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2017–18 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2017–18 season was Levski Sofia's 97th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the season.

Levski Sofia
2017–18 season
ChairmanSpas Rusev
ManagerNikolay Mitov
(until 2 August 2017)
Delio Rossi
(since 4 August 2017)
StadiumVivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
First League 3rd
Bulgarian CupRunners-up
UEFA 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
Biggest win4–0 v. Slavia Sofia (H)
000 v. Dunav Ruse (A)
000 v. Beroe (A)
Biggest defeat0–2 v. Vereya (A)
000 v. Ludogorets (A)

Transfers edit

In edit

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

Out edit

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

Loans out edit

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

Squad edit

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 Youth system W/S
21 Bozhidar Mitrev   Bulgaria GK 37 EU 2017 2018   Sheriff Tiraspol Free Originally from Youth system
89 Nikolay Krastev   Bulgaria GK 27 EU 2017 2020 Youth system W/S
Defenders
3 Aymen Belaïd   Tunisia CB/LB 35 EU 2017 2019   Rotherham United Free Second nationality: France
4 Ivan Goranov   Bulgaria LB 31 EU 2017 2020   Lokomotiv Plovdiv Free Originally from Youth system
5 Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson   Iceland CB 33 EU 2017 2021   Maccabi Haifa Loan
19 Miloš Cvetković   Serbia RB 34 Non-EU 2017 2019   Napredak Kruševac Free
24 Tomislav Papazov   Bulgaria CB 22 EU 2018 Youth system W/S
25 Afonso Figueiredo   Portugal LB 31 EU 2018 2018   Rennes Loan
28 David Jablonský   Czech Republic CB/RB/LB 32 EU 2017 2019   Tom Tomsk Free
Midfielders
6 Ivaylo Naydenov   Bulgaria CM/RB 26 EU 2016 Youth system W/S
8 Antonio Vutov   Bulgaria AM 27 EU 2017 2018   Udinese Loan Originally from Youth system
11 Anthony Belmonte   France DM/CM 28 EU 2017 2020   Dijon Free
13 Jordi Gómez   Spain AM 38 EU 2017 2019   Rayo Vallecano Free
14 Khaly Thiam   Senegal DM 30 Non-EU 2018 2018   MTK Budapest Loan
15 Roman Procházka   Slovakia CM/RW/RB 35 EU 2014 2018   Spartak Trnava €0.12M
17 Martin Petkov   Bulgaria AM/LW 23 EU 2018 Youth system W/S
20 Filipe Nascimento   Portugal CM 29 EU 2018 2020   Dinamo București €0.20M
30 Neluț Roșu   Romania CM 30 EU 2017 2020   Viitorul €0.10M
71 Vasil Panayotov   Bulgaria CM 33 EU 2017 2018   Stal Mielec Free Originally from Youth system
77 Iliya Yurukov   Bulgaria CM 24 EU 2016 Youth system W/S
Forwards
7 Paulinho   Brazil LW/RW 30 Non-EU 2018 2021   Zorya Luhansk Free
9 Sergiu Buș   Romania CF 31 EU 2017 2020   Astra Giurgiu Free
10 Rivaldinho   Brazil CF 29 EU 2018 2020   Dinamo București Free Second nationality: Spain
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 Blagoegrad Free
32 Gabriel Obertan   France RW/LW 35 EU 2017 2019   Wigan Athletic Free
99 Stanislav Ivanov   Bulgaria CF/RW 25 EU 2016 2021 Youth system W/S

Performance overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
First League 23 July 2017 24 May 2018 Matchday 1 3rd 37 19 10 8 59 28 +31 051.35
Bulgarian Cup 19 September 2017 9 May 2018 Round of 32 Runners-up 6 4 2 0 8 2 +6 066.67
UEFA Europa League 29 June 2017 20 July 2017 First qualifying round Second qualifying round 4 1 1 2 4 4 +0 025.00
Total 47 24 13 10 71 34 +37 051.06

Source: Fixtures

Fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Friendlies edit

Summer edit

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

Mid-season edit

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

Winter edit

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

Parva Liga edit

Preliminary stage edit

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

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ludogorets Razgrad 26 21 3 2 63 13 +50 66 Qualification for the Championship round
2 CSKA Sofia 26 19 6 1 59 14 +45 63
3 Levski Sofia 26 14 8 4 37 14 +23 50
4 Beroe 26 12 9 5 33 24 +9 45
5 Botev Plovdiv 26 11 9 6 44 29 +15 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 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 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 edit
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDDWLWWWLWDWWDLWDWWWDWWDWDL
Position913697633343333333333333333
Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches edit
23 July 2017 2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0–0 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
21:00 EET Umarbayev   42'
Markov   47'   66'		 Report Mapuku   46' Stadium: Lokomotiv
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez
30 July 2017 3 Levski Sofia 2–0 Vitosha Bistritsa Sofia
21:00 EET Vutov   2'
Buș   57'		 Report Otofe   49' Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,640
Referee: Nikolay Kolev
Man of the Match: Antonio Vutov
5 August 2017 4 Vereya 2–0 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
18:45 EET Andonov   3'
Bengyuzov   14',   29'		 Report Pirgov   9',   83'
Cvetković   40'		 Stadium: Trace Arena
Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Vladimir Valkov
Man of the Match: Georgi Andonov
13 August 2017 5 Levski Sofia 2–0 Dunav Ruse Sofia
21:00 EET Jablonský   69'
Vutov   72'
Goranov   77'
Buș   90'		 Report Marem   38'
Hubchev   53'
Popadiyn   59'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Volen Chinkov
Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan
18 August 2017 6 Pirin Blagoevgrad 0–3 Levski Sofia Blagoevgrad
21:00 EET Kostadinov   8'
Bashliev   8'
Kirilov   22'
Palankov   45'
Nikolov   55'
Popev   75'
Sandev   77'
Trayanov   87'		 Report Gómez   17'
Buș   45+2'
Mapuku   74', 80', 90+3',   81'		 Stadium: Hristo Botev
Attendance: 4,350
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
Man of the Match: Junior Mapuku
26 August 2017 7 Levski Sofia 4–0 Slavia Sofia Sofia
21:00 EET Gómez   31' (pen.), 86',   59'
Mapuku   45+1',   45+3'
Buș   90+2'		 Report Velkov   58'
Uzunov   68'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 4,050
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez
6 September 2017 1 Levski Sofia 0–0 Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
20:00 EET Mitrev   35'
Procházka   77'
Cvetković   88'		 Report Anicet   28'
Natanael   31'
Dyakov   76'
Cicinho   79'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Nikola Popov
Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan
10 September 2017 8 Botev Plovdiv 2–1 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
20:00 EET Nedelev   64',   81'
Tasev   68'
Serkan   74'
Baltanov   77'
Dimov   79'
Minev   80'		 Report Jablonský   26'
Panayotov   55'		 Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Volen Chinkov
Man of the Match: Todor Nedelev
15 September 2017 9 Levski Sofia 2–0 Septemvri Sofia Sofia
20:00 EET Gómez   39'
Jablonský   44'
Panayotov   73'
Obertan   89'		 Report Sandanski   59'
Galchev   81'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 2,630
Referee: Angel Angelov
Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan
25 September 2017 10 Beroe 0–0 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
17:30 EET Eugénio   28'
Zhelev   64'		 Report Buș   8'
Procházka   28'
Cvetković   46'
Obertan   90+2'		 Stadium: Beroe
Attendance: 5,150
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Man of the Match: Dušan Perniš
1 October 2017 11 Levski Sofia 1–0 Cherno More Sofia
17:30 EET Jablonský   12' Report Iliev   11'
Tsvetkov   32'
Hassani   50'
Milanov   55'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Man of the Match: David Jablonský
15 October 2017 12 Etar 0–1 Levski Sofia Veliko Tarnovo
17:30 EET Sarmov   57'
Aleksandrov   87'		 Report Jablonský   5'
Obertan   57'
Vutov   74'
Gómez   79'
Mitrev   90+1'		 Stadium: Ivaylo
Attendance: 9,800
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
Man of the Match: David Jablonský
21 October 2017 13 Levski Sofia 2–2 CSKA Sofia Sofia
16:00 EET Jablonský   8'
Vutov   22'
Panayotov   27'
Eyjólfsson   35'
Procházka   61'
Goranov   74'		 Report Tiago   12', 15'
Malinov   23'
Nedyalkov   55'
Karanga   68'
Bodurov   86'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 25,107
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Man of the Match: Tiago Rodrigues
29 October 2017 14 Ludogorets Razgrad 2–0 Levski Sofia Razgrad
18:15 EET Misidjan   11',   41'
Wanderson   59'
Góralski   80'		 Report Orachev   18'
Panayotov   45+1'
Cabral   67'
Naydenov   82'		 Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Attendance: 4,380
Referee: Volen Chinkov
Man of the Match: Virgil Misidjan
4 November 2017 15 Levski Sofia 1–0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
17:30 EET Gómez   38'
Goranov   42'
Cvetković   90'		 Report Muhammed   55'
Kiki   67'
Frikeche   75'
Krumov   76'
Martinović   90+2'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,430
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez
19 November 2017 16 Vitosha Bistritsa 0–0 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:30 EET Tsankov   43'
Ivanov   73'
Peev   74'		 Report Gómez   44'
Eyjólfsson   90+3'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 990
Referee: Georgi Davidov
Man of the Match: Mihail Ivanov
25 November 2017 17 Levski Sofia 1–0 Vereya Sofia
17:30 EET Eyjólfsson   60'
Gómez   82'
Jablonský   90'
Procházka   90+5'		 Report Baldé   43'
Domovchiyski   58'
Enchev   88'
Yordanov   90+1'
Argilashki   90+1',   90+2'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 690
Referee: Nikola Popov
Man of the Match: Georgi Argilashki
29 November 2017 18 Dunav Ruse 0–4 Levski Sofia Ruse
17:30 EET Report Panayotov   33', 39'
Mapuku   46'
Eyjólfsson   50'
Buș   78'		 Stadium: Gradski
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
Man of the Match: Vasil Panayotov
2 December 2017 19 Levski Sofia 3–0 Pirin Blagoevgrad Sofia
17:30 EET Procházka   21' (pen.)
Mapuku   48'
Panayotov   78'
Gómez   83'		 Report Nikolov   19'
Sandev   25'
Souda   49'   71'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 490
Referee: Valentin Zhelezov
Man of the Match: Junior Mapuku
9 December 2017 20 Slavia Sofia 1–1 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:30 EET Hristov   82'
Milev   88'		 Report Buș   17',   88'
Gómez   63'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 1,530
Referee: Georgi Dimitrov
Man of the Match: Roman Procházka
18 February 2018 21 Levski Sofia 1–0 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
17:30 EET Vutov   30'
Dimov   88' (o.g.)
Jablonský   90+2'		 Report Panov   8'
Baltanov   58'
Dimov   82'
Steven   90+3'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 4,900
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Man of the Match: Filipe Nascimento
24 February 2018 22 Septemvri Sofia 1–4 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:30 EET Meledje   13'
Fabiano   24'
Sandanski   58'
Dyakov   61'
Ivanov   84' (pen.)		 Report Thiam   16'
Kostov   29', 57'
Obertan   66', 90+1'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 980
Referee: Stefan Apostolov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
3 March 2018 23 Levski Sofia 0–0 Beroe Sofia
17:30 EET Nascimento   10'
Obertan   63'
Eyjólfsson   90+2'		 Report Kamburov   21'
Tsonev   22'
Eugénio   43'   68'
Perniš   90+5'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 2,010
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
Man of the Match: Martin Kamburov
7 March 2018 24 Cherno More 2–3 Levski Sofia Varna
17:30 EET Vasilev   22', 76',   82'
Ognyanov   27'
Hassani   27'
Dimov   58'
Tsvetkov   64'
Iliev   69'		 Report Vutov   21',   54'
Gómez   32'
Paulinho   38'
Jablonský   65'
Belaïd   69'
Cvetković   74'
Krastev   85'		 Stadium: Ticha
Attendance: 3,080
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Man of the Match: David Jablonský
11 March 2018 25 Levski Sofia 1–1 Etar Sofia
17:30 EET Buș   72'
Nascimento   78',   90+4'		 Report Ivaylov   15'
Vasilev   33'
Batrović   61'
Rumenov   73'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Man of the Match: Sergiu Buș
18 March 2018 26 CSKA Sofia 1–0 Levski Sofia Sofia
13:00 EET Manolev   42'
Malinov   59'
Despodov   59'
Bodurov   66'
Gyasi   82'
Karanga   84'		 Report Eyjólfsson   34'
Goranov   55'
Jablonský   56'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Nikola Popov
Man of the Match: Fernando Karanga

Championship stage edit

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ludogorets Razgrad (C) 36 27 7 2 91 22 +69 88 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 CSKA Sofia 36 24 9 3 80 26 +54 81 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Levski Sofia (O) 36 18 10 8 55 27 +28 64 Qualification for the European play-off final
4 Beroe 36 16 11 9 45 43 +2 59
5 Botev Plovdiv 36 15 11 10 62 49 +13 56
6 Vereya 36 10 6 20 27 61 −34 36
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 edit
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 edit
Round12345678910
GroundHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLLDWWWDLW
Position3444433333
Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

1 April 2018 27 Levski Sofia 1–2 Beroe Sofia
17:30 EET Thiam   33'
Procházka   45'
Buș   75'		 Report Eugénio   3'
Ivanov   44'
Hadzhiev   49'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,030
Referee: Stanislav Stavrov
Man of the Match: Kamen Hadzhiev
6 April 2018 28 Botev Plovdiv 1–0 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
14:30 EET Serkan   14'
Pirgov   41'
Steven   79',   80'		 Report Vutov   23'
Eyjólfsson   37'
Goranov   58'
Buș   90'		 Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Petar Kostadinov
Man of the Match: Steven Petkov
14 April 2018 29 Levski Sofia 0–1 Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
20:00 EEST Jablonský   40'
Thiam   56'		 Report Cicinho   26'
Keșerü   52',   83'
Lucas Sasha   71'
Natanael   86'
Forster   90+1'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Nikola Popov
Man of the Match: Claudiu Keșerü
18 April 2018 30 CSKA Sofia 2–2 Levski Sofia Sofia
18:00 EEST Karanga   6' (pen.)
Henrique   9'
Geferson   83'
Manolev   88'
Atanasov   89'
Pinto   90'		 Report Cvetković   6'
Jablonský   21'
Goranov   48'
Paulinho   61'
Obertan   80'
Buș   83'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Stefan Apostolov
Man of the Match: Ivan Goranov
21 April 2018 31 Levski Sofia 2–0 Vereya Sofia
15:00 EEST Eyjólfsson   41'
Thiam   47'
Procházka   57'
Belaïd   90+3'		 Report Ndong   82' Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 0
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Man of the Match: Roman Procházka
29 April 2018 32 Beroe 0–4 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
17:45 EEST Bandalovski   12'
Leoni   50'		 Report Jablonský   21'
Gómez   45'
Buș   68'
Procházka   77',   86'
Paulinho   89'		 Stadium: Beroe
Attendance: 4,900
Referee: Valentin Zhelezov
Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez
4 May 2018 33 Levski Sofia 3–2 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
20:00 EEST Eyjólfsson   17'
Belaïd   52'
Paulinho   70', 90'
Afonso   72'
Rivaldinho   85' (pen.)		 Report Steven   15',   33'
João Paulo   31'
Filipov   53'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Stefan Apostolov
Man of the Match: Paulinho
12 May 2018 34 Ludogorets Razgrad 2–2 Levski Sofia Razgrad
18:00 EEST Keșerü   5' (pen.)
Góralski   13'
Belaïd   84' (o.g.)
Misidjan   86'		 Report Jablonský   8'
Naydenov   53'
Procházka   73'
Cabral   88'		 Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Attendance: 7,400
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Man of the Match: Roman Procházka
15 May 2018 35 Levski Sofia 2–3 CSKA Sofia Sofia
18:30 EEST Paulinho   35'
Cabral   40'
Goranov   54'
Belmonte   75'
Kostov   78'		 Report Henrique   19'
Atanasov   48'
Pinto   54',   90'
Malinov   57'
Bodurov   76'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 7,900
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
Attendance: 900
Referee: Georgi Dimitrov
Man of the Match: Paulinho

European play-off final edit

24 May 2018 Levski Sofia 4–1 Cherno More Sofia
20:30 EEST Obertan   24'
Buș   39',   68'
Gómez   70'
Panayotov   73'
Jablonský   77'
Goranov   83' (pen.)		 Report Konongo   5'
Bozhilov   17'
Dimov   27'
Enchev   29'
Fennouche   55'
Iliev   76'
Vitanov   81'
Hassani   87'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 4,030
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Man of the Match: Vasil Panayotov

Bulgarian Cup edit

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 Tsachev   87'
Halil   90+2'
Orlinov   105'		 Report Goranov   57'
Vutov   102',   111'
Naydenov   110'		 Stadium: Trace Arena
Attendance: 860
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
25 October 2017 Second round Montana 0–1 Levski Sofia Sofia[3][4]
18:00 EET Report Georgiev   55' (o.g.)
Mapuku   65'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 530
Referee: Stanimir Trenchev
15 December 2017 Quarterfinal Dunav Ruse 0–2 Levski Sofia Ruse
16:30 EET Vasev   42' Report Mapuku   23'
Cabral   45'		 Stadium: Gradski
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
11 April 2018 Semifinal 1st leg CSKA Sofia 0–2 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:30 EEST Bodurov   69'
Loé   81'
Henrique   85'		 Report Buș   7', 46',   81'
Nascimento   56'
Afonso   89'
Obertan   90+3'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
25 April 2018 Semifinal 2nd leg Levski Sofia 2–2
(4–2 agg.)		 CSKA Sofia Sofia
18:30 EEST Gómez   6'
Thiam   28'
Buș   65'
Paulinho   77'
Mitrev   90+1'		 Report Barthe   40'
Pinto   41'
Blanco   57'
Alberg   82'
Atanasov   88'
Geferson   88'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
9 May 2018 Final Slavia Sofia 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Levski Sofia Sofia
19:30 EEST Petkov   11'
Hristov   25'
Shokolarov   37'
Minchev   41'
Velev   43'
Chunchukov   80'
Yomov   98'		 Report Gómez   12',   43'
Thiam   35'
Eyjólfsson   56'
Nascimento   59'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Nikola Popov
Penalties
Minchev  
Angelov  
Dimitrov  
Velev  
Yomov  		   Nascimento
  Thiam
  Procházka
  Vutov

UEFA Europa League edit

Further information: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round edit

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   Sutjeska Nikšić Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 EET Mapuku   1', 21'
Procházka   45+1'
Jablonský   68'		 Report Radišić   23'   89'
Lončar   31'
Marković   79'
Bubanja   83'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 6,456
Referee: Martin Lundby (Norway)
6 July 2017 2nd leg Sutjeska Nikšić   0–0
(1–3 agg.)		   Levski Sofia Nikšić, Montenegro
21:30 EET Giljen   42'
Lončar   55'
Bakrač   82'		 Report Mapuku   42' Stadium: Gradski
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)

Second qualifying round edit

Further information: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round § Second qualifying round
13 July 2017 1st leg Hajduk Split   1–0   Levski Sofia Dugopolje, Croatia
21:30 EET Futács   24' (pen.)
Nižić   69'
Barry   72'
Memolla   82'		 Report Jablonský   20'
Goranov   55'
Panayotov   56'
Vutov   66'		 Stadium: Hrvatski vitezovi
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
20 July 2017 2nd leg Levski Sofia   1–2
(1–3 agg.)		   Hajduk Split Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 EET Cvetković   29'
Buș   69'		 Report López   61'
Ohandza   80'
Erceg   86'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

Squad statistics edit

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   TUN Aymen Belaid 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   BUL Ivan Goranov 35 1 27 1 3+1 0 4 0
5 DF   ISL Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 29 1 23 1 6 0 0 0
6 MF   BUL Ivaylo Naydenov 10 0 5+4 0 1 0 0 0
7 MF   BRA Paulinho 18 8 12+3 8 3 0 0 0
8 AM   BUL Antonio Vutov 33 3 22+4 2 2+3 1 2 0
9 FW   ROU Sergiu Buș 37 11 17+11 7 3+2 3 0+4 1
10 FW   BRA Rivaldinho 8 1 4+4 1 0 0 0 0
11 MF   FRA Anthony Belmonte 13 0 4+6 0 2+1 0 0 0
12 GK   BUL Petar Ivanov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF   ESP Jordi Gomez 38 5 27+3 4 5+1 1 1+1 0
14 MF   SEN Khaly Thiam 12 0 9 0 3 0 0 0
15 MF   SVK Roman Procházka 44 6 33+2 5 4+1 0 4 1
17 MF   BUL Martin Petkov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF   SRB Miloš Cvetković 37 0 29 0 3+1 0 4 0
20 MF   POR Filipe Nascimento 13 0 9+1 0 3 0 0 0
21 GK   BUL Bozhidar Mitrev 41 0 31 0 6 0 4 0
24 DF   BUL Tomislav Papazov 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF   POR Afonso Figueiredo 7 0 5+1 0 1 0 0 0
26 MF   CPV Jerson Cabral 26 2 10+11 1 2+3 1 0 0
28 DF   CZE David Jablonský 34 9 29 9 1 0 4 0
29 FW   BUL Stanislav Kostov 15 3 8+3 3 4 0 0 0
30 MF   ROU Neluț Roșu 9 0 6+1 0 0 0 2 0
32 AM   FRA Gabriel Obertan 35 3 26+4 3 5 0 0 0
71 MF   BUL Vasil Panayotov 34 3 22+3 3 2+3 0 4 0
77 FW   BUL Iliya Yurukov 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
89 GK   BUL Nikolay Krastev 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
99 FW   BUL Stanislav Ivanov 8 0 1+7 0 0 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
FW   BUL Iliya Dimitrov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   BUL Galin Tashev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 DF   BUL Deyan Ivanov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   BUL Georgi Yanev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
93 FW   BUL Atanas Kabov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
75 MF   BUL Aleks Borimirov 5 0 0+1 0 1 0 0+3 0
24 GK   BUL Aleksandar Lyubenov 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
55 MF   BUL Georgi Angelov 6 0 4 0 0 0 1+1 0
Players who left Levski (Sofia) during the season:
26 FW   FRA Amadou Soukouna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 GK   SRB Bojan Jorgačević 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW   GHA Francis Narh 6 0 0+2 0 0 0 4 0
17 FW   NGA Tunde Adeniji 5 0 0+1 0 0 0 2+2 0
23 DF   SWE Simon Sandberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF   BUL Miki Orachev 11 0 4+4 0 2 0 0+1 0
3 DF   BUL Dimitar Pirgov 15 0 9 0 2 0 4 0
10 FW   COD Junior Mapuku 26 9 7+12 6 3 1 4 2

References edit

  1. ^ "A PFG - Regular season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. ^ "A PFG - Rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Официално: Монтана ще домакинства на Левски на "Герена"" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 16 October 2017.
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