PFC Botev Plovdiv II

Botev Plovdiv II (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 competes in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football league system.

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.

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, Daniel Cerejido announced Stefan Stoyanov as the manager of the team, with Botev U19 team, joining the reserve team.

Players
For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2024.
 * For first team players, see Botev Plovdiv.

Foreign players
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.

EU Nationals

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)
 * 🇧🇬 Miroslav Georgiev
 * 🇧🇬 Monir Al Badarin

Non-EU Nationals
 * 🇳🇬 Samuel Akere
 * 🇳🇬 Umeh Emmanuel
 * 🇳🇬 Tochukwu Nadi
 * 🇨🇮 Abdoulaye Traoré

Key

 * GS = Group stage
 * QF = Quarter-finals
 * SF = Semi-finals