2019–20 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia
2019–20 season
Chairman of the Board	Georgi Popov (until 2 June 2020); Nasko Sirakov (since 2 June 2020)
Manager	Petar Hubchev (until 11 June 2020); Georgi Todorov (since 11 June 2020)
Stadium	Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
First League	4th place
Bulgarian Cup	Semi-finals
Europa League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Nigel Robertha (11); All: Nigel Robertha (11)
Highest home attendance	24,687 v. CSKA Sofia; (15 February 2020)
Lowest home attendance	1,053 v. Vitosha Bistritsa; (8 December 2019)
Average home league attendance	5,270
Biggest win	5–1 v. Spartak Varna; (25 September 2019)
Biggest defeat	0–4 v. AEK Larnaca; (1 August 2019)

The 2019–20 season is Levski Sofia's 99th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the 2019–20 season.

Summary

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK	Milan Mijatović	31	Non-EU	Budućnost Podgorica	Free transfer	Summer	2020	Free	levski.bg
6	MF	Ivaylo Naydenov	21	EU	Arda	Loan return	Summer		Free
8	MF	Simeon Slavchev	26	EU	Qarabağ	Free transfer	Winter	2022	Free	levski.bg
9	FW	Deni Alar	29	EU	Rapid Wien	Loan	Summer	30.06.2020		levski.bg
10	MF	Franco Mazurek	25	Non-EU	Panetolikos	Free transfer	Summer	2021	Free	levski.bg
11	MF	Zdravko Dimitrov	20	EU	Septemvri Sofia	Тransfer	Summer	2022	Undisclosed	levski.bg
14	MF	Filipe Nascimento	24	EU	Politehnica Iași	Loan return	Summer		Free
17	FW	Nigel Robertha	21	EU	Cambuur	Transfer	Summer	2022	Undisclosed	levski.bg
18	MF	Nasiru Mohammed	25	EU	BK Häcken	Transfer	Summer	2022	250 000 €	levski.bg
19	DF	Giannis Kargas	24	EU	PAS Giannina	Free transfer	Summer	2022	Free	levski.bg
21	MF	Asen Chandarov	20	EU	Septemvri Sofia	Loan	Summer		Free	levski.bg
26	DF	Deyan Lozev	26	EU	Arda	Transfer	Winter	2022	Undisclosed	levski.bg
27	GK	Georgi Georgiev	31	EU	Slavia Sofia	Free transfer	Winter		Free	levski.bg
40	MF	Stijn Spierings	22	EU	RKC Waalwijk	Transfer	Winter	2023	Undisclosed	levski.bg
45	FW	Iliya Dimitrov	22	EU	Septemvri Sofia	Loan return	Summer		Free
93	MF	Atanas Kabov	20	EU	Tsarsko Selo	Loan return	Summer		Free

Total spending: 400 000 €

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
2	DF	Louis Nganioni	23	EU	Fremad Amager	Released	Summer	Free	gong.bg
8	MF	Davide Mariani	28	EU	Shabab Al-Ahli	Transfer	Summer	1 417 000 €	levski.bg
9	FW	Sergiu Buș	26	EU	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Released	Summer	Free	gong.bg
10	FW	Rivaldinho	24	EU	Viitorul	Released	Summer	Free	topsport.bg
11	MF	Anthony Belmonte	23	EU	Grenoble Foot 38	Released	Summer	Free	gong.bg
14	MF	Bogdan Vaštšuk	23	EU	Riga FC	Loan return	Summer	Free	gong.bg
17	FW	Yerkebulan Seydakhmet	19	Non-EU	Ufa	Loan return	Summer	Free	gong.bg
18	DF	Cédric Hountondji	25	EU	Clermont Foot	End of contract	Summer	Free	gong.bg
19	DF	Miloš Cvetković	29	EU		End of contract	Summer	Free	levski.bg
21	MF	Asen Chandarov	21	EU	Septemvri Sofia	Loan return	Winter	Free	sportal.bg
26	MF	Jerson Cabral	28	EU	Pafos	End of contract	Summer	Free	levski.bg
28	DF	David Jablonský	27	EU	Cracovia	End of contract	Summer	Free	levski.bg
75	MF	Aleks Borimirov	21	EU		Released	Summer	Free	gong.bg
86	FW	Valeri Bojinov	33	EU	Botev Vratsa	Released	Summer	Free	sportal.bg
89	GK	Nikolay Krastev	22	EU		Released	Summer	Free	gong.bg

Total income: 1 417 000 €

Net income: 1 017 000 €

Loans out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
24	DF	Tomislav Papazov	17	EU	Hebar	Loan	Summer	—
39	DF	Deyan Ivanov	23	EU	Botev Vratsa	Loan	Summer	—
45	FW	Iliya Dimitrov	23	EU	Vitosha Bistritsa	Loan	Summer	—
71	MF	Martin P. Petkov	18	EU	Lokomotiv GO	Loan	Summer	—
93	MF	Atanas Kabov	20	EU	Vitosha Bistritsa	Loan	Summer	—
	MF	Simeon Dimitrov	18	EU	Lokomotiv GO	Loan	Summer	—

Squad

Updated on 14 June 2020.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Age	EU	Since	Ends	Signed from	Transfer fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Milan Mijatović	Montenegro	GK	33	Non-EU	2019	2020	Budućnost Podgorica	Free
12	Petar Ivanov	Bulgaria	GK	20	EU	2018		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system
13	Nikolay Mihaylov	Bulgaria	GK	32	EU	2018	2021	Omonia	Free	Originally from Youth system
27	Georgi Georgiev	Bulgaria	GK	31	EU	2020	2022	Slavia Sofia	Free	Originally from Youth system
Defenders
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 €
6	Ivaylo Naydenov	Bulgaria	RB/DM/CM	22	EU	2016		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system
19	Giannis Kargas	Greece	CB/DM	25	EU	2019	2022	PAS Giannina	Free
20	Zhivko Milanov	Bulgaria	RB/CB	36	EU	2019	2020	APOEL	Free	Originally from Youth system
22	Nuno Reis	Portugal	CB/RB/DM	29	EU	2018	2021	Vitória Setúbal	Undisclosed
26	Deyan Lozev	Bulgaria	RB/RW	26	EU	2019	2022	Arda	Undisclosed
31	Kostadin Iliev	Bulgaria	CB/LB	18	EU	2020		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system
Midfielders
8	Simeon Slavchev	Bulgaria	DM/CM	26	EU	2019	2022	Qarabağ	Free
10	Franco Mazurek	Argentina	AM	26	Non-EU	2019	2021	Panetolikos	Free
14	Filipe Nascimento	Portugal	AM/CM	25	EU	2017	2020	Dinamo București	200 000 €
23	Khaly Thiam	Senegal	DM	26	Non-EU	2018	2021	MTK Budapest	300 000 €
40	Stijn Spierings	Netherlands	AM	24	EU	2020	2023	RKC Waalwijk	Undisclosed
70	Martin Raynov	Bulgaria	DM/CM	28	EU	2019	2020	Beroe	Undisclosed
77	Iliya Yurukov	Bulgaria	DM/CM	20	EU	2016		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system
Forwards
7	Paulinho	Brazil	LW	27	EU	2018	2021	Zorya Luhansk	Free	Second nationality: Bulgaria
9	Deni Alar	Austria	CF	30	EU	2019	2020	Rapid Wien	Loan
11	Zdravko Dimitrov	Bulgaria	LW	21	EU	2019	2022	Septemvri Sofia	Free
17	Nigel Robertha	Curaçao	CF	22	EU	2019	2022	Cambuur	Undisclosed	Second nationality: Netherlands
18	Nasiru Mohammed	Ghana	RW/LW/CF/AM	26	EU	2019	2022	BK Häcken	250 000 €	Second nationality: Sweden
29	Stanislav Kostov	Bulgaria	CF	28	EU	2018	2022	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Free
79	Martin D. Petkov	Bulgaria	LW/CF	17	EU	2019		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system
99	Stanislav Ivanov	Bulgaria	CF/AM/RW	21	EU	2016		Levski Academy	W/S	Originally from Youth system

Fixtures

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

Summer

23 June 2019	Levski Sofia	0–1	Red Bull Bragantino	Angerberg, Austria
17:00 CEST		Report	Bruno Tubarão 28'	Stadium: Sportplatz Angerberg

25 June 2019	Levski Sofia	0–1	Zenit	Kufstein, Austria
18:00 CEST		Report	Sardar Azmoun 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Kufstein Arena

1 July 2019	Levski Sofia	0–4	SV Türkgücü-Ataspor München	Jenbach, Austria
17:00 CEST		Report	Kasim Rabihic 27' (pen.) Karl-Heinz Lappe 56', 73' Furkan Zorba 60'	Stadium: Sportplatz Jenbach

2 July 2019	Levski Sofia	1–1	Young Boys	Fügen, Austria
18:30 CEST	Stanislav Ivanov 16'	Report	Moumi Ngamaleu 77'	Stadium: Sportplatz Fügen

Mid-season

8 September 2019	Levski Sofia	4–0	Emirates Club	Bansko
17:30 EEST	Martin D. Petkov 10' Deni Alar 20' (pen.), 90' Nasiru Mohammed 29'	Report		Stadium: Complex Evima Sport

12 October 2019	Levski Sofia	2–1	Pirin Razlog	Razlog
15:30 EEST	Franco Mazurek 8', 9'	Report	Miloš Stojanov 59'	Stadium: Septemvri Stadium

29 May 2020	Levski Sofia	3–1	Vitosha Bistritsa	Sofia
17:00 EEST	Nigel Robertha 38' Martin D. Petkov 53' Khaly Thiam 77'	Report	Iliya Dimitrov 68'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov

Winter

29 January 2020	Levski Sofia	3–2	Pyunik	Alanya, Turkey
16:30 EET	Stijn Spierings 10' Zdravko Dimitrov 78' Filipe Nascimento 87'	Report	Uguchukwu Iwu 13' Serhiy Shevchuk 74' 74'	Stadium: Gold City Sports Complex

1 February 2020	Levski Sofia	2–1	Rapid Wien	Belek, Turkey
14:00 EET	Filipe Nascimento 78' (pen.) Martin Raynov 90+3'	Report	Taxiarchis Fountas 32'	Stadium: Maxx Royal Sports Complex

4 February 2020	Levski Sofia	4–1	Uzbekistan U-19	Alanya, Turkey
14:00 EET	Martin D. Petkov 4' Zdravko Dimitrov 35' Nasiru Mohammed 40' Marin Petkov 42'	Report	Hashimov 54'	Stadium: Gold City Sports Complex

6 February 2020	Levski Sofia	1–2	Oleksandriya	Belek, Turkey
14:00 EET	Stanislav Kostov 75' (pen.)	Report	Artem Sitalo 33' Maksym Zaderaka 60'	Stadium: Susesi Sports Complex

Parva Liga

Preliminary stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26	14	8	4	49	23	+26	50[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the Championship round
3	CSKA Sofia	26	14	8	4	41	17	+24	50[lower-alpha 1]
4	Levski Sofia	26	14	7	5	43	19	+24	49
5	Slavia Sofia	26	13	6	7	36	28	+8	45
6	Beroe	26	14	1	11	44	34	+10	43

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]
Notes:

Head-to-head points (GD): Lokomotiv Plovdiv 4, CSKA Sofia 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	14	7	5	43	19	+24	49	9	1	3	23	9	+14	5	6	2	20	10	+10

Last updated: 14 June 2020.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	W
Position	1	3	2	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2020. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

15 July 2019 1	Dunav Ruse	1–4	Levski Sofia	Ruse
20:30 EEST	Ahmed Ahmedov 47' 90+3' Iliya Munin 52' Aleksandar Isaevski 58'	Report	Davide Mariani 15', 64' (pen.) Stanislav Ivanov 38' Paulinho 81'	Stadium: Gradski Stadium Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Davide Mariani

21 July 2019 2	Etar	0–0	Levski Sofia	Veliko Tarnovo
21:00 EEST		Report	Nuno Reis 6' Franco Mazurek 84'	Stadium: Ivaylo Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Hristo Ivanov

29 July 2019 3	Levski Sofia	3–1	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
18:45 EEST	Davide Mariani 10', 51' Nuno Reis 64' Ivan Goranov 80'	Report	Ebert 45' Kristian Dimitrov 55' Antonio Vutov 69'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,741 Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Davide Mariani

5 August 2019 4	Tsarsko Selo	0–2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
21:00 EEST	Everton Dias 27' Georgi Minchev 40' Ivaylo Markov 66' Wesley Natã 89'	Report	Giannis Kargas 19' Iliya Yurukov 52' Franco Mazurek 63' Nigel Robertha 89' Stanislav Ivanov 90+1'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium[2][3] Attendance: 550 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev Man of the Match: Stanislav Ivanov

10 August 2019 5	Levski Sofia	1–3	Beroe	Sofia
20:30 EEST	Nigel Robertha 43' Filipe Nascimento 45+8' Franco Mazurek 75'	Report	Pedro Eugénio 39' Aleksandar Vasilev 45+12' Aleksandar Tsvetkov 50' Martin Kamburov 54', 67' 68' Milen Zhelev 70' Viktor Genev 85'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,750 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Martin Kamburov

17 August 2019 6	Vitosha Bistritsa	0–4	Levski Sofia	Sofia
20:30 EEST	Emil Gargorov 26' Todor Gochev 54'	Report	Paulinho 22', 51' Stanislav Ivanov 54' Filipe Nascimento 82' Nigel Robertha 89'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 760 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov Man of the Match: Paulinho

24 August 2019 7	Levski Sofia	1–0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
20:30 EEST	Nigel Robertha 59' Martin Raynov 90+3'	Report	Ante Aralica 4' Parvizdzhon Umarbayev 27' Momchil Tsvetanov 69' Alen Ožbolt 90+3' Bircent Karagaren 90+4'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,014 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov Man of the Match: Nigel Robertha

1 September 2019 8	CSKA Sofia	2–2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:45 EEST	Evandro 73' 85' Graham Carey 76' Raúl Albentosa 78' 88' Janio Bikel 81'	Report	Stanislav Ivanov 12' Nigel Robertha 18' Khaly Thiam 68' Zhivko Milanov 90+4'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Graham Carey

15 September 2019 9	Levski Sofia	3–0	Cherno More	Sofia
20:15 EEST	Stanislav Ivanov 21' Paulinho 31' Khaly Thiam 33' Nigel Robertha 35'	Report	Patrick Andrade 25' Jorginho 64'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,307 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov Man of the Match: Paulinho

21 September 2019 10	Slavia Sofia	0–2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Milen Gamakov 51' Slavcho Shokolarov 54' Georgi Petkov 63'	Report	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 25' Giannis Kargas 63' Filipe Nascimento 73' Stanislav Ivanov 81'	Stadium: Slavia Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: Stanislav Ivanov

28 September 2019 11	Levski Sofia	3–1	Botev Vratsa	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 12' Nigel Robertha 27' Paulinho 87' 90+2'	Report	Angel Lyaskov 20' Iliya Milanov 24' Ivaylo Mihaylov 42' Daniel Genov 61' Andreas Vasev 82' Valeri Domovchiyski 84' Georgi Valchev 90+2'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3,040 Referee: Volen Chinkov Man of the Match: Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson

6 October 2019 12	Ludogorets	2–0	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
20:15 EEST	Mavis Tchibota 16' Jordan Ikoko 54' Jacek Góralski 65' Stéphane Badji 71' Plamen Iliev 74' Claudiu Keșerü 80' Anicet Abel 85' Dan Biton 90+2'	Report	Khaly Thiam 28' Zhivko Milanov 46' Martin Raynov 55' Nuno Reis 83'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Mavis Tchibota

19 October 2019 13	Levski Sofia	2–1	Arda	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Khaly Thiam 70' Martin Raynov 78' Stanislav Ivanov 80' Ivan Goranov 90+2'	Report	Darren Sidoel 58' Plamen Krumov 90+3'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Georgi Nikolov Man of the Match: Stanislav Ivanov

31 October 2019 14	Levski Sofia	2–0	Dunav Ruse	Sofia
18:30 EET	Blagoy Makendzhiev 15' (o.g.) Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 23' Ivan Goranov 81'	Report		Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,246 Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson

6 November 2019 15	Levski Sofia	3–0	Etar	Sofia
15:30 EET	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 23' Paulinho 49' Deni Alar 67'	Report		Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,637 Referee: Petar Kostadinov Man of the Match: Deni Alar

10 November 2019 16	Botev Plovdiv	1–0	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
15:15 EET	Aleksandar Tonev 47' Stanislav Shopov 66'	Report	Deni Alar 27' Khaly Thiam 66' Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 76' Nuno Reis 80'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Aleksandar Tonev

24 November 2019 17	Levski Sofia	2–0	Tsarsko Selo	Sofia
17:45 EET	Nigel Robertha 27' Stanislav Ivanov 39'	Report	Gustavo Carbonieri 85' Reyan Daskalov 90'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,813 Referee: Georgi Davidov Man of the Match: Stanislav Ivanov

30 November 2019 18	Beroe	1–1	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
17:30 EET	Martin Kamburov 44' Ivan Bandalovski 76' Pedro Eugénio 88'	Report	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 26' Ivan Goranov 36' Nigel Robertha 53'	Stadium: Beroe Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Petar Kostadinov Man of the Match: Martin Kamburov

8 December 2019 19	Levski Sofia	2–0	Vitosha Bistritsa	Sofia
16:30 EET	Paulinho 24' Stanislav Ivanov 60'	Report	Aleksandar Hristev 75' Georgi Kupenov 82' Rumen Gyonov 87'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,053 Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Stanislav Ivanov

15 December 2019 20	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0–0	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
14:15 EET	Alen Ožbolt 64' Dinis Almeida 65' Dimitar Iliev 90+1'	Report	Ivan Goranov 54' Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 64' Martin Raynov 66' Khaly Thiam 86' Filipe Nascimento 90+2'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Georgi Iliev

15 February 2020 21	Levski Sofia	0–0	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
14:45 EET	Paulinho 31' Nuno Reis 39' 76' Zhivko Milanov 51'	Report	Kristiyan Malinov 19' Valentin Antov 24' Janio Bikel 89' Tomi Juric 90+2' Petar Zanev after FT'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Valentin Antov

22 February 2020 22	Cherno More	2–2	Levski Sofia	Varna
14:15 EET	Mathias Coureur 14' 59' Patrick Andrade 16' Dimitrios Chantakias 31' Vasil Panayotov 34' Ismail Isa 38' 39' Viktor Popov 61' Martin Minchev 90+4'	Report	Giannis Kargas 15' Stijn Spierings 19' Paulinho 43' Khaly Thiam 60' Ivan Goranov 62' 75' Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 87' Deni Alar 90+3'	Stadium: Ticha Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov Man of the Match: Martin Minchev

1 March 2020 23	Levski Sofia	1–2	Slavia Sofia	Sofia
14:15 EET	Nigel Robertha 27' 88' Martin Raynov 49' Deyan Lozev 70' Deni Alar 89' Khaly Thiam 90+4'	Report	Ivaylo Dimitrov 7', 55' Petar Patev 16' Galin Ivanov 38' Georgi Valchev 69' Andrea Hristov 84' Yanis Karabelyov 90'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Volen Chinkov Man of the Match: Ivaylo Dimitrov

8 March 2020 24	Botev Vratsa	0–0	Levski Sofia	Vratsa
15:00 EET	Petko Ganev 57' Ivaylo Mihaylov 90+3'	Report	Martin Raynov 45+3' Zhivko Milanov 82' Nuno Reis 90+4'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Georgi Davidov Man of the Match: Daniel Genov

5 June 2020 25	Levski Sofia	0–1	Ludogorets	Sofia
21:00 EEST	Simeon Slavchev 53' Paulinho 59'	Report	Dragoș Grigore 35' Cauly 46' Anton Nedyalkov 66' Vladislav Stoyanov 70' Wanderson 78' Jakub Świerczok 82' Jordan Ikoko 90'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Cauly

14 June 2020 26	Arda	1–3	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
16:30 EEST	Radoslav Vasilev 35' 41' Svetoslav Kovachev 50' Aleksandar Georgiev 68' Lucas Willian 83'	Report	Paulinho 38' Stijn Spierings 64' Kostadin Iliev 79' Martin D. Petkov 90+3'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Petar Kostadinov Man of the Match: Paulinho

Championship stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	31	21	9	1	59	18	+41	72	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	31	16	11	4	52	22	+30	59	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Slavia Sofia (O)	31	16	7	8	42	32	+10	55	Qualification for the European play-off final
4	Levski Sofia	31	15	8	8	50	30	+20	53[lower-alpha 1]
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	31	15	8	8	53	35	+18	53[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
6	Beroe	31	16	1	14	50	43	+7	49

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.[4]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.
Notes:

Head-to-head points in the regular season: Levski 4, Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 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	1	1	3	7	11	−4	4	0	0	2	2	4	−2	1	1	1	5	7	−2

Last updated: 12 July 2020.
Source: See Results

Results by round

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

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

Matches

20 June 2020 27	CSKA Sofia	3–3	Levski Sofia	Sofia
16:15 EEST	Giannis Kargas 16' (o.g.) Gustavo Busatto 34' Valentin Antov 38' Graham Carey 58' (pen.) Plamen Galabov 69' Rúben Pinto 74' Ali Sowe 88'	Report	Deni Alar 16' Filipe Nascimento 16' Giannis Kargas 19' Ivan Goranov 35' (pen.) Khaly Thiam 45+3' Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 57' Simeon Slavchev 62' 70' Ivaylo Naydenov 86'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Ali Sowe

28 June 2020 28	Beroe	1–2	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
21:00 EEST	Martin Kamburov 34' Aleksandar Vasilev 90+4'	Report	Nigel Robertha 22', 72' Khaly Thiam 61' Zdravko Dimitrov 90' Milan Mijatović 90+3'	Stadium: Beroe Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov Man of the Match: Nigel Robertha

4 July 2020 29	Levski Sofia	1–2	Slavia Sofia	Sofia
18:00 EEST	Stanislav Ivanov 16' Nigel Robertha 45+1'	Report	Ventsislav Bengyuzov 51' Ivaylo Dimitrov 65' Petar Patev 79' Filip Krastev 85'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Clément Turpin (France) Man of the Match: Filip Krastev

8 July 2020 30	Ludogorets	3–0	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
18:30 EEST	Cosmin Moți 26' (pen.), 87' Svetoslav Dyakov 28' Taleb Tawatha 45+1' Mavis Tchibota 66', 83' Dan Biton 76' Anicet Abel 76' Stéphane Badji 86'	Report	Iliya Yurukov 18' Deyan Lozev 58' Ivan Goranov 86'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Cauly

12 July 2020 31	Levski Sofia	1–2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
21:00 EEST	Nasiru Mohammed 5' Stijn Spierings 69' Ivan Goranov 82'	Report	Dominique Malonga 33', 75' David Malembana 55' Dinis Almeida 59' Lucas Masoero 69' Petar Petrov 76'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 0 Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: Dominique Malonga

Bulgarian Cup

25 September 2019 First round	Spartak Varna	1–5	Levski Sofia	Balchik
16:00 EEST	Yanaki Smirnov 35' Ivo Ivanov 43' Ivaylo Rusev 63'	Report	Franco Mazurek 28' Giannis Kargas 38' Deni Alar 42' Nasiru Mohammed 50' Martin D. Petkov 55', 57'	Stadium: Balchik Stadium Attendance: 850 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

4 December 2019 Second round	Levski Sofia	1–0	Cherno More	Sofia
17:30 EET	Martin Raynov 24' Giannis Kargas 33' Khaly Thiam 52' Paulinho 59' Stanislav Ivanov 79'	Report	Vasil Panayotov 35' Tsvetomir Panov 51' Martin Minchev 72'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,584 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

5 March 2020 Quarterfinal	Levski Sofia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Ludogorets	Sofia
19:00 EET	Nuno Reis 26' Giannis Kargas 38' Khaly Thiam 54' Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 90+3' Zhivko Milanov 90+4'	Report	Anton Nedyalkov 17' Dragoș Grigore 90+5' Cicinho 91' Jakub Świerczok 111' Marcelinho 117'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Dragomir Draganov
	Penalties
	Milanov Goranov Robertha Spierings Thiam Eyjólfsson		Moți Świerczok Grigore Cauly Marcelinho Tchibota

9 June 2020 Semifinal 1st leg	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–0	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
20:30 EEST	Dimitar Iliev 23' Bircent Karagaren 34' 45'	Report	Khaly Thiam 25' Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 39' Giannis Kargas 51' Ivan Goranov 90+1'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

23 June 2020 Semifinal 2nd leg	Levski Sofia	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
20:30 EEST	Khaly Thiam 38' Zhivko Milanov 76' Giannis Kargas 78'	Report	Petar Vitanov 62' Ante Aralica 75' Momchil Tsvetanov 76' Bircent Karagaren 81' Martin Lukov 90+5'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Nikola Popov

UEFA Europa League

First Qualifying Round

11 July 2019 1st leg	Ružomberok	0–2	Levski Sofia	Ružomberok, Slovakia
19:30 EEST	Dalibor Takáč 35' Ondřej Novotný 87'	Report	Davide Mariani 36' Giannis Kargas 39' Ivan Goranov 45+1' Nuno Reis 50' Paulinho 51' 52' Zhivko Milanov 58'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Attendance: 3,695 Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)

18 July 2019 2nd leg	Levski Sofia	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Ružomberok	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:30 EEST	Davide Mariani 33' 47' Deni Alar 90+2'	Report	Peter Gál-Andrezly 50' Filip Twardzik 66'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 400[5] Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)

Second Qualifying Round

25 July 2019 1st leg	AEK Larnaca	3–0	Levski Sofia	Larnaca, Cyprus
18:30 EEST	Acorán 27' Apostolos Giannou 67' Raúl 70' Hector Hevel 75' 76'	Report	Giannis Kargas 26' Zhivko Milanov 35' 45+2' Stanislav Ivanov 40' Nuno Reis 63'	Stadium: AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis Attendance: 3,177 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

1 August 2019 2nd leg	Levski Sofia	0–4 (0–7 agg.)	AEK Larnaca	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:30 EEST	Deyan Ivanov 21' Ivan Goranov 59' Martin Raynov 62' Iliya Yurukov 80'	Report	Ivan Trichkovski 8' (pen.), 29', 75', 82' Raúl 24' Simranjit Thandi 78'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 550[6] Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Squad statistics

As of matches played on 12 July 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Parva Liga		Bulgarian Cup		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Milan Mijatović	33	0	26	0	3	0	4	0
4	DF		Ivan Goranov	38	2	29	2	5	0	4	0
5	DF		Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	27	3	20+3	3	4	0	0	0
6	DF		Ivaylo Naydenov	15	0	8+4	0	2	0	1	0
7	MF		Paulinho	36	9	30	8	2	0	4	1
8	MF		Simeon Slavchev	4	1	1+2	1	1	0	0	0
9	FW		Deni Alar	27	4	12+10	2	3	1	1+1	1
10	MF		Franco Mazurek	30	2	14+11	1	2+1	1	0+2	0
11	MF		Zdravko Dimitrov	17	0	6+5	0	1+1	0	0+4	0
12	GK		Petar Ivanov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		Nikolay Mihaylov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF		Filipe Nascimento	16	2	10+3	2	1+2	0	0	0
17	FW		Nigel Robertha	24	11	17+2	11	3+1	0	1	0
18	MF		Nasiru Mohammed	14	2	1+10	1	1+1	1	0+1	0
19	DF		Giannis Kargas	29	0	20+1	0	5	0	3	0
20	DF		Zhivko Milanov	30	0	23	0	3+1	0	3	0
23	MF		Khaly Thiam	29	2	21	2	4	0	4	0
26	DF		Deyan Lozev	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0
27	GK		Georgi Georgiev	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
29	FW		Stanislav Kostov	19	0	5+10	0	1+1	0	2	0
40	MF		Stijn Spierings	12	2	8+1	2	3	0	0	0
70	MF		Martin Raynov	38	1	28+2	0	3+1	1	4	0
77	MF		Iliya Yurukov	15	0	7+2	0	1+1	0	1+3	0
79	MF		Martin D. Petkov	21	3	0+16	1	0+5	2	0	0
88	MF		Marin Petkov	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
99	MF		Stanislav Ivanov	35	8	26+1	8	4	0	4	0
Players away from the club on loan:
24	DF		Tomislav Papazov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF		Deyan Ivanov	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
45	FW		Iliya Dimitrov	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
71	MF		Martin P. Petkov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	MF		Atanas Kabov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Levski Sofia during the season:
2	DF		Louis Nganioni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Davide Mariani	6	6	3	4	0	0	3	2
9	FW		Sergiu Buș	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Rivaldinho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Anthony Belmonte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Bogdan Vaštšuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Yerkebulan Seydakhmet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Cédric Hountondji	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Miloš Cvetković	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Asen Chandarov	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0	0
22	DF		Nuno Reis	25	0	18+1	0	2	0	4	0
26	MF		Jerson Cabral	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF		David Jablonský	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	MF		Aleks Borimirov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
86	FW		Valeri Bojinov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	GK		Nikolay Krastev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Aleksandar Lyubenov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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References

"A PFG – Regular season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
The match will be played at the national stadium because Tsarsko Selo's home venue is undergoing renovations to meet the First League requirements.
"Официално: Левски ще гостува на Царско село на Националния стадион" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 29 July 2019.
"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.
Generally, Levski was punished by UEFA to play the match behind closed doors but an exception in the ban allowed children no older than 14 accompanied by adults to attend the match.
Same as the previous home game in the tournament.

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[table_hth_LPD0.70860489304578-1] Head-to-head points (GD): Lokomotiv Plovdiv 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

[table_hth_LEV0.29793526478947-5] Head-to-head points in the regular season: Levski 4, Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1.

[table_note_res_EL1Q10.29793526478947-6] Lokomotiv Plovdiv qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Bulgarian Cup.

[2] "A PFG – Regular season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[3] The match will be played at the national stadium because Tsarsko Selo's home venue is undergoing renovations to meet the First League requirements.

[4] "Официално: Левски ще гостува на Царско село на Националния стадион" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 29 July 2019.

[regulations2019and2020-7] "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.

[8] Generally, Levski was punished by UEFA to play the match behind closed doors but an exception in the ban allowed children no older than 14 accompanied by adults to attend the match.

[9] Same as the previous home game in the tournament.