2020–21 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season

The 2020–21 season was Ludogorets Razgrad's tenth consecutive season in the Bulgarian First League, of which they were defending champions.

Ludogorets Razgrad

2020–21 season
Chairman	Aleksandar Aleksandrov
Manager	Pavel Vrba (until 26 October) Stanislav Genchev (interim) (26 October - 3 January) Valdas Dambrauskas (from 3 January)
First League	Champions
Bulgarian Cup	Semi-finals
Supercup	Runners-up
Champions League	Second qualifying round
Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Claudiu Keșerü (18) All: Claudiu Keșerü (20)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Season events

On 21 July, midfielder Serkan Yusein joined CSKA 1948 on loan for the season.^[1]

On 23 July, Ludogorets announced the signing of Alex Santana from Botafogo, with Rafael Forster heading in the opposite direction.^[2]

On 24 July, Beroe Stara Zagora announced the signing of Dimo Bakalov from Ludogorets.^[3]

On 30 July, Bernard Tekpetey joined Ludogorets on loan from Schalke 04 for two seasons.^[4]

On 12 August, Ludogorets announced the signing of Higinio Marín from Numancia.^[5]

On 16 August, Ludogorets announced the signing of Elvis Manu from Beijing Renhe.^[6]

At the draw for the Third qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, Ludogorets were given a bye to the Play-off Round after a draw of lots between the teams dropping into the Europa League after elimination in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.^[7]

On 4 September, Olivier Verdon joined Ludogorets on loan for the season from Alavés.^[8]

On 2 October, Ludogorets announced the signing of Josué Sá from Anderlecht.^[9]

On 5 October, Kiril Despodov joined on loan from Cagliari for the duration of the season.^[10]

On 26 October, manager Pavel Vrba resigned from his position, with Stanislav Genchev being appointed as interim-manager in his place.^[11]

On 12 November, Jorginho was loaned to Wadi Degla until July 2021, with an option to make the move permanent.^[12]

On 3 January, Valdas Dambrauskas was announced as Ludogorets Razgrad's new Head Coach.^[13]

On 2 February, Júnior Brandão joined Rio Ave on loan until the end of the season.^[14]

On 5 February, Ludogorets Razgrad announced the signing of Pieros Sotiriou from Astana.^[15]

On 1 March, Ludogorets Razgrad announced the signing of Kristijan Kahlina on loan from HNK Gorica.^[16]

Squad

As of match played 26 May 2021

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Kristijan Kahlina		GK	(1992-07-24)24 July 1992 (aged 28)	loan from HNK Gorica	2021[16]	2021	11	0
23	Plamen Iliev		GK	(1991-11-30)30 November 1991 (aged 29)	Astra Giurgiu	2019		58	0
27	Vladislav Stoyanov		GK	(1987-06-08)8 June 1987 (aged 33)	Sheriff Tiraspol	2013		139	0
67	Damyan Hristov		GK	(2002-10-11)11 October 2002 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2020		1	0
69	Damyan Damyanov		GK	(2000-07-29)29 July 2000 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2016		1	0
Defenders
3	Anton Nedyalkov		DF	(1993-04-30)30 April 1993 (aged 28)	FC Dallas	2018		122	1
4	Cicinho		DF	(1988-12-26)26 December 1988 (aged 32)	Santos	2015		181	4
5	Georgi Terziev		DF	(1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 29)	Chernomorets Burgas	2013		172	5
21	Dragoș Grigore		DF	(1986-09-07)7 September 1986 (aged 34)	Al-Sailiya	2018		59	5
22	Jordan Ikoko		DF	(1994-02-03)3 February 1994 (aged 27)	Guingamp	2019[17]		56	2
24	Olivier Verdon		DF	(1995-10-05)5 October 1995 (aged 25)	loan from Alavés	2020[8]	2021[8]	29	0
30	Cosmin Moți		DF	(1984-12-03)3 December 1984 (aged 36)	Dinamo București	2012		297	36
32	Josué Sá		DF	(1992-06-17)17 June 1992 (aged 28)	Anderlecht	2020[9]		19	2
52	Tihomir Dimitrov		DF	(2000-02-04)4 February 2000 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2018		1	0
58	Dimitar Iliev		DF	(1999-06-22)22 June 1999 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2017		1	0
75	Petar Georgiev		DF	(2002-05-10)10 May 2002 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2020		1	0
91	Aleksandar Ganchev		DF	(2001-07-09)9 July 2001 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2020		1	0
Midfielders
7	Alex Santana		MF	(1995-05-13)13 May 1995 (aged 26)	Botafogo	2020[2]		34	5
12	Anicet Abel		MF	(1990-03-13)13 March 1990 (aged 31)	Botev Plovdiv	2014		226	16
18	Svetoslav Dyakov		MF	(1984-05-31)31 May 1984 (aged 36)	Lokomotiv Sofia	2012		351	11
25	Stéphane Badji		MF	(1990-05-29)29 May 1990 (aged 30)	Bursaspor	2019[18]		68	0
31	Georgi Valchev		MF	(2000-02-05)5 February 2000 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2018		0	0
37	Branimir Kostadinov		MF	(1989-03-04)4 March 1989 (aged 32)	Dunav Ruse	2019		1	0
50	Tsvetoslav Petrov		MF	(1999-05-30)30 May 1999 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2019		2	0
51	Ilker Budinov		MF	(2000-08-11)11 August 2000 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2019		3	0
64	Dominik Yankov		MF	(2000-07-13)13 July 2000 (aged 20)	Sunderland	2017		47	5
72	Erol Dost		MF	(1999-05-30)30 May 1999 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2017		3	1
76	Serdar Yusufov		MF	(1998-10-02)2 October 1998 (aged 22)	Youth Team	2018		0	0
82	Ivan Yordanov		MF	(2000-11-07)7 November 2000 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2019		8	0
83	Valenin Tsvetanov		MF	(2002-04-08)8 April 2002 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2020		1	0
85	Aleks Lukanov		MF	(2002-02-22)22 February 2002 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2020		1	0
88	Wanderson		MF	(1988-01-02)2 January 1988 (aged 33)	Portuguesa	2014		253	69
95	Cauly		MF	(1995-09-15)15 September 1995 (aged 25)	SC Paderborn	2020[19]		55	12
97	Georgi Chukalov		MF	(1998-02-25)25 February 1998 (aged 23)	OFC Pomorie	2020		1	0
Forwards
9	Higinio Marín		FW	(1993-10-19)19 October 1993 (aged 27)	Numancia	2020[5]		12	7
10	Elvis Manu		FW	(1993-08-13)13 August 1993 (aged 27)	Beijing Renhe	2020[6]		32	10
11	Kiril Despodov		FW	(1996-11-11)11 November 1996 (aged 24)	loan from Cagliari	2020[10]	2021	27	6
13	Mavis Tchibota		FW	(1996-05-07)7 May 1996 (aged 25)	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	2019[20]		68	19
19	Pieros Sotiriou		FW	(1993-01-13)13 January 1993 (aged 28)	Astana	2021[15]		12	2
28	Claudiu Keșerü		FW	(1986-12-02)2 December 1986 (aged 34)	Al-Gharafa	2015		239	139
37	Bernard Tekpetey		FW	(1997-09-03)3 September 1997 (aged 23)	loan from Schalke 04	2020[4]	2022[4]	36	4
38	Vladislav Naydenov		FW	(2001-11-29)29 November 2001 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2019		1	0
74	Hyusein Kelyovluev		FW	(2000-05-11)11 May 2000 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2019		1	0
Players away on loan
8	Dan Biton		MF	(1995-07-20)20 July 1995 (aged 25)	Ashdod	2019[20]		35	6
10	Jakub Świerczok		FW	(1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 28)	Zagłębie Lubin	2017		87	37
17	Jorginho		MF	(1995-09-21)21 September 1995 (aged 25)	Saint-Étienne	2019[21]		41	8
20	Serkan Yusein		MF	(1996-03-31)31 March 1996 (aged 25)	Botev Plovdiv	2019		12	0
81	Dimitar Mitkov		FW	(2000-01-27)27 January 2000 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2020		8	0
98	Svetoslav Kovachev		MF	(1998-03-14)14 March 1998 (aged 23)	Youth Team	2015		13	2
	Júnior Brandão		FW	(1995-01-07)7 January 1995 (aged 26)	Atlético Goianiense	2018		2	0
Players who left during the season
6	Taleb Tawatha		DF	(1992-06-21)21 June 1992 (aged 28)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2019[22]		9	0
33	Renan		GK	(1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 32)	Avaí	2017		89	0

Out on loan

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 8 MF  ISR Dan Biton (at Maccabi Tel Aviv) 10 FW  POL Jakub Świerczok (at Piast Gliwice) 17 MF  GNB Jorginho (at Wadi Degla)[12] 20 MF  BUL Serkan Yusein (at CSKA 1948)[1]

No. Pos. Nation Player 81 FW  BUL Dimitar Mitkov (at CSKA 1948)[23] 98 MF  BUL Svetoslav Kovachev (at Arda) — FW  BRA Júnior Brandão (at Rio Ave)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2020 and List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2020–21

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
23 July 2020	MF		Alex Santana	Botafogo	Undisclosed	[2]
12 August 2020	FW		Higinio Marín	Numancia	Undisclosed	[5]
16 August 2020	FW		Elvis Manu	Beijing Renhe	Undisclosed	[6]
2 October 2020	DF		Josué Sá	Anderlecht	Undisclosed	[9]
5 February 2021	FW		Pieros Sotiriou	Astana	Undisclosed	[15]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
30 July 2020	FW		Bernard Tekpetey	Schalke 04	30 June 2022	[4]
4 September 2020	DF		Olivier Verdon	Alavés	30 June 2021	[8]
5 October 2020	FW		Kiril Despodov	Cagliari	30 June 2021	[10]
1 March 2021	GK		Kristijan Kahlina	HNK Gorica	30 June 2021	[16]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
23 July 2020	DF		Rafael Forster	Botafogo	Undisclosed	[2]
24 July 2020	MF		Dimo Bakalov	Beroe Stara Zagora	Undisclosed	[3]
16 October 2020	DF		Taleb Tawatha	Maccabi Haifa	Undisclosed	[24]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
20 February 2020	FW		Júnior Brandão	Atlético Goianiense	31 December 2020
21 July 2020	MF		Serkan Yusein	CSKA 1948	End of season	[1]
1 August 2020	MF		Svetoslav Kovachev	Arda Kardzhali	30 June 2021
16 August 2020	MF		Dan Biton	Maccabi Tel Aviv	30 June 2021
17 August 2020	FW		Jakub Świerczok	Piast Gliwice	30 June 2021
12 November 2020	MF		Jorginho	Wadi Degla	31 July 2021	[12]
2 February 2021	FW		Júnior Brandão	Rio Ave	30 June 2021	[14]
12 February 2021	FW		Dimitar Mitkov	CSKA 1948	30 June 2021	[23]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
28 February 2021	GK		Renan			[25]

Friendlies

Ludogorets Razgrad v Montana

25 July 2020	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–0	Montana	Razgrad
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Ludogorets Sports Center Referee: Ivelin Zanev

Ludogorets Razgrad v Bačka Topola

20 January 2021	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–1	Bačka Topola	Belek, Turkey
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tekpetey 7', 36' Terziev  55' Yankov  70'	Report	Stanojev 37'	Stadium: Rixos Premium Stadium Attendance: 0

Ludogorets Razgrad v Shakhtar Donetsk

23 January 2021	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Belek, Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ikoko 58' Cauly 60'	Report	Solomon 5' Konoplyanka 55' Marlos	Stadium: Calista Sports Center Attendance: 0

Ludogorets Razgrad v Dynamo Kyiv

30 January 2021	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Belek, Turkey
16:15 EET (UTC+2)	Cauly 39' Sá 56'	Report	Verdon 24' (o.g.)	Stadium: Mardan Stadium Attendance: 0

Ludogorets Razgrad v Akron Tolyatti

31 January 2021	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–2	Akron Tolyatti	Belek, Turkey
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Cicinho  26' Ikoko  50' Yankov 73'	Report	Kvekveskiri 24' Emini  53' Gazdanov 75'	Stadium: Arkadia Complex Stadium Attendance: 0

Ludogorets Razgrad v Dinamo Tbilisi

4 February 2021	Ludogorets Razgrad	3–1	Dinamo Tbilisi	Belek, Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Despodov 24'  68' Keșerü 31' Santana  37' Tekpetey  64' Tchibota 76'	Report	Marušić 2' Hvadiagi  34' Lominadze  35'	Stadium: Titanic Deluxe Stadium Attendance: 0

Competitions

Bulgarian Supercup

Main article: 2020 Bulgarian Supercup

Ludogorets Razgrad v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

2 August 2020	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Razgrad
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tchibota  61' Ikoko  66' Grigore  72'	Report	Petrović  25' Masoero  64' Aralica  73' Iliev 89'  90' Salinas  90'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Volen Chinkov

A Football Group

Regular stage

Main article: 2020–21 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	26	20	4	2	59	18	+41	64	Qualification for the Championship group
2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26	15	7	4	41	19	+22	52
3	CSKA Sofia	26	14	8	4	39	20	+19	50
4	Arda	26	12	9	5	36	29	+7	45
5	CSKA 1948	26	10	8	8	34	30	+4	38

Source: Soccerway, Bulgarian Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[26]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	20	4	2	59	18	+41	64	12	1	0	28	4	+24	8	3	2	31	14	+17

Last updated: 26 April 2021.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Game	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
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W
Position	11	8	3	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Botev Vratsa v Ludogorets Razgrad

8 August 2020 1	Botev Vratsa	3–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Vratsa
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Burov  23' Domovchiyski  31', 42' Genov 47' Kerchev  63' Atanasov 84'	Report	Dyakov  11'  33' Cauly  56', 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Referee: Nikola Popov

Ludogorets Razgrad v Slavia Sofia

14 August 2020 2	Ludogorets Razgrad	3–0	Slavia Sofia	Razgrad
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Cicinho 44' Badji  59' Tchibota 73' Moți 79' (pen.),  88'	Report	Gamakov  46' Hristov  87'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Dragomir Draganov

Cherno More v Ludogorets Razgrad

22 August 2020 3	Cherno More	1–4	Ludogorets Razgrad	Varna
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Coureur 25' Panayotov  29' Andrade  71'	Report	Santana 6' Cicinho  10' Moți  30' Keșerü 40' Grigore  42' Jorginho 73' Higinio 88'	Stadium: Stadion Ticha Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

Etar v Ludogorets Razgrad

29 August 2020 4	Etar	0–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Veliko Tarnovo
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Borukov  38' M. Ivanov  83'	Report	Moți  42' Keșerü 79' Tchibota 90'	Stadium: Stadion Ivaylo Referee: Volen Chinkov

Ludogorets Razgrad v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

12 September 2020 5	Ludogorets Razgrad	3–1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Razgrad
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Santana  59' 79' Yankov 62' Manu 81'	Report	Tsvetanov  19' Masoero  31' Aralica  34' Karagaren 52' Ilić  76' Almeida  81'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Georgi Davidov

CSKA Sofia v Ludogorets Razgrad

20 September 2020 6	CSKA Sofia	2–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Keita  27' 71' Yomov  58' Sankharé 75' Carey  80'	Report	Santana 11'  81' Grigore  23' Cicinho  34' Yankov  63' Manu  63' Higinio 84' Stoyanov  89'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Georgi Kabakov

Ludogorets Razgrad v Beroe

26 September 2020 7	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–0	Beroe	Razgrad
18:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Keșerü 18' Cicinho 23'	Report	Vasilev  30' Mézague  74' Bakalov  79'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Ludogorets Razgrad v Tsarsko Selo

16 October 2020 9	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–1	Tsarsko Selo	Razgrad
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Higinio 28' (pen.) Moți  43' Tekpetey  45+2' Cauly  63' Dyakov  65' Keșerü 83' Santana  90+1'	Report	Bandalovski  27' Daskalov  71' Baltanov 90+4' Hristov  90+5'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Georgi Nikolov

Montana v Ludogorets Razgrad

25 October 2020 10	Montana	1–3	Ludogorets Razgrad	Montana
20:15 EET (UTC+2)	Tasev 2' Bari  27' Iliev  35' Bashliev  54'	Report	Higinio 10' Manu 52' Nedyalkov  64' Yankov 86'	Stadium: Stadion Ogosta Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

Ludogorets Razgrad v Levski Sofia

1 November 2020 11	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–0	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
19:15 EET (UTC+2)	Sá  41' Santana  77' Cauly 84' Dyakov  86'	Report	Raynov  34' Robertha  85' Bojinov  85'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Volen Chinkov

CSKA 1948 v Ludogorets Razgrad

8 November 2020 12	CSKA 1948	0–3	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
17:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Nedyalkov  38' Keșerü 45', 77' Tchibota 65'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Ludogorets Razgrad v Botev Vratsa

29 November 2020 14	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–1	Botev Vratsa	Razgrad
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kerchev 16' (o.g.) Sá 31' Ikoko  79'	Report	Lagoa 20' Kostadinov  88'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

Slavia Sofia v Ludogorets Razgrad

6 December 2020 15	Slavia Sofia	0–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Patev  7' Tasevski  79'	Report	Verdon  55' Keșerü 65' Sá  70' Santana 82'	Stadium: Stadion Slavia Referee: Dragomir Draganov

Ludogorets Razgrad v Cherno More

13 December 2020 16	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–0	Cherno More	Razgrad
17:45 EET (UTC+2)	Yankov  8' Keșerü 17'  38' Grigore  36' Despodov  39' Sá  42' Tchibota  90' Stoyanov  90+1'	Report	Panov  13' Panayotov  31' Rodrigo  77' Velev  79'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Arda v Ludogorets Razgrad

17 December 2020 8	Arda	2–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Kardzhali
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Delev 17' Lozev  51' Kotev  67' Juninho 84'	Report	Despodov 11' Grigore 70' Keșerü  73' Sá  90+6'	Stadium: Arena Arda Referee: Georgi Davidov
Note: Match originally scheduled for 4 October 2020.

Ludogorets Razgrad v Botev Plovdiv

20 December 2020 13	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–1	Botev Plovdiv	Razgrad
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Badji  30' Keșerü 39' (pen.) Yankov 50' Verdon  75'	Report	Tonev  29' Trifonov  34' Genev  38' Cissé 89' Rusev  90+4'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
Note: Match originally scheduled for 21 November 2020.

Ludogorets Razgrad v Etar

15 February 2021 17	Ludogorets Razgrad	6–0	Etar	Razgrad
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Keșerü 6', 36', 41', 51' Krachunov 39' (o.g.) Terziev  64' Cicinho  83' Cauly 90+2'	Report	H. Ivanov  24' Stanev  84'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Georgi Kabakov

Lokomotiv Plovdiv v Ludogorets Razgrad

20 February 2021 18	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Plovdiv
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tsvetanov 41' Iliev 43' Gomis  52' Salinas 77'	Report	Abel 17' Tekpetey  29' Keșerü 53' (pen.) Sotiriou  72' Cauly  76' Despodov  78' Badji  84'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Referee: Volen Chinkov

Ludogorets Razgrad v CSKA Sofia

27 February 2021 19	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–0	CSKA Sofia	Razgrad
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tekpetey 4' Abel  40' Ikoko  73' P. Iliev  90+1'	Report	Zanev  17' Sinclair  66' Koch  86' Mattheij  87' Youga  90+4'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Dragomir Draganov

Beroe v Ludogorets Razgrad

7 March 2021 20	Beroe	1–4	Ludogorets Razgrad	Stara Zagora
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Minchev  6' 52' Octávio  74' Furtado  79'	Report	Keșerü 3' Manu 61', 82' Cicinho  71' Despodov 89'	Stadium: Stadion Beroe Referee: Georgi Davidov

Ludogorets Razgrad v Arda

12 March 2021 21	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–0	Arda	Razgrad
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Abel  69' Wanderson 90+5'	Report	Martinov  77' Georgiev  83'  90' Karadzhov  90+6'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Tsarsko Selo v Ludogorets Razgrad

20 March 2021 22	Tsarsko Selo	1–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kavdanski  29' 79' Anderson  83' Penev  84'	Report	Sá  35' Sotiriou 77' Tekpetey  90+2'	Stadium: Sporten kompleks Tsarsko Selo Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Ludogorets Razgrad v Montana

10 April 2021 23	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–0	Montana	Razgrad
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Keșerü 73' (pen.)	Report	Tsonkov  56'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Georgi Ginchev

Levski Sofia v Ludogorets Razgrad

18 April 2021 24	Levski Sofia	0–3	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
20:45 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Keșerü 8' Cauly 11', 77' Cicinho  76' Wanderson  80' Nedyalkov  90+1'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Valentin Zhelezov

Ludogorets Razgrad v CSKA 1948

22 April 2021 25	Ludogorets Razgrad	4–0	CSKA 1948	Razgrad
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Sá 35' Despodov 40', 61'  61' Cicinho 45'	Report	Lyaskov  89'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Botev Plovdiv v Ludogorets Razgrad

26 April 2021 26	Botev Plovdiv	0–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Plovdiv
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Marquinhos  6' Rabeï  17' Mladenovski  42'	Report	Wanderson 66', 82'	Stadium: Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912 Referee: Georgi Davidov

Championship stage

Main article: 2020–21 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	31	22	4	5	69	29	+40	70	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	31	17	10	4	48	23	+25	61	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[a]
3	CSKA Sofia	31	17	8	6	46	24	+22	59
4	Arda (O)	31	13	11	7	42	37	+5	50	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off
5	CSKA 1948	31	12	11	8	41	34	+7	47
6	Beroe	31	10	9	12	42	38	+4	39

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[27]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

1. CSKA Sofia qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2020–21 Bulgarian Cup.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
5	2	0	3	10	11	−1	6	2	0	1	8	4	+4	0	0	2	2	7	−5

Last updated: 26 May 2021.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Game	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	W	L
Position	1	1	1	1	1

Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Ludogorets Razgrad v Beroe

4 May 2021 27	Ludogorets Razgrad	3–1	Beroe	Razgrad
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Despodov 27' Verdon  37' Yankov 80' Keșerü 84'	Report	Makouta 38' (pen.)  45+5'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Dragomir Draganov

Ludogorets Razgrad v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

8 May 2021 28	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Razgrad
17:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Manu  8'  61' Tekpetey 15'  53' Cauly  74'  81' Despodov  76' Ikoko  84'	Report	Minchev 17'  63' Iliev 32' (pen.) Karagaren  70' Salinas  80' Gomis  84' Almeida  90+5'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

CSKA Sofia v Ludogorets Razgrad

12 May 2021 29	CSKA Sofia	4–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Mattheij 4'  90+2' Bismark 54' Koch 62' Mazikou  89' Caicedo 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Badji  50' Cicinho 59' Tekpetey  61' Dambrauskas  69' Despodov  70' Tchibota  90+1'  90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Georgi Kabakov

Ludogorets Razgrad v Arda

15 May 2021 30	Ludogorets Razgrad	4–1	Arda	Razgrad
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Yankov 38' Taravel 45' (o.g.) Santana 57' Cicinho  59' Cauly 87'	Report	Yordanov 37'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Ivo Andreev

CSKA 1948 v Ludogorets Razgrad

26 May 2021 31	CSKA 1948	3–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Chochev 2' Ivanov 15', 78' N.Ganchev  85'	Report	Yankov  26' Keșerü 74'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Volen Chinkov

Bulgarian Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Bulgarian Cup

Sportist Svoge v Ludogorets Razgrad

11 February 2021 Round of 32	Sportist Svoge	1–3	Ludogorets Razgrad	Razgrad
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Hristov 48' V. Ivanov  68' Stoychev  74' Kochilov  84'	Report	Tekpetey 17', 57' Keșerü 60' Sá  66' Badji  70' Dyakov  88'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Ivelin Zanev
Note: Match original scheduled for 12 November 2020, but postponed on 10 November 2020, due to an outbreak of COVID-19 cases within the Ludogorets squad.[28] Match played at Ludogorets' Huvepharma Arena in Razgrad instead of Sportist Svoge's regular Stadion Chavdar Tsvetkov in Svoge.

Tsarsko Selo v Ludogorets Razgrad

3 March 2021 Round of 16	Tsarsko Selo	1–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nganioni  25' Mertens 59' Kavdanski  90+2'	Report	Tchibota 33' Abel 45+2'  71' Manu  62' Terziev  73' Ikoko  89'	Stadium: Sporten kompleks Tsarsko Selo Referee: Nikola Popov

Ludogorets Razgrad v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

16 March 2021 Quarterfinal	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Razgrad
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Grigore  17' Sotiriou 47' Tchibota 114'	Report	Nikolaev  3' Masoero  81' Minchev 90+3'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Dragomir Draganov

CSKA Sofia v Ludogorets Razgrad

7 April 2021 Semifinal 1st leg	CSKA Sofia	1–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Turitsov  36' Geferson  71' Rodrigues 77'	Report	Tekpetey  15'  60' Cicinho  69' Cauly 83'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Volen Chinkov

Ludogorets Razgrad v CSKA Sofia

14 April 2021 Semifinal 2nd leg	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–2 (2–3 agg.)	CSKA Sofia	Razgrad
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Verdon  24' Ikoko  42' Nedyalkov  52' Manu 72'  90+4' Santana  85' Grigore  90+5'	Report	Henrique 4'  40' Rodrigues  23' Yomov 36' Mattheij  62' Youga  71' Turitsov  73'  86' Mazikou  83' Charles  84' Busatto  90'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Budućnost Podgorica v Ludogorets Razgrad

19 August 2020 1QR	Budućnost Podgorica	1–3	Ludogorets Razgrad	Podgorica, Montenegro
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ćuković  8', 31' Ivanović  68'	Report	Higinio 12' Tchibota 25',  65' Cicinho  56' Renan  61' Badji  69' Tekpetey  79' Cauly 90+3'	Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

Ludogorets Razgrad v Midtjylland

26 August 2020 2QR	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–1	Midtjylland	Razgrad, Bulgaria
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Abel  45' Higinio  81' Moți  85'	Report	Kraev  7' Onyeka  42' Paulinho  62' Brumado 78'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Denys Shurman (Ukraine)
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Ludogorets Razgrad v

24 September 2020 3QR	Ludogorets Razgrad	Bye
Note: Ludogorets given a bye to the Play-off round by a draw of lots.[7]

Dynamo Brest v Ludogorets Razgrad

1 October 2020 PO	Dynamo Brest	0–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Brest, Belarus
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Sedko  64' Tweh  81' Krivets  90+3'	Report	Manu 73' Higinio 79'	Stadium: Regional Sport Complex Brestsky Attendance: 0 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

Group stage

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group J

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Antwerp	6	4	0	2	8	5	+3	12
3	LASK	6	3	1	2	11	12	−1	10
4	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	0	0	6	7	19	−12	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Ludogorets Razgrad v Royal Antwerp

22 October 2020 1	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–2	Royal Antwerp	Razgrad, Bulgaria
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Higinio 46' Cicinho  88' Verdon  90+2'	Report	Gerkens 63' Refaelov 70' Juklerød  73' Haroun  80'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Attendance: 2,321[29] Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

LASK v Ludogorets Razgrad

29 October 2020 2	LASK	4–3	Ludogorets Razgrad	Linz, Austria
19:55 EET (UTC+2)	Balić 2', 56' Gruber 12' Wiesinger  17' Grgic  27'  73' Michorl  47' Raguž 35'	Report	Moți  10' Manu 15', 67', 74' (pen.) Tekpetey  43' Badji  45'	Stadium: Linzer Stadion Attendance: 1,487[30] Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

Ludogorets Razgrad v Tottenham Hotspur

5 November 2020 3	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Razgrad, Bulgaria
19:55 EET (UTC+2)	Anicet  15' Keșerü 50'	Report	Kane 13' Moura 33' Lo Celso 62' Doherty  79'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

Tottenham Hotspur v Ludogorets Razgrad

26 November 2020 4	Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	London, England
22:00 EET (UTC+2)	Vinícius 16', 34' Ndombele  52' Winks 63' Moura 73' Højbjerg  90+4'	Report	Keșerü  6' Despodov  43'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Royal Antwerp v Ludogorets Razgrad

3 December 2020 5	Royal Antwerp	3–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Antwerp, Belgium
19:55 EET (UTC+2)	Hongla 19' De Laet 72' Benson 87'	Report	Despodov 53' Grigore  62'  90+1' Nedyalkov  71' Santana  90+2' Manu  90+4'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

Ludogorets Razgrad v LASK

10 December 2020 6	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–3	LASK	Razgrad, Bulgaria
22:00 EET (UTC+2)	Cicinho  44' Manu 46' Santana  61'	Report	Goiginger 45' Wiesinger  54' 56' Renner 61' (pen.) Balić  63' Madsen 67' Ramsebner  90+1'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)

Squad statistics

As of match played 26 May 2021

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A Group		Bulgarian Cup		Super Cup		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CRO	Kristijan Kahlina	12	0	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	BUL	Anton Nedyalkov	33	0	20+2	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
4	DF	BUL	Cicinho	32	4	22+1	4	2+1	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
5	DF	BUL	Georgi Terziev	23	0	11+4	0	2+1	0	1	0	0	0	2+2	0
7	MF	BRA	Alex Santana	35	5	17+6	5	3	0	1	0	2	0	4+2	0
9	FW	ESP	Higinio Marín	12	7	4+4	4	0	0	0	0	1+1	1	1+1	2
10	FW	NED	Elvis Manu	32	10	9+13	4	2+2	1	0	0	0	0	2+4	5
11	FW	BUL	Kiril Despodov	28	6	18+2	5	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
12	MF	MAD	Anicet Abel	33	2	12+9	1	4	1	1	0	1	0	4+2	0
13	FW	CGO	Mavis Tchibota	28	6	7+10	3	1+2	2	1	0	2	1	2+3	0
18	MF	BUL	Svetoslav Dyakov	22	0	12+8	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	CYP	Pieros Sotiriou	13	2	0+9	1	3+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	ROU	Dragoș Grigore	18	1	9+1	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
22	DF	COD	Jordan Ikoko	29	0	12+6	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	4+2	0
23	GK	BUL	Plamen Iliev	16	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
24	DF	BEN	Olivier Verdon	30	0	18+1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
25	MF	SEN	Stéphane Badji	31	0	13+6	0	2+1	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
27	GK	BUL	Vladislav Stoyanov	7	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	FW	ROU	Claudiu Keșerü	39	20	22+5	18	2+1	1	0+1	0	1+1	0	5+1	1
30	DF	ROU	Cosmin Moți	16	1	8+1	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	2	0	3	0
32	DF	POR	Josué Sá	20	2	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	MF	BUL	Branimir Kostadinov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	GHA	Bernard Tekpetey	37	4	17+8	2	3	2	0	0	1+1	0	2+5	0
38	FW	BUL	Vladislav Naydenov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	FW	BUL	Tsvetoslav Petrov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	MF	BUL	Ilker Budinov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	DF	BUL	Tihomir Dimitrov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
64	MF	BUL	Dominik Yankov	39	5	16+12	5	1+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	5+1	0
67	GK	BUL	Damyan Hristov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
74	FW	BUL	Hyusein Kelyovluev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	DF	BUL	Petar Georgiev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
82	MF	BUL	Ivan Yordanov	5	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
83	MF	BUL	Valenin Tsvetanov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
85	MF	BUL	Aleks Lukanov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	BUL	Wanderson	12	3	5+3	3	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Ganchev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	MF	BRA	Cauly	42	8	25+2	6	3+2	1	1	0	2	1	5+2	0
97	MF	BUL	Georgi Chukalov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
8	MF	ISR	Dan Biton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	POL	Jakub Świerczok	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	GNB	Jorginho	11	0	3+5	0	0	0	1	0	0+2	0	0	0
81	FW	BUL	Dimitar Mitkov	8	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
Players who appeared for Ludogorets Razgrad that left during the season:
6	DF	ISR	Taleb Tawatha	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	BRA	Renan	11	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	A Group	Bulgarian Cup	Supercup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	FW		28	Claudiu Keșerü	18	1	0	0	1	20
2	FW		10	Elvis Manu	4	1	0	0	5	10
3	MF		95	Cauly	6	1	0	1	0	8
4	FW		9	Higinio Marín	4	0	0	1	2	7
5	FW		11	Kiril Despodov	5	0	0	0	1	6
	FW		13	Mavis Tchibota	3	2	0	1	0	6
7	MF		7	Alex Santana	5	0	0	0	0	5
	MF		64	Dominik Yankov	5	0	0	0	0	5
9	DF		4	Cicinho	4	0	0	0	0	4
	FW		37	Bernard Tekpetey	2	2	0	0	0	4
11	MF		88	Wanderson	3	0	0	0	0	3
				Own goal	3	0	0	0	0	3
13	DF		32	Josué Sá	2	0	0	0	0	2
	MF		12	Anicet Abel	1	1	0	0	0	2
	FW		19	Pieros Sotiriou	1	1	0	0	0	2
16	DF		30	Cosmin Moți	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF		17	Jorginho	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF		21	Dragoș Grigore	1	0	0	0	0	1
TOTALS					65	9	0	3	9	86

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	A Group	Bulgarian Cup	Supercup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	GK		23	Plamen Iliev	5	0	0	0	1	6
2	GK		1	Kristijan Kahlina	4	0	0	0	0	4
3	GK		33	Renan	3	0	0	0	0	3
4	GK		27	Vladislav Stoyanov	2	0	0	0	0	2
TOTALS					14	0	0	0	1	15

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	A Group		Bulgarian Cup		Supercup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
3		DF	Anton Nedyalkov	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
4		DF	Cicinho	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	10	0
5		DF	Georgi Terziev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7		MF	Alex Santana	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	2
9		FW	Higinio Marín	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
10		FW	Elvis Manu	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
11		FW	Kiril Despodov	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
12		MF	Anicet Abel	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
13		FW	Mavis Tchibota	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	1
18		MF	Svetoslav Dyakov	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
19		FW	Pieros Sotiriou	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		DF	Dragoș Grigore	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	8	1
22		DF	Jordan Ikoko	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
23		GK	Plamen Iliev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		DF	Olivier Verdon	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
25		MF	Stéphane Badji	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
27		GK	Vladislav Stoyanov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28		FW	Claudiu Keșerü	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
30		DF	Cosmin Moți	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
32		DF	Josué Sá	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
37		FW	Bernard Tekpetey	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	1
64		MF	Dominik Yankov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
88		MF	Wanderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
95		MF	Cauly	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
Players away on loan:
Players who left Ludogorets Razgrad during the season:
33		GK	Renan	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	74	4	16	2	2	1	8	0	14	2	114	9