IN THE NEWS - Promoted Ludogorets win ‘double’

FOOTBALL - Ludogorets Razgrad of Bulgaria have completed the domestic double, winning the league championship after winning the Bulgarian cup earlier. They have become only the third promoted team to complete the double in a European league and the 11th internationally. We have compiled the entire list of similar achievements.

Promoted clubs that have won ‘domestic double’

1952 - Grasshoppers (Switzerland)

1976 - Al-Zawra (Iraq)

1984 - Black Rhinos (Zimbabwe)

1986 - Leventis United (Nigeria)

1998 - Chicago Fire (USA)

1999 - Levadia Maardu (Estonia)

1999 - Saint-George (Ethiopia)

2003 - Olympic Beirut (Lebanon)

2003 - Rowi (Oman)

2005 - Township Rollers (Botswana)

2012 - Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria)