2005–06 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia
2005–06 season
Chairman	Todor Batkov
Manager	Stanimir Stoilov
Stadium	Georgi Asparuhov Stadium (domestic games); Vasil Levski National Stadium (European matches)
A PFG	1st
Bulgarian Cup	3rd round
Bulgarian Supercup	Winner
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Valeri Domovchiyski and Dimitar Telkiyski (11 goals); All: Valeri Domovchiyski and Emil Angelov (13 goals)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

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
3	DF	BUL	Zhivko Milanov
4	DF	BUL	Igor Tomasic^[2]
6	MF	NGA	Richard Eromoigbe
7	MF	BUL	Daniel Borimirov
8	MF	BUL	Bogomil Dyakov
10	MF	BUL	Hristo Yovov
11	DF	BUL	Elin Topuzakov
12	GK	BUL	Bozhidar Mitrev
13	MF	BUL	Asen Bukarev
16	MF	BUL	Marian Ognyanov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
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
5	DF	BUL	Anton Vergilov (to Rodopa Smolyan)
19	FW	BUL	Georgi Chilikov (to Nacional Madeira)

Results

Bulgarian A PFG

7 August 2005 Round 1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2 – 4	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
(EET)	Stoynev 31' Kamburov 90'	Report	Koprivarov 16' Telkiyski 20' Borimirov 85' Jayeoba 90+2'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 9 000 Referee: Momchil Vraykov

14 August 2005 Round 2	Marek Dupnitsa	2 – 3	Levski Sofia	Dupnitsa
(EET)	Bizhev 15' Bachev 35'	Report	Jayeoba 55' 70' Koprivarov 77'	Stadium: Bonchuk Stadium Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev

20 August 2005 Round 3	Levski Sofia	6 – 0	Neftohimik Burgas	Sofia
(EET)	Bizhev 15' Bachev 35'	Report	Koprivarov 2' (pen.) Yovov 22' 83' Koprivarov 62' Jayeoba 67' 74'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

28 August 2005 Round 4	Pirin Blagoevgrad	1 – 1	Levski Sofia	Blagoevgrad
(EET)	Nikolov 33'	Report	Milanov 38'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium Attendance: 8 000 Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov

11 September 2005 Round 5	Levski Sofia	1 – 1	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
(EET)	Telkiyski 38'	Report	Dimitrov 33'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 13 000 Referee: Momchil Vraykov

18 September 2005 Round 6	Beroe Stara Zagora	4 – 4	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
(EET)	Kwakye 20' 25' 47' Mitev 75' (pen.)	Report	Bardon 10' 52' Angelov 18' Angelov 21'	Stadium: Beroe Stadium Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev

25 September 2005 Round 7		bye
(EET)

2 October 2005 Round 8	Cherno More Varna	0 – 1	Levski Sofia	Varna
(EET)		Report	Angelov 78'	Stadium: Ticha Stadium Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov

16 October 2005 Round 9	Levski Sofia	3 – 1	Lokomotiv Sofia	Sofia
(EET)	Domovchiyski 5' (pen.) 33' Telkiyski 16'	Report	Antunovic 66'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 2 500 Referee: Momchil Vraykov

22 October 2005 Round 10	Rodopa Smolyan	1 – 2	Levski Sofia	Smolyan
(EET)	Karamanov 90'	Report	Koprivarov 19' Tomasic 90+5'	Stadium: Septemvri Stadium Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

28 October 2005 Round 11	Levski Sofia	5 – 0	Slavia Sofia	Sofia
(EET)	Borimirov 21' 67' Domovchiyski 27' 83' Telkiyski 79'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov

7 November 2005 Round 12	Vihren Sandanski	1 – 2	Levski Sofia	Sandanski
(EET)	Sofroniev 52'	Report	Angelov 28' Telkiyski 63'	Stadium: Sandanski Stadium Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Momchil Vraykov

19 November 2005 Round 13	Levski Sofia	4 – 1	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
(EET)	Yovov 34' 44' Bardon 58' Daniel Borimirov 90'	Report	Andonov 50'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 1 800 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

9 December 2005 Round 14	Litex Lovech	1 – 0	Levski Sofia	Lovech
(EET)	Novakovic 84'	Report		Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 4 500 Referee: Franz-Xaver Vick (Germany)

4 December 2005 Round 15	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Belasitsa Petrich	Sofia
(EET)	Bardon 26' Domovchiyski 53'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 1 500 Referee: Stefan Spasov

4 March 2006 Round 16	Levski Sofia	4 – 0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
(EET)	Telkiyski 15' 43' Domovchiyski 36' Angelov 84'	Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 4 416 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

12 March 2006 Round 17	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Marek Dupnitsa	Sofia
(EET)	Domovchiyski 20' Telkiyski 27'	Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Angel Bekyarov

19 March 2006 Round 18	Neftohimik Burgas	0 – 2	Levski Sofia	Burgas
(EET)	Telkiyski 59' Georgi Ivanov 65'	Report		Stadium: Lazur Stadium Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

26 March 2006 Round 19	Levski Sofia	3 – 0	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Sofia
(EET)	Georgi Ivanov 27' Angelov 38' Domovchiyski 77'	Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 5 692 Referee: Ivaylo Bozev

2 April 2006 Round 20	CSKA Sofia	0 – 1	Levski Sofia	Sofia
(EET)		Report	Ivanov 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 15 846 Referee: Luca Palancha (Italy)

9 April 2006 Round 21	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Beroe Stara Zagora	Sofia
(EET)	Georgi Ivanov 28' Angelov 90'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 7 000 Referee: Angel Bekyarov

15 April 2006 Round 22		bye
(EET)

19 April 2006 Round 23	Levski Sofia	3 – 1	Cherno More Varna	Sofia
(EET)	Bardon 7' Borimirov 16' Angelov 73'	Report	Zhekov 27'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

23 April 2006 Round 24	Lokomotiv Sofia	0 – 2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
(EET)		Report	Domovchiyski 29' (pen.) 36'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Sofia) Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Stefan Spasov

29 April 2006 Round 25	Levski Sofia	6 – 1	Rodopa Smolyan	Sofia
(EET)	Borimirov 9' Bardon 19' Domovchiyski 37' Dimitrov 67' 68' Miroslav Ivanov 90'	Report	Lyaskov 12'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Stoyan Aleksiev

6 May 2006 Round 26	Slavia Sofia	2 – 2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
(EET)	Valkanov 34' Kyumurdzhiev 76'	Report	Topuzakov 17' Bardon 44'	Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Stadium Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov

16 May 2006 Round 27	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Rodopa Smolyan	Sofia
(EET)	Borimirov 45' Telkiyski 50' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

20 May 2006 Round 28	Botev Plovdiv	1 – 2	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
(EET)	Andonov 90'	Report	Georgi Ivanov 11' (pen.) Borimirov 60'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Stoyan Aleksiev

27 May 2006 Round 29	Levski Sofia	1 – 1	Litex Lovech	Sofia
(EET)	Telkiyski 35' (pen.)	Report	Novakovic 61'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 23 000 Referee: Johnny Var Ecke (Belgium)

31 May 2006 Round 30	Belasitsa Petrich	2 – 1	Levski Sofia	Petrich
(EET)	Eduardo Dos Santos 28' Marcos Junior 74'	Report	Pavlov 90'	Stadium: Tsar Samuil Stadium Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Martin Bogdev

Bulgarian Cup

11 November 2005 Round 2	Haskovo	0 – 2	Levski Sofia	Haskovo
(EET)		Report	Angelov 40' Telkiyski 71'	Stadium: Haskovo Stadium Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Angel Angelov

Levski advanced to Round 3.

22 March 2006 Round 3	Cherno More Varna	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Levski Sofia	Varna
(EET)	Hristov 23' Kostadinov 36' Vachev 108'	Report	Angelov 57' Georgi Ivanov 68'	Stadium: Ticha Stadium Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov

Levski are eliminated.

Bulgarian Supercup

31 July 2005

18:30

CSKA Sofia	1 – 1	Levski Sofia
Yanev 82'	a.e.t.	Topuzakov 76'
Penalties
Yanev Dah Zadi Gargorov Iliev	1 - 3	Topuzakov Telkiyski Borimirov Tomasic

Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 9 894

Referee:

Georgios Kaznaferis

UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

11 August 2005	Publikum Celje	1–0	Levski Sofia	Arena Petrol, Celje
19:30	Bersnjak 68'	MatchCentre		Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Khagani Mammadov (Azerbaijan)

25 August 2005	Levski Sofia	3–0	Publikum Celje	Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia
19:15	Yovov 41' 64' Domovchiyski 69'	MatchCentre		Attendance: 12 000 Referee: Costas Theodotou (Cyprus)

Third qualifying round

15 September 2005	AJ Auxerre	2–1	Levski Sofia	Stade de l'Abbe-Deschamps, Auxerre
20:15	Poyet 55' Pieroni 68'	MatchCentre	Bardon 34'	Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)

29 September 2005	Levski Sofia	1–0	AJ Auxerre	Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia
18:30	Koprivarov 28'	MatchCentre		Attendance: 25 000 Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

Auxerre 2-2 Levski Sofia on aggregate. Levski Sofia won on away goals.

Group F

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3 November 2005

19:00

Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Dinamo București
E.Angelov 90'	Report

Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia

Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

24 November 2005

16:30

CSKA Moscow	2 – 1	Levski Sofia
Vagner Love 49', 73'	Report	Domovchiyski 90'

Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Referee: Kenny Clark (Scotland)

1 December 2005

18:30

Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Marseille
Yovov 54'	Report

Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia

Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

14 December 2005

20:45

Heerenveen	2 – 1	Levski Sofia
Samaras 55' Hanssen 90'	Report	Ivanov 53'

Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen

Referee: Zsolt Szabo (Hungary)

Round of 32

15 February 2006

17:30

Artmedia Bratislava	0 – 1	Levski Sofia
	Report	E. Angelov 9'

Stadion Antona Malatinskeho, Trnava

Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

23 February 2006

17:00

Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Artmedia Bratislava
E.Angelov 14', 27'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)

Levski Sofia won 3–0 on aggregate.

Round of 16

9 March 2006

20:45

Udinese	0 – 0	Levski Sofia
	Report

Stadio Friuli, Udine

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

16 March 2006

17:30

Levski Sofia	2 – 1	Udinese
Borimirov 51' Tomasic 63'	Report	Tissone 22'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

Levski Sofia won 2-1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

30 March 2006

19:00

Levski Sofia	1 – 3	Schalke 04
Borimirov 6'	Report	Varela 48' Lincoln 69' Asamoah 79'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Referee: Mike Riley (English)

6 April 2006

20:30

Schalke 04	1 – 1	Levski Sofia
Lincoln 58'	Report	Angelov 24'

Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Schalke 04 won 4-2 on aggregate.

References

^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/bulgaria/2005-2006/agrupa/levski.htm
^ Tomasic was born in Kutina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia).

External links

2005–06 Levski Sofia season

[1] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/bulgaria/2005-2006/agrupa/levski.htm

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

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