2021–22 FC Arda Kardzhali season
# 2021–22 FC Arda Kardzhali season

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 June 2021 | DF | Krum Stoyanov | Beroe | Free transfer |
| 15 June 2021 | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Nicolas Taravel | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Manolis Roussakis | Xanthi | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | 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 | |

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bulgarian First League | 26 July 2021 | | Matchday 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Bulgarian Cup | 21-23 September 2021 | | Round of 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 22 July 2021 | 29 July 2021 | Second qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 025.00 |

Last updated: 8 August 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Bulgarian First league

**Regular season**

**Table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Beroe | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 32 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League group |
| 9 | CSKA 1948 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 30 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League group |
| 10 | Arda | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 29 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League group |
| 11 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 27 | Qualification for the Relegation group |
| 12 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 42 | −20 | 25 | Qualification for the Relegation group |

**Regular season**

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 20 May 2022. Source: See Results

**Regular season**

**Results by round**

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | L | W |
| Position | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

**Matches**

The league fixtures were revealed on 22 June 2021.

### 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.

## Squad Statistics

### Appearances

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

| No. | Pos. | Player | Bulgarian First League | Bulgarian First League | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Player | 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 |
| 1 | 98 | FW | Tonislav Yordanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 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 | Totals | Totals | 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 |
| 1 | 36 | GK | Vasil Simeonov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

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

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Player | Bulgarian First League | Bulgarian First League | Bulgarian First League | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | UEFA Europe Conference Cup | UEFA Europe Conference Cup | UEFA Europe Conference Cup | Total | Total | 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 | Totals | Totals | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |

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

