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Levski Sofia
2017–18 season
Chairman of the BoardSpas Rusev
ManagerNikolay Mitov (until 2 August 2017)
Delio Rossi (since 4 August 2017)
StadiumVivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov
First League Third place
Bulgarian CupFinal
Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: David Jablonský (9)
All: Sergiu Buș (12)
Highest home attendance14,000 v. Ludogorets
(6 September 2017)
Lowest home attendance490 v. Pirin Blagoevgrad
(2 December 2017)
Average home league attendance5,335 (league)
6,068 (all)
Biggest win4–0 v. Slavia Sofia
(26 August 2017)
v. Dunav Ruse
(29 November 2017)
v. Beroe
(29 April 2018)
Biggest defeat0–2 v. Vereya
(5 August 2017)
v. Ludogorets
(29 October 2017)

Summary

Transfers

In

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
10 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Junior Mapuku 27 EU Bulgaria Beroe Free Transfer Summer 2019 Free dnes.bg
9 FW Romania Sergiu Buș 24 EU Romania Astra Giurgiu Free Transfer Summer 2020 Free blitz.bg
24 GK Bulgaria Aleksandar Lyubenov 22 EU Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv Free Transfer Summer 2020 Free Levski.bg
25 DM Bulgaria Georgi Angelov 26 EU Bulgaria Vereya Free Transfer Summer 2020 Free Levski.bg
8 AM Bulgaria Antonio Vutov 21 EU Italy Udinese Loan Summer 2018 Levski.bg
4 DF Bulgaria Ivan Goranov 25 EU Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv Free Transfer Summer 2020 Free Levski.bg
19 DF Serbia Miloš Cvetković 27 Non-EU Serbia Napredak Krusevac Free Transfer Summer 2019 Free Levski.bg
71 MF Bulgaria Vasil Panayotov 26 EU Poland Stal Mielec Free Transfer Summer 2018 Free Levski.bg
30 MF Romania Neluț Roșu 23 EU Romania Viitorul Constanța Transfer Summer 2020 100 000 € Levski.bg
13 MF Spain Jordi Gómez 32 EU Spain Rayo Vallecano Free Transfer Summer 2019 Free Levski.bg
32 MF France Gabriel Obertan 28 EU England Wigan Athletic Free Transfer Summer 2019 Free Levski.bg
11 MF France Anthony Belmonte 21 EU France Dijon Free Transfer Summer 2020 Free Levski.bg
5 DF Iceland Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 27 EU Israel Maccabi Haifa Loan Summer 2021 Free Levski.bg
26 MF Cape Verde Jerson Cabral 26 EU France Bastia Free Transfer Summer 2019 Free Levski.bg
3 DF Tunisia Aymen Belaïd 28 EU England Rotherham United Free Transfer Winter 2019 Free Levski.bg
29 FW Bulgaria Stanislav Kostov 26 EU Bulgaria Pirin Blagoevgrad Free Transfer Winter 2020 Free Levski.bg
7 MF Brazil Paulinho 24 Non-EU Ukraine Zorya Luhansk Free Transfer Winter 2021 Free Levski.bg
10 FW Brazil Rivaldinho 22 Non-EU Romania Dinamo București Free Transfer Winter 2020 Free Levski.bg
20 MF Portugal Filipe Nascimento 23 EU Romania Dinamo București Transfer Winter 2020 200 000 € Levski.bg
25 DF Portugal Afonso Figueiredo 25 EU France Stade Rennais Loan Winter 2018 Levski.bg
14 MF Senegal Khaly Thiam 24 Non-EU Hungary MTK Budapest Loan Winter 2018 Levski.bg

Total spending: 300 000 € Decrease

Out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
8 MF Curaçao Jeremy de Nooijer 25 EU Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol End of contract Summer Free gol.bg
70 MF Bulgaria Georgi Kostadinov 26 EU Israel Maccabi Haifa End of contract Summer Free Topsport.bg
2 DF Romania Srdjan Luchin 31 EU Romania CFR Cluj End of contract Summer Free topsport.bg
20 AM Spain Añete 31 EU Greece Apollon Smyrni End of contract Summer Free
18 LW Bulgaria Anton Ognyanov 28 EU Bulgaria Cherno More Released Summer Free
5 CB Bulgaria Aleksandar Aleksandrov 31 EU Bulgaria Cherno More Released Summer Free Topsport.bg
25 RB Bulgaria Sasho Aleksandrov 30 EU Bulgaria Etar Released Summer Free Sportal.bg
14 LB Bulgaria Veselin Minev 36 EU Bulgaria Etar Released Summer Free Levski.bg
12 AM Bulgaria Bozhidar Kraev 19 EU Denmark FC Midtjylland Transfer Summer 400 000 € Gong.bg
27 MF France Mehdi Bourabia 25 EU Turkey Konyaspor Transfer Summer 600 000 € Levski.bg
26 ST France Amadou Soukouna 25 EU Bulgaria Cherno More Released Summer Free Sportal.bg
23 DF Sweden Simon Sandberg 23 EU Sweden Hammarby Fotboll Released Winter Free Sportal.bg
7 LW Ghana Francis Narh 23 Non-EU Cyprus Doxa Katokopias Released Winter Free Sportal.bg
17 ST Nigeria Tunde Adeniji 22 Non-EU Kazakhstan Atyrau Released Winter Free Sportal.bg
14 LB Bulgaria Miki Orachev 21 EU Bulgaria Septemvri Sofia Released Winter Free fcseptemvri.bg
3 CB Bulgaria Dimitar Pirgov 28 EU Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv Transfer Winter 12 500 € gong.bg
10 ST Democratic Republic of the Congo Junior Mapuku 28 EU China Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Transfer Winter 500 000 € Sportal.bg

Total Income: 1 512 500 € Increase

Net income: 1 212 500 € Increase

Loans out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
DF Bulgaria Galin Tashev 20 EU Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia Loan Summer — Sportal.bg
FW Bulgaria Iliya Dimitrov 20 EU Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia Loan Summer — Sportal.bg
DF Bulgaria Deyan Ivanov 21 EU Bulgaria Botev Vratsa Loan Summer — Football24.bg
MF Bulgaria Georgi Yanev 19 EU Bulgaria Strumska Slava Loan Summer — Blitz.bg
MF Bulgaria Atanas Kabov 18 EU Bulgaria Botev Vratsa Loan Summer — Sportal.bg
24 GK Bulgaria Aleksandar Lyubenov 22 EU Bulgaria Botev Vratsa Loan Winter — Topsport.bg
75 MF Bulgaria Aleks Borimirov 19 EU Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia Loan Winter — Blitz.bg
55 DF Bulgaria Georgi Angelov 27 EU Bulgaria Vitosha Bistritsa Loan Winter — Sportal.bg

Squad

Updated on 1 March 2017.
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Age EU Since Ends Signed From Transfer Fee Notes
Goalkeepers
12 Petar Ivanov  Bulgaria GK 24 EU 2018 Bulgaria Levski Academy Y/S Originally from Youth system
21 Bozhidar Mitrev  Bulgaria GK 37 EU 2017 2018 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol Free Originally from Youth system
89 Nikolay Krastev  Bulgaria GK 27 EU 2017 2020 Bulgaria Levski Academy Y/S Originally from Youth system
Defenders
3 Aymen Belaid  Tunisia CB/LB 35 EU 2017 2019 England Rotherham United Free Second nationality: France
4 Ivan Goranov  Bulgaria LB 31 EU 2017 2020 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv Free Originally from Youth system
5 Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson  Iceland CB 33 EU 2017 2021 Israel Maccabi Haifa Loan
19 Miloš Cvetković  Serbia RB 34 Non-EU 2017 2019 Serbia Napredak Krusevac Free
24 Tomislav Papazov  Bulgaria CB 22 EU 2018 Bulgaria Levski Academy Y/S Originally from Youth system
25 Afonso Figueiredo  Portugal LB 31 EU 2018 2018 France Stade Rennais Loan
28 David Jablonský  Czech Republic CB/RB/LB 32 EU 2017 2019 Russia Tom Tomsk Free
Midfielders
6 Ivaylo Naydenov  Bulgaria CM/RB 26 EU 2016 Bulgaria Levski Academy Y/S Originally from Youth system
8 Antonio Vutov  Bulgaria AM 27 EU 2017 2018 Italy Udinese Loan Originally from Youth system
11 Anthony Belmonte  France DM/CM 28 EU 2017 2020 France Dijon Free
13 Jordi Gómez  Spain AM 39 EU 2017 2019 Spain Rayo Vallecano Free
14 Khaly Thiam  Senegal DM/CM 30 Non-EU 2018 2018 Hungary MTK Budapest Loan
15 Roman Procházka  Slovakia CM/RW/RB 35 EU 2014 2018 Slovakia Spartak Trnava €0.12M
17 Martin Petkov  Bulgaria CM 23 EU 2018 Bulgaria Levski Academy Y/S Originally from Youth system
20 Filipe Nascimento  Portugal CM 29 EU 2018 2020 Romania Dinamo București €0.20M
30 Neluț Roșu  Romania CM 30 EU 2017 2020 Romania Viitorul Constanța €0.10M
71 Vasil Panayotov  Bulgaria CM 33 EU 2017 2018 Poland Stal Mielec Free Originally from Youth system
77 Iliya Yurukov  Bulgaria CM 24 EU 2016 Bulgaria Levski Academy Y/S Originally from Youth system
Forwards
7 Paulinho  Brazil RW / LW 30 Non-EU 2018 2021 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk Free
9 Sergiu Buș  Romania CF 31 EU 2017 2020 Romania Astra Giurgiu Free
10 Rivaldinho  Brazil CF 29 EU 2018 2020 Romania Dinamo București Free Second nationality: Spain
26 Jerson Cabral  Cape Verde LW / RW 33 EU 2017 2019 France Bastia Free Second nationality: Netherlands
29 Stanislav Kostov  Bulgaria CF 32 EU 2018 2020 Bulgaria Pirin Blagoegrad Free
32 Gabriel Obertan  France RW / LW 35 EU 2017 2019 England Wigan Athletic Free
99 Stanislav Ivanov  Bulgaria CF / AM 25 EU 2016 2021 Bulgaria Levski Academy Y/S Originally from Youth system

Fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

Summer

20 June 2017 Levski Sofia 0 – 1 Cherno More Pravets
17:00 EET Report Ivan Kokonov 53' Stadium: Pravets Sport Complex
23 June 2017 Levski Sofia 1 – 0 Serbia Radnik Surdulica Pravets
18:30 EET Tunde Adeniji 8' Stadium: Pravets Sport Complex

Mid-season

9 August 2017 Levski Sofia 1 – 3 Slivnishki Geroy Sofia
20:00 EET Gabriel Obertan 13' Krasimir Georgiev 34'
Yordan Popov 55'
Tsvetomir Vachev 66'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
8 October 2017 Levski Sofia 1 – 0 Botev Vratsa Sofia
17:00 EET Anthony Belmonte 18' Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
1 November 2017 Levski Sofia 7 – 0 Sportist Svoge Sofia
17:30 EET Jerson Cabral 18'
Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 31'
Sergiu Buș 38', 45'
Tunde Adeniji 80', 86'
Lachezar Kovachev 90'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
12 November 2017 Levski Sofia 3 – 0 Lokomotiv Sofia Sofia
16:00 EET Tunde Adeniji 70', 81'
Jerson Cabral 76'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium

Winter

17 January 2018 Levski Sofia 0 – 3 Malta Hibernians Ta' Qali, Malta
19:30 EET Clayton Failla 3'
João Moreira 45'
Joseph Mbong 69'		 Stadium: National Stadium, Ta' Qali
21 January 2018 Levski Sofia 3 – 0 Austria Wolfsberger Paola, Malta
17:00 EET Antonio Vutov 65'
Junior Mapuku 71', 75'		 Stadium: Hibernians Stadium
29 January 2018 Levski Sofia 2 – 2 Malta Floriana Ta' Qali, Malta
17:30 EET Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 39'
Stanislav Kostov 67'		 Juninho Cabral 12', 27' Stadium: National Stadium, Ta' Qali
2 February 2018 Levski Sofia 3 – 1 Austria Floridsdorfer AC Ta' Qali, Malta
17:30 EET Antonio Vutov 56'
Stanislav Kostov 60'
David Jablonský 69'		 Bernhard Fucik 2' Stadium: National Stadium, Ta' Qali
3 February 2018 Levski Sofia 2 – 1 Switzerland St. Gallen II Ta' Qali, Malta
16:30 EET Antonio Vutov 26' (pen.)
Stanislav Kostov 43'		 Valentino 53' Stadium: National Stadium, Ta' Qali
5 February 2018 Levski Sofia 2 – 1 Malta Gżira United Ta' Qali, Malta
17:30 EET David Jablonský 21'
Filipe Nascimento 52' (pen.)		 Amadou Samb 37' Stadium: National Stadium, Ta' Qali
10 February 2018 Levski Sofia 5 – 1 Slivnishki Geroy Sofia
17:30 EET Jerson Cabral 23'
Stanislav Kostov 45'
Gabriel Obertan 51'
Aymen Belaïd 69'
Sergiu Buș 71'		 Nikolay Marinov 77' Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium

UEFA Europa League

Further information: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League
Further information: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

First Qualifying Round

29 June 2017 1st leg Levski Sofia 3 – 1 Montenegro Sutjeska Nikšić Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 EET Junior Mapuku 1', 21'
Roman Procházka 45+1'
David Jablonský Yellow card 68'		 Report Božo Marković 79'
Mirko Radišić Yellow card 28', Yellow card 89' Red card
Stefan Lončar Yellow card 31'
Vladan Bubanja Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 9000
Referee: Martin Lundby (Norway)
6 July 2017 2nd leg Sutjeska Nikšić Montenegro 0 – 0
(1 – 3 agg.)		 Levski Sofia Nikšić, Montenegro
21:30 EET Vladan Giljen Yellow card 42'
Stefan Lončar Yellow card 55'
Miloš Bakrač Yellow card 82'		 Report Junior Mapuku Yellow card 42' Stadium: Gradski
Attendance: 3500
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Greece)

Second Qualifying Round

13 July 2017 1st leg Hajduk Split Croatia 1 – 0 Levski Sofia Dugopolje, Croatia
21:30 EET Márkó Futács 24' (pen.)
Zoran Nižić Yellow card 69'
Hamza Barry Yellow card 72'
Hysen Memolla Yellow card 82'		 Report David Jablonský Yellow card 20'
Ivan Goranov Yellow card 55'
Vasil Panayotov Yellow card 56'
Antonio Vutov Yellow card 66'		 Stadium: Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi
Attendance: 5000
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
20 July 2017 2nd leg Levski Sofia 1 – 2
(1 – 3 agg.)		 Croatia Hajduk Split Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 EET Miloš Cvetković Yellow card 29'
Sergiu Buș 69'		 Report Borja López Yellow card 61'
Franck Ohandza 80'
Ante Erceg 86'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

Parva Liga

Preliminary stage

Main article: 2017–18 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)
League table

Template:2017–18 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) Regular Season table

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
26 14 8 4 37 14  +23 50 9 4 0 19 3  +16 5 4 4 18 11  +7

Last updated: 4 November 2017.
Source: bulgarian-football.com

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDDWLWWWLWDWWDLWDWWWDWWDWDL
Position913697633343333333333333333
Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
6 September 2017 1 Levski Sofia 0 – 0 Ludogorets Sofia
20:00 EET Bozhidar Mitrev Red card 36'
Roman Procházka Yellow card 77'
Miloš Cvetković Yellow card 88'		 Report Anicet Abel Yellow card 28'
Natanael Yellow card 31'
Svetoslav Dyakov Yellow card 76'
Cicinho Red card 79'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Nikola Popov
Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan
23 July 2017 2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 – 0 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
21:00 EET Parviz Umarbayev Yellow card 42'
Ivaylo Markov Yellow card 49', Yellow card 67' Red card		 Report Junior Mapuku Yellow card 46' Stadium: Lokomotiv
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez
30 July 2017 3 Levski Sofia 2 – 0 Vitosha Bistritsa Sofia
21:00 EET Antonio Vutov 2'
Sergiu Buș 57'
Report Paul Otofe Yellow card 49' Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Nikolay Kolev
Man of the Match: Antonio Vutov
05 August 2017 4 Vereya 2 – 0 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
18:45 EET Georgi Andonov 3'
Ventsislav Bengyuzov Yellow card 14' 29'
Report Dimitar Pirgov Yellow card 9', Red card 83'
Miloš Cvetković Yellow card 41'
Stadium: Trace Arena
Referee: Vladimir Valkov
Man of the Match: Georgi Andonov
13 August 2017 5 Levski Sofia 2 – 0 Dunav Ruse Sofia
21:00 EET David Jablonský 69'
Sergiu Buș 90'
Ivan Goranov Yellow card 77'		 Report Teynur Marem Yellow card 39'
Hristofor Hubchev Yellow card 53'
Hristo Popadiyn Yellow card 59'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Volen Chinkov
Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan
18 August 2017 6 Pirin Blagoevgrad 0 – 3 Levski Sofia Blagoevgrad
21:00 EET Anton Kostadinov Yellow card 11'
Aleksandar Bashliev Yellow card 13'
Radoslav Kirilov Yellow card 23'
Todor Palankov Yellow card 45'
Stilyan Nikolov Yellow card 55'
Rumen Sandev Red card 77'
Todor Trayanov Yellow card 87'		 Report Junior Mapuku 74', 80', 90+3'
Jordi Gómez Yellow card 18'
Sergiu Buș Yellow card 45+2'		 Stadium: Hristo Botev
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
Man of the Match: Junior Mapuku
26 August 2017 7 Levski Sofia 4 – 0 Slavia Sofia Sofia
21:00 EET Jordi Gómez 32' (pen.) Yellow card 60' 86'
Junior Mapuku Yellow card 45+1' 45+3'
Sergiu Buș 90+2'		 Report Stefan Velkov Yellow card 58'
Vladislav Uzunov Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov – the Wedding
Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez
10 September 2017 8 Botev Plovdiv 2 – 1 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
20:00 EET Todor Nedelev 64' Yellow card 82'
Toni Tasev Yellow card 69'
Serkan Yusein Yellow card 74'
Lachezar Baltanov 77'
Plamen Dimov Yellow card 81'
Yordan Minev Yellow card 82'		 Report David Jablonský 26'
Vasil Panayotov Yellow card 55'		 Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex
Referee: Volen Chinkov
Man of the Match: Todor Nedelev
15 September 2017 9 Levski Sofia 2 – 0 Septemvri Sofia Sofia
20:00 EET Jordi Gómez Yellow card 39'
David Jablonský 44'
Vasil Panayotov Yellow card 73'
Gabriel Obertan 89'		 Report Yanko Sandanski Yellow card 59'
Boris Galchev Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Angel Angelov
Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan
25 September 2017 10 Beroe 0 – 0 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
17:30 EET Pedro Eugénio Yellow card 29'
Milen Zhelev Yellow card 64'		 Report Sergiu Buș Yellow card 8'
Roman Procházka Yellow card 28'
Miloš Cvetković Yellow card 47'
Gabriel Obertan Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Beroe
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov – the Wedding
Man of the Match: Dušan Perniš
1 October 2017 11 Levski Sofia 1 – 0 Cherno More Sofia
17:30 EET David Jablonský 13' Report Georgi Iliev soccer ball with red X 9'
Aleksandar Tsvetkov Yellow card 32'
Ilias Hassani Yellow card 50'
Iliya Milanov Yellow card 55'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Man of the Match: David Jablonský
15 October 2017 12 Etar 0 – 1 Levski Sofia Veliko Tarnovo
17:30 EET Georgi Sarmov Yellow card 57'
Sasho Aleksandrov Yellow card 87'		 Report David Jablonský 5'
Gabriel Obertan Yellow card 57'
Antonio Vutov Yellow card 74'
Jordi Gómez Yellow card 78'
Bozhidar Mitrev Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Ivaylo
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
Man of the Match: David Jablonský
21 October 2017 13 Levski Sofia 2 – 2 CSKA Sofia Sofia
16:00 EET David Jablonský 8'
Antonio Vutov Yellow card 22'
Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson Yellow card 36'
Roman Procházka 61'
Ivan Goranov Yellow card 74'		 Report Tiago Rodrigues 12', 15'
Kristiyan Malinov Yellow card 22'
Anton Nedyalkov Yellow card 55'
Fernando Karanga Yellow card 68'
Nikolay Bodurov Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Man of the Match: Tiago Rodrigues
29 October 2017 14 Ludogorets 2 – 0 Levski Sofia Razgrad
18:15 EET Virgil Misidjan 12' Yellow card 41'
Wanderson 60'		 Report Miki Orachev Yellow card 19'
Vasil Panayotov Yellow card 45+1'
Jerson Cabral Yellow card 68'
Ivaylo Naydenov Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Referee: Volen Chinkov
Man of the Match: Virgil Misidjan
4 November 2017 15 Levski Sofia 1 – 0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
17:30 EET Jordi Gómez 38'
Ivan Goranov Red card 42'
Miloš Cvetković Yellow card 90'		 Report Musa Muhammed Yellow card 55'
Dani Kiki Yellow card 67'
Rayan Frikeche Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez
19 November 2017 16 Vitosha Bistritsa 0 – 0 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:30 EET Petko Tsankov Yellow card 43'
Mihail Ivanov Yellow card 73'
Daniel Peev Yellow card 74'		 Report Jordi Gómez soccer ball with red X 44'
Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Georgi Davidov
Man of the Match: Mihail Ivanov
25 November 2017 17 Levski Sofia 1 – 0 Vereya Sofia
17:30 EET Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson Yellow card 61'
Jordi Gómez Yellow card 82'
David Jablonský 90+1'
Roman Procházka Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Ousmane Baldé Yellow card 40'
Valeri Domovchiyski Yellow card 58'
Georgi Argilashki Red card 90+2'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Nikola Popov
Man of the Match: Georgi Argilashki
29 November 2017 18 Dunav Ruse 0 – 4 Levski Sofia Ruse
17:30 EET Report Vasil Panayotov 33', 39'
Junior Mapuku 46'
Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson Yellow card 50'
Sergiu Buș 78'		 Stadium: Gradski
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
Man of the Match: Vasil Panayotov
2 December 2017 19 Levski Sofia 3 – 0 Pirin Blagoevgrad Sofia
17:30 EET Roman Procházka 21' (pen.)
Junior Mapuku 48'
Vasil Panayotov 78'
Jordi Gómez Yellow card 83'		 Report Stilyan Nikolov Yellow card 21'
Kostadin Nichev Yellow card 25'
Aymen Souda Yellow card 41' Red card 78'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Valentin Zhelezov
Man of the Match: Junior Mapuku
9 December 2017 20 Slavia Sofia 1 – 1 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:30 EET Andrea Hristov 82'
Nasko Milev Yellow card 89'		 Report Sergiu Buș 18'
Jordi Gómez Yellow card 63'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Georgi Dimitrov
Man of the Match: Roman Procházka
18 February 2018 21 Levski Sofia 1 – 0 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
17:30 EET Antonio Vutov Yellow card 30'
Plamen Dimov 89' (o.g.)
David Jablonský Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Tsvetomir Panov Yellow card 8'
Lachezar Baltanov Yellow card 58'
Plamen Dimov Yellow card 81'
Steven Petkov Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Man of the Match: Filipe Nascimento
24 February 2018 22 Septemvri Sofia 1 – 4 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:30 EET Yaya Meledje Yellow card 14'
Fabiano Alves Yellow card 48'
Yanko Sandanski Yellow card 60'
Bogomil Dyakov Yellow card 62'
Antoni Ivanov 86' (pen.)		 Report Khaly Thiam Yellow card 16'
Stanislav Kostov 29', 57'
Gabriel Obertan 66', 90+1'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Stefan Apostolov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
3 March 2018 23 Levski Sofia 0 – 0 Beroe Sofia
17:30 EET Filipe Nascimento Yellow card 10'
Gabriel Obertan Yellow card 62'
Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Martin Kamburov Yellow card 20'
Borislav Tsonev Yellow card 22'
Pedro Eugénio Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card 69'
Dušan Perniš Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
Man of the Match: Martin Kamburov
7 March 2018 24 Cherno More 2 – 3 Levski Sofia Varna
17:30 EET Radoslav Vasilev 22', 76' Yellow card 83'
Mariyan Ognyanov Yellow card 26'
Ilias Hassani Yellow card 27'
Daniel Dimov Yellow card 58'
Georgi Iliev Yellow card 68'		 Report Antonio Vutov 21' Red card 51'
Jordi Gómez Yellow card 31'
Paulinho 39'
David Jablonský 65'
Aymen Belaïd Yellow card 69'
Miloš Cvetković Yellow card 74'
Nikolay Krastev Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Ticha
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Man of the Match: David Jablonský
10 March 2018 25 Levski Sofia 1 – 1 Etar Sofia
17:30 EET Sergiu Buș 71'
Filipe Nascimento Yellow card 79' soccer ball with red X 90+4'		 Report Chavdar Ivaylov Yellow card 15'
Ventsislav Vasilev Yellow card 33'
Veljko Batrović 61'
Rumen Rumenov Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov – the Wedding
Man of the Match: Sergiu Buș
18 March 2018 26 CSKA Sofia 1 – 0 Levski Sofia Sofia
13:00 EET Stanislav Manolev Yellow card 42'
Kristiyan Malinov Yellow card 59'
Kiril Despodov Yellow card 59'
Nikolay Bodurov Yellow card 66'
Edwin Gyasi Yellow card 81'
Fernando Karanga 84'		 Report Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson Yellow card 34'
Ivan Goranov Yellow card 55'
David Jablonský Yellow card 56'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Nikola Popov
Man of the Match: Fernando Karanga

Championship stage

League table

Template:2017–18 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) Championship Round table

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
10 4 2 4 18 13  +5 14 2 0 3 8 8  0 2 2 1 10 5  +5

Last updated: 31 May 2018.
Source: See Results

Results by round
Round12345678910
GroundHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLLDWWWDLW
Position3444433333
Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1 April 2018 27 Levski Sofia 1 – 2 Beroe Sofia
17:30 EET Khaly Thiam Yellow card 33'
Roman Procházka soccer ball with red X 44'
Sergiu Buș 75'		 Report Pedro Eugénio 3'
Ivan Ivanov Yellow card 44'
Kamen Hadzhiev 49'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Stanislav Stavrov
Man of the Match: Kamen Hadzhiev
6 April 2018 28 Botev Plovdiv 1 – 0 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
14:30 EET Serkan Yusein Yellow card 14'
Dimitar Pirgov Red card 41'
Steven Petkov 80' Yellow card 81'		 Report Antonio Vutov Yellow card 23'
Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson Yellow card 37'
Ivan Goranov Yellow card 57'
Sergiu Buș Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex
Referee: Petar Kostadinov
Man of the Match: Steven Petkov
14 April 2018 29 Levski Sofia 0 – 1 Ludogorets Sofia
20:00 EEST David Jablonský Yellow card 41'
Khaly Thiam Yellow card 56'		 Report Cicinho Yellow card 28'
Claudiu Keșerü soccer ball with red X 52' 83'
Lucas Sasha Yellow card 70'
Natanael Yellow card 85'
Rafael Forster Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Nikola Popov
Man of the Match: Claudiu Keșerü
18 April 2018 30 CSKA Sofia 2 – 2 Levski Sofia Sofia
18:00 EEST Fernando Karanga 6' (pen.)
Henrique 9'
Geferson Red card 82'
Stanislav Manolev Yellow card 88'
Stoycho Atanasov Yellow card 89'
Rúben Pinto Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Miloš Cvetković Yellow card 7'
David Jablonský Yellow card 21'
Ivan Goranov 48'
Paulinho 61'
Gabriel Obertan Yellow card 80'
Sergiu Buș Red card 82'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Stefan Apostolov
Man of the Match: Ivan Goranov
21 April 2018 31 Levski Sofia 2 – 0 Vereya Sofia
15:00 EEST Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 41'
Khaly Thiam Yellow card 48'
Roman Procházka 57'
Aymen Belaïd Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Man of the Match: Roman Procházka
29 April 2018 32 Beroe 0 – 4 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
17:45 EEST Ivan Bandalovski Yellow card 12'
Matheus Leoni Yellow card 50'		 Report David Jablonský 21'
Jordi Gómez 45'
Sergiu Buș Yellow card 68'
Roman Procházka Yellow card 77' 86'
Paulinho 89'		 Stadium: Beroe
Referee: Valentin Zhelezov
Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez
4 May 2018 33 Levski Sofia 3 – 2 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
20:00 EEST Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson Yellow card 17'
Aymen Belaïd Yellow card 52'
Paulinho 70', 90'
Afonso Figueiredo Yellow card 72'
Rivaldinho 85' (pen.)		 Report Steven Petkov Yellow card 15' 33'
João Paulo 31'
Filip Filipov Yellow card 54'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Stefan Apostolov
Man of the Match: Paulinho
12 May 2018 34 Ludogorets 2 – 2 Levski Sofia Razgrad
18:00 EEST Claudiu Keșerü 5' (pen.)
Jacek Góralski Yellow card 14'
Aymen Belaïd 84' (o.g.)		 Report David Jablonský Yellow card 8'
Ivaylo Naydenov Yellow card 53'
Roman Procházka 73'
Jerson Cabral 88'		 Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Man of the Match: Roman Procházka
15 May 2018 35 Levski Sofia 2 – 3 CSKA Sofia Sofia
18:30 EEST Paulinho 34'
Jerson Cabral Yellow card 40'
Anthony Belmonte Yellow card 76'
Stanislav Kostov 79'		 Report Henrique 20'
Stoycho Atanasov Yellow card 49'
Kristiyan Malinov 57'
Nikolay Bodurov Yellow card 77'
Rúben Pinto 90+1'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Volen Chinkov
Man of the Match: Kristiyan Malinov
20 May 2018 36 Vereya 0 – 2 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
20:00 EEST Report Paulinho 59', 70' Stadium: Trace Arena
Referee: Georgi Dimitrov
Man of the Match: Paulinho

European play-off final

24 May 2018 Levski Sofia 4 – 1 Cherno More Sofia
20:30 EEST Gabriel Obertan 25'
Sergiu Buș 39' Yellow card 67'
Jordi Gómez Yellow card 69'
Vasil Panayotov 73'
Ivan Goranov 82' (pen.)		 Report Hugo Konongo Yellow card 5'
Georgi Bozhilov Yellow card 16'
Daniel Dimov Yellow card 27'
Miroslav Enchev Yellow card 28'
Mehdi Fennouche 55'
Ilias Hassani Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Man of the Match: Vasil Panayotov

Bulgarian Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Bulgarian Cup
19 September 2017 First round Botev Galabovo 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
19:00 EET Ivan Tsachev Yellow card 87'
Redzheb Halil Yellow card 90+1'
Marin Orlinov Yellow card 104'		 Report Ivan Goranov Yellow card 57'
Antonio Vutov Yellow card 102' 112'
Ivaylo Naydenov Yellow card 110'		 Stadium: Trace Arena
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
25 October 2017 Second round Montana 0 – 1 Levski Sofia Sofia[1][2]
18:00 EET Report Daniel Georgiev 55' (o.g.)
Junior Mapuku Yellow card 65'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Stanimir Trenchev
15 December 2017 Quarterfinal Dunav Ruse 0 – 2 Levski Sofia Ruse
16:30 EET Bozhidar Vasev Yellow card 42' Report Junior Mapuku 25'
Jerson Cabral 45'		 Stadium: Gradski
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
11 April 2018 Semifinal 1st leg CSKA Sofia 0 – 2 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:30 EEST Nikolay Bodurov Yellow card 69'
Henrique Yellow card 85'		 Report Sergiu Buș 7', 46' Yellow card 81'
Filipe Nascimento Yellow card 56'
Afonso Figueiredo Yellow card 89'
Gabriel Obertan Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov – the Wedding
25 April 2018 Semifinal 2nd leg Levski Sofia 2 – 2
(4 – 2 agg.)		 CSKA Sofia Sofia
18:30 EEST Jordi Gómez 6'
Khaly Thiam Red card 28'
Sergiu Buș 65'
Paulinho Yellow card 77'		 Report Alexandre Barthe Yellow card 40'
Rúben Pinto Yellow card 41'
Jean Carlos Blanco 57'
Roland Alberg 82'
Stoycho Atanasov Yellow card 88'
Geferson Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
9 May 2018 Final Slavia Sofia 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 2 p)		 Levski Sofia Sofia
19:30 EEST Georgi Petkov Yellow card 11'
Andrea Hristov Yellow card 25'
Slavcho Shokolarov Yellow card 38'
Ivan Minchev Yellow card 40'
Stefan Velev Yellow card 43'
Tsvetelin Chunchukov Yellow card 80'
Georgi Yomov Yellow card 98'		 Report Jordi Gómez soccer ball with red X 12' Yellow card 43'
Khaly Thiam Yellow card 35'
Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson Yellow card 56'
Filipe Nascimento Yellow card 58'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Nikola Popov
Penalties
Minchev soccer ball with check mark
Angelov soccer ball with check mark
Dimitrov soccer ball with red X
Velev soccer ball with check mark
Yomov soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Nascimento
soccer ball with red X Thiam
soccer ball with red X Procházka
soccer ball with check mark Vutov

Squad statistics

As of match played 20 May 2018
No. Pos Nat Player Total Parva Liga Bulgarian Cup UEFA Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
3 DF Tunisia TUN Aymen Belaid 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Goranov 35 1 27 1 3+1 0 4 0
5 DF Iceland ISL Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 29 1 23 1 6 0 0 0
6 MF Bulgaria BUL Ivaylo Naydenov 10 0 5+4 0 1 0 0 0
7 MF Brazil BRA Paulinho 18 8 12+3 8 3 0 0 0
8 AM Bulgaria BUL Antonio Vutov 33 3 22+4 2 2+3 1 2 0
9 FW Romania ROU Sergiu Buș 37 11 17+11 7 3+2 3 0+4 1
10 FW Brazil BRA Rivaldinho 8 1 4+4 1 0 0 0 0
11 MF France FRA Anthony Belmonte 13 0 4+6 0 2+1 0 0 0
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Petar Ivanov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Spain ESP Jordi Gomez 38 5 27+3 4 5+1 1 1+1 0
14 MF Senegal SEN Khaly Thiam 12 0 9 0 3 0 0 0
15 MF Slovakia SVK Roman Procházka 44 6 33+2 5 4+1 0 4 1
17 MF Bulgaria BUL Martin Petkov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Serbia SRB Miloš Cvetković 37 0 29 0 3+1 0 4 0
20 MF Portugal POR Filipe Nascimento 13 0 9+1 0 3 0 0 0
21 GK Bulgaria BUL Bozhidar Mitrev 41 0 31 0 6 0 4 0
24 DF Bulgaria BUL Tomislav Papazov 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Portugal POR Afonso Figueiredo 7 0 5+1 0 1 0 0 0
26 MF Cape Verde CPV Jerson Cabral 26 2 10+11 1 2+3 1 0 0
28 DF Czech Republic CZE David Jablonský 34 9 29 9 1 0 4 0
29 FW Bulgaria BUL Stanislav Kostov 15 3 8+3 3 4 0 0 0
30 MF Romania ROU Neluț Roșu 9 0 6+1 0 0 0 2 0
32 AM France FRA Gabriel Obertan 35 3 26+4 3 5 0 0 0
71 MF Bulgaria BUL Vasil Panayotov 34 3 22+3 3 2+3 0 4 0
77 FW Bulgaria BUL Iliya Yurukov 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
89 GK Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Krastev 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
99 FW Bulgaria BUL Stanislav Ivanov 8 0 1+7 0 0 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
FW Bulgaria BUL Iliya Dimitrov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Bulgaria BUL Galin Tashev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 DF Bulgaria BUL Deyan Ivanov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Bulgaria BUL Georgi Yanev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
93 FW Bulgaria BUL Atanas Kabov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
75 MF Bulgaria BUL Aleks Borimirov 5 0 0+1 0 1 0 0+3 0
24 GK Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Lyubenov 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
55 MF Bulgaria BUL Georgi Angelov 6 0 4 0 0 0 1+1 0
Players who left Levski (Sofia) during the season:
26 FW France FRA Amadou Soukouna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 GK Serbia SRB Bojan Jorgačević 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW Ghana GHA Francis Narh 6 0 0+2 0 0 0 4 0
17 FW Nigeria NGA Tunde Adeniji 5 0 0+1 0 0 0 2+2 0
23 DF Sweden SWE Simon Sandberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Bulgaria BUL Miki Orachev 11 0 4+4 0 2 0 0+1 0
3 DF Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Pirgov 15 0 9 0 2 0 4 0
10 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Junior Mapuku 26 9 7+12 6 3 1 4 2

References

  1. ^ Levski will be the guest at their own stadium, as Montana couldn't finish in time the renovation works on their home venue, and Stadion Kiprovets in Chiprovtsi being unsuitable to host the fixture.
  2. ^ "Официално: Монтана ще домакинства на Левски на "Герена"" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 16 October 2017.
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