# 2015–16 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season

The 2015–16 season was Ludogorets Razgrad's fifth season in A Football Group. They successfully defended their title, winning the championship for a fifth consecutive and overall time. However, Ludogorets Razgrad lost the second round in the Bulgarian Cup, lost the SuperCup final and failed to qualify in the UEFA Champions League groups, losing in both legs of the second qualifying round to Milsami Orhei.

## Squad

    As of match played 27 May 2016
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Milan Borjan | GK | (1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 28) | Radnički Niš | 2016 | 12 | 0 |
| 21 | Vladislav Stoyanov | GK | (1987-06-08)8 June 1987 (aged 28) | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2013 | 124 | 0 |
| 31 | Georgi Argilashki | GK | (1991-06-13)13 June 1991 (aged 24) | Brestnik 1948 | 2011 | 9 | 0 |
| 91 | Ivan Čvorović | GK | (1985-06-15)15 June 1985 (aged 30) | Minyor Pernik | 2012 | 36 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Teynur Marem | DF | (1994-09-24)24 September 1994 (aged 21) | Sliven 2000 | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Cicinho | DF | (1988-12-26)26 December 1988 (aged 27) | Santos | 2015 | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | Natanael | DF | (1990-12-25)25 December 1990 (aged 25) | Athletico Paranaense | 2015 | 25 | 0 |
| 16 | Brayan Angulo | DF | (1989-11-02)2 November 1989 (aged 26) | Granada | 2014 | 35 | 1 |
| 19 | Aleksandar Vasilev | DF | (1995-04-27)27 April 1995 (aged 21) | Kaliakra Kavarna | 2014 | 19 | 1 |
| 24 | Preslav Petrov | DF | (1995-05-01)1 May 1995 (aged 21) | Vidima-Rakovski | 2014 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Yordan Minev | DF | (1980-10-14)14 October 1980 (aged 35) | Botev Plovdiv | 2011 | 149 | 1 |
| 27 | Cosmin Moți | DF | (1984-12-03)3 December 1984 (aged 31) | Dinamo București | 2012 | 143 | 15 |
| 37 | Ventsislav Kerchev | DF | (1997-06-02)2 June 1997 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2014 | 24 | 2 |
| 55 | Georgi Terziev | DF | (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 24) | Chernomorets Burgas | 2013 | 62 | 2 |
| 77 | Vitinha | DF | (1986-02-11)11 February 1986 (aged 30) | Concordia Chiajna | 2012 | 50 | 0 |
| 83 | Hristo Popadiyn | DF | (1994-01-06)6 January 1994 (aged 22) | Lokomotiv Mezdra | 2015 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Lucas Sasha | MF | (1990-03-01)1 March 1990 (aged 26) | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2015 | 24 | 2 |
| 12 | Anicet Abel | MF | (1990-03-13)13 March 1990 (aged 26) | Botev Plovdiv | 2014 | 55 | 4 |
| 13 | Veselin Lyubomirov | MF | (1996-02-02)2 February 1996 (aged 20) | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Svetoslav Dyakov | MF | (1984-05-31)31 May 1984 (aged 31) | Lokomotiv Sofia | 2012 | 174 | 9 |
| 30 | Andrei Prepeliță | MF | (1985-12-08)8 December 1985 (aged 30) | Steaua București | 2015 | 26 | 1 |
| 34 | Oleg Dimitrov | MF | (1996-03-06)6 March 1996 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Kristiyan Kitov | MF | (1996-10-14)14 October 1996 (aged 19) | CSKA Sofia | 2012 | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | Ivaylo Klimentov | MF | (1998-02-03)3 February 1998 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | Denislav Aleksandrov | MF | (1997-07-19)19 July 1997 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2014 | 4 | 0 |
| 84 | Marcelinho | MF | (1984-08-24)24 August 1984 (aged 31) | Bragantino | 2011 | 182 | 52 |
| 88 | Wanderson | MF | (1988-01-02)2 January 1988 (aged 28) | Portuguesa | 2014 | 67 | 20 |
| 92 | Jody Lukoki | MF | (1992-11-15)15 November 1992 (aged 23) | PEC Zwolle | 2015 | 22 | 0 |
| 95 | Borimir Karamfilov | MF | (1995-05-13)13 May 1995 (aged 21) | Botev Plovdiv | 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 98 | Svetoslav Kovachev | MF | (1998-03-14)14 March 1998 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 11 | Juninho Quixadá | FW | (1985-12-12)12 December 1985 (aged 30) | Bragantino | 2011 | 129 | 34 |
| 17 | Tsvetelin Chunchukov | FW | (1994-12-26)26 December 1994 (aged 21) | Botev Plovdiv | 2015 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | Jonathan Cafú | FW | (1991-07-10)10 July 1991 (aged 24) | São Paulo | 2015 | 23 | 7 |
| 28 | Claudiu Keșerü | FW | (1986-12-02)2 December 1986 (aged 29) | Al-Gharafa | 2015 | 27 | 15 |
| 71 | Yanaki Smirnov | FW | (1992-12-20)20 December 1992 (aged 23) | Lokomotiv GO | 2015 | 3 | 1 |
| 93 | Vura | FW | (1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 22) | Willem II | 2013 | 105 | 26 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| 99 | Hamza Younés | FW | (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 30) | Botev Plovdiv | 2014 | 27 | 5 |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | Mihail Aleksandrov | MF | (1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 26) | Akademik Sofia | 2010 | 150 | 22 |
| 15 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | DF | (1986-04-13)13 April 1986 (aged 30) | Cherno More Varna | 2014 | 38 | 0 |
| 45 | Zlatko Bonev | MF | (1994-06-09)9 June 1994 (aged 21) | Marek Dupnitsa | 2015 | 1 | 0 |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CAN | Milan Borjan (from Radnički Niš) |
| 3 | DF | BUL | Teynur Marem (loan return from Haskovo) |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Cicinho (from Santos) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Lucas Sasha (from Hapoel Tel Aviv) |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Natanael (from Atlético Paranaense) |
| 17 | FW | BUL | Tsvetelin Chunchukov (from Botev Plovdiv) |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Jonathan Cafu (from São Paulo) |
| 28 | FW | ROU | Claudiu Keșerü (from Al-Gharafa) |
| 30 | MF | ROU | Andrei Prepeliță (from Steaua București) |
| 92 | MF | COD | Jody Lukoki (from PEC Zwolle) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Alexandre Barthe (to Grasshoppers) |
| 8 | MF | POR | Espinho (to Málaga) |
| 9 | FW | SVN | Roman Bezjak (to HNK Rijeka) |
| 10 | MF | COL | Sebastián Hernández |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Dani Abalo (to Sivasspor) |
| 23 | MF | BUL | Hristo Zlatinski (to CS Universitatea Craiova) |
| 80 | DF | BRA | Júnior Caiçara (to Schalke 04) |
| 99 | FW | TUN | Hamza Younés (loan to Tractor Sazi) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | BUL | Mihail Aleksandrov (to Legia Warsaw) |
| 15 | DF | BUL | Aleksandar Aleksandrov (to Levski Sofia)} |
| 99 | FW | TUN | Hamza Younés (loan to Concordia Chiajna, previously on loan to Tractor Sazi) |

## Competitions
### Bulgarian Supercup
### A Football Group
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad (C) | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 55 | 21 | +34 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Beroe | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Slavia Sofia | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 32 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 49 | |
* 1 2 Slavia Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Plovdiv on head-to-head record; Slavia Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Slavia Sofia 2–0, Slavia Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Slavia Sofia 3–1.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 June 2016. 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | - | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | - | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | - | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | - | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Results
### Champions League
#### Qualifying phase
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 27 May 2016

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | CAN | Milan Borjan | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Cicinho | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Natanael | 25 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Lucas Sasha | 24 | 2 | 19+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Juninho Quixadá | 17 | 3 | 7+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | MAD | Anicet Abel | 21 | 0 | 5+14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | COL | Brayan Angulo | 9 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BUL | Tsvetelin Chunchukov | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BUL | Svetoslav Dyakov | 28 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BUL | Aleksandar Vasilev | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | BUL | Vladislav Stoyanov | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Jonathan Cafu | 23 | 7 | 21+1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | BUL | Preslav Petrov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BUL | Yordan Minev | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ROU | Cosmin Moți | 29 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ROU | Claudiu Keșerü | 27 | 15 | 25+1 | 15 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ROU | Andrei Prepeliță | 26 | 1 | 10+13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | BUL | Georgi Argilashki | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | BUL | Oleg Dimitrov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | BUL | Ventsislav Kerchev | 24 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | BUL | Ivaylo Klimentov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | BUL | Georgi Terziev | 22 | 1 | 10+11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | BUL | Yanaki Smirnov | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | POR | Vitinha | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | BUL | Denislav Aleksandrov | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | DF | BUL | Hristo Popadiyn | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | BUL | Marcelinho | 28 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Wanderson | 28 | 10 | 21+5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 92 | MF | COD | Jody Lukoki | 22 | 0 | 2+17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | NED | Vura | 17 | 2 | 11+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | BUL | Borimir Karamfilov | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | BUL | Svetoslav Kovachev | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Ludogorets Razgrad that left during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | BUL | Mihail Aleksandrov | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BUL | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | BUL | Zlatko Bonev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal Scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | A Group | Bulgarian Cup | Supercup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 28 | Claudiu Keșerü | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | MF | 88 | Wanderson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | 84 | Marcelinho | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 22 | Jonathan Cafu | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | DF | 27 | Cosmin Moți | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 11 | Juninho Quixadá | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 93 | Vura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 37 | Ventsislav Kerchev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Lucas Sasha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 95 | Borimir Karamfilov | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 19 | Aleksandar Vasilev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 55 | Georgi Terziev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 30 | Andrei Prepeliță | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 71 | Yanaki Smirnov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 16 | Brayan Angulo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 55 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 61 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | A Group | A Group | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Supercup | Supercup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Milan Borjan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Cicinho | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Natanael | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Lucas Sasha | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Juninho Quixadá | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Svetoslav Dyakov | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Aleksandar Vasilev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Vladislav Stoyanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Jonathan Cafu | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | Yordan Minev | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Cosmin Moți | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | Claudiu Keșerü | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Ventsislav Kerchev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Georgi Terziev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | Yanaki Smirnov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Vitinha | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | Marcelinho | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Wanderson | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | Jody Lukoki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | FW | Vura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Ludogorets Razgrad during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | Mihail Aleksandrov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 88 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 98 | 4 |