2017–18 PFC Levski Sofia season
| 2017–18 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Spas Rusev | |||
| Manager | Nikolay Mitov (until 2 August 2017) Delio Rossi (since 4 August 2017) | |||
| Stadium | Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov | |||
| First League |  3rd | |||
| Bulgarian Cup | Runners-up | |||
| UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: David Jablonský (9) All: Sergiu Buș (12) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 14,000 v. Ludogorets (6 September 2017) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 490 v. Pirin Blagoevgrad (2 December 2017) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 5,335 | |||
| Biggest win | 4–0 v. Slavia Sofia (H) v. Dunav Ruse (A) v. Beroe (A) | |||
| Biggest defeat | 0–2 v. Vereya (A) v. Ludogorets (A) | |||
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The 2017–18 season was Levski Sofia's 97th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the season.
Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]| No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
EU |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | FW | 
|
Junior Mapuku | 27 | EU |  Beroe
|
Free Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | dnes.bg |
| 9 | FW | 
|
Sergiu Buș | 24 | EU | Astra Giurgiu
|
Free Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | blitz.bg |
| 24 | GK |
|
Aleksandar Lyubenov | 22 | EU | Lokomotiv Plovdiv
|
Free Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 25 | MF |
|
Georgi Angelov | 26 | EU | Vereya
|
Free Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 8 | MF |
|
Antonio Vutov | 21 | EU |  Udinese
|
Loan | Summer | 2018 | Levski.bg | |
| 4 | DF |
|
Ivan Goranov | 25 | EU | Lokomotiv Plovdiv
|
Free Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 19 | DF | 
|
Miloš Cvetković | 27 | Non-EU | Napredak Kruševac
|
Free Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 71 | MF |
|
Vasil Panayotov | 26 | EU |  Stal Mielec
|
Free Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 30 | MF |
|
Neluț Roșu | 23 | EU | Viitorul
|
Transfer | Summer | 2020 | 100 000 € | Levski.bg |
| 13 | MF | 
|
Jordi Gómez | 32 | EU | Rayo Vallecano
|
Free Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 32 | MF | 
|
Gabriel Obertan | 28 | EU |  Wigan Athletic
|
Free Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 11 | MF |
|
Anthony Belmonte | 21 | EU | Dijon
|
Free Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 5 | DF | 
|
Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson | 27 | EU |  Maccabi Haifa
|
Loan | Summer | 2021 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 26 | MF | 
|
Jerson Cabral | 26 | EU | Bastia
|
Free Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 3 | DF | 
|
Aymen Belaïd | 28 | EU | Rotherham United
|
Free Transfer | Winter | 2019 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 29 | FW |
|
Stanislav Kostov | 26 | EU | Pirin Blagoevgrad
|
Free Transfer | Winter | 2020 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 7 | MF | 
|
Paulinho | 24 | Non-EU |  Zorya Luhansk
|
Free Transfer | Winter | 2021 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 10 | FW |
|
Rivaldinho | 22 | Non-EU | Dinamo București
|
Free Transfer | Winter | 2020 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 20 | MF | 
|
Filipe Nascimento | 23 | EU | Dinamo București
|
Transfer | Winter | 2020 | 200 000 € | Levski.bg |
| 25 | DF |
|
Afonso Figueiredo | 25 | EU | Rennes
|
Loan | Winter | 2018 | Levski.bg | |
| 14 | MF | 
|
Khaly Thiam | 24 | Non-EU |  MTK Budapest
|
Loan | Winter | 2018 | Levski.bg |
Out
[edit]
Loans out
[edit]| N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
EU |
Moving to |
Type |
Transfer window |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF |
|
Galin Tashev | 20 | EU | Lokomotiv Sofia
|
Loan | Summer | — | Sportal.bg | |
| FW |
|
Iliya Dimitrov | 20 | EU | Lokomotiv Sofia
|
Loan | Summer | — | Sportal.bg | |
| DF |
|
Deyan Ivanov | 21 | EU | Botev Vratsa
|
Loan | Summer | — | Football24.bg | |
| MF |
|
Georgi Yanev | 19 | EU | Strumska Slava
|
Loan | Summer | — | Blitz.bg | |
| MF |
|
Atanas Kabov | 18 | EU | Botev Vratsa
|
Loan | Summer | — | Sportal.bg | |
| 24 | GK |
|
Aleksandar Lyubenov | 22 | EU | Botev Vratsa
|
Loan | Winter | — | Topsport.bg |
| 75 | MF |
|
Aleks Borimirov | 19 | EU | Lokomotiv Sofia
|
Loan | Winter | — | Blitz.bg |
| 55 | DF |
|
Georgi Angelov | 27 | EU | Vitosha Bistritsa
|
Loan | Winter | — | Sportal.bg |
Squad
[edit]- Updated on 1 March 2017.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Age | EU | Since | Ends | Signed From | Transfer Fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 12 | Petar Ivanov | Bulgaria
|
GK | 24 | EU | 2018 | Youth system | W/S | ||
| 21 | Bozhidar Mitrev | Bulgaria
|
GK | 37 | EU | 2017 | 2018 |  Sheriff Tiraspol
|
Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 89 | Nikolay Krastev | Bulgaria
|
GK | 27 | EU | 2017 | 2020 | Youth system | W/S | |
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 3 | Aymen Belaïd | Tunisia
|
CB/LB | 35 | EU | 2017 | 2019 | Rotherham United
|
Free | Second nationality: France |
| 4 | Ivan Goranov | Bulgaria
|
LB | 32 | EU | 2017 | 2020 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv
|
Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 5 | Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson | Iceland
|
CB | 34 | EU | 2017 | 2021 | Maccabi Haifa
|
Loan | |
| 19 | Miloš Cvetković | Serbia
|
RB | 34 | Non-EU | 2017 | 2019 | Napredak Kruševac
|
Free | |
| 24 | Tomislav Papazov | Bulgaria
|
CB | 23 | EU | 2018 | Youth system | W/S | ||
| 25 | Afonso Figueiredo | Portugal
|
LB | 31 | EU | 2018 | 2018 | Rennes
|
Loan | |
| 28 | David Jablonský |  Czech Republic
|
CB/RB/LB | 33 | EU | 2017 | 2019 |  Tom Tomsk
|
Free | |
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 6 | Ivaylo Naydenov | Bulgaria
|
CM/RB | 26 | EU | 2016 | Youth system | W/S | ||
| 8 | Antonio Vutov | Bulgaria
|
AM | 28 | EU | 2017 | 2018 | Udinese
|
Loan | Originally from Youth system |
| 11 | Anthony Belmonte | France
|
DM/CM | 29 | EU | 2017 | 2020 | Dijon
|
Free | |
| 13 | Jordi Gómez | Spain
|
AM | 39 | EU | 2017 | 2019 | Rayo Vallecano
|
Free | |
| 14 | Khaly Thiam | Senegal
|
DM | 30 | Non-EU | 2018 | 2018 | MTK Budapest
|
Loan | |
| 15 | Roman Procházka |  Slovakia
|
CM/RW/RB | 35 | EU | 2014 | 2018 | Spartak Trnava
|
€0.12M | |
| 17 | Martin Petkov | Bulgaria
|
AM/LW | 23 | EU | 2018 | Youth system | W/S | ||
| 20 | Filipe Nascimento | Portugal
|
CM | 29 | EU | 2018 | 2020 | Dinamo București
|
€0.20M | |
| 30 | Neluț Roșu | Romania
|
CM | 31 | EU | 2017 | 2020 | Viitorul
|
€0.10M | |
| 71 | Vasil Panayotov | Bulgaria
|
CM | 34 | EU | 2017 | 2018 | Stal Mielec
|
Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 77 | Iliya Yurukov | Bulgaria
|
CM | 25 | EU | 2016 | Youth system | W/S | ||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 7 | Paulinho | Brazil
|
LW/RW | 31 | Non-EU | 2018 | 2021 | Zorya Luhansk
|
Free | |
| 9 | Sergiu Buș | Romania
|
CF | 32 | EU | 2017 | 2020 | Astra Giurgiu
|
Free | |
| 10 | Rivaldinho | Brazil
|
CF | 29 | EU | 2018 | 2020 | Dinamo București
|
Free | Second nationality: Spain |
| 26 | Jerson Cabral | Cape Verde
|
RW/LW | 33 | EU | 2017 | 2019 | Bastia
|
Free | Second nationality: Netherlands |
| 29 | Stanislav Kostov | Bulgaria
|
CF | 33 | EU | 2018 | 2020 | Pirin Blagoegrad
|
Free | |
| 32 | Gabriel Obertan | France
|
RW/LW | 35 | EU | 2017 | 2019 | Wigan Athletic
|
Free | |
| 99 | Stanislav Ivanov | Bulgaria
|
CF/RW | 25 | EU | 2016 | 2021 | Youth system | W/S | |
Performance overview
[edit]| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| First League | 23 July 2017 | 24 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 37 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 59 | 28 | +31 | 51.35 |
| Bulgarian Cup | 19 September 2017 | 9 May 2018 | Round of 32 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 66.67 |
| UEFA Europa League | 29 June 2017 | 20 July 2017 | First qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 25.00 |
| Total | 47 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 71 | 34 | +37 | 51.06 | ||||
Source: Fixtures
Fixtures
[edit]Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture
Friendlies
[edit]Summer
[edit]| 20 June 2017 | Levski Sofia | 0–1 | Cherno More | Pravets |
| 17:00 EET | Report | Kokonov  53' |
Stadium: Pravets Sport Complex |
| 23 June 2017 | Levski Sofia | 1–0 | Radnik Surdulica | Pravets |
| 18:30 EET | Adeniji 8' |
Stadium: Pravets Sport Complex |
Mid-season
[edit]| 9 August 2017 | Levski Sofia | 1–3 | Slivnishki Geroy | Sofia |
| 20:00 EET | Obertan 13' |
Georgiev 34' Popov 55' Vachev 66' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov |
| 8 October 2017 | Levski Sofia | 1–0 | Botev Vratsa | Sofia |
| 17:00 EET | Belmonte 18' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov |
| 1 November 2017 | Levski Sofia | 7–0 | Sportist Svoge | Sofia |
| 17:30 EET | Cabral 18' Eyjólfsson 31' Buș 38', 45' Adeniji 80', 86' Kovachev 90' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov |
| 12 November 2017 | Levski Sofia | 3–0 | Lokomotiv Sofia | Sofia |
| 16:00 EET | Adeniji 70', 81' Cabral 76' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov |
Winter
[edit]| 17 January 2018 | Levski Sofia | 0–3 |  Hibernians | Ta' Qali, Malta |
| 19:30 EET | Failla 3' Moreira 45'Mbong 69' |
Stadium: Ta' Qali |
| 21 January 2018 | Levski Sofia | 3–0 |  Wolfsberger AC | Paola, Malta |
| 17:00 EET | Vutov 65' Mapuku 71', 75' |
Stadium: Hibernians Stadium |
| 29 January 2018 | Levski Sofia | 2–2 | Floriana | Ta' Qali, Malta |
| 17:30 EET | Eyjólfsson 39' Kostov 67' |
Juninho 12', 27' |
Stadium: Ta' Qali |
| 2 February 2018 | Levski Sofia | 3–1 | Floridsdorfer AC | Ta' Qali, Malta |
| 17:30 EET | Vutov 56' Kostov 60' Jablonský 69' |
Fucik 2' |
Stadium: Ta' Qali |
| 3 February 2018 | Levski Sofia | 2–1 |  St. Gallen II | Ta' Qali, Malta |
| 16:30 EET | Vutov 26' (pen.) Kostov 43' |
Valentino 53' |
Stadium: Ta' Qali |
| 5 February 2018 | Levski Sofia | 2–1 | Gżira United | Ta' Qali, Malta |
| 17:30 EET | Jablonský 21' Nascimento 52' (pen.) |
Samb 37' |
Stadium: Ta' Qali |
| 10 February 2018 | Levski Sofia | 5–1 | Slivnishki Geroy | Sofia |
| 17:30 EET | Cabral 23' Kostov 45'Obertan 51'Belaïd 69'Buș 71' |
Marinov 77' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov |
Parva Liga
[edit]Preliminary stage
[edit]League table
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 63 | 13 | +50 | 66 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 59 | 14 | +45 | 63 | |
| 3 | Levski Sofia | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 14 | +23 | 50 | |
| 4 | Beroe | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 45 | |
| 5 | Botev Plovdiv | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 42 |
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[1]
Results summary
[edit]| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 14 | +23 | 50 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 11 | +7 |
Last updated: 4 November 2017.
Source: bulgarian-football.com
Results by round
[edit]Matches
[edit]| 23 July 2017 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 0–0 | Levski Sofia | Plovdiv |
| 21:00 EET | Umarbayev  42' Markov 47'  66' |
Report | Mapuku 46' |
Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 1,650 Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez |
| 30 July 2017 3 | Levski Sofia | 2–0 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Sofia |
| 21:00 EET | Vutov 2' Buș 57' |
Report | Otofe 49' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,640 Referee: Nikolay Kolev Man of the Match: Antonio Vutov |
| 5 August 2017 4 | Vereya | 2–0 | Levski Sofia | Stara Zagora |
| 18:45 EET | Andonov 3' Bengyuzov 14', 29' |
Report | Pirgov 9',  83' Cvetković 40' |
Stadium: Trace Arena Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Vladimir Valkov Man of the Match: Georgi Andonov |
| 13 August 2017 5 | Levski Sofia | 2–0 | Dunav Ruse | Sofia |
| 21:00 EET | Jablonský 69' Vutov 72' Goranov 77' Buș 90' |
Report | Marem 38' Hubchev 53' Popadiyn 59' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,650 Referee: Volen Chinkov Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan |
| 18 August 2017 6 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 0–3 | Levski Sofia | Blagoevgrad |
| 21:00 EET | Kostadinov 8' Bashliev 8' Kirilov 22' Palankov 45' Nikolov 55' Popev 75' Sandev 77' Trayanov 87' |
Report | Gómez 17' Buș 45+2' Mapuku 74', 80', 90+3', 81' |
Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 4,350 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Junior Mapuku |
| 26 August 2017 7 | Levski Sofia | 4–0 | Slavia Sofia | Sofia |
| 21:00 EET | Gómez 31' (pen.), 86', 59' Mapuku 45+1', 45+3' Buș 90+2' |
Report | Velkov 58' Uzunov 68' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,050 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez |
| 6 September 2017 1 | Levski Sofia | 0–0 | Ludogorets Razgrad | Sofia |
| 20:00 EET | Mitrev 35' Procházka 77' Cvetković 88' |
Report | Anicet 28' Natanael 31' Dyakov 76' Cicinho 79' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan |
| 10 September 2017 8 | Botev Plovdiv | 2–1 | Levski Sofia | Plovdiv |
| 20:00 EET | Nedelev 64', 81' Tasev 68' Serkan 74' Baltanov 77' Dimov 79' Minev 80' |
Report | Jablonský 26' Panayotov 55' |
Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Volen Chinkov Man of the Match: Todor Nedelev |
| 15 September 2017 9 | Levski Sofia | 2–0 | Septemvri Sofia | Sofia |
| 20:00 EET | Gómez 39' Jablonský 44' Panayotov 73' Obertan 89' |
Report | Sandanski 59' Galchev 81' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2,630 Referee: Angel Angelov Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan |
| 25 September 2017 10 | Beroe | 0–0 | Levski Sofia | Stara Zagora |
| 17:30 EET | Eugénio 28' Zhelev 64' |
Report | Buș 8' Procházka 28' Cvetković 46' Obertan 90+2' |
Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 5,150 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov Man of the Match: Dušan Perniš |
| 1 October 2017 11 | Levski Sofia | 1–0 | Cherno More | Sofia |
| 17:30 EET | Jablonský 12' |
Report | Iliev  11' Tsvetkov 32' Hassani 50' Milanov 55' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: David Jablonský |
| 15 October 2017 12 | Etar | 0–1 | Levski Sofia | Veliko Tarnovo |
| 17:30 EET | Sarmov 57' Aleksandrov 87' |
Report | Jablonský 5' Obertan 57' Vutov 74' Gómez 79' Mitrev 90+1' |
Stadium: Ivaylo Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: David Jablonský |
| 21 October 2017 13 | Levski Sofia | 2–2 | CSKA Sofia | Sofia |
| 16:00 EET | Jablonský 8' Vutov 22' Panayotov 27' Eyjólfsson 35' Procházka 61' Goranov 74' |
Report | Tiago 12', 15' Malinov 23' Nedyalkov 55' Karanga 68' Bodurov 86' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 25,107 Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Tiago Rodrigues |
| 29 October 2017 14 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 2–0 | Levski Sofia | Razgrad |
| 18:15 EET | Misidjan 11', 41' Wanderson 59' Góralski 80' |
Report | Orachev 18' Panayotov 45+1' Cabral 67' Naydenov 82' |
Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 4,380 Referee: Volen Chinkov Man of the Match: Virgil Misidjan |
| 4 November 2017 15 | Levski Sofia | 1–0 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Sofia |
| 17:30 EET | Gómez 38' Goranov 42' Cvetković 90' |
Report | Muhammed 55' Kiki 67' Frikeche 75' Krumov 76' Martinović 90+2' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,430 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez |
| 19 November 2017 16 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 0–0 | Levski Sofia | Sofia |
| 17:30 EET | Tsankov 43' Ivanov 73' Peev 74' |
Report | Gómez 44' Eyjólfsson 90+3' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 990 Referee: Georgi Davidov Man of the Match: Mihail Ivanov |
| 25 November 2017 17 | Levski Sofia | 1–0 | Vereya | Sofia |
| 17:30 EET | Eyjólfsson 60' Gómez 82' Jablonský 90' Procházka 90+5' |
Report | Baldé 43' Domovchiyski 58' Enchev 88' Yordanov 90+1' Argilashki 90+1', 90+2' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 690 Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Georgi Argilashki |
| 29 November 2017 18 | Dunav Ruse | 0–4 | Levski Sofia | Ruse |
| 17:30 EET | Report | Panayotov 33', 39' Mapuku 46' Eyjólfsson 50' Buș 78' |
Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: Vasil Panayotov |
| 2 December 2017 19 | Levski Sofia | 3–0 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | Sofia |
| 17:30 EET | Procházka 21' (pen.) Mapuku 48' Panayotov 78' Gómez 83' |
Report | Nikolov 19' Sandev 25' Souda 49' 71' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 490 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov Man of the Match: Junior Mapuku |
| 9 December 2017 20 | Slavia Sofia | 1–1 | Levski Sofia | Sofia |
| 17:30 EET | Hristov 82' Milev 88' |
Report | Buș 17', 88' Gómez 63' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 1,530 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov Man of the Match: Roman Procházka |
| 18 February 2018 21 | Levski Sofia | 1–0 | Botev Plovdiv | Sofia |
| 17:30 EET | Vutov 30' Dimov 88' (o.g.) Jablonský 90+2' |
Report | Panov 8' Baltanov 58' Dimov 82' Steven 90+3' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,900 Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Filipe Nascimento |
| 24 February 2018 22 | Septemvri Sofia | 1–4 | Levski Sofia | Sofia |
| 17:30 EET | Meledje 13' Fabiano 24' Sandanski 58' Dyakov 61' Ivanov 84' (pen.) |
Report | Thiam 16' Kostov 29', 57' Obertan 66', 90+1' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 980 Referee: Stefan Apostolov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov |
| 3 March 2018 23 | Levski Sofia | 0–0 | Beroe | Sofia |
| 17:30 EET | Nascimento 10' Obertan 63' Eyjólfsson 90+2' |
Report | Kamburov 21' Tsonev 22' Eugénio 43' 68' Perniš 90+5' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2,010 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Martin Kamburov |
| 7 March 2018 24 | Cherno More | 2–3 | Levski Sofia | Varna |
| 17:30 EET | Vasilev 22', 76', 82' Ognyanov 27' Hassani 27' Dimov 58' Tsvetkov 64' Iliev 69' |
Report | Vutov 21', 54' Gómez 32' Paulinho 38' Jablonský 65' Belaïd 69' Cvetković 74' Krastev 85' |
Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,080 Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: David Jablonský |
| 11 March 2018 25 | Levski Sofia | 1–1 | Etar | Sofia |
| 17:30 EET | Buș 72' Nascimento 78', 90+4' |
Report | Ivaylov 15' Vasilev 33' Batrović 61' Rumenov 73' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov Man of the Match: Sergiu Buș |
| 18 March 2018 26 | CSKA Sofia | 1–0 | Levski Sofia | Sofia |
| 13:00 EET | Manolev 42' Malinov 59' Despodov 59' Bodurov 66' Gyasi 82' Karanga 84' |
Report | Eyjólfsson 34' Goranov 55' Jablonský 56' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Fernando Karanga |
Championship stage
[edit]League table
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad (C) | 36 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 91 | 22 | +69 | 88 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 80 | 26 | +54 | 81 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Levski Sofia (O) | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 27 | +28 | 64 | Qualification for the European play-off final |
| 4 | Beroe | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 59 | |
| 5 | Botev Plovdiv | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 56 | |
| 6 | Vereya | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 61 | −34 | 36 |
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Results summary
[edit]| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 |
Last updated: 31 May 2018.
Source: See Results
Results by round
[edit]Matches
[edit]| 1 April 2018 27 | Levski Sofia | 1–2 | Beroe | Sofia |
| 17:30 EET | Thiam 33' Procházka 45' Buș 75' |
Report | Eugénio 3' Ivanov 44' Hadzhiev 49' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,030 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov Man of the Match: Kamen Hadzhiev |
| 6 April 2018 28 | Botev Plovdiv | 1–0 | Levski Sofia | Plovdiv |
| 14:30 EET | Serkan 14' Pirgov 41' Steven 79', 80' |
Report | Vutov 23' Eyjólfsson 37' Goranov 58' Buș 90' |
Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Petar Kostadinov Man of the Match: Steven Petkov |
| 14 April 2018 29 | Levski Sofia | 0–1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | Sofia |
| 20:00 EEST | Jablonský 40' Thiam 56' |
Report | Cicinho 26' Keșerü 52', 83' Lucas Sasha 71' Natanael 86' Forster 90+1' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Claudiu Keșerü |
| 18 April 2018 30 | CSKA Sofia | 2–2 | Levski Sofia | Sofia |
| 18:00 EEST | Karanga 6' (pen.) Henrique 9' Geferson 83' Manolev 88' Atanasov 89' Pinto 90' |
Report | Cvetković 6' Jablonský 21' Goranov 48' Paulinho 61' Obertan 80' Buș 83' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Stefan Apostolov Man of the Match: Ivan Goranov |
| 21 April 2018 31 | Levski Sofia | 2–0 | Vereya | Sofia |
| 15:00 EEST | Eyjólfsson 41' Thiam 47' Procházka 57' Belaïd 90+3' |
Report | Ndong 82' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 0 Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Roman Procházka |
| 29 April 2018 32 | Beroe | 0–4 | Levski Sofia | Stara Zagora |
| 17:45 EEST | Bandalovski 12' Leoni 50' |
Report | Jablonský 21' Gómez 45' Buș 68' Procházka 77', 86' Paulinho 89' |
Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 4,900 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez |
| 4 May 2018 33 | Levski Sofia | 3–2 | Botev Plovdiv | Sofia |
| 20:00 EEST | Eyjólfsson 17' Belaïd 52' Paulinho 70', 90' Afonso 72' Rivaldinho 85' (pen.) |
Report | Steven 15', 33' João Paulo 31' Filipov 53' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Stefan Apostolov Man of the Match: Paulinho |
| 12 May 2018 34 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 2–2 | Levski Sofia | Razgrad |
| 18:00 EEST | Keșerü 5' (pen.) Góralski 13' Belaïd 84' (o.g.) Misidjan 86' |
Report | Jablonský 8' Naydenov 53' Procházka 73' Cabral 88' |
Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 7,400 Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Roman Procházka |
| 15 May 2018 35 | Levski Sofia | 2–3 | CSKA Sofia | Sofia |
| 18:30 EEST | Paulinho 35' Cabral 40' Goranov 54' Belmonte 75' Kostov 78' |
Report | Henrique 19' Atanasov 48' Pinto 54', 90' Malinov 57' Bodurov 76' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 7,900 Referee: Volen Chinkov Man of the Match: Kristiyan Malinov |
| 20 May 2018 36 | Vereya | 0–2 | Levski Sofia | Stara Zagora |
| 20:00 EEST | Report | Paulinho 59', 70' |
Stadium: Trace Arena Attendance: 900 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov Man of the Match: Paulinho |
European play-off final
[edit]| 24 May 2018 | Levski Sofia | 4–1 | Cherno More | Sofia |
| 20:30 EEST | Obertan 24' Buș 39', 68' Gómez 70' Panayotov 73' Jablonský 77' Goranov 83' (pen.) |
Report | Konongo 5' Bozhilov 17' Dimov 27' Enchev 29' Fennouche 55' Iliev 76' Vitanov 81' Hassani 87' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,030 Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Vasil Panayotov |
Bulgarian Cup
[edit]| 19 September 2017 First round | Botev Galabovo | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Levski Sofia | Stara Zagora |
| 19:00 EET | Tsachev 87' Halil 90+2' Orlinov 105' |
Report | Goranov 57' Vutov 102', 111' Naydenov 110' |
Stadium: Trace Arena Attendance: 860 Referee: Stanislav Todorov |
| 25 October 2017 Second round | Montana | 0–1 | Levski Sofia | Sofia[3][4] |
| 18:00 EET | Report | Georgiev 55' (o.g.) Mapuku 65' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 530 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev |
| 15 December 2017 Quarterfinal | Dunav Ruse | 0–2 | Levski Sofia | Ruse |
| 16:30 EET | Vasev 42' |
Report | Mapuku 23' Cabral 45' |
Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov |
| 11 April 2018 Semifinal 1st leg | CSKA Sofia | 0–2 | Levski Sofia | Sofia |
| 17:30 EEST | Bodurov 69' Loé 81' Henrique 85' |
Report | Buș 7', 46', 81' Nascimento 56' Afonso 89' Obertan 90+3' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov |
| 25 April 2018 Semifinal 2nd leg | Levski Sofia | 2–2 (4–2 agg.) | CSKA Sofia | Sofia |
| 18:30 EEST | Gómez 6' Thiam 28' Buș 65' Paulinho 77' Mitrev 90+1' |
Report | Barthe 40' Pinto 41' Blanco 57' Alberg 82' Atanasov 88' Geferson 88' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov |
| 9 May 2018 Final | Slavia Sofia | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | Levski Sofia | Sofia |
| 19:30 EEST | Petkov 11' Hristov 25' Shokolarov 37' Minchev 41' Velev 43' Chunchukov 80' Yomov 98' |
Report | Gómez 12', 43' Thiam 35' Eyjólfsson 56' Nascimento 59' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Nikola Popov |
| Penalties | ||||
Minchev  Angelov Dimitrov Velev Yomov |
Nascimento Thiam Procházka Vutov |
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UEFA Europa League
[edit]First qualifying round
[edit]| 29 June 2017 1st leg | Levski Sofia | 3–1 |  Sutjeska Nikšić | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 20:00 EET | Mapuku 1', 21' Procházka 45+1' Jablonský 68' |
Report | Radišić 23' 89' Lončar 31' Marković 79' Bubanja 83' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 6,456 Referee: Martin Lundby (Norway) |
| 6 July 2017 2nd leg | Sutjeska Nikšić | 0–0 (1–3 agg.) | Levski Sofia | Nikšić, Montenegro |
| 21:30 EET | Giljen 42' Lončar 55' Bakrač 82' |
Report | Mapuku 42' |
Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus) |
Second qualifying round
[edit]| 13 July 2017 1st leg | Hajduk Split  | 1–0 | Levski Sofia | Dugopolje, Croatia |
| 21:30 EET | Futács 24' (pen.) Nižić 69' Barry 72' Memolla 82' |
Report | Jablonský 20' Goranov 55' Panayotov 56' Vutov 66' |
Stadium: Hrvatski vitezovi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden) |
| 20 July 2017 2nd leg | Levski Sofia | 1–2 (1–3 agg.) | Hajduk Split | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 20:00 EET | Cvetković 29' Buș 69' |
Report | López 61' Ohandza 80' Erceg 86' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey) |
Squad statistics
[edit]- As of match played 20 May 2018
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Parva Liga | Bulgarian Cup | UEFA Europa League | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| 3 | DF | TUN
|
Aymen Belaid | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | DF | BUL
|
Ivan Goranov | 35 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 5 | DF | ISL
|
Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson | 29 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | MF | BUL
|
Ivaylo Naydenov | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | MF | BRA
|
Paulinho | 18 | 8 | 12+3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | AM | BUL
|
Antonio Vutov | 33 | 3 | 22+4 | 2 | 2+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 9 | FW | ROU
|
Sergiu Buș | 37 | 11 | 17+11 | 7 | 3+2 | 3 | 0+4 | 1 | ||
| 10 | FW | BRA
|
Rivaldinho | 8 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | MF | FRA
|
Anthony Belmonte | 13 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | GK | BUL
|
Petar Ivanov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | MF | ESP
|
Jordi Gomez | 38 | 5 | 27+3 | 4 | 5+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
| 14 | MF | SEN
|
Khaly Thiam | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | MF | SVK
|
Roman Procházka | 44 | 6 | 33+2 | 5 | 4+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 17 | MF | BUL
|
Martin Petkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | DF | SRB
|
Miloš Cvetković | 37 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 20 | MF | POR
|
Filipe Nascimento | 13 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | GK | BUL
|
Bozhidar Mitrev | 41 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 24 | DF | BUL
|
Tomislav Papazov | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | DF | POR
|
Afonso Figueiredo | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | MF | CPV
|
Jerson Cabral | 26 | 2 | 10+11 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 28 | DF | CZE
|
David Jablonský | 34 | 9 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 29 | FW | BUL
|
Stanislav Kostov | 15 | 3 | 8+3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30 | MF | ROU
|
Neluț Roșu | 9 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 32 | AM | FRA
|
Gabriel Obertan | 35 | 3 | 26+4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 71 | MF | BUL
|
Vasil Panayotov | 34 | 3 | 22+3 | 3 | 2+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 77 | FW | BUL
|
Iliya Yurukov | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 89 | GK | BUL
|
Nikolay Krastev | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 99 | FW | BUL
|
Stanislav Ivanov | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Players away from the club on loan: | |||||||||||||
| FW | BUL
|
Iliya Dimitrov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | BUL
|
Galin Tashev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 39 | DF | BUL
|
Deyan Ivanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MF | BUL
|
Georgi Yanev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 93 | FW | BUL
|
Atanas Kabov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 75 | MF | BUL
|
Aleks Borimirov | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | ||
| 24 | GK | BUL
|
Aleksandar Lyubenov | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 55 | MF | BUL
|
Georgi Angelov | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
| Players who left Levski (Sofia) during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 26 | FW | FRA
|
Amadou Soukouna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | GK | SRB
|
Bojan Jorgačević | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | FW |  GHA
|
Francis Narh | 6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 17 | FW |  NGA
|
Tunde Adeniji | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | ||
| 23 | DF |  SWE
|
Simon Sandberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | DF | BUL
|
Miki Orachev | 11 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 3 | DF | BUL
|
Dimitar Pirgov | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 10 | FW | COD
|
Junior Mapuku | 26 | 9 | 7+12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "A PFG - Regular season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ "A PFG - Rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ Levski will be the guest at their own stadium, as Montana couldn't finish in time the renovation works on their home venue, and Stadion Kiprovets in Chiprovtsi being unsuitable to host the fixture.
- ^ "Официално: Монтана ще домакинства на Левски на "Герена"" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 16 October 2017.