2014–15 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season

Ludogorets Razgrad
2014-15 season
Chairman Aleksandar Aleksandrov
Manager Georgi Dermendzhiev
A Group 1st
Bulgarian Cup Second round
Supercup Winners
Champions League Group Stage
Top goalscorer League: Vura (8)
All: Three Players (10)

The 2014-15 season is Ludogorets Razgrad's fourth season in A Football Group, of which they are defending Champions. They will also take part in the Bulgarian Cup, SuperCup and enter the UEFA Champions League at the second qualifying round stage.

Squad

As of 15 December 2014 [1]

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 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
27 Romania DF Cosmin Moți
31 Bulgaria GK Georgi Argilashki
55 Bulgaria DF Georgi Terziev
77 Portugal DF Vitinha
80 Bulgaria DF Júnior Caiçara [2]
84 Brazil MF Marcelinho
88 Brazil MF Wanderson
91 Bulgaria GK Ivan Čvorović [3]
93 Netherlands FW Vura
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)[4]
16 Colombia DF Brayan Angulo (from Spain Granada)[5]
19 Bulgaria DF Aleksandar Vasilev (from Bulgaria Kaliakra Kavarna)
24 Bulgaria DF Preslav Petrov (from Bulgaria Vidima-Rakovski)[6]
26 Canada GK Milan Borjan (from Turkey Sivasspor)[7]
88 Brazil MF Wanderson (from Brazil Portuguesa)[8]
99 Tunisia FW Hamza Younés (from Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv)[9]
Bulgaria MF Steven Petkov (from Bulgaria Levski Sofia)[10]

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)[11]
19 Bulgaria MF Dimo Bakalov (to Bulgaria Beroe Stara Zagora)[12]
95 Netherlands FW Jeroen Lumu (to Netherlands Heerenveen)[13]
99 Brazil FW Michel Platini (to Bulgaria Slavia Sofia)[14]
Bulgaria MF Steven Petkov [15]

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)[16]
10 Colombia MF Sebastián Hernández (loan to Bulgaria Cherno More)
20 Bulgaria DF Choco [17]
26 Canada GK Milan Borjan (to Serbia Radnički Niš)[18][19]

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 to 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 to 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
5 2 2 1 7 3 +4 8 2 1 0 7 1 +6 0 1 1 0 2 −2

Last updated: 21 April 2014.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round
Round12345678910
GroundHHAHA
Result D W D W L
Position 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 27 16 7 4 53 17+36 55 2015–16 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Lokomotiv Sofia 27 15 5 7 35 25+10 50 2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3 Litex Lovech 27 14 5 8 42 28+14 47
4 CSKA Sofia 27 13 7 7 39 22+17 46
5 Beroe Stara Zagora 27 12 8 7 39 27+12 44
6 Botev Plovdiv 27 11 6 10 33 29+4 39

Updated to games played on 11 April 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.

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 25 April 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 17 3 10+1 2 4 1 0 0 2 0
7 MF Bulgaria Mihail Aleksandrov 31 1 10+7 1 3 0 0 0 10+1 0
8 MF Portugal Espinho 39 5 16+4 2 5+1 2 1 0 9+3 1
9 FW Slovenia Roman Bezjak 30 4 9+6 2 3+2 0 1 0 9 2
11 FW Brazil Juninho Quixadá 29 9 12+9 6 3+2 3 0 0 0+3 0
12 MF Madagascar Anicet Abel 32 4 12+8 3 1+4 0 0 0 1+6 1
15 DF Bulgaria Aleksandar Aleksandrov 21 0 13 0 2 0 1 0 4+1 0
16 DF Colombia Brayan Angulo 21 0 13+3 0 2 0 0 0 2+1 0
17 MF Spain Dani Abalo 39 11 18+7 7 2+1 1 1 0 8+2 3
18 MF Bulgaria Svetoslav Dyakov 35 1 20 0 3 1 1 0 11 0
19 DF Bulgaria Aleksandar Vasilev 7 0 2+4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
21 GK Bulgaria Vladislav Stoyanov 37 0 21 0 3+1 0 1 0 11 0
23 MF Bulgaria Hristo Zlatinski 23 1 8+6 1 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 24 1 13 0 2 0 0 0 9 1
27 DF Romania Cosmin Moți 34 3 19 3 2 0 1 0 12 0
40 DF Bulgaria Denislav Aleksandrov 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
55 DF Bulgaria Georgi Terziev 18 1 10 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 5 0 1+1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
80 DF Bulgaria Júnior Caiçara 38 0 20+1 0 5 0 1 0 11 0
84 MF Brazil Marcelinho 34 9 17+1 6 4 0 1 1 11 2
88 MF Brazil Wanderson 35 9 14+9 7 3+2 0 0 0 1+6 2
91 GK Bulgaria Ivan Čvorović 7 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0+1 0
93 FW Netherlands Vura 39 10 19+4 8 4+1 1 0+1 1 7+3 0
99 FW Tunisia Hamza Younés 22 5 7+5 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 MFSpain17Dani Abalo710311
2 FWNetherlands93Vura811010
FWBrazil84Marcelinho601310
4 FWBrazil11Juninho Quixadá63009
5 MFBrazil88Wanderson70018
6 FWTunisia99Hamza Younés40105
MFPortugal8 Espinho22015
8 MFMadagascar12Anicet Abel30014
FWSlovenia9 Roman Bezjak20024
10DFRomania27Cosmin Moți30003
DFFrance5 Alexandre Barthe21003
12MFColombia10Sebastián Hernández02002
Own goal11002
14MFBulgaria7 Mihail Aleksandrov10001
MFBulgaria23Hristo Zlatinski10001
MFBulgaria18Svetoslav Dyakov10001
DFBulgaria25Yordan Minev00011
DFBulgaria55Georgi Terziev00011
TOTALS 531231280

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 Barthe1000000010
7 BulgariaMFMihail Aleksandrov2010001040
8 PortugalMFEspinho50200030100
9 SloveniaFWRoman Bezjak3010103080
11BrazilFWJuninho Quixadá3100000031
12MadagascarMFAnicet Abel5010001070
15BulgariaDFAleksandar Aleksandrov2000101040
16ColombiaDFBrayan Angulo1000000010
17SpainMFDani Abalo4000102070
18BulgariaMFSvetoslav Dyakov4010003080
19BulgariaDFAleksandar Vasilev1000000010
20BulgariaDFChoco3100000031
21BulgariaGKVladislav Stoyanov2000001131
23BulgariaMFHristo Zlatinski0010001020
25BulgariaDFYordan Minev1000003040
26CanadaGKMilan Borjan0000001010
27RomaniaDFCosmin Moți61101030111
55BulgariaMFGeorgi Terziev0000001010
77PortugalDFVitinha1000000010
80BulgariaDFJúnior Caiçara3120003081
84BrazilMFMarcelinho3010002161
88BrazilFWWanderson1010001030
93NetherlandsFWVura0110001021
99TunisiaFWHamza Younés1000001020
TOTALS 52 5 13 0 5 0 31 2 101 7

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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