2018–19 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2018–19 season is 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 2018–19 season.

Levski Sofia

2018–19 season
Chairman of the Board	Spas Rusev (until 6 March 2019) Georgi Popov (since 6 March 2019)
Manager	Delio Rossi (until 25 July 2018) Slaviša Stojanovič (until 21 Jan 2019) Georgi Dermendzhiev (until 29 Apr 2019)
Stadium	Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
First League	Third place
Bulgarian Cup	Second round
Europa League	First qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Stanislav Kostov (24) All: Stanislav Kostov (24)
Highest home attendance	14,700 v. Ludogorets (10 March 2019)
Lowest home attendance	840 v. Dunav Ruse (1 December 2018)
Average home league attendance	5,350
Biggest win	7–0 v. Vereya (26 October 2018)
Biggest defeat	1–3 v. Botev Vratsa (25 November 2018)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Summary

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 FC	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 Patrocínio	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 FC	Free transfer	Winter	2019	Free	Levski.bg

Total spending: 800 000 €

Out

N	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		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 BB	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	gong.bg

Total income: 0 €

Net income: 0 €

Loans out

N	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	20	EU	2018		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system
13	Nikolay Mihaylov	Bulgaria	GK	32	EU	2018	2019	Omonia	Free	Originally from Youth system
89	Nikolay Krastev	Bulgaria	GK	23	EU	2017		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system
Defenders
2	Louis Nganioni	France	LB	25	EU	2018	2020	Lyon	Free	Second nationality: DR Congo
4	Ivan Goranov	Bulgaria	LB	28	EU	2017	2021	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free	Originally from Youth system
5	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	Iceland	CB/DM	30	EU	2017	2021	Maccabi Haifa	500 000 €
18	Cédric Hountondji	Benin	CB	26	EU	2019	2019	New York City FC	Free	Second nationality: France
19	Miloš Cvetković	Serbia	RB	30	Non-EU	2017	2019	Napredak Kruševac	Free
20	Zhivko Milanov	Bulgaria	RB	36	EU	2019	2020	APOEL	Free	Originally from Youth system
22	Nuno Reis	Portugal	CB/RB/DM	29	EU	2018	2021	Vitória Setúbal	Undisclosed
24	Tomislav Papazov	Bulgaria	CB	18	EU	2018		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system
28	David Jablonský	Czech Republic	CB/RB/LB	28	EU	2017	2019	Tom Tomsk	Free
39	Deyan Ivanov	Bulgaria	CB	24	EU	2014	2020	Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system
Midfielders
8	Davide Mariani	Switzerland	AM/CM/LW	29	EU	2018	2021	Lugano	Free	Second nationality: Italy
11	Anthony Belmonte	France	DM/CM	24	EU	2017	2020	Dijon	Free
14	Bogdan Vaštšuk	Estonia	AM/CM	24	EU	2018		Riga FC	Loan
23	Khaly Thiam	Senegal	DM	26	Non-EU	2018	2021	MTK Budapest	300 000 €
70	Martin Raynov	Bulgaria	DM/CM	28	EU	2019	2020	Beroe	Undisclosed
71	Martin Petkov	Bulgaria	CM	19	EU	2018		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system
77	Iliya Yurukov	Bulgaria	DM/CM	20	EU	2016		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system
Forwards
7	Paulinho	Brazil	LW	27	Non-EU	2018	2021	Zorya Luhansk	Free
9	Sergiu Buș	Romania	CF	27	EU	2017	2020	Astra Giurgiu	Free
17	Yerkebulan Seydakhmet	Kazakhstan	RW/CF	20	Non-EU	2019	2019	Ufa	Loan
26	Jerson Cabral	Cape Verde	RW/LW	29	EU	2017	2019	Bastia	Free	Second nationality: Netherlands
29	Stanislav Kostov	Bulgaria	CF	28	EU	2018	2020	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Free
86	Valeri Bojinov	Bulgaria	CF	34	EU	2019	2020	Botev Vratsa	Free
99	Stanislav Ivanov	Bulgaria	CF/AM/LW	21	EU	2016		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system

Fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

Summer

Hebar v Levski Sofia

20 June 2018	Hebar	0 – 4	Levski Sofia	Pazardzhik
17:30 EET		Report	Jordi Gómez  18', 74' Sergiu Buș  21' David Jablonský  66'	Stadium: Georgi Benkovski Stadium

Levski Sofia v Septemvri Sofia

27 June 2018	Levski Sofia	1 – 2	Septemvri Sofia	Pravets
17:30 EET	Khaly Thiam  56'	Report	Boris Galchev  44' Miroslav Budinov  84'	Stadium: Pravets Sport Complex

Levski Sofia v Oleksandriya

5 July 2018	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Oleksandriya	Sofia
18:30 EET	Gabriel Obertan  21'	Report		Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium

Mid-season

Levski Sofia v Radnik Surdulica

8 September 2018	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Radnik Surdulica	Sofia
18:00 EET	Paulinho  6' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium

Levski Sofia v Lokomotiv Sofia

13 October 2018	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Lokomotiv Sofia	Sofia
17:00 EET	Davide Mariani  18' Martin Petkov  89'	Report		Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium

Levski Sofia v Montana

17 November 2018	Levski Sofia	2 – 3	Montana	Sofia
11:30 EET	Atanas Kabov  26' Paulinho  41'	Report	Sergey Georgiev  6' Atanas Iliev  52' Borislav Damyanov  76'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium

Winter

Levski Sofia v Ufa

19 January 2019	Levski Sofia	1 – 1	Ufa	Larnaca, Cyprus
15:00 EET	Jordan Nkololo  21'	Report	Lovro Bizjak  56' (pen.)	Stadium: GSZ Stadium

Levski Sofia v Henan Jianye

25 January 2019	Levski Sofia	0 – 1	Henan Jianye	Larnaca, Cyprus
15:00 EET		Report	Christian Bassogog  25'	Stadium: GSZ Stadium

Levski Sofia v Wisła Płock

30 January 2019	Levski Sofia	1 – 2	Wisła Płock	Larnaca, Cyprus
12:30 EET	Davide Mariani  66' (pen.)	Report	Ángel García  33' Nico Varela  72'	Stadium: GSZ Stadium

Levski Sofia v Ural

2 February 2019	Levski Sofia	1 – 2	Ural	Larnaca, Cyprus
14:00 EET	Stanislav Kostov  52'	Report	Andrei Panyukov  3', 10'	Stadium: GSZ Stadium

Levski Sofia v Sūduva

5 February 2019	Levski Sofia	1 – 1	Sūduva	Larnaca, Cyprus
16:00 EET	Davide Mariani  79'	Report	Domynikas Barauskas  76'	Stadium: GSZ Stadium

Levski Sofia v Čukarički

8 February 2019	Levski Sofia	1 – 1	Čukarički	Pyrgos, Cyprus
17:00 EET	Davide Mariani  7'	Report	Aleksandar Đorđević  33'	Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium

Parva Liga

Preliminary stage

Main article: 2018–19 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

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

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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W
Position	5	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3

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

Matches

Botev Plovdiv v Levski Sofia

21 July 2018 1	Botev Plovdiv	0 – 1	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
20:45 EET	Daudet N'Dongala  31' Kristian Dimitrov  52'	Report	Davide Mariani  7' Anthony Belmonte  12' Ivan Goranov  47' Iliya Dimitrov  90+3'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan

Levski Sofia v Cherno More

30 July 2018 2	Levski Sofia	2 – 2	Cherno More	Sofia
20:30 EET	Aymen Belaïd  8' Stanislav Kostov  60' Davide Mariani  89'	Report	Georgi Iliev  22' Aristote N'Dongala  43' Mehdi Fennouche  53' Mariyan Ognyanov  68' Georgi Bozhilov  88'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Georgi Iliev

Botev Vratsa v Levski Sofia

5 August 2018 3	Botev Vratsa	0 – 2	Levski Sofia	Montana
18:30 EET	Atanas Fidanin  34' Mariyan Ivanov  36' Daniel Gadzhev  49' Ivaylo Mihaylov  61'	Report	Stanislav Kostov  8' Jordi Gómez  25' David Jablonský  31' Khaly Thiam  56' Jerson Cabral  85'	Stadium: Ogosta Referee: Stefan Apostolov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

Dunav Ruse v Levski Sofia

11 August 2018 4	Dunav Ruse	1 – 2	Levski Sofia	Ruse
21:00 EET	Bozhidar Vasev  53' (pen.) Petar Patev  62'	Report	Ivaylo Naydenov  33' Jerson Cabral  59',  62' Jordi Gómez  71' Aymen Belaïd  73' Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson  78' Khaly Thiam  90+1'	Stadium: Gradski Referee: Stanislav Stavrov Man of the Match: Jerson Cabral

Levski Sofia v Septemvri Sofia

19 August 2018 5	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Septemvri Sofia	Sofia
18:15 EET	Davide Mariani  23' Stanislav Kostov  29'	Report	Fabiano Alves  48' Alassane Diaby  60' Zdravko Dimitrov  71'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Petar Kostadinov Man of the Match: Miloš Cvetković

Etar v Levski Sofia

25 August 2018 6	Etar	1 – 2	Levski Sofia	Veliko Tarnovo
18:45 EET	Ivan Stoyanov  10' Flo Bojaj  63' Krum Stoyanov  70' Georgi Sarmov  71'	Report	Jerson Cabral  26' Stanislav Kostov  44',  45' Khaly Thiam  68' Martin Polaček  90' Sergiu Buș  90+10'	Stadium: Ivaylo Referee: Stefan Apostolov Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan

Levski Sofia v Beroe

1 September 2018 7	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Beroe	Sofia
21:00 EET	Aymen Belaïd  28' Khaly Thiam  34' Anthony Belmonte  50'	Report	Kamen Hadzhiev  11' Ivan Bandalovski  23' Erol Alkan  70' Alfredo  71'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Anthony Belmonte

Lokomotiv Plovdiv v Levski Sofia

16 September 2018 8	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1 – 0	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
20:00 EET	Abdelhakim Bouhna  5' Ante Aralica  14',  29' Josip Tomašević  51' Miloš Petrović  90+1'	Report	Anthony Belmonte  4' Davide Mariani  31' Khaly Thiam  34' Bozhidar Mitrev  35' Jerson Cabral  45+1' Aymen Belaïd  75' Miloš Cvetković  77'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Ante Aralica

Levski Sofia v Vitosha Bistritsa

21 September 2018 9	Levski Sofia	4 – 1	Vitosha Bistritsa	Sofia
20:00 EET	David Jablonský  3' Jerson Cabral  52' Paulinho 63' Stanislav Kostov  65', 74'	Report	Radko Mutafchiyski  62' Grigor Dolapchiev  83'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nedelcho Gadzhalov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

CSKA Sofia v Levski Sofia

29 September 2018 10	CSKA Sofia	0 – 1	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:00 EET	Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski  16' Rúben Pinto  42' Tiago Rodrigues  45' Kiril Despodov  86'	Report	Vytautas Černiauskas  31' (o.g.) Khaly Thiam  85' Ivan Goranov  86' Miloš Cvetković  90+2'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan

Levski Sofia v Slavia Sofia

7 October 2018 11	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Slavia Sofia	Sofia
19:15 EET	Stanislav Kostov  27', 50' Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson  52' Anthony Belmonte  61'	Report	Galin Ivanov  18' Teynur Marem  70' Vladislav Uzunov  72'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

Ludogorets v Levski Sofia

20 October 2018 12	Ludogorets	2 – 1	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
19:00 EET	Svetoslav Dyakov  18' Anton Nedyalkov  19' Jody Lukoki  35' Wanderson  45+1' Cicinho  78' Renan  90' Dimo Bakalov  90+2' Cosmin Moți  90+4'	Report	Miloš Cvetković  11' Anthony Belmonte  51' Stanislav Kostov  54' Filipe Nascimento  87' Khaly Thiam  90+4'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Wanderson

Levski Sofia v Vereya

26 October 2018 13	Levski Sofia	7 – 0	Vereya	Sofia
19:45 EET	Nuno Reis  10' Stanislav Kostov  20', 49' Davide Mariani  45' (pen.), 57' Khaly Thiam  74' Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson  90'	Report	Theofilos Kouroupis  24' Goderdzi Machaidze  44'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

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Levski Sofia v Botev Plovdiv

4 November 2018 14	Levski Sofia	4 – 1	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
15:00 EET	Stanislav Kostov  29', 55' Khaly Thiam  51' Gabriel Obertan  62' Davide Mariani  74'	Report	Dimitar Pirgov  36' Antonio Vutov  45+1'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

Cherno More v Levski Sofia

10 November 2018 15	Cherno More	1 – 0	Levski Sofia	Varna
15:00 EET	Jorginho  22' Petar Vitanov  41' Mehdi Fennouche  49' Martin Kostadinov  66' Patrick Andrade  80'	Report	Paulinho  33' Nuno Reis  47' Jerson Cabral  68'  69'	Stadium: Ticha Stadium Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Jorginho

Levski Sofia v Botev Vratsa

25 November 2018 16	Levski Sofia	1 – 3	Botev Vratsa	Sofia
17:30 EET	Davide Mariani  20' (pen.) Miloš Cvetković  33' Ivan Goranov  73' Khaly Thiam  82'  90+2'	Report	Ventsislav Kerchev  19' Valeri Bojinov  34' (pen.), 76' Daniel Gadzhev  41' Iliya Milanov  51' Ivaylo Mihaylov  66' Valeri Domovchiyski  87' Krasimir Kostov  90+1'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Valeri Bojinov

Levski Sofia v Dunav Ruse

1 December 2018 17	Levski Sofia	3 – 0	Dunav Ruse	Sofia
17:30 EET	Jerson Cabral  21', 28' (pen.) Stanislav Kostov  38' David Jablonský  68'	Report	Martin Kovachev  27'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: Jerson Cabral

Septemvri Sofia v Levski Sofia

5 December 2018 18	Septemvri Sofia	2 – 2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Fabiano Alves  17'  82' Ivan Stoyanov  55',  66' Miroslav Budinov  90+4'	Report	David Jablonský  53' Stanislav Kostov  60' Jerson Cabral  80' (pen.)	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Petar Kostadinov Man of the Match: Miroslav Budinov

Levski Sofia v Etar

8 December 2018 19	Levski Sofia	2 – 1	Etar	Sofia
17:30 EET	Stanislav Kostov  20' Sergiu Buș  54'	Report	Veljko Batrović  8'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

Beroe v Levski Sofia

15 December 2018 20	Beroe	2 – 1	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
17:30 EET	Martin Kamburov  39' Aleksandar Vasilev  79',  85'	Report	David Jablonský  38' Nuno Reis  65' Gabriel Obertan  77'	Stadium: Beroe Referee: Vladimir Valkov Man of the Match: Martin Kamburov

Levski Sofia v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

17 February 2019 21	Levski Sofia	1 – 1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
17:30 EET	David Jablonský  8' Davide Mariani  71'	Report	Ante Aralica  45' Miloš Petrović  62' Momchil Tsvetanov  83'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: Davide Mariani

Vitosha Bistritsa v Levski Sofia

20 February 2019 22	Vitosha Bistritsa	0 – 2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Mihail Milchev  66'	Report	Paulinho  22' Stanislav Kostov  42' Miloš Cvetković  81'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Petar Kostadinov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

Levski Sofia v CSKA Sofia

24 February 2019 23	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
13:00 EET	Paulinho  31' Ivan Goranov  43' Steven Pereira  45+2' (o.g.) Khaly Thiam  56' Miloš Cvetković  69'	Report	Edwin Gyasi  43' Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski  63' Ivan Turitsov  66' Steven Pereira  90+4'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Vladimir Valkov Man of the Match: Nikolay Mihaylov

Slavia Sofia v Levski Sofia

3 March 2019 24	Slavia Sofia	0 – 3	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Aleksandar Stanisavljević  67'  90+4' Teynur Marem  90+3'	Report	Stanislav Kostov  4' Jerson Cabral  40' Paulinho  50', 60' Davide Mariani  55'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Davide Mariani

Levski Sofia v Ludogorets

10 March 2019 25	Levski Sofia	0 – 2	Ludogorets	Sofia
17:30 EET	Paulinho  48' David Jablonský  79' Khaly Thiam  90'	Report	Marcelinho  21',  39' Wanderson  38' Cosmin Moți  45' Dragoș Grigore  69' Svetoslav Dyakov  77' Jody Lukoki  90+2'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: Marcelinho

Vereya v Levski Sofia

16 March 2019 26	Vereya	3 – 4	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
12:30 EET	Nuno Reis  30' (o.g.) Shota Gvazava  42'  69' Aurélien Ngeyitala  56' Yevhen Dobrovolskyi  59' Josue Ntoya  76' Denislav Stanchev  90+3'	Report	Davide Mariani  28' (pen.) Sergiu Buș  33' Stanislav Kostov  38' Valeri Bojinov  70' (pen.),  76'	Stadium: Trace Arena 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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	L
Position	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

Matches

Levski Sofia v Botev Plovdiv

31 March 2019 27	Levski Sofia	1 – 1	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
20:30 EET	David Jablonský  13' Davide Mariani  37' (pen.) Nuno Reis  39' Paulinho  70' Ivan Goranov  86' Sergiu Buș  90+3'	Report	Radoslav Terziev  28' Lachezar Baltanov  34'  51' Antonio Vutov  38' Kristian Dimitrov  47'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Kristian Dimitrov

Cherno More v Levski Sofia

7 April 2019 28	Cherno More	0 – 1	Levski Sofia	Varna
17:30 EET	Patrick Andrade  60' Radoslav Vasilev  87'	Report	Stanislav Kostov  16' Nuno Reis  18' Khaly Thiam  41' Louis Nganioni  70'  83' Zhivko Milanov  90+3'	Stadium: Ticha Stadium Referee: Vladimir Valkov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

Levski Sofia v Ludogorets

14 April 2019 29	Levski Sofia	0 – 2	Ludogorets	Sofia[3][4]
19:00 EET	Martin Raynov  35' Miloš Cvetković  71' Paulinho  76' Ivan Goranov  79'	Report	Cosmin Moți  33'  82'  80' (pen.) Claudiu Keșerü  37' Jacek Góralski  42' Cicinho  59'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov Man of the Match: Claudiu Keșerü

CSKA Sofia v Levski Sofia

20 April 2019 30	CSKA Sofia	0 – 0	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:15 EET	Kristiyan Malinov  62' Valentin Antov  67' Nikolay Bodurov  86'	Report	Zhivko Milanov  13' Nuno Reis  57' Martin Raynov  79' Bogdan Vaštšuk  89' Martin D. Petkov  90+2'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Nikolay Mihaylov

Levski Sofia v Beroe

27 April 2019 31	Levski Sofia	1 – 2	Beroe	Sofia
20:30 EET	Stanislav Kostov  49' Zhivko Milanov  71' Iliya Yurukov  73' Nuno Reis  88'	Report	Ivan Minchev  36' Carlos Ohene  54'  87' Ivan Bandalovski  60' Nikita Baranov  64' Pedro Eugénio  77'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Stefan Apostolov Man of the Match: Pedro Eugénio

Botev Plovdiv v Levski Sofia

4 May 2019 32	Botev Plovdiv	1 – 3	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
20:00 EET	Todor Nedelev  68' Dimitar Pirgov  80'	Report	Stanislav Kostov  22' (pen.) Khaly Thiam  40' Davide Mariani  77' Stanislav Ivanov  87' Valeri Bojinov  90'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Stanislav Ivanov

Levski Sofia v Cherno More

12 May 2019 33	Levski Sofia	5 – 1	Cherno More	Sofia
19:00 EET	Stanislav Kostov  16', 46' Paulinho  19' Davide Mariani  31' Stanislav Ivanov  83'	Report	Plamen Dimov  44' Petar Vitanov  64' Dani Kiki  86' Stefan Stanchev  88'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

Ludogorets v Levski Sofia

18 May 2019 34	Ludogorets	1 – 1	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
18:00 EET	Dragoș Grigore  12'  70' Anicet Abel  35'  85' Cosmin Moți  51' (pen.) Adrian Popa  57'	Report	Martin Raynov  14' Valeri Bojinov  22' Deyan Ivanov  46'  47' Zhivko Milanov  72' Louis Nganioni  89'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Zhivko Milanov

Levski Sofia v CSKA Sofia

21 May 2019 35	Levski Sofia	0 – 2	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
18:00 EET	Zhivko Milanov  66' Nuno Reis  78'  84' Martin D. Petkov  90+2'	Report	Kristiyan Malinov  56' Tiago Rodrigues  70' Evandro  86' Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski  87'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: Tiago Rodrigues

Beroe v Levski Sofia

24 May 2019 36	Beroe	3 – 1	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
17:15 EET	Rúben Brígido  28' Martin Kamburov  50', 89' Ivan Bandalovski  54'	Report	Valeri Bojinov  70' (pen.) Davide Mariani  73' Ivaylo Ivanov  83'	Stadium: Beroe Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov Man of the Match: Martin Kamburov

European play-off final

Levski Sofia v Etar

28 May 2019	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Etar	Sofia
20:00 EET	Iliya Yurukov  48' Valeri Bojinov  72' Khaly Thiam  75'	Report	Georgi Sarmov  75' Plamen Galabov  86' Zdravko Iliev  90+1'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Volen Chinkov Man of the Match: Valeri Bojinov

Bulgarian Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Bulgarian Cup

Atletik Kuklen v Levski Sofia

25 September 2018 First round	Atletik Kuklen	0 – 6	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
16:00 EET	Yulian Romanov  16' Nerdzhib Nerdzhib  52'	Report	Atanas Kabov  40' Sergiu Buș  44' Stanislav Ivanov  72', 75' Yanko Gyuzlev  74' (o.g.) Filipe Nascimento  85'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Referee: Stefan Pavlov

Cherno More v Levski Sofia

31 October 2018 Second round	Cherno More	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (5 – 4 p)	Levski Sofia	Varna
16:00 EET	Atanas Zehirov  12',  37' Georgi Iliev  31' Radoslav Vasilev  73' Miroslav Enchev  83' Georgi Bozhilov  90+1' Martin Minchev  92' Ilias Hassani  after FT'	Report	Jerson Cabral  10' Nuno Reis  19' Miloš Cvetković  35' David Jablonský  57' Khaly Thiam  78' Gabriel Obertan  84' Ivaylo Naydenov  107' Rivaldinho  after FT'	Stadium: Ticha Stadium Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
	Penalties
	Iliev Bozhilov Panayotov Vasilev Andrade Dimov		Cabral Jablonský Cvetković Thiam Nascimento Reis

UEFA Europa League

Further information: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

First Qualifying Round

Vaduz v Levski Sofia

11 July 2018 1st leg	Vaduz	1 – 0	Levski Sofia	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
18:45 EET	Mohamed Coulibaly  14' Nils von Niederhäusern  41' Maximilian Göppel  76'	Report	Anthony Belmonte  16' Aymen Belaïd  22' David Jablonský  47' Ivan Goranov  89'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 1243 Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

Levski Sofia v Vaduz

17 July 2018 2nd leg	Levski Sofia	3 – 2 (3 – 3 (a) agg.)	Vaduz	Sofia, Bulgaria
18:45 EET	Sergiu Buș  35', 76' Jerson Cabral  52',  85' Aymen Belaïd  53' Jordi Gómez  63' Ivan Goranov  90+1' Stanislav Kostov  90+4'	Report	Mohamed Coulibaly  25' Nils von Niederhäusern  41' Gabriel Lüchinger  52' Igor Tadić  55',  75'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 6100 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		Louis Nganioni	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Ivan Goranov	33	0	28+1	0	2	0	2	0
5	DF		Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	12	2	11+1	2	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Paulinho	27	2	22+4	2	1	0	0	0
8	MF		Davide Mariani	39	11	33+3	11	1	0	2	0
9	FW		Sergiu Buș	21	4	4+14	2	1	1	2	1
11	MF		Anthony Belmonte	18	1	11+5	1	0	0	2	0
12	GK		Petar Ivanov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		Nikolay Mihaylov	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Bogdan Vaštšuk	10	1	1+9	1	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Yerkebulan Seydakhmet	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Cédric Hountondji	6	0	3+3	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Miloš Cvetković	32	0	27+1	0	2	0	2	0
20	DF		Zhivko Milanov	11	1	10+1	1	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Nuno Reis	27	1	23+2	1	2	0	0	0
23	MF		Khaly Thiam	32	3	30	2	2	1	0	0
24	DF		Tomislav Papazov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Jerson Cabral	29	10	25+1	8	1	1	2	1
28	DF		David Jablonský	24	1	20+1	1	1	0	2	0
29	FW		Stanislav Kostov	39	23	32+4	23	1	0	0+2	0
33	DF		Ivaylo Ivanov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF		Deyan Ivanov	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF		Martin Raynov	16	0	14+2	0	0	0	0	0
71	MF		Martin P. Petkov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW		Iliya Yurukov	15	0	9+6	0	0	0	0	0
79	MF		Martin D. Petkov	8	0	1+7	0	0	0	0	0
86	FW		Valeri Bojinov	11	4	4+7	4	0	0	0	0
89	GK		Nikolay Krastev	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
99	FW		Stanislav Ivanov	20	4	11+6	2	0+2	2	0+1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
6	MF		Ivaylo Naydenov	9	0	2+5	0	0+2	0	0	0
10	FW		Rivaldinho	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	MF		Filipe Nascimento	10	1	0+8	0	1+1	1	0	0
30	FW		Iliya Dimitrov	5	1	0+3	1	0	0	0+2	0
75	MF		Aleks Borimirov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	MF		Atanas Kabov	2	1	0+1	1	1	0	0	0
96	FW		Luan Viana	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Aleksandar Lyubenov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Levski Sofia during the season:
1	GK		Martin Polaček	16	0	15	0	0	0	0+1	0
3	DF		Aymen Belaïd	13	1	9+1	0	0+1	0	2	1
8	AM		Antonio Vutov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Jordi Gómez	6	0	3+1	0	0	0	2	0
15	MF		Roman Procházka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK		Bozhidar Mitrev	8	0	5	0	1	0	2	0
25	DF		Afonso Figueiredo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Neluț Roșu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Gabriel Obertan	23	1	20	1	1	0	2	0
55	DF		Georgi Angelov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	MF		Vasil Panayotov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF		Georgi Yanev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	GK		Dimitar Sheytanov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		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.