2014–15 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season

Ludogorets Razgrad
2014-15 season
Chairman Aleksandar Aleksandrov
Manager Georgi Dermendzhiev
A Group 1st
Bulgarian Cup Semifinal vs Levski Sofia
Supercup Winners
Champions League Group Stage
Top goalscorer League: Two Players (10)
All: Juninho Quixadá (13)

The 2014-15 season is Ludogorets Razgrad's fourth season in A Football Group. They successfully defended their title, winning the championship for a fourth consecutive and overall time. Also, Ludogorets Razgrad reached the semifinals in the Bulgarian Cup, won the SuperCup and, most notably, made their maiden appearance in the UEFA Champions League groups, winning the PO round with Steaua Bucurest in a dramatic fashion. Ludogorets won 14,547,000 euro in prize money for their participation in Europe.[1]

Squad

As of 15 December 2014 [2]

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

No. Position Player
5 France DF Alexandre Barthe
7 Bulgaria MF Mihail Aleksandrov
8 Portugal MF Fábio Espinho
9 Slovenia FW Roman Bezjak
11 Brazil FW Juninho Quixadá
12 Madagascar MF Anicet Abel
15 Bulgaria DF Aleksandar Aleksandrov
16 Colombia DF Brayan Angulo
17 Spain MF Dani Abalo
18 Bulgaria MF Svetoslav Dyakov (captain)
19 Bulgaria DF Aleksandar Vasilev
21 Bulgaria GK Vladislav Stoyanov
23 Bulgaria MF Hristo Zlatinski
No. Position Player
24 Bulgaria DF Preslav Petrov
25 Bulgaria DF Yordan Minev
26 Canada GK Milan Borjan
27 Romania DF Cosmin Moți
31 Bulgaria GK Georgi Argilashki
55 Bulgaria DF Georgi Terziev
77 Portugal DF Vitinha
80 Brazil DF Júnior Caiçara
84 Brazil MF Marcelinho
88 Brazil MF Wanderson
91 Bulgaria GK Ivan Čvorović
93 Netherlands FW Virgil Misidjan
99 Tunisia FW Hamza Younés

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
3 Bulgaria DF Teynur Marem (at Haskovo)
No. Position Player
10 Colombia MF Sebastián Hernández (at Cherno More)

U21's

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

No. Position Player
19 Bulgaria MF Aleksandar Vasilev
22 Bulgaria GK Georgi Stavrev
28 Bulgaria MF Tomas Tsvyatkov
32 Bulgaria GK Engin Mahmud
36 Bulgaria MF Galin Minkov
No. Position Player
37 Bulgaria DF Ventsislav Kerchev
38 Bulgaria MF Kristiyan Kitov
40 Bulgaria DF Denislav Aleksandrov
44 Bulgaria MF Denis Tsolev

Transfers

Summer

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

No. Position Player
12 Madagascar MF Anicet Abel (from Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv)[3]
16 Colombia DF Brayan Angulo (from Spain Granada)[4]
19 Bulgaria DF Aleksandar Vasilev (from Bulgaria Kaliakra Kavarna)
24 Bulgaria DF Preslav Petrov (from Bulgaria Vidima-Rakovski)[5]
26 Canada GK Milan Borjan (from Turkey Sivasspor)[6]
88 Brazil MF Wanderson (from Brazil Portuguesa)[7]
99 Tunisia FW Hamza Younés (from Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv)[8]
Bulgaria MF Steven Petkov (from Bulgaria Levski Sofia)[9]

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

No. Position Player
14 Netherlands MF Mitchell Burgzorg (to Bulgaria Slavia Sofia)[10]
19 Bulgaria MF Dimo Bakalov (to Bulgaria Beroe Stara Zagora)[11]
95 Netherlands FW Jeroen Lumu (to Netherlands Heerenveen)[12]
99 Brazil FW Michel Platini (to Bulgaria Slavia Sofia)[13]
Bulgaria MF Steven Petkov [14]

Winter

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

No. Position Player

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

No. Position Player
3 Bulgaria DF Teynur Marem (loan to Bulgaria Haskovo)
4 Finland DF Tero Mäntylä (to Norway Aalesunds)[15]
10 Colombia MF Sebastián Hernández (loan to Bulgaria Cherno More)
20 Bulgaria DF Choco [16]
26 Canada GK Milan Borjan (to Serbia Radnički Niš)[17][18]

Competitions

Bulgarian Supercup

A Football Group

Main article: 2014–15 A PFG

First Stage

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
22 14 5 3 46 14  +32 47 9 2 0 24 4  +20 5 3 3 22 10  +12

Last updated: 14 April 2014.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundAAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHA
Result L D W W W D D W W L D W W W W D W W W L W W
Position 11 10 5 3 1 2 4 4 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

Source: Soccerway
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results
League table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Ludogorets Razgrad (Q) 22 14 5 3 46 14 +32 47 Qualification for Championship group
2 CSKA Sofia (Q) 22 13 5 4 39 15 +24 44
3 Lokomotiv Sofia (Q) 22 12 3 7 29 24 +5 39 LSO 2–0 LIT
LIT 4–2 LSO
4 Litex Lovech (Q) 22 12 3 7 37 24 +13 39
5 Beroe Stara Zagora (Q) 22 11 5 6 34 21 +13 38
6 Botev Plovdiv (Q) 22 11 3 8 32 26 +6 36
7 Levski Sofia (RQ) 22 10 4 8 36 25 +11 34 Qualification for Relegation group
8 Cherno More Varna (RQ) 22 9 4 9 26 24 +2 31
9 Slavia Sofia (RQ) 22 6 5 11 24 30 6 23
10 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (RQ) 22 5 5 12 13 36 23 20
11 Marek Dupnitsa (RQ) 22 3 5 14 8 45 37 14
12 Haskovo (RQ) 22 2 1 19 12 52 40 7

Updated to games played on 17 March 2015.
Source: bulgarian-football.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Championship Stage

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
10 4 4 2 17 10  +7 16 3 2 0 12 3  +9 1 2 2 5 7  −2

Last updated: 31 May 2014.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round
Round12345678910
GroundHHAHAAAHAH
Result D W D W L W D W L D
Position 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Source: Soccerway
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results
League table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Ludogorets Razgrad (C) 32 18 9 5 63 24+39 63 2015–16 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Beroe Stara Zagora 32 15 10 7 46 30+16 55 2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round BER: 7 pts
LSO: 4 pts
3 Lokomotiv Sofia (R) 32 16 7 9 39 31+8 55 Relegation to 2015–16 V AFG
4 Litex Lovech 32 16 6 10 49 36+13 54 2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 1
5 CSKA Sofia (R) 32 14 10 8 45 27+18 52 Relegation to 2015–16 V AFG
6 Botev Plovdiv 32 12 6 14 38 391 42

Source: bulgarian-football.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
1Lokomotiv Sofia did not receive license for European competitions and Litex Lovech took their place.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Bulgarian Cup

Champions League

Qualifying phase

Group Stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RM BAS LIV LUD
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 6 0 0 16 2 +14 18 Advance to knockout phase 5–1 1–0 4–0
2 Switzerland Basel 6 2 1 3 7 8 1 7 0–1 1–0 4–0
3 England Liverpool 6 1 2 3 5 9 4 5 Transfer to Europa League 0–3 1–1 2–1
4 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 6 1 1 4 5 14 9 4 1–2 1–0 2–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Squad Statistics

As of match played 31 May 2015

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalA Group Bulgarian Cup Supercup Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
5 DF France Alexandre Barthe 20 3 12+1 2 5 1 0 0 2 0
7 MF Bulgaria Mihail Aleksandrov 37 1 13+9 1 3+1 0 0 0 10+1 0
8 MF Portugal Espinho 42 5 19+4 2 5+1 2 1 0 9+3 1
9 FW Slovenia Roman Bezjak 31 4 9+6 2 3+3 0 1 0 9 2
11 FW Brazil Juninho Quixadá 34 13 16+9 10 4+2 3 0 0 0+3 0
12 MF Madagascar Anicet Abel 34 4 13+8 3 2+4 0 0 0 1+6 1
13 MF Bulgaria Veselin Lyubomirov 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Bulgaria Aleksandar Aleksandrov 22 0 14 0 2 0 1 0 4+1 0
16 DF Colombia Brayan Angulo 26 0 17+3 0 3 0 0 0 2+1 0
17 MF Spain Dani Abalo 43 11 20+8 7 3+1 1 1 0 8+2 3
18 MF Bulgaria Svetoslav Dyakov 40 1 24 0 4 1 1 0 11 0
19 DF Bulgaria Aleksandar Vasilev 8 0 2+5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
21 GK Bulgaria Vladislav Stoyanov 40 0 23 0 4+1 0 1 0 11 0
23 MF Bulgaria Hristo Zlatinski 27 2 11+7 2 4 0 1 0 3+1 0
24 DF Bulgaria Preslav Petrov 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Bulgaria Yordan Minev 25 1 14 0 2 0 0 0 9 1
27 DF Romania Cosmin Moți 39 3 23 3 3 0 1 0 12 0
30 GK Bulgaria Georgi Argilashki 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF Bulgaria Denislav Aleksandrov 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
55 DF Bulgaria Georgi Terziev 21 1 13 0 2 0 0 0 6 1
62 MF Bulgaria Vasil Vasilev 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
77 DF Portugal Vitinha 6 0 2+1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
80 DF Bulgaria Júnior Caiçara 44 0 24+2 0 6 0 1 0 11 0
84 MF Brazil Marcelinho 39 11 21+1 8 5 0 1 1 11 2
88 MF Brazil Wanderson 39 10 14+13 8 3+2 0 0 0 1+6 2
91 GK Bulgaria Ivan Čvorović 9 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0+1 0
93 FW Netherlands Vura 45 12 24+4 10 5+1 1 0+1 1 7+3 0
99 FW Tunisia Hamza Younés 27 5 8+9 4 0+2 0 0+1 1 1+6 0
Players away from the club on loan:
3 DF Bulgaria Teynur Marem 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Colombia Sebastián Hernández 3 2 0+2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Ludogorets Razgrad that left during the season:
4 DF Finland Tero Mäntylä 5 0 2 0 1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
20 DF Bulgaria Choco 7 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
26 GK Canada Milan Borjan 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
95 FW Netherlands Jeroen Lumu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Goal Scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name A Group Bulgarian Cup Supercup Champions League Total
1 FWBrazil11Juninho Quixadá1030013
2 FWNetherlands93Vura1011012
FWBrazil84Marcelinho801312
4 MFSpain17Dani Abalo710311
5 MFBrazil88Wanderson80019
6 FWTunisia99Hamza Younés40105
MFPortugal8 Espinho22015
8 MFMadagascar12Anicet Abel30014
FWSlovenia9 Roman Bezjak20024
10DFRomania27Cosmin Moți30003
DFFrance5 Alexandre Barthe21003
12MFBulgaria23Hristo Zlatinski20002
MFColombia10Sebastián Hernández02002
Own goal11002
15MFBulgaria7 Mihail Aleksandrov10001
MFBulgaria18Svetoslav Dyakov10001
DFBulgaria25Yordan Minev00011
DFBulgaria55Georgi Terziev00011
TOTALS 631231290

Disciplinary Record

Number Nation Position Name A Group Bulgarian Cup Supercup Champions League Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
4 FinlandDFTero Mäntylä0000100010
5 FranceDFAlexandre Barthe3110000041
7 BulgariaMFMihail Aleksandrov2010001040
8 PortugalMFEspinho60200030110
9 SloveniaFWRoman Bezjak3010103080
11BrazilFWJuninho Quixadá4100000041
12MadagascarMFAnicet Abel5010001070
15BulgariaDFAleksandar Aleksandrov2000101040
16ColombiaDFBrayan Angulo2010000030
17SpainMFDani Abalo5000102080
18BulgariaMFSvetoslav Dyakov4020003090
19BulgariaDFAleksandar Vasilev1000000010
20BulgariaDFChoco3100000031
21BulgariaGKVladislav Stoyanov3000001141
23BulgariaMFHristo Zlatinski2010001040
25BulgariaDFYordan Minev1000003040
26CanadaGKMilan Borjan0000001010
27RomaniaDFCosmin Moți71101030121
55BulgariaMFGeorgi Terziev0000001010
77PortugalDFVitinha1000000010
80BulgariaDFJúnior Caiçara3120003081
84BrazilMFMarcelinho4010002171
88BrazilFWWanderson1010001030
93NetherlandsFWVura0120001031
99TunisiaFWHamza Younés1000001020
TOTALS 63 6 17 0 5 0 31 2 116 8

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Ludogorets Razgrad play their home matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia instead of their regular stadium, Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad.

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