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PFC Ludogorets Razgrad
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<p>Professional Football Club Ludogorets 1945 , commonly known as Ludogorets Razgrad or simply Ludogorets, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in <a href="/facts/Razgrad/MAm9dF1q">Razgrad</a>, which currently competes in the <a href="/facts/First_Professional_Football_League_(Bulgaria)/B2kLMuff">First Professional Football League</a>, the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system. </p><p>In their <a href="/facts/2011%25E2%2580%259312_A_Group/8l5zj9Xy">inaugural 2011–12 season</a> in A Group after promotion, Ludogorets won the <a href="/facts/Double_(association_football)/t3BM6Q5g">double</a> by capturing the league championship and the <a href="/facts/Bulgarian_Cup/xaCzQmve">Bulgarian Cup</a>. Subsequently, the club made a significant continental impact in the <a href="/facts/2013%25E2%2580%259314_UEFA_Europa_League/bW8Mehty">2013–14 UEFA Europa League</a> when they reached the <a href="/facts/2013%25E2%2580%259314_UEFA_Europa_League/bW8Mehty">Round of 16</a> in only their second European run. To date they have reached the knockout stages of the <a href="/facts/UEFA_Europa_League/aQeea4zp">Europa League</a> four times, more than any other club in Bulgaria. Ludogorets are also only the second Bulgarian team after <a href="/facts/PFC_Levski_Sofia/Cl5XPevf">Levski Sofia</a> to enter the group stage of the <a href="/facts/UEFA_Champions_League/h1ao7NDp">UEFA Champions League</a>, a feat which they achieved in the following 2014–15 season. During that same campaign, they became the first Bulgarian team to score points in the modern Champions League group stage following a 1–0 win over <a href="/facts/FC_Basel/8Kg2L6Br">Basel</a> in <a href="/facts/Sofia/2DVkVamk">Sofia</a>. </p><p>Since their introduction to the Bulgarian top-flight in 2011, Ludogorets have established themselves as a dominant force in Bulgarian football, claiming every possible league title since then. They have also won the Bulgarian Cup three times, as well as the Bulgarian Supercup on eight occasions. The latter is a record in Bulgarian football. </p><p>Ludogorets' traditional home colours are green and white. The club's home ground is the <a href="/facts/Huvepharma_Arena/XKWhXnrW">Huvepharma Arena</a> in Razgrad, a stadium with a capacity of 10,423 spectators. </p>