# 2014–15 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season

The 2014–15 season was 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 semi-finals in the Bulgarian Cup, won the SuperCup and, most notably, made their maiden appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stage, winning the play-off round against Steaua București in dramatic fashion. Ludogorets won €14,547,000 in prize money for their participation in Europe.

## Squad

    As of match played 31 May 2015
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 21 | Vladislav Stoyanov | GK | (1987-06-08)8 June 1987 (aged 27) | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2013 | 101 | 0 |
| 30 | Georgi Argilashki | GK | (1991-06-13)13 June 1991 (aged 23) | Brestnik 1948 | 2011 | 3 | 0 |
| 91 | Ivan Čvorović | GK | (1985-06-15)15 June 1985 (aged 29) | Minyor Pernik | 2012 | 36 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 5 | Alexandre Barthe | DF | (1986-03-05)5 March 1986 (aged 29) | Litex Lovech | 2011 | 99 | 10 |
| 15 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | DF | (1986-04-13)13 April 1986 (aged 29) | Cherno More Varna | 2014 | 32 | 0 |
| 16 | Brayan Angulo | DF | (1989-11-02)2 November 1989 (aged 25) | Granada | 2014 | 26 | 0 |
| 19 | Aleksandar Vasilev | DF | (1995-04-27)27 April 1995 (aged 20) | Kaliakra Kavarna | 2014 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | Preslav Petrov | DF | (1995-05-01)1 May 1995 (aged 20) | Vidima-Rakovski | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Yordan Minev | DF | (1980-10-14)14 October 1980 (aged 34) | Botev Plovdiv | 2011 | 125 | 1 |
| 27 | Cosmin Moți | DF | (1984-12-03)3 December 1984 (aged 30) | Dinamo București | 2012 | 114 | 10 |
| 37 | Ventsislav Kerchev | DF | (1997-06-02)2 June 1997 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Denislav Aleksandrov | DF | (1997-07-19)19 July 1997 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Georgi Terziev | DF | (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 23) | Chernomorets Burgas | 2013 | 40 | 1 |
| 77 | Vitinha | DF | (1986-02-11)11 February 1986 (aged 29) | Concordia Chiajna | 2012 | 38 | 0 |
| 80 | Júnior Caiçara | DF | (1989-04-27)27 April 1989 (aged 26) | Santo André | 2012 | 130 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Mihail Aleksandrov | MF | (1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 25) | Akademik Sofia | 2010 | 144 | 22 |
| 8 | Espinho | MF | (1985-08-18)18 August 1985 (aged 29) | Moreirense | 2013 | 95 | 7 |
| 12 | Anicet Abel | MF | (1990-03-13)13 March 1990 (aged 25) | Botev Plovdiv | 2014 | 34 | 4 |
| 13 | Veselin Lyubomirov | MF | (1996-02-02)2 February 1996 (aged 19) | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Dani Abalo | MF | (1987-09-29)29 September 1987 (aged 27) | Celta Vigo | 2013 | 85 | 21 |
| 18 | Svetoslav Dyakov | MF | (1984-05-31)31 May 1984 (aged 31) | Lokomotiv Sofia | 2012 | 146 | 9 |
| 23 | Hristo Zlatinski | MF | (1985-01-22)22 January 1985 (aged 30) | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2013 | 78 | 14 |
| 28 | Tomas Tsvyatkov | MF | (1997-06-01)1 June 1997 (aged 16) | Litex Lovech | 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Kristiyan Kitov | MF | (1996-10-14)14 October 1996 (aged 18) | CSKA Sofia | 2012 | 3 | 0 |
| 62 | Vasil Vasilev | MF | (1998-01-14)14 January 1998 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Marcelinho | MF | (1984-08-24)24 August 1984 (aged 30) | Bragantino | 2011 | 154 | 45 |
| 88 | Wanderson | MF | (1988-01-02)2 January 1988 (aged 27) | Portuguesa | 2014 | 39 | 10 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Roman Bezjak | FW | (1989-02-21)21 February 1989 (aged 26) | Celje | 2012 | 99 | 29 |
| 11 | Juninho Quixadá | FW | (1985-12-12)12 December 1985 (aged 29) | Bragantino | 2011 | 112 | 31 |
| 93 | Vura | FW | (1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 21) | Willem II | 2013 | 88 | 24 |
| 99 | Hamza Younés | FW | (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 29) | Botev Plovdiv | 2014 | 27 | 5 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| 3 | Teynur Marem | DF | (1994-09-24)24 September 1994 (aged 20) | Sliven 2000 | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Sebastián Hernández | MF | (1986-10-02)2 October 1986 (aged 28) | Independiente Medellín | 2013 | 31 | 8 |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 4 | Tero Mäntylä | DF | (1991-04-18)18 April 1991 (aged 24) | Inter Turku | 2012 | 41 | 1 |
| 20 | Choco | DF | (1990-01-18)18 January 1990 (aged 25) | Santos | 2011 | 78 | 2 |
| 26 | Milan Borjan | GK | (1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 27) | Sivasspor | 2014 | 4 | 0 |
| 95 | Jeroen Lumu | FW | (1995-05-27)27 May 1995 (aged 20) | Willem II | 2013 | 17 | 2 |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BUL | Teynur Marem (at Haskovo) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | COL | Sebastián Hernández (at Cherno More) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | MAD | Anicet Abel (from Botev Plovdiv) |
| 16 | DF | COL | Brayan Angulo (from Granada) |
| 19 | DF | BUL | Aleksandar Vasilev (from Kaliakra Kavarna) |
| 24 | DF | BUL | Preslav Petrov (from Vidima-Rakovski) |
| 26 | GK | CAN | Milan Borjan (from Sivasspor) |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Wanderson (from Portuguesa) |
| 99 | FW | TUN | Hamza Younés (from Botev Plovdiv) |
| — | MF | BUL | Steven Petkov (from Levski Sofia) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | NED | Mitchell Burgzorg (to Slavia Sofia) |
| 19 | MF | BUL | Dimo Bakalov (to Beroe Stara Zagora) |
| 95 | FW | NED | Jeroen Lumu (to Heerenveen) |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Michel Platini (to Slavia Sofia) |
| — | MF | BUL | Steven Petkov |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BUL | Teynur Marem (loan to Haskovo) |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Tero Mäntylä (to Aalesund) |
| 10 | MF | COL | Sebastián Hernández (loan to Cherno More) |
| 20 | DF | BUL | Choco |
| 26 | GK | CAN | Milan Borjan (to Radnički Niš) |

## Competitions
### A Football Group
#### First phase
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 14 | +32 | 47 | Qualification for championship group |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 15 | +24 | 44 | Qualification for championship group |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 39 | Qualification for championship group |
| 4 | Litex Lovech | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 39 | Qualification for championship group |
| 5 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 38 | Qualification for championship group |
* 1 2 Lokomotiv Sofia ahead of Litex Lovech on head-to-head away goals scored; Lokomotiv Sofia–Litex Lovech 2–0, Litex Lovech–Lokomotiv Sofia 4–2.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 April 2014. Source: Soccerway

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| 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 |

##### Results
#### Championship group
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad (C) | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 63 | 24 | +39 | 63 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Beroe | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 55 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Sofia (R, R, R, R) | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 55 | Relegation to 2015–16 V Group |
| 4 | Litex Lovech | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 54 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | CSKA Sofia (D, R) | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 52 | Relegation to 2015–16 V Group |
| 6 | Botev Plovdiv | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 42 | |
* 1 2 Beroe ahead of Lokomotiv Sofia on head-to-head points; Beroe: 7 pts, Lokomotiv Sofia: 4 pts.
* ↑ Lokomotiv Sofia did not receive a license for European competitions and Litex Lovech took their place.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 May 2014. Source: Soccerway

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

##### Results
### Champions League
#### Qualifying phase
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RMA | BSL | LIV | LUD |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Basel | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 4 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — |

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 31 May 2015

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | A Group | A Group | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Supercup | Supercup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Alexandre Barthe | 20 | 3 | 12+1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BUL | Mihail Aleksandrov | 37 | 1 | 13+9 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | POR | Espinho | 42 | 5 | 19+4 | 2 | 5+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9+3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | SVN | Roman Bezjak | 31 | 4 | 9+6 | 2 | 3+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Juninho Quixadá | 34 | 13 | 16+9 | 10 | 4+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | MAD | Anicet Abel | 34 | 4 | 13+8 | 3 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+6 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | BUL | Veselin Lyubomirov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BUL | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | COL | Brayan Angulo | 26 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Dani Abalo | 43 | 11 | 20+8 | 7 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8+2 | 3 |
| 18 | MF | BUL | Svetoslav Dyakov | 40 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | BUL | Aleksandar Vasilev | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | BUL | Vladislav Stoyanov | 40 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | BUL | Hristo Zlatinski | 27 | 2 | 11+7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | BUL | Preslav Petrov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BUL | Yordan Minev | 25 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | ROU | Cosmin Moți | 39 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | BUL | Georgi Argilashki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | BUL | Denislav Aleksandrov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | BUL | Georgi Terziev | 21 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 62 | MF | BUL | Vasil Vasilev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | POR | Vitinha | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | BUL | Júnior Caiçara | 44 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | BRA | Marcelinho | 39 | 11 | 21+1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Wanderson | 39 | 10 | 14+13 | 8 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+6 | 2 |
| 91 | GK | BUL | Ivan Čvorović | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 93 | FW | NED | Vura | 45 | 12 | 24+4 | 10 | 5+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 7+3 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | TUN | 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 | BUL | Teynur Marem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | COL | 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 | FIN | Tero Mäntylä | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BUL | Choco | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | CAN | Milan Borjan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | NED | Jeroen Lumu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | A Group | Bulgarian Cup | Supercup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Juninho Quixadá | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | FW | 93 | Vura | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | FW | 84 | Marcelinho | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Dani Abalo | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | MF | 88 | Wanderson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | FW | 99 | Hamza Younés | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 8 | Espinho | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | 12 | Anicet Abel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | 9 | Roman Bezjak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | DF | 27 | Cosmin Moți | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | 5 | Alexandre Barthe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | MF | 23 | Hristo Zlatinski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 10 | Sebastián Hernández | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | | | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | 7 | Mihail Aleksandrov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 18 | Svetoslav Dyakov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 25 | Yordan Minev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 55 | Georgi Terziev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 63 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 90 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | A Group | A Group | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Supercup | Supercup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total |
| 5 | DF | Alexandre Barthe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Mihail Aleksandrov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Espinho | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Roman Bezjak | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Juninho Quixadá | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | Anicet Abel | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Brayan Angulo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Dani Abalo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Svetoslav Dyakov | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Aleksandar Vasilev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Vladislav Stoyanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Hristo Zlatinski | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Yordan Minev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Cosmin Moți | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 55 | MF | Georgi Terziev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Vitinha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | Júnior Caiçara | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 84 | MF | Marcelinho | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 88 | FW | Wanderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 93 | FW | Vura | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | Hamza Younés | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Ludogorets Razgrad during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | Tero Mäntylä | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Choco | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | GK | Milan Borjan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 63 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 116 | 8 |