2018–19 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia
2018–19 season
Chairman	Spas Rusev (until 6 March 2019) ; Georgi Popov ; (since 6 March 2019)
Manager	Delio Rossi ; (until 25 July 2018) ; Slaviša Stojanovič ; (until 21 Jan 2019) ; Georgi Dermendzhiev ; (until 29 Apr 2019)
Stadium	Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
First League	3rd
Bulgarian Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Stanislav Kostov (24); All: Stanislav Kostov (24)
Highest home attendance	14,700 v. Ludogorets; (10 March 2019)
Lowest home attendance	840 v. Dunav Ruse; (1 December 2018)
Average home league attendance	5,350
Biggest win	7–0 v. Vereya (H)
Biggest defeat	1–3 v. Botev Vratsa (H)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was Levski Sofia's 98th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the season.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK	Martin Polaček	28	EU	Mladá Boleslav	Free transfer	Summer	2021	Free	Levski.bg
2	DF	Louis Nganioni	23	EU	Lyon	Free transfer	Summer	2020	Free	Levski.bg
5	DF	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	27	EU	Maccabi Haifa	Transfer	Summer	2021	500 000 €	mhaifafc.com
8	MF	Davide Mariani	27	EU	Lugano	Free transfer	Summer	2021	Free	Levski.bg
14	MF	Bogdan Vaštšuk	22	EU	Riga	Loan	Summer		Free	Levski.bg
22	DF	Nuno Reis	27	EU	Vitória Setúbal	Transfer	Summer	2021	Undisclosed	Levski.bg
23	MF	Khaly Thiam	24	Non-EU	MTK Budapest	Transfer	Summer	2021	300 000 €	sportal.bg
30	FW	Iliya Dimitrov	21	EU	Lokomotiv Sofia	Loan return	Summer		Free
39	DF	Deyan Ivanov	22	EU	Botev Vratsa	Loan return	Summer		Free
75	MF	Aleks Borimirov	20	EU	Lokomotiv Sofia	Loan return	Summer		Free
89	GK	Nikolay Krastev	21	EU	Botev Vratsa	Loan return	Summer		Free
93	MF	Atanas Kabov	19	EU	Botev Vratsa	Loan return	Summer		Free
96	FW	Luan Viana	22	Non-EU	Shabab Al-Ahli	Free transfer	Summer		Free	Levski.bg
20	DF	Zhivko Milanov	34	EU	APOEL	Free transfer	Winter	2020	Free	Levski.bg
70	MF	Martin Raynov	26	EU	Beroe	Transfer	Winter	2020	Undisclosed	Levski.bg
86	FW	Valeri Bojinov	32	EU	Botev Vratsa	Free transfer	Winter	2020	Free	Levski.bg
17	FW	Yerkebulan Seydakhmet	19	Non-EU	Ufa	Loan	Winter	2019	Free	Levski.bg
18	DF	Cédric Hountondji	25	EU	New York City	Free transfer	Winter	2019	Free	Levski.bg

Out[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
8	AM	Antonio Vutov	22	EU	Udinese	Loan return	Summer	Free
13	MF	Jordi Gómez	33	EU	Omonia	Released	Summer	Free	Levski.bg
15	MF	Roman Procházka	29	EU	Viktoria Plzeň	End of contract	Summer	Free	fcviktoria.cz
25	LB	Afonso Figueiredo	25	EU	Rennes	Loan return	Summer	Free
30	MF	Neluț Roșu	24	EU	Astra Giurgiu	Released	Summer	Free	Levski.bg
55	DM	Georgi Angelov	27	EU	Beroe	Released	Summer	Free	Levski.bg
71	MF	Vasil Panayotov	27	EU	Cherno More	End of contract	Summer	Free	topsport.bg
88	MF	Georgi Yanev	20	EU	Strumska Slava	Released	Summer	Free	topsport.bg
	LB	Galin Tashev	21	EU	Montana	Released	Summer	Free
1	GK	Martin Polaček	28	EU	Podbeskidzie	Released	Winter	Free	Levski.bg
3	CB	Aymen Belaïd	30	EU	Ohod	Released	Winter	Free	gong.bg
21	GK	Bozhidar Mitrev	31	EU	Voluntari	Released	Winter	Free	levski.bg
32	MF	Gabriel Obertan	29	EU	Erzurumspor	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	gong.bg

Loans out[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	GK	Aleksandar Lyubenov	23	EU	Lokomotiv Sofia	Loan	Summer	—
6	MF	Ivaylo Naydenov	20	EU	Arda	Loan	Winter	—
10	FW	Rivaldinho	23	EU	Viitorul	Loan	Winter	—
20	MF	Filipe Nascimento	24	EU	Politehnica Iași	Loan	Winter	—	levski.bg
30	FW	Iliya Dimitrov	22	EU	Septemvri Sofia	Loan	Winter	—
75	MF	Aleks Borimirov	20	EU	Slavia Sofia	Loan	Winter	—
93	MF	Atanas Kabov	19	EU	Tsarsko Selo	Loan	Winter	—
96	FW	Luan Viana	23	Non-EU	Tsarsko Selo	Loan	Winter	—

Squad[edit]

Updated on 18 March 2019.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Age	EU	Since	Ends	Signed from	Transfer fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
12	Petar Ivanov	Bulgaria	GK	24	EU	2018		Youth system	W/S
13	Nikolay Mihaylov	Bulgaria	GK	35	EU	2018	2019	Omonia	Free	Originally from Youth system
89	Nikolay Krastev	Bulgaria	GK	27	EU	2017		Youth system	W/S
Defenders
2	Louis Nganioni	France	LB	28	EU	2018	2020	Lyon	Free	Second nationality: DR Congo
4	Ivan Goranov	Bulgaria	LB	31	EU	2017	2021	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free	Originally from Youth system
5	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	Iceland	CB/DM	33	EU	2017	2021	Maccabi Haifa	500 000 €
18	Cédric Hountondji	Benin	CB	30	EU	2019	2019	New York City	Free	Second nationality: France
19	Miloš Cvetković	Serbia	RB	34	Non-EU	2017	2019	Napredak Kruševac	Free
20	Zhivko Milanov	Bulgaria	RB	39	EU	2019	2020	APOEL	Free	Originally from Youth system
22	Nuno Reis	Portugal	CB/RB/DM	33	EU	2018	2021	Vitória Setúbal	Undisclosed
24	Tomislav Papazov	Bulgaria	CB	22	EU	2018		Youth system	W/S
28	David Jablonský	Czech Republic	CB/RB/LB	32	EU	2017	2019	Tom Tomsk	Free
39	Deyan Ivanov	Bulgaria	CB	28	EU	2014	2020	Youth system	W/S
Midfielders
8	Davide Mariani	Switzerland	AM/CM/LW	32	EU	2018	2021	Lugano	Free	Second nationality: Italy
11	Anthony Belmonte	France	DM/CM	28	EU	2017	2020	Dijon	Free
14	Bogdan Vaštšuk	Estonia	AM/CM	28	EU	2018		Riga	Loan
23	Khaly Thiam	Senegal	DM	29	Non-EU	2018	2021	MTK Budapest	300 000 €
70	Martin Raynov	Bulgaria	DM/CM	32	EU	2019	2020	Beroe	Undisclosed
71	Martin Petkov	Bulgaria	AM/LW	23	EU	2018		Youth system	W/S
77	Iliya Yurukov	Bulgaria	DM/CM	24	EU	2016		Youth system	W/S
Forwards
7	Paulinho	Brazil	LW	30	Non-EU	2018	2021	Zorya Luhansk	Free
9	Sergiu Buș	Romania	CF	31	EU	2017	2020	Astra Giurgiu	Free
17	Yerkebulan Seydakhmet	Kazakhstan	RW/CF	24	Non-EU	2019	2019	Ufa	Loan
26	Jerson Cabral	Cape Verde	RW/LW	33	EU	2017	2019	Bastia	Free	Second nationality: Netherlands
29	Stanislav Kostov	Bulgaria	CF	32	EU	2018	2020	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Free
86	Valeri Bojinov	Bulgaria	CF	38	EU	2019	2020	Botev Vratsa	Free
99	Stanislav Ivanov	Bulgaria	CF/AM/RW	25	EU	2016		Youth system	W/S

Performance overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
First League	21 July 2018	28 May 2019	Matchday 1	3rd	37	21	6	10	65	37	+28	056.76
Bulgarian Cup	25 September 2018	31 October 2018	Round of 32	Round of 16	2	1	1	0	8	2	+6	050.00
UEFA Europa League	11 July 2018	17 July 2018	First qualifying round	First qualifying round	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Total					41	23	7	11	76	42	+34	056.10

Source: Fixtures

Fixtures[edit]

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Friendlies[edit]

Summer[edit]

20 June 2018	Hebar	0–4	Levski Sofia	Pazardzhik
17:30 EET		Report	Gómez 18', 74' Buș 21' Jablonský 66'	Stadium: Georgi Benkovski

27 June 2018	Levski Sofia	1–2	Septemvri Sofia	Pravets
17:30 EET	Thiam 56'	Report	Galchev 44' Budinov 84'	Stadium: Pravets Sports Complex

5 July 2018	Levski Sofia	1–0	Oleksandriya	Sofia
18:30 EET	Obertan 21'	Report		Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov

Mid-season[edit]

8 September 2018	Levski Sofia	1–0	Radnik Surdulica	Sofia
18:00 EET	Paulinho 6' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov

13 October 2018	Levski Sofia	2–0	Lokomotiv Sofia	Sofia
17:00 EET	Mariani 18' M. P. Petkov 89'	Report		Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov

17 November 2018	Levski Sofia	2–3	Montana	Sofia
11:30 EET	Kabov 26' Paulinho 41'	Report	Georgiev 6' Iliev 52' Damyanov 76'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov

Winter[edit]

19 January 2019	Levski Sofia	1–1	Ufa	Larnaca, Cyprus
15:00 EET	Nkololo 21'	Report	Bizjak 56' (pen.)	Stadium: GSZ

25 January 2019	Levski Sofia	0–1	Henan Jianye	Larnaca, Cyprus
15:00 EET		Report	Bassogog 25'	Stadium: GSZ

30 January 2019	Levski Sofia	1–2	Wisła Płock	Larnaca, Cyprus
12:30 EET	Mariani 66' (pen.)	Report	García 33' Varela 72'	Stadium: GSZ

2 February 2019	Levski Sofia	1–2	Ural	Larnaca, Cyprus
14:00 EET	Kostov 52'	Report	Panyukov 3', 10'	Stadium: GSZ

5 February 2019	Levski Sofia	1–1	Sūduva	Larnaca, Cyprus
16:00 EET	Mariani 79'	Report	Barauskas 76'	Stadium: GSZ

8 February 2019	Levski Sofia	1–1	Čukarički	Pyrgos, Cyprus
17:00 EET	Mariani 7'	Report	Đorđević 33'	Stadium: Pyrgos Arena

Parva Liga[edit]

Preliminary stage[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	26	19	5	2	53	14	+39	62	Qualification for the Championship round
2	CSKA Sofia	26	18	3	5	47	14	+33	57
3	Levski Sofia	26	17	3	6	51	24	+27	54
4	Botev Plovdiv	26	13	6	7	39	21	+18	45
5	Cherno More	26	12	6	8	36	34	+2	42

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[1]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	17	3	6	51	24	+27	54	9	2	2	30	11	+19	8	1	4	21	13	+8

Last updated: 16 March 2019.
Source: bulgarian-football.com

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W
Position	5	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3

Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

21 July 2018 1	Botev Plovdiv	0–1	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
20:45 EET	N'Dongala 31' K. Dimitrov 52'	Report	Mariani 7' Belmonte 12' Goranov 47' I. Dimitrov 90+3'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan

30 July 2018 2	Levski Sofia	2–2	Cherno More	Sofia
20:30 EET	Belaïd 8' Kostov 60' Mariani 89'	Report	Iliev 22' N'Dongala 43' Fennouche 53' Ognyanov 68' Bozhilov 88'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Georgi Iliev

5 August 2018 3	Botev Vratsa	0–2	Levski Sofia	Montana
18:30 EET	Fidanin 34' Ivanov 36' Gadzhev 49' Mihaylov 61'	Report	Kostov 8' Gómez 25' Jablonský 31' Thiam 56' Cabral 85'	Stadium: Ogosta Attendance: 3,490 Referee: Stefan Apostolov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

11 August 2018 4	Dunav Ruse	1–2	Levski Sofia	Ruse
21:00 EET	Vasev 53' (pen.) Patev 62'	Report	Naydenov 33' Cabral 59', 62' Gómez 71' Belaïd 73' Eyjólfsson 78' Thiam 90+1'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov Man of the Match: Jerson Cabral

19 August 2018 5	Levski Sofia	2–0	Septemvri Sofia	Sofia
18:15 EET	Mariani 23' Kostov 29'	Report	Fabiano 48' Diaby 60' Dimitrov 71'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2,650 Referee: Petar Kostadinov Man of the Match: Miloš Cvetković

25 August 2018 6	Etar	1–2	Levski Sofia	Veliko Tarnovo
18:45 EET	I. Stoyanov 10' Bojaj 63' K. Stoyanov 70' Sarmov 71'	Report	Cabral 26' Kostov 44', 45' Thiam 68' Polaček 90' Buș 90+10'	Stadium: Ivaylo Attendance: 6,680 Referee: Stefan Apostolov Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan

1 September 2018 7	Levski Sofia	1–0	Beroe	Sofia
21:00 EET	Belaïd 28' Thiam 34' Belmonte 50'	Report	Hadzhiev 11' Bandalovski 23' Alkan 70' Alfredo 71'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Anthony Belmonte

16 September 2018 8	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–0	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
20:00 EET	Bouhna 5' Aralica 14', 29' Tomašević 51' Petrović 90+1'	Report	Belmonte 4' Mariani 31' Thiam 34' Mitrev 35' Cabral 45+1' Belaïd 75' Cvetković 77'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Ante Aralica

21 September 2018 9	Levski Sofia	4–1	Vitosha Bistritsa	Sofia
20:00 EET	Jablonský 3' Cabral 52' Paulinho 63' Kostov 65', 74'	Report	Mutafchiyski 62' Dolapchiev 83'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Nedelcho Gadzhalov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

29 September 2018 10	CSKA Sofia	0–1	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:00 EET	Chorbadzhiyski 16' Pinto 42' Tiago 45' Despodov 86'	Report	Černiauskas 31' (o.g.) Thiam 85' Goranov 86' Cvetković 90+2'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan

7 October 2018 11	Levski Sofia	2–0	Slavia Sofia	Sofia
19:15 EET	Kostov 27', 50' Eyjólfsson 52' Belmonte 61'	Report	Ivanov 18' Marem 70' Uzunov 72'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 8,300 Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

20 October 2018 12	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–1	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
19:00 EET	Dyakov 18' Nedyalkov 19' Lukoki 35' Wanderson 45+1' Cicinho 78' Renan 90' Bakalov 90+2' Moți 90+4'	Report	Cvetković 11' Belmonte 51' Kostov 54' Nascimento 87' Thiam 90+4'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Wanderson

26 October 2018 13	Levski Sofia	7–0	Vereya	Sofia
19:45 EET	Reis 10' Kostov 20', 49' Mariani 45' (pen.), 57' Thiam 74' Eyjólfsson 90'	Report	Kouroupis 24' Machaidze 44'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

4 November 2018 14	Levski Sofia	4–1	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
15:00 EET	Kostov 29', 55' Thiam 51' Obertan 62' Mariani 74'	Report	Pirgov 36' Vutov 45+1'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

10 November 2018 15	Cherno More	1–0	Levski Sofia	Varna
15:00 EET	Jorginho 22' Vitanov 41' Fennouche 49' Kostadinov 66' Andrade 80'	Report	Paulinho 33' Reis 47' Cabral 68' 69'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Jorginho

25 November 2018 16	Levski Sofia	1–3	Botev Vratsa	Sofia
17:30 EET	Mariani 20' (pen.) Cvetković 33' Goranov 73' Thiam 82' 90+2'	Report	Kerchev 19' Bojinov 34' (pen.), 76' Gadzhev 41' Milanov 51' Mihaylov 66' Domovchiyski 87' Kostov 90+1'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Valeri Bojinov

1 December 2018 17	Levski Sofia	3–0	Dunav Ruse	Sofia
17:30 EET	Cabral 21', 28' (pen.) Kostov 38' Jablonský 68'	Report	Kovachev 27'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 840 Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: Jerson Cabral

5 December 2018 18	Septemvri Sofia	2–2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Fabiano 17' 82' Stoyanov 55', 66' Budinov 90+4'	Report	Jablonský 53' Kostov 60' Cabral 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 570 Referee: Petar Kostadinov Man of the Match: Miroslav Budinov

8 December 2018 19	Levski Sofia	2–1	Etar	Sofia
17:30 EET	Kostov 20' Buș 54'	Report	Batrović 8'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 850 Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

15 December 2018 20	Beroe	2–1	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
17:30 EET	Kamburov 39' Vasilev 79', 85'	Report	Jablonský 38' Reis 65' Obertan 77'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Vladimir Valkov Man of the Match: Martin Kamburov

17 February 2019 21	Levski Sofia	1–1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
17:30 EET	Jablonský 8' Mariani 71'	Report	Aralica 45' Petrović 62' Tsvetanov 83'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: Davide Mariani

20 February 2019 22	Vitosha Bistritsa	0–2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Milchev 66'	Report	Paulinho 22' Kostov 42' Cvetković 81'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 940 Referee: Petar Kostadinov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

24 February 2019 23	Levski Sofia	1–0	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
13:00 EET	Paulinho 31' Goranov 43' Pereira 45+2' (o.g.) Thiam 56' Cvetković 69'	Report	Gyasi 43' Chorbadzhiyski 63' Turitsov 66' Pereira 90+4'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Vladimir Valkov Man of the Match: Nikolay Mihaylov

3 March 2019 24	Slavia Sofia	0–3	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Stanisavljević 67' 90+4' Marem 90+3'	Report	Kostov 4' Cabral 40' Paulinho 50', 60' Mariani 55'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Davide Mariani

10 March 2019 25	Levski Sofia	0–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
17:30 EET	Paulinho 48' Jablonský 79' Thiam 90'	Report	Marcelinho 21', 39' Wanderson 38' Moți 45' Grigore 69' Dyakov 77' Lukoki 90+2'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 14,700 Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: Marcelinho

16 March 2019 26	Vereya	3–4	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
12:30 EET	Reis 30' (o.g.) Gvazava 42' 69' Ngeyitala 56' Dobrovolskyi 59' Ntoya 76' Stanchev 90+3'	Report	Mariani 28' (pen.) Buș 33' Kostov 38' Bojinov 70' (pen.), 76'	Stadium: Trace Arena Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Georgi Ivanov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

Championship stage[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	36	23	10	3	67	19	+48	79	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	36	24	6	6	57	17	+40	78	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Levski Sofia (O)	36	20	6	10	64	37	+27	66	Qualification for the European play-off final
4	Beroe	36	16	10	10	42	30	+12	58
5	Cherno More	36	15	7	14	44	51	−7	52
6	Botev Plovdiv	36	14	8	14	44	36	+8	50

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	3	3	4	13	13	0	12	1	1	3	7	8	−1	2	2	1	6	5	+1

Last updated: 24 May 2019.
Source: See Results

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	L
Position	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

31 March 2019 27	Levski Sofia	1–1	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
20:30 EET	Jablonský 13' Mariani 37' (pen.) Reis 39' Paulinho 70' Goranov 86' Buș 90+3'	Report	Terziev 28' Baltanov 34' 51' Vutov 38' Dimitrov 47'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Kristian Dimitrov

7 April 2019 28	Cherno More	0–1	Levski Sofia	Varna
17:30 EET	Andrade 60' Vasilev 87'	Report	Kostov 16' Reis 18' Thiam 41' Nganioni 70' 83' Milanov 90+3'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Vladimir Valkov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

14 April 2019 29	Levski Sofia	0–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
19:00 EET	Raynov 35' Cvetković 71' Paulinho 76' Goranov 79'	Report	Moți 33' 82', 80' (pen.) Keșerü 37' Góralski 42' Cicinho 59'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium^[3]^[4] Attendance: 7,700 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov Man of the Match: Claudiu Keșerü

20 April 2019 30	CSKA Sofia	0–0	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:15 EET	Malinov 62' Antov 67' Bodurov 86'	Report	Milanov 13' Reis 57' Raynov 79' Vaštšuk 89' M. D. Petkov 90+2'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 15,900 Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Nikolay Mihaylov

27 April 2019 31	Levski Sofia	1–2	Beroe	Sofia
20:30 EET	Kostov 49' Milanov 71' Yurukov 73' Reis 88'	Report	Minchev 36' Ohene 54', 87' Bandalovski 60' Baranov 64' Eugénio 77'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Stefan Apostolov Man of the Match: Pedro Eugénio

4 May 2019 32	Botev Plovdiv	1–3	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
20:00 EET	Nedelev 68' Pirgov 80'	Report	Kostov 22' (pen.) Thiam 40' Mariani 77' S. Ivanov 87' Bojinov 90'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Stanislav Ivanov

12 May 2019 33	Levski Sofia	5–1	Cherno More	Sofia
19:00 EET	Kostov 16', 46' Paulinho 19' Mariani 31' S. Ivanov 83'	Report	Dimov 44' Vitanov 64' Kiki 86' Stanchev 88'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

18 May 2019 34	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–1	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
18:00 EET	Grigore 12' 70' Anicet 35' 85' Moți 51' (pen.) Popa 57'	Report	Raynov 14' Bojinov 22' D. Ivanov 46' 47' Milanov 72' Nganioni 89'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Zhivko Milanov

21 May 2019 35	Levski Sofia	0–2	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
18:00 EET	Milanov 66' Reis 78' 84' M. D. Petkov 90+2'	Report	Malinov 56' Tiago 70' Evandro 86' Chorbadzhiyski 87'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 11,200 Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: Tiago Rodrigues

24 May 2019 36	Beroe	3–1	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
17:15 EET	Brígido 28' Kamburov 50', 89' Bandalovski 54'	Report	Bojinov 70' (pen.) Mariani 73' I. Ivanov 83'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov Man of the Match: Martin Kamburov

European play-off final[edit]

28 May 2019	Levski Sofia	1–0	Etar	Sofia
20:00 EET	Yurukov 48' Bojinov 72' Thiam 75'	Report	Sarmov 75' Galabov 86' Iliev 90+1'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Volen Chinkov Man of the Match: Valeri Bojinov

Bulgarian Cup[edit]

25 September 2018 First round	Atletik Kuklen	0–6	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
16:00 EET	Romanov 16' Nerdzhib 52'	Report	Kabov 40' Buș 44' S. Ivanov 72', 75' Gyuzlev 74' (o.g.) Nascimento 85'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 1,430 Referee: Stefan Pavlov

31 October 2018 Second round	Cherno More	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Levski Sofia	Varna
16:00 EET	Zehirov 12', 37' Iliev 31' Vasilev 73' Enchev 83' Bozhilov 90+1' Minchev 92' Hassani after FT'	Report	Cabral 10' Reis 19' Cvetković 35' Jablonský 57' Thiam 78' Obertan 84' Naydenov 107' Rivaldinho after FT'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
	Penalties
	Iliev Bozhilov Panayotov Vasilev Andrade Dimov		Cabral Jablonský Cvetković Thiam Nascimento Reis

UEFA Europa League[edit]

First qualifying round[edit]

11 July 2018 1st leg	Vaduz	1–0	Levski Sofia	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
17:45 CEST	Coulibaly 14' von Niederhäusern 41' Göppel 76'	Report	Belmonte 16' Belaïd 22' Jablonský 47' Goranov 89'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 1,243 Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

17 July 2018 2nd leg	Levski Sofia	3–2 (3–3 (a) agg.)	Vaduz	Sofia, Bulgaria
18:45 EEST	Buș 35', 76' Cabral 52', 85' Belaïd 53' Gómez 63' Goranov 90+1' Kostov 90+4'	Report	Coulibaly 25' von Niederhäusern 41' Lüchinger 52' Tadić 55', 75'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Rob Harvey (Ireland)

Squad statistics[edit]

As of match played 28 May 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Parva Liga		Bulgarian Cup		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	FRA	Louis Nganioni	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	BUL	Ivan Goranov	33	0	28+1	0	2	0	2	0
5	DF	ISL	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	12	2	11+1	2	0	0	0	0
7	MF	BRA	Paulinho	27	2	22+4	2	1	0	0	0
8	MF	SUI	Davide Mariani	39	11	33+3	11	1	0	2	0
9	FW	ROU	Sergiu Buș	21	4	4+14	2	1	1	2	1
11	MF	FRA	Anthony Belmonte	18	1	11+5	1	0	0	2	0
12	GK	BUL	Petar Ivanov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	BUL	Nikolay Mihaylov	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	EST	Bogdan Vaštšuk	10	1	1+9	1	0	0	0	0
17	FW	KAZ	Yerkebulan Seydakhmet	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	BEN	Cédric Hountondji	6	0	3+3	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	SRB	Miloš Cvetković	32	0	27+1	0	2	0	2	0
20	DF	BUL	Zhivko Milanov	11	1	10+1	1	0	0	0	0
22	DF	POR	Nuno Reis	27	1	23+2	1	2	0	0	0
23	MF	SEN	Khaly Thiam	32	3	30	2	2	1	0	0
24	DF	BUL	Tomislav Papazov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	CPV	Jerson Cabral	29	10	25+1	8	1	1	2	1
28	DF	CZE	David Jablonský	24	1	20+1	1	1	0	2	0
29	FW	BUL	Stanislav Kostov	39	24	32+4	24	1	0	0+2	0
33	DF	BUL	Ivaylo Ivanov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	BUL	Deyan Ivanov	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF	BUL	Martin Raynov	16	0	14+2	0	0	0	0	0
71	MF	BUL	Martin P. Petkov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW	BUL	Iliya Yurukov	15	0	9+6	0	0	0	0	0
79	MF	BUL	Martin D. Petkov	8	0	1+7	0	0	0	0	0
86	FW	BUL	Valeri Bojinov	11	4	4+7	4	0	0	0	0
89	GK	BUL	Nikolay Krastev	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
99	FW	BUL	Stanislav Ivanov	20	4	11+6	2	0+2	2	0+1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
6	MF	BUL	Ivaylo Naydenov	9	0	2+5	0	0+2	0	0	0
10	FW	BRA	Rivaldinho	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	MF	POR	Filipe Nascimento	10	1	0+8	0	1+1	1	0	0
30	FW	BUL	Iliya Dimitrov	5	1	0+3	1	0	0	0+2	0
75	MF	BUL	Aleks Borimirov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	MF	BUL	Atanas Kabov	2	1	0+1	1	1	0	0	0
96	FW	BRA	Luan Viana	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	BUL	Aleksandar Lyubenov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Levski Sofia during the season:
1	GK	SVK	Martin Polaček	16	0	15	0	0	0	0+1	0
3	DF	TUN	Aymen Belaïd	13	1	9+1	0	0+1	0	2	1
8	AM	BUL	Antonio Vutov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	ESP	Jordi Gómez	6	0	3+1	0	0	0	2	0
15	MF	SVK	Roman Procházka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK	BUL	Bozhidar Mitrev	8	0	5	0	1	0	2	0
25	DF	POR	Afonso Figueiredo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	ROU	Neluț Roșu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	FRA	Gabriel Obertan	23	1	20	1	1	0	2	0
55	DF	BUL	Georgi Angelov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	MF	BUL	Vasil Panayotov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	BUL	Georgi Yanev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	GK	BUL	Dimitar Sheytanov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	BUL	Galin Tashev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References[edit]

^ "A PFG - Regular season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
^ "Наредба за първенствата и турнирите по футбол в системата на БФС за сезон 2018/2019 година" (PDF). Bulgarian Football Union. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
^ The match will be played at the National Stadium instead of Levski's home venue because of urgent pitch repair at Georgi Asparuhov Stadium.
^ "Промяна за предстоящата среща Левски – Лудогорец" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 10 April 2019.

[1] "A PFG - Regular season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[2] "Наредба за първенствата и турнирите по футбол в системата на БФС за сезон 2018/2019 година" (PDF). Bulgarian Football Union. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

[3] The match will be played at the National Stadium instead of Levski's home venue because of urgent pitch repair at Georgi Asparuhov Stadium.

[4] "Промяна за предстоящата среща Левски – Лудогорец" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 10 April 2019.

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