PFC Ludogorets Razgrad Academy

Ludogorets III and Academy

Full name	Professional Football Club Ludogorets Razgrad III and Academy
Nickname(s)	The Eagles Ludogorets babies
Short name	Ludogorets III
Founded	2013; 11 years ago (2013) (Academy)[1] 2020; 4 years ago (2020) (Ludogorets III)
Ground	Eagles' Nest, Razgrad
Capacity	2,000
Owner	Kiril Domuschiev
Chairman	Aleksandar Aleksandrov
Head coach	Emiliyan Petrov
League	Bulgarian Third League
2023–24	1st
Website	http://www.ludogorets.com/all_news.php
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Ludogorets III (Bulgarian: Лудогорец III) or Ludogorets 3 is a Bulgarian amateur football team based in Razgrad. Founded in 2020, it is the third team of PFC Ludogorets Razgrad, and currently plays in Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football.

Obliged to play one level below their main side, Ludogorets III is ineligible for promotion to Second League League, where plays the reserve team Ludogorets II, and also can not compete in the Bulgarian Cup.

The Ludogorets Academy, founded in 2013, is the youth academy of Ludogorets Razgrad.

History

In August 2020 Ludogorets started a third team, which joined the Bulgarian Third League.[2] In November 2020 Zahari Sirakov was announced as the new manager of Ludogorets III and U19 team.[3] In 2021 U19 League was disbanded.

On 26 May 2024 the team secured the North-East Third League title.[4] Petar Kirev from the team become a top goalscorer of the league with 21 goals.[5]

Honours

• Third League:
  • Winners (1): 2023–24

Ludogorets III

Current squad

As of 31 December 2023[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BUL Zlatomir Stoimenov 2 DF  BUL Nikolay Nikolov 3 DF  BUL Hristian Atanasov 5 DF  BUL Simeon Shishkov 7 MF  BUL Nikolay Georgiev 8 MF  BUL Rayan Ivanov 9 FW  BUL Antonio Popov 10 FW  BUL Petar Kirev 11 DF  BUL Kristiyan Ivanova 13 DF  BUL Georgi Karaivanov

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  BUL Aleksandar Marinov 15 MF  BUL Eren Yusein 16 MF  BUL Dimitar Ivanov 17 FW  BUL Kristiyan Nikolov 18 MF  BUL Nikola Todorov 19 FW  BUL Martin Stanchev 21 FW  BUL Steven Valchev 24 MF  BUL Deniz Hadzhiev 68 GK  BUL Umut Habil 93 FW  BUL Yoan Yordanov

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	League											Top goalscorer
	Division	Level	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Pos
2020–21	Third League	3	28	15	6	7	75	29	+46	51	6th	Stanislav Valchev	17
2021–22		3	26	17	4	5	66	16	+50	55	4th	Yoan Yordanov	10
2022–23		3	28	17	3	8	79	31	+48	54	5th	Petar Kirev	15
2023–24		3	26	19	4	3	69	16	+53	61	1st	Petar Kirev	21

Managerial history

Dates	Name	Honours
2020	Dimcho Nenov
2020–2023	Zahari Sirakov
2024–	Emiliyan Petrov

Staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Ludogorets III
Head coach	Emiliyan Petrov
Assistant coach	Emil Ivanov
Goalkeepers coach	Zdravko Chavdarov
Ludogorets U17
Head coach	Martin Tsirkov
Assistant coach	Dimitar Stoykov
Goalkeepers coach	Dobrin Dobrev
Ludogorets U16
Head coach	Rosen Marinov
Assistant coach	Svetlin Ivanov
Goalkeepers coach	Dobrin Dobrev
Ludogorets U15
Head coach	Milen Marinov
Assistant coach	Hristos Dokov
Goalkeepers coach	Ventsislav Bogdanov
Ludogorets U14
Head coach	Hristiyan Petrov
Assistant coach	Dimcho Nenov
Goalkeepers coach	Ventsislav Bogdanov
Ludogorets U13
Head coach	Emil Georgiev
Assistant coach	Diyan Angelov
Goalkeepers coach	Zdravko Chavdarov

References

1. Футболна академия Лудогорец
2. Лудогорец 3 дебютира в Трета лига
3. Захари Сираков подписа с Лудогорец
4. Лудогорец спечели Североизточната Трета лига
5. Петър Кирев от Лудогорец е голмайсторът на Североизтока
6. "Б отбор" [B team]. PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

External links

• [1]
• soccerway.com