Botev Plovdiv II

Botev Plovdiv II (Bulgarian: Ботев Пловдив 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 plays in Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football.

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, but eventually the team was officially announced on 4 June. On 7 June, Stefan Stoyanov was announced as the manager of the team, with Botev U19 team, joining the reserve team.

Bulgaria. Second Professional League. League Table. Season 2024/2025
Pos	Team	Home	Away	Total	GD	Goals
P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts
1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	10	5	4	1	14	10	19	11	8	3	0	21	9	27	21	13	7	1	35	19	46	16	1.7
2	Montana	11	8	3	0	16	1	27	10	5	3	2	12	7	18	21	13	6	2	28	8	45	20	1.3
3	Dobrudzha	10	8	1	1	24	3	25	11	4	5	2	18	11	17	21	12	6	3	42	14	42	28	2
4	Marek	10	7	2	1	18	7	23	11	3	6	2	11	9	15	21	10	8	3	29	16	38	13	1.4
5	Belasitsa Petrich	11	8	1	2	22	7	25	10	2	3	5	5	13	9	21	10	4	7	27	20	34	7	1.3
6	Dunav Ruse	10	6	3	1	14	8	21	11	3	4	4	17	17	13	21	9	7	5	31	25	34	6	1.5
7	Yantra 2019 Gabrovo	11	3	3	5	11	13	12	10	6	3	1	18	7	21	21	9	6	6	29	20	33	9	1.4
8	Ludogorets II	11	7	1	3	26	13	22	10	3	2	5	9	15	11	21	10	3	8	35	28	33	7	1.7
9	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	10	4	5	1	18	12	17	11	5	0	6	15	17	15	21	9	5	7	33	29	32	4	1.6
10	Spartak Pleven	11	6	3	2	16	13	21	10	3	2	5	7	14	11	21	9	5	7	23	27	32	-4	1.1
11	CSKA-Sofia II	11	3	3	5	12	10	12	10	5	3	2	14	11	18	21	8	6	7	26	21	30	5	1.2
12	CSKA 1948 II	10	5	2	3	18	16	17	11	4	1	6	18	16	13	21	9	3	9	36	32	30	4	1.7
13	Minyor Pernik	11	5	3	3	11	8	18	10	2	3	5	7	14	9	21	7	6	8	18	22	27	-4	0.9
14	Fratria	11	3	3	5	11	15	12	10	4	2	4	8	9	14	21	7	5	9	19	24	26	-5	0.9
15	Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa	10	4	3	3	10	9	15	11	3	1	7	9	15	10	21	7	4	10	19	24	25	-5	0.9
16	Litex	10	2	2	6	6	10	8	11	3	2	6	5	9	11	21	5	4	12	11	19	19	-8	0.5
17	Botev Plovdiv II	10	2	2	6	8	16	8	11	2	0	9	6	23	6	21	4	2	15	14	39	14	-25	0.7
18	Strumska Slava	11	2	3	6	8	12	9	10	0	4	6	4	23	4	21	2	7	12	12	35	13	-23	0.6
19	Sportist Svoge	10	1	4	5	4	11	7	11	1	2	8	6	17	5	21	2	6	13	10	28	12	-18	0.5
20	Nesebar	11	2	2	7	8	21	8	10	0	4	6	5	19	4	21	2	6	13	13	40	12	-27	0.6