Achievements & Records

Ludogorets in Europe

The fantastic performance of Ludogorets in the 2013 UEFA tournaments was marked by several records. In their former four participations in the current format of the UEFA Europa League Levski Sofia and CSKA Sofia finished in last place in their groups. This season the “Eagles” not only improved the national image but did it in a quite impressive way – they won their group in the company of PSV, Chornomorets Odessa and Dinamo Zagreb with five wins and one draw. The year was marked by several records for the history:

• First win of a Bulgarian side in the Netherlands in a UEFA tournament - 2:0 over PSV;
• First win of a Bulgarian side in Croatia in a UEFA tournament – 2:1 over Dinamo Zagreb;
• Most wins of a Bulgarian club in one season in the UEFA tournaments – 8;
• Most away wins of a Bulgarian club in one season in the UEFA tournaments – 4;
• The first Bulgarian team not defeated during the group stage of the UEFA tournaments;
• The first Bulgarian team to win a group of a UEFA tournament;
• Biggest away win over a former European club champions – 2:0 over PSV;
• Stoycho Stoev – the coach with most wins in one season of the UEFA tournaments – 8;
• Equaled record of Levski Sofia for most games played in the UEFA tournaments in one season – 14 (match 13 and 14 to be played against Lazio);
• For the very first time ever a player of a Bulgarian club was included in the best 11 of a UEFA tournament – the goalkeeper Vladislav Stoyanov;