2006–07 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia
2006–07 season
Chairman	Todor Batkov
Manager	Stanimir Stoilov
Stadium	Georgi Asparuhov Stadium (domestic games); Vasil Levski National Stadium (European matches)
A Group	Champions
Bulgarian Cup	Winners
Bulgarian Supercup	Runners-up
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Valeri Domovchiyski (15 goals); All: Valeri Domovchiyski (20 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 season was Levski Sofia's 85th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the 2006–07 season.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BUL	Georgi Petkov
2	DF	BRA	Dianu (on loan from PFC Belasitsa)
3	DF	BUL	Zhivko Milanov
4	DF	BUL	Igor Tomasic^[2]
6	MF	NGA	Richard Eromoigbe
7	MF	BUL	Daniel Borimirov
10	MF	BUL	Hristo Yovov
11	DF	BUL	Elin Topuzakov
12	GK	BUL	Bozhidar Mitrev
14	DF	BUL	Veselin Minev
15	FW	ISR	Eli Zizov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	BUL	Marian Ognyanov
17	FW	BUL	Valeri Domovchiyski
18	MF	BUL	Miroslav Ivanov
20	MF	BUL	Stanislav Angelov
21	MF	BUL	Dimitar Telkiyski
23	FW	NGA	Ekundayo Jayeoba
24	MF	BUL	Nikolay Dimitrov
25	DF	BRA	Lucio Wagner
27	MF	FRA	Cedric Bardon
28	FW	BUL	Emil Angelov
77	MF	BUL	Milan Koprivarov
88	GK	BUL	Nikolay Mihaylov

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	DF	BUL	Bogomil Dyakov (to Spartak Varna)
9	FW	BUL	Georgi Ivanov (to Rijeka)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	BUL	Nikolay Nikolov (to Chernomorets Burgas)
19	MF	BUL	Atanas Bornosuzov (to Terek)

Competitions

Supercup

30 July 2006	Levski Sofia	0 – 0 (0 – 3 p)	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
20:00				Stadium: Vasil Levski Stadium Attendance: 9,751 Referee: Momchil Vraykov (Pleven)
	Penalties
	Topuzakov Domovchiyski Borimirov		Trică Todorov Petre

A Group

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	30	24	5	1	96	13	+83	77	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	23	3	4	68	13	+55	72^[a]	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	23	3	4	70	28	+42	72^[a]	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Litex Lovech	30	19	5	6	65	29	+36	62	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
5	Slavia Sofia	30	14	7	9	47	75	−28	49

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b CSKA Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Sofia on head-to-head record; Lokomotiv Sofia–CSKA Sofia 1–1, CSKA Sofia–Lokomotiv Sofia 4–1.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	24	5	1	96	13	+83	77	15	0	0	63	3	+60	9	5	1	33	10	+23

Last updated: 27 May 2007.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W
Position	1	1	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

5 August 2006 Round 1	Chernomorets Burgas Sofia	0 – 3 Awarded.	Levski Sofia
(EET)		Report

12 August 2006 Round 2	Levski Sofia	3 – 0	Spartak Varna	Sofia
(EET)	Yovov 45' G. Ivanov 49', 82'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ivaylo Bozev

19 August 2006 Round 3	Vihren Sandanski	0 – 0	Levski Sofia	Sofia
(EET)		Report		Stadium: Balgarska Armia Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev

27 August 2006 Round 4	Levski Sofia	5 – 0	Rilski Sportist	Sofia
(EET)	Bardon 11' Borimirov 23' Telkiyski 53' (pen.) G. Ivanov 85' Domovchiyski 90'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Angel Angelov

9 September 2006 Round 5	Marek Dupnitsa	0 – 8	Levski Sofia	Dupnitsa
(EET)		Report	Koprivarov 14' E. Angelov 18', 45', 79' G. Ivanov 22', 31', 72' Eromoigbe 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Bonchuk Attendance: 0 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

17 September 2006 Round 6	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
(EET)	Bardon 48' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 11,432 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

22 September 2006 Round 7	Rodopa Smolyan	0 – 3	Levski Sofia	Smolyan
(EET)		Report	Stoychev 45' G. Ivanov 52', 61'	Stadium: Septemvri Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

1 October 2006 Round 8	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Slavia Sofia	Sofia
(EET)	Yovov 9' Telkiyski 52'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Angel Bekyarov

14 October 2006 Round 9	Belasitsa Petrich	0 – 1	Levski Sofia	Petrich
(EET)		Report	Koprivarov 55'	Stadium: Tsar Samuil Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev

23 October 2006 Round 10	Levski Sofia	3 – 0	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
(EET)	Domovchiyski 8' M. Ivanov 59', 83'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Stefan Spasov

27 October 2006 Round 11	Cherno More Varna	1 – 1	Levski Sofia	Varna
(EET)	Moke 65'	Report	Domovchiyski 15'	Stadium: Ticha Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

4 November 2006 Round 12	Levski Sofia	3 – 0	Beroe	Sofia
(EET)	Telkiyski 23' (pen.) M. Ivanov 33' Yovov 49'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Petar Stoyanov

12 November 2006 Round 13	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1 – 3	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
(EET)	Dakson 57'	Report	Bardon 19' Yovov 51', 61'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Kolyo Danev

18 November 2006 Round 14	Levski Sofia	3 – 0	Lokomotiv Sofia	Sofia
(EET)	Domovchiyski 47' Yovov 56' G. Ivanov 70'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

26 November 2006 Round 15	Litex Lovech	0 – 0	Levski Sofia	Lovech
(EET)		Report		Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

3 March 2007 Round 16	Levski Sofia	10 – 0	Chernomorets Burgas Sofia	Sofia
(EET)	M. Ivanov 4' Sarmov 28' Domovchiyski 38', 67', 89' Telkiyski 43' Lucio Wagner 61' Dimitrov 72' Koprivarov 82', 85'	Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

11 March 2007 Round 17	Spartak Varna	1 – 2	Levski Sofia	Varna
(EET)	Filipov 87'	Report	Borimirov 19' Koprivarov 62'	Stadium: Spartak Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Stefan Spasov

3 March 2007 Round 16	Levski Sofia	4 – 0	Vihren Sandanski	Sofia
(EET)	Domovchiyski 10' Yovov 52', 57' Sarmov 71'	Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

21 March 2007 Round 19	Rilski Sportist	2 – 1	Levski Sofia	Samokov
(EET)	Aleksandrov 47' Kostadinov 50'	Report	Telkiyski 13' (pen.)	Stadium: Iskar Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov

1 April 2007 Round 20	Levski Sofia	8 – 0	Marek Dupnitsa	Sofia
(EET)	Telkiyski 13' (pen.) Bardon 45' (pen.) Milanov 54' E. Angelov 66', 83' Jayeoba 75' Dimitrov 85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

7 April 2007 Round 21	CSKA Sofia	0 – 1	Levski Sofia	Sofia
(EET)	Yovov 19'	Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)

14 April 2007 Round 22	Levski Sofia	3 – 0	Rodopa Smolyan	Sofia
(EET)	E. Angelov 14', 43' Uchikov 83' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Angel Angelov

18 April 2007 Round 23	Slavia Sofia	0 – 3	Levski Sofia	Sofia
(EET)		Report	Bardon 25', 30', 76'	Stadium: Slavia Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Еrve Picherelo (France)

22 April 2007 Round 24	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Belasitsa Petrich	Sofia
(EET)	Domovchiyski 60'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Ivan Angelov

29 April 2007 Round 23	Botev Plovdiv	2 – 2	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
(EET)	Urumov 22' Kakalov 63'	Report	Yovov 14' Domovchiyski 69'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

5 May 2007 Round 26	Levski Sofia	5 – 0	Cherno More Varna	Sofia
(EET)	Yovov 7', 88' Domovchiyski 20' Telkiyski 52' (pen.), 66'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev

13 May 2007 Round 27	Beroe	0 – 0	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
(EET)		Report		Stadium: Beroe Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

16 May 2007 Round 28	Levski Sofia	6 – 1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
(EET)	E. Angelov 8', 78' Radev 19' (o.g.) Jayeoba 51', 67' Stoychev 89'	Report	Vandev 42'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stefan Spasov

19 May 2007 Round 29	Lokomotiv Sofia	3 – 5	Levski Sofia	Sofia
(EET)	Dafchev 14', 90' Karadzhinov 53'	Report	Domovchiyski 2', 15', 56' Bardon 22' Yovov 30'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Gianlucca Rocci (Italy)

27 May 2007 Round 30	Levski Sofia	6 – 2	Litex Lovech	Sofia
(EET)	Domovchiyski 45' (pen.) M. Ivanov 69' Borimirov 72[]' (90) S. Angelov 86' Jayeoba 88'	Report	Bibishkov 14' Cichero 59'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Robert Krajnc (Slovenia)

Bulgarian Cup

8 November 2006 Round 2	Neftohimik Burgas	2 – 3	Levski Sofia	Burgas
(EET)	Bozhinov 28' Lubenov 52'	Report	Domovchiyski 58' G. Ivanov 69' (pen.) Telkiyski 81'	Stadium: Lazur Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Stefan Spasov

Levski advanced to Round 3.

30 November 2006 Round 2	PSFC Chernomorets Burgas	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Levski Sofia	Burgas
(EET)		Report	Domovchiyski 112'	Stadium: Lazur Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

Levski advanced to Quarterfinals.

11 April 2007 Quarter-final	Pirin Blagoevgrad	0 – 0 (2 – 4 p)	Levski Sofia	Blagoevgrad
(EET)		Report		Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Stoyan Aleksiev
	Penalties
	Dyakov Metushev Markov Hazurov		Telkiyski Bardon Domovchiyski Milanov Tomašić

Levski advanced Semifinals.

9 May 2007 Semi-final	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0 – 3	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
(EET)		Report	Yovov 17' Domovchiyski 57' Borimirov 65'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ruud Boossen (Netherlands)

Levski advanced to Final.

24 May 2007 Final	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Litex Lovech	Stara Zagora
(EET)		Report	Bardon 111' (pen.)	Stadium: Beroe Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Champions League

Second qualifying round

26 July 2006 Leg 1	Levski Sofia	2–0	Sioni Bolnisi	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:30	E. Angelov 20' Borimirov 82' (pen.)	Report MatchCentre		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

2 August 2006 Leg 2	Sioni Bolnisi	0–2 (0−4 agg.)	Levski Sofia	Tbilisi, Georgia
16:00		Report MatchCentre	Domovchiyski 28' E. Angelov 90+1'	Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Referee: Selcuk Dereli (Turkey)

Third qualifying round

9 August 2006 Leg 1	Levski Sofia	2–0	Chievo	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:30	Domovchiyski 8' Bardon 86' (pen.)	Report MatchCentre		Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Jaroslav Jara (Czech Republic)

23 August 2006 Leg 2	Chievo	2–2 (2−4 agg.)	Levski Sofia	Verona, Italy
21:00	Amauri 48', 81'	Report MatchCentre	Telkiyski 34' Bardon 46'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Referee: Lucilio Batista (Portugal)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chelsea	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13	Advance to knockout stage
2	Barcelona	6	3	2	1	12	4	+8	11	Advance to knockout stage
3	Werder Bremen	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Levski Sofia	6	0	0	6	1	17	−16	0

Source: RSSSF

12 September 2006 Matchday 1	Barcelona	5–0	Levski Sofia	Barcelona, Spain
20:45	Iniesta 7' Giuly 39' Puyol 49' Eto'o 58' Ronaldinho 90+3'	Report MatchCentre		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 91,000 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

27 September 2006 Matchday 2	Levski Sofia	1–3	Chelsea	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:45	Ognyanov 89'	Report MatchCentre	Drogba 39', 52', 68'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 27,950 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

18 October 2006 Matchday 3	Werder Bremen	2–0	Levski Sofia	Bremen, Germany
20:45	Naldo 45+1' Diego 73'	Report MatchCentre		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

31 October 2006 Matchday 4	Levski Sofia	0–3	Werder Bremen	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:45		Report MatchCentre	Mikhailov 33' (o.g.) Baumann 35' Frings 37'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

22 November 2006 Matchday 5	Levski Sofia	0–2	Barcelona	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:45		Report MatchCentre	Giuly 5' Iniesta 65'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

5 December 2006 Matchday 6	Chelsea	2–0	Levski Sofia	London, England
20:45	Shevchenko 27' Wright-Phillips 83'	Report MatchCentre		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 33,358 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

References

^ "FootballSquads - Levski Sofia - 2006/07".
^ Tomasic was born in Kutina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia).

External links

2006–07 Levski Sofia season

[table_hth_CSK0.89115877677275-3] CSKA Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Sofia on head-to-head record; Lokomotiv Sofia–CSKA Sofia 1–1, CSKA Sofia–Lokomotiv Sofia 4–1.

[1] "FootballSquads - Levski Sofia - 2006/07".

[2] Tomasic was born in Kutina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia).

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