2017–18 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season

Ludogorets Razgrad
2017–18 season
Chairman	Aleksandar Aleksandrov
Manager	Georgi Dermendzhiev
A Group	1st
Bulgarian Cup	Quarter-finals (vs. CSKA Sofia)
Supercup	Runners-up
Champions League	Third qualifying round (vs. Hapoel Be'er Sheva)
Europa League	Round of 32 (vs. Milan)
Top goalscorer	League: Claudiu Keșerü (26); All: Claudiu Keșerü (30)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season is Ludogorets Razgrad's seventh consecutive season in the Bulgarian First League, of which they are defending champions. They will also take part in the Bulgarian Cup, Supercup and will enter the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round.

Squad[edit]

As of match played 20 May 2018

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Jorge Broun	GK	(1986-05-23)23 May 1986 (aged 31)	Colón	2017	29	0
21	Vladislav Stoyanov	GK	(1987-06-08)8 June 1987 (aged 30)	Sheriff Tiraspol	2013	124	0
33	Renan	GK	(1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 29)	Avaí	2017	35	0
69	Damyan Damyanov	GK	(2000-07-29)29 July 2000 (aged 17)	Youth Team	2016	1	0
Defenders
2	Rafael Forster	DF	(1990-07-23)23 July 1990 (aged 27)	Zorya Luhansk	2017	9	0
4	Cicinho	DF	(1988-12-26)26 December 1988 (aged 29)	Santos	2015	70	1
5	Georgi Terziev	DF	(1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 26)	Chernomorets Burgas	2013	93	3
6	Natanael	DF	(1990-12-25)25 December 1990 (aged 27)	Athletico Paranaense	2015	109	5
19	Aleksandar Vasilev	DF	(1995-04-27)27 April 1995 (aged 23)	Kaliakra Kavarna	2014	34	2
23	Ventsislav Kerchev	DF	(1997-06-02)2 June 1997 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2014	26	2
25	Tsvetomir Panov	DF	(1989-04-17)17 April 1989 (aged 29)	Botev Plovdiv	2018	6	0
27	Cosmin Moți	DF	(1984-12-03)3 December 1984 (aged 33)	Dinamo București	2012	215	25
32	Ihor Plastun	DF	(1990-08-20)20 August 1990 (aged 27)	Karpaty Lviv	2016	76	5
55	Lachezar Kovachev	DF	(1999-03-24)24 March 1999 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2017	1	0
58	Dimitar Iliev	DF	(1999-06-22)22 June 1999 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2017	1	0
75	Martin Milkov	DF	(1999-12-25)25 December 1999 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2017	1	0
87	Preslav Petrov	DF	(1995-05-01)1 May 1995 (aged 23)	Vidima-Rakovski	2014	8	0
Midfielders
8	Lucas Sasha	MF	(1990-03-01)1 March 1990 (aged 28)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2015	99	5
10	Campanharo	MF	(1992-04-04)4 April 1992 (aged 26)	Bragantino	2016	74	9
12	Anicet Abel	MF	(1990-03-13)13 March 1990 (aged 28)	Botev Plovdiv	2014	136	12
18	Svetoslav Dyakov	MF	(1984-05-31)31 May 1984 (aged 33)	Lokomotiv Sofia	2012	249	11
34	Oleg Dimitrov	MF	(1996-03-06)6 March 1996 (aged 22)	Youth Team	2015	6	0
38	Kristiyan Kitov	MF	(1996-10-14)14 October 1996 (aged 21)	CSKA Sofia	2012	6	0
44	Jacek Góralski	MF	(1992-09-21)21 September 1992 (aged 25)	Jagiellonia Białystok	2017	33	0
45	Ivaylo Klimentov	MF	(1998-02-03)3 February 1998 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2015	6	1
64	Dominik Yankov	MF	(2000-07-13)13 July 2000 (aged 17)	Sunderland	2017	3	0
72	Erol Dost	MF	(1999-05-30)30 May 1999 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2017	3	1
77	Georgi Valchev	MF	(2000-02-05)5 February 2000 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2017	3	1
80	Denislav Aleksandrov	MF	(1997-07-19)19 July 1997 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2014	10	1
84	Marcelinho	MF	(1984-08-24)24 August 1984 (aged 33)	Bragantino	2011	270	79
88	Wanderson	MF	(1988-01-02)2 January 1988 (aged 30)	Portuguesa	2014	158	52
92	Jody Lukoki	MF	(1992-11-15)15 November 1992 (aged 25)	PEC Zwolle	2015	87	12
97	Tomas Tsvyatkov	MF	(1997-06-01)1 June 1997 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2016	3	1
98	Svetoslav Kovachev	MF	(1998-03-14)14 March 1998 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2015	13	2
Forwards
28	Claudiu Keșerü	FW	(1986-12-02)2 December 1986 (aged 31)	Al-Gharafa	2015	118	77
70	Jakub Świerczok	FW	(1982-12-28)28 December 1982 (aged 35)	Zagłębie Lubin	2017	14	7
93	Vura	FW	(1993-07-24)24 July 1993 (aged 24)	Willem II	2013	188	47
Players away on loan
29	Daniel Naumov	GK	(1998-03-29)29 March 1998 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2016	0	0
37	João Paulo	FW	(1988-06-02)2 June 1988 (aged 29)	Botev Plovdiv	2017	32	5
Players who left during the season
11	Juninho Quixadá	FW	(1985-12-12)12 December 1985 (aged 32)	Bragantino	2011	175	42
22	Jonathan Cafú	FW	(1991-07-10)10 July 1991 (aged 26)	São Paulo	2015	74	21

Out on loan[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	GK	BUL	Daniel Naumov (at Vereya until 30 June 2018)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
37	FW	BRA	João Paulo (at Botev Plovdiv until 30 June 2018)

Transfers[edit]

Summer[edit]

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARG	Jorge Broun (from Rosario Central)^[1]
2	DF	BRA	Rafael Forster (from Zorya Luhansk)^[2]
5	DF	BUL	Georgi Terziev (loan return from Hajduk Split)
23	DF	BUL	Ventsislav Kerchev (loan return from Lokomotiv GO)
44	MF	POL	Jacek Góralski (from Jagiellonia Białystok)^[3]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	ARG	José Palomino (to Atalanta)^[4]
13	MF	BUL	Veselin Lyubomirov (to Lokomotiv GO)
16	DF	COL	Brayan Angulo (to Puebla, previously on loan at Chiapas)
17	FW	BUL	Tsvetelin Chunchukov (to Cherno More)^[5]^[6]
22	FW	BRA	Jonathan Cafu (to Bordeaux)^[7]
25	DF	BUL	Yordan Minev (to Botev Plovdiv)^[8]
33	GK	BUL	Georgi Argilashki (to Vereya, previously on loan)^[9]
77	DF	POR	Vitinha (to Cherno More)^[10]
99	GK	CAN	Milan Borjan (to Red Star, previously on loan at Korona Kielce)^[11]

Winter[edit]

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	DF	BUL	Tsvetomir Panov (from Botev Plovdiv)^[12]
70	FW	POL	Jakub Świerczok (from Zagłębie Lubin)^[13]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	FW	BRA	Juninho Quixadá (to Ferroviário)^[14]
29	GK	BUL	Daniel Naumov (loan to Vereya)^[15]
37	FW	BRA	João Paulo (on loan to Botev Plovdiv)

Friendlies[edit]

16 June 2017	Rodopa Smolyan	0–8	Ludogorets Razgrad	Smolyan
EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Keșerü 6' Cicinho 40' João Paulo 50', 55' (pen.) Cafu , 68', 90+' Palomino 66'	Stadium: Septemvri Stadium Attendance: 300

17 June 2017	Eurocollege Plovdiv	0–15	Ludogorets Razgrad	Smolyan
EEST (UTC+3)		Report	T.Petrov Aleksandrov Vura , , Cafu , Keșerü , Wanderson Campanharo João Paulo Sasha Juninho Quixadá Palomino	Stadium: Septemvri Stadium

22 June 2017	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–0	Gabala	Austria
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	João Paulo 37' Lukoki 73'	Report

24 June 2017	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Austria
EEST (UTC+3)	Cicinho 23'	Report

26 June 2017	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–1	Olympiacos	Austria
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Marcelinho 44'	Report	Fortounis 34'

Competitions[edit]

Bulgarian Supercup[edit]

9 August 2017	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Botev Plovdiv	Burgas
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Keșerü 24' Natanael 38' Wanderson 47' Dyakov 60'	Report	Dimov 12' Nedelev 16' Brisola 38' Meledje 69'	Stadium: Stadion Lazur Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Stanislav Todorov
	Penalties
	Marcelinho Wanderson Natanael Anicet Moți		Baltanov Viana Genev Brisola Dimov

A Football Group[edit]

Regular stage[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	26	21	3	2	63	13	+50	66	Qualification for the Championship round
2	CSKA Sofia	26	19	6	1	59	14	+45	63
3	Levski Sofia	26	14	8	4	37	14	+23	50
4	Beroe	26	12	9	5	33	24	+9	45
5	Botev Plovdiv	26	11	9	6	44	29	+15	42

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.^[16]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	21	3	2	63	13	+50	66	10	2	1	28	7	+21	11	1	1	35	6	+29

Last updated: 18 March 2018.
Source: See Results

Results by round[edit]

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	6	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	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[edit]

22 July 2017 2	CSKA Sofia	0–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Manolev 9' Malinov 38' Karanga 40' Mercado 45+1' 58' Nedyalkov 54' Chorbadzhiyski 90+2'	Report	Vura 32', 49' Lukoki 54' Quixadá 65' Broun 76' Natanael 87' Dyakov 89'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

29 July 2017 3	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Razgrad
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Teles 32' Pirgov 90+3'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Volen Chinkov

5 August 2017 4	Vitosha Bistritsa	2–4	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Dolapchiev 4', 36' Popov 35' Gyonov 71' Varbanov 75'	Report	Vura 12' Cicinho 33' Moți 38' (pen.) Campanharo 73' Quixadá 75', 85'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 150 Referee: Dragomir Draganov

12 August 2017 5	Ludogorets Razgrad	3–1	Vereya	Razgrad
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Keșerü 25', 30' Abel 58' Lukoki 89'	Report	Bengyuzov 31' Andonov 41' Iliev 60' Domovchiyski 66' Nurgaliyev 90+1'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 850 Referee: Georgi Davidov

20 August 2017 6	Dunav Ruse	0–5	Ludogorets Razgrad	Ruse
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Popadiyn 17' Patev 61' Karagaren 79'	Report	Vura 23', 61' Marcelinho 37' Popadiyn 41' (o.g.) Vasilev 56' Quixadá 73' Lukoki 84'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov

27 August 2017 7	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Razgrad
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Abel 61' Moți 86'	Report	Blagov 32' Nichev 58' Souda 60' Kostov 87'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 700 Referee: Dragomir Draganov

6 September 2017 1	Levski Sofia	0–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mitrev 35' Procházka 77' Cvetković 88'	Report	Abel 28' Natanael 31' Dyakov 76' Cicinho 79'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Nikola Popov

9 September 2017 8	Slavia Sofia	0–4	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Velkov 19' Martinov 22' Hristov 84'	Report	Keșerü 4', 20' (pen.) Campanharo 40' Vura 49' Quixadá 75'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 80 Referee: Georgi Davidov

18 September 2017 9	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–1	Botev Plovdiv	Razgrad
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Marcelinho 47' Terziev 56' Plastun 80' Campanharo 81'	Report	Baltanov 6' (pen.) Viana 25' Yusein 54' Meledje 55' Brisola 68' Panov 78'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 600 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

24 September 2017 10	Septemvri Sofia	1–4	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Gadi 45'	Report	Natanael 54' Lukoki 56', 88' Wanderson 85'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 50 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

1 October 2017 11	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–0	Beroe	Razgrad
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Marcelinho 23' Lukoki 86'	Report	Raynov 41'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 600 Referee: Volen Chinkov

14 October 2017 12	Cherno More	0–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Varna
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Zehirov 27' Milanov 52' Iliev 60' Ognyanov 87'	Report	Marcelinho 7' João Paulo 38' Wanderson 60'	Stadium: Stadion Ticha Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

23 October 2017 13	Ludogorets Razgrad	4–0	Etar	Razgrad
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Keșerü 24', 59', 84' Vura 66' Natanael 80' Cicinho 90+3'	Report	Badará 41' Apostolov 71' Skerlev 90+3' Rumenov 90+3'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 700 Referee: Nikola Popov

29 October 2017 14	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–0	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
18:15 EET (UTC+2)	Vura 11', 41' Wanderson 59' Góralski 80'	Report	Orachev 18' Panayotov 45+1' Cabral 67' Naydenov 82'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Volen Chinkov

5 November 2017 15	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–2	CSKA Sofia	Razgrad
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Campanharo 49' Lukoki 51' Cicinho 87' Keșerü 90+1'	Report	Culma 16' Karanga 56' 67', 58' Atanasov 59' Mercado 71' Černiauskas 90+3' Dyulgerov 90+5' Malinov 90+6'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Dragomir Draganov

18 November 2017 16	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0–3	Ludogorets Razgrad	Plovdiv
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Muhammed 30' Bakalov 40' Kiki 65' Nikolov 66'	Report	Keșerü 14' Marcelinho 17' Cicinho 35' Abel 68' João Paulo 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 800 Referee: Stefan Apostolov

27 November 2017 17	Ludogorets Razgrad	3–0	Vitosha Bistritsa	Razgrad
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Keșerü 41', 52' Vura 47', 64' Campanharo 68' Terziev 71'	Report	Mutafchiyski 19' Kutev 48' 63'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 370 Referee: Vladimir Valkov

30 November 2017 18	Vereya	2–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Stara Zagora
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Isa 12' Elias 38' Vitanov 48' Kerkar 83' Kolev 90+2'	Report	Moți 22', 24' Dyakov 87'	Stadium: Trace Arena Attendance: 280 Referee: Nedelcho Gadzhalov

4 December 2017 19	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–0	Dunav Ruse	Razgrad
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Marcelinho 34', 36' Natanael 62' Dyakov 78'	Report	Vasev 27' Jatobá 70' Budinov 88'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 170 Referee: Stefan Pavlov

11 December 2017 20	Pirin Blagoevgrad	0–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Blagoevgrad
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kostadinov 30'	Report	Lukoki 29', 33' Keșerü 31'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Attendance: 550 Referee: Nikola Popov

16 February 2018 21	Ludogorets Razgrad	4–1	Slavia Sofia	Razgrad
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Vura 15' Keșerü 24', 35' Abel 37' Wanderson 52'	Report	Milev 7' Velev 33', 87' Ivanov 72' Shokolarov 90+3'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 550 Referee: Nikola Popov

27 February 2018 22	Botev Plovdiv	1–3	Ludogorets Razgrad	Plovdiv
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Campos 31' N'Dongala 34' Dimov 54' Marin 58'	Report	Keșerü 5' Vura 29' Abel 40', 45+1' Cicinho 48' Dyakov 90+3'	Stadium: Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912 Attendance: 470 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

3 March 2018 23	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–0	Septemvri Sofia	Razgrad
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Keșerü 79', 90+4' (pen.) Marcelinho 90+2'	Report	Baidoo 38' Galchev 79' 87' Galev 90+3' Stoyanov 90+3'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 550 Referee: Volen Chinkov

6 March 2018 24	Beroe	0–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Stara Zagora
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Hadzhiev 35' Leoni 56' Adamović 63' Bandalovski 67' Raynov 70'	Report	Lukoki 30' Marcelinho 52', 80' Dyakov 78' Moți 90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Beroe Attendance: 650 Referee: Dragomir Draganov

10 March 2018 25	Ludogorets Razgrad	3–1	Cherno More	Razgrad
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Wanderson 8' Marcelinho 14' Dyakov 35' Vura 41' Moți 48' Góralski 88'	Report	Kiki 32' Tsvetkov 78' Konongo 87' Vasilev 90'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 900 Referee: Nikola Popov

18 March 2018 26	Etar	0–6	Ludogorets Razgrad	Veliko Tarnovo
18:15 EET (UTC+2)	Batrović 35' Pashov 47' Galabov 60' Manneh 89'	Report	Keșerü 5', 74' Vura 23', 39' Cicinho 36' Abel 58' Moți 79' Świerczok 87' Natanael 87'	Stadium: Stadion Ivaylo Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Championship stage[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	36	27	7	2	91	22	+69	88	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	36	24	9	3	80	26	+54	81	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Levski Sofia (O)	36	18	10	8	55	27	+28	64	Qualification for the European play-off final
4	Beroe	36	16	11	9	45	43	+2	59
5	Botev Plovdiv	36	15	11	10	62	49	+13	56
6	Vereya	36	10	6	20	27	61	−34	36

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.^[17]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	6	4	0	28	9	+19	22	3	2	0	19	6	+13	3	2	0	9	3	+6

Last updated: 20 May 2018.
Source: See Results

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	D
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

Results[edit]

31 March 2018 27	Ludogorets Razgrad	5–0	Vereya	Razgrad
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Keșerü 41' (pen.), 72' Lukoki 42' Świerczok 84', 90+1'	Report	Domovchiyski 27' Andonov 41' Ndong 62' Minev 71'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 550 Referee: Dragomir Draganov

6 April 2018 28	Ludogorets Razgrad	3–2	CSKA Sofia	Razgrad
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Świerczok 51', 88', 90+2' Dyakov 57' Keșerü 85' Campanharo 85' Marcelinho 90' Vura 90+1'	Report	Despodov 45+2' Geferson 54' 56' Henrique 57' Karanga 58' Pinto 71' Manolev 80' Bodurov 90+1'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

14 April 2018 29	Levski Sofia	0–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Jablonský 40' Thiam 56'	Report	Cicinho 26' Sasha 71' Keșerü 83' Natanael 86' Forster 90+1'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Nikola Popov

18 April 2018 30	Ludogorets Razgrad	7–0	Beroe	Razgrad
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Wanderson 2' Keșerü 16' (pen.), 30', 76' Vura 61' Lukoki 71', 79' Campanharo 88'	Report	Negruț 19'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

21 April 2018 31	Botev Plovdiv	2–4	Ludogorets Razgrad	Plovdiv
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Campos 4' Georgiev 41' Terziev 48' Álvaro 59'	Report	Wanderson 23' Keșerü 29' Góralski 38' Świerczok 59', 78' Dyakov 69' 88' Plastun 72'	Stadium: Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912 Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Volen Chinkov

27 April 2018 32	Vereya	0–3	Ludogorets Razgrad	Stara Zagora
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Iliev 24' 53' Ivanov 34' Andonov 83'	Report	Natanael 6' Góralski 26' Moți 59' Świerczok 67' Keșerü 77' Wanderson 90+1'	Stadium: Trace Arena Attendance: 190 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

5 May 2018 33	CSKA Sofia	0–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Atanasov 68'	Report	Cicinho 18' Forster 41'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Nikola Popov

12 May 2018 34	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–2	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Keșerü 5' (pen.) Góralski 13' Belaïd 84' (o.g.) Vura 86'	Report	Jablonský 8' Naydenov 53' Procházka 73' Cabral 88'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 7,400 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

15 May 2018 35	Beroe	1–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Stara Zagora
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Kamburov 67' Tsonev 78'	Report	Aleksandrov 65' Forster 78' Świerczok 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Beroe Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov

20 May 2018 36	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–2	Botev Plovdiv	Razgrad
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Klimentov 37' Dost 59', 76' Yankov 67'	Report	N'Dongala 54' Terziev 57' Gustavo 69'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 600 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov

Bulgarian Cup[edit]

21 September 2017 First Round	Oborishte Panagyurishte	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Ludogorets Razgrad	Panagyurishte
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lucas 19', 119' Andonov 27' Vasilev 82' Nando 83' Netov 77'	Report	Góralski 13' 95' Quixadá 38' Campanharo 89' Keșerü 98', 114'	Stadium: Stadion Orcho Voyvoda Attendance: 750 Referee: Vladimir Valkov

26 October 2017 Second Round	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Beroe	Razgrad
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Campanharo 36' (pen.) Vura 90+1'	Report	Hadzhiev 24' Zhelev 64' Perniš 81' Raynov 87' Ohene 95'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 480 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov
	Penalties
	Keșerü Campanharo Sasha Vasilev Forster		Raynov Eugénio Negruț Tsonev Vidanov

14 December 2017 Quarterfinal	CSKA Sofia	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
EET (UTC+2)	Bodurov 9' Loé 22' Dyulgerov 33' Barthe 50' Karanga 71' Malinov 77' Despodov 96' 97' Manolev 98' Culma 105'	Report	Wanderson 22' Góralski 30' Moți 34' (pen.) Natanael 109' Vura 114' Campanharo 119'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Qualifying phase[edit]

12 July 2017 2QR 1st leg	Žalgiris	2–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Vilnius, Lithuania
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Blagojević 9' Ljujić 62' Šernas 64' 90+4' Nyuiadzi 78' Kuklys 86' Atajić 90+1'	Report	Abel 18' Campanharo 29' Sasha 88'	Stadium: LFF stadionas Attendance: 4,911 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

19 July 2017 2QR 2nd leg	Ludogorets Razgrad	4–1 (5–3 agg.)	Žalgiris	Razgrad, Bulgaria
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Natanael 41', 70' Moți 45' Wanderson 55' Keșerü 56', 74', 75' Dyakov 76'	Report	Vaitkūnas 9' Nyuiadzi 15' Blagojević 56' Slijngard 61'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 4,739 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)

26 July 2017 3QR 1st leg	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	Be'er Sheva, Israel
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nwakaeme 19' Bitton 67' Ohana 79', 90+2' Ogu 90'	Report	Moți 37' Dyakov 90+1'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 15,183 Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos (Greece)

2 August 2017 3QR 2nd leg	Ludogorets Razgrad	3–1 (3–3 (a) agg.)	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Razgrad, Bulgaria
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Wanderson 9', 33' Keșerü 29' Natanael 41' Marcelinho 56', 90+5' Cafú 61' Plastun 85'	Report	Ghadir 35', 61' Bitton 38' Vítor 59' Nwakaeme 65' Ohana 74' 87' Haimov 90+1' Brown 90+4'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 5,398 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Play-off round[edit]

17 August 2017 PO 1st leg	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–0	Sūduva	Razgrad, Bulgaria
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Moți 41', 61' Vura 76' Lukoki 86'	Report	Činikas 5' Bakr 41' Vėževičius 42'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 5,428 Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)

24 August 2017 PO 2nd leg	Sūduva	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Ludogorets Razgrad	Marijampolė, Lithuania
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Laukžemis 11' Kerla 55' Leimonas 79' Slavickas 86'	Report	Cicinho 90' Keșerü 90+2'	Stadium: Sūduva Stadium Attendance: 4,312 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Braga	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase
2	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9	Advance to knockout phase
3	İstanbul Başakşehir	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8
4	1899 Hoffenheim	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5

Source: UEFA

14 September 2017 1	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	Istanbul, Turkey
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Elia 59' Caiçara 79' Erdinç 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu Attendance: 6,804 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

28 September 2017 2	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Razgrad, Bulgaria
22:05 EEST (UTC+3)	Natanael 7' Dyakov 46' Lukoki 72', 73'	Report	Kadeřábek 2' Kramarić 33' Polanski 57' Uth 58' Ochs 62' Geiger 82'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 6,155 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

19 October 2017 3	Braga	0–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Braga, Portugal
22:05 EEST (UTC+3)	Ferreira 45' Esgaio 49' Paulinho 86'	Report	Moți 25' Natanael 47' Raul Silva 56' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 8,623 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

2 November 2017 4	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–1	Braga	Razgrad, Bulgaria
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Marcelinho 68' Cicinho 77'	Report	Goiano 32' Xadas 49' Ferreira 80' Fransérgio 82', 83'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 7,544 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

23 November 2017 5	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Razgrad, Bulgaria
22:05 EET (UTC+2)	Marcelinho 44', 65' Abel 90+4' Moți 90+4'	Report	Višća 20' Frei 27' Günok 90+4'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 7,520 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

7 December 2017 6	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sinsheim, Germany
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ochs 25' Bičakčić 28' Žulj 66' Nordtveit 78'	Report	Natanael 33' Wanderson 62' Cicinho 64' Vura 79' Dyakov 80' Keșerü 83'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 7,814 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

Knockout phase[edit]

15 February 2018 R32 1st leg	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–3	Milan	Razgrad, Bulgaria
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Lukoki 39'	Report	Abate 5' Cutrone 45' Rodriguez 64' (pen.) Borini 90+2'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 7,887 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

22 February 2018 R32 2nd leg	Milan	1–0 (4–0 agg.)	Ludogorets Razgrad	Milan, Italy
22:05 EET (UTC+2)	Borini 21' Bonucci 86'	Report	Góralski 70'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 17,453 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Squad statistics[edit]

As of match played 20 May 2018

Appearances and goals[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A Group		Bulgarian Cup		Supercup		Europe
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ARG	Jorge Broun	29	0	19	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
2	DF	BRA	Rafael Forster	9	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	BRA	Cicinho	34	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
5	DF	BUL	Georgi Terziev	26	0	18+1	0	2	0	0	0	3+2	0
6	DF	BRA	Natanael	41	2	27	1	0	0	1	0	13	1
8	MF	BRA	Lucas Sasha	40	0	17+10	0	2	0	0	0	7+4	0
10	MF	BRA	Gustavo Campanharo	39	5	17+11	4	2	1	0	0	2+7	0
12	MF	MAD	Anicet Abel	40	6	23+1	5	0+1	0	1	0	14	1
18	MF	BUL	Svetoslav Dyakov	36	1	19+4	0	0	0	1	0	9+3	1
19	MF	BUL	Aleksandar Vasilev	8	0	4+2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	BUL	Ventsislav Kerchev	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	BUL	Tsvetomir Panov	6	0	3+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	ROU	Claudiu Keșerü	44	30	24+6	26	0+2	2	1	0	4+7	2
30	DF	ROU	Cosmin Moți	34	4	20	2	0	0	1	0	13	2
32	DF	UKR	Ihor Plastun	43	2	28+1	2	0	0	1	0	12+1	0
33	GK	BRA	Renan	23	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
34	MF	BUL	Oleg Dimitrov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	BUL	Kristiyan Kitov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	POL	Jacek Góralski	33	0	13+11	0	2	0	0	0	6+1	0
45	MF	BUL	Ivaylo Klimentov	3	1	1+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	DF	BUL	Lachezar Kovachev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
58	DF	BUL	Dimitar Iliev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
64	MF	BUL	Dominik Yankov	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
69	GK	BUL	Damyan Damyanov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	FW	POL	Jakub Świerczok	14	7	4+8	7	0	0	0	0	2	0
72	MF	BUL	Erol Dost	3	1	1+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	DF	BUL	Martin Milkov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	BUL	Georgi Valchev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	FW	BUL	Denislav Aleksandrov	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
84	MF	BUL	Marcelinho	41	12	24+3	9	0+2	0	1	0	11	3
87	DF	BUL	Preslav Petrov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	BRA	Wanderson	43	12	24+3	7	1	0	1	1	13+1	4
92	MF	COD	Jody Lukoki	39	8	18+10	7	0+1	0	0	0	7+3	1
93	FW	NED	Vura	39	13	24+2	12	1	0	1	0	8+3	1
97	MF	BUL	Tomas Tsvyatkov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	MF	BUL	Svetoslav Kovachev	8	0	2+3	0	2	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
37	FW	BRA	João Paulo	22	1	6+8	1	2	0	0+1	0	1+4	0
Players who appeared for Ludogorets Razgrad that left during the season:
11	FW	BRA	Juninho Quixadá	12	4	4+5	3	2	1	0+1	0	0	0
22	FW	BRA	Jonathan Cafu	5	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

Goal scorers[edit]

Place	Position	Number	Name	A Group	Bulgarian Cup	Supercup	Europe	Total
1	FW	28	Claudiu Keșerü	26	2	0	2	30
2	FW	93	Vura	12	0	0	1	13
3	MF	84	Marcelinho	9	0	0	3	12
3	MF	88	Wanderson	7	0	1	4	12
5	MF	92	Jody Lukoki	7	0	0	1	8
6	FW	70	Jakub Świerczok	7	0	0	0	7
7	MF	12	Anicet Abel	5	0	0	1	6
8	MF	10	Gustavo Campanharo	4	1	0	0	5
9	MF	11	Juninho Quixadá	3	1	0	0	4
9	DF	30	Cosmin Moți	2	0	0	2	4
13			Own goal	2	0	0	1	3
12	DF	32	Ihor Plastun	2	0	0	0	2
12	DF	6	Natanael	1	0	0	1	2
14	FW	37	João Paulo	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	80	Denislav Aleksandrov	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	45	Ivaylo Klimentov	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	72	Erol Dost	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	18	Svetoslav Dyakov	0	0	0	1	1
TOTALS				89	4	1	17	111

Disciplinary record[edit]

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	A Group		Bulgarian Cup		Supercup		Europe		Total
1		GK	Jorge Broun	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Rafael Forster	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4		DF	Cicinho	8	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	11	1
5		DF	Georgi Terziev	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6		DF	Natanael	7	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	13	0
8		MF	Lucas Sasha	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
10		MF	Gustavo Campanharo	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
12		MF	Anicet Abel	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
18		MF	Svetoslav Dyakov	10	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	14	1
19		MF	Aleksandar Vasilev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28		FW	Claudiu Keșerü	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	7	1
30		DF	Cosmin Moți	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	10	0
32		DF	Ihor Plastun	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
37		FW	João Paulo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44		MF	Jacek Góralski	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	8	1
64		MF	Dominik Yankov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
70		FW	Jakub Świerczok	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
72		MF	Erol Dost	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
84		MF	Marcelinho	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
88		MF	Wanderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
92		MF	Jody Lukoki	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	0
93		FW	Vura	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
Players away on loan:
37		FW	João Paulo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Ludogorets Razgrad during the season:
11		FW	Juninho Quixadá	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22		FW	Jonathan Cafu	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	78	2	4	1	3	0	29	2	114	5

References[edit]

^ "Хорхе Браун подписа с Лудогорец" (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. 30 June 2017.
^ "Опитен защитник подписа с Лудогорец" (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. 30 August 2017.
^ "Национал на Полша подписа с Лудогорец" (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. 1 August 2017.
^ "Лудогорец и Аталанта финализираха трансфера на Паломино" (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. 29 June 2017.
^ Трети футболист аут от Лудогорец!
^ "Черно море привлича Цветелин Чунчуков" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 19 June 2017.
^ "Лудогорец с рекорден трансфер" (in Bulgarian). 9 August 2017.
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[1] "Хорхе Браун подписа с Лудогорец" (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. 30 June 2017.

[2] "Опитен защитник подписа с Лудогорец" (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. 30 August 2017.

[3] "Национал на Полша подписа с Лудогорец" (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. 1 August 2017.

[4] "Лудогорец и Аталанта финализираха трансфера на Паломино" (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. 29 June 2017.

[5] Трети футболист аут от Лудогорец!

[chernomore5-6] "Черно море привлича Цветелин Чунчуков" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 19 June 2017.

[7] "Лудогорец с рекорден трансфер" (in Bulgarian). 9 August 2017.

[botev2-8] "Йордан Минев се завърна в Ботев и стана четвъртото лятно попълнение" (in Bulgarian). botevplovdiv.bg. 14 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[stk3-9] "Решение СТК 01.09.2017 г" (in Bulgarian). bfunion.bg. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.

[chernomore4-10] "Витиня подписа с Черно море" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 16 June 2017.

[11] "Ruchy kadrowe w Koronie" (in Polish). korona-kielce.pl. 5 June 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[panov-12] "Ludogorets has a new recruit from Botev". ludogorets.com. 20 February 2018.

[13] "Jakub Swierczok signed with Ludogorets". ludogorets.com. 19 January 2018.

[14] Лудогорец се раздели с Жуниор Кишада

[naumov-15] "Верея привлече вратаря Даниел Наумов" (in Bulgarian). fcvereya.bg. 30 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

[16] "A PFG - Regular season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

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