UEFA Europa League 2025/26 - Knockout Phase Play-offs - Statistics
Ludogorets 2-1 Ferencváros (Budapest)
time: 19 February 2026, Thursday, 22:00 EET, 4/3 C, cloudy
place: "Huvepharma arena" st., Razgrad, 3 145 spectators
referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany); assistants: Lasse Koslowski (Germany), Mark Borsch (Germany); fourth official: Matthias Jöllenbeck (Germany)
video assistant referee: Sören Storks (Germany); assistant video assistant referee: Johann Pfeifer (Germany)
kits: green w/ white lower third and white edging, green w/ white edging, green w/ white edging (white numbers) ; light beige w/ black edging, white w/ black edging, white (black numbers)
captains: 3.Anton Nedyalkov ; 27.Ibrahim Cissé
Ludog.: 39.Hendrik Bonmann (GK) - 17.Francisco Son, 24.Olivier Verdon, 4.Dinis Almeida, 3.Anton Nedyalkov (c) -
30.Pedro Naressi, 23.Deroy Duarte - 11.Caio Vidal, 14.Petar Stanić, 27.Vinícius Nogueira - 9.Kwadwo Duah.
bench: 1.Sergio Padt (GK), 67.Damyan Hristov (GK) - 2.Joel Andersson, 55.Idan Nachmias -
18.Ivaylo Chochev, 26.Filip Kaloč, 37.Bernard Tekpetey, 77.Erick Marcus, 81.Georgi Penev, 82.Ivan Yordanov - 12.Rwan Cruz, 99.Stanislav Ivanov.
coach: Per-Mathias Høgmo
Ferencv.: 99.Dávid Gróf (GK) - 27.Ibrahim Cissé (c), 28.Toon Raemaekers, 4.Mariano Gómez - 23.Bence Ötvös -
25.Čebrails Makreckis, 15.Mohammad Abu Fani, 36.Gavriel Kanichowsky, 20.Cadú Lopes - 19.Franko Kovačević, 11.Bamidele Yusuf.
bench: 1.Ádám Varga (GK), 82.Zalán Tóth (GK) - 22.Gábor Szalai, 77.Barnabás Nagy -
5.Naby Keïta, 16.Kristoffer Zachariassen, 47.Callum O'Dowda, 66.Júlio Romão, 72.Ádám Madarász - 10.Jonathan Levi, 30.Zsombor Gruber, 75.Lenny Joseph.
coach: Robert Keane
tactics: lud: 39 - 17, 24, 4, 3 - 30, 23 - 11, 14, 27 - 9; (4-2-3-1)
fer: 99 - 27, 28, 4 - 23 - 25, 15, 36, 20 - 19, 11; (3-1-4-2)
events:
yc - 4 - 27.Vinícius Nogueira lud (reckless foul)
1-0 - 23 - 9.Kwadwo Duah (right/open play/30.Pedro Naressi/pass)
1-1 - 27 - 11.Bamidele Yusuf (left/open play/15.Mohammad Abu Fani/pass)
yc - 38 - 15.Mohammad Abu Fani fer (entering the field of play w/o referee's permission)
+ 2 min
sub - ht - 55.Idan Nachmias on 24.Olivier Verdon lud - same position
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yc - 51 - 4.Dinis Almeida lud (dissent)
yc - 56 - 30.Pedro Naressi lud (reckless foul)
yc - 58 - 20.Cadú Lopes fer (foul stopping a promising attack)
sub - 60 - '1 66.Júlio Romão on 23.Bence Ötvös fer /injury/ - same position
sub - 66 - '1 77.Erick Marcus on 27.Vinícius Nogueira lud - same position
2-1 - 67 - 17.Francisco Son (left/open play/77.Erick Marcus/pass)
sub - 75 - '2 47.Callum O'Dowda on 20.Cadú Lopes fer
sub - 75 - '2 75.Lenny Joseph on 19.Franko Kovačević fer
sub - 75 - '2 16.Kristoffer Zachariassen on 15.Mohammad Abu Fani fer -> 25, 16, 36, 47 - 11, 75
sub - 76 - '2 18.Ivaylo Chochev on 14.Petar Stanić lud - same position
sub - 76 - '2 12.Rwan Cruz on 9.Kwadwo Duah lud - same position
yc - 78 - 47.Callum O'Dowda fer (reckless foul)
yc - 79 - PH.Per-Mathias Høgmo (coach) lud (dissent)
sub - 83 - '3 2.Joel Andersson on 17.Francisco Son lud /injury/ - same position
yc - 83 - 25.Čebrails Makreckis fer (unsporting behaviour - pushing an opponent)
sub - 86 - '3 30.Zsombor Gruber on 11.Bamidele Yusuf fer - same position
+ 6 min
abbreviations and event notes
Ferencváros (Budapest) 2-0 Ludogorets
time: 26 February 2026, Thursday, 18:45 CET, 6/4 C, partly cloudy
place: "Groupama Aréna" st., Budapest, 17 989 spectators
referee: Chris Kavanagh (England); assistants: Daniel Cook (England), Ian Hussin (England); fourth official: Darren England (England)
video assistant referee: Stuart Attwell (England); assistant video assistant referee: Peter Bankes (England)
kits: narrow white-green hor.stripe, white, white w green edging (black numbers) ; dark blue w/ orange lower quarter and white edging, dark blue w/ orange edging, orange w/ black edging (white numbers)
captains: 27.Ibrahim Cissé ; 3.Anton Nedyalkov
Ferencv.: 99.Dávid Gróf (GK) - 27.Ibrahim Cissé (c), 28.Toon Raemaekers, 4.Mariano Gómez - 23.Bence Ötvös -
25.Čebrails Makreckis, 15.Mohammad Abu Fani, 36.Gavriel Kanichowsky, 20.Cadú Lopes - 75.Lenny Joseph, 11.Bamidele Yusuf.
bench: 1.Ádám Varga (GK), 82.Zalán Tóth (GK) - 22.Gábor Szalai, 71.Csongor Lakatos, 77.Barnabás Nagy -
5.Naby Keïta, 16.Kristoffer Zachariassen, 66.Júlio Romão, 72.Ádám Madarász - 10.Jonathan Levi, 19.Franko Kovačević, 30.Zsombor Gruber.
coach: Robert Keane
Ludog.: 39.Hendrik Bonmann (GK) - 17.Francisco Son, 55.Idan Nachmias, 24.Olivier Verdon, 3.Anton Nedyalkov (c) -
30.Pedro Naressi, 23.Deroy Duarte - 11.Caio Vidal, 14.Petar Stanić, 77.Erick Marcus - 9.Kwadwo Duah.
bench: 1.Sergio Padt (GK), 69.Zlatomir Stoimenov (GK) - 2.Joel Andersson, 27.Vinícius Nogueira -
18.Ivaylo Chochev, 26.Filip Kaloč, 37.Bernard Tekpetey - 12.Rwan Cruz, 99.Stanislav Ivanov.
coach: Per-Mathias Høgmo
tactics: fer: 99 - 27, 28, 4 - 23 - 25, 15, 36, 20 - 75, 11; (3-1-4-2)
lud: 39 - 17, 55, 24, 3 - 30, 23 - 11, 14, 77 - 9; (4-2-3-1)
events:
yc - 9 - 36.Gavriel Kanichowsky fer (reckless foul)
1-0 - 13 - 36.Gavriel Kanichowsky (right/open play/75.Lenny Joseph/pass)
sub - 17 - '1 16.Kristoffer Zachariassen on 23.Bence Ötvös fer /injury/ -> 36 - 25, 15, 16, 20
2-0 - 30 - 16.Kristoffer Zachariassen (right/open play/11.Bamidele Yusuf/pass)
yc - 31 - 30.Pedro Naressi lud (dissent)
+ 4 min
yc - 51 - 28.Toon Raemaekers fer (dissent)
sub - 66 - '1 37.Bernard Tekpetey on 77.Erick Marcus lud - same position
sub - 66 - '1 12.Rwan Cruz on 11.Caio Vidal lud - same position
sub - 68 - '2 22.Gábor Szalai on 27.Ibrahim Cissé fer /injury/
cap - 68 - 16.Kristoffer Zachariassen fer
sub - 68 - '2 66.Júlio Romão on 15.Mohammad Abu Fani fer -> 4, 28, 22 - 36 - 25, 66, 16, 20
yc - 74 - 14.Petar Stanić lud (reckless foul)
yc - 75 - 4.Mariano Gómez fer (dissent)
yc - 77 - 3.Anton Nedyalkov lud (dissent)
sub - 79 - '2 27.Vinícius Nogueira on 17.Francisco Son lud
sub - 79 - '2 18.Ivaylo Chochev on 30.Pedro Naressi lud -> 3, 55, 24, 27 - 23 - 12, 18, 14, 37; (4-1-4-1)
yc - 80 - 99.Dávid Gróf (GK) fer (delaying restart of play)
var - 86-90 - penalty situation lud/initial decision: no foul play/var decision: foul in defence, offside in attack
sub - 90 - '3 2.Joel Andersson on 3.Anton Nedyalkov lud - same position
cap - 90 - 39.Hendrik Bonmann (GK) lud
yc - 90+3 - 75.Lenny Joseph fer (unsporting behaviour - provoking an opponent)
yc - 90+3 - 37.Bernard Tekpetey lud (unsporting behaviour - pushing an opponent)
sub - 90+3 - '3 72.Ádám Madarász on 75.Lenny Joseph fer -> 66 - 25, 72, 36, 20 - 11, 16
+ 8 min
abbreviations and event notes
Abbreviations and event notes:
yc - yellow card
rc - red card
sub - substitution
'1/'2/'3 - the substitution is part of the first/second/third allowed break for substitutions for the respective team
same position - the substitution does not lead to any tactical changes
lws - left without a substitute (usually due to injury after all allowed substitutions are used by the team)
tct - a change to a team's tactical formation
cap - new captain
mp - missed penalty
ref - new referee (usually following an injury)
ar - new assistant referee (usually following an injury)
var - beginning and end of a VAR review and the decisions it yielded
cnc - cancelled event (usually following a var review)
ht - the event takes place during the half-time break
br - the event takes place during the break between extra time periods
pen - the event takes place during the penalty shoot-out
ft - the event takes place after full time
stp - the match is stopped
res - the match is resumed
abd - the match is abandoned
+ X min. - there have been X minutes of added time played for that half
about penalty kick direction notes - the point of view of the penalty taker is always considered, with the goal being divided into 6 areas,
in which the ball can be directed to - upper left, upper middle, upper right, lower left, lower middle and lower right;
while the penalty kick might be either placed (i.e. weaker shot) or taken with force.
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