PFC Ludogorets Razgrad II
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| Full name | Professional Football Club Ludogorets Razgrad II |
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| Nickname(s) | The Eagles |
| Short name | Ludogorets II |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Ground | Eagles' Nest, Razgrad |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Owner | Kiril Domuschiev |
| Chairman | Aleksandar Aleksandrov |
| Head coach | Radoslav Zdravkov |
| League | Bulgarian Second League |
| 2015–16 | B Group, 7th |
| Website | Club home page |
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad II (Bulgarian: ПФК Лудогорец Разград 2) or Ludogorets Razgrad 2 is a Bulgarian football team based in Razgrad. Founded in 2015, it is the reserve team of PFC Ludogorets Razgrad, and currently plays in B Group, the second level of Bulgarian football.
Obliged to play one level below their main side, Ludogorets II is ineligible for promotion to A Group and also can not compete in the Bulgarian Cup.
In the beginning of 2015, the Bulgarian Football Union discussed the idea to add the reserve sides of several A Group clubs in the B Group or in the lower regional divisions. Ludogorets Razgrad, Litex Lovech, Levski Sofia, CSKA Sofia, Cherno More Varna and Botev Plovdiv expressed such interest to have a team in the B Group. At the beginning of June 2015, the BFU announced that only Litex and Ludogorets have sent such applications. Eventually, Ludogorets II and Litex II were added to the 2015-16 B Group.
The team finished on 7th position in their first season. The team started the 2016–17 season precariously and finished in the religation zone on the half season. That why on 12 January 2017 team announced Radoslav Zdravkov, a Bulgarian football legend and also constant assistant coach in the Bulgarian national team recent age. 2 days later from Ludogorets announced that in orther to get better results from second team, they would apply big changes. Radoslav Zdravkov was announced as a headcoach with Galin Ivanov and Marcelo Chagas for assistants and one other Bulgarian legend, Spas Dzhevizov, was announced as a selectionist, and will look after for youth tallents from Ludogorets Academy and other academies to join the team.
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