The 2016/17 season was the most successful in the history of Ludogorets. In this campaign, Georgi Dermendzhiev’s boys exceeded all expectations by reaching the Champions League group stage, making it out of the groups, and becoming champions for the sixth consecutive time, with a 16-point lead over the second-place team.

The 2016/17 season was defined by one word – "record." The "Eagles" became the first Bulgarian team to eliminate Crvena Zvezda, and they were also the only Bulgarian club to enter the Champions League group stage twice, and the only one to pick up points away – with a 1:1 draw against Basel at "St. Jakob", and later another point – against PSG at the "Bulgarian" "Parc des Princes" – 2:2. There’s no need to even remind that Ludogorets is the only Bulgarian team to advance from a Champions League group, finishing ahead of Basel and just behind favorites Arsenal and PSG.

Speaking of records, it’s impossible not to note that Ludogorets broke the CSKA record for most goals in a season – 133. Truly a phenomenal number, which clearly shows that the team’s attacking style brings the desired results. Meanwhile, the champions were dominant domestically as well, holding league leadership since October and constantly increasing their lead over Levski and then over CSKA-Sofia. The team became champions as early as the start of May, finishing with a record lead – 16 points ahead of the team playing at "Bulgarska armia" stadium.

The European adventure ended in the Europa League Round of 32 against Danish side FC Copenhagen. The Danes were never better than Ludogorets at any point, but due to luck in both legs, they advanced. Otherwise, Georgi Dermendzhiev’s squad also reached the final of the Bulgarian Cup but lost 1:2 to Botev (Plovdiv). One should not forget that there is no team in the world that wins everything, so this was the most successful season for Ludogorets since the beginning of the Domuschiev brothers' project.