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2013–14 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia entered season 2013–14 as runners-up in the Bulgarian A Football Group and finalists in the Bulgarian Cup. The Blues will celebrate their 100th anniversary during this season.

Levski Sofia
2013–14 season
PresidentBulgaria Todor Batkov
Head CoachBulgaria Nikolay Mitov (until 13 July 2013)
Bulgaria Elin Topuzakov (caretaker until 22 July 2013)
Serbia Slaviša Jokanović (until 8 October 2013)
Bulgaria Antoni Zdravkov (until 20 March 2014)
Bulgaria Elin Topuzakov (caretaker until end of season)
StadiumGeorgi Asparuhov
Vasil Levski National Stadium (for derby games only)
A Group5th
Bulgarian CupQuarterfinals
UEFA Europa LeagueFirst qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Garry Rodrigues (11 goals)
All: Garry Rodrigues (14 goals)
Highest home attendance12 000 vs Irtysh (4 July 2013)
Lowest home attendance100 vs Lyubimets (4 December 2013)

Summary edit

June, July and August edit

In June 2013 after the dramatic end of the 2012–13 season Nikolay Mitov was appointed as the manager of the club. Mitov was previously in charge as a caretaker manager. He failed to win both the championship and cup despite not losing one single game. During the summer club's president announced the return of Nasko Sirakov as general manager of the club. Sirakov was fired from the position back in 2008. Under his lead and with the coaching of Mitov the team did not succeed in European Competitions and got kicked-out in the First Round of the Europa League from Kazakh side Irtysh Pavlodar with 0–2 on aggregate. This resulted the resignation of Mitov and on the 22nd of July Serbian coach Slaviša Jokanović was appointed as the new manager of the club. The failure in Europa League lead to the release of a few players like Cristovao Ramos, Ramon Lopes and striker Joao Silva.

 
Slaviša Jokanović was appointed as Levski's manager in July 2013.

Levski started the campaign with 2 lost games in-a-row against Botev Plovdiv and Lokomotiv Plovdiv finding themselves on last position. After two disappointing home draws against Beroe and Cherno More Varna the team signed with 5 new players – Larsen Touré, Alex Perez, Dimitar Makriev, Miroslav Ivanov and Goran Blažević. Insensibly the team started to improve in the Championship and got up in among the first 7.

September and October edit

The team's started to improve but another disappointing draw was made against Lokomotiv Sofia. This resulted the resignation of Slaviša Jokanović and the appointing of Ivaylo Petev as new coach on the 8 October. The fans reacted negatively to this change as earlier in the season they stated their support towards Jokanovic.[1] On the presentation of Petev some of the fans interrupted the press conference and announced that they will not accept Petev as new coach because of his sympathy to Levski's biggest rival CSKA Sofia and got him kicked out.[2] On the next day Petev refused to take Levski's job [3] while general managers Nasko Sirakov and Ivo Tonev also resigned after the events leaving ex-player Hristo Yovov as the only manager in the club. Tonev though made a promise to finish the construction of the main stand of the stadium which was started in February 2013 and was scheduled to be completed in May 2014 for the 100th anniversary. However, later it was reported that due to financial troubles the construction will be delayed and the stand won't be opened for the anniversary. Meanwhile, Antoni Zdravkov was put in charge of the team. 10 days after these events the team lost heavily the Eternal Derby from CSKA with 0:3.

November and December edit

Despite the heavy loss Zdravkov and his assistants Marian Hristov and Elin Topuzakov managed to rebuild the squad and the team won 8 out of 10 next games. Levski managed to beat Pirin Gotse Delchev in the Bulgarian Cup second round with 9–0 on aggregate drawing with fierce rivals CSKA in the Third Round. At the end of December the team knocked-out CSKA after two goalless draw and a 7–6 victory over penalties. The Blues qualified for the Quarterfinals of the tournament where they will play Botev Plovdiv. During the winter break medias reported that key player Garry Rodrigues will be sold to title competitors Ludogorets Razgrad. However, after a meeting between club's boss Todor Batkov and fans the deal didn't went through.[4]

 
Garry Rodrigues was Levski's topgoalscorer for the first half of the season with 14 goals in all competitions.

January and February edit

After New Year's Eve the team found himself placed on 3rd position. However, due to financial crisis a few players were sold and released. Young star Antonio Vutov was sold to Serie A-side Udinese[5] while key player Garry Rodrigues was transferred to Primera División-side Elche CF.[6] The total income of both transfers is reported to be more than 1 million euros. Other players like Dimitar Vezalov, Alex Perez, Yordan Miliev and Ilian Yordanov were released from the club.

 
Youngster Antonio Vutov was sold to Italian club Udinese after notching 39 appearances with his home club.

In the other way around a total of 5 new players arrived. In the beginning of January Levski signed with Lyubimets captain Anton Ognyanov and with central defender Aymen Belaid from Lokomotiv Plovdiv as well. The estimated fee of both transfers was undisclosed. Afterwards the club signed also with another defender Pavel Čmovš coming from Eredivisie side NEC Nijmegen. On the last day of January Levski signed also with Beroe's Plamen Krumov and with Bulgarian international striker Valeri Bojinov.

 
Bulgarian international Valeri Bojinov signed with Levski for 6 months. This will be the first time in his career he will ever played for a Bulgarian team.

Levski started their preparation for the second part of the season with two camps. The first one was held in Sozopol, a city on the Bulgarian coast. The squad played one friendly game against Chernomorets Burgas which was won 5:3. The goals were scored by Larsen Toure (hat-trick), youngster Borislav Tsonev and the new signing Anton Ognyanov. In the beginning of February the team continued with the preparation with another camp in Cyprus. On Cypriot soil The Blues played 5 more friendly games in total. They started with 3 losses from Russian side Mordovia Saransk, Czech champions Viktoria Plzeň and another side from the Czech Republic Teplice. Levski lost against the Mordovia with 1:2 with a goal scored from penalty and 2:4 from Teplice with Valeri Bojinov and Miroslav Ivanov scoring. In their 3rd exhibition game against Viktoria Plzeň the team lost 0:3 after a very disappointing performance from the referee of the game. In the 2nd minute of the match Anton Ognyanov was heavily injured by Tomáš Wágner. Ognyanov was taken to the hospital where it was confirmed that his ankle is fractured and will treat it for the next 3 months which will force him to miss the rest of the season. For the challenge Wagner didn't receive a card. 10 minutes after the incident the Czech side opened the score in the game after a handball which was not noticed from the referee.

The team finished their preparation with 2 draws against Lithuanian champions Žalgiris and Russian side Ural Sverdlovsk. Both games ended 1:1. Levski finished their preparation with only 1 win out of 6 matches. Between the last 2 games Levski signed with another played following the heavy injury of Anton Ognyanov. Brazilian playmaker Rafael Bastos came on the 12 February and started to train individually in order to catch up with the squad. On the 17 February Bastos signed for 1 year with Levski. 2 days before the renewal of the championship the team signed with another player. Left-back Ricardo Nunes agreed on a 1.5-year deal with the club. Levski renewed the Bulgarian league fixtures on the 22 February with a home draw game against Slavia Sofia. The match ended 2–2 and 2 days after it the club signed with another played. Portuguese winger Cristóvão Ramos returned to the team after playing from 2012 to 2013. The contract will be until the end of the season.

Despite the new signings Levski suffered another loss. This time the Blues lost from Lokomotiv Sofia with 0:1. Few days after the match chairman Todor Batkov decided to fire Sports director Hristo Yovov and assistant coach Marian Hristov. Both club legends were surprised by the decision.

March, April and May edit

Despite all the changes no head coach was appointed and on 8 March Levski lost the Eternal derby against CSKA Sofia with 0–1. This was the first time in 27 years when Levski losses 2 derby games in the same season. One week after the last round from the Regular season Levski had to play again with CSKA and lost one more with a late goal scored by Plamen Krachunov. In the meantime the team got eliminated from the Bulgarian Cup Quarterfinals from Botev Plovdiv. Despite winning with 3:1 in the First Leg the team lost the re-match with 0:2 and got knocked-out 3:3 on aggregate and more away goals. This resulted the resignation of Antoni Zdravkov and started a war between the fans and the club owner Todor Batkov. Club icon Elin Topuzakov was appointed as the new head coach of the team until the end of the season helped by another ex-played Viktorio Pavlov. This season will be the 5th in-a-row in which the Blues will not manage to win a trophy. Topuzakov lead the team to 3 wins in-a-row. Both Plovdiv sides Botev and Lokomotiv were beaten by 2-0 followed by another 1–0 win against Cherno More Varna in Sofia.

Despite the run of positive results the club registered 3 more losses in the next 3 games. The team lost 0-2 from Ludogorets in Razgrad, 1-2 from Litex Lovech in Sofia and 1–3 in the derby against CSKA Sofia. This was the 4th loss in-a-row in a derby game which never happened before. With only 5 games remaining Levski Sofia find themselves placed on 5th position with slight chance of achieving a qualification to UEFA competitions for the next season. It is most likely that the club will not participate in a European competition for the first time since 1990–91 season.

Following the derby loss Levski lost again in Plovdiv against Botev which made it the 4th lost game in-a-row which is a record for the club. Only in 4 other season Levski had managed to lose 4 games in-a-row. Those occasions happened in 1940, 1952, 1955 and 1960.

After the negative series of results Levski finished the season with 3 wins out of 4 games. Away victories were achieved against Cherno More and Litex while at home the Blues managed to win once against Loko Plovdiv and lost their last home game of the season against running champions Ludogorets. Levski finished in 5th place with 14 lost matches (club record for one season). For the first time since season 1990–91 Levski will not participate in European competitions.

On 23 May 2014 Levski ended the season with an anniversary game against Italian side SS Lazio. The game was entirely organised by the fans who made contact with the Italian club and raised funds for all the events that occurred around the friendly match. 160 sportsmen and footballers were awarded from the fans for their achievements with the sports club during the last 100 years. New sports director Georgi Ivanov, Aleksandar Aleksandrov, Elin Topuzakov, Hristo Yovov and other icons from the near past took participation in the football match against Lazio. The match ended 3–2 after Lazio took advantage with 0–2 in the first half. After the break Levski made a comeback with a brace by Dimitar Makriev and a wonderful winning goal scored by 15-year-old youngster from the Academy Stanislav Ivanov. At midnight the whole stadium was lighten up with flares and fireworks.

On 24 May 2014 the celebrations continued with a ceremony on Mogilkata, a square in the center of Sofia where in 1914 the club was founded by a group of students from the near school. After the ceremony the fans started a parade through the entire city centre and ended up at the monument of the patron of the club Vasil Levski.

Transfers edit

Summer transfers edit

See List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2013

Winter transfers edit

Squad edit

Updated on 22 May 2014.
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of Birth (Age) Previously at Games Played Goals Scored
Goalkeepers
1 Goran Blažević   GK 2013 (1986-06-07) 7 June 1986 (age 37)   Hajduk Split 23 0
23 Plamen Iliev   GK 2011 (1991-11-30) 30 November 1991 (age 32)   Vidima-Rakovski 87 0
24 Aleksandar Lyubenov   GK - (1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 29)   Levski Academy 0 0
89 Mihail Ivanov   GK - (1989-07-07) 7 July 1989 (age 34)   Botev Vratsa 4 0
Defenders
2 Dustley Mulder   RB 2010 (1985-01-27) 27 January 1985 (age 39)   RKC Waalwijk 97 3
3 Aymen Belaïd   CB 2014 (1987-01-02) 2 January 1987 (age 37)   Lokomotiv Plovdiv 9 0
4 Stanislav Angelov (C)   RB / DM 2012 (1978-04-12) 12 April 1978 (age 46)   Anorthosis 175 11
5 Álex Pérez   CB 2013 (1991-08-11) 11 August 1991 (age 32)   Getafe 15 0
6 Orlin Starokin   LB / DM 2011 (1987-01-08) 8 January 1987 (age 37)   Chernomorets Burgas 75 5
14 Miki Orachev   LB - (1996-03-19) 19 March 1996 (age 28)   Levski Academy 7 0
17 Pavel Čmovš   CB 2014 (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 33)   NEC Nijmegen 8 0
29 Deyan Ivanov   CB - (1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 28)   Levski Academy 0 0
35 Plamen Dimov   CB / DM 2013 (1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 33)   Chernomorets Burgas 21 1
40 Ricardo Nunes   LB 2014 (1986-06-18) 18 June 1986 (age 37)   Žilina 10 0
Midfielders
8 Anton Ognyanov   LB / LW 2014 (1988-06-30) 30 June 1988 (age 35)   Lyubimets 0 0
16 Rafael Bastos   LW / AM 2014 (1985-01-01) 1 January 1985 (age 39)   Al Nassr 9 0
18 Borislav Tsonev   CM - (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 29)   Levski Academy 22 1
20 Miroslav Ivanov   LW / AM / RW 2013 (1981-09-11) 11 September 1981 (age 42)   Ludogorets 106 13
21 Radoslav Tsonev   CM - (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 29)   Levski Academy 12 1
22 Vladislav Misyak   LW - (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 (age 28)   Levski Academy 9 1
25 Daniel Dimov   DM / CM 2011 (1989-01-21) 21 January 1989 (age 35)   Cherno More 77 7
27 Steven Petkov   RW - (1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 28)   Levski Academy 6 0
28 Cristóvão Ramos   RW 2014 (1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 28)   Konyaspor 54 8
45 Vladimir Gadzhev   DM / CM 2008 (1987-07-18) 18 July 1987 (age 36)   Panathinaikos 160 21
59 Larsen Touré   LW / RW 2013 (1984-07-20) 20 July 1984 (age 39)   Stade Brestois 29 22 4
71 Plamen Krumov   RB / RW 2014 (1985-11-04) 4 November 1985 (age 38)   Beroe 12 1
75 Kévin Bru   DM / CM 2013 (1988-12-12) 12 December 1988 (age 35)   Istres 24 1
77 Stefan Velev   DM / CM 2013 (1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 (age 34)   Beroe 21 0
Strikers
7 Dimitar Makriev   ST 2013 (1984-01-07) 7 January 1984 (age 40)   Ashdod 32 7
9 Tsvetan Genkov   ST 2013 (1984-02-08) 8 February 1984 (age 40)   Wisła Kraków 30 7
19 Iliya Dimitrov   ST - (1996-07-10) 10 July 1996 (age 27)   Levski Academy 1 0
86 Valeri Bojinov   ST 2014 (1986-02-15) 15 February 1986 (age 38)   Sporting CP 15 7

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

Players League Cup Europa League Total
  Garry Rodrigues 11 3 0 14
  Dimitar Makriev 7 0 0 7
  Tsvetan Genkov 5 2 0 7
  Valeri Bojinov 6 1 0 7
  Daniel Dimov 5 0 0 5
  Vladimir Gadzhev 5 0 0 5
  Larsen Touré 4 0 0 4
  Orlin Starokin 3 1 0 4
  Antonio Vutov 2 1 0 3
  Iliyan Yordanov 2 1 0 3
  Miroslav Ivanov 2 0 0 2
  Borislav Tsonev 0 1 0 1
  Plamen Dimov 1 0 0 1
  Kévin Bru 1 0 0 1
  Plamen Krumov 1 0 0 1
  Dustley Mulder 1 0 0 1
  Cristóvão Ramos 1 0 0 1
  Vladislav Misyak 1 0 0 1
  Radoslav Tsonev 1 0 0 1

Assists edit

Player League Cup Europa League Total
  Garry Rodrigues 9 1 0 10
  Vladimir Gadzhev 8 1 0 9
  Nuno Pinto 5 1 0 6
  Miroslav Ivanov 4 0 0 4
  Dimitar Makriev 3 1 0 4
  Tsvetan Genkov 4 0 0 4
  Antonio Vutov 2 0 0 2
  Orlin Starokin 1 1 0 2
  Dustley Mulder 2 0 0 2
  Yordan Miliev 1 0 0 1
  Daniel Dimov 1 0 0 1
  Larsen Touré 1 0 0 1
  Kévin Bru 1 0 0 1
  Steven Petkov 1 0 0 1
  Rafael Bastos 1 0 0 1

Cards edit

Player     Total
  Stanislav Angelov 13 2 15
  Vladimir Gadzhev 9 1 10
  Daniel Dimov 8 1 9
  Orlin Starokin 9 0 9
  Borislav Tsonev 7 2 8
  Nuno Pinto 7 0 7
  Dustley Mulder 7 0 7
  Antonio Vutov 6 0 6
  Aymen Belaïd 5 1 6
  Larsen Touré 5 1 6
  Tsvetan Genkov 6 0 6
  Miroslav Ivanov 5 0 5
  Álex Pérez 4 0 4
  Pavel Čmovš 4 0 4
  Plamen Krumov 4 0 4
  Valeri Bojinov 4 0 4
  Plamen Dimov 3 0 3
  Yordan Miliev 3 0 3
  Kévin Bru 3 0 3
  Stefan Velev 2 0 2
  Garry Rodrigues 1 1 2
  Plamen Iliev 2 0 2
  Cristóvão Ramos 2 0 2
  Ricardo Nunes 2 0 2
  Dimitar Makriev 2 0 2
  Miki Orachev 2 0 2
  Steven Petkov 2 0 2
  João Silva 1 0 1
  Dimitar Vezalov 1 0 1
  Rafael Bastos 1 0 1
  Radoslav Tsonev 1 0 1

Pre-season and friendlies edit

Friendly game for the 100th year anniversary edit

23 May 2014 Levski Sofia   3–2   Lazio Sofia, Bulgaria
21:45 CEST Makriev   47', 58'
S. Ivanov   76'		 Report Tounkara   14'
Kakuta   35'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Georgi Yordanov

Summer edit

22 June 2013 Levski Sofia   1–0   Arapongas Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
19:00 EET Silva   42' Report
25 June 2013 Levski Sofia   1–1   Mattersburg Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
19:00 EET de Carvalho   30' Report Mörz   69'
27 June 2013 Levski Sofia   1–1   Metalurh Donetsk Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
19:00 EET Rodrigues   64' Report Nelson   86'
29 June 2013 Levski Sofia   0–2   Amkar Perm Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
19:00 EET Report Peev   17'
Georgiev   84'

Winter edit

25 January 2014 Chernomorets Burgas 3–5 Levski Sofia Sozopol
14:00 EET Angelov   7'
Deul   12'
D. Dimov   65' (o.g.)		 Report Touré   18', 35', 38'
Ognyanov   54'
B. Tsonev   85'		 Stadium: Sozopol Stadium
Attendance: 1 000
3 February 2014 Levski Sofia   1–2   Mordovia Saransk Paralimni
15:00 EET Angelov   88' (pen.) Report Nakhushev   25'
Lutsenko   37'		 Stadium: Paralimni Stadium
6 February 2014 Levski Sofia   2–4   Teplice Ayia Napa
15:00 EET Bojinov   20'
M. Ivanov   89'		 Report Čajić   11', 71'
Vůch   26'
Litsingi   76' (pen.)
10 February 2014 Levski Sofia   0–3   Viktoria Plzeň Ayia Napa
17:30 EET Report Bakoš   13'
Ďuriš   26'
Wágner   49'
12 February 2014 Levski Sofia   1–1   Žalgiris Ayia Napa
EET D. Dimov   28' Report Švrljuga   81'
15 February 2014 Levski Sofia   1–1   Ural Ayia Napa
EET Bojinov   47' Report Yerokhin   34'

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Position
  UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
  Bulgarian Cup Quarter Final
  A Group 5th

A Group edit

Main article: 2013–14 A Group

First phase edit

Main article: 2013–14 A Group § First phase

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Botev Plovdiv 26 13 7 6 45 21 +24 46 Qualification for championship group
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 14 3 9 43 31 +12 45
6 Levski Sofia 26 13 5 8 45 24 +21 44
7 Cherno More 26 12 7 7 31 21 +10 43
8 Beroe 26 11 6 9 32 25 +7 39 Qualification for relegation group
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 season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
Results summary edit
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 13 5 8 45 24  +21 44 6 4 3 24 10  +14 7 1 5 21 14  +7
Results by round edit
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLLWDDDWLWWWDLWWWLWLWWWWDLL
Position101489109710866677555566643456
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches edit
21 July 2013 1 Botev Plovdiv 2–1 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
18:00 (EET) Minev   36'
Nedelev   45'   57', 75'
Jirsák   45'		 Report Rodrigues   5'   35'
Ramos   12'
Velev   24'
Silva   62'		 Stadium: Hristo Botev
Attendance: 10,410
Referee: Georgi Yordanov
28 July 2013 2 Levski Sofia 1–2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
19:00 (EET) Genkov   30'   60' Report N'Diaye   17'
Todorov   43'
Kamburov   57'
Georgiev   60'
Lazarov   62'
do Carmo   83'
Tunchev   90'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,910
Referee: Kalin Lyudmilov
4 August 2013 3 Pirin Gotse Delchev 0–2 Levski Sofia Gotse Delchev
18:00 (EET) Abdikov   54' Report Genkov   36'
Rodrigues   55' (pen.)
Vezalov   80'		 Stadium: Gradski
Attendance: 1,910
Referee: Ivan Kirilov
11 August 2013 4 Levski Sofia 0–0 Beroe Sofia
20:00 (EET) Pinto   14'
Gadzhev   37'
Bru   73'
Genkov   85'		 Report Krumov   26'   37'
Roncatto   46'
Z. Iliev   63'
Karadzhov   88'
Elias   90'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 2,690
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
18 August 2013 5 Litex Lovech 1–1 Levski Sofia Lovech
21:00 (EET) Vajushi   40'
Bodurov   50'
Jordán   53'   56'		 Report Rodrigues   51' (pen.)
Angelov   66'
Genkov   79'
Miliev   89'		 Stadium: Gradski
Attendance: 5,880
Referee: Nikola Popov
25 August 2013 6 Levski Sofia 1–1 Cherno More Sofia
20:00 (EET) Vutov   13'
Rodrigues   50' (pen.)
Starokin   59'
Angelov   65'		 Report Bacari   26'
A. Aleksandrov   43'
Stanchev   49'
Raykov   53'
Edenilson   75'
Kotev   90'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 2,490
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
1 September 2013 7 Lyubimets 0–2 Levski Sofia Lyubimets
18:00 (EET) Velichkov   57'
Kolev   83'		 Report Álex Pérez   9'
Genkov   18'
Vutov   84'		 Stadium: Gradski
Attendance: 2,890
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
15 September 2013 8 Levski Sofia 0–2 Ludogorets Sofia
20:00 (EET) Pinto   17'
M. Ivanov   22'
Vutov   38'
Gadzhev   75'		 Report Espinho   15'   49'
I. Stoyanov   31'
Misidjan   42'
Barthe   52'
Dyakov   63'
Bezjak   75'
Aleksandrov   82'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 6,260
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
21 September 2013 9 Chernomorets Burgas 1–3 Levski Sofia Burgas
20:00 (EET) Fonseca   34'
Baltanov   35'
Manzorro   75'		 Report M. Ivanov   6'   74'
Oliveira   37' (o.g.)
Rodrigues   45'   60'		 Stadium: Lazur
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
25 September 2013 10 Levski Sofia 6–0 Neftochimic Sofia
18:00 (EET) D. Dimov   14', 62'
M. Ivanov   35'
P. Dimov   42'
Gadzhev   69', 88'		 Report Hashev   61' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 650
Referee: Georgi Ignatov
28 September 2013 11 Slavia Sofia 0–1 Levski Sofia Sofia
15:15 (EET) Shalayev   38'
Fernando   48'
Popara   72'		 Report P. Dimov   28'
Álex Pérez   32'
Touré   57'
M. Ivanov   90'
Vutov   90'		 Stadium: Slavia
Attendance: 850
Referee: Tsvetan Krastev
4 October 2013 12 Levski Sofia 0–0 Lokomotiv Sofia Sofia
15:00 (EET) P. Dimov   54'
Miliev   86'		 Report Marquinhos   55'
Tom   87'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 470
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
19 October 2013 13 CSKA Sofia 3–0 Levski Sofia Sofia
16:00 (EET) Milisavljević   30'
Popov   35'
Gargorov   37'
Sidibé   39'
Howard   67'
V. Iliev   76'		 Report Mulder   34'
Álex Pérez   39'
Pinto   54'
Gadzhev   59'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 13,950
Referee: Georgi Yordanov
26 October 2013 14 Levski Sofia 1–0 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
15:15 (EET) B. Tsonev   44'   68'
Genkov   68'
M. Ivanov   74'
Rodrigues   85'		 Report Minev   67' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,930
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
31 October 2013 15 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–3 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
16:00 (EET) Kiki   13'
Kamburov   19'
Georgiev   26'   45+1'
A. Belaïd   37'
Iliadis   74'		 Report Gadzhev   8'
Starokin   34'
Pinto   40'
Rodrigues   45+2' (pen.)
Genkov   83'   85'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv
Attendance: 0
No attendance due to sanction by the BFU.
Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov
3 November 2013 16 Levski Sofia 4–1 Pirin Gotse Delchev Sofia
18:00 (EET) Makriev   9', 43'
Rodrigues   16'
Vutov   19'
Pinto   80'
Yordanov   86'		 Report Gutsev   65'
Bashov   85' (pen.)		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,170
Referee: Angel Angelov
9 November 2013 17 Beroe 1–0 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
15:15 (EET) Hristov   30' (pen.)
Krumov   40'
Stoychev   54'
I. Ivanov   73'
Karadzhov   89'
Dishliev   90'		 Report D. Dimov   29'
Starokin   78'
P. Dimov   80'
Gadzhev   90'
Bru   90'		 Stadium: Beroe
Attendance: 9,080
Referee: Georgi Dimitrov
23 November 2013 18 Levski Sofia 4–1 Litex Lovech Sofia
15:15 (EET) D. Dimov   4'
Starokin   11', 73'
Angelov   41'
Bru   51'
Touré   68'
Gadzhev   77'
Mulder   90'		 Report Slavchev   33'
Jordán   61'
Milanov   90'
Vajushi   90'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,680
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
30 November 2013 19 Cherno More 2–1 Levski Sofia Varna
13:00 (EET) G. Iliev   41'
Bacari   42'   61'
S. Aleksandrov   45'   83'
Raykov   86'
Kitanov   90'		 Report Touré   37'   77'
Pinto   61'
D. Dimov   83'		 Stadium: Ticha
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
4 December 2013 20 Levski Sofia 3–0 Lyubimets Sofia
16:00 (EET) Shokolarov   41' (o.g.)
B. Tsonev   45'
Rodrigues   55'
Vutov   90+3'		 Report Ognyanov   15' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 450
Referee: Tasko Taskov
7 December 2013 21 Ludogorets 0–1 Levski Sofia Razgrad
15:15 (EET) Caiçara   26'   90'
Barthe   58'
Zlatinski   68'
Espinho   87'
V. Stoyanov   87'
Marcelinho   90'		 Report Touré   3'
Gadzhev   14'
Angelov   17'   75'
B. Tsonev   23'
Mulder   56'
D. Dimov   67'
Vutov   73'
P. Iliev   87'
Miliev   90'		 Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Attendance: 3,550
Referee: Georgi Yordanov
12 December 2013 22 Levski Sofia 2–0 Chernomorets Burgas Sofia
16:00 (EET) Álex Pérez   16'
Touré   52'
Makriev   65'		 Report Trayanov   45'
Baltanov   57'
Manzorro   87'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 640
Referee: Ivan Kirilov
15 December 2013 23 Neftochimic 1–6 Levski Sofia Sliven
14:00 (EET) Yanev   57'
Álex Pérez   73' (o.g.)
Patev   90'		 Report Starokin   6'
Makriev   15', 33'
B. Tsonev   65'
Rodrigues   71', 78' (pen.)
Yordanov   90'
Vutov   90'		 Stadium: Hadzhi Dimitar
Attendance: 780
Referee: Radan Miryanov
22 February 2014 24 Levski Sofia 2–2 Slavia Sofia Sofia
16:15 (EET) Gadzhev   8'
Touré   57'
M. Ivanov   63'
Makriev   68'
Krumov   80'
Angelov   90'		 Report Shalayev   34'
Kurdov   43'
Pirgov   49'   90'
Fernando   64'   89'
Ristevski   74'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov
28 February 2014 25 Lokomotiv Sofia 1–0 Levski Sofia Sofia
15:30 (EET) Tom   77'
Hadzhiev   86'		 Report D. Dimov   75' Stadium: Lokomotiv
Attendance: 1,940
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
8 March 2014 26 Levski Sofia 0–1 CSKA Sofia Sofia
16:15 (EET) Touré   8'   90+5'
Bojinov   45'
A. Belaïd   50'
Starokin   53'
Angelov   58'   68'
Gadzhev   72'   after FT'
Makriev   80'		 Report Galchev   13'   29'
V. Iliev   65'
Gargorov   69' (pen.)
M'Bolhi   72'   90+5'
Milisavljević   86'
Faug-Porret   89'
Popov   90'
Kossoko   after FT'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 9,920
Referee: Georgi Kabakov

Championship group edit

Main article: 2013–14 A Group § Second phase

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Litex Lovech 38 21 9 8 74 37 +37 72[a] Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4 Botev Plovdiv 38 18 11 9 57 32 +25 65
5 Levski Sofia 38 19 5 14 59 39 +20 62
6 Cherno More 38 14 12 12 40 33 +7 54
7 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 38 15 5 18 49 55 −6 50
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 season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
Notes:
  1. ^ CSKA Sofia ahead of Litex Lovech on head-to-head points; CSKA Sofia: 10 pts, Litex Lovech: 1 pts.
Results summary edit
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
12 6 0 6 14 15  −1 18 3 0 3 9 9  0 3 0 3 5 6  −1
Results by round edit
Round1234567891011121314
GroundAHA-HAHHAH-AHA
ResultLWW-WLLLLW-WLW
Position75455555555555
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches edit
15 March 2014 27 CSKA Sofia 1–0 Levski Sofia Sofia
16:15 (EET) Yanchev   33'
Faug-Porret   79'
Krachunov   90+3'		 Report Touré   36'
Ramos   68'
Krumov   85'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 10,060
Referee: Georgi Yordanov
22 March 2014 28 Levski Sofia 2–0 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
16:15 (EET) D. Dimov   11'
Makriev   16'
Angelov   28'
R. Tsonev   51'
Čmovš   66'
B. Tsonev   83'   88'		 Report Sarmov   25'
Hristov   52'
Sprockel   58'
Luís Pedro   63'
Vander   70'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,860
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
27 March 2014 29 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0–2 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
18:00 (EET) Namouchi   28'
Delev   52'
T. Belaïd   76'
Lazarov   83'		 Report Angelov   25'
Bru   53'
Bojinov   61'
Gadzhev   72'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv
Attendance: 1,940
Referee: Tasko Taskov
Levski rests for Round 30
6 April 2014 31 Levski Sofia 1–0 Cherno More Sofia
19:30 (EET) D. Dimov   17'   81'
Starokin   39'
A. Belaïd   59'
Bastos   74'		 Report Bacari   40' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,910
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
9 April 2014 32 Ludogorets 2–0 Levski Sofia Razgrad
19:15 (EET) Espinho   50'
Zlatinski   73' (pen.)
Bezjak   80'   90+4'
Aleksandrov   87'		 Report Čmovš   14'
Gadzhev   35'
D. Dimov   36'
A. Belaïd   82'   84'
B. Tsonev   87'		 Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Attendance: 5,900
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
12 April 2014 33 Levski Sofia 1–2 Litex Lovech Sofia
16:15 (EET) Čmovš   21'
Misyak   45+1'
Mulder   52'
Angelov   72'
Krumov   87'		 Report Vajushi   23'
Tsvetanov   35'   87'
Rumenov   42'   78'
Bozhikov   54'
S. Popov   75'
Milanov   84'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,470
Referee: Nikola Popov
21 April 2014 34 Levski Sofia 1–3 CSKA Sofia Sofia
16:00 (EET) A. Belaïd   53'
R. Tsonev   78'   82'
Starokin   84'
Bojinov   84'
Čmovš   89'
Nunes   90'		 Report Krachunov   25'
Yanchev   26'
Silva   37'
Kossoko   58'
I. Stoyanov   86'
Marković   90'   90+5'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 8,650
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
26 April 2014 35 Botev Plovdiv 2–0 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
16:15 (EET) Sprockel   24'
Curtean   42'   43'
Minev   80'
Tsvetkov   89'
Doré   90'		 Report D. Dimov   10'
Touré   13'
Starokin   26'
Krumov   29'
Nunes   76'		 Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Radan Miryanov
1 May 2014 36 Levski Sofia 2–1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
18:00 (EET) Genkov   11'
Bojinov   13'		 Report Kamburov   59'
T. Belaïd   68'
Georgiev   81'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 540
Referee: Radan Miryanov
Levski rests for Round 37
7 May 2014 38 Cherno More 1–2 Levski Sofia Varna
18:00 (EET) Kitanov   5'
Venkov   8'
Domovchiyski   12'
Edenilson   18'
Bacari   37'
Kokonov   72'
Kotev   87'		 Report Gadzhev   8' (pen.)   88'
Krumov   10'
Orachev   36'
Bojinov   53'   72'
Steven   85'
Angelov   87'		 Stadium: Ticha
Attendance: 1,490
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
11 May 2014 39 Levski Sofia 2–3 Ludogorets Sofia
19:30 (EET) Bojinov   27', 90+4' (pen.)
Orachev   40'
Gadzhev   57'
Mulder   77'		 Report Hernández   29'
Zlatinski   41'
Quixadá   48'
Vitinha   65'
Abalo   66'   87'
A. Aleksandrov   90'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,450
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
18 May 2014 40 Litex Lovech 0–1 Levski Sofia Lovech
15:30 (EET) Milanov   5'
Jordán   44'
Bozhikov   60'
Slavchev   71'		 Report Orachev   10'
R. Tsonev   12'
Bojinov   19'   26'
Genkov   60'
Makriev   76'
Starokin   90'
Steven   90'		 Stadium: Gradski
Attendance: 1,360
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Bulgarian Cup edit

Main article: 2013–14 Bulgarian Cup
18 September 2013 First round 1st leg Levski Sofia 4–0 Pirin Gotse Delchev Sofia
17:30 EEST Vutov   25'
Rodrigues   44' (pen.)
D. Dimov   47'
Yordanov   73'
B. Tsonev   80'   88'		 Report Kirov   21'
Gaziev   66'   90+2'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 630
Referee: Georgi Dimitrov
12 October 2013 First round 2nd leg Pirin Gotse Delchev 0–5
(0−9 agg.)		 Levski Sofia Gotse Delchev
16:00 EEST Gutsev   14' Report Starokin   15'
Rodrigues   48', 69'
Genkov   54', 72'
Mulder   64'		 Stadium: Gradski
Attendance: 500
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
16 November 2013 Second round 1st leg CSKA Sofia 0–0 Levski Sofia Sofia
15:15 (EET) Popov   32'
Sidibé   78'		 Report M. Ivanov   36'
Bru   75'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 11,670
Referee: Tsvetan Krastev
19 December 2013 Second round 2nd leg Levski Sofia 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(0−0 agg.)
(7–6 p)		 CSKA Sofia Sofia
16:00 (EET) Makriev   41'
Angelov   68'
Touré   77'
Mulder   119'		 Report Chochev   15'
Mendy   41'
V. Iliev   45'
Sidibé   97'
Karachanakov   119'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 8,540
Referee: Tsvetan Krastev
Penalties
Rodrigues  
Makriev  
Touré  
Angelov  
Vutov  
D. Dimov  
Bru  
Álex Pérez  
Mulder  		   Gargorov
  Karachanakov
  Yanchev
  Popov
  Chochev
  Vasilev
  V. Iliev
  Mendy
  Sidibé
12 March 2014 Quarterfinal 1st leg Levski Sofia 3–1 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
16:15 EEST Stachowiak   15' (o.g.)
Mulder   25'   80'
Krumov   29'
Bojinov   49'
D. Dimov   76'		 Report Doré   13'   62'
Sprockel   17'
Hristov   31'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 2,250
Referee: Tsvetan Krastev
19 March 2014 Quarterfinal 2nd leg Botev Plovdiv 2–0
(3a–3 agg.)		 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
14:00 EEST Jirsák   45'
Luís Pedro   50'
Younés   59'
Hristov   63'
Doré   72'
Anicet   90'		 Report Bru   26'
Bastos   86'
Krumov   90'
Angelov   90'		 Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex
Attendance: 2,850
Referee: Stanislav Todorov

UEFA Europa League edit

Further information: 2013–14 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round edit

Further information: 2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round § First qualifying round
4 July 2013 1st leg Levski Sofia   0–0   Irtysh Sofia, Bulgaria
21:00 CEST Silva   52'
Angelov   74'
de Carvalho   77'		 Report Yurin   6'
Chichulin   48'
Kučera   82'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
11 July 2013 2nd leg Irtysh   2–0
(2−0 agg.)		   Levski Sofia Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
CEST Murzoev   6'
Bakayev   13' (pen.)   66'
Govedarica   20'
Kotlyar   31'
Mukhutdinov   35'
Se. Ivanov   64'
Shabalin   78'		 Report D. Dimov   12'
Mulder   72'
Iliev   78'		 Stadium: Pavlodar Central Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

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