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2023–24 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2023–24 season was Levski Sofia's 103rd 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
2023–24 season
ChairmanNasko Sirakov
ManagerNikolay Kostov
StadiumVivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
First League4th
Bulgarian CupRound of 16
Conference LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ricardinho (9)
All: Ricardinho (11)
Highest home attendance35,000 v. Eintracht Frankfurt
(24 August 2023)
Lowest home attendance1,948 v. Etar
(23 September 2023)
Average home league attendance6,717
Biggest win6–0 v. Lokomotiv Sofia (H)
Biggest defeat1–5 v. Ludogorets Razgrad (A)

Transfers

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In

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No.
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window 		Ends
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fee 		Source
7 FW   Fábio Lima 27 Non-EU   ABC Transfer Winter 2026 Free [1]
8 MF   Carlos Ohene 30 Non-EU   Hebar Transfer Winter 2025 Undisclosed [2]
17 FW   Everton Bala 25 Non-EU   Mirassol Loan Winter 2024 [3]
23 MF   Patrik Myslovič 22 EU   Žilina Transfer Winter 2026 Undisclosed [4]
24 DF   Joaquín Fernández 25 EU   Atenas Transfer Winter 2025 Free [5]
37 MF   Darlan 25 Non-EU   Grêmio Transfer Summer 2026 Free [6]
97 MF   Hassimi Fadiga 26 EU   Le Mans Transfer Summer 2025 Free [7]
MF   Nathan Holder 21 EU   Spartak Varna Loan return Summer
MF   Zdravko Dimitrov 24 EU   Sakaryaspor Loan return Summer

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window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
2 DF   Jeremy Petris 26 EU   Charleroi Transfer Winter Undisclosed [8]
7 FW   Ronaldo 23 EU   Rostov Transfer Winter Undisclosed [9]
10 MF   Ivelin Popov 35 EU   Botev Plovdiv Released Summer Free [10]
17 FW   Welton Felipe 26 EU   Gamba Osaka Transfer Winter Undisclosed [11]
21 DF   Ante Blažević 27 EU   Croatia Zmijavci Released Summer Free [12]
23 DF   Noah Sonko Sundberg 27 EU   Ludogorets Razgrad Transfer Summer Undisclosed [13]
30 MF   Filip Krastev 21 EU   Lommel Loan return Summer
37 MF   Darlan 25 Non-EU   Wuhan Three Towns Transfer Winter Undisclosed [14]

Loans out

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window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
MF   Zdravko Dimitrov 24 EU   Septemvri Sofia Summer [15]
MF   Antoan Stoyanov 18 EU   Empoli Summer [16]
MF   Zdravko Dimitrov 25 EU   Sakaryaspor Winter [17]
MF   Nathan Holder 21 EU   Sportist Svoge Winter [18]

Squad

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Updated on 1 March 2024.[19]
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Age EU Ends Signed from Transfer fee Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Plamen Andreev   Bulgaria GK 19 EU 2025 Youth system W/S
13 Nikolay Mihaylov   Bulgaria GK 36 EU 2024   Omonia Free Originally from Youth system
99 Ivan Andonov   Bulgaria GK 20 EU 2026 Youth system W/S
Defenders
4 Viktor Lyubenov   Bulgaria CB/LB 18 EU 2026 Youth system W/S
5 Kellian van der Kaap   Netherlands CB/DM 25 EU 2026   Viborg Free Second nationality: Cameroon
6 Wenderson Tsunami   Brazil LB 28 Non-EU 2026   Botafogo-PB Free Second nationality: Bulgaria
22 Patrik-Gabriel Galchev   Bulgaria RB/LB/RW 23 EU 2026 Youth system W/S Second nationality: Spain
24 Joaquín Fernández   Uruguay CB/LB 25 EU 2025   Atenas Free Second nationality: Italy
33 José Córdoba   Panama CB/LB 23 Non-EU 2025   Etar Undisclosed
50 Kristian Dimitrov   Bulgaria CB 27 EU 2026   Hajduk Split Free
77 Deyvid Mihalev   Bulgaria RB/DM/CM 18 EU Youth system W/S
Midfielders
8 Carlos Ohene   Ghana DM 31 Non-EU 2025   Hebar Undisclosed
10 Asen Mitkov   Bulgaria AM/CM 19 EU 2025 Youth system W/S
14 Iliyan Stefanov   Bulgaria AM 25 EU 2025   Beroe Free Originally from Youth system
15 Aleksandar Bozhilov   Bulgaria DM/LB 18 EU Youth system W/S
20 Asen Chandarov   Bulgaria AM/CM 25 EU 2026   Septemvri Sofia Undisclosed Originally from Youth system
21 Kristiyan Yovov   Bulgaria AM 18 EU Youth system W/S
23 Patrik Myslovič   Slovakia AM 23 EU 2026   Žilina Free
97 Hassimi Fadiga   France AM/LW/SS 27 EU 2025   Le Mans Free Second nationality: Guinea
Forwards
7 Fábio Lima   Brazil LW/RW/AM 27 Non-EU 2026   ABC Free
9 Ricardinho   Brazil CF/LW/RW 23 Non-EU 2025   Grêmio Free
11 Jawad El Jemili   Spain RW/LW/AM 22 EU 2026   Akritas Chlorakas Undisclosed Second nationality: Morocco
16 Preslav Bachev   Bulgaria CF 18 EU 2026 Youth system W/S
17 Everton Bala   Brazil RW/LW 25 Non-EU 2024   Mirassol Loan
19 Bilal Bari   Morocco CF 26 EU 2024   Montana €50 000 Second nationality: France
88 Marin Petkov   Bulgaria RW/CF/AM 20 EU 2027 Youth system W/S

Performance overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
First League 15 July 2023 26 May 2024 Matchday 1 4th 35 19 7 9 50 30 +20 054.29
Bulgarian Cup 22 November 2023 6 December 2023 Round of 32 Round of 16 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 050.00
UEFA Europa Conference League 27 July 2023 31 August 2023 Second qualifying round Play-off round 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 050.00
Total 43 23 9 11 60 37 +23 053.49

Last updated: 26 May 2024
Source: Fixtures

Fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

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Summer

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25 June 2023 Levski Sofia 2–1 Pirin Blagoevgrad Sofia
18:00 UTC+3 Bachev   1'
Ricardinho   90' (pen.)		 Report Kondrakov   27' Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Referee: Mariyan Grebencharski (Samokov)
30 June 2023 Levski Sofia 2–1 Etar Pravets
18:00 UTC+3 Aleksandrov   43' (o.g.)
El Jemili   44'		 Report Chano   49' Stadium: Gradski
Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia)
4 July 2023 Levski Sofia 3–1 Maritsa Plovdiv Pravets
10:30 UTC+3 Chandarov   43'
Stefanov   47'
Ronaldo   79'		 Report Malamov   42' Stadium: Gradski
Referee: Ivaylo Nenkov (Sofia)
8 July 2023 Levski Sofia   0–0   APOEL Pravets
18:00 UTC+3 Report Stadium: Gradski
Referee: Dimitar Burov (Sofia)

Winter

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17 January 2024 Levski Sofia   2–3   Vasas Belek, Turkey
16:00 UTC+3 Tsunami   15'
Stefanov   48'		 Report Hinora   61'
Ihrig-Farkas   72'
Papp   81'		 Stadium: Kaya Palazzo Sports Complex
21 January 2024 Levski Sofia   1–2   Oleksandriya Belek, Turkey
17:00 UTC+3 Ricardinho   39' (pen.) Report Shulyanskyi   45'
Kostyshyn   62'		 Stadium: Gloria Sports Arena
23 January 2024 Levski Sofia   1–2   Dukagjini Belek, Turkey
17:00 UTC+3 El Jemili   75' Report Morina   7'
Iseni   14'		 Stadium: Kaya Palazzo Sports Complex
24 January 2024 Levski Sofia   2–0   Tuzla City Belek, Turkey
17:00 UTC+3 Ricardinho   23'
Petkov   57' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Kaya Palazzo Sports Complex
30 January 2024 Levski Sofia   0–3   Baník Ostrava Belek, Turkey
17:00 UTC+3 Report Klíma   21', 28'
Kubala   43'		 Stadium: Kaya Palazzo Sports Complex
2 February 2024 Levski Sofia   1–0   Dynamo Kyiv Belek, Turkey
17:00 UTC+3 Galchev   22' Report Stadium: Kaya Palazzo Sports Complex
3 February 2024 Levski Sofia   2–1   Shakhtar Donetsk U19 Belek, Turkey
17:00 UTC+3 Fábio Lima   22' (pen.)
Fernández   62'		 Report Drozd   88' Stadium: Kaya Palazzo Sports Complex
7 February 2024 Levski Sofia   3–1   Riga Belek, Turkey
17:00 UTC+3 Petkov   21'
Ricardinho   45' (pen.)
El Jemili   49'		 Report Jurkovskis   6' Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex

First League

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Preliminary stage

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Main article: 2023–24 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)
League table
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Cherno More 30 18 8 4 47 25 +22 62 Qualification for the Championship group
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 16 7 7 50 34 +16 55
5 Levski Sofia 30 16 6 8 45 26 +19 54
6 Krumovgrad 30 12 8 10 35 35 0 44[a]
7 Botev Plovdiv 30 12 8 10 47 33 +14 44[a] Qualification for the Conference League group
Source: soccerway, Bulgarian Football
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[20]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Krumovgrad 6, Botev Plovdiv 0.
Results summary
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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 16 6 8 45 26  +19 54 10 2 3 24 6  +18 6 4 5 21 20  +1

Last updated: 20 April 2024.
Source: bulgarian-football.com

Results by round
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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLWWLWWDWDWWLDWLLDDWWWWWDWWLLLW
Position1495557884335545566665444444555
Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
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The league fixtures were announced on 14 June 2023.[21][22]

15 July 2023 1 Levski Sofia 1–2 CSKA 1948 Sofia
18:45 UTC+3 Ricardinho   32'
Petkov   60'
Popov   82'
Welton   90+4'		 Report Pedrinho   41' (pen.)
Rapnouil   78'
Héliton   80'
Daskalov   81'
Kjartansson   87'
Naumov   90'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv)
Man of the Match: Welton Felipe
22 July 2023 2 Botev Plovdiv 1–3 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
18:45 UTC+3 Akere   35'
Sekulić   81'
Nnadi   85'		 Report Mitkov   18'
Petris   35'
Petkov   49'
Ricardinho   56' (pen.)
El Jemili   74', 86',   90+3'		 Stadium: Hristo Botev
Attendance: 9,356
Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas)
Man of the Match: Jawad El Jemili
30 July 2023 3 Levski Sofia 6–0 Lokomotiv Sofia Sofia
21:15 UTC+3 Kraev   20'
El Jemili   38', 51'
Petkov   65'
Ronaldo   72'
Stefanov   79',   81'		 Report Dias   55' Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)
Man of the Match: Jawad El Jemili
6 August 2023 4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–1 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
21:15 UTC+3 Giovanny   8'
Minchev   40',   72'
Conteh   82'		 Report Ricardinho   32'
van der Kaap   53'
Popov   63'
Welton   71'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv
Attendance: 4,344
Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)
Man of the Match: Giovanny
13 August 2023 5 Levski Sofia 1–0 Botev Vratsa Sofia
18:45 UTC+3 Mitkov   59'
Chandarov   72'
Bachev   83'		 Report Perea   45+1'
Barrios   80'
Mendoza   87'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,411
Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia)
Man of the Match: Preslav Bachev
3 September 2023 8 Levski Sofia 1–0 Hebar Sofia
21:15 UTC+3 Ronaldo   90+4' Report Nikolaev   28'
Nikolov   76'
Igonen   90+2'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Vasimir El-Hatib (Sofia)
Man of the Match: Ronaldo
14 September 2023 6 Levski Sofia 2–0 Pirin Blagoevgrad Sofia
20:30 UTC+3 Welton   45+3',   78'
Dimitrov   46'
Tsunami   81'
Mitkov   87'		 Report Dyulgerov   32'
Bachev   63'
Tasev   66'
Medved   73'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)
Man of the Match: Welton Felipe
Note: Originally scheduled for 19 August 2023, the match was postponed by the BFU due to Levski's participation in the UECL.[23]
18 September 2023 9 Krumovgrad 2–2 Levski Sofia Plovdiv[note 1]
20:00 UTC+3 Tonev   21'
Velyev   52'
Kolev   75'
Miljanović   82'
K. Pehlivanov   87'
Katsarov   90+3'		 Report Tsunami   26'
Ricardinho   32'		 Stadium: Nikola Shterev - Starika Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo)
Man of the Match: Aleksandar Kolev
23 September 2023 10 Levski Sofia 1–0 Etar Sofia
20:00 UTC+3 Welton   19'
Kraev   74'
Mitkov   81'		 Report Stanev   45+4'
Hristov   68'
Bakalov   85'
Stoyanov   90+8'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,948
Referee: Ivo Andreev (Sofia)
Man of the Match: Asen Mitkov
27 September 2023 11 Slavia Sofia 0–2 Levski Sofia Sofia
18:00 UTC+3 Georgiev   37'
Dobrev   43'		 Report Tsunami   18'
Fadiga   23'
Ronaldo   34'
Darlan   50'
Welton   54'
Petris   88'		 Stadium: Aleksandar Shalamanov
Attendance: 4,402
Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas)
Man of the Match: Welton Felipe
1 October 2023 12 Levski Sofia 0–1 Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
20:30 UTC+3 Petris   14'
Córdoba   37'
Tsunami   90+2'		 Report Rwan Cruz   25',   61'
Piotrowski   50'
Caio Vidal   58'
Tekpetey   69'
Padt   80'
Gonçalves   83'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 9,472
Referee: Georgi Ginchev (Veliko Tarnovo)
Man of the Match: Rwan Cruz
7 October 2023 13 CSKA Sofia 1–1 Levski Sofia Sofia
14:45 UTC+3 Lindseth   49'
Heintz   54'
Youga   75'
Estrada   75'
Carreazo   90+2'		 Report Ronaldo   43'
Mitkov   48'
Ricardinho   75'
Dimitrov   75'
Bachev   90+7'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 17,532
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv)
Man of the Match: Jonathan Lindseth
22 October 2023 14 Levski Sofia 1–0 Cherno More Sofia
16:30 UTC+3 Petris   39'
El Jemili   57'
Córdoba   87'		 Report Drobarov   22'
Popov   90'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 6,566
Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)
Man of the Match: Jawad El Jemili
27 October 2023 15 Beroe 2–1 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
19:00 UTC+3 Politino   4'
Laszo   23'
Cascardo   40'
Godoy   73'
Govea   90+5'
Accinelli   90+8'		 Report Dimitrov   45'
Mitkov   57'
Petkov   90+5'		 Stadium: Beroe
Attendance: 3,563
Referee: Vasil Minev (Sofia)
Man of the Match: Santiago Godoy
1 November 2023 7 Arda 0–0 Levski Sofia Kardzhali
19:30 UTC+2 Krachunov   44'
Tetah   72'
Borukov   90+5'		 Report Tsunami   27'
Kraev   39'
van der Kaap   55'
Córdoba   69'		 Stadium: Arena Arda
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas)
Man of the Match: Anatoli Gospodinov
Note: Originally scheduled for 27 August 2023, the match was postponed by the BFU due to Levski's participation in the UECL.[25]
7 November 2023 16 CSKA 1948 1–0 Levski Sofia Bistritsa
17:30 UTC+2 Pedrinho   36',   59'
Vasilev   75'
Vutov   80'		 Report Ricardinho   89' Stadium: Bistritsa
Attendance: 2,022
Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)
Man of the Match: Pedrinho
12 November 2023 17 Levski Sofia 1–1 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
15:30 UTC+2 Córdoba   8'
Tsunami   18'
Petris   90+6'		 Report Perera   12'
Baroan   54'
Balogiannis   71'
Popov   82'
Mertens   90+6'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)
Man of the Match: Ivelin Popov
27 November 2023 18 Lokomotiv Sofia 2–2 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:30 UTC+2 Naydenov   62'
Mitkov   76', 90+5' (pen.)
França   82'
Traoré   82'		 Report Petkov   27'
van der Kaap   42'
Ricardinho   45+2'
Kraev   70'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv
Attendance: 630
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv)
Man of the Match: Dimitar Mitkov
2 December 2023 19 Levski Sofia 3–0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
17:30 UTC+2 Dimitrov   14'
Welton   42'
Kraev   72'
Ricardinho   85' (pen.)		 Report Ewandro   11'
Kamdem   46'
Giovanny   84'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,658
Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas)
Man of the Match: Welton Felipe
9 December 2023 20 Botev Vratsa 0–1 Levski Sofia Vratsa
17:30 UTC+2 Majouga   43'
Kunde   54'		 Report Chandarov   26'
Darlan   32'
Petkov   55'
Welton   83'
van der Kaap   90+5'		 Stadium: Hristo Botev
Attendance: 850
Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo)
Man of the Match: Darlan
17 February 2024 21 Pirin Blagoevgrad 1–2 Levski Sofia Blagoevgrad
17:00 UTC+2 Komano   16'
Bengyuzov   45+2'
Bodurov   63'
Varbanov   83'		 Report Petkov   7'
Córdoba   34'
Ricardinho   40'
Galchev   87'		 Stadium: Hristo Botev
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)
Man of the Match: Ricardinho
24 February 2024 22 Levski Sofia 4–0 Arda Sofia
17:45 UTC+2 Petkov   9'
Galchev   33'
Fábio Lima   44'
El Jemili   49'
Tsunami   78'		 Report Hüseynov   48'
Stoev   52'
Krachunov   89'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 7,900
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)
Man of the Match: Patrik-Gabriel Galchev
4 March 2024 23 Hebar 0–1 Levski Sofia Pazardzhik
17:30 UTC+2 Karakashev   77' Report Dimitrov   55'
Fábio Lima   74'
Ohene   90+3'		 Stadium: Georgi Benkovski
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)
Man of the Match: Fábio Lima
10 March 2024 24 Levski Sofia 0–0 Krumovgrad Sofia
15:15 UTC+2 Mitkov   18'
Galchev   40'
Ohene   45+2'
Ricardinho   75'		 Report Velyev   33'
O. Yusein   45+2'
Katsarov   55'
Patrick Luan   72'
Raposo   79'
Ali   89'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ivaylo Nenkov (Sofia)
Man of the Match: Marin Petkov
16 March 2024 25 Etar 0–3 Levski Sofia Veliko Tarnovo
15:15 UTC+2 Morán   45'
Van Rankin   66'
Stoyanov   69'
Guessoum   72'
Yankov   87'		 Report Dimitrov   29'
El Jemili   52', 90+7'
Petkov   82'
Córdoba   90'		 Stadium: Ivaylo
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)
Man of the Match: Jawad El Jemili
29 March 2024 26 Levski Sofia 2–0 Slavia Sofia Sofia
19:00 UTC+2 Ricardinho   32',   38'
Petkov   90+5'		 Report Martinov   3'
Vutsov   44'
Stoev   51'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 8,756
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv)
Man of the Match: Marin Petkov
3 April 2024 27 Ludogorets Razgrad 5–1 Levski Sofia Razgrad
19:30 UTC+3 Rwan Cruz   3',   29'
Piotrowski   39',   56'
Terziev   47'
Duah   63'
Caio Vidal   90+2'		 Report Petkov   16',   49'
Tsunami   21'
Ohene   28'
Galchev   45+3'
Mihalev   79'		 Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Attendance: 4,577
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv)
Man of the Match: Jakub Piotrowski
7 April 2024 28 Levski Sofia 0–2 CSKA Sofia Sofia
14:45 UTC+3 Andonov   24' Report Heintz   61'
Karanga   77',   78'
Lindseth   86'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 25,556
Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)
Man of the Match: Tobias Heintz
13 April 2024 29 Cherno More 3–1 Levski Sofia Varna
20:15 UTC+3 Isa   38',   40'
Calcan   65',   67'
Iliev   81'		 Report Ricardinho   6',   51'
Ohene   60'
Tsunami   83'
Bari   90+4'		 Stadium: Ticha
Attendance: 5,044
Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)
Man of the Match: Ismail Isa
20 April 2024 30 Levski Sofia 1–0 Beroe Sofia
20:15 UTC+3 Fadiga   76'
Córdoba   90+5'
Petkov   90+6'		 Report Algarra   20'
Zanetti   49'
Arthur Motta   73'
Squadrone   82'
Govea   90'
Akinjogunla   90+1'
Ramos Mingo   90+5'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 5,049
Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)
Man of the Match: Hassimi Fadiga

Championship round

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League table
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ludogorets Razgrad (C) 35 26 4 5 87 24 +63 82 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Cherno More 35 22 9 4 56 26 +30 75 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3 CSKA Sofia 35 20 7 8 56 27 +29 67 Qualification for the Conference League play-off
4 Levski Sofia 35 19 7 9 50 30 +20 64
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 35 17 7 11 53 44 +9 58
6 Krumovgrad 35 13 10 12 45 45 0 49
Source: Soccerway, Bulgarian Football
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.[20]
(C) Champions
Results summary
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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
5 3 1 1 5 4  +1 10 1 1 0 1 0  +1 2 0 1 4 4  0

Last updated: 26 May 2024.
Source: See results

Results by round
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Round12345
GroundAHAAH
ResultLDWWW
Position54444
Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
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27 April 2024 31 CSKA Sofia 3–1 Levski Sofia Sofia
16:15 UTC+3 Sanyang   15'
Skarsem   25'
Lindseth   35'
Mattheij   44'
Carreazo   45'
Karanga   45'		 Report El Jemili   29'
Fadiga   61'
Córdoba   66'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 11,948
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv)
Man of the Match: Olaus Skarsem
12 May 2024 32 Levski Sofia 0–0 Cherno More Sofia
19:40 UTC+3 Everton   74'
Fadiga   90'		 Report Dani Martín   90+1' Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv)
Man of the Match: Marin Petkov
18 May 2024 33 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–2 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
20:15 UTC+3 Ntelo   10'
Peshov   60'
Raynov   69'
Segura   70'
Iliev   90+1'		 Report Tsunami   29'
Ricardinho   32'
Ohene   73'
Petkov   87'
Bari   90+1'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas)
Man of the Match: Asen Mitkov
22 May 2024 34 Krumovgrad 0–1 Levski Sofia Plovdiv[note 1]
16:00 UTC+3 Report Córdoba   21'
Tsunami   90+1'		 Stadium: Nikola Shterev - Starika Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Hristiyana Guteva (Sofia)
Man of the Match: Wenderson Tsunami
26 May 2024 35 Levski Sofia 1–0 Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
18:00 UTC+3 Galchev   10'
Fábio Lima   48'
Chandarov   84'		 Report Y. Yordanov   66' Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 4,777
Referee: Kristiyan Kolev (Plovdiv)
Man of the Match: Fábio Lima

Bulgarian Cup

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Main article: 2023–24 Bulgarian Cup
22 November 2023 Round of 32 Dunav Ruse 1–3 Levski Sofia Ruse
18:00 UTC+2 Valchev   30'
Georgiev   53'
Hasan   89'		 Report Galchev   18'
Ricardinho   25', 45+2' (pen.),   79'
Chandarov   46'
Stefanov   53'
Ronaldo   56'		 Stadium: Gradski
Attendance: 3,455
Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)
6 December 2023 Round of 16 Hebar 2–1 Levski Sofia Pazardzhik
14:30 UTC+2 Bastunov   68' (pen.)
Nikolov   73'
Kabov   90+9'		 Report Mitkov   62'
Welton   90+1'		 Stadium: Georgi Benkovski
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Vasimir El-Hatib (Sofia)

UEFA Europa Conference League

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Further information: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

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Further information: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path) § Second qualifying round
27 July 2023 1st leg Shkupi   0–2   Levski Sofia Skopje, North Macedonia
21:00 UTC+2 Queven   34'
Pintér   87'
Ramani   89'
Iljazi   90+5'
Trapanovski   90+6'		 Report Welton   31'
Dimitrov   34'
van der Kaap   49'
Petris   71'
Ronaldo   90+4'		 Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena[note 2]
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)
3 August 2023 2nd leg Levski Sofia   1–0
(3–0 agg.)		   Shkupi Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 UTC+3 Chandarov   88'
Petkov   90+11',   90+11'		 Report Adem   35'
Queven   49'
Toshevski   82'
Trapanovski   86'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 16,424
Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

Third qualifying round

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Further information: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path) § Third qualifying round
10 August 2023 1st leg Hapoel Be'er Sheva   0–0   Levski Sofia Be'er Sheva, Israel
20:30 UTC+3 Elias   77'
Miguel Vítor   87'		 Report Córdoba   38'
Kraev   69'		 Stadium: Turner Stadium
Attendance: 8,974
Referee: Miguel Nogueira (Portugal)
17 August 2023 2nd leg Levski Sofia   2–1
(2–1 agg.)		   Hapoel Be'er Sheva Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 UTC+3 Welton   15'
Mitkov   21'
Tsunami   77'
Stefanov   89'
Ronaldo   90+6'
Andonov   90+7'
El Jemili   90+9'		 Report Gordana   42'
Hélder Lopes   64'
Yehezkel   66'
Stoyanov   79'
Elias   90+9'
Klimala   90+10'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 16,832
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

Play-off round

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Further information: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path) § Play-off round
24 August 2023 1st leg Levski Sofia   1–1   Eintracht Frankfurt Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 UTC+3 Kraev   58'
Córdoba   83'
Tsunami   86'
Fadiga   90+5'		 Report Kolo Muani   6'
Dina Ebimbe   83'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium[note 3]
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)
31 August 2023 2nd leg Eintracht Frankfurt   2–0
(3–1 agg.)		   Levski Sofia Frankfurt, Germany
20:30 UTC+2 Buta   38'
Ngankam   79'
Skhiri   86'		 Report Ronaldo   18'
Tsunami   27'
Dimitrov   34'
van der Kaap   64'		 Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of 26 May 2024
No. Pos Nat Player Total First League Bulgarian Cup Conference League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   BUL Plamen Andreev 38 0 29+1 0 2 0 6 0
4 DF   BUL Viktor Lyubenov 3 0 0+2 0 1 0 0 0
5 DF   NED Kellian van der Kaap 32 0 23+2 0 2 0 4+1 0
6 DF   BRA Wenderson Tsunami 38 4 30+1 4 1 0 6 0
7 FW   BRA Fábio Lima 11 3 10+1 3 0 0 0 0
8 MF   GHA Carlos Ohene 14 0 13+1 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   BRA Ricardinho 39 11 27+4 9 2 2 6 0
10 MF   BUL Asen Mitkov 32 2 20+5 2 1 0 5+1 0
11 FW   ESP Jawad El Jemili 35 8 27+2 8 0 0 3+3 0
13 GK   BUL Nikolay Mihaylov 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF   BUL Iliyan Stefanov 17 1 0+12 1 1+1 0 0+3 0
15 MF   BUL Aleksandar Bozhilov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW   BUL Preslav Bachev 9 1 0+9 1 0 0 0 0
17 FW   BRA Everton Bala 12 0 8+4 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW   MAR Bilal Bari 6 0 0+6 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF   BUL Asen Chandarov 31 0 2+24 0 1+1 0 0+3 0
21 MF   BUL Kristiyan Yovov 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
22 DF   BUL Patrik-Gabriel Galchev 31 1 17+9 1 1+1 0 1+2 0
23 MF   SVK Patrik Myslovič 14 0 8+6 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF   URU Joaquín Fernández 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF   PAN José Córdoba 35 0 29 0 0 0 6 0
50 DF   BUL Kristian Dimitrov 30 2 19+6 2 1 0 4 0
77 DF   BUL Deyvid Mihalev 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
88 FW   BUL Marin Petkov 35 8 24+7 7 0+1 0 1+2 1
97 MF   FRA Hassimi Fadiga 33 3 16+11 2 2 0 0+4 1
99 GK   BUL Ivan Andonov 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Players from the reserve team:
Other players under contract:
MF   BUL Andrian Kraev 25 2 12+5 2 2 0 6 0
Players away on loan:
MF   BUL Antoan Stoyanov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   BUL Zdravko Dimitrov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   CUW Nathan Holder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left during the season:
2 DF   FRA Jeremy Petris 22 0 16+1 0 1 0 4 0
7 FW   BRA Ronaldo 25 7 17 4 2 1 5+1 2
10 MF   BUL Ivelin Popov 6 0 2+2 0 0 0 0+2 0
17 FW   BRA Welton Felipe 23 6 15+1 3 1 1 6 2
21 DF   CRO Ante Blažević 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF   GAM Noah Sonko Sundberg 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF   BUL Filip Krastev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF   BRA Darlan 18 1 12 1 1+1 0 3+1 0

Goalscorers

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As of 26 May 2024
Rank Player FPL BC UECL Total
1   Ricardinho 9 2 0 11
2   Jawad El Jemili 8 0 0 8
  Marin Petkov 7 0 1
4   Ronaldo 4 1 2 7
5   Welton Felipe 3 1 2 6
6   Wenderson Tsunami 4 0 0 4
7   Hassimi Fadiga 2 0 1 3
  Fábio Lima 3 0 0
9   Kristian Dimitrov 2 0 0 2
  Andrian Kraev 2 0 0
  Asen Mitkov 2 0 0
12   Darlan 1 0 0 1
  Preslav Bachev 1 0 0
  Patrik-Gabriel Galchev 1 0 0
  Iliyan Stefanov 1 0 0
Total 50 4 6 60

Clean sheets

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As of 26 May 2024
Rank Goalkeeper FPL BC UECL Total
1   Plamen Andreev 17 0 3 20
2   Nikolay Mihaylov 3 0 0 3
Total 20 0 3 23

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

N P Nat. Name First League Bulgarian Cup Conference League Total Notes
                       
5 DF   Kellian van der Kaap 4 2 6
6 DF   Wenderson Tsunami 7 3 10
8 MF   Carlos Ohene 5 5
9 FW   Ricardinho 6 1 7
10 MF   Asen Mitkov 5 1 1 7
11 FW   Jawad El Jemili 2 1 3
14 MF   Iliyan Stefanov 1 1 1 2 1
16 FW   Preslav Bachev 1 1
17 FW   Everton Bala 1 1
19 FW   Bilal Bari 2 2
20 MF   Asen Chandarov 2 1 1 1 4 1
22 DF   Patrik-Gabriel Galchev 3 1 1 4 1
33 DF   José Córdoba 8 1 2 10 1
50 DF   Kristian Dimitrov 4 2 6
77 DF   Deyvid Mihalev 1 2 3
88 FW   Marin Petkov 7 1 8
97 MF   Hassimi Fadiga 1 1 1 1
99 GK   Ivan Andonov 1 1 2
MF   Andrian Kraev 3 2 5
DF   Jeremy Petris † 5 1 6
MF   Ivelin Popov † 2 2
MF   Darlan † 1 1
FW   Ronaldo † 1 1
FW   Welton Felipe † 5 5

Last updated: 26 May 2024
Source: Soccerway
Only competitive matches
  = Number of bookings;   = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;   = Number of sending offs by a direct red card. † Player left the club during the season.

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Krumovgrad will host their matches at Nikola Shterev - Starika Sports Complex, Plovdiv, as their own venue, Krumovgrad Stadium, Krumovgrad, does not meet BFU requirements.[24]
  2. ^ Shkupi played their home match at the Toše Proeski Arena in Skopje, instead of their regular stadium, the Čair Stadium in Skopje, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
  3. ^ Levski played their play-off round home match at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, instead of their regular stadium, Stadion Georgi Asparuhov in Sofia.
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