This club was founded in 1945 as several teams united. In 2001 it abolished because of financial problems.
In 2001 the club called Razgrad 2000 was formed. In 2010 it was named Ludogorets and became the successor of the team liquidated in 2006.
September 2010 was the defining moment in Ludogorets history. Businessman Kiril Domuschiev became owner of the club and invested big money into it. A year later Ludogorets reached Bulgarian top league for the first time in their history. That season they won the domestic title, national cup and super cup.
The following year Ludogorets won Bulgarian league again and in 2012/13 season triumphed in all national competitions one more time.
Ludogorets also demonstrate quite good results in euro cups. In 2013/14 season they reached the Europa League round of 16, but were outplayed by Valencia CF.
At the third attempt they qualified for the Champions League group stage this year. In play-off round they defeated FC Steaua București. The game was really special as Ludogorets keeper was sent off and defender Cosmin Moți took his place. Eventually he saved two shots in a penalty shootout and thus his team advanced to the group stage.
The Eagles finished fourth opposing Real Madrid, Basel and Liverpool (W-1, D-1, L-4, goal difference – 5:14).
At the moment Ludogorets are second in Bulgarian league lacking three points behind PFC CSKA Sofia.
The team started getting ready for the second part of the season in January. They’ve already played six sparrings (W-3, D-2, L-1).
Ludogorets head coach is Georgi Dermendzhiev. He’s been working for the club since 2011.
Many of his players are Bulgaria internationals – goalkeeper Vladislav Stoyanov, defenders Yordan Minev, Georgi Terziev, midfielders Svetoslav Dyakov and Mihail Aleksandrov.
Still foreigners also play important role in Ludogorets. These are defenders Cosmin Moți, Júnior Caiçara, Bryan Angulo, halfbacks Dani Abalo, Fabio Espinho, Abel Anicet, forwards Marcelinho, Juninho Quixadá, Hamza Younes and Virgil Misidjan (best striker of the team at the moment).
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