2021–22 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia
2021–22 season
	Minutes before kick-off of the Bulgarian Cup final
Chairman	Nasko Sirakov
Manager	Zhivko Milanov ; (until 20 August 2021) ; Stanimir Stoilov ; (since 2 September 2021)
Stadium	Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
First League	4th
Bulgarian Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Bilal Bari (6); All: Bilal Bari (10)
Highest home attendance	19,000 v. CSKA Sofia; (6 March 2022)
Lowest home attendance	800 v. Septemvri Simitli; (26 October 2021)
Average home league attendance	6,700
Biggest win	7–0 v. Septemvri Simitli (H)
Biggest defeat	2–4 v. Ludogorets (H)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was Levski Sofia's 101st season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the season.

This season marked the end of a 13-year trophy drought with Levski winning the 2021–22 Bulgarian Cup.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
3	DF	Gjoko Zajkov	26	Non-EU	Charleroi	Free transfer	Summer	2022	Free	[1]
4	DF	Ivan Goranov	29	EU	Charleroi	Loan	Summer	2022		[2]
5	DF	Christos Shelis	21	EU	APOEL	Free transfer	Summer	2023	Free	[3]
5	DF	Kellian van der Kaap	23	EU	Viborg	Free transfer	Winter	2024	Free	[4]
6	DF	Wenderson Tsunami	25	Non-EU	Botafogo-PB	Free transfer	Winter	2024	Free	[5]
7	MF	Georgi Milanov	29	EU	Free agent	Free transfer	Summer	2022	Free	[6]
14	MF	Iliyan Stefanov	23	EU	Beroe	Free transfer	Winter	2024	Free	[7]
17	FW	Welton Felipe	24	Non-EU	Botafogo-PB	Transfer	Winter	2025	Undisclosed	[8]
20	MF	Dimitar Kostadinov	22	EU	Septemvri Sofia	Transfer	Summer	2024	Undisclosed	[9]
23	DF	Hristofor Hubchev	25	EU	Etar	Free transfer	Summer	2022	Free	[10]
23	DF	Noah Sonko Sundberg	25	EU	Östersund	Free transfer	Winter	2024	Free	[11]
30	MF	Filip Krastev	20	EU	Lommel	Loan	Winter	2022		[12]
33	DF	José Córdoba	20	Non-EU	Etar	Loan	Summer	2022		[13]

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK	Zvonimir Mikulić	31	EU	Tuzlaspor	End of contract	Summer	Free	[14]
3	DF	Zhivko Atanasov	30	EU	Cherno More	Released	Summer	Free	[15]
3	DF	Gjoko Zajkov	26	Non-EU	Vorskla Poltava	Released	Winter	Free	[16]
4	MF	Martin Raynov	29	EU	Ashdod	End of contract	Summer	Free	[17]
5	DF	Christos Shelis	21	EU	Volos	Released	Winter	Free	[18]
6	DF	Ivaylo Naydenov	23	EU	Hebar	Released	Winter	Free	[19]
8	MF	Simeon Slavchev	28	EU	Lokomotiv Sofia	Released	Summer	Free
9	FW	Steven Petkov	26	EU	Feirense	Loan return	Summer	Free
10	MF	Borislav Tsonev	26	EU	Chornomorets Odesa	Released	Winter	Free	[20]
12	GK	Nikolay Krastev	24	EU		End of contract	Summer	Free
14	DF	Mateo Stamatov	22	EU	Orenburg	End of contract	Summer	Free	[21]
15	DF	Bogdan Kostov	19	EU	CSKA 1948	Released	Summer	Free	[22]
20	DF	Nacho Monsalve	27	EU	ŁKS Łódź	Released	Summer	Free	[23]
23	DF	Hristofor Hubchev	25	EU	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Released	Summer	Free	[24]
31	DF	Kostadin Iliev	19	EU	CSKA 1948	Released	Summer	Free	[25]
41	DF	Georgi Aleksandrov	20	EU	Etar	Released	Winter	Free	[26]
45	FW	Iliya Dimitrov	24	EU	Lokomotiv Sofia	Released	Summer	Free	[27]
70	FW	Ivaylo Hristov	19	EU	Sportist Svoge	Released	Summer	Free	[28]
77	MF	Iliya Yurukov	21	EU	Arda	Released	Summer	Free	[29]
79	FW	Martin Petkov	19	EU	Chornomorets Odesa	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[30]
86	FW	Valeri Bojinov	35	EU		Released	Summer	Free	[31]
	GK	Petar Ivanov	21	EU	Yantra	End of contract	Summer	Free	[32]

Loans out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	GK		Ivan Andonov	17	EU	Fiorentina Primavera	Loan	Summer	—
	DF		Denis Dinev	17	EU	Yantra	Loan	Summer	—

Squad

Updated on 7 April 2022.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Age	EU	Ends	Signed from	Transfer fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Plamen Andreev	Bulgaria	GK	19	EU	2024	Youth system	W/S
13	Nikolay Mihaylov	Bulgaria	GK	36	EU	2022	Omonia	Free	Originally from Youth system
99	Yoan Zagorov	Bulgaria	GK	19	EU		Youth system	W/S
Defenders
4	Ivan Goranov	Bulgaria	LB	32	EU	2022	Charleroi	Loan	Originally from Youth system
5	Kellian van der Kaap	Netherlands	CB	26	EU	2024	Viborg	Free	Second nationality: Cameroon
6	Wenderson Tsunami	Brazil	LB	28	Non-EU	2024	Botafogo-PB	Free
22	Patrick-Gabriel Galchev	Bulgaria	RB/LB/RW	23	EU	2024	Youth system	W/S	Second nationality: Spain
23	Noah Sonko Sundberg	Gambia	CB/RB	28	EU	2024	Östersund	Free	Second nationality: Sweden
33	José Córdoba	Panama	CB/LB/DM	23	Non-EU	2022	Etar	Loan
91	Dragan Mihajlović	Switzerland	RB	33	EU	2022	APOEL	Free
Midfielders
7	Georgi Milanov	Bulgaria	AM/LW	32	EU	2022	Fehérvár	Free
8	Andrian Kraev	Bulgaria	DM	25	EU	2024	Hebar	Free	Originally from Youth system
10	Radoslav Tsonev	Bulgaria	CM	29	EU	2022	Lecce	Free	Originally from Youth system
14	Iliyan Stefanov	Bulgaria	AM	26	EU	2024	Beroe	Free	Originally from Youth system
20	Dimitar Kostadinov	Bulgaria	CM	25	EU	2024	Septemvri Sofia	Undisclosed
27	Asen Mitkov	Bulgaria	AM/CM	19	EU	2024	Youth system	W/S
30	Filip Krastev	Bulgaria	AM/CM	23	EU	2022	Lommel	Loan
71	Antoan Stoyanov	Bulgaria	DM	19	EU	2024	Youth system	W/S
Forwards
11	Zdravko Dimitrov	Bulgaria	LW	26	EU	2022	Septemvri Sofia	Free
17	Welton Felipe	Brazil	LW/CF	27	Non-EU	2025	Botafogo-PB	Undisclosed
19	Bilal Bari	Morocco	CF	26	EU	2024	Montana	50 000 €	Second nationality: France
88	Marin Petkov	Bulgaria	RW/CF/AM	21	EU	2024	Youth system	W/S

Performance overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
First League	24 July 2021	22 May 2022	Matchday 1	4th	31	15	7	9	38	27	+11	048.39
Bulgarian Cup	22 September 2021	15 May 2022	Round of 32	Winners	6	6	0	0	16	2	+14	100.00
Total					37	21	7	9	54	29	+25	056.76

Last updated: 22 May 2022
Source: Fixtures

Fixtures

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

Summer

26 June 2021	Levski Sofia	1–0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
10:30 EEST	Bari 5'	Report		Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Vasimir El-Hatib (Sofia)

3 July 2021	Levski Sofia	1–1	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
18:00 EEST	B. Tsonev 42'	Report	Genev 87'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)

7 July 2021	Levski Sofia	4–0	Lokomotiv Sofia	Sofia
18:00 EEST	Naydenov 21' M. Petkov 23' Bari 51' Galchev 66'	Report		Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov (Sofia)

10 July 2021	Levski Sofia	1–1	Levski Lom	Sofia
11:00 EEST	Hristov 43' (o.g.)	Report	Gushterov 13'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia)

17 July 2021	Levski Sofia	2–0	Etar	Sofia
18:00 EEST	Dimitrov 6' M. D. Petkov 8'	Report		Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Ivaylo Nenkov (Sofia)

Mid-season

3 September 2021	Levski Sofia	2–1	Sportist Svoge	Sofia
18:00 EEST	Milanov 52' (pen.) Todorov 66'	Report	Harizanov 90'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov (Sofia)

8 September 2021	Levski Sofia	5–2	Maritsa Plovdiv	Sofia
18:00 EEST	Dimitrov 10' Bari 16' Kostadinov 26' M. Petkov 77' (pen.) Ivanov 79'	Report	Tonev 39' (pen.) Yordanov 55'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Ivo Andreev (Sofia)

12 October 2021	Levski Sofia	4–0	Strumska Slava	Sofia
15:00 EEST	M. Petkov 5' Bari 9' Kostadinov 44' Naydenov 82'	Report		Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Yoto Garabedov (Sofia)

13 November 2021	Levski Sofia	0–1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Sofia
14:00 EET		Report	Bengyuzov 51'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov (Sofia)

26 March 2022	Levski Sofia	1–1	Sozopol	Sofia
14:00 EET	Bari 38'	Report	Ushagelov 83'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Georgi Dimitrov (Sofia)

30 March 2022	Levski Sofia	3–2	Septemvri Sofia	Sofia
16:00 EEST	Milanov 40' (pen.) Bachev 47' Welton 58'	Report	Ivanov 87', 90'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Dimitar Burov (Sofia)

Winter

18 January 2022	Levski Sofia	1–1	Górnik Zabrze	Belek, Turkey
17:00 TRT	Córdoba 89' (pen.)	Report	Krawzcyk 82'	Stadium: Regnum Carya Complex

21 January 2022	Levski Sofia	1–1	Bohemians 1905	Belek, Turkey
17:00 TRT	Bari 14'	Report	Květ 46'	Stadium: TSS Football Center

29 January 2022	Levski Sofia	2–2	Maribor	Belek, Turkey
19:00 TRT	Córdoba 36' Dimitrov 77'	Report	Repas 41' Ivanović 45+1'	Stadium: Susesi Sports Complex

1 February 2022	Levski Sofia	0–1	Gençlerbirliği	Belek, Turkey
17:00 TRT		Report	Karakaş 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Kaya Football Center

4 February 2022	Levski Sofia	1–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Antalya, Turkey
17:00 TRT	Kostadinov 76'	Report	Buyalskyi 32'	Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex

7 February 2022	Levski Sofia	2–1	Veres Rivne	Belek, Turkey
13:00 TRT	M. Petkov 1' Dimitrov 62'	Report	Serhiychuk 44'	Stadium: TSS Football Center

12 February 2022	Levski Sofia	3–1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Sofia
14:00 EET	Bari 8', 89' Kostadinov 53'	Report	Karachanakov 48'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Ivan Ivanov (Sofia)

15 February 2022	Levski Sofia	0–0	Tsarsko Selo	Sofia
14:00 EET		Report		Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Ivo Andreev (Sofia)

First League

Preliminary stage

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Botev Plovdiv	26	13	7	6	34	28	+6	46	Qualification for the Championship group
4	Cherno More	26	12	9	5	35	18	+17	45
5	Levski Sofia	26	12	6	8	33	25	+8	42
6	Slavia Sofia	26	9	9	8	30	26	+4	36
7	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26	9	7	10	30	35	−5	34	Qualification for the Europa 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.^[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	12	6	8	33	25	+8	42	7	3	3	18	11	+7	5	3	5	15	14	+1

Last updated: April 2022.
Source: bulgarian-football.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W
Position	10	12	14	11	12	8	9	10	11	11	8	7	9	9	8	8	8	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	5

Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

24 July 2021 1	Levski Sofia	1–2	Slavia Sofia	Sofia
21:00 EEST	M. Petkov 16', 57' Galchev 45+2' Aleksandrov 45+4' Shelis 76' Kraev 79' M. D. Petkov 82'	Report	Viyachki 22', 90+3' Sorakov 36' Makrillos 43' Valchev 53' Krastev 68' Hristov 84'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Kaloyan Krastev

31 July 2021 2	Botev Vratsa	2–0	Levski Sofia	Vratsa
18:45 EEST	Babunski 5', 59' (pen.) Marinov 27' Vasilev 34' Nikolov 41'	Report	M. Petkov 36' B. Tsonev 41'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia) Man of the Match: Dorian Babunski

8 August 2021 3	Levski Sofia	0–2	Arda	Sofia
21:45 EEST	Bari 64'	Report	Yordanov 20' (pen.) Karadzhov 28' Delev 32' Juninho 64'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas) Man of the Match: Spas Delev

14 August 2021 4	Levski Sofia	3–1	Tsarsko Selo	Sofia
21:00 EEST	B. Tsonev 58', 66' M. D. Petkov 63' Dimitrov 72' Kraev 90+3'	Report	Shopov 28' Popadiyn 55' Bakalov 64' Dias 74' Vasilev 90+1'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna) Man of the Match: Borislav Tsonev

20 August 2021 5	Botev Plovdiv	3–1	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
21:00 EEST	Rabeï 13' Minkov 32' Nedelev 45+5' (pen.) Iliev 57' Slavchev 65' (o.g.) Baroan 75'	Report	Galchev 45+2' Shelis 63' R. Tsonev 68', 81' (pen.) Kraev 90+3'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich) Man of the Match: Todor Nedelev

28 August 2021 6	Levski Sofia	2–1	Beroe	Sofia
21:00 EEST	Bari 21' Hubchev 30', 37' B. Tsonev 42', 90' Naydenov 90+2'	Report	Lebon 64' Hadzhiev 84'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Borislav Tsonev

12 September 2021 7	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–2	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
21:00 EEST	Umarbayev 23' Pirgov 42' Petrović 63' Karagaren 73' Iliev 80' Bykov 90+8'	Report	R. Tsonev 31' Karagaren 37' (o.g.) Milanov 76' M. D. Petkov 86'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Georgi Milanov

18 September 2021 8	Levski Sofia	0–0	CSKA 1948	Sofia
19:45 EEST	B. Tsonev 90'	Report	Stoyanov 32' Marin 86' Ivanov 90+1' D. Aleksandrov 90+4'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen) Man of the Match: Daniel Naumov

26 September 2021 9	CSKA Sofia	2–1	Levski Sofia	Sofia
16:30 EEST	Carey 44' Muhar 55' Caicedo 65', 66' Turitsov 84'	Report	Milanov 28' R. Tsonev 72'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Graham Carey

3 October 2021 10	Levski Sofia	2–4	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
20:15 EEST	Kraev 14' B. Tsonev 26', 81' (pen.) Bari 49' Shelis 74' R. Tsonev 80' M. Petkov 86'	Report	Yankov 29' Sotiriou 47', 48' Plastun 68' Manu 85', 85' Gonçalves 87' Tekpetey 89'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Kiril Despodov

16 October 2021 11	Lokomotiv Sofia	1–2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Octávio 2' Celso 9' Duarte 53' Aleksandrov 53' Krachunov 71' Katsarov 88'	Report	Dimitrov 37', 76' Kraev 49' Bari 57' Mihajlović 70' Milanov 86' Goranov 90+5'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Nikolay Mihaylov
Note: On 12 October 2021, the Regional Health Inspectorate of Sofia City announced that the stadiums are not allowed to host spectators due to a recent spike of COVID-19-related infections.^[2]

23 October 2021 12	Levski Sofia	3–0	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Sofia
18:45 EEST	M. Petkov 25', 63' B. Tsonev 70' R. Tsonev 88' Bari 90'	Report	Zanev 16' Nikolov 80'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 0 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Marin Petkov
Note: The match was played behind closed doors due to a punishment to Levski by BFU.

30 October 2021 13	Cherno More	1–0	Levski Sofia	Varna
19:00 EEST	Álvarez 45' 90' Rodrigo 49'	Report		Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia) Man of the Match: Rodrigo Henrique

6 November 2021 14	Slavia Sofia	0–1	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Tombak 20' Dost 47' 61' Kerchev 54' Vutsov 82'	Report	Córdoba 59' Bari 81', 86' Mihajlović 90+2'	Stadium: Aleksandar Shalamanov Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich) Man of the Match: Bilal Bari

22 November 2021 15	Levski Sofia	0–0	Botev Vratsa	Sofia
17:30 EET	B. Tsonev 72' Zajkov 90+2'	Report	Babunski 7' Serginho 58' Nenov 64' Cassini 90+1'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dimo Dimov (Sliven) Man of the Match: Krasimir Kostov

27 November 2021 16	Arda	0–0	Levski Sofia	Kardzhali
17:30 EET	Kotev 2' Kiki 19' Juninho 33' Kovachev 82'	Report	Córdoba 8'	Stadium: Arena Arda Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia) Man of the Match: Nikolay Mihaylov

1 December 2021 17	Tsarsko Selo	0–1	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Kavdanski 68' Ohene 84'	Report	Bari 43' Kraev 45+3' Córdoba 90'	Stadium: Arena Tsarsko Selo Attendance: 0 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Nikolay Mihaylov
Note: The match was played behind closed doors due to the home team's voluntary rejection of spectators.^[3]

4 December 2021 18	Levski Sofia	2–0	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
15:00 EET	B. Tsonev 2', 79' Zajkov 6' Dimitrov 60' R. Tsonev 90+1'	Report	Minkov 51' Jansson 66' Tonev 90+2'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas) Man of the Match: Borislav Tsonev

12 December 2021 19	Beroe	1–1	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
16:30 EET	Furtado 34' Lebon 48' Fall 87'	Report	Bari 17' Galchev 26' Goranov 43' Kostadinov 48' R. Tsonev 76'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Nikolay Mihaylov

19 February 2022 20	Levski Sofia	2–1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
15:00 EET	Kraev 22' Krastev 32' Welton 55'	Report	Paskalev 20' Petrović 30' Iliev 45+4' Vasilev 72'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Filip Krastev

26 February 2022 21	CSKA 1948	0–2	Levski Sofia	Bistritsa
15:00 EET	S. Aleksandrov 47' Bastunov 90+1'	Report	Kostadinov 23' Kraev 25' Welton 42', 60' Galchev 56' Córdoba 89' Bari 90'	Stadium: Bistritsa Attendance: 700 Referee: Vasimir El-Hatib (Sofia) Man of the Match: Dimitar Kostadinov

6 March 2022 22	Levski Sofia	0–0	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
14:00 EET	Tsunami 35' 54' Kraev 77'	Report	Youga 45+5' Yomov 63' Mazikou 90+2'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas) Man of the Match: Nikolay Mihaylov

13 March 2022 23	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–1	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
17:45 EET	Sotiriou 35', 90' Santana 62', 68' Rick 86' Despodov 88'	Report	Bari 20' Sundberg 35' Stefanov 50' van der Kaap 53'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Attendance: 4,133 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Pieros Sotiriou

19 March 2022 24	Levski Sofia	1–0	Lokomotiv Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Stefanov 35'	Report	Celso 26' Ivanov 54'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Iliyan Stefanov

3 April 2022 25	Pirin Blagoevgrad	0–3	Levski Sofia	Blagoevgrad
17:30 EEST	Dyakov 27'	Report	Welton 4' Stefanov 19', 45', 73' Mihajlović 90'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Ivo Andreev (Sofia) Man of the Match: Iliyan Stefanov

9 April 2022 26	Levski Sofia	2–0	Cherno More	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Krastev 29' Dimov 74' (o.g.) M. Petkov 90+7'	Report	Dimov 26' Serdyuk 29' 54' Vasilev 31' Coureur 35' Panov 45' Drobarov 58' Dyulgerov 75' Popov 83' Atanasov 90+6'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Iliyan Stefanov

Championship round

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	31	26	1	4	77	25	+52	79	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	31	16	10	5	42	31	+11	58	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Botev Plovdiv (O)	31	15	8	8	38	33	+5	53	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off
4	Levski Sofia	31	15	7	9	38	27	+11	52	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round^[a]
5	Cherno More	31	12	11	8	36	22	+14	47
6	Slavia Sofia	31	9	10	12	35	38	−3	37

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.^[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

^ Levski Sofia qualified for the Europa Conference League by winning the 2021–22 Bulgarian Cup.

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
5	3	1	1	5	2	+3	10	1	0	1	2	1	+1	2	1	0	3	1	+2

Last updated: 22 May 2022.
Source: See results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	L
Position	5	4	3	3	4

Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

17 April 2022 27	CSKA Sofia	0–0	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:00 EEST	Youga 37' Carey 45+2' Geferson 59' Turitsov 75'	Report	Stefanov 51' Welton 56'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Nikolay Mihaylov

30 April 2022 28	Levski Sofia	2–0	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
17:30 EEST	Krastev 11' (pen.), 83' Sundberg 36' Welton 88' M. Petkov 90+2'	Report	Souprayen 1'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 10,600 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Filip Krastev

6 May 2022 29	Cherno More	0–1	Levski Sofia	Varna
17:30 EEST	Panov 43' Álvarez 56' Coureur 81' Serdyuk 83'	Report	Córdoba 27' Tsunami 85', 89'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia) Man of the Match: Nikolay Mihaylov

19 May 2022 30	Slavia Sofia	1–2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
20:15 EEST	Minchev 32' Valchev 62' (pen.) K. Stoyanov 66' Tasev 68'	Report	Stefanov 38' Kraev 76' Krastev 83'	Stadium: Aleksandar Shalamanov Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Filip Krastev

22 May 2022 31	Levski Sofia	0–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
20:30 EEST	van der Kaap 35' Kraev 41' Mihajlović 56'	Report	Verdon 11' Cicinho 28' Sotiriou 58' Plastun 90' Tekpetey 90+2'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Kiril Despodov

Bulgarian Cup

22 September 2021 Round of 32	Marek Dupnitsa	0–2	Levski Sofia	Dupnitsa
13:00 EEST	Gyonov 66'	Report	Kostadinov 11', 32' Kraev 85'	Stadium: Bonchuk Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Georgi Ginchev (Veliko Tarnovo)

26 October 2021 Round of 16	Levski Sofia	7–0	Septemvri Simitli	Sofia
19:00 EEST	M. Petkov 20' Bari 22', 27', 70' Kraev 24' Milanov 68' B. Tsonev 80' Kostadinov 82'	Report	Trayanov 66'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 800 Referee: Vasimir El-Hatib (Sofia)

2 March 2022 Quarterfinal	Septemvri Sofia	0–2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Peshov 42'	Report	Kostadinov 21' Milanov 48' (pen.), 64' Mitkov 90+2'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov^{[note 1]} Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Dimo Dimov (Sliven)

13 April 2022 Semifinal 1st leg	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–3	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
19:00 EEST	Despodov 11', 65' Rick 30' Nedyalkov 34' 80' Sotiriou 80', 90+3' (pen.) Delev 90+1' Plastun 90+8' after FT' Tissera 90+13'	Report	Krastev 32' Mihajlović 52' Bari 57' Córdoba 78' 80' Tsunami 90+2' M. Petkov 90+11' (pen.), 90+12'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

22 April 2022 Semifinal 2nd leg	Levski Sofia	1–0 (4–2 agg.)	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
19:00 EEST	Welton 3', 82' Córdoba 54' Sundberg 89'	Report	Rick 54' Gonçalves 90+2'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 18,732 Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)

15 May 2022 Final	CSKA Sofia	0–1	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:00 EEST	Lam 19' Yomov 64' Youga 86' Turitsov 90+2'	Report	Tsunami 23' Stefanov 57' Krastev 87' Mihajlović 90+5'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 40,600 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)

Squad statistics

As of 22 May 2022

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First League		Bulgarian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	BUL	Plamen Andreev	10	0	2+2	0	6	0
4	DF	BUL	Ivan Goranov	21	0	18+2	0	1	0
5	DF	NED	Kellian van der Kaap	16	0	5+7	0	4	0
6	DF	BRA	Wenderson Tsunami	15	1	11	1	4	0
7	MF	BUL	Georgi Milanov	28	4	20+3	2	5	2
8	MF	BUL	Andrian Kraev	33	2	21+6	2	3+3	0
10	MF	BUL	Radoslav Tsonev	25	1	15+7	1	2+1	0
11	MF	BUL	Zdravko Dimitrov	23	1	16+4	1	1+2	0
13	GK	BUL	Nikolay Mihaylov	29	0	29	0	0	0
14	MF	BUL	Iliyan Stefanov	13	5	9+1	4	2+1	1
17	FW	BRA	Welton Felipe	14	3	10	2	4	1
19	FW	MAR	Bilal Bari	36	10	31	6	5	4
20	MF	BUL	Dimitar Kostadinov	21	5	6+12	1	3	4
22	DF	BUL	Patrick-Gabriel Galchev	22	0	9+10	0	1+2	0
23	DF	GAM	Noah Sonko Sundberg	15	1	11	1	4	0
27	MF	BUL	Asen Mitkov	9	0	1+6	0	0+2	0
30	MF	BUL	Filip Krastev	16	3	12	3	4	0
33	DF	PAN	José Córdoba	24	0	19+1	0	4	0
71	MF	BUL	Antoan Stoyanov	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
88	FW	BUL	Marin Petkov	35	6	16+13	4	2+4	2
91	DF	SUI	Dragan Mihajlović	27	1	21	0	5+1	1
99	GK	BUL	Yoan Zagorov	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
	GK	BUL	Ivan Andonov	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	BUL	Denis Dinev	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
1	GK	CRO	Zvonimir Mikulić	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	MKD	Gjoko Zajkov	16	1	14	1	2	0
3	DF	BUL	Zhivko Atanasov	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	BUL	Martin Raynov	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	CYP	Christos Shelis	13	0	11	0	1+1	0
6	DF	BUL	Ivaylo Naydenov	11	0	4+5	0	1+1	0
8	MF	BUL	Simeon Slavchev	5	0	5	0	0	0
9	FW	BUL	Steven Petkov	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	BUL	Borislav Tsonev	20	6	15+3	5	0+2	1
12	GK	BUL	Nikolay Krastev	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	BUL	Mateo Stamatov	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	BUL	Bogdan Kostov	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	ESP	Nacho Monsalve	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	BUL	Hristofor Hubchev	4	1	3+1	1	0	0
31	DF	BUL	Kostadin Iliev	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	BUL	Georgi Aleksandrov	9	0	4+4	0	0+1	0
45	FW	BUL	Iliya Dimitrov	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	FW	BUL	Ivaylo Hristov	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	BUL	Iliya Yurukov	0	0	0	0	0	0
79	FW	BUL	Martin Petkov	15	1	3+10	1	2	0
86	FW	BUL	Valeri Bojinov	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
	GK	BUL	Petar Ivanov	0	0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

N	P	Nat.	Name									Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	First League			Bulgarian Cup		Total			Notes
3	DF		Gjoko Zajkov	1					1
4	DF		Ivan Goranov	2					2
5	DF		Christos Shelis	3					3
5	DF		Kellian van der Kaap	2					2
6	DF		Ivaylo Naydenov	1					1
6	DF		Wenderson Tsunami	2	1		2		4	1
8	MF		Andrian Kraev	9			2		11
7	MF		Georgi Milanov	1			1		2
10	MF		Borislav Tsonev	5					5
11	MF		Zdravko Dimitrov	3					3
14	MF		Iliyan Stefanov	3					3
17	FW		Welton Felipe	4			1		5
19	FW		Bilal Bari	5					5
20	MF		Dimitar Kostadinov	1					1
21	MF		Radoslav Tsonev	7					7
22	DF		Patrick-Gabriel Galchev	3		1			3		1
23	DF		Hristofor Hubchev			1					1
23	DF		Noah Sonko Sundberg	1			1		2
27	MF		Asen Mitkov				1		1
30	MF		Filip Krastev	2			2		4
33	DF		José Córdoba	5			2	1	7	1
41	DF		Georgi Aleksandrov	1					1
79	FW		Martin Petkov	2					2
88	FW		Marin Petkov	4			1		5
91	DF		Dragan Mihajlović	4			1		5

Last updated: 22 May 2022
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.

References

General

Official club website

Specific

^ "A PFG - Regular season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
^ "Заповед РД-01-343/ 12.10.2021 г. на директора на Столична РЗИ" (PDF). Regional Health Inspectorate of Sofia City. 12 October 2021.
^ "Царско село обяви: Без публика на мача с Левски".
^ "Наредба за първенствата и турнирите по футбол в системата на БФС за сезон 2019/2020 година" (PDF) (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "Румен Чандъров: Правя жест към Левски, ще играем на Герена за купата". dsport.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 21 February 2022.
^ "Решение 04.02.2022". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 4 February 2022.

Notes

^ Septemvri Sofia will host the match at Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, instead of their own home venue Stadion DIT, Sofia, as it does not meet BFU's requirements for this stage of the tournament.^[5] Initially Septemvri intended to host the match at Arena Tsarsko Selo, Sofia, but the BFU declined their application due to the small capacity of the stadium.^[6]

[table_note_res_ECL2Qcup0.44495360899947-4] Levski Sofia qualified for the Europa Conference League by winning the 2021–22 Bulgarian Cup.

[1] "A PFG - Regular season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[nospecsofia-2] "Заповед РД-01-343/ 12.10.2021 г. на директора на Столична РЗИ" (PDF). Regional Health Inspectorate of Sofia City. 12 October 2021.

[3] "Царско село обяви: Без публика на мача с Левски".

[regulations2019and2020-5] "Наредба за първенствата и турнирите по футбол в системата на БФС за сезон 2019/2020 година" (PDF) (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[6] "Румен Чандъров: Правя жест към Левски, ще играем на Герена за купата". dsport.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 21 February 2022.

[7] "Решение 04.02.2022". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 4 February 2022.

[8] Septemvri Sofia will host the match at Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, instead of their own home venue Stadion DIT, Sofia, as it does not meet BFU's requirements for this stage of the tournament.^[5] Initially Septemvri intended to host the match at Arena Tsarsko Selo, Sofia, but the BFU declined their application due to the small capacity of the stadium.^[6]

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