2018–19 PFC Levski Sofia 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)

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.

Transfers

In

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

No.
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

No.
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

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 25 EU 2018 Youth system W/S
13 Nikolay Mihaylov  Bulgaria GK 37 EU 2018 2019 Omonia Free Originally from Youth system
89 Nikolay Krastev  Bulgaria GK 28 EU 2017 Youth system W/S
Defenders
2 Louis Nganioni  France LB 30 EU 2018 2020 Lyon Free Second nationality: DR Congo
4 Ivan Goranov  Bulgaria LB 33 EU 2017 2021 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Free Originally from Youth system
5 Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson  Iceland CB/DM 34 EU 2017 2021 Maccabi Haifa 500 000 €
18 Cédric Hountondji  Benin CB 31 EU 2019 2019 New York City Free Second nationality: France
19 Miloš Cvetković  Serbia RB 35 Non-EU 2017 2019 Napredak Kruševac Free
20 Zhivko Milanov  Bulgaria RB 40 EU 2019 2020 APOEL Free Originally from Youth system
22 Nuno Reis  Portugal CB/RB/DM 34 EU 2018 2021 Vitória Setúbal Undisclosed
24 Tomislav Papazov  Bulgaria CB 23 EU 2018 Youth system W/S
28 David Jablonský  Czech Republic CB/RB/LB 33 EU 2017 2019 Tom Tomsk Free
39 Deyan Ivanov  Bulgaria CB 29 EU 2014 2020 Youth system W/S
Midfielders
8 Davide Mariani  Switzerland AM/CM/LW 34 EU 2018 2021 Lugano Free Second nationality: Italy
11 Anthony Belmonte  France DM/CM 29 EU 2017 2020 Dijon Free
14 Bogdan Vaštšuk  Estonia AM/CM 29 EU 2018 Riga Loan
23 Khaly Thiam  Senegal DM 31 Non-EU 2018 2021 MTK Budapest 300 000 €
70 Martin Raynov  Bulgaria DM/CM 33 EU 2019 2020 Beroe Undisclosed
71 Martin Petkov  Bulgaria AM/LW 24 EU 2018 Youth system W/S
77 Iliya Yurukov  Bulgaria DM/CM 25 EU 2016 Youth system W/S
Forwards
7 Paulinho  Brazil LW 32 Non-EU 2018 2021 Zorya Luhansk Free
9 Sergiu Buș  Romania CF 32 EU 2017 2020 Astra Giurgiu Free
17 Yerkebulan Seydakhmet  Kazakhstan RW/CF 25 Non-EU 2019 2019 Ufa Loan
26 Jerson Cabral  Cape Verde RW/LW 34 EU 2017 2019 Bastia Free Second nationality: Netherlands
29 Stanislav Kostov  Bulgaria CF 33 EU 2018 2020 Pirin Blagoevgrad Free
86 Valeri Bojinov  Bulgaria CF 39 EU 2019 2020 Botev Vratsa Free
99 Stanislav Ivanov  Bulgaria CF/AM/RW 26 EU 2016 Youth system W/S

Performance overview

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

Summer

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

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

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

Preliminary stage

League table

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
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
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDWWWWWLWWWLWWLLWDWLDWWWLW
Position53221112211222333333332233
Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
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

League table

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

Matches

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

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

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 FT
Report Cabral 10'
Reis  19'
Cvetković  35'
Jablonský  57'
Thiam 78'
Obertan  84'
Naydenov  107'
Rivaldinho 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

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

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

  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.