2011–12 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia
2011–12 season
ChairmanTodor Batkov
Manager Georgi Ivanov (until 7 November 2011)
Nikolay Kostov (until 26 March 2012)
Georgi Ivanov (until 4 April 2012)
Yasen Petrov (until end of season)
A Group Third place
Bulgarian CupQuarterfinals
UEFA Europa LeagueThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ivan Tsvetkov (11)
All: Ivan Tsvetkov (14)
Highest home attendance20 000 vs CSKA Sofia (29 April 2012)
Lowest home attendance0 vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv (6 November 2011)

The 2011–12 season is Levski Sofia's 90th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the 2011–12 season.

Transfers

Summer transfers

See List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2011

Winter transfers

See List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2011–12

Squad

As of July 6, 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  NED Dustley Mulder
3 MF  NED Serginho Greene
4 DF  BUL Stefan Stanchev
5 DF  BUL Ivo Ivanov
6 DF  BUL Orlin Starokin
7 MF  BUL Daniel Dimov
8 FW  ESP Toni Calvo
10 MF  BUL Hristo Yovov
11 FW  BUL Simeon Raykov
12 FW  BRA Juninho (on loan from Slavia Sofia)
14 MF  BUL Radoslav Tsonev
15 FW  BUL Stivan Petkov
16 FW  POR Cristovão
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW  BUL Daniel Mladenov
18 MF  BUL Borislav Tsonev
19 FW  BUL Ivan Tsvetkov
20 DF  BUL Aleksandar Bashliev
22 MF  MKD Darko Tasevski
23 GK  BUL Plamen Iliev (Captain)
24 GK  BUL Bozhidar Mitrev
25 DF  MLI Souleymane Diamoutene
26 DF  BUL Hristo Popadiyn
28 DF  POR Nuno Pinto
30 FW  BUL Antonio Vutov
45 MF  BUL Vladimir Gadzhev (Vice Captain)
55 DF  BUL Yordan Miliev

Statistics

No. Pos. Name League Bulgarian Cup Europa League Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Dustley Mulder 24 0 3 0 2 0 27 0 6 0
3 MF Serginho Greene 18+1 0 2+1 0 2 0 24 1 5 1
4 DF Stefan Stanchev 2+3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 1
5 DF Ivo Ivanov 10+1 0 2 0 0 0 13 0 3 1
6 DF Orlin Starokin 22+3 1 2 0 2 0 29 0 2 1
7 MF Daniel Dimov 9+4 2 2 1 0+1 0 16 4 6 1
8 FW Toni Calvo 17+1 6 2+1 1 0+1 0 22 6 9 1
10 MF Hristo Yovov 19+5 8 2 0 2 0 28 8 4 2
11 MF Simeon Raykov 12+7 4 0 0 0+2 0 21 4 1 0
12 FW Jose Carlos Junior 11+2 6 1 0 0 0 14 6 2 1
14 MF Radoslav Tsonev 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
15 FW Stivan Petkov 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
15 MF Nikola Yanachkov 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
16 FW Cristovão 12 3 1 0 0 0 13 3 2 1
18 MF Borislav Tsonev 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
17 FW Daniel Mladenov 4+9 1 1 0 2 0 16 2 4 0
19 FW Ivan Tsvetkov 12+15 11 2+1 3 2 0 31 14 3 0
20 DF Aleksandar Bashliev 3+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 6 0 1 0
21 FW Tsvetelin Tonev 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
22 MF Darko Tasevski 16+3 2 2 0 1 0 21 2 2 0
23 GK Plamen Iliev 29 0 2 0 2 0 32 0 3 0
24 GK Bozhidar Mitrev 0+1 0 1+1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
25 DF Souleymane Diamoutene 11 1 1 0 0 0 12 1 1 0
28 DF Nuno Pinto 11 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 3 0
30 FW Antonio Vutov 1+4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0
45 MF Vladimir Gadzhev 26 4 2 0 2 1 30 4 10 0
55 DF Yordan Miliev 19+1 0 2 0 2 0 24 0 6 0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
9 FW Sjoerd Ars 9+4 6 0 0 1+1 2 15 8 1 0
14 DF Marko Vidović 2+1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0
16 MF Marian Ognyanov 1+4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
21 MF Todor Hristov 3+3 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 8 1 1 0
30 MF Lachezar Baltanov 1+7 0 0+1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
33 DF Fredrik Risp 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 0
85 GK Kiril Akalski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

Players League Cup Europa League Total
Ivan Tsvetkov 11 3 0 14
Sjoerd Ars 6 0 2 8
Hristo Yovov 8 0 0 8
Juninho 6 0 0 6
Vladimir Gadzhev 6 0 1 7
Toni Calvo 6 0 1 7
Darko Tasevski 4 0 0 4
Simeon Raykov 4 0 0 4
Daniel Dimov 3 0 0 3
Cristovão 3 0 0 3
Daniel Mladenov 2 0 0 2
Orlin Starokin 1 0 0 1
Souleymane Diamoutene 1 0 0 1

Assists

Player League Cup Europa League Total
Vladimir Gadzhev 4 2 0 6
Juninho 6 0 0 6
Daniel Mladenov 4 0 1 5
Nuno Pinto 5 0 0 5
Simeon Raykov 3 0 1 4
Ivan Tsvetkov 4 0 0 4
Darko Tasevski 3 0 0 3
Hristo Yovov 2 0 0 2
Cristovão 1 0 1 2
Toni Calvo 1 0 0 1
Sjoerd Ars 1 0 0 1
Orlin Starokin 1 0 0 1
Todor Hristov 1 0 0 1
Stefan Stanchev 1 0 0 1
Dustley Mulder 1 0 0 1

Cards

Player Total
Vladimir Gadzhev 10 0 10
Toni Calvo 9 1 10
Yordan Miliev 7 0 7
Daniel Dimov 6 1 7
Dustley Mulder 6 0 6
Serginho Greene 4 1 5
Hristo Yovov 3 2 5
Ivo Ivanov 3 1 4
Ivan Tsvetkov 3 0 3
Daniel Mladenov 3 0 3
Juninho 2 1 3
Orlin Starokin 2 1 3
Cristovão 3 0 3
Plamen Iliev 3 0 3
Nuno Pinto 3 0 3
Darko Tasevski 2 0 2
Stefan Stanchev 1 1 2
Bozhidar Mitrev 1 0 1
Fredrik Risp 1 0 1
Marko Vidović 1 0 1
Simeon Raykov 1 0 1
Aleksandar Bashliev 1 0 1
Sjoerd Ars 1 0 1
Souleymane Diamoutene 1 0 1
Antonio Vutov 1 0 1

Pre-season and friendlies

Summer

2 July 2011 Lokomotiv Sofia 0–1 Levski Sofia Sofia
18:00 EET Report Tsvetkov 48' Stadium: Lokomotiv
Attendance: 4 000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
8 July 2011 Levski Sofia 4–0 Lombard-Pápa TFC Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
19:00 EET Mladenov 7'
Ars 21'
Tsvetkov 33'
Starokin 76'		 Report
9 July 2011 Levski Sofia 2–0 FCM Târgu Mureş Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
19:00 EET Mladenov 10'
Tsvetkov 57'		 Report
11 July 2011 Levski Sofia 2–3 FC Petrolul Ploieşti Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
19:00 EET Dimov 6'
Greene 41'		 Report Komazec 51', 58', 76'
13 July 2011 Levski Sofia 0–0 Amkar Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
20:00 EET Report
16 July 2011 Levski Sofia 0–0 Slovácko Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
19:00 EET Report
19 July 2011 Levski Sofia 1–1 Ashdod Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
19:00 EET Raykov 68' Report Mizrahi 30'
2 September 2011 Slavia Sofia 1–2 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:00 EET Junior 33' Report Filipov 21' (o.g.)
Hristov 59'		 Stadium: Ovcha Kupel
Attendance: 300
Referee: Georgi Dimitrov
7 October 2011 Septemvri Simitli 1–2 Levski Sofia Simitli
16:00 EET Stoyanov 34' Report Ars 4'
Hristov 43'		 Stadium: Struma
Referee: Ivaylo Ganchev

Winter

16 January 2012 Levski Sofia 9–0 Ayia Napa F.C. Ayia Napa
15:00 EET Calvo 12', 35'
Tsvetkov 26'
Tasevski 30'
R. Tsonev 53'
Ars 55'
Hristov 72'
Vutov 82' (pen.)
B. Tsonev 84' (pen.)		 Report Referee: Georgi Donkov
22 January 2012 Levski Sofia 1–1 Rubin Kazan Antalya
17:00 EET Toni Calvo 41' Report Uridia 53'
26 January 2012 Levski Sofia 1–2 Tavriya Antalya
17:30 EET Tasevski 85' (pen.) Report Feschuk 75' 90'
29 January 2012 Levski Sofia 1–2 Steaua Antalya
EET Tsvetkov 38' Report Tănase 40' (pen.)
Rusescu 75' (pen.)
5 February 2012 Levski Sofia 1–1 Zorya Antalya
EET Tsvetkov 76' Report Idahor 60'
8 February 2012 Levski Sofia 1–0 Krasnodar Antalya
EET Starokin 50' Report
11 February 2012 Levski Sofia 1–2 BATE Borisov Antalya
EET Tsvetkov 80' Report Rudzik 32'
Maycon 47'
19 February 2012 Levski Sofia 1–0 Lokomotiv Sofia Sofia
13:30 EET Calvo 56' Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
26 February 2012 Septemvri Simitli 0–4 Levski Sofia Sandanski
13:30 EET Report Tsvetkov 20' (pen.) 32'
Jose Junior 23'
Tsonev 87'		 Stadium: Sandanski Stadium

Competitions

A Group

Main article: 2011–12 A Group

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ludogorets Razgrad (C) 30 22 4 4 73 16 +57 70 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 22 3 5 60 19 +41 69 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Levski Sofia 30 20 2 8 61 28 +33 62
4 Chernomorets Burgas 30 17 9 4 57 23 +34 60
5 Litex Lovech 30 17 8 5 57 28 +29 59
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 goal difference; 7th goals scored
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 20 2 8 61 28  +33 62 12 1 2 34 12  +22 8 1 6 27 16  +11

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWLWWWWLWLWLWWWWWWWWLLLDDWWLWWW
Position477564544455444433334555446533
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

8 August 2011 1 Levski Sofia 1–0 Slavia Sofia Sofia
20:00 (EET) Tsvetkov 26' Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 2,030
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)
13 August 2011 2 Cherno More 3–1 Levski Sofia Varna
18:00 (EET) Kapitanov 36'
Palomino 51'
Petkov 90+3'		 Report Tsvetkov 70' Stadium: Ticha
Attendance: 8,780
Referee: Tasko Taskov (Sofia)
21 August 2011 3 Levski Sofia 1–0 Montana Sofia
18:00 (EET) Ars 10' (pen.) Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 710
Referee: Ivan Kirilov (Varna)
27 August 2011 4 Levski Sofia 3–0 Botev Vratsa Sofia
20:00 (EET) Gadzhev 30'
Ars 45'
Raykov 45+1'		 Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)
11 September 2011 5 Minyor Pernik 0–1 Levski Sofia Pernik
17:00 (EET) Report Mladenov 67' Stadium: Minyor Stadium
Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)
17 September 2011 6 Levski Sofia 3–2 Litex Lovech Sofia
20:30 (EET) Tasevski 12'
Raykov 43'
Gadzhev 74'		 Report Djermanovic 55'
Josse 71'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 6,430
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)
25 September 2011 7 Ludogorets 2–1 Levski Sofia Razgrad
17:00 (EET) Ivanov 11'
Gargorov 52'		 Report Gadzhev 29' Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Attendance: 6,190
Referee: Georgi Yordanov (Gabrovo)
2 October 2011 8 Levski Sofia 4–0 Lokomotiv Sofia Sofia
18:00 (EET) Yovov 6', 30'
Ars 18'
Tasevski 37'		 Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,630
Referee: Anton Genov (Sofia)
16 October 2011 9 Chernomorets Burgas 2–0 Levski Sofia Burgas
18:00 (EET) Jugu 68'
Anicet 71'		 Report Stadium: Lazur
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)
21 October 2011 10 Levski Sofia 3–2 Kaliakra Kavarna Sofia
18:00 (EET) Toni Calvo 3'
Mladenov 25'
Gadzhev 53'		 Report Sadula 18'
Hronec 88'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 550
Referee: Vihren Manev (Sofia)
28 October 2011 11 CSKA Sofia 1–0 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:45 (EET) Zicu 26' Report Stadium: Vasil Levski
Attendance: 8,970
Referee: Tasko Taskov (Sofia)
6 November 2011 12 Levski Sofia 3–2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
16:30 (EET) Tsvetkov 16'
Ars 76', 77'		 Report de Carvalho 29'
Miliev 41' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 0
Referee: Georgi Yordanov (Gabrovo)
13 November 2011 13 Beroe 1–2 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
16:00 (EET) Zlatinov 89' Report Yovov 32' 61' Stadium: Beroe
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)
19 November 2011 14 Levski Sofia 2–1 Vidima-Rakovski Sofia
16:30 (EET) Tasevski 1'
Ars 50'		 Report Kakalov 20' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Georgi Dimitrov (Sofia)
27 November 2011 15 Svetkavitsa 0–1 Levski Sofia Targovishte
13:30 (EET) Report Dimov 60' Stadium: Dimitar Burkov
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Nikola Popov
21 March 2012 16 Slavia Sofia 0–3 Levski Sofia Sofia
(EET) Report Tsvetkov 28' (pen.)
Tasevski 63'
Toni Calvo 78'		 Stadium: Slavia
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
4 March 2012 17 Levski Sofia 2–1 Cherno More Sofia
13:30 (EET) Tsvetkov 43'
Cristovão 75'		 Report Atanasov 85' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 6,820
Referee: Stefan Spasov
11 March 2012 18 Montana 0–3 Levski Sofia Montana
14:30 (EET) Report Juninho 55'
Tsvetkov 63', 84'		 Stadium: Ogosta
Attendance: 4,960
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
18 March 2012 19 Botev Vratsa 0–2 Levski Sofia Vratsa
15:30 (EET) Report Starokin 55'
Gadzhev 58'		 Stadium: Hristo Botev
Attendance: 6,730
Referee: Martin Bogdev
25 March 2012 20 Levski Sofia 0–1 Minyor Pernik Sofia
13:30 (EET) Report Vasilev 58' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,830
Referee: Tasko Taskov
29 March 2012 21 Litex Lovech 1–0 Levski Sofia Lovech
17:45 (EET) Yanev 32' Report Stadium: Lovech Stadium
Attendance: 5,970
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
2 April 2012 22 Levski Sofia 0–1 Ludogorets Sofia
21:00 (EET) Report Stoyanov 37' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
8 April 2012 23 Lokomotiv Sofia 1–1 Levski Sofia Sofia
16:00 (EET) Peev 32' Report Juninho 79' Stadium: Slavia
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Radan Miryanov
18 April 2012 24 Levski Sofia 2–2 Chernomorets Burgas Sofia
21:00 (EET) Calvo 28'
Yovov 55'		 Report Boli 21'
Chahechouhe 82'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov
23 April 2012 25 Kaliakra Kavarna 1–4 Levski Sofia Kavarna
19:00 (EET) Zakov 15' Report Calvo 2' 77' (pen.)
Yovov 54', 74'		 Stadium: Kavarna Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Stefan Spasov
29 April 2012 26 Levski Sofia 1–0 CSKA Sofia Sofia
17:45 (EET) Cristovão 49' Report Stadium: Vasil Levski
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
6 May 2012 27 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–2 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
17:45 (EET) de Carvalho 29'
Todorov 40'
Zlatinski 62' (pen.)		 Report Yovov 14'
Raykov 18'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium (Plovdiv)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Tasko Taskov
11 May 2012 28 Levski Sofia 2–0 Beroe Sofia
19:00 (EET) Tsvetkov 34'
Juninho 90'		 Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Radoslav Stanev
19 May 2012 29 Vidima-Rakovski 1–6 Levski Sofia Sevlievo
16:30 (EET) Rusev 25' (pen.) Report Juninho 9', 11', 43'
Calvo 13'
Dimov 18'
Raykov 76'		 Stadium: Rakovski Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Nikola Popov
23 May 2012 30 Levski Sofia 7–0 Svetkavitsa Sofia
16:00 (EET) Gadzhev 18'
Calvo 41'
Tsvetkov 44', 74', 84'
Ramos 62'
Diamoutene 64'		 Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Radan Miryanov

Bulgarian Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Bulgarian Cup
23 November 2011 Second round Bansko 0–1 Levski Sofia Bansko
13:30 EEST Report Tsvetkov 32' Stadium: St Petar Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ahmed Ahmed (Burgas)
3 December 2011 Third round Etar 1924 0–3 Levski Sofia Veliko Turnovo
EEST Report Tsvetkov 49', 90+3'
Dimov 78'		 Stadium: Ivaylo Stadium
Attendance: 6,750
14 March 2012 Quarterfinal Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–1 (a.e.t.) Levski Sofia Plovdiv
EEST Venkov 90+3'
Lazarov 92'		 Report Toni Calvo 21' Stadium: Lokomotiv
Attendance: 6,340
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

UEFA Europa League

Further information: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Further information: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round § Third qualifying round
28 July 2011 1st leg Levski Sofia 2–1 Spartak Trnava Sofia, Bulgaria
19:45 CEST Gadzhev 89'
Ars 90+2'		 Report Tomaček 80' (pen.) Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 11,900
Referee: Sergiy Boiko (Ukraine)
4 August 2011 2nd leg Spartak Trnava 2–1 (a.e.t.)
(3−3 agg.)
(5–4 p)		 Levski Sofia Trnava, Slovakia
19:00 CEST Tomaček 52', 59' (pen.) Report Ars 11' Stadium: Antona Malatinského
Attendance: 12,169
Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen (Norway)
Penalties
Karhan
Hanzel
Procházka
Tomaček
Kaščák 		Yovov
Ars
Gadzhev
Calvo
Raykov

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