PFC Ludogorets Razgrad

Professional Football Club Ludogorets 1945 (Bulgarian: Професионален Футболен Клуб „Лудогорец 1945", romanized: Profesionalen Futbolen Klub „Ludogorets 1945"), commonly known as Ludogorets Razgrad or simply Ludogorets, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Razgrad, which currently competes in the First Professional Football League, the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system.

Ludogorets

Full name	Professional Football Club Ludogorets 1945
Nickname(s)	Орлите (The Eagles)
Founded	November 1945; 79 years ago (1945-11)[1]
Ground	Huvepharma Arena
Capacity	10,423[2]
Owner	Kiril Domuschiev
Chairman	Temenuga Gazdova[3]
Head coach	Igor Jovićević
League	First League
2023–24	First League, 1st of 16 (champions)
Website	ludogorets.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

In their inaugural 2011–12 season in A Group after promotion, Ludogorets won the double by capturing the league championship and the Bulgarian Cup. Subsequently, the club made a significant continental impact in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League when they reached the Round of 16 in only their second European run. To date they have reached the knockout stages of the Europa League four times, more than any other club in Bulgaria. Ludogorets are also only the second Bulgarian team after Levski Sofia to enter the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, a feat which they achieved in the following 2014–15 season. During that same campaign, they became the first Bulgarian team to score points in the modern Champions League group stage following a 1–0 win over Basel in Sofia.

Since their introduction to the Bulgarian top-flight in 2011, Ludogorets have established themselves as a dominant force in Bulgarian football, claiming every possible league title since then.^[4] They have also won the Bulgarian Cup three times, as well as the Bulgarian Supercup on eight occasions.^[5] The latter is a record in Bulgarian football.

Ludogorets' traditional home colours are green and white. The club's home ground is the Huvepharma Arena in Razgrad, a stadium with a capacity of 10,423 spectators.^[6]

History

Foundation and beginning

Established in November 1945^[7] after the merging of several rural football clubs from the Ludogorie Region, Ludogorets Razgrad was initially participating in the Third football division of Bulgaria. They promoted to the Second division in 1961. In 1997 the club merged with FC Antibiotic Razgrad and was renamed to FC Antibiotic-Ludogorets. In 2005 the club was defunct. The rise of Ludogorets started in season 2009/10 when Aleksandar Aleksandrov, director of FC Razgrad 2000, inherited the history and traditional club records of the former Antibiotic-Ludogorets, returning the name to PFC Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad. The team managed to enter Second division when Ivaylo Petev was designated as a Head Coach.^[8]

Domuschiev era (2010–present)

In September 2010 the club was purchased by a Bulgarian pharmaceutical entrepreneur Kiril Domuschiev, with the clear intention of bringing Ludogorets to the top division. This happened in May 2011 with Ivaylo Petev as a Head Coach when the team promoted to top division for the first time in the club's history.^[9]

First title

In May 2012, Ludogorets completed the domestic double when they won their first Bulgarian Cup title following a 2:1 victory against Lokomotiv Plovdiv at Lazur Stadium in Burgas,^[10] and in August 2012, they won the Bulgarian Supercup, defeating Lokomotiv 3:1, thus becoming the first team to win a treble in its first season in A Group and one of the few in the history of international football to do so.

Second title

Ludogorets started the 2012–13 season with eight straight wins and nine matches without a loss, and finished the half-season in first place, as in the previous season, with just one loss and seven goals conceded out of 15 matches. However, in the 2012–13 Bulgarian Cup, the club was eliminated in the round of 32 by CSKA Sofia 2:2 on aggregate, losing on away goals. In the spring half-season, Ludogorets occupied the first place with just three matches to play before the end of the season. Nevertheless, they were defeated 1:0 by Levski Sofia and they took the lead of A Group. On the final day of the season, Ludogorets had to beat the already relegated team of Montana and hope that Slavia Sofia would prevent Levski from winning their match. In the last minutes of the Levski–Slavia match, Levski conceived an own goal which subsequently led to a 1:1 draw, allowing Ludogorets to win their second championship title in dramatic fashion again. In the 2013 Supercup, they lost 5:3 on penalties to Beroe Stara Zagora after a 1:1 draw in regular time.

Third title

In season 2013/14 Ludogorets became a hegemon in the Bulgarian club football. The "Eagles" earned their third consecutive title two rounds before the end of the championship on 7 May 2014. On 15 May 2014 Ludogorets achieved a treble after winning the Cup of Bulgaria against Botev (Plovdiv) 1-0 and the Super Cup. Both matches were played at the "Lazur" stadium in Burgas.^[11]

Fourth title

Ludogorets' fourth title came after a home win against Lokomotiv (Sofia) with 4:1 on 15 May 2015. A new tribune, named after their defender Cosmin "Moti", and the 70th anniversary of the "Eagles" were celebrated at that time.

Fifth title

On 11 May 2016 Ludogorets became the Bulgarian Champion for the fifth time in a row.

Sixth title

The 2016/2017 season was the most successful in the history of Ludogorets. They became champions of Bulgaria for the sixth consecutive time with 16 points advantage over the runner-up. For the second time in the Bulgarian's football history the team entered the Champions League groups with Georgi Dermendzhiev as a Head Coach. They ranked third in the groups by winning 2 points and continued their European tournament participation in Europa League.

Seventh title

The 2017/2018 season was another successful one for Ludogorets. The team won their domestic league Champion's Title and performed well at both European Tournaments – Champions League and Europa League.

Eighth title

Ludogorets earned their 2018/2019 season title after a 4–1 home win over PFC Cherno More in May 2019.

Ninth title

Ludogorets' domination in Bulgaria continue. The champions won their record-breaking 9th consecutive title after a 2:1 win against Beroe in May 2020.^[12]

Tenth title

Ludogorets claimed their record-breaking 10th consecutive title after a 3–1 home win against Beroe Stara Zagora in May 2021. This phenomenal achievement led to the club putting star on the club's badge/crest to represent 10 league titles in the domestic Bulgarian football league.

Eleventh title

Ludogorets' domination continued. An eleventh consecutive domestic championship title, no one but them has such an achievement in Bulgarian league football history.

Twelfth title

After a long hard season and a change in head coach in the middle of the season, with the return of former manager Ivaylo Petev back at helm, Ludogorets managed to achieve a domestic double (their 3rd similar feat since being promoted to the Bulgarian First League) by winning firstly the Bulgarian Cup by beating CSKA 1948 3:1 in the final, and eventually also winning the Bulgarian League once again for a record twelfth time by one point over CSKA Sofia by beating Cherno More Varna away from home 1:0 on the last day/match of the domestic championship season.

Thirteenth title

Georgi Dermendzhiev returned as Head Coach of Ludogorets Razgrad after the sacking of Ivaylo Petev back in October 2023. At the end of the 2023-24 campaign, the club managed to once again retain their domestic championship title for a record thirteenth time in row by beating PFC CSKA Sofia 3–1 in Razgrad to make it mathematically impossible for anyone to catch them in the race.

European

After winning the 2011–12 Bulgarian title, Ludogorets entered the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League for the 2012–13 season, but were eliminated 3:4 on aggregate with a last minute away goal by Dinamo Zagreb.

As Bulgarian champions in 2012–13 season, Ludogorets played in the UEFA Champions League where they came through the qualifiers, eliminating subsequently Slovan Bratislava and Partizan en route. Ludogorets then lost to Basel in the play-offs, but earned the right to play in the UEFA Europa League.

Ludogorets played in Group B of the 2013–14 Europa League. They were unbeaten in the group stage finishing first in the group with five wins in six games, including both home and away victories over the prominent PSV and Dinamo Zagreb.^[13] Their only dropped points were a 1:1 home draw with Chornomorets Odesa. In the knockout phase, Ludogorets beat the Italian cup holders Lazio 1:0 away and drew 3:3 at home for a 4:3 aggregate win,^[14] but then lost 0:3 at home and 0:4 on aggregate to Valencia in the round of 16.^[15]

Stoyanov

Mäntylä

Moți

Júnior Caiçara

Minev

Zlatinski

Dyakov

Aleksandrov

Misidjan

Marcelinho

Bezjak

Ludogorets' 2013–14 UEFA Europa League lineup against Italian cup holders Lazio, which recorded a 1-0 win at the Stadio Olimpico.

In the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, Ludogorets again won both their qualifiers, against F91 Dudelange of Luxembourg and Partizan.^[16][17] In the play-off, they defeated Steaua București to reach the group stage for the first time. Goalkeeper Vladislav Stoyanov was dismissed for a second yellow card in the last minute of extra time in the second leg, when Ludogorets had used all their substitutes. In the penalty shoot-out, centre-back Cosmin Moți, having converted the first penalty, went in goal and made two saves to put Ludogorets through 6:5 on penalties.^[18]

Ludogorets playing against Steaua in a second leg play-off for the 2014–15 Champions League at the Vasil Levski National Stadium.

Ludogorets made their debut in the 2014–15 Champions League group phase on 16 September 2014, grabbing a 1:1 equalizer away against Liverpool in the 90th minute scored by Dani Abalo, but in an eventual 1:2 loss,^[19] as the newly signed goalkeeper Milan Borjan gave away a penalty with a foul on Javier Manquillo, which Steven Gerrard converted to give Liverpool the victory.^[19] Ludogorets made their home debut in the 2014–15 Champions League group phase on 1 October 2014, scoring a stunning goal in the sixth minute through' attacking midfielder Marcelinho against Real Madrid, but in an eventual 1:2 loss.^[20] In this match, Cristiano Ronaldo took two penalties – the first was saved by goalkeeper Vladislav Stoyanov, while the second was scored for a 1:1 equalizer.^[20] On 22 October 2014, Yordan Minev scored his first goal for Ludogorets, scoring a crucial last-minute winning goal in a 1:0 home win over Basel in the group stage of the Champions League.^[21] On 26 November 2014, Dani Abalo scored in the third minute and Georgi Terziev scored his first goal in the 88th minute, grabbing a 2:2 equalizer against Liverpool, in an eventual 2:2 draw.^[22]

Ludogorets won their 4th consecutive A Group title, but were left by several main squad players at the end of the season. Georgi Dermendziev was also replaced with Portuguese manager Bruno Ribeiro. The late changes saw Ludogorets being eliminated in the second qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League by the underdog Moldovan champions Milsami Orhei.

With Georgi Dermendzhiev returning at the helm of the squad, during the 2016–17 Champions League, Ludogorets won the qualifiers against Mladost Podgorica and Red Star Belgrade respectively, followed by a success in the play-off against Viktoria Plzeň. Eventually, they became the first Bulgarian team to qualify twice for the group stage of the tournament. In the group stage, Ludogorets achieved two draws against Basel and one against Paris Saint-Germain, which were enough to secure them the third place and a transfer to the knockout phase of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. Ludogorets however shortly exited the competition after failing to overcome Copenhagen with an initial 1:2 home loss and a 0:0 away draw.

Ludogorets failed to qualify for the groups of the next two editions of the Champion League, but however in both cases managed to enter the groups of Europa League. In the 2017–18 season they finished second in the group behind Braga, eliminating İstanbul Başakşehir and 1899 Hoffenheim, before losing in both matches to Milan in the round of 32.

In 2019–20, they were eliminated by Ferencváros in the first Champions League qualifying round, but made their way to the group stage of the Europa League, following successful matches against Valur, The New Saints and Maribor in the qualifiers. Ludogorets were subsequently drawn again with Ferencváros, next to CSKA Moscow and Spanish club Espanyol. A 5–1 home win against CSKA Moscow was followed-up by a 3–0 away win against Ferencváros.^[23][24] They lost twice to Espanyol, 1–0 at home and 6–0 away, but finished second, following two 1–1 draws against both CSKA and Ferencváros, eventually securing a place in the knockout stage.^[25]

75th Anniversary

Ludogorets earned their record-breaking 9th Bulgarian Premier League Title during their 75th Anniversary celebration on 8 July 2020 after their win 3:0 vs Levski Sofia. Ludogorets wore their special green and yellow retro kit which was used in 1945 when the club was founded. The logo with the "Л" letter over a yellow background is how the original looked like. The same design was used for a couple of decades, according to the archives. A limited edition of the retro kits were available for the fans. They feature the names of all the important team players over the course of 75 years.^[26]

Crest, shirt and mascot

Previous crest used until 2016.

Ludogorets' main kit colour is forest green and the away kit is white. In addition, a black alternative kit is also used in some domestic matches.

The club's current crest was introduced for the beginning of the 2016–17 season. Ludogorets' supporters chose the new crest, after a poll held on the club's official website, a total of 130 different crest variants were present. A second poll was then held, to pick one from the five most voted logos.^[27] However, some of Ludogorets' supporters expressed their dissent with the new crest, which they described as "lacking identity" and "unprofessional", a lack of continuity between the old and new club crests was also noted. Lastly, the supporters pointed out the striking similarity between the new crest and that of Sporting CP.^[28] After winning their tenth championship title, Ludogorets added a golden star above their crest.

In June 2017, Ludogorets reached a sponsorship agreement with English sportswear manufacturer Umbro for the following two seasons.^[29] In June 2019, they reached a new long-term agreement with American sportswear manufacturer Nike. In June 2024, Ludogorets signed a new long-term agreement with German sportsweak manufacturer Jako.^[30]

Period	Kit supplier	Shirt sponsor (chest)
2006–2010	Tomy Sport	No sponsor
2010–2011	Adidas	Huvepharma
2011–2014		Navibulgar
2014–2016	Macron	eCasino.bg
2016–2017		bet365
2017–2018	Umbro
2018–2019		Efbet
2019–2024	Nike
2024–	Jako

Players

First-team squad

As of 20 March 2025^[31]

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 1 GK  NED Sergio Padt 3 DF  BUL Anton Nedyalkov (captain) 4 DF  POR Dinis Almeida 5 DF  BUL Georgi Terziev 6 MF  POL Jakub Piotrowski 8 MF  BUL Todor Nedelev 9 FW  SUI Kwadwo Duah 10 FW  FRA Antoine Baroan (on loan from Winterthur) 11 FW  BRA Caio Vidal 14 DF  ISR Denny Gropper 15 DF  SWE Edvin Kurtulus 16 DF  NOR Aslak Fonn Witry 17 DF  ESP Son 18 MF  BUL Ivaylo Chochev

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  BUL Georgi Rusev (on loan from Sion) 20 MF  GUI Aguibou Camara 23 MF  CPV Deroy Duarte 24 DF  BEN Olivier Verdon 25 FW  COL Emerson Rodríguez 29 FW  CIV Eric Bile 30 MF  BRA Pedro Naressi 37 FW  GHA Bernard Tekpetey 39 GK  GER Hendrik Bonmann 55 DF  BRA Pedro Henrique 67 GK  BUL Damyan Hristov 75 MF  RUS Elisey Syrov 77 FW  BRA Erick Marcus (on loan from Vasco da Gama) 82 MF  BUL Ivan Yordanov

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

Out on loan

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 — DF  ARG Franco Russo (at Querétaro until 30 June 2025) — DF  ESP Pipa (at Burgos until 30 June 2025) — DF  GAM Noah Sonko Sundberg (at Sivasspor until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  FRA Mounir Chouiar (at Zürich until 30 June 2025) — FW  ARG Matías Tissera (at Huracán until 31 December 2025)

Second-team squad

As of 20 March 2025

Main article: PFC Ludogorets Razgrad II

Includes reserve team squad regulars that have been called up to the Ludogorets squad for any official competition match. They have either been on the bench or debuted during the current season.

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 42 DF  BUL Simeon Shishkov 63 DF  BUL Anastas Pemperski

No. Pos. Nation Player 73 FW  BUL Filip Gigov 80 MF  BUL Metodiy Stefanov

Foreign players

Up to twenty foreign nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the First League, however only five non-EU/EEA nationals can be used during a match day. Those non-EU/EEA nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for five years.

EU/EEA Nationals Sergio Padt Jakub Piotrowski Aslak Fonn Witry Dinis Almeida Son Hendrik Bonmann Pipa

EU/EEA Nationals (Dual citizenship) Bernard Tekpetey Olivier Verdon Denny Gropper Kwadwo Duah Deroy Duarte Edvin Kurtulus Antoine Baroan

Non-EU/EEA Nationals Caio Vidal Erick Marcus Pedro Henrique Pedro Naressi Emerson Rodríguez Eric Bile Aguibou Camara Elisey Sarov

Retired numbers

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 84 MF  BUL Marcelinho (2011–20)[32]

Club staff

As of 30 September 2024

Name	Position
Coaching staff
Igor Jovićević	Head coach	[33]
Yuriy Benyo	Assistant coach	[34]
Andriy Khanas	Assistant coach	[34]
Antonio Rodríguez Adán	Assistant coach	[35]
Zdravko Zdravkov	Goalkeeping coach	[35]
Karlo Reinholz	Conditioning coach	[35]
Javier Lurueña Lobo	Conditioning coach	[34]
Mihailo Shejkeroski	Conditioning coach	[35]
Medical department
Valentin Velikov	First team doctor	[35]
Iulian Mircea	Physiotherapist	[35]
Encho Zlatanov	Physiotherapist	[35]
Gabriel Niculescu	Kinesiotherapist	[35]
Scouting & analysis
Dimitar Bozhkilov	Transfers manager	[36]
Yakov Paparkov	Scout	[36]
Ivan Tsvetkov	Scout	[36]
Ivaylo Dimitrov	Scout	[36]
Dimitar Stoykov	Analyst	[35]
Marin Slavchev	Analyst	[35]
Rui Pedro Sousa	Analyst	[35]
Organisation & management
Nikolay Kirchev	Team manager	[35]
Upper management
Temenuga Gazdova	Chairman	[3]
Aleksandar Aleksandrov	President	[3]
Angel Petrichev	Executive director	[3]
Georgi Karamandzhukov	Sports director	[3]
Cosmin Moți	Technical director	[3]
Radoslav Komitov	Academy director	[3]
Todor Zhivondov	Academy operations director	[37]
Anna Pencheva	Marketing director	[3]

Honours

PFC Ludogorets Razgrad honours^[38]

Type	Competition	Titles	Seasons
Domestic	Bulgarian First League[note 1][note 2]	13	2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
	Bulgarian Cup	3	2011–12, 2013–14, 2022–23
	Bulgarian Supercup[note 3]	8	2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
	Bulgarian Second League	1	2010–11 (East)

•   record

European campaigns

Main article: PFC Ludogorets Razgrad in European football

As of 02 August 2024

COMPETITION	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Champions League (UCL)	67	24	15	28	99	92	+7
UEFA Europa League (UEL)	71	23	21	27	96	91	+5
UEFA Europa Conference League (UECL)	10	5	1	4	13	14	-1
T O T A L	148	52	37	59	208	197	+11

Matches

As of 30 January 2025

Ludogorets have played against 65 teams from 39 federations. They have faced 58 teams once and additional 7 teams more than once.

Ludogorets is the first and only Bulgarian team to have played in all three European tournaments.

Ludogorets have qualified to the group stage of the European tournaments 10 times: UCL - 2 times (2014–2015, 2016–2017); UEL - 7 t1imes (2013–2014, 2017–2018, 2018–2019, 2019–2020, 2020–2021, 2021–2022, 2022–2023); UECL - 1 time (2023–2024)

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2012–13	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	2–3	3–4
2013–14	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Slovan Bratislava	3–0	1–2	4–2
		3Q	Partizan	2–1	1–0	3–1
		PO	Basel	2–4	0–2	2–6
	UEFA Europa League	Group B	PSV	2–0	2–0	1st
			Dinamo Zagreb	3–0	2–1
			Chornomorets Odesa	1–1	1–0
		Round of 32	Lazio	3–3	1–0	4–3
		Round of 16	Valencia	0–3	0–1	0–4
2014–15	UEFA Champions League	2Q	F91 Dudelange	4–0	1–1	5–1
		3Q	Partizan	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
		PO	Steaua București	1–0	0–1	1–1 (6–5 p.)
		Group B	Real Madrid	1–2	0–4	4th
			Basel	1–0	0–4
			Liverpool	2–2	1–2
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Milsami Orhei	0–1	1–2	1–3
2016–17	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Mladost Podgorica	2–0	3–0	5–0
		3Q	Red Star Belgrade	2–2	4–2	6–4
		PO	Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	2–2	4–2
		Group A	Paris Saint-Germain	1–3	2–2	3rd
			Arsenal	2–3	0–6
			Basel	0–0	1–1
	UEFA Europa League	Round of 32	Copenhagen	1–2	0–0	1–2
2017–18	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Žalgiris	4–1	1–2	5–3
		3Q	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–1	0–2	3–3 (a)
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Sūduva Marijampolė	2–0	0–0	2–0
		Group C	Braga	1–1	2–0	2nd
			1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	1–1
			İstanbul Başakşehir	1–2	0–0
		Round of 32	Milan	0–3	0–1	0–4
2018–19	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Crusaders	7–0	2–0	9–0
		2Q	MOL Vidi	0–0	0–1	0–1
	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Zrinjski Mostar	1–0	1–1	2–1
		PO	Torpedo Kutaisi	4–0	1–0	5–0
		Group A	Bayer Leverkusen	2–3	1–1	4th
			Zürich	1–1	0–1
			AEK Larnaca	0–0	1–1
2019–20	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Ferencváros	2–3	1–2	3–5
	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Valur	4–0	1–1	5–1
		3Q	The New Saints	5–0	4–0	9–0
		PO	Maribor	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
		Group H	CSKA Moscow	5–1	1–1	2nd
			Espanyol	0–1	0–6
			Ferencváros	1–1	3–0
		Round of 32	Inter Milan	0–2	1–2	1–4
2020–21	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Budućnost Podgorica	—	3–1	3–1
		2Q	Midtjylland	0–1	—	0–1
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Dynamo Brest	—	2–0	2–0
		Group J	Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	0–4	4th
			LASK	1–3	3–4
			Royal Antwerp	1–2	1–3
2021–22	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1–0	1–0	2–0
		2Q	Mura	3–1	0–0	3–1
		3Q	Olympiacos	2–2	1–1	3–3 (4–1 p)
		PO	Malmö FF	2–1	0–2	2–3
	UEFA Europa League	Group F	Braga	0–1	2–4	4th
			Red Star Belgrade	0–1	0–1
			Midtjylland	0–0	1–1
2022–23	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Sutjeska Nikšić	2–0	1–0	3–0
		2Q	Shamrock Rovers	3–0	1–2	4–2
		3Q	Dinamo Zagreb	1–2	2–4	3–6
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Žalgiris	1–0	3–3	4–3
		Group C	Roma	2–1	1–3	3rd
			Real Betis	0–1	2–3
			HJK	2–0	1–1
	UEFA Europa Conference League	KPO	Anderlecht	1–0	1–2	2–2 (0–3 p)
2023–24	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Ballkani	4–0	0–2	4–2
		2Q	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–1	1–2	2–3
	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Astana	5–1	1–2	6–3
		PO	Ajax	1–4	1–0	2–4
	UEFA Europa Conference League	Group H	Fenerbahçe	2–0	1–3	2nd
			Spartak Trnava	4–0	2–1
			Nordsjælland	1–0	1–7
		KPO	Servette	0–1	0–0	0–1
2024–25	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Dinamo Batumi	3–1	0–1	3–2
		2Q	Dinamo Minsk	2–0	0–1	2–1
		3Q	Qarabağ	2–7	2–1	4–8
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Petrocub Hîncești	4–0	2–1	6–1
		LP	Slavia Prague	0–2	—	33rd
			Viktoria Plzeň	—	0–0
			Anderlecht	—	0–2
			Athletic Bilbao	1–2	—
			Lazio	—	0–0
			AZ Alkmaar	2–2	—
			Midtjylland	0–2	—
			Lyon	—	1–1

Notes

• 1Q: First Qualifying round
• 2Q: Second qualifying round
• 3Q: Third qualifying round
• PO: Play-off round
• LP: League phase

UEFA club coefficient ranking

See also: UEFA coefficient

As of 28 November 2024^[39]

2025	2024	Mvmt.	Club	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025 Coeff.
71	90	+19	Legia Warsaw	2.50	4.00	0.00	9.00	9.12	24.620
72	68	–4	Dynamo Kyiv	10.00	5.00	3.00	2.50	3.00	23.500
73	70	–3	Ludogorets	3.00	3.00	5.00	9.00	3.00	23.000
74	74	–	Union Berlin	0.00	5.00	12.00	6.00	0.00	23.000
75	76	+1	Leicester City	10.00	13.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	23.000

All-time European performance

As of 30 January 2025

  Positive   Neutral   Negative

Opponents by country	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GD
Austria	2	0	0	2	4:7
Azerbaijan	2	1	0	1	4:8
Belgium	5	1	0	4	4:9
Belarus	4	3	0	1	4:1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	1	0	2:1
Croatia	6	2	1	3	11:11
Cyprus	2	0	2	0	1:1
Czech Republic	4	1	2	1	4:4
Denmark	8	1	3	4	4:13
England	6	0	1	5	6:20
Finland	2	1	1	0	3:1
France	3	0	2	1	4:6
Georgia	3	3	0	1	8:2
Germany	4	1	2	1	6:6
Greece	2	0	2	0	3:3
Hungary	6	1	2	3	7:7
Iceland	2	1	1	0	5:1
Israel	2	1	0	1	3:3
Italy	9	2	2	5	8:15
Kazakhstan	2	1	0	1	6:3
Kosovo	2	1	0	1	4:2
Lithuania	6	3	2	1	11:6
Luxembourg	2	1	1	0	5:1
Moldova	4	2	0	2	7:4
Montenegro	5	5	0	0	11:1
Netherlands	5	3	1	1	8:6
Northern Ireland	2	2	0	0	9:0
Portugal	4	1	1	2	5:6
Republic of Ireland	2	1	0	1	4:2
Romania	2	1	0	1	1:1
Russia	2	1	1	0	6:2
Serbia	8	3	3	2	11:9
Slovakia	4	3	0	1	10:3
Slovenia	6	1	4	1	7:6
Spain	9	0	0	9	4:23
Sweden	2	1	0	1	2:3
Switzerland	10	1	4	5	5:14
Turkey	4	1	1	2	4:5
Ukraine	2	1	1	0	2:1
Wales	2	2	0	0	9:0

Records and notable stats

Club records

• Biggest home win in First League: Ludogorets 7–0 Beroe (18 April 2018), Ludogorets 8–1 Botev Vratsa (8 April 2023)
• Biggest away win in First League: Minyor Pernik 0–7 Ludogorets (18 April 2012)
• Biggest home loss in First League: Ludogorets 0–2 Cherno More (29 March 2012), Ludogorets 2–4 Litex Lovech (20 October 2013), Ludogorets 0–2 Beroe (20 May 2016), Ludogorets 3–5 Pirin Blagoevgrad (13 December 2021)
• Biggest away loss in First League: Cherno More 4–0 Ludogorets (19 May 2024)
• Most consecutive matches without a loss in First League: 35 (2018–19 - 5, 2019–20 - 30)
• Most consecutive matches without a win in First League (single season): 4 (2017–18)
• Most consecutive wins in First League (single season): 14 (2017–18)
• Most consecutive losses in First League (single season): 3 (2011–12)
• Biggest European home win: Ludogorets 7–0 Crusaders (11 July 2018, UEFA Champions League First qualifying round first leg)
• Biggest European away win: The New Saints 0–4 Ludogorets (15 August 2019, UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round second leg)
• Biggest European home defeat: Ludogorets 2–7 Qarabağ (13 August 2024, UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round second leg)
• Biggest European away defeat: Arsenal 6–0 Ludogorets (19 October 2016, UEFA Champions League group stage), Espanyol 6–0 Ludogorets (7 November 2019, UEFA Europa League group stage)

Individual records

• Most appearances: Svetoslav Dyakov (350)
• Most goals: Claudiu Keșerü (139)
• Most league appearances: Svetoslav Dyakov (242)
• Most league goals: Claudiu Keșerü (113)
• Most European competition appearances: Cosmin Moți (81)
• Most European competition goals: Claudiu Keșerü (16)
• Most capped Bulgarian player: Stanislav Manolev - 51 caps
• Most capped foreign player: Milan Borjan – 80 caps
• Most trophies won by player with Ludogorets: Georgi Terziev (19)

Other records

• Ludogorets is the second team (along with Levadia Tallinn from Estonia) to win a domestic treble after being promoted from the second to the first level of the football league pyramid of its country.
• Ludogorets is the first team in Bulgaria to win 2 promotions in a row and then succeed in achieving a treble.
• The Bulgarian club with the most consecutive domestic league titles – 13 (2012–present).
• During the UEFA Europa League 2013–14 season Ludogorets became the first Bulgarian team to win a group in European competitions, recording 5 wins and 1 draw.
• Ludogorets became the first Bulgarian team to begin their group stage participation in European tournaments with 3 consecutive wins, when in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage they recorded consecutive wins against PSV (2–0), Dinamo Zagreb (3–0) and Chornomorets Odesa (1–0), without conceding a goal in any of the games.
• After the end of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage, Ludogorets became the first Bulgarian team to record 9 wins in European competitions in a single season, as well as the first Bulgarian team to record 5 away wins in European competitions in a single season.
• After the end of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage, Ludogorets became the first Bulgarian team to record points in that competition when they defeated Basel 1–0 at home. This was also the first home win for a Bulgarian team in the UEFA Champions League.
• Ludogorets became the first Bulgarian team to qualify twice for the Champions League group stage, achieving the feat during the 2016–17 season of the tournament. During that season, the team set a new record for most goals scored (6), and became the first Bulgarian team to avoid finishing last in their group.
• On 19 September 2019 Ludogorets defeated CSKA Moscow 5–1 in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage, recording the biggest group stage win by a Bulgarian team.
• On 3 October 2019 Ludogorets defeated Ferencváros 0–3 in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage, recording the biggest away group stage win by a Bulgarian team.

Goalscoring and appearance records

As of 21 April 2024 Most appearances for the club in all competitions Rank Name Career Appearances 1 Svetoslav Dyakov 2011–2021 350 2 Marcelinho 2011–2020 347 3 Cosmin Moți 2012–2021 298 4 Wanderson 2014–2022 270 5 Cicinho 2015–2023 245 6 Claudiu Keșerü 2015–2021 244 7 Anicet Abel 2014–2021 226 8 Georgi Terziev 2013– 221 9 Virgil Misidjan 2013–2018 206 10 Anton Nedyalkov 2018– 181

Most goals for the club in all competitions Rank Name Career Goals 1 Claudiu Keșerü 2015–2021 139 2 Marcelinho 2011–2020 98 3 Wanderson 2014–2022 69 4 Virgil Misidjan 2013–2018 49 5 Juninho Quixadá 2011–2018 42 6 Kiril Despodov 2020–2023 39 6 Bernard Tekpetey 2020– 39 8 Jakub Świerczok 2018–2021 37 9 Cosmin Moți 2012–2021 36 10 Ivan Stoyanov 2011–2013 30 10 Jody Lukoki 2015–2020 30

• Includes appearances in First League, Bulgarian Cup, Bulgarian Supercup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
• Players in bold are still playing for Ludogorets.

As of 21 April 2024 Most appearances for the club in First League Rank Name Career Appearances 1 Svetoslav Dyakov 2011–2021 242 2 Marcelinho 2011–2020 234 3 Cosmin Moți 2012–2021 191 4 Wanderson 2014–2022 176 5 Claudiu Keșerü 2015–2021 169 6 Cicinho 2015–2023 159 7 Georgi Terziev 2013– 156 8 Anicet Abel 2014–2021 148 9 Juninho Quixadá 2011–2018 132 9 Virgil Misidjan 2013–2018 132

Most goals for the club in First League Rank Name Career Goals 1 Claudiu Keșerü 2015–2021 113 2 Marcelinho 2011–2020 75 3 Wanderson 2014–2022 53 4 Virgil Misidjan 2013–2018 35 5 Juninho Quixadá 2011–2018 34 6 Bernard Tekpetey 2020– 30 7 Kiril Despodov 2020–2023 27 8 Cosmin Moți 2012–2021 26 9 Ivan Stoyanov 2011–2013 25 10 Jakub Świerczok 2018–2021 24

• Players in bold are still playing for Ludogorets.

As of 5 April 2024

Most appearances for the club in European competitions Rank Name Career Appearances 1 Cosmin Moți 2012–2021 81 2 Marcelinho 2011–2020 80 3 Svetoslav Dyakov 2011–2021 78 4 Wanderson 2014–2022 70 5 Cicinho 2015–2023 65 6 Anton Nedyalkov 2018– 60 7 Claudiu Keșerü 2015–2021 57 8 Anicet Abel 2014–2021 53 9 Virgil Misidjan 2013–2018 51 10 Bernard Tekpetey 2020– 47 10 Olivier Verdon 2020– 47

Most goals for the club in European competitions Rank Name Career Goals 1 Claudiu Keșerü 2015–2021 16 2 Marcelinho 2011–2020 15 3 Wanderson 2014–2022 14 4 Jody Lukoki 2015–2020 10 4 Jakub Świerczok 2018–2021 10 6 Kiril Despodov 2020–2023 9 7 Roman Bezjak 2012–2015 8 8 Virgil Misidjan 2013–2018 7 8 Pieros Sotiriou 2021–2022 7 10 Cosmin Moți 2012–2021 6 10 Dani Abalo 2013–2015 6 10 Cauly 2020–2023 6 10 Elvis Manu 2020–2022 6 10 Matías Tissera 2022– 6 10 Jakub Piotrowski 2022– 6

• Includes appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
• Players in bold are still playing for Ludogorets.

Recent seasons

League positions

Season	Position	GP	GW	GD	GL	G+	G–	GD	Points
2011–12	1°	30	22	4	4	73	16	+57	70
2012–13	1°	30	22	6	2	58	13	+45	72
2013–14	1°	38	25	9	4	74	20	+54	84
2014–15	1°	32	18	9	5	63	24	+39	60
2015–16	1°	32	21	7	4	55	21	+34	70
2016–17	1°	36	25	8	3	87	28	+59	83
2017–18	1°	36	27	7	2	91	22	+69	88
2018–19	1°	36	23	10	3	67	19	+48	79
2019–20	1°	31	21	9	1	59	18	+41	72
2020–21	1°	31	22	4	5	69	29	+40	70
2021–22	1°	31	26	1	4	77	25	+52	79
2022–23	1°	35	26	7	2	81	27	+54	85
2023–24	1°	35	26	4	5	87	24	+53	82
Total	13 Titles	433	304	85	44	941	286	+645	994

Cup history

Season	Bulgarian Cup	Bulgarian Super Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	UEFA Europa Conference League	Notes
2010–11	Round of 32	did not participate	did not participate	did not participate	Not held	Promoted
2011–12	Winner	Winner	did not participate	did not participate	Not held	Achieved treble
2012–13	Round of 32	Finalist	Second qualifying round	did not participate	Not held	2nd consecutive title
2013–14	Winner	Winner	Play-off round	Round of 16	Not held	Achieved treble
2014–15	Semi-final	Finalist	Group stage	did not participate	Not held	4th consecutive title
2015–16	Round of 16	Not held	Second qualifying round	did not participate	Not held	5th consecutive title
2016–17	Finalist	Finalist	Group stage	Round of 32	Not held	6th consecutive title
2017–18	Quarter-final	Winner	Third qualifying round	Round of 32	Not held	7th consecutive title
2018–19	Quarter-final	Winner	Second qualifying round	Group stage	Not held	8th consecutive title
2019–20	Quarter-final	Finalist	First qualifying round	Round of 32	Not held	9th consecutive title
2020–21	Semi-final	Winner	Second qualifying round	Group stage	Not held	10th consecutive title
2021–22	Semi-final	Winner	Play-off round	Group stage	did not participate	11th consecutive title
2022–23	Winner	Winner	Third qualifying round	Group stage	Knockout play-offs	Achieved treble

Rivalries

Rivalry with CSKA Sofia

Updated 24 November 2024

Competition	Played	Ludogorets	Draws	CSKA	Goal Difference
First League	41	22	16	3	58:25
Bulgarian Cup	6	1	1	4	3:8
Bulgarian Supercup	1	1	0	0	4:0
Total	48	24	17	7	65:33

Dates are in dd/mm/yyyy form.

  Ludogorets win   Draw   CSKA win

		Ludogorets vs CSKA		CSKA vs Ludogorets
League
Season	Division / Round	Date	Score	Date	Score
2011–12	A PFG	23 May 2012	1–0	28 November 2011	2–2
2012–13		22 September 2012	1–0	11 April 2013	0–0
2013–14		10 August 2013	3–0	10 November 2013	0–2
		30 April 2014	1–0	26 March 2014	0–1
2014–15		16 August 2014	2–0	22 November 2014	1–1
		4 April 2015	4–0	9 May 2015	0–0
2016–17	First League	5 November 2016	2–1	1 April 2017	0–2
		20 May 2017	1–1	23 April 2017	1–1
2017–18		5 November 2017	1–2	22 July 2017	0–1
		6 April 2018	3–2	5 May 2018	0–0
2018–19		19 August 2018	1–0	6 December 2018	1–1
		6 April 2019	0–0	11 May 2019	0–0
2019–20		11 August 2019	0–0	1 December 2019	0–0
		–	–	5 July 2020	1–1
2020–21		27 February 2021	1–0	20 September 2020	2–2
		–	–	12 May 2021	4–1
2021–22		29 November 2021	2–0	20 December 2021	1–0
		30 April 2022	5–0	–	–
2022–23		10 October 2022	2–1	30 April 2023	0–1
		20 May 2023	2–2	–	–
2023–24		13 August 2023	3–0	10 December 2023	0–1
		11 May 2024	3–1	–	–
2024–25		21 July 2024	1–0	24 November 2024	2–2
		–	–	–	–
Bulgarian Cup
2012–13	Round of 16	31 October 2012	1–2	24 November 2012	0–1
2017–18	Quarter-final	–	–	14 December 2017	2–1 (aet)
2018–19	Quarter-final	3 April 2019	0–1	–	–
2020–21	Semi-final	14 April 2021	1–2	7 April 2021	1–1
Bulgarian Supercup
2021–22	Final	17 July 2021	4–0	–	–

Rivalry with Levski Sofia

Updated 9 February 2025

Competition	Played	Ludogorets	Draws	Levski	Goal Difference
First League	42	28	8	6	65:27
Bulgarian Cup	6	1	2	3	4:6
Bulgarian Supercup	1	0	1	0	2:2
Total	49	29	11	9	71:35

Dates are in dd/mm/yyyy form.

  Ludogorets win   Draw   Levski win

		Ludogorets vs Levski		Levski vs Ludogorets
League
Season	Division / Round	Date	Score	Date	Score
2011–12	A PFG	25 September 2011	2–1	2 April 2012	0–1
2012–13		18 November 2012	2–1	18 May 2013	1–0
2013–14		7 December 2013	0–1	15 September 2013	0–2
		9 April 2014	2–0	11 May 2014	2–3
2014–15		8 March 2015	1–0	27 September 2014	3–2
2015–16		1 August 2015	2–0	18 October 2015	1–1
		21 February 2016	2–1	23 April 2016	0–0
2016–17	First League	30 November 2016	2–1	13 August 2016	1–0
		14 April 2017	0–0	16 May 2017	1–3
2017–18		29 October 2017	2–0	6 September 2017	0–0
		12 May 2018	2–2	14 April 2018	0–1
2018–19		20 October 2018	2–1	9 March 2019	0–2
		18 May 2019	1–1	14 April 2019	0–2
2019–20		6 October 2019	2–0	5 June 2020	0–1
		8 July 2020	3–0	–	–
2020–21		1 November 2020	1–0	18 April 2021	0–3
2021–22		13 March 2022	2–1	3 October 2021	2–4
		–	–	21 May 2022	0–1
2022–23		1 December 2022	0–0	28 February 2023	0–0
		3 June 2023	3–2	–	–
2023–24		3 April 2024	5–1	1 October 2023	0–1
		–	–	25 May 2024	1–0
2024–25		17 August 2024	1–0	9 February 2025	2–1
		–	–	–	–
Bulgarian Cup
2014–15	Semi-final	8 April 2015	0–0	29 April 2015	1–0
2019–20	Quarter-final	–	–	5 March 2020	0–0 (6–5p.)
2021–22	Semi-final	13 April 2022	2–3	22 April 2022	1–0
2022–23	Round of 16	4 December 2022	2–1	–	–
Bulgarian Supercup
2022–23	Final	1 September 2022	2–2 (4–3p.)	–	–

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries, or held any club record. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries.

Bulgaria Aleksandar Aleksandrov Mihail Aleksandrov Cicinho Ivaylo Chochev Tsvetelin Chunchukov Spas Delev Kiril Despodov Svetoslav Dyakov Emil Gargorov Stanislav Genchev Plamen Iliev Georgi Kostadinov Svetoslav Kovachev Stanislav Manolev Marcelinho Yordan Minev Daniel Naumov Todor Nedelev Anton Nedyalkov Tsvetomir Panov Ivan Stoyanov Vladislav Stoyanov Georgi Terziev Wanderson Dominik Yankov Ivan Yordanov Serkan Yusein Hristo Zlatinski Ivan Čvorović

Europe Christian Kabasele Simon Sluga Pieros Sotiriou Tero Mäntylä Taleb Tawatha Denny Gropper Mladen Kašćelan Jacek Góralski Jakub Świerczok Jakub Piotrowski Cosmin Moți Claudiu Keșerü Andrei Prepeliță Dragoș Grigore Adrian Popa Dorin Rotariu Ľubomír Guldan Roman Bezjak Žan Karničnik Edvin Kurtulus Kwadwo Duah Igor Plastun

North America Milan Borjan

South America José Luis Palomino Júnior Caiçara Jonathan Cafu Natanael Cauly Alex Santana Igor Thiago Brayan Angulo Shaquille Pinas Virgil Misidjan

Africa Manuel Cafumana Olivier Verdon Deroy Duarte Mavis Tchibota Jody Lukoki Jordan Ikoko Noah Sonko Sundberg Bernard Tekpetey Aguibou Camara Jorginho Anicet Abel Stéphane Badji May Mahlangu Hamza Younés

Notable coaches

This is a list of coaches who have won one or more titles at the club.

Name	Years	First League	Bulgarian Cup	Bulgarian Supercup
Ivaylo Petev	2010–2013 2023	2011–12 2012–13 2022–23	2011–12 2022–23	2012
Stoycho Stoev	2013–2014 2019	2013–14 2018–19	2013–14	2019
Georgi Dermendzhiev	2014–2015 2015–2017 2023–2024	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2023–24		2014 2023
Dimitar Dimitrov	2017–2018	2017–18
Paulo Autuori	2018			2018
Pavel Vrba	2020	2019–20
Valdas Dambrauskas	2021	2020–21		2021
Ante Šimundža	2022–2023	2021–22		2022
Igor Jovićević	2024–			2024

Notes

1. Currently known as the efbet League for sponsorship reasons.
2. Current record for most titles in a row.
3. Currently record for most cups won both overall and in a row.