montiel QarabağTransferUndisclosed23 February 2026FW Amor Layouni HäckenTransfer€375,0004 March 2026MF Njegoš Petrović VojvodinaTransfer€2,500,00014 March 2026MF James Eto'o CSKA SofiaTransferUndisclosed30 March 2026DF Fabian Nürnberger Darmstadt 98TransferUndisclosed1 April 2026MF Lucas Evangelista PalmeirasTransferUndisclosed6 April 2026GK Bojan Milosavljević Lokomotiv PlovdivTransferUndisclosed12 May 2026FW Filip Krastev LommelTransferUndisclosed18 May 2026FW Berk Beyhan Cherno MoreTransferUndisclosed30 May 2026FW Petar Sukačev VojvodinaTransfer€2,200,000 3 June 2026 FW Emmanuel Poku Almere City Undisclosed Undisclosed
Out + Date Player To Type Fee 28 September 2025 FW Yves Erick Bile Anderlecht Transfer Undisclosed 2 December 2025 FW Emerson Rodríguez Deportivo Cali Undisclosed Undisclosed 15 December 2025 MF Petar Stanić Real Betis Undisclosed Undisclosed 30 December 2025 MF Aguibou Camara Kocaelispor Transfer Undisclosed 5 January 2026 MF Petar Stanić Sevilla Undisclosed Undisclosed 7 January 2026 GK Hendrik Bonmann Hamburger Undisclosed Undisclosed 8 January 2026FW Matías Tissera SarmientoTransferUndisclosed 19 January 2026 FW Emerson Rodríguez Botev Plovdiv Loan transfer Undisclosed 24 January 2026 Sakaryaspor 28 January 2026 FW Erick Marcus Vasco da Gama Transfer Undisclosed 23 February 2026 FW Matías Tissera Instituto Transfer Undisclosed 27 February 2026 MF Petar Stanić Nice Transfer Undisclosed Basel 14 March 2026 FW Bernard Tekpetey AEK Transfer Undisclosed 16 March 2026 MF Petar Stanić Milan Transfer Undisclosed Atalanta 28 March 2026 FW Erick Marcus Feyenoord Transfer €8,000,000 30 April 2026 MF Ivaylo Chochev CSKA Sofia Transfer Undisclosed DF Dinis Almeida Free 8 May 2026 MF Pedro Naressi 18 May 2026 FW Kwadwo Duah Basel Transfer Undisclosed 19 May 2026 DF Noah Sonko Sundberg Göztepe Transfer Undisclosed 21 May 2026 MF Pedro Naressi Levski Transfer Free 22 May 2026 Crvena zvezda 28 May 2026 Petar Stanić AZ Alkmaar Transfer €7,000,000 2 June 2026 Olympiacos Undisclosed
New contracts + Date Player Contract until Extended by First Team GK Sergio Padt 1 year FW Kwadwo Duah 2 years FW Caio Vidal 3 years MF Ivan Yordanov Undisclosed Undisclosed(1 year min.) Ivaylo Chochev FW Bernard Tekpetey 1 year
Notes
Kits Supplier: Jako / Sponsor: Efbet / Back sponsor(s): Vivacom (upper), Huvepharma (lower) / Sleeve sponsor: Navibulgar + Football kits
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overall record
First League Regular stage
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The match schedule was announced on 13 June 2025. Matchday 6 (v. Beroe) was moved forward due to Ludogorets' participation in the Europa League play-off round.
Championship Group
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Conference League play-off
Bulgarian Cup
Results summary
Matches
Bulgarian Supercup
Match
UEFA Champions League
Qualifying rounds
UEFA Europa League
Results summary
Qualifying rounds
League phase
League table
Results by round
Matches
Knockout phase
Squad statistics
Appearances, goals and assists