2020–21 FC Arda Kardzhali season

The 2020–21 season was Arda's second consecutive season in the Bulgarian First League. It was the club's most successful season yet, with the club both reaching the final of the Bulgarian Cup and qualifying for the UEFA Europa Conference League for the first time in their history.

Arda

2020–21 season
Chairman	Petar Peshev
Manager	Nikolay Kirov
Stadium	Arena Arda
First League	4th
Bulgarian Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Ivan Kokonov (9) All: Spas Delev (10)
Biggest win	3–0 v. Montana (28 November 2020)
Biggest defeat	0–4 v. Tsarsko Selo (25 April 2021)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2020–21 season.

Squad

As of 31 May 2021

No.	Position	Player	Date of birth (age)	Since	Previous club	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	GK	Ivan Karadzhov	(1989-07-12)12 July 1989 (aged 31)	2018	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	82	0
23	GK	Mesut Yusuf	(1992-01-14)14 January 1992 (aged 29)	2019		4	0
36	GK	Vasil Simeonov	(1998-02-04)4 February 1998 (aged 23)	2020	Montana	11	0
Defenders
4	DF	Milen Stoev	(1999-09-29)29 September 1999 (aged 21)	2018	Vihren Sandanski	40	0
5	DF	Petko Ganev	(1996-09-17)17 September 1996 (aged 24)	2020	Litex Lovech	11	0
8	DF	Milen Zhelev	(1993-07-17)17 July 1993 (aged 27)	2020	Beroe Stara Zagora	31	2
13	DF	Nicolas Taravel	(1994-10-13)13 October 1994 (aged 26)	2021	Oklahoma City Energy	9	0
14	DF	Stoycho Atanasov	(1997-05-14)14 May 1997 (aged 24)	2020	CSKA Sofia	4	0
20	DF	Deyan Lozev	(1993-10-26)26 October 1993 (aged 27)	2020	Levski Sofia	76	2
22	DF	Manolis Roussakis	(1996-02-15)15 February 1996 (aged 25)	2021	Xanthi	1	0
24	DF	Alex Petkov	(1999-07-25)25 July 1999 (aged 21)	2021	Levski Sofia	15	1
25	DF	Radoslav Uzunov	(2006-03-25)25 March 2006 (aged 15)	2021	Youth Team	2	0
71	DF	Plamen Krumov	(1985-11-04)4 November 1985 (aged 35)	2018	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	72	4
77	DF	Martin Kostadinov	(1996-05-13)13 May 1996 (aged 25)	2020	Cherno More	18	0
Midfielders
11	MF	Aleksandar Georgiev	(1997-10-10)10 October 1997 (aged 23)	2019	Etar	45	1
17	MF	Ivan Kokonov	(1991-08-17)17 August 1991 (aged 29)	2019	Cherno More	72	16
19	MF	Rumen Rumenov	(1993-06-07)7 June 1993 (aged 27)	2020	Etar	40	3
27	MF	Emil Martinov	(1992-03-18)18 March 1992 (aged 29)	2019	Sabail	66	0
30	MF	Okan Topcu	(2004-01-16)16 January 2004 (aged 17)	2021	Youth Team	0	0
33	MF	Ivan Tilev	(1999-03-04)4 March 1999 (aged 22)	2020	Septemvri Sofia	34	3
80	MF	Lachezar Kotev	(1998-01-05)5 January 1998 (aged 23)	2020	Vitosha Bistritsa	31	0
Forwards
9	FW	Spas Delev	(1989-09-22)22 September 1989 (aged 31)	2019	Pogoń Szczecin	52	11
18	FW	Georgi Atanasov	(2004-03-06)6 March 2004 (aged 17)	2021	Levski Sofia	13	0
37	FW	Juninho	(1999-02-26)26 February 1999 (aged 22)	2020	Sport Recife	12	4
98	FW	Tonislav Yordanov	(1998-11-27)27 November 1998 (aged 22)	2021	CSKA Sofia	21	8
Players who have left the club
7	MF	Mihail Aleksandrov	(1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 31)	2019	Arsenal Tula	10	0
10	MF	Svetoslav Kovachev	(1998-03-14)14 March 1998 (aged 23)	2020	Ludogorets Razgrad	25	5
14	FW	Andrija Bubnjar	(1997-06-29)29 June 1997 (aged 23)	2020	Mura	4	0
15	MF	Moussa Haddad	(1998-05-15)15 May 1998 (aged 23)	2020	Sochaux B	4	0
22	MF	Lovre Knežević	(1998-07-22)22 July 1998 (aged 22)	2020	Beltinci	9	1
24	DF	Rebin Sulaka	(1992-04-12)12 April 1992 (aged 29)	2020	Radnički Niš	12	0
25	MF	Matheus Leoni	(1991-09-20)20 September 1991 (aged 29)	2019	Beroe	30	1
99	FW	Radoslav Vasilev	(1990-10-12)12 October 1990 (aged 30)	2019	Cherno More	32	12

Transfers

Main articles: List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2020 and List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2020–21

In

Date	Position	Player	From	Fee	Source
20 July 2020	GK	Vasil Simeonov	Montana	Free transfer	[1]
22 July 2020	DF	Petko Ganev	Litex	Free transfer	[1]
1 August 2020	DF	Deyan Lozev	Levski Sofia	Free transfer	[1]
	MF	Ivan Tilev	Septemvri Sofia	Undisclosed	[1]
	MF	Lachezar Kotev	Vitosha	Free transfer	[1]
	MF	Lovre Knežević	Beltinci	Undisclosed	[1]
3 August 2020	FW	Andrija Bubnjar	Mura	Free transfer	[1]
15 August 2020	DF	Rebin Sulaka	Unattached [a]	Free transfer	[2]
1 September 2020	MF	Moussa Haddad	Sochaux B	Free transfer	[3]
14 September 2020	FW	Juninho	Sport Recife	Free transfer	[4]
13 January 2021	DF	Nicolas Taravel	Oklahoma City Energy	Free transfer	[5]
	FW	Georgi Atanasov	Levski Sofia	Undisclosed	[5]
29 January 2021	FW	Tonislav Yordanov	CSKA Sofia	€50,000	[6]
2 March 2021	DF	Alex Petkov	Levski Sofia	Free transfer	[7]

Notes

1. Sulaka previously left Radnički Niš on 1 January 2020.

Out

Date	Position	Player	To	Fee	Source
1 July 2020	GK	Nikolay Bankov	Septemvri Sofia	Free transfer	[8]
	DF	Connor Randall	Ross County	Free transfer	[9]
2 July 2020	MF	Dimitar Atanasov	Levski Chepintsi	Free transfer	[10]
12 July 2020	FW	Ahmed Osman	Dimitrovgrad	Free transfer	[10]
15 July 2020	DF	Atanas Krastev	Unattached	Released	[11]
17 July 2020	DF	Darren Sidoel	Córdoba	Free transfer	[9]
1 August 2020	MF	Lucas Willian	Unattached	Released	[8]
12 August 2020	MF	Rumyan Hovsepyan	Alashkert	Free transfer	[8]
31 August 2020	FW	Elisha Sam	Notts County	Free transfer	[9]
3 October 2020	FW	Radoslav Vasilev	Xanthi	Free transfer	[12]
1 January 2021	FW	Eray Karadayi	Spartak Plovdiv	Free transfer	[13]
7 January 2021	MF	Lovre Knežević	Etar	Free transfer	[14]
12 January 2021	DF	Rebin Sulaka	Levski Sofia	Free transfer	[14]
18 January 2021	DF	Matheus Leoni	Kisvárda	Free transfer	[14]
10 February 2021	FW	Andrija Bubnjar	HNK Cibalia	Undisclosed	[14]
	MF	Moussa Haddad	Unattached	Released	[15]
26 February 2021	MF	Mihail Aleksandrov	Slavia Sofia	Free transfer	[16]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	Player	From	Fee	Source
13 January 2021	30 June 2021	DF	Manolis Roussakis	Xanthi	Undisclosed	[5]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	Player	To	Fee	Source
25 February 2020	30 June 2021	FW	Petar Hristov	Litex	Undisclosed	[8]
9 July 2020	1 January 2021	FW	Eray Karadayi	Dobrudzha	Undisclosed	[10]
5 October 2020	7 January 2021	DF	Martin Kostadinov	Botev Vratsa	Undisclosed	[17]
1 January 2021	30 June 2021	MF	Emirdzhan Syuleyman	Dimitrovgrad	Undisclosed

Friendlies

Pre-season

Beroe v Arda

30 May 2020	Beroe	1–0	Arda	Stara Zagora
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kamburov 16'	Report		Stadium: Lokomotiv

Arda v Hebar

18 July 2020	Arda	1–1	Hebar	Stara Zagora
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kokonov 76'	Report	Dimitrov 58'	Stadium: Trace Arena

Septemvri Simitli v Arda

22 July 2020	Septemvri Simitli	0–1	Arda	Simitli
18:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Hassani 56'	Stadium: Struma

Slavia Sofia v Arda

25 July 2020	Slavia Sofia	1–4	Arda	Bansko
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Yomov 24'	Report	Georgiev 30' Kokonov 54' Bubnjar 85', 90'	Stadium: Terenite na Evima Futbol

Pirin v Arda

31 July 2020	Pirin	2–0	Arda	Blagoevgrad
10:30 EET (UTC+2)	Valchanov 60', 81' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Hristo Botev

Mid-season

Arda v Lokomotiv GO

4 September 2020	Arda	3–0	Lokomotiv GO	Stara Zagora
11:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Vasilev 20' Tilev 39' Bubnjar 79'	Report		Stadium: Trace Arena

Arda v Hebar

14 November 2020	Arda	1–0	Hebar	Stara Zagora
14:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Juninho 63'	Report		Stadium: Trace Arena

Zagłębie Lubin v Arda

22 January 2021	Zagłębie Lubin	3–1	Arda	Belek, Turkey
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Starzyński 8' Crnomarković 37' Szysz 79'	Report	Juninho 55'	Stadium: Susesi Sport Center A

Kyzylzhar v Arda

27 January 2021	Kyzylzhar	3–2	Arda	Serik, Turkey
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Drachenko 15' (pen.) 29' 54'	Report	Georgiev 2' Juninho 82'	Stadium: IC Hotels Santai

Oleksandria v Arda

29 January 2021	Oleksandria	1–3	Arda	Alanya, Turkey
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Dubra 26'	Report	Juninho 48', 90' Delev 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Gold City Sports Complex Field 1

Inhulets Petrove v Arda

2 February 2021	Inhulets Petrove	2–1	Arda	Alanya, Turkey
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Taravel 20' (o.g.) Vasin 68'	Report	Juninho 39'	Stadium: Gold City Sports Complex Field 1

Samgurali Tskhaltubo v Arda

5 February 2021	Samgurali Tskhaltubo	0–0	Arda	Evrenseki, Turkey
13:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report

Arda v Sozopol

27 March 2021	Arda	4–1	Sozopol	Kardzhali
14:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tilev 36' Yordanov 38' Kokonov 43' Lozev 88'	Report	Feradov 17'	Stadium: Arena Arda

Competitions

Bulgarian First league

Regular season

Main article: 2020–21 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26	15	7	4	41	19	+22	52	Qualification for the Championship group
3	CSKA Sofia	26	14	8	4	39	20	+19	50
4	Arda	26	12	9	5	36	29	+7	45
5	CSKA 1948	26	10	8	8	34	30	+4	38
6	Beroe	26	10	7	9	38	28	+10	37[a]

Source: Soccerway, Bulgarian Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[18]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points (GD): Beroe 3 (+3), Cherno More 3 (-3).

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	12	9	5	36	29	+7	45	8	4	1	23	14	+9	4	5	4	13	15	−2

Last updated: 26 April 2021.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	L
Position	5	9	5	6	5	3	4	5	5	7	6	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Montana v Arda

8 August 2020 1	Montana	3–3	Arda	Montana
17:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Petrov 48',  70' Baldzhiyski 49' ,  68' Aytov 82' Orlinov  86' Tasev  89'	Report	Kotev  27' Zhelev 33',  53' Kovachev 34' Stoev  50' Petrov 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ogosta Referee: Vasimir El Hatib

Arda v Levski Sofia

15 August 2020 2	Arda	1–1	Levski Sofia	Kardzhali
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kokonov 8' Lozev  39' Martinov  87'	Report	Naydenov  4'  53' Paulinho 49' Dasquet  81'	Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Stanislav Todorov

CSKA 1948 v Arda

24 August 2020 3	CSKA 1948	0–2	Arda	Sofia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ivanov  23' Vasilev  57' Pirgov  67'	Report	Delev 14' Leoni  57' Kokonov 59' Simeonov  75' Aleksandrov  88'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov

Arda v Botev Plovdiv

29 August 2020 4	Arda	3–2	Botev Plovdiv	Kardzhali
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kokonov 29', 70' (pen.) Delev 85',  85' Leoni  87' Knežević  90'	Report	Iliev 1', 45' Dobrev  45' Johnathan  64'  87' Shopov  83'	Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Georgi Kabakov

Botev Vratsa v Arda

11 September 2020 5	Botev Vratsa	0–0	Arda	Vratsa
18:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Tom  33' Genov  50'	Report	Martinov  19' Krumov  44'  49' Rumenov  65' Lozev  84'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

Arda v Slavia Sofia

21 September 2020 6	Arda	2–1	Slavia Sofia	Kardzhali
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Karadzhov  57' Kokonov 74' Vasilev 82' Rumenov  82'	Report	Popadiyn  33' Kirilov 39' Stoev  71'	Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Valentin Zhelezov

Cherno More v Arda

27 September 2020 7	Cherno More	2–0	Arda	Varna
18:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Coureur 30', 47'	Report	Georgiev  13' Ganev  63' Delev  77'	Stadium: Ticha Referee: Georgi Davidov

Lokomotiv Plovdiv v Arda

20 October 2020 9	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0–0	Arda	Plovdiv
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Umarbayev  24' Tsvetanov  86'	Report	Delev  64' Kotev  64' Kovachev  64'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Referee: Nikola Popov

Arda v CSKA Sofia

25 October 2020 10	Arda	1–1	CSKA Sofia	Kardzhali
17:45 EET (UTC+2)	Sulaka  32' Ganev  56' Kokonov  65' Kovachev 73' Karadzhov  90' Rumenov  90'	Report	Youga  58' Sinclair 84'	Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov

Beroe v Arda

31 October 2020 11	Beroe	0–1	Arda	Stara Zagora
18:45 EET (UTC+2)	Erivaldo  45' Angelov  78'	Report	Delev 56' Karadzhov  87' Martinov  88'	Stadium: Beroe Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Etar v Arda

8 November 2020 12	Etar	0–0	Arda	Veliko Tarnovo
12:30 EET (UTC+2)	Pehlivanov  34' Katsarov  73' Dobrev  89' Ivanov  90+3'	Report	Zhelev  31' Kokonov  37' Martinov  51' Tilev  60'	Stadium: Ivaylp Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Arda v Tsarsko Selo

23 November 2020 13	Arda	2–0	Tsarsko Selo	Kardzhali
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Martinov  13' Rumenov 33',  60' Kovachev 40',  70'	Report	Luis Pedro  60' Manev  71'	Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Dimo Dimov

Arda v Montana

28 November 2020 14	Arda	3–0	Montana	Kardzhali
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	Sulaka  24' Kokonov 30' Rumenov 63' Kotev  65' Delev 70'	Report	Angelov  40'	Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Volen Chinkov

Levski Sofia v Arda

5 December 2020 15	Levski Sofia	1–2	Arda	Sofia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Raynov  26' Paulinho 89'	Report	Leoni 41' Kokonov  44', 90' Kovachev  50' Kotev  84' Zhelev  87'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Arda v CSKA 1948

11 December 2020 16	Arda	1–1	CSKA 1948	Kardzhali
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Sulaka  52' Tilev  71' Kokonov 74' (pen.)	Report	Topuzov  20' Marin  49' Kamburov 62' Shopov  74' Pirgov  74' Ivanov  90+1'	Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Nikola Popov

Arda v Ludogorets

17 December 2020 8	Arda	2–2	Ludogorets	Kardzhali
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Delev 17' Lozev  51' Kotev  67' Juninho 84'	Report	Despodov 11' Grigore 70' Keșerü  73' Sá  90+6'	Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Georgi Davidov
Note: Match originally scheduled for 4 October 2020.

Botev Plovdiv v Arda

12 February 2021 17	Botev Plovdiv	0–2	Arda	Plovdiv
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Rabotov  31' Cikarski  55'	Report	Juninho 12', 53' Stoev  29' Taravel  65'	Stadium: Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912 Referee: Dragomir Draganov

Arda v Botev Vratsa

20 February 2021 18	Arda	3–2	Botev Vratsa	Kardzhali
12:30 EET (UTC+2)	Juninho 3' Krumov 29' Taravel  40' Delev 85' Lozev  90+4'	Report	N'Diaye  28'  35' Zehirov  45' Ivaylov  60', 82' Genov 74'	Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov

Slavia Sofia v Arda

27 February 2021 19	Slavia Sofia	3–2	Arda	Sofia
12:15 EET (UTC+2)	Makrillos 17', 72' Valchev 55',  74' Antovski  90+3'	Report	Yordanov 15' Rumenov 41'	Stadium: Slavia Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Arda v Cherno More

6 March 2021 20	Arda	1–0	Cherno More	Kardzhali
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Martinov  26' Taravel  28' Tilev 44' Georgiev  78'	Report	Panayotov  65' Dimov  68'	Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Georgi Kabakov

Ludogorets v Arda

12 March 2021 21	Ludogorets	1–0	Arda	Razgrad
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Abel  69' Wanderson 90+5'	Report	Martinov  77' Georgiev  83'  90' Karadzhov  90+6'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Arda v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

20 March 2021 22	Arda	0–2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Kardzhali
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Petkov  36' Krumov  86'	Report	Gomis  9' Iliev  15', 54' Ilic 47'	Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Georgi Dimitrov

CSKA Sofia v Arda

10 April 2021 23	CSKA Sofia	1–1	Arda	Sofia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Caicedo 68' Mitkov  79' Koch  90+3'	Report	Georgiev  70' Yordanov 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Balgarska Armia Referee: Vasimir El Hatib

Arda v Beroe

17 April 2021 24	Arda	1–0	Beroe	Kardzhali
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Tilev  17' Kotev  56' Zhelev  59' Yordanov 69' Lozev  87'	Report	Octávio  45' Vasilev  68' Mézague  75' Fall 89' Hassani  89' Makouta  90+1'	Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Arda v Etar

20 April 2021 25	Arda	3–2	Etar	Kardzhali
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Tilev 21' Yordanov 72' Yordanov  75' Zhelev 78' Rumenov  81'	Report	Mechev  28' Missi Mezu 43' Krachunov  76' Mladenov 89'	Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Georgi Ivanov

Tsarsko Selo v Arda

25 April 2021 26	Tsarsko Selo	4–0	Arda	Sofia
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Manev 17', 34' Mertens  30' Cordeiro 45', 76' Luis Pedro  50' Popadiyn  84'	Report	Stoev  78'	Stadium: Arena Tsarsko Selo Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Championship round

Main article: 2020–21 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	31	22	4	5	69	29	+40	70	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	31	17	10	4	48	23	+25	61	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[a]
3	CSKA Sofia	31	17	8	6	46	24	+22	59
4	Arda (O)	31	13	11	7	42	37	+5	50	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off
5	CSKA 1948	31	12	11	8	41	34	+7	47
6	Beroe	31	10	9	12	42	38	+4	39

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[19]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

1. CSKA Sofia qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2020–21 Bulgarian Cup.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
5	1	2	2	6	8	−2	5	0	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	3	5	−2

Last updated: 26 May 2021.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Game	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	L	D
Position	4	4	4	4	4

Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

CSKA Sofia v Arda

3 May 2021 27	CSKA Sofia	1–0	Arda	Sofia
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Mattheij 88',  90+1'	Report	Yordanov  70' Martinov  90+1'	Stadium: Balgarska Armia Referee: Stanimir Trenchev

Beroe v Arda

7 May 2021 28	Beroe	0–2	Arda	Stara Zagora
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Kokonov  38' Yordanov 40', 76' (pen.) Rumenov  81'	Stadium: Beroe Referee: Georgi Kabakov

Arda v CSKA 1948

12 May 2021 29	Arda	0–0	CSKA 1948	Kardzhali
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Krumov  16' Kotev  39' Kokonov  64'	Report	Lichev  25' Aleksandrov  57'  85' Klimentov  72' Lyaskov  84'	Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Ludogorets Razgrad v Arda

15 May 2021 30	Ludogorets Razgrad	4–1	Arda	Razgrad
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Yankov 38' Taravel 45' (o.g.) Santana 57' Cicinho  59' Cauly 87'	Report	Yordanov 37'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Ivo Andreev

Arda v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

26 May 2021 31	Arda	3–3	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Delev 4', 44' Petkov  35' Kostadinov  48' Yordanov 50'	Report	Kolev 14' Iliev 65' Ivanov 89' Aramazov  90+3'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Georgi Davidov

UEFA Europa Conference League qualification

Arda v Cherno More

30 May 2021 Play-off	Arda	1–0	Cherno More	Kardzhali
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kokonov 18' Kotev  30' Martinov  68' Zhelev  68' Yordanov 79' Petkov  85'  90+3' Karadzhov  86' Juninho  90+7'	Report	Panov  41'  74' Panayotov  50' Popov  60' Rodrigo  64' Dimov  88' Drobarov  90+5'	Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Bulgarian Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Bulgarian Cup

Spartak Varna v Arda

4 November 2020 Round of 32	Spartak Varna	1–2	Arda	Varna
13:30 EET (UTC+2)	Mihaylov  68' Ibryam  30' Andreev 52',  61' Smirnov  81'	Report	Knežević 21' Lozev  70' Delev 60'	Stadium: Stadion Spartak Referee: Nikola Petrov

Etar v Arda

2 March 2021 Round of 16	Etar	0–1	Arda	Veliko Tarnovo
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Córdoba  90+2'	Report	Tilev 33' Kotev  67' Georgiev  79' Lozev  89'	Stadium: Ivaylo Referee: Stanimir Trenchev

CSKA 1948 v Arda

17 March 2021 Quarter-finals	CSKA 1948	0–1	Arda	Sofia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Lyaskov  44'	Report	Lozev  16' Delev 55'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Referee: Valentin Zhelezov

Arda v Slavia Sofia

6 April 2021 Semi-finals 1 leg	Arda	0–0	Slavia Sofia	Kardzhali
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Krumov  35' Petkov  90+1'	Report	Valchev  69' Makrillos  80'	Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Slavia Sofia v Arda

13 April 2021 Semi-finals 2 leg	Slavia Sofia	0–1 (0–1 agg.)	Arda	Sofia
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Viyachki  83'	Report	Lozev  7' Petkov 26' Krumov  82' Martinov  84'	Stadium: Slavia Referee: Dragomir Draganov

Arda v CSKA Sofia

19 May 2021 Final	Arda	0–1	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Martinov  62' Tilev  82' Petkov  89'	Report	Carey  27' Mattheij  57' Sinclair  60' Charles 85' Busatto  90'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Referee: Volen Chinkov

Squad statistics

Including UEFA Europa Conference league qualification play-off

Appearances

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No.	Pos.	Player	Bulgarian First League		Bulgarian Cup		Total
			Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
4	DF	Milen Stoev	24	20	2	2	26	22
5	DF	Petko Ganev	11	11	0	0	11	11
8	DF	Milen Zhelev	26	20	5	4	31	24
9	FW	Spas Delev	26	23	5	4	31	27
11	MF	Aleksandar Georgiev	20	18	0	0	20	18
12	GK	Ivan Karadzhov	22	22	5	5	27	27
13	DF	Nicolas Taravel	8	8	1	1	9	9
17	MF	Ivan Kokonov	27	24	3	2	30	26
18	FW	Georgi Atanasov	9	3	2	0	11	3
19	MF	Rumen Rumenov	27	18	5	2	32	20
20	DF	Deyan Lozev	26	25	6	6	32	31
22	DF	Manolis Roussakis	0	0	1	0	1	0
24	DF	Alex Petkov	11	10	4	4	15	14
25	DF	Radoslav Uzunov	2	0	0	0	2	0
27	MF	Emil Martinov	29	29	6	5	35	34
33	MF	Ivan Tilev	29	13	5	4	34	17
36	GK	Vasil Simeonov	10	10	1	1	11	11
37	FW	Juninho	11	2	3	0	14	2
71	DF	Plamen Krumov	17	15	5	5	22	20
77	DF	Martin Kostadinov	11	2	5	2	16	4
80	MF	Lachezar Kotev	25	21	6	6	31	27
98	FW	Tonislav Yordanov	16	13	5	5	21	18
Players who have left the club
7	MF	Mihail Aleksandrov	9	0	1	1	10	1
10	MF	Svetoslav Kovachev	15	14	1	1	16	15
14	FW	Andrija Bubnjar	3	0	1	0	4	0
15	MF	Moussa Haddad	3	0	1	1	4	1
22	MF	Lovre Knežević	8	0	2	2	10	2
24	DF	Rebin Sulaka	12	11	0	0	12	11
25	DF	Matheus Leoni	15	15	0	0	15	15
99	FW	Radoslav Vasilev	4	3	0	0	4	3

Last updated: 29 May 2021.
Source: FBref.com

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Bulgarian First League	Bulgarian Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Spas Delev	8	2	10
2	17	MF	Ivan Kokonov	9	0	9
3	98	FW	Tonislav Yordanov	8	0	8
4	37	FW	Juninho	4	0	4
5	10	MF	Svetoslav Kovachev	3	0	3
	19	MF	Rumen Rumenov	3	0	3
	33	MF	Ivan Tilev	2	1	3
8	8	DF	Milen Zhelev	2	0	2
9	22	MF	Lovre Knežević	0	1	1
	24	DF	Alex Petkov	0	1	1
	25	DF	Matheus Leoni	1	0	1
	71	DF	Plamen Krumov	1	0	1
	99	FW	Radoslav Vasilev	1	0	1
Own goals				1	0	1
Totals				43	5	48

Last updated: 29 May 2021.
Source: FBref.com

Top assists

Not all goals have an assist.

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Bulgarian First League	Bulgarian Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Spas Delev	7	0	7
2	20	DF	Deyan Lozev	5	0	5
3	33	MF	Ivan Tilev	4	1	5
4	11	DF	Aleksandar Georgiev	4	0	4
	27	DF	Emil Martinov	4	0	4
6	10	MF	Svetoslav Kovachev	1	1	2
	17	MF	Ivan Kokonov	2	0	2
	80	DF	Lachezar Kotev	2	0	2
	98	MF	Tonislav Yordanov	1	1	2
10	19	MF	Rumen Rumenov	1	0	1
	15	MF	Moussa Haddad	0	1	1
	25	DF	Matheus Leoni	1	0	1
	37	FW	Juninho	1	0	1
	71	FW	Plamen Krumov	1	0	1
	77	DF	Martin Kostadinov	1	0	1
	99	FW	Radoslav Vasilev	1	0	1
Totals				36	4	40

Last updated: 29 May 2021.
Source: FBref.com

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Bulgarian First League	Bulgarian Cup	Total
1	12	GK	Ivan Karadzhov	11	4	15
2	36	GK	Vasil Simeonov	2	0	2
Totals				13	4	17

Last updated: 29 May 2021.
Source: FBref.com

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player	Bulgarian First League			Bulgarian Cup			Total
4	DF	Milen Stoev	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
5	DF	Petko Ganev	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	DF	Milen Zhelev	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
9	FW	Spas Delev	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	MF	Aleksandar Georgiev	3	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	0
12	GK	Ivan Karadzhov	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
13	DF	Nicolas Taravel	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
14	DF	Stoycho Atanasov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Ivan Kokonov	4	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1
18	FW	Georgi Atanasov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Rumen Rumenov	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
20	DF	Deyan Lozev	5	0	0	4	0	0	9	0	0
22	DF	Manolis Roussakis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	Mesut Yusuf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Alex Petkov	2	1	0	2	0	0	4	1	0
25	DF	Radoslav Uzunov	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
27	MF	Emil Martinov	9	0	0	2	0	0	11	0	0
30	MF	Okan Topcu	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	MF	Ivan Tilev	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
36	GK	Vasil Simeonov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
37	FW	Juninho	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
71	DF	Plamen Krumov	2	1	0	2	0	0	4	1	0
77	DF	Martin Kostadinov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
80	MF	Lachezar Kotev	8	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
98	FW	Tonislav Yordanov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Players who have left the club
7	MF	Mihail Aleksandrov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	MF	Svetoslav Kovachev	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
14	FW	Andrija Bubnjar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	Moussa Haddad	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
22	MF	Lovre Knežević	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	DF	Rebin Sulaka	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
25	DF	Matheus Leoni	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
99	FW	Radoslav Vasilev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			84	3	1	14	0	0	98	3	1

Last updated: 29 May 2021.
Source: FBref.com

Awards

• Football manager of 2020: Nikolay Kirov^[20]

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