2018–19 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia
2018–19 season
Chairman of the Board	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	Third place
Bulgarian Cup	Second round
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; (26 October 2018)
Biggest defeat	1–3 v. Botev Vratsa; (25 November 2018)
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The 2018–19 season is 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 2018–19 season.

Summary

Transfers

In

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 FC	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 Patrocínio	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 FC	Free transfer	Winter	2019	Free	Levski.bg

Total spending: 800 000 €

Out

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		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 BB	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	gong.bg

Total income: 0 €

Net income: 0 €

Loans out

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

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		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system
13	Nikolay Mihaylov	Bulgaria	GK	36	EU	2018	2019	Omonia	Free	Originally from Youth system
89	Nikolay Krastev	Bulgaria	GK	27	EU	2017		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system
Defenders
2	Louis Nganioni	France	LB	29	EU	2018	2020	Lyon	Free	Second nationality: DR Congo
4	Ivan Goranov	Bulgaria	LB	32	EU	2017	2021	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free	Originally from Youth system
5	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	Iceland	CB/DM	34	EU	2017	2021	Maccabi Haifa	500 000 €
18	Cédric Hountondji	Benin	CB	30	EU	2019	2019	New York City FC	Free	Second nationality: France
19	Miloš Cvetković	Serbia	RB	34	Non-EU	2017	2019	Napredak Kruševac	Free
20	Zhivko Milanov	Bulgaria	RB	40	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	23	EU	2018		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system
28	David Jablonský	Czech Republic	CB/RB/LB	32	EU	2017	2019	Tom Tomsk	Free
39	Deyan Ivanov	Bulgaria	CB	28	EU	2014	2020	Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system
Midfielders
8	Davide Mariani	Switzerland	AM/CM/LW	33	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 FC	Loan
23	Khaly Thiam	Senegal	DM	30	Non-EU	2018	2021	MTK Budapest	300 000 €
70	Martin Raynov	Bulgaria	DM/CM	32	EU	2019	2020	Beroe	Undisclosed
71	Martin Petkov	Bulgaria	CM	23	EU	2018		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system
77	Iliya Yurukov	Bulgaria	DM/CM	24	EU	2016		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system
Forwards
7	Paulinho	Brazil	LW	31	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/LW	25	EU	2016		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system

Fixtures

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

Summer

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

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

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

Mid-season

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

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

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

Winter

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

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

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

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

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

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

Parva Liga

Preliminary stage

League table

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


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

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

21 July 2018 1	Botev Plovdiv	0 – 1	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
20:45 EET	Daudet N'Dongala 31' Kristian Dimitrov 52'	Report	Davide Mariani 7' Anthony Belmonte 12' Ivan Goranov 47' Iliya Dimitrov 90+3'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan

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

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

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

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

25 August 2018 6	Etar	1 – 2	Levski Sofia	Veliko Tarnovo
18:45 EET	Ivan Stoyanov 10' Flo Bojaj 63' Krum Stoyanov 70' Georgi Sarmov 71'	Report	Jerson Cabral 26' Stanislav Kostov 44', 45' Khaly Thiam 68' Martin Polaček 90' Sergiu Buș 90+10'	Stadium: Ivaylo Referee: Stefan Apostolov Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan

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

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

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

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

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

20 October 2018 12	Ludogorets	2 – 1	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
19:00 EET	Svetoslav Dyakov 18' Anton Nedyalkov 19' Jody Lukoki 35' Wanderson 45+1' Cicinho 78' Renan 90' Dimo Bakalov 90+2' Cosmin Moți 90+4'	Report	Miloš Cvetković 11' Anthony Belmonte 51' Stanislav Kostov 54' Filipe Nascimento 87' Khaly Thiam 90+4'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Wanderson

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

4 November 2018 14	Levski Sofia	4 – 1	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
15:00 EET	Stanislav Kostov 29', 55' Khaly Thiam 51' Gabriel Obertan 62' Davide Mariani 74'	Report	Dimitar Pirgov 36' Antonio Vutov 45+1'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 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' Petar Vitanov 41' Mehdi Fennouche 49' Martin Kostadinov 66' Patrick Andrade 80'	Report	Paulinho 33' Nuno Reis 47' Jerson Cabral 68' 69'	Stadium: Ticha Stadium Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Jorginho

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 February 2019 22	Vitosha Bistritsa	0 – 2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Mihail Milchev 66'	Report	Paulinho 22' Stanislav Kostov 42' Miloš Cvetković 81'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium 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' Ivan Goranov 43' Steven Pereira 45+2' (o.g.) Khaly Thiam 56' Miloš Cvetković 69'	Report	Edwin Gyasi 43' Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski 63' Ivan Turitsov 66' Steven Pereira 90+4'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Vladimir Valkov Man of the Match: Nikolay Mihaylov

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

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

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

Championship stage

League table

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18 May 2019 34	Ludogorets	1 – 1	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
18:00 EET	Dragoș Grigore 12' 70' Anicet Abel 35' 85' Cosmin Moți 51' (pen.) Adrian Popa 57'	Report	Martin Raynov 14' Valeri Bojinov 22' Deyan Ivanov 46' 47' Zhivko Milanov 72' Louis Nganioni 89'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Zhivko Milanov

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

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

European play-off final

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

Bulgarian Cup

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

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

UEFA Europa League

First Qualifying Round

11 July 2018 1st leg	Vaduz	1 – 0	Levski Sofia	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
18:45 EET	Mohamed Coulibaly 14' Nils von Niederhäusern 41' Maximilian Göppel 76'	Report	Anthony Belmonte 16' Aymen Belaïd 22' David Jablonský 47' Ivan Goranov 89'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 1243 Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

17 July 2018 2nd leg	Levski Sofia	3 – 2 (3 – 3 (a) agg.)	Vaduz	Sofia, Bulgaria
18:45 EET	Sergiu Buș 35', 76' Jerson Cabral 52', 85' Aymen Belaïd 53' Jordi Gómez 63' Ivan Goranov 90+1' Stanislav Kostov 90+4'	Report	Mohamed Coulibaly 25' Nils von Niederhäusern 41' Gabriel Lüchinger 52' Igor Tadić 55', 75'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 6100 Referee: Rob Harvey (Ireland)

Squad statistics

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	23	32+4	23	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

^ "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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