PFC Botev Plovdiv II

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,^[1] but eventually the team was officially announced on 4 June.^[2] On 7 June, Daniel Cerejido announced Stefan Stoyanov as the manager of the team, with Botev U19 team, joining the reserve team.^[3]

As of 15 September 2025^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  BUL Georgi Kushtinarov 4 DF  BUL Kiril Tsekov 5 DF  BUL Kostadin Tatarov 6 DF  BUL Miroslav Georgiev 7 FW  BUL Emil Naydenov 10 MF  BUL Biser Bonev 13 DF  BUL Simeon Stoyanov

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  BUL Yordan Avramov 15 MF  BUL Dimitar Dikov 16 MF  BUL Daniel Kokov 17 MF  BUL Maksim Simeonov 22 MF  BUL Veliyan Vidolov 23 GK  BUL Denis Rusev

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2025.

For first team players, see Botev Plovdiv.

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.