Botev Plovdiv II () or Botev 2 is a Bulgarian professional football team based in Plovdiv. Founded in 2021, it is the reserve team of Botev Plovdiv, and currently competes in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football league system.
Obliged to play one level below their main side, Botev II is ineligible for promotion to First League and also can not compete in the Bulgarian Cup.
History
2021–:Foundation Since 2015, the Bulgarian Football Union allowed Bulgarian teams to have reserve sides in the lower regional divisions. In the beginning of 2021 Botev Plovdiv announced their intentions to create a reserve team in Second league. In May 2021, the team had doubts about starting the team,Ботев (Пловдив) няма да пуска дубъл във Втора лига but eventually the team was officially announced on 4 June.Потвърдено: Ботев прави дубъл за Втора лига, Локо ще има отбор и при аматьорите On 7 June, Daniel Cerejido announced Stefan Stoyanov as the manager of the team, with Botev U19 team, joining the reserve team.Ботев ІІ стартира подготовка на 14-ти юни, информация за елитните юношески групи
Players
For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2025. For first team players, see Botev Plovdiv.
Foreign players Bulgarian teams can register up to five players without EU citizenship, and use all of them during match days. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If an individual doesn't have European ancestry, he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years.
EU Nationals
EU Nationals (Dual citizenship) Miroslav Georgiev Monir Al Badarin
Non-EU Nationals Samuel Akere Umeh Emmanuel Tochukwu Nadi Abdoulaye Traoré
Personnel Manager history DatesNameHonours2021–2022 Stefan Stoyanov2022 Artur Hovhannisyan2022 Nemanja Miljanovic2023 Daniel Cohen2023–2024 Iliyan Garov2024– Dominik Beršnjak
Past seasons + Results of league and cup competitions by seasonSeasonLeagueTop goalscorerDivisionLevelPWDLFAGDPts Pos2021–22Second League236814143447-1338 16th Ivan Vasilev102022–2323477202552-2728 18th Abdoulaye Traoré92023–24Third League338187138455+2961 7th Emil Naydenov152024–25Second League 2
Key
GS = Group stage QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals
ChampionsRunners-upPromotedRelegated
League positions
References
External links
bgclubs.eu