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Arda

2021–22 season
Chairman	Petar Peshev
Manager	Nikolay Kirov
Stadium	Arena Arda
First League	6th
Bulgarian Cup	Round Of 16
UEFA Europa Conference League	Second qualifying round
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The 2021–22 season is Arda's third consecutive season in the Bulgarian First League. During this season the club will compete for the first time in the UEFA Europa Conference League.

This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2021–22 season.

Squad

As of 14 August 2021

No.	Position	Player	Date of birth (Age)	Since	Previous club	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	GK	Ivan Karadzhov	(1989-07-12)12 July 1989 (aged 32)	2018	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	82	0
23	GK	Mesut Yusuf	(1992-01-14)14 January 1992 (aged 29)	2019		4	0
36	GK	Vasil Simeonov	(1998-02-04)4 February 1998 (aged 23)	2020	Montana	11	0
Defenders
4	DF	Milen Stoev	(1999-09-29)29 September 1999 (aged 21)	2018	Vihren Sandanski	40	0
5	DF	Petko Ganev	(1996-09-17)17 September 1996 (aged 24)	2020	Litex Lovech	11	0
8	DF	Milen Zhelev	(1993-07-17)17 July 1993 (aged 28)	2020	Beroe Stara Zagora	31	2
18	DF	Slobodan Rubežić	(2000-03-21)21 March 2000 (aged 21)	2021	Čukarički	0	0
20	DF	Deyan Lozev	(1993-10-26)26 October 1993 (aged 27)	2020	Levski Sofia	76	2
24	DF	Alex Petkov	(1999-07-25)25 July 1999 (aged 22)	2021	Levski Sofia	15	1
25	DF	Krum Stoyanov	(1991-08-01)1 August 1991 (aged 30)	2021	Beroe	0	0
71	DF	Plamen Krumov	(1985-11-04)4 November 1985 (aged 35)	2018	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	72	4
79	DF	Radoslav Uzunov	(2006-03-25)25 March 2006 (aged 15)	2021	Youth Team	2	0
Midfielders
11	MF	Aleksandar Georgiev	(1997-10-10)10 October 1997 (aged 23)	2019	Etar	45	1
19	MF	Rumen Rumenov	(1993-06-07)7 June 1993 (aged 28)	2020	Etar	40	3
27	MF	Emil Martinov	(1992-03-18)18 March 1992 (aged 29)	2019	Sabail	66	0
29	MF	Georgi Atanasov	(2004-03-06)6 March 2004 (aged 17)	2021	Levski Sofia	13	0
30	MF	Okan Topcu	(2004-01-16)16 January 2004 (aged 17)	2021	Youth Team	0	0
33	MF	Ivan Tilev	(1999-03-04)4 March 1999 (aged 22)	2020	Septemvri Sofia	34	3
77	MF	Iliya Yurukov	(1999-09-22)22 September 1999 (aged 21)	2021	Levski Sofia	0	0
80	MF	Lachezar Kotev	(1998-01-05)5 January 1998 (aged 23)	2020	Vitosha Bistritsa	31	0
Forwards
9	FW	Spas Delev	(1989-09-22)22 September 1989 (aged 31)	2019	Pogoń Szczecin	52	11
10	FW	Svetoslav Kovachev	(1998-03-14)14 March 1998 (aged 23)	2021	Ludogorets Razgrad	25	5
17	FW	Ivan Kokonov	(1991-08-17)17 August 1991 (aged 29)	2019	Cherno More	72	16
37	FW	Juninho	(1999-02-26)26 February 1999 (aged 22)	2020	Sport Recife	12	4
98	FW	Tonislav Yordanov	(1998-11-27)27 November 1998 (aged 22)	2021	CSKA Sofia	21	8
Players have left the club
13	DF	Nicolas Taravel	(1994-10-13)13 October 1994 (aged 26)	2021	Oklahoma City Energy	9	0
14	DF	Stoycho Atanasov	(1997-05-14)14 May 1997 (aged 24)	2020	CSKA Sofia	4	0
22	DF	Manolis Roussakis	(1996-02-15)15 February 1996 (aged 25)	2021	Xanthi	1	0
77	DF	Martin Kostadinov	(1996-05-13)13 May 1996 (aged 25)	2020	Cherno More	18	0

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Player	From	Fee	Source
15 June 2021	DF	Krum Stoyanov	Beroe	Free transfer
	MF	Iliya Yurukov	Levski Sofia	Free transfer
1 July 2021	FW	Svetoslav Kovachev	Ludogorets Razgrad	Free transfer
26 July 2021	DF	Slobodan Rubežić	Čukarički	Free transfer

Out

Date	Position	Player	To	Fee	Source
30 June 2021	DF	Nicolas Taravel	Unattached	Released
	DF	Manolis Roussakis	Xanthi	Loan return
	FW	Petar Hristov	Levski Krumovgrad	Free transfer
3 August 2021	DF	Stoycho Atanasov	Lokomotiv Sofia	Free transfer

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	Player	To	Fee	Source
1 July 2021	30 June 2022	DF	Martin Kostadinov	Botev Vratsa	Undisclosed

Friendlies

Pre-season

25 June 2021	Arda	2–1	Maritsa Plovdiv	Momchilgrad
11:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Yordanov 64' (pen.) Georgiev 78'	Report	Tonev 19'

30 June 2021	Cherno More	3–2	Arda	Bansko
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ze Gomes 2' Angelov 26' Stoyanov 40' (o.g.)	Report	Delev 32' Kokonov 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Terenite na Evima Futbol

3 July 2021	Arda	1–1	Strumska Slava	Bansko
11:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kokonov 40'	Report	Paul 30'	Stadium: Terenite na Evima Futbol

7 July 2021	Arda	1–0	CSKA 1948	Bansko
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Delev 87'	Report		Stadium: Terenite na Evima Futbol

10 July 2021	Arda	0–1	Slaviа	Bansko
10:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Makrillos 25'	Stadium: Terenite na Evima Futbol

15 July 2021	Arda	2–0	Beroe	Kardzhali
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Delev 50' Yordanov 61' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Arena Arda

Mid-season

1 August 2021	Arda	2–1	Al Nassr	Sofia
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Juninho 52' Yordanov 58'	Report	Talisca 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Boyana National Football Complex

Competitions

Overview

Last updated: 8 August 2021
Source: Soccerway

Bulgarian First league

Regular season

Table

Results summary

Last updated: 20 May 2022.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were revealed on 22 June 2021.

26 July 2021 1	Botev Vratsa	0–0	Arda	Vratsa
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Baurenski  67' Nichev  90+1'	Report	Georgiev  38' Lozev  44' Rumenov  62' Krumov  90+1' Stoev  90+2'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Referee: Georgi Ginchev

16 December 2021 2	Arda	2 – 2	CSKA Sofia	Kardzhali
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Yurukov  16' Yordanov 31' (pen.) Kiki  45' Zehirov  46' Kokonov 55' Ivanov  71' Tilev  80' Zhelev  90+1'	Report	Geferson  18' Mattheij  30' Caicedo 45+1' 90+2' Muhar  51' Baï  55' Bismark Charles  90+5'	Stadium: Arena Arda Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Note: Postponed on a request by both teams.

8 August 2021 3	Levski Sofia	0–2	Arda	Sofia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bari  64'	Report	Yordanov 20' (pen.) Karadzhov  28' Delev 32' Juninho  64'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Valentin Zhelezov

20 August 2021 5	Tsarsko Selo	1–0	Arda	Sofia
18:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Aleksandrov  41' Shopov 50' Kolev  88' Georgiev  90+2'	Report	Martinov  64' Stoev  64'	Stadium: Arena Tsarsko Selo Referee: Stanislav Todorov

27 August 2021 6	Arda	1 – 1	Lokomotiv Sofia	Kardzhali
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kotev  43' Katsikas 52' (o.g.) Delev  62' Rumenov  88'	Report	Katsarov  24' Octávio  45+1' 80' Aleksandrov  54' Krachunov  86'	Stadium: Arena Arda Attendance: 700 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev

13 September 2021 7	Botev Plovdiv	2 – 1	Arda	Plovdiv
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Marquinhos 8' 36'  90+3' Rabeï  60'	Report	Krumov  39'  90+2' Yordanov 54' Yurukov  62' Petkov  87'	Stadium: Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912 Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Dragomir Draganov

17 September 2021 8	Arda	3 – 0	Pirin	Kardzhali
18:15 EET (UTC+2)	Kotev 18' Georgiev  20' Kokonov 40' Yordanov 59' (pen.)	Report	Nikolov  27' Sheytanov  57' Dyakov  81'	Stadium: Arena Arda Attendance: 700 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

24 September 2021 9	Beroe	1 – 1	Arda	Stara Zagora
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Camara 32' (pen.) Vasilev  59' Sako  62'	Report	Karadzhov  29' Juninho 79'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ivo Andreev

2 October 2021 10	Arda	0 – 3	Cherno More	Kardzhali
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Yurukov  14' Juninho  28'	Report	Jeka 29' Drobarov 31' Velev 50' Pablo Álvarez  68' Panayotov  82' Dyulgerov  87'	Stadium: Arena Arda Attendance: 450 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

15 October 2021 11	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0 – 0	Arda	Plovdiv
20:15 EET (UTC+2)	Vitanov  32' Bykov  53' Karagaren  65' Petrović  90+4'	Report	Petkov  45' Zehirov  58' Delev  90' Stoev  90+4'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 250 Referee: Ivelin Zanev

23 October 2021 12	Arda	1 – 1	Slavia Sofia	Kardzhali
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Zhelev 71'	Report	Martin Sorakov 16' Viyachki  70' Stoev  90+4'	Stadium: Arena Arda Attendance: 450 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov

1 November 2021 13	CSKA 1948	2 – 3	Arda	Sofia
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Klimentov  20' Chochev 57' Lozev  73' Petrov 76'	Report	Marin 32' (o.g.) Juninho  35' Petkov 37' Kotev  61' Delev 86'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 20 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

7 November 2021 14	Arda	3 – 2	Botev Vratsa	Kardzhali
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Delev 33'  56' Rumenov 46' Petkov  48'  71' Zehirov  78' Yordanov 90+3' Yurukov  90+4'	Report	Dobunski 51' (pen.) 54' Ferraresso  59' Matheus Cassini  62' Yoan Baurenski  79' Mitrev  90'	Stadium: Arena Arda Attendance: 600 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov

20 November 2021 15	CSKA Sofia	2 – 1	Arda	Sofia
17:45 EET (UTC+2)	Geferson  40' Caicedo 54' Mattheij  56' Mazikou  57' 79' Busatto  90' Mets  90+3'	Report	Zhelev 2' Karadzhov  68' Krumov  75' Yurukov  90+4'	Stadium: Balgarska Armia Attendance: No Spectators Referee: Nikola Popov

27 November 2021 16	Arda	0 – 0	Levski Sofia	Kardzhali
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kotev  2' Kiki  19' Juninho  33' Kovachev  82'	Report	Córdoba  8'	Stadium: Arena Arda Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev

2 December 2021 17	Ludogorets	4 – 1	Arda	Razgrad
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ikoko 7' Sotiriou 29' 41' Plastun  33' Despodov 59' Badji  76'	Report	Delev 36' Petkov  58'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Attendance: 550 Referee: Vladimir Valkov

6 December 2021 18	Arda	2 – 0	Tsarsko Selo	Kardzhali
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Delev 21' Petkov  25' Kokonov 45+2' (pen.) Zhelev  85' Slobodan Rubežić  89'	Report	Aleksandar Aleksandrov  45'	Stadium: Arena Arda Attendance: 400 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov

11 December 2021 19	Lokomotiv Sofia	2 – 0	Arda	Sofia
12:00 EET (UTC+2)	Matheus Duarte 16' Celso Raposo 33'  38' Atanasov  90+1'	Report	Slobodan Rubežić  44' Stoev  56' Ivanov  67'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 200 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov

13 February 2022 4	Arda	0 – 4	Ludogorets	Kardzhali
14:15 EET (UTC+2)	Ivanov  25'	Report	Sotiriou 7'  42' Cauly 12' Alex Santana 23' Show 39' Pinas  68'	Stadium: Arena Arda Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov

18 February 2022 20	Arda	0 – 2	Botev Plovdiv	Kardzhali
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Yordanov  53'	Report	Brahimi  22' Konate  53' Baroan 75' Tonev  76' Stoev 90+4' (o.g.)	Stadium: Arena Arda Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Dimo Dimov

28 February 2022 21	Pirin	1 – 0	Arda	Blagoevgrad
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Karachanakov 5' Manolev  70' Georgiev  73' Georgiev  90+3'	Report	Kovachev  41' Zhelev  57'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Nikola Popov

UEFA Conference League Play Offs

Bulgarian Cup

21 September 2021 Round of 32	Yambol 1915	0 - 3	Arda	Yambol
16:00 EET		Report	Kokonov 25' (pen.) Delev 47' Ivanov  63' Stoev  67' Yordanov 80'	Stadium: Luskov Stadium Referee: Kristiyan Kolev

28 October 2021 Round of 16	CSKA Sofia	2 - 0	Arda	Sofia
19:00 EET	Caicedo 22' 36' Mazikou  54'	Report	Kotev  24' Delev  63' Petkov  73'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Stanimir Trenchev

UEFA Europa Conference League

Arda entered the competition in the second qualifying round following their win in the 2020–21 First Professional Football League Europa Conference League play-off.

Second qualifying round

22 July 2021 First leg	Arda	0–2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Kardzhali
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Stoev  28' Stoyanov  30' Delev  80' Juninho  80'	Report	Bareiro 52' Gordana  28' Keltjens  28' Yehezkel  76' Micha 78' Harush  80' Vitor  88' Bareiro  88' Hatuel  89'	Stadium: Arena Arda Attendance: 4,460 Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo)

29 July 2021 Second leg	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	4–0	Arda	Petah Tikva
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Acolatse 5' Safuri 31' (pen.) Ansah 71' Hatuel 84'	Report	Martinov  24' Krumov  45+2'	Stadium: Itztadion HaMoshava Referee: Daniele Doveri (Italy)

Squad statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No.	Pos.	Player	Bulgarian First League		Bulgarian Cup		UEFA Europa Conference League		Total
			Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
4	DF	Milen Stoev	3	3	0	0	2	2	5	5
8	DF	Milen Zhelev	2	2	0	0	2	2	4	4
9	FW	Spas Delev	3	3	0	0	2	2	5	5
10	FW	Svetoslav Kovachev	1	0	0	0	2	1	3	1
11	MF	Aleksandar Georgiev	2	2	0	0	2	1	4	3
12	GK	Ivan Karadzhov	2	2	0	0	2	2	4	4
17	MF	Ivan Kokonov	3	3	0	0	2	2	5	5
19	MF	Rumen Rumenov	3	2	0	0	1	0	4	2
20	DF	Deyan Lozev	3	3	0	0	2	2	5	5
25	DF	Krum Stoyanov	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1
27	MF	Emil Martinov	3	3	0	0	2	2	5	5
36	GK	Vasil Simeonov	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
33	MF	Ivan Tilev	3	1	0	0	2	0	5	1
37	FW	Juninho	3	1	0	0	2	0	5	1
71	DF	Plamen Krumov	3	3	0	0	2	2	5	5
77	DF	Iliya Yurukov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
80	MF	Lachezar Kotev	1	1	0	0	2	2	3	3
98	FW	Tonislav Yordanov	3	3	0	0	2	1	5	4

Last updated: 20 August 2021.
Source: FBref.com

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Bulgarian First League	Bulgarian Cup	UEFA Europe Conference Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Spas Delev	1	0	0	1
	98	FW	Tonislav Yordanov	1	0	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0	0
Totals				2	0	0	2

Last updated: 8 August 2021.
Source: FBref.com

Top assists

Not all goals have an assist.

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Bulgarian First League	Bulgarian Cup	UEFA Europe Conference Cup	Total
1	37	FW	Juninho	1	0	0	1
Totals				1	0	0	1

Last updated: 8 August 2021.
Source: FBref.com

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Bulgarian First League	Bulgarian Cup	UEFA Europe Conference Cup	Total
1	12	GK	Ivan Karadzhov	1	0	0	1
	36	GK	Vasil Simeonov	1	0	0	1
Totals				2	0	0	2

Last updated: 8 August 2021.
Source: FBref.com

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player	Bulgarian First League			Bulgarian Cup			UEFA Europe Conference Cup			Total
4	DF	Milen Stoev	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
5	DF	Petko Ganev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	DF	Milen Zhelev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Spas Delev	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
10	FW	Svetoslav Kovachev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Aleksandar Georgiev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
12	GK	Ivan Karadzhov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	MF	Ivan Kokonov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	Slobodan Rubežić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Rumen Rumenov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	DF	Deyan Lozev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	GK	Mesut Yusuf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Alex Petkov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	Krum Stoyanov	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
27	MF	Emil Martinov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
29	FW	Georgi Atanasov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Okan Topcu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	Ivan Tilev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK	Vasil Simeonov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	Juninho	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
71	DF	Plamen Krumov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
77	MF	Iliya Yurukov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
79	DF	Radoslav Uzunov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	MF	Lachezar Kotev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	FW	Tonislav Yordanov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			9	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	15	0	0

Last updated: 20 August 2021.
Source: FBref.com

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