2020–21 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season

The 2020–21 season was Ludogorets Razgrad's tenth consecutive season in the Bulgarian First League, of which they were defending champions.

Ludogorets Razgrad
2020–21 season
ChairmanAleksandar Aleksandrov
ManagerPavel Vrba
(until 26 October)
Stanislav Genchev (interim)
(26 October - 3 January)
Valdas Dambrauskas
(from 3 January)
First LeagueChampions
Bulgarian CupSemi-finals
SupercupRunners-up
Champions LeagueSecond qualifying round
Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Claudiu Keșerü (18)
All: Claudiu Keșerü (20)

Season events edit

On 21 July, midfielder Serkan Yusein joined CSKA 1948 on loan for the season.[1]

On 23 July, Ludogorets announced the signing of Alex Santana from Botafogo, with Rafael Forster heading in the opposite direction.[2]

On 24 July, Beroe Stara Zagora announced the signing of Dimo Bakalov from Ludogorets.[3]

On 30 July, Bernard Tekpetey joined Ludogorets on loan from Schalke 04 for two seasons.[4]

On 12 August, Ludogorets announced the signing of Higinio Marín from Numancia.[5]

On 16 August, Ludogorets announced the signing of Elvis Manu from Beijing Renhe.[6]

At the draw for the Third qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, Ludogorets were given a bye to the Play-off Round after a draw of lots between the teams dropping into the Europa League after elimination in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.[7]

On 4 September, Olivier Verdon joined Ludogorets on loan for the season from Alavés.[8]

On 2 October, Ludogorets announced the signing of Josué Sá from Anderlecht.[9]

On 5 October, Kiril Despodov joined on loan from Cagliari for the duration of the season.[10]

On 26 October, manager Pavel Vrba resigned from his position, with Stanislav Genchev being appointed as interim-manager in his place.[11]

On 12 November, Jorginho was loaned to Wadi Degla until July 2021, with an option to make the move permanent.[12]

On 3 January, Valdas Dambrauskas was announced as Ludogorets Razgrad's new Head Coach.[13]

On 2 February, Júnior Brandão joined Rio Ave on loan until the end of the season.[14]

On 5 February, Ludogorets Razgrad announced the signing of Pieros Sotiriou from Astana.[15]

On 1 March, Ludogorets Razgrad announced the signing of Kristijan Kahlina on loan from HNK Gorica.[16]

Squad edit

As of match played 26 May 2021
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Kristijan Kahlina   GK (1992-07-24)24 July 1992 (aged 28) loan from HNK Gorica 2021[16] 2021 11 0
23 Plamen Iliev   GK (1991-11-30)30 November 1991 (aged 29) Astra Giurgiu 2019 58 0
27 Vladislav Stoyanov   GK (1987-06-08)8 June 1987 (aged 33) Sheriff Tiraspol 2013 139 0
67 Damyan Hristov   GK (2002-10-11)11 October 2002 (aged 18) Youth Team 2020 1 0
69 Damyan Damyanov   GK (2000-07-29)29 July 2000 (aged 20) Youth Team 2016 1 0
Defenders
3 Anton Nedyalkov   DF (1993-04-30)30 April 1993 (aged 28) FC Dallas 2018 122 1
4 Cicinho   DF (1988-12-26)26 December 1988 (aged 32) Santos 2015 181 4
5 Georgi Terziev   DF (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 29) Chernomorets Burgas 2013 172 5
21 Dragoș Grigore   DF (1986-09-07)7 September 1986 (aged 34) Al-Sailiya 2018 59 5
22 Jordan Ikoko   DF (1994-02-03)3 February 1994 (aged 27) Guingamp 2019[17] 56 2
24 Olivier Verdon   DF (1995-10-05)5 October 1995 (aged 25) loan from Alavés 2020[8] 2021[8] 29 0
30 Cosmin Moți   DF (1984-12-03)3 December 1984 (aged 36) Dinamo București 2012 297 36
32 Josué Sá   DF (1992-06-17)17 June 1992 (aged 28) Anderlecht 2020[9] 19 2
52 Tihomir Dimitrov   DF (2000-02-04)4 February 2000 (aged 21) Youth Team 2018 1 0
58 Dimitar Iliev   DF (1999-06-22)22 June 1999 (aged 21) Youth Team 2017 1 0
75 Petar Georgiev   DF (2002-05-10)10 May 2002 (aged 19) Youth Team 2020 1 0
91 Aleksandar Ganchev   DF (2001-07-09)9 July 2001 (aged 19) Youth Team 2020 1 0
Midfielders
7 Alex Santana   MF (1995-05-13)13 May 1995 (aged 26) Botafogo 2020[2] 34 5
12 Anicet Abel   MF (1990-03-13)13 March 1990 (aged 31) Botev Plovdiv 2014 226 16
18 Svetoslav Dyakov   MF (1984-05-31)31 May 1984 (aged 36) Lokomotiv Sofia 2012 351 11
25 Stéphane Badji   MF (1990-05-29)29 May 1990 (aged 30) Bursaspor 2019[18] 68 0
31 Georgi Valchev   MF (2000-02-05)5 February 2000 (aged 21) Youth Team 2018 0 0
37 Branimir Kostadinov   MF (1989-03-04)4 March 1989 (aged 32) Dunav Ruse 2019 1 0
50 Tsvetoslav Petrov   MF (1999-05-30)30 May 1999 (aged 21) Youth Team 2019 2 0
51 Ilker Budinov   MF (2000-08-11)11 August 2000 (aged 20) Youth Team 2019 3 0
64 Dominik Yankov   MF (2000-07-13)13 July 2000 (aged 20) Sunderland 2017 47 5
72 Erol Dost   MF (1999-05-30)30 May 1999 (aged 21) Youth Team 2017 3 1
76 Serdar Yusufov   MF (1998-10-02)2 October 1998 (aged 22) Youth Team 2018 0 0
82 Ivan Yordanov   MF (2000-11-07)7 November 2000 (aged 20) Youth Team 2019 8 0
83 Valenin Tsvetanov   MF (2002-04-08)8 April 2002 (aged 19) Youth Team 2020 1 0
85 Aleks Lukanov   MF (2002-02-22)22 February 2002 (aged 19) Youth Team 2020 1 0
88 Wanderson   MF (1988-01-02)2 January 1988 (aged 33) Portuguesa 2014 253 69
95 Cauly   MF (1995-09-15)15 September 1995 (aged 25) SC Paderborn 2020[19] 55 12
97 Georgi Chukalov   MF (1998-02-25)25 February 1998 (aged 23) OFC Pomorie 2020 1 0
Forwards
9 Higinio Marín   FW (1993-10-19)19 October 1993 (aged 27) Numancia 2020[5] 12 7
10 Elvis Manu   FW (1993-08-13)13 August 1993 (aged 27) Beijing Renhe 2020[6] 32 10
11 Kiril Despodov   FW (1996-11-11)11 November 1996 (aged 24) loan from Cagliari 2020[10] 2021 27 6
13 Mavis Tchibota   FW (1996-05-07)7 May 1996 (aged 25) Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 2019[20] 68 19
19 Pieros Sotiriou   FW (1993-01-13)13 January 1993 (aged 28) Astana 2021[15] 12 2
28 Claudiu Keșerü   FW (1986-12-02)2 December 1986 (aged 34) Al-Gharafa 2015 239 139
37 Bernard Tekpetey   FW (1997-09-03)3 September 1997 (aged 23) loan from Schalke 04 2020[4] 2022[4] 36 4
38 Vladislav Naydenov   FW (2001-11-29)29 November 2001 (aged 19) Youth Team 2019 1 0
74 Hyusein Kelyovluev   FW (2000-05-11)11 May 2000 (aged 21) Youth Team 2019 1 0
Players away on loan
8 Dan Biton   MF (1995-07-20)20 July 1995 (aged 25) Ashdod 2019[20] 35 6
10 Jakub Świerczok   FW (1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 28) Zagłębie Lubin 2017 87 37
17 Jorginho   MF (1995-09-21)21 September 1995 (aged 25) Saint-Étienne 2019[21] 41 8
20 Serkan Yusein   MF (1996-03-31)31 March 1996 (aged 25) Botev Plovdiv 2019 12 0
81 Dimitar Mitkov   FW (2000-01-27)27 January 2000 (aged 21) Youth Team 2020 8 0
98 Svetoslav Kovachev   MF (1998-03-14)14 March 1998 (aged 23) Youth Team 2015 13 2
Júnior Brandão   FW (1995-01-07)7 January 1995 (aged 26) Atlético Goianiense 2018 2 0
Players who left during the season
6 Taleb Tawatha   DF (1992-06-21)21 June 1992 (aged 28) Eintracht Frankfurt 2019[22] 9 0
33 Renan   GK (1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 32) Avaí 2017 89 0

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF   ISR Dan Biton (at Maccabi Tel Aviv)
10 FW   POL Jakub Świerczok (at Piast Gliwice)
17 MF   GNB Jorginho (at Wadi Degla)[12]
20 MF   BUL Serkan Yusein (at CSKA 1948)[1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
81 FW   BUL Dimitar Mitkov (at CSKA 1948)[23]
98 MF   BUL Svetoslav Kovachev (at Arda)
FW   BRA Júnior Brandão (at Rio Ave)

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
23 July 2020 MF   Alex Santana Botafogo Undisclosed [2]
12 August 2020 FW   Higinio Marín Numancia Undisclosed [5]
16 August 2020 FW   Elvis Manu Beijing Renhe Undisclosed [6]
2 October 2020 DF   Josué Sá Anderlecht Undisclosed [9]
5 February 2021 FW   Pieros Sotiriou Astana Undisclosed [15]

Loans in edit

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
30 July 2020 FW   Bernard Tekpetey Schalke 04 30 June 2022 [4]
4 September 2020 DF   Olivier Verdon Alavés 30 June 2021 [8]
5 October 2020 FW   Kiril Despodov Cagliari 30 June 2021 [10]
1 March 2021 GK   Kristijan Kahlina HNK Gorica 30 June 2021 [16]

Out edit

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
23 July 2020 DF   Rafael Forster Botafogo Undisclosed [2]
24 July 2020 MF   Dimo Bakalov Beroe Stara Zagora Undisclosed [3]
16 October 2020 DF   Taleb Tawatha Maccabi Haifa Undisclosed [24]

Loans out edit

Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
20 February 2020 FW   Júnior Brandão Atlético Goianiense 31 December 2020
21 July 2020 MF   Serkan Yusein CSKA 1948 End of season [1]
1 August 2020 MF   Svetoslav Kovachev Arda Kardzhali 30 June 2021
16 August 2020 MF   Dan Biton Maccabi Tel Aviv 30 June 2021
17 August 2020 FW   Jakub Świerczok Piast Gliwice 30 June 2021
12 November 2020 MF   Jorginho Wadi Degla 31 July 2021 [12]
2 February 2021 FW   Júnior Brandão Rio Ave 30 June 2021 [14]
12 February 2021 FW   Dimitar Mitkov CSKA 1948 30 June 2021 [23]

Released edit

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.
28 February 2021 GK   Renan [25]

Friendlies edit

25 July 2020 Ludogorets Razgrad 0–0 Montana Razgrad
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Ludogorets Sports Center
Referee: Ivelin Zanev
20 January 2021 Ludogorets Razgrad   2–1   Bačka Topola Belek, Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Tekpetey   7', 36'
Terziev   55'
Yankov   70'
Report Stanojev   37' Stadium: Rixos Premium Stadium
Attendance: 0
23 January 2021 Ludogorets Razgrad   2–2   Shakhtar Donetsk Belek, Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+2) Ikoko   58'
Cauly   60'
Report Solomon   5'
Konoplyanka   55'
Marlos  
Stadium: Calista Sports Center
Attendance: 0
30 January 2021 Ludogorets Razgrad   2–1   Dynamo Kyiv Belek, Turkey
16:15 EET (UTC+2) Cauly   39'
  56'
Report Verdon   24' (o.g.) Stadium: Mardan Stadium
Attendance: 0
31 January 2021 Ludogorets Razgrad   1–2   Akron Tolyatti Belek, Turkey
16:30 EET (UTC+2) Cicinho   26'
Ikoko   50'
Yankov   73'
Report Kvekveskiri   24'
Emini   53'
Gazdanov   75'
Stadium: Arkadia Complex Stadium
Attendance: 0
4 February 2021 Ludogorets Razgrad   3–1   Dinamo Tbilisi Belek, Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+2) Despodov   24'   68'
Keșerü   31'
Santana   37'
Tekpetey   64'
Tchibota   76'
Report Marušić   2'
Hvadiagi   34'
Lominadze   35'
Stadium: Titanic Deluxe Stadium
Attendance: 0

Competitions edit

Bulgarian Supercup edit

2 August 2020 Ludogorets Razgrad 0–1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Razgrad
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Tchibota   61'
Ikoko   66'
Grigore   72'
Report Petrović   25'
Masoero   64'
Aralica   73'
Iliev   89'   90'
Salinas   90'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Volen Chinkov

A Football Group edit

Regular stage edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ludogorets Razgrad 26 20 4 2 59 18 +41 64 Qualification for the Championship group
2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 15 7 4 41 19 +22 52
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
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.[26]
Results summary edit
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 20 4 2 59 18  +41 64 12 1 0 28 4  +24 8 3 2 31 14  +17

Last updated: 26 April 2021.
Source: See Results

Results by round edit
Game1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAAHAHHAHAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLWWWWDWDWWWWWWDWWLWWWDWWWW
Position118321212211111111111111111
Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Results edit
8 August 2020 1 Botev Vratsa 3–1 Ludogorets Razgrad Vratsa
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Burov   23'
Domovchiyski   31',   42'
Genov   47'
Kerchev   63'
Atanasov   84'
Report Dyakov   11'   33'
Cauly   56',   90+4' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev
Referee: Nikola Popov
14 August 2020 2 Ludogorets Razgrad 3–0 Slavia Sofia Razgrad
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Cicinho   44'
Badji   59'
Tchibota   73'
Moți   79' (pen.),   88'
Report Gamakov   46'
Hristov   87'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
22 August 2020 3 Cherno More 1–4 Ludogorets Razgrad Varna
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Coureur   25'
Panayotov   29'
Andrade   71'
Report Santana   6'
Cicinho   10'
Moți   30'
Keșerü   40'
Grigore   42'
Jorginho   73'
Higinio   88'
Stadium: Stadion Ticha
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
29 August 2020 4 Etar 0–2 Ludogorets Razgrad Veliko Tarnovo
21:15 EEST (UTC+3) Borukov   38'
M. Ivanov   83'
Report Moți   42'
Keșerü   79'
Tchibota   90'
Stadium: Stadion Ivaylo
Referee: Volen Chinkov
12 September 2020 5 Ludogorets Razgrad 3–1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Razgrad
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Santana   59'   79'
Yankov   62'
Manu   81'
Report Tsvetanov   19'
Masoero   31'
Aralica   34'
Karagaren   52'
Ilić   76'
Almeida   81'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Georgi Davidov
20 September 2020 6 CSKA Sofia 2–2 Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Keita   27'   71'
Yomov   58'
Sankharé   75'
Carey   80'
Report Santana   11'   81'
Grigore   23'
Cicinho   34'
Yankov   63'
Manu   63'
Higinio   84'
Stoyanov   89'
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
26 September 2020 7 Ludogorets Razgrad 2–0 Beroe Razgrad
18:45 EEST (UTC+3) Keșerü   18'
Cicinho   23'
Report Vasilev   30'
Mézague   74'
Bakalov   79'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
16 October 2020 9 Ludogorets Razgrad 1–1 Tsarsko Selo Razgrad
19:15 EEST (UTC+3) Higinio   28' (pen.)
Moți   43'
Tekpetey   45+2'
Cauly   63'
Dyakov   65'
Keșerü   83'
Santana   90+1'
Report Bandalovski   27'
Daskalov   71'
Baltanov   90+4'
Hristov   90+5'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Georgi Nikolov
25 October 2020 10 Montana 1–3 Ludogorets Razgrad Montana
20:15 EET (UTC+2) Tasev   2'
Bari   27'
Iliev   35'
Bashliev   54'
Report Higinio   10'
Manu   52'
Nedyalkov   64'
Yankov   86'
Stadium: Stadion Ogosta
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
1 November 2020 11 Ludogorets Razgrad 1–0 Levski Sofia Razgrad
19:15 EET (UTC+2)   41'
Santana   77'
Cauly   84'
Dyakov   86'
Report Raynov   34'
Robertha   85'
Bojinov   85'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Volen Chinkov
8 November 2020 12 CSKA 1948 0–3 Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
17:30 EET (UTC+2) Report Nedyalkov   38'
Keșerü   45', 77'
Tchibota   65'
Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
29 November 2020 14 Ludogorets Razgrad 2–1 Botev Vratsa Razgrad
14:00 EET (UTC+2) Kerchev   16' (o.g.)
  31'
Ikoko   79'
Report Lagoa   20'
Kostadinov   88'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
6 December 2020 15 Slavia Sofia 0–2 Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
16:45 EET (UTC+2) Patev   7'
Tasevski   79'
Report Verdon   55'
Keșerü   65'
  70'
Santana   82'
Stadium: Stadion Slavia
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
13 December 2020 16 Ludogorets Razgrad 1–0 Cherno More Razgrad
17:45 EET (UTC+2) Yankov   8'
Keșerü   17'   38'
Grigore   36'
Despodov   39'
  42'
Tchibota   90'
Stoyanov   90+1'
Report Panov   13'
Panayotov   31'
Rodrigo   77'
Velev   79'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
17 December 2020 8 Arda 2–2 Ludogorets Razgrad Kardzhali
17:30 EET (UTC+2) Delev   17'
Lozev   51'
Kotev   67'
Juninho   84'
Report Despodov   11'
Grigore   70'
Keșerü   73'
  90+6'
Stadium: Arena Arda
Referee: Georgi Davidov
Note: Match originally scheduled for 4 October 2020.
20 December 2020 13 Ludogorets Razgrad 2–1 Botev Plovdiv Razgrad
14:00 EET (UTC+2) Badji   30'
Keșerü   39' (pen.)
Yankov   50'
Verdon   75'
Report Tonev   29'
Trifonov   34'
Genev   38'
Cissé   89'
Rusev   90+4'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
Note: Match originally scheduled for 21 November 2020.
15 February 2021 17 Ludogorets Razgrad 6–0 Etar Razgrad
16:00 EET (UTC+2) Keșerü   6', 36', 41', 51'
Krachunov   39' (o.g.)
Terziev   64'
Cicinho   83'
Cauly   90+2'
Report H. Ivanov   24'
Stanev   84'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
20 February 2021 18 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–2 Ludogorets Razgrad Plovdiv
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Tsvetanov   41'
Iliev   43'
Gomis   52'
Salinas   77'
Report Abel   17'
Tekpetey   29'
Keșerü   53' (pen.)
Sotiriou   72'
Cauly   76'
Despodov   78'
Badji   84'
Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv
Referee: Volen Chinkov
27 February 2021 19 Ludogorets Razgrad 1–0 CSKA Sofia Razgrad
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Tekpetey   4'
Abel   40'
Ikoko   73'
P. Iliev   90+1'
Report Zanev   17'
Sinclair   66'
Koch   86'
Mattheij   87'
Youga   90+4'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
7 March 2021 20 Beroe 1–4 Ludogorets Razgrad Stara Zagora
14:30 EET (UTC+2) Minchev   6'   52'
Octávio   74'
Furtado   79'
Report Keșerü   3'
Manu   61', 82'
Cicinho   71'
Despodov   89'
Stadium: Stadion Beroe
Referee: Georgi Davidov
12 March 2021 21 Ludogorets Razgrad 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
20 March 2021 22 Tsarsko Selo 1–1 Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
17:30 EET (UTC+2) Kavdanski   29'   79'
Anderson   83'
Penev   84'
Report   35'
Sotiriou   77'
Tekpetey   90+2'
Stadium: Sporten kompleks Tsarsko Selo
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
10 April 2021 23 Ludogorets Razgrad 1–0 Montana Razgrad
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) Keșerü   73' (pen.) Report Tsonkov   56' Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Georgi Ginchev
18 April 2021 24 Levski Sofia 0–3 Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
20:45 EEST (UTC+3) Report Keșerü   8'
Cauly   11', 77'
Cicinho   76'
Wanderson   80'
Nedyalkov   90+1'
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Referee: Valentin Zhelezov
22 April 2021 25 Ludogorets Razgrad 4–0 CSKA 1948 Razgrad
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)   35'
Despodov   40', 61'   61'
Cicinho   45'
Report Lyaskov   89' Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
26 April 2021 26 Botev Plovdiv 0–2 Ludogorets Razgrad Plovdiv
20:15 EEST (UTC+3) Marquinhos   6'
Rabeï   17'
Mladenovski   42'
Report Wanderson   66', 82' Stadium: Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912
Referee: Georgi Davidov

Championship stage edit

Table edit

Pos Team 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.[27]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
Results summary edit
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
5 2 0 3 10 11  −1 6 2 0 1 8 4  +4 0 0 2 2 7  −5

Last updated: 26 May 2021.
Source: See Results

Results by round edit
Game12345
GroundHHAHA
ResultWLLWL
Position11111
Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Results edit
4 May 2021 27 Ludogorets Razgrad 3–1 Beroe Razgrad
19:45 EEST (UTC+3) Despodov   27'
Verdon   37'
Yankov   80'
Keșerü   84'
Report Makouta   38' (pen.)   45+5' Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
8 May 2021 28 Ludogorets Razgrad 1–2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Razgrad
17:45 EEST (UTC+3) Manu   8'   61'
Tekpetey   15'   53'
Cauly   74'   81'
Despodov   76'
Ikoko   84'
Report Minchev   17'   63'
Iliev   32' (pen.)
Karagaren   70'
Salinas   80'
Gomis   84'
Almeida   90+5'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
12 May 2021 29 CSKA Sofia 4–1 Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Mattheij   4'   90+2'
Bismark   54'
Koch   62'
Mazikou   89'
Caicedo   90+7' (pen.)
Report Badji   50'
Cicinho   59'
Tekpetey   61'
Dambrauskas   69'
Despodov   70'
Tchibota   90+1'   90+3'
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
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
26 May 2021 31 CSKA 1948 3–1 Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Chochev   2'
Ivanov   15', 78'
N.Ganchev   85'
Report Yankov   26'
Keșerü   74'
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Volen Chinkov

Bulgarian Cup edit

11 February 2021 Round of 32 Sportist Svoge 1–3 Ludogorets Razgrad Razgrad
14:00 EET (UTC+2) Hristov   48'
V. Ivanov   68'
Stoychev   74'
Kochilov   84'
Report Tekpetey   17', 57'
Keșerü   60'
  66'
Badji   70'
Dyakov   88'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Ivelin Zanev
Note: Match original scheduled for 12 November 2020, but postponed on 10 November 2020, due to an outbreak of COVID-19 cases within the Ludogorets squad.[28]
Match played at Ludogorets' Huvepharma Arena in Razgrad instead of Sportist Svoge's regular Stadion Chavdar Tsvetkov in Svoge.
3 March 2021 Round of 16 Tsarsko Selo 1–2 Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Nganioni   25'
Mertens   59'
Kavdanski   90+2'
Report Tchibota   33'
Abel   45+2'   71'
Manu   62'
Terziev   73'
Ikoko   89'
Stadium: Sporten kompleks Tsarsko Selo
Referee: Nikola Popov
16 March 2021 Quarterfinal Ludogorets Razgrad 2–1 (a.e.t.) Lokomotiv Plovdiv Razgrad
18:00 EET (UTC+2) Grigore   17'
Sotiriou   47'
Tchibota   114'
Report Nikolaev   3'
Masoero   81'
Minchev   90+3'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
7 April 2021 Semifinal 1st leg CSKA Sofia 1–1 Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Turitsov   36'
Geferson   71'
Rodrigues   77'
Report Tekpetey   15'   60'
Cicinho   69'
Cauly   83'
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia
Referee: Volen Chinkov
14 April 2021 Semifinal 2nd leg Ludogorets Razgrad 1–2
(2–3 agg.)
CSKA Sofia Razgrad
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Verdon   24'
Ikoko   42'
Nedyalkov   52'
Manu   72'   90+4'
Santana   85'
Grigore   90+5'
Report Henrique   4'   40'
Rodrigues   23'
Yomov   36'
Mattheij   62'
Youga   71'
Turitsov   73'   86'
Mazikou   83'
Charles   84'
Busatto   90'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Georgi Kabakov

UEFA Champions League edit

Qualifying rounds edit

19 August 2020 1QR Budućnost Podgorica   1–3   Ludogorets Razgrad Podgorica, Montenegro
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Ćuković   8',   31'
Ivanović   68'
Report Higinio   12'
Tchibota   25',   65'
Cicinho   56'
Renan   61'
Badji   69'
Tekpetey   79'
Cauly   90+3'
Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)
Note: Match played behind closed doors.
26 August 2020 2QR Ludogorets Razgrad   0–1   Midtjylland Razgrad, Bulgaria
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Abel   45'
Higinio   81'
Moți   85'
Report Kraev   7'
Onyeka   42'
Paulinho   62'
Brumado   78'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Denys Shurman (Ukraine)
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

UEFA Europa League edit

Qualifying rounds edit

24 September 2020 3QR Ludogorets Razgrad   Bye
Note: Ludogorets given a bye to the Play-off round by a draw of lots.[7]
1 October 2020 PO Dynamo Brest   0–2   Ludogorets Razgrad Brest, Belarus
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Sedko   64'
Tweh   81'
Krivets   90+3'
Report Manu   73'
Higinio   79'
Stadium: Regional Sport Complex Brestsky
Attendance: 0
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Tottenham Hotspur 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 13 Advance to knockout phase
2   Antwerp 6 4 0 2 8 5 +3 12
3   LASK 6 3 1 2 11 12 −1 10
4   Ludogorets Razgrad 6 0 0 6 7 19 −12 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
22 October 2020 1 Ludogorets Razgrad   1–2   Royal Antwerp Razgrad, Bulgaria
22:00 EEST (UTC+3) Higinio   46'
Cicinho   88'
Verdon   90+2'
Report Gerkens   63'
Refaelov   70'
Juklerød   73'
Haroun   80'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Attendance: 2,321[29]
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)
29 October 2020 2 LASK   4–3   Ludogorets Razgrad Linz, Austria
19:55 EET (UTC+2) Balić   2', 56'
Gruber   12'
Wiesinger   17'
Grgic   27'   73'
Michorl   47'
Raguž   35'
Report Moți   10'
Manu   15', 67', 74' (pen.)
Tekpetey   43'
Badji   45'
Stadium: Linzer Stadion
Attendance: 1,487[30]
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)
5 November 2020 3 Ludogorets Razgrad   1–3   Tottenham Hotspur Razgrad, Bulgaria
19:55 EET (UTC+2) Anicet   15'
Keșerü   50'
Report Kane   13'
Moura   33'
Lo Celso   62'
Doherty   79'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
26 November 2020 4 Tottenham Hotspur   4–0   Ludogorets Razgrad London, England
22:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Keșerü   6'
Despodov   43'
Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
3 December 2020 5 Royal Antwerp   3–1   Ludogorets Razgrad Antwerp, Belgium
19:55 EET (UTC+2) Hongla   19'
De Laet   72'
Benson   87'
Report Despodov   53'
Grigore   62'   90+1'
Nedyalkov   71'
Santana   90+2'
Manu   90+4'
Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
10 December 2020 6 Ludogorets Razgrad   1–3   LASK Razgrad, Bulgaria
22:00 EET (UTC+2) Cicinho   44'
Manu   46'
Santana   61'
Report Goiginger   45'
Wiesinger   54'   56'
Renner   61' (pen.)
Balić   63'
Madsen   67'
Ramsebner   90+1'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)

Squad statistics edit

As of match played 26 May 2021

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total A Group Bulgarian Cup Super Cup Champions League Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   CRO Kristijan Kahlina 12 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF   BUL Anton Nedyalkov 33 0 20+2 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
4 DF   BUL Cicinho 32 4 22+1 4 2+1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
5 DF   BUL Georgi Terziev 23 0 11+4 0 2+1 0 1 0 0 0 2+2 0
7 MF   BRA Alex Santana 35 5 17+6 5 3 0 1 0 2 0 4+2 0
9 FW   ESP Higinio Marín 12 7 4+4 4 0 0 0 0 1+1 1 1+1 2
10 FW   NED Elvis Manu 32 10 9+13 4 2+2 1 0 0 0 0 2+4 5
11 FW   BUL Kiril Despodov 28 6 18+2 5 2+2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
12 MF   MAD Anicet Abel 33 2 12+9 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 4+2 0
13 FW   CGO Mavis Tchibota 28 6 7+10 3 1+2 2 1 0 2 1 2+3 0
18 MF   BUL Svetoslav Dyakov 22 0 12+8 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW   CYP Pieros Sotiriou 13 2 0+9 1 3+1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF   ROU Dragoș Grigore 18 1 9+1 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
22 DF   COD Jordan Ikoko 29 0 12+6 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 4+2 0
23 GK   BUL Plamen Iliev 16 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
24 DF   BEN Olivier Verdon 30 0 18+1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
25 MF   SEN Stéphane Badji 31 0 13+6 0 2+1 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
27 GK   BUL Vladislav Stoyanov 7 0 5+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 FW   ROU Claudiu Keșerü 39 20 22+5 18 2+1 1 0+1 0 1+1 0 5+1 1
30 DF   ROU Cosmin Moți 16 1 8+1 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 2 0 3 0
32 DF   POR Josué Sá 20 2 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 MF   BUL Branimir Kostadinov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW   GHA Bernard Tekpetey 37 4 17+8 2 3 2 0 0 1+1 0 2+5 0
38 FW   BUL Vladislav Naydenov 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 FW   BUL Tsvetoslav Petrov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 MF   BUL Ilker Budinov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 DF   BUL Tihomir Dimitrov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
64 MF   BUL Dominik Yankov 39 5 16+12 5 1+2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 5+1 0
67 GK   BUL Damyan Hristov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
74 FW   BUL Hyusein Kelyovluev 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
75 DF   BUL Petar Georgiev 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
82 MF   BUL Ivan Yordanov 5 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
83 MF   BUL Valenin Tsvetanov 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
85 MF   BUL Aleks Lukanov 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 MF   BUL Wanderson 12 3 5+3 3 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
91 DF   BUL Aleksandar Ganchev 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
95 MF   BRA Cauly 42 8 25+2 6 3+2 1 1 0 2 1 5+2 0
97 MF   BUL Georgi Chukalov 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
8 MF   ISR Dan Biton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW   POL Jakub Świerczok 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF   GNB Jorginho 11 0 3+5 0 0 0 1 0 0+2 0 0 0
81 FW   BUL Dimitar Mitkov 8 0 2+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+3 0
Players who appeared for Ludogorets Razgrad that left during the season:
6 DF   ISR Taleb Tawatha 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK   BRA Renan 11 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0

Goal scorers edit

Place Position Nation Number Name A Group Bulgarian Cup Supercup Champions League Europa League Total
1 FW   28 Claudiu Keșerü 18 1 0 0 1 20
2 FW   10 Elvis Manu 4 1 0 0 5 10
3 MF   95 Cauly 6 1 0 1 0 8
4 FW   9 Higinio Marín 4 0 0 1 2 7
5 FW   11 Kiril Despodov 5 0 0 0 1 6
FW   13 Mavis Tchibota 3 2 0 1 0 6
7 MF   7 Alex Santana 5 0 0 0 0 5
MF   64 Dominik Yankov 5 0 0 0 0 5
9 DF   4 Cicinho 4 0 0 0 0 4
FW   37 Bernard Tekpetey 2 2 0 0 0 4
11 MF   88 Wanderson 3 0 0 0 0 3
Own goal 3 0 0 0 0 3
13 DF   32 Josué Sá 2 0 0 0 0 2
MF   12 Anicet Abel 1 1 0 0 0 2
FW   19 Pieros Sotiriou 1 1 0 0 0 2
16 DF   30 Cosmin Moți 1 0 0 0 0 1
MF   17 Jorginho 1 0 0 0 0 1
DF   21 Dragoș Grigore 1 0 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 65 9 0 3 9 86

Clean sheets edit

Place Position Nation Number Name A Group Bulgarian Cup Supercup Champions League Europa League Total
1 GK   23 Plamen Iliev 5 0 0 0 1 6
2 GK   1 Kristijan Kahlina 4 0 0 0 0 4
3 GK   33 Renan 3 0 0 0 0 3
4 GK   27 Vladislav Stoyanov 2 0 0 0 0 2
TOTALS 14 0 0 0 1 15

Disciplinary record edit

Number Nation Position Name A Group Bulgarian Cup Supercup Champions League Europa League Total
                       
3   DF Anton Nedyalkov 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
4   DF Cicinho 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 10 0
5   DF Georgi Terziev 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7   MF Alex Santana 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2
9   FW Higinio Marín 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
10   FW Elvis Manu 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
11   FW Kiril Despodov 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
12   MF Anicet Abel 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
13   FW Mavis Tchibota 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
18   MF Svetoslav Dyakov 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
19   FW Pieros Sotiriou 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21   DF Dragoș Grigore 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 8 1
22   DF Jordan Ikoko 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
23   GK Plamen Iliev 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24   DF Olivier Verdon 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
25   MF Stéphane Badji 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
27   GK Vladislav Stoyanov 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
28   FW Claudiu Keșerü 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
30   DF Cosmin Moți 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 0
32   DF Josué Sá 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
37   FW Bernard Tekpetey 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 1
64   MF Dominik Yankov 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
88   MF Wanderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
95   MF Cauly 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1
Players away on loan:
Players who left Ludogorets Razgrad during the season:
33   GK Renan 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 74 4 16 2 2 1 8 0 14 2 114 9

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