2017–18 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season

Ludogorets ended their participation in the Champions League tournament in the second qualifying round, although the club's ambitions were to enter the group stage. The Bulgarian Champion in the last 7 seasons lost 0:1 on their visit to the Hungarian "MOL VIDI" (formerly "Videoton") in Hungary and dropped out after the first game ended 0-0.

The champion Ludogorets won the Super Cup of Bulgaria after winning 1:0 over the winner of the Cup of the country Slavia. The match was played at the Trace Arena in Stara Zagora and the only goal scored by the Romanian Claudiu Keseru in the 31st minute  after a combination with Marcelinho.

"Ludogorets" continues without loss in the group stage of the Europa League tournament and is the leader in its group. The champions failed to defeat the visiting Portuguese from Braga and ended the match with a 1:1 draw. Marcelinho opened the score in the 68th minute, while Francesco equalizing in the 83rd.

Ludogorets won 2-0 against Braga and headed group C from the Europa League tournament. Romanian defender Cosmin Moti opened the score in the 25th minute, and Raul Silva in 56th scored an own goal. This was the first victory of a Bulgarian team in Portugal in matches from the European tournaments.

Ludogorets made a prestigious victory on their home ground against the strong German team "Hoffenheim" 2:1 in the group stage of the Europa League, and the success came with a complete turnover of events after the Germans led in the second minute Kaderabek scored the first goal in the match after a mistake by Cosmin Moti, who made a bad pass near the box without being put under pressure.

BNT 1 and BNT HD will broadcast live the match between the football champion of Bulgaria, Ludogorets and the Turkish İstanbul Başakşehir. The game will be played at Fetih Terim Stadium on Thursday (September 14th) at 20:00.

Ludogorets qualified for the second time in its history for the group stage in the Europa League tournament after the 2013/14 season. This became possible after the Razgrad players finished 0:0 against Seduva in Lithuania on the playoff kickoff for a place in the groups.