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2018–19 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2018–19 season was 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 season.

Levski Sofia
2018–19 season
ChairmanSpas Rusev (until 6 March 2019)
Georgi Popov
(since 6 March 2019)
ManagerDelio Rossi
(until 25 July 2018)
Slaviša Stojanovič
(until 21 Jan 2019)
Georgi Dermendzhiev
(until 29 Apr 2019)
StadiumVivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
First League 3rd
Bulgarian CupRound of 16
UEFA Europa LeagueFirst qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Stanislav Kostov (24)
All: Stanislav Kostov (24)
Highest home attendance14,700 v. Ludogorets
(10 March 2019)
Lowest home attendance840 v. Dunav Ruse
(1 December 2018)
Average home league attendance5,350
Biggest win7–0 v. Vereya (H)
Biggest defeat1–3 v. Botev Vratsa (H)

Transfers edit

In edit

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 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 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 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 Free transfer Winter 2019 Free Levski.bg

Out edit

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 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   Podbeskidzie 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 Transfer Winter Undisclosed gong.bg

Loans out edit

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 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 edit

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 Youth system W/S
13 Nikolay Mihaylov   Bulgaria GK 35 EU 2018 2019   Omonia Free Originally from Youth system
89 Nikolay Krastev   Bulgaria GK 27 EU 2017 Youth system W/S
Defenders
2 Louis Nganioni   France LB 28 EU 2018 2020   Lyon Free Second nationality: DR Congo
4 Ivan Goranov   Bulgaria LB 31 EU 2017 2021   Lokomotiv Plovdiv Free Originally from Youth system
5 Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson   Iceland CB/DM 33 EU 2017 2021   Maccabi Haifa 500 000 €
18 Cédric Hountondji   Benin CB 30 EU 2019 2019   New York City Free Second nationality: France
19 Miloš Cvetković   Serbia RB 34 Non-EU 2017 2019   Napredak Kruševac Free
20 Zhivko Milanov   Bulgaria RB 39 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 22 EU 2018 Youth system W/S
28 David Jablonský   Czech Republic CB/RB/LB 32 EU 2017 2019   Tom Tomsk Free
39 Deyan Ivanov   Bulgaria CB 28 EU 2014 2020 Youth system W/S
Midfielders
8 Davide Mariani   Switzerland AM/CM/LW 32 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 Loan
23 Khaly Thiam   Senegal DM 29 Non-EU 2018 2021   MTK Budapest 300 000 €
70 Martin Raynov   Bulgaria DM/CM 32 EU 2019 2020   Beroe Undisclosed
71 Martin Petkov   Bulgaria AM/LW 23 EU 2018 Youth system W/S
77 Iliya Yurukov   Bulgaria DM/CM 24 EU 2016 Youth system W/S
Forwards
7 Paulinho   Brazil LW 30 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/RW 25 EU 2016 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 21 July 2018 28 May 2019 Matchday 1 3rd 37 21 6 10 65 37 +28 056.76
Bulgarian Cup 25 September 2018 31 October 2018 Round of 32 Round of 16 2 1 1 0 8 2 +6 050.00
UEFA Europa League 11 July 2018 17 July 2018 First qualifying round First qualifying round 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 050.00
Total 41 23 7 11 76 42 +34 056.10

Source: Fixtures

Fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Friendlies edit

Summer edit

20 June 2018 Hebar 0–4 Levski Sofia Pazardzhik
17:30 EET Report Gómez   18', 74'
Buș   21'
Jablonský   66'		 Stadium: Georgi Benkovski
27 June 2018 Levski Sofia 1–2 Septemvri Sofia Pravets
17:30 EET Thiam   56' Report Galchev   44'
Budinov   84'		 Stadium: Pravets Sports Complex
5 July 2018 Levski Sofia   1–0   Oleksandriya Sofia
18:30 EET Obertan   21' Report Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov

Mid-season edit

8 September 2018 Levski Sofia   1–0   Radnik Surdulica Sofia
18:00 EET Paulinho   6' (pen.) Report Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
13 October 2018 Levski Sofia 2–0 Lokomotiv Sofia Sofia
17:00 EET Mariani   18'
M. P. Petkov   89'		 Report Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
17 November 2018 Levski Sofia 2–3 Montana Sofia
11:30 EET Kabov   26'
Paulinho   41'		 Report Georgiev   6'
Iliev   52'
Damyanov   76'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov

Winter edit

19 January 2019 Levski Sofia   1–1   Ufa Larnaca, Cyprus
15:00 EET Nkololo   21' Report Bizjak   56' (pen.) Stadium: GSZ
25 January 2019 Levski Sofia   0–1   Henan Jianye Larnaca, Cyprus
15:00 EET Report Bassogog   25' Stadium: GSZ
30 January 2019 Levski Sofia   1–2   Wisła Płock Larnaca, Cyprus
12:30 EET Mariani   66' (pen.) Report García   33'
Varela   72'		 Stadium: GSZ
2 February 2019 Levski Sofia   1–2   Ural Larnaca, Cyprus
14:00 EET Kostov   52' Report Panyukov   3', 10' Stadium: GSZ
5 February 2019 Levski Sofia   1–1   Sūduva Larnaca, Cyprus
16:00 EET Mariani   79' Report Barauskas   76' Stadium: GSZ
8 February 2019 Levski Sofia   1–1   Čukarički Pyrgos, Cyprus
17:00 EET Mariani   7' Report Đorđević   33' Stadium: Pyrgos Arena

Parva Liga edit

Preliminary stage edit

Main article: 2018–19 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)
League table edit

Pos Team
 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 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 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 edit
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDWWWWWLWWWLWWLLWDWLDWWWLW
Position53221112211222333333332233
Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches edit
21 July 2018 1 Botev Plovdiv 0–1 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
20:45 EET N'Dongala   31'
K. Dimitrov   52'		 Report Mariani   7'
Belmonte   12'
Goranov   47'
I. Dimitrov   90+3'		 Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan
30 July 2018 2 Levski Sofia 2–2 Cherno More Sofia
20:30 EET Belaïd   8'
Kostov   60'
Mariani   89'		 Report Iliev   22'
N'Dongala   43'
Fennouche   53'
Ognyanov   68'
Bozhilov   88'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Man of the Match: Georgi Iliev
5 August 2018 3 Botev Vratsa 0–2 Levski Sofia Montana
18:30 EET Fidanin   34'
Ivanov   36'
Gadzhev   49'
Mihaylov   61'		 Report Kostov   8'
Gómez   25'
Jablonský   31'
Thiam   56'
Cabral   85'		 Stadium: Ogosta
Attendance: 3,490
Referee: Stefan Apostolov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
11 August 2018 4 Dunav Ruse 1–2 Levski Sofia Ruse
21:00 EET Vasev   53' (pen.)
Patev   62'		 Report Naydenov   33'
Cabral   59',   62'
Gómez   71'
Belaïd   73'
Eyjólfsson   78'
Thiam   90+1'		 Stadium: Gradski
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Stanislav Stavrov
Man of the Match: Jerson Cabral
19 August 2018 5 Levski Sofia 2–0 Septemvri Sofia Sofia
18:15 EET Mariani   23'
Kostov   29'		 Report Fabiano   48'
Diaby   60'
Dimitrov   71'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 2,650
Referee: Petar Kostadinov
Man of the Match: Miloš Cvetković
25 August 2018 6 Etar 1–2 Levski Sofia Veliko Tarnovo
18:45 EET I. Stoyanov   10'
Bojaj   63'
K. Stoyanov   70'
Sarmov   71'		 Report Cabral   26'
Kostov   44',   45'
Thiam   68'
Polaček   90'
Buș   90+10'		 Stadium: Ivaylo
Attendance: 6,680
Referee: Stefan Apostolov
Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan
1 September 2018 7 Levski Sofia 1–0 Beroe Sofia
21:00 EET Belaïd   28'
Thiam   34'
Belmonte   50'		 Report Hadzhiev   11'
Bandalovski   23'
Alkan   70'
Alfredo   71'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 6,300
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
Man of the Match: Anthony Belmonte
16 September 2018 8 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–0 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
20:00 EET Bouhna   5'
Aralica   14',   29'
Tomašević   51'
Petrović   90+1'		 Report Belmonte   4'
Mariani   31'
Thiam   34'
Mitrev   35'
Cabral   45+1'
Belaïd   75'
Cvetković   77'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv
Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Man of the Match: Ante Aralica
21 September 2018 9 Levski Sofia 4–1 Vitosha Bistritsa Sofia
20:00 EET Jablonský   3'
Cabral   52'
Paulinho   63'
Kostov   65', 74'		 Report Mutafchiyski   62'
Dolapchiev   83'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Nedelcho Gadzhalov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
29 September 2018 10 CSKA Sofia 0–1 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:00 EET Chorbadzhiyski   16'
Pinto   42'
Tiago   45'
Despodov   86'		 Report Černiauskas   31' (o.g.)
Thiam   85'
Goranov   86'
Cvetković   90+2'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan
7 October 2018 11 Levski Sofia 2–0 Slavia Sofia Sofia
19:15 EET Kostov   27', 50'
Eyjólfsson   52'
Belmonte   61'		 Report Ivanov   18'
Marem   70'
Uzunov   72'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 8,300
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
20 October 2018 12 Ludogorets Razgrad 2–1 Levski Sofia Razgrad
19:00 EET Dyakov   18'
Nedyalkov   19'
Lukoki   35'
Wanderson   45+1'
Cicinho   78'
Renan   90'
Bakalov   90+2'
Moți   90+4'		 Report Cvetković   11'
Belmonte   51'
Kostov   54'
Nascimento   87'
Thiam   90+4'		 Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Man of the Match: Wanderson
26 October 2018 13 Levski Sofia 7–0 Vereya Sofia
19:45 EET Reis   10'
Kostov   20', 49'
Mariani   45' (pen.), 57'
Thiam   74'
Eyjólfsson   90'		 Report Kouroupis   24'
Machaidze   44'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
4 November 2018 14 Levski Sofia 4–1 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
15:00 EET Kostov   29', 55'
Thiam   51'
Obertan   62'
Mariani   74'		 Report Pirgov   36'
Vutov   45+1'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 6,900
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'
Vitanov   41'
Fennouche   49'
Kostadinov   66'
Andrade   80'		 Report Paulinho   33'
Reis   47'
Cabral   68'   69'		 Stadium: Ticha
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
Man of the Match: Jorginho
25 November 2018 16 Levski Sofia 1–3 Botev Vratsa Sofia
17:30 EET Mariani   20' (pen.)
Cvetković   33'
Goranov   73'
Thiam   82'   90+2'		 Report Kerchev   19'
Bojinov   34' (pen.), 76'
Gadzhev   41'
Milanov   51'
Mihaylov   66'
Domovchiyski   87'
Kostov   90+1'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Man of the Match: Valeri Bojinov
1 December 2018 17 Levski Sofia 3–0 Dunav Ruse Sofia
17:30 EET Cabral   21', 28' (pen.)
Kostov   38'
Jablonský   68'		 Report Kovachev   27' Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 840
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
Man of the Match: Jerson Cabral
5 December 2018 18 Septemvri Sofia 2–2 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:30 EET Fabiano   17'   82'
Stoyanov   55',   66'
Budinov   90+4'		 Report Jablonský   53'
Kostov   60'
Cabral   80' (pen.)		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 570
Referee: Petar Kostadinov
Man of the Match: Miroslav Budinov
8 December 2018 19 Levski Sofia 2–1 Etar Sofia
17:30 EET Kostov   20'
Buș   54'		 Report Batrović   8' Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 850
Referee: Nikola Popov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
15 December 2018 20 Beroe 2–1 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
17:30 EET Kamburov   39'
Vasilev   79',   85'		 Report Jablonský   38'
Reis   65'
Obertan   77'		 Stadium: Beroe
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Vladimir Valkov
Man of the Match: Martin Kamburov
17 February 2019 21 Levski Sofia 1–1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
17:30 EET Jablonský   8'
Mariani   71'		 Report Aralica   45'
Petrović   62'
Tsvetanov   83'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 7,100
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
Man of the Match: Davide Mariani
20 February 2019 22 Vitosha Bistritsa 0–2 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:30 EET Milchev   66' Report Paulinho   22'
Kostov   42'
Cvetković   81'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 940
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'
Goranov   43'
Pereira   45+2' (o.g.)
Thiam   56'
Cvetković   69'		 Report Gyasi   43'
Chorbadzhiyski   63'
Turitsov   66'
Pereira   90+4'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Vladimir Valkov
Man of the Match: Nikolay Mihaylov
3 March 2019 24 Slavia Sofia 0–3 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:30 EET Stanisavljević   67'   90+4'
Marem   90+3'		 Report Kostov   4'
Cabral   40'
Paulinho   50',   60'
Mariani   55'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Man of the Match: Davide Mariani
10 March 2019 25 Levski Sofia 0–2 Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
17:30 EET Paulinho   48'
Jablonský   79'
Thiam   90'		 Report Marcelinho   21',   39'
Wanderson   38'
Moți   45'
Grigore   69'
Dyakov   77'
Lukoki   90+2'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 14,700
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
Man of the Match: Marcelinho
16 March 2019 26 Vereya 3–4 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
12:30 EET Reis   30' (o.g.)
Gvazava   42'   69'
Ngeyitala   56'
Dobrovolskyi   59'
Ntoya   76'
Stanchev   90+3'		 Report Mariani   28' (pen.)
Buș   33'
Kostov   38'
Bojinov   70' (pen.),   76'		 Stadium: Trace Arena
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Georgi Ivanov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

Championship stage edit

League table edit

Pos Team
 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 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 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 edit
Round12345678910
GroundHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDWLDLWWDLL
Position3333333333
Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

31 March 2019 27 Levski Sofia 1–1 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
20:30 EET Jablonský   13'
Mariani   37' (pen.)
Reis   39'
Paulinho   70'
Goranov   86'
Buș   90+3'		 Report Terziev   28'
Baltanov   34'   51'
Vutov   38'
Dimitrov   47'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Nikola Popov
Man of the Match: Kristian Dimitrov
7 April 2019 28 Cherno More 0–1 Levski Sofia Varna
17:30 EET Andrade   60'
Vasilev   87'		 Report Kostov   16'
Reis   18'
Thiam   41'
Nganioni   70'   83'
Milanov   90+3'		 Stadium: Ticha
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Vladimir Valkov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
14 April 2019 29 Levski Sofia 0–2 Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
19:00 EET Raynov   35'
Cvetković   71'
Paulinho   76'
Goranov   79'		 Report Moți   33'   82',   80' (pen.)
Keșerü   37'
Góralski   42'
Cicinho   59'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium[3][4]
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Man of the Match: Claudiu Keșerü
20 April 2019 30 CSKA Sofia 0–0 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:15 EET Malinov   62'
Antov   67'
Bodurov   86'		 Report Milanov   13'
Reis   57'
Raynov   79'
Vaštšuk   89'
M. D. Petkov   90+2'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 15,900
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Man of the Match: Nikolay Mihaylov
27 April 2019 31 Levski Sofia 1–2 Beroe Sofia
20:30 EET Kostov   49'
Milanov   71'
Yurukov   73'
Reis   88'		 Report Minchev   36'
Ohene   54',   87'
Bandalovski   60'
Baranov   64'
Eugénio   77'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Stefan Apostolov
Man of the Match: Pedro Eugénio
4 May 2019 32 Botev Plovdiv 1–3 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
20:00 EET Nedelev   68'
Pirgov   80'		 Report Kostov   22' (pen.)
Thiam   40'
Mariani   77'
S. Ivanov   87'
Bojinov   90'		 Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Ivanov
12 May 2019 33 Levski Sofia 5–1 Cherno More Sofia
19:00 EET Kostov   16', 46'
Paulinho   19'
Mariani   31'
S. Ivanov   83'		 Report Dimov   44'
Vitanov   64'
Kiki   86'
Stanchev   88'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
18 May 2019 34 Ludogorets Razgrad 1–1 Levski Sofia Razgrad
18:00 EET Grigore   12'   70'
Anicet   35'   85'
Moți   51' (pen.)
Popa   57'		 Report Raynov   14'
Bojinov   22'
D. Ivanov   46'   47'
Milanov   72'
Nganioni   89'		 Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
Man of the Match: Zhivko Milanov
21 May 2019 35 Levski Sofia 0–2 CSKA Sofia Sofia
18:00 EET Milanov   66'
Reis   78'   84'
M. D. Petkov   90+2'		 Report Malinov   56'
Tiago   70'
Evandro   86'
Chorbadzhiyski   87'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 11,200
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
Man of the Match: Tiago Rodrigues
24 May 2019 36 Beroe 3–1 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
17:15 EET Brígido   28'
Kamburov   50', 89'
Bandalovski   54'		 Report Bojinov   70' (pen.)
Mariani   73'
I. Ivanov   83'		 Stadium: Beroe
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Man of the Match: Martin Kamburov

European play-off final edit

28 May 2019 Levski Sofia 1–0 Etar Sofia
20:00 EET Yurukov   48'
Bojinov   72'
Thiam   75'		 Report Sarmov   75'
Galabov   86'
Iliev   90+1'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 7,300
Referee: Volen Chinkov
Man of the Match: Valeri Bojinov

Bulgarian Cup edit

Main article: 2018–19 Bulgarian Cup
25 September 2018 First round Atletik Kuklen 0–6 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
16:00 EET Romanov   16'
Nerdzhib   52'		 Report Kabov   40'
Buș   44'
S. Ivanov   72', 75'
Gyuzlev   74' (o.g.)
Nascimento   85'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv
Attendance: 1,430
Referee: Stefan Pavlov
31 October 2018 Second round Cherno More 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Levski Sofia Varna
16:00 EET Zehirov   12',   37'
Iliev   31'
Vasilev   73'
Enchev   83'
Bozhilov   90+1'
Minchev   92'
Hassani   after FT'		 Report Cabral   10'
Reis   19'
Cvetković   35'
Jablonský   57'
Thiam   78'
Obertan   84'
Naydenov   107'
Rivaldinho   after FT'		 Stadium: Ticha
Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Penalties
Iliev  
Bozhilov  
Panayotov  
Vasilev  
Andrade  
Dimov  		   Cabral
  Jablonský
  Cvetković
  Thiam
  Nascimento
  Reis

UEFA Europa League edit

Further information: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round edit

Further information: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path) § First qualifying round
11 July 2018 1st leg Vaduz   1–0   Levski Sofia Vaduz, Liechtenstein
17:45 CEST Coulibaly   14'
von Niederhäusern   41'
Göppel   76'		 Report Belmonte   16'
Belaïd   22'
Jablonský   47'
Goranov   89'		 Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Attendance: 1,243
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
17 July 2018 2nd leg Levski Sofia   3–2
(3–3 (a) agg.)		   Vaduz Sofia, Bulgaria
18:45 EEST Buș   35',   76'
Cabral   52',   85'
Belaïd   53'
Gómez   63'
Goranov   90+1'
Kostov   90+4'		 Report Coulibaly   25'
von Niederhäusern   41'
Lüchinger   52'
Tadić   55',   75'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Rob Harvey (Ireland)

Squad statistics edit

As of match played 28 May 2019
No. Pos Nat Player Total Parva Liga Bulgarian Cup UEFA Europa League
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 24 32+4 24 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 edit

  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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