2009–10 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia
2009–10 season
Chairman	Todor Batkov
Manager	Emil Velev (until 23 July) ; Ratko Dostanić (until 18 October) ; Georgi Ivanov (caretaker until 14 May 2010)
A PFG	3rd Place
Bulgarian Cup	Third Round
UEFA Champions League	Playoff Round
UEFA Europa League	Group Stage
Bulgarian Supercup	Winner
Top goalscorer	League: Hristo Yovov (11); All: Hristo Yovov (14)
Highest home attendance	20 000 vs CSKA (27 March 2009)
Lowest home attendance	1 000 vs Beroe (18 October 2010)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

First-team squad

Current squad

As of 4 July 2009 (according to latest announcements) 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 (captain)
2	DF	BUL	Victor Genev
3	DF	BUL	Zhivko Milanov
5	DF	MAR	Youssef Rabeh
6	MF	MAR	Rachid Tiberkanine
8	MF	BUL	Georgi Sarmov
9	FW	BUL	Georgi Ivanov
10	MF	BUL	Hristo Yovov
11	FW	BUL	Georgi Hristov
12	GK	BUL	Bozhidar Mitrev
14	DF	BUL	Veselin Minev
15	DF	MAR	Chakib Benzoukane
16	MF	BUL	Marian Ognyanov
19	FW	BUL	Ivan Tsachev


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	BRA	Joãozinho
21	FW	BRA	Zé Soares
22	MF	MKD	Darko Tasevski
23	DF	CZE	David Bystroň
24	FW	BUL	Nikolay Dimitrov
25	DF	BUL	Lúcio Wagner
27	MF	FRA	Cédric Bardon
28	FW	BUL	Aleksandar Kirov
29	FW	BUL	Ismail Isa Mustafa
30	MF	BUL	Lachezar Baltanov
31	GK	BUL	Tzvetan Dimitrov
45	MF	BUL	Vladimir Gadzhev
55	DF	BUL	Yordan Miliev

Transfers

Summer transfers

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	DF	BUL	Elin Topuzakov (free agent)
16	MF	BUL	Mariyan Ognyanov (loan return from Belasitsa Petrich)
17	FW	NGA	Deniran Ortega (on loan from Slavia Sofia)
27	MF	FRA	Cédric Bardon (from Anorthosis Famagusta)
70	MF	SRB	Saša Simonović (from Lokomotiv Mezdra)

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	MF	BUL	Georgi Chakarov (on loan to Sportist Svoge)
9	FW	BUL	Georgi Ivanov (was not indexed because of an injury)
17	MF	BUL	Georgi Nedyalkov (on loan to Sportist Svoge)
18	MF	BUL	Miroslav Ivanov (to Montana)
19	FW	BUL	Ivan Tsachev (on loan to Pirin Blagoevgrad)
23	DF	CZE	David Bystroň (on loan to Viktoria Plzeň)
26	DF	BUL	Martin Dimov (on loan to Sportist Svoge)
29	FW	BUL	Ismail Isa (on loan to Lokomotiv Mezdra)
34	DF	BUL	Dimitar Dimitrov (on loan to Spartak Plovdiv)
52	DF	BUL	Stefan Stanchev (on loan to Pirin Blagoevgrad)
70	MF	POR	Filipe da Costa (to Nacional)
—	MF	BUL	Dzuneit Yashar (to Slavia Sofia)
—	MF	BUL	Ivo Mikhailov (to Chavdar Etropole)
—	DF	BUL	Todor Stoev (to Chavdar Etropole)

Winter transfers

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	BUL	Stefan Stanchev (loan return from Pirin Blagoevgrad)
6	MF	GHA	Michael Tawiah (from Lokomotiv Mezdra)^[1]
7	MF	BUL	Aleksandar Aleksandrov (from Cherno More Varna)^[2]
19	FW	BUL	Miroslav Antonov (from Sportist Svoge)^[3]
21	DF	SVK	Peter Petras (from Slovan Bratislava)
—	FW	BUL	Ivan Tsachev (loan return from Pirin Blagoevgrad)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	BUL	Zhivko Milanov (to Vaslui)^[4]
5	DF	MAR	Youssef Rabeh (to Anzhi Makhachkala)^[5]
17	FW	NGA	Deniran Ortega (loan return to Slavia Sofia)
21	MF	BRA	Zé Soares (to Metalurh Donetsk)^[6]
28	FW	BUL	Aleksandar Kirov (on loan to Lokomotiv Mezdra)
43	FW	BUL	Boyan Tabakov (on loan to Lokomotiv Mezdra)
44	MF	BUL	Borislav Baldzhiyski (on loan to Lokomotiv Mezdra)
50	DF	BUL	Simeon Ivanov (to Rayo Vallecano)
99	FW	BUL	Georgi Hristov (on loan to Wisła Kraków)

Fixtures

Supercup

1 August 2009	Levski Sofia	1–0	Litex	Sofia
18:00	Bardon 65'	Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Stefan Spasov (Pernik)

Bulgarian A PFG

8 August 2009 Round 1	Levski	5–0	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
18:00 EEST	Krastovchev 6' Miliev 15' Tasevski 66' Ortega 73', 77'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Vihren Manev (Sofia)

15 August 2009 Round 2	Minyor	0–2	Levski	Pernik
16:00 EEST		Report	Yovov 79' Ortega 84'	Stadium: Minyor Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Vihren Manev (Sofia)

25 November 2009 Round 3	Levski	2–2	Litex	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Soares 48' Yovov 57'	Report	Nikolov 11' Niflore 89'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

29 August 2009 Round 4	Slavia	1–3	Levski	Slavia
16:00 EEST	Júnior 79'	Report	Bardon 2' Soares 45' Dimitrov 90'	Stadium: Slavia Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stefan Spasov (Pernik)

12 September 2009 Round 5	Levski	1–2	Loko Sofia	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Yovov 60'	Report	Karadzhinov 52' Kamburov 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

20 September 2009 Round 6	CSKA	2–0	Levski	Sofia
20:00 EEST	I. Stoyanov 15' K. Stoyanov 65'	Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Anton Genov (Sofia)

27 September 2009 Round 7	Levski	0–1	Chernomorets	Lovech
19:30 EEST		Report	Dyankov 52'	Stadium: Lovech Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov (Sofia)

4 October 2009 Round 8	Loko Plovdiv	2–2	Levski	Plovdiv
15:00 EEST	Iliev 51' Dakson 90'	Report	Bardon 34' (pen.) Yovov 44'	Stadium: Lauta Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov (Sandanski)

18 October 2009 Round 9	Levski	0–1	Beroe	Sofia
19:30 EEST		Report	Dimitrov 83'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

25 October 2009 Round 10	Sportist	2–3	Levski	Sofia
15:00 EEST	Simov 6' Antonov 82' (pen.)	Report	Yovov 31' Sarmov 69' Krastovchev 86'	Stadium: Chavdar Tsvetkov Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov (Gabrovo)

31 October 2009 Round 11	Levski	3–1	Loko Mezdra	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Bardon 50' Sarmov 64' Krastovchev 66'	Report	Hazurov 40'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

8 November 2009 Round 12	Pirin	0–2	Levski	Kyustendil
15:00 EEST		Report	Tasevski 32' Krastovchev 90'	Stadium: Osogovo Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kolyo Danev (Varna)

21 November 2009 Round 13	Levski	3–0	Cherno More	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Joãozinho 23' Bardon 28' (pen.) Dimitrov 74'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov (Sofia)

28 November 2009 Round 14	Levski	3–1	Montana	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Luiz Eduardo 26' (o.g.) Hristov 42' Joãozinho 48'	Report	Beto 45'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

6 December 2009 Round 15	Sliven	1–0	Levski	Sliven
14:00 EEST	Hristov 74'	Report		Stadium: Hadzhi Dimitar Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov (Sofia)

27 February 2010 Round 16	Botev Plovdiv	0–3	Levski
14:00 EEST		Match awarded due to excluding of Botev Plovdiv.

7 March 2010 Round 17	Levski	3–1	Minyor	Sofia
15:00 EEST	Joãozinho 21', 90+3' Bardon 90' (pen.)	Report	Iliev 13'	Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Angel Angelov (Sofia)

14 March 2010 Round 18	Litex	3–0	Levski	Lovech
19:30 EEST	Doka 30' Popov 45' Yanev 87'	Report		Stadium: Lovech Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Stefan Spasov (Pernik)

20 March 2010 Round 19	Levski	3–0	Slavia	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Reinette 21' (o.g.) Yovov 55' Dimitrov 64'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov (Gabrovo)

24 March 2010 Round 20	Loko Sofia	2–0	Levski	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Atanasov 1' Genkov 79'	Report		Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)

27 March 2010 Round 21	Levski	0–0	CSKA	Sofia
19:30 EEST		Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Anton Genov (Sofia)

4 April 2010 Round 22	Chernomorets	1–1	Levski	Burgas
19:30 EEST	Krumov 68'	Report	Bardon 34' (pen.)	Stadium: Lazur Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov (Sandanski)

4 April 2010 Round 23	Levski	2–0	Loko Plovdiv	Sofia
17:00 EEST	Petras 45' Antonov 70'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Kolyo Danev (Varna)

14 April 2010 Round 24	Beroe	1–3	Levski	Stara Zagora
15:00 EEST	Ivanov 2'	Report	Dimitrov 5' Antonov 16' Yovov 30'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Anton Genov (Sofia)

17 April 2010 Round 25	Levski	5–0	Sportist Svoge	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Antonov 22', 35' Aleksandrov 49', 90' Tasevski 64'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov (Sandanski)

20 April 2010 Round 26	Loko Mezdra	1–1	Levski	Mezdra
15:00 EEST	Iliev 10'	Report	Baltanov 72'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov (Gabrovo)

24 April 2010 Round 27	Levski	2–0	Pirin	Sofia
17:30 EEST	Yovov 36', 44'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ahmed Ahmed (Aytos)

2 May 2010 Round 28	Cherno More	1–1	Levski	Varna
17:30 EEST	Bozhilov 18'	Report	Gadzhev 83'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Varna)

9 May 2010 Round 29	Montana	0–2	Levski	Montana
17:30 EEST		Report	Aleksandrov 38' Yovov 61'	Stadium: Ogosta Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)

16 May 2010 Round 30	Levski	2–0	Sliven	Sofia
17:30 EEST	Yovov 21' Petras 73'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Angel Angelov (Sofia)

Bulgarian Cup

Second round

9 December 2009	Brestnik	0–2	Levski	Bansko
14:00 EEST		Report	Dembele 26' Miliev 69'	Stadium: St Petar Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Tasko Taskov (Sofia))

Levski advanced to Third round.

Third round

13 December 2009	Cherno More Varna	4–1	Levski	Varna
13:30 EEST	Iliev 29', 50' Georgiev 45' Dyakov 88'	Report	Milanov 39' Rabeh 15'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov

Europe

UEFA Champions League

15 July 2009 Leg 1	Levski	4–0	Sant Julià	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Tasevski 49' Hristov 64', 72' Gadzhev 82'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)

21 July 2009 Leg 2	Sant Julià	0–5	Levski	Sant Julia de Loria, Andorra
17:00 WEST		Report	Ognyanov 23', 40' Yovov 34' Tsachev 83' Kirov 87'	Stadium: Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall Attendance: 200 Referee: Junni Huutia (Finland)

Levski advanced to the Third Qualifying round.

UEFA Champions League

28 July 2009 Leg 1	FK Baku	0–0	Levski	Baku, Azerbaijan
17:00 WEST		Report		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Sven Odvar Moen (Norway)

5 August 2009 Leg 2	Levski	2–0	FK Baku	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00 WEST	Yovov 64' Hristov 80'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Levski advanced to the Playoff Round.

UEFA Champions League

19 August 2009 Leg 1	Levski	1–2	Debrecen	Sofia, Bulgaria
21:45 WEST	Bardon 51'	Report	Bodnár 12' Cvitkovics 76'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Laurent Duhamelle (France)

25 August 2009 Leg 2	Debrecen	2–0	Levski	Budapest, Hungary
21:45 WEST	Varga 13' Rudolf 35'	Report		Stadium: Puskas Ferenc Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

UEFA Europa League

UEFA Europa League group stage

17 September 2009

21:05

Villarreal	1–0	Levski Sofia
Nilmar 72'	Report

El Madrigal, Villarreal

Attendance: 5,244

Referee: Mike Dean (England)

1 October 2009

19:00

Levski Sofia	0–4	Lazio
	Report	Matuzalém 22' Zárate 45+1' Meghni 67' Rocchi 74'

Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 16,500

Referee: Nikolay Ivanov (Russia)

22 October 2009

19:00

Red Bull Salzburg	1–0	Levski Sofia
Švento 45+2'	Report

Red Bull Arena, Salzburg

Attendance: 17,800

Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

5 November 2009

21:05

Levski Sofia	0–1	Red Bull Salzburg
	Report	Schiemer 90+3'

Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

2 December 2009

19:00

Levski Sofia	0–2	Villarreal
	Report	Rossi 36' Senna 84'

Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

17 December 2009

21:05

Lazio	0–1	Levski Sofia
	Report	Yovov 61'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Final standings

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Red Bull Salzburg	6	6	0	9	2	+7	18
Villarreal	6	3	3	8	6	+2	9
Lazio	6	2	4	9	10	?1	6
Levski Sofia	6	1	5	1	9	?8	3

References

^ "Майкъл Тевия подписа с Левски". 29 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 17 February 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Черно море продаде Кривия на Левски". 6 January 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
^ "Levski and Sportist Svoge sign an agreement for the transfer of Miroslav Antonov". Levski.bg. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
^ "Zhivko Milanov becomes player of FC Vaslui". Levski.bg. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-01-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Youssef Rabeh transferred to Anzhi". Levski.bg. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Metallurg signed contracts with Ze Soares". Metallurg.donetsk.ua. Retrieved 2010-01-20.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

[Майкъл_Тевия_подписа_с_Левски-1] "Майкъл Тевия подписа с Левски". 29 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 17 February 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] "Черно море продаде Кривия на Левски". 6 January 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2011.

[3] "Levski and Sportist Svoge sign an agreement for the transfer of Miroslav Antonov". Levski.bg. Retrieved 2010-01-04.

[4] "Zhivko Milanov becomes player of FC Vaslui". Levski.bg. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-01-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] "Youssef Rabeh transferred to Anzhi". Levski.bg. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[6] "Metallurg signed contracts with Ze Soares". Metallurg.donetsk.ua. Retrieved 2010-01-20.^{[permanent dead link]}

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