Next Stop - Trabzonspor-Turkey !

@r96Skinner Yeah,surprisingly Septemvri is doing very fine after the promotion last year.The team was actually ready to fight for a place in the league but now is in the fight for the title somehow

@Dan The draw was Zenit and when you scroll down you will see how they destroyed us in the both games... as for the league yeah this season is the most interesting since i take over Ludo but hopefully i will leave the team as a champion

Ten exactly ten friendly games for Ludogorets in the winter break and the champions won 8 of them lost 1 and got draw against FC Viitorul.

Ludogorets found their "lost"motivation and is back to the winning ways in the league.The team lost only to Montana in the away game at "Ogosta" with 1:0.The team destroyed once more CSKA-Sofia with 2:0 away and 4:1 at home.Ludogorets also won the games at the top for the title against Septemvri Sofia with 2:0 and 3:1 at home.The sad thing is that Jose Alvaro will leave the team in the end of the season but still no one knows his new club.

Jose Alvaro signed with Trabzonspor.The manager of Ludogorets will join the turkish club in the end of the season and will try to make Trabzonspor champion again.The turkish club announced that Jose Alvaro signed 2 years contract .The chairman of Trabzon said that Jose Alvaro can make "Trabzon great again "and that the turkish team can play in the Champions League again.

Ludogorets will play at the final for the Bulgarian Cup again in the last season of Jose Alvaro.The team won the cup in the first season of the manager and now it can do it again in his last.The team will face Slavia Sofia at the final but to reach the final "Orlite" eliminated Svilengrad,Beroe,Cherno More and Septemvri Sofia.The team won every game in the cup this season and that was the case also when the team won the cup last time.

Ludogorets was destroyed from the russian Zenit with 2:3 at Ludogorets Arena and with 1:3 away from home.The team is out in the First Knockout Round and for the first time the team lost the both legs.Jose Alvaro said that the Trabzon job is not the reason why Ludogorets lost the game and that he will do everything till the end of the season for Ludogorets.

Ludogorets won 4 of their last 6 games and retain the league title.The team from Razgrad was crowned once again as a champion of Bulgaria and will play again in the Champions League ( right in the group stages ).The fans were very pleased but also sad that this was the last year of Jose Alvaro in Ludogorets and that in the next season the team will have a new manager.Jose Alvaro was emotional and said that he is very happy for Ludogorets,for the fans and for the Bulgarian football.He also said that the new manager of Ludogorets will also continue the tradition of the team and that the fans must be happy for the future of the club.Jose Alvaro will be presented as the new manager of Trabzonospor in the next month.

Ludogorets will play in the Champions League group stages after winning the league once again.Neftochimic 1962 will play in the Champions League qualifying rounds for the first time in their history.CSKA-SOFIA and Septemvri-Sofia will get a chance to qualify for the Euorpa League group stages.At the bottom of the table Dunav and Sozopol are going back to the Second League after one year at the top league in Bulgaria.

Ludogorets lost the final against Slavia-Sofia in the last cup game for Jose Alvaro as manager of Ludogorets."Orlite" lost the game after 2:1 defeat and that was fully deserved after full 90minutes with mistakes.The players apologized to the fans and also promised that they will win it in the next season.

Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor have won six Süper Lig championship titles.
The Club won their first Championship title in 1975–76, and won three championship titles in a row during the following years 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81. They won their most recent championship title in the 1983-84 season.
The club colours are claret and blue, and they have maroon and blue kits. Trabzonspor plays at the Şenol Güneş Stadium which replaced the Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium as their home ground in the middle of the 2016–17 season.

Trabzonspor played 8 friendly games and lost only 1 of them against Liverpool with 1:0."Kara Denizliler" managed to beat also the former club of their new manager Jose Alvaro- Ludogorets Razgrad with 3:0.In the last friendly game against the greek side Olympiacos-Trabzon got a goalless draw.Jose Alvaro said that the team is ready for the openning of the season and that the team will fight for the title this season.He also said that he will try to change some of the things in the style of Trabzon and that the team will play more direct attacking football.( as Ludogorets ) As for the transfers the new manager said that the major transfers will be done in the Winter Transfer Windows as for now the team will just try to replace the players that are leaving the club.

When Jose Alvaro was asked what he likes the most in Trabzon he said - "Of course the music and the food here are amazing but let's don't forget the girls also ( the fans )"

Medical Park Arena-Trabzon

Four new players will play in Trabzonspor this season as 2 of them are expected to be key players for the team this season.The young goalkeeper Hayrullah and the central defender Gokhan Gul will start from the first minute in the new season.Strahil Popov will help to improve the right back position in the team with his experience ( the bulgarian played for Litex,Kasimpasa and now for Trabzonspor ).

The only major OUTgoing transfer was Ramil Sheidaev who left the team for Granada.

Trabzon started the season with 2 draws before the victory at home against Karabukspor with the minimal 1:0,after that the team won against Rize and Gaziantep before again to draw against Sivasspor and then the first defeat against Galatasaray in the derby.

Trabzon is at the 5th place after 10 games."Kara Denizliler" are with 4 victories ,4draws and 2 defeats.Jose Alvaro said that if the team wants to achieve something this season must win the games against the teams from the bottom half of the table.Trabzon lost a lot of points against those teams and played well against the top side teams which must be fixed if the team wants to win trophies in that or the next seasons.

Trabzon will play in a group with Eskisehirspor,Elazigspor and Kartalspor for the Turkish Cup.The first game is against Elazigspor.Jose Alvaro commented the draw and said that he is new to the turkish football and that the group is not easy as it looks.Trabzon will take each mach seriously and will play at 100% for the victory and most importantly for the fans.

Only 1 defeat and 1 draw in 10 games for Trabzonspor.The team won the derby against Fenerbahce 3:2 and also managed to beat Kasimpasa with 2:0 away from home in the battle for the top.The team is playing good football with the new manager Jose Alvaro and we can see that Alvaro did some changes in the style of playing and the results are coming.The team is playing attacking and beautiful football with fast attacks from the wings with direct passes.The team also found his striker in the face of the young brazilian Cristo who can't stop scoring.

After 20 games in the league the team is at the 2nd place only 1 point behind from the top.While Fenerbahce are 3rd with 35 points.At the bottom are the teams of Gaziantepspor,Adanaspor and Alanyaspor but the biggest surprise is that Besiktas are at the 13th place.One of the biggest and ( my favourite turkish team) is struggling with the new manager yeah they managed to beat Trabzonspor but the team is not playing good and we can all see that.As for the current champion Kayserispor the team is at the 8th place with 28 points.

Trabzonspor won every game in the Turkish Cup and can't be stopped right now.The team won all 6 games in the group stage and also got the victory in the next round.In the quarter-finals the team will face Karabukspor from the Super League.

Trabzonspor at the top with 18 points in the next round.

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