2015–16 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia
2015–16 season
Chairman of the Board	Ivo Tonev
Manager	Stoycho Stoev (until 13 May 2016) ; Ljupko Petrović (from 19 May 2016)
Stadium	Georgi Asparuhov
A Group	Second place
Bulgarian Cup	Quarter-finals

The 2015–16 season is Levski Sofia's 95th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the 2015–15 season.

Summary

Transfers

In

Total spending:

Out

Total Income:

Net income:

Loans out

Squad

Updated on 17 November 2016.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Age	EU	Since	Ends	Signed from	Transfer fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Dimitar Sheytanov	Bulgaria	GK	16	EU	2016		Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
21	Aleksandar Lyubenov	Bulgaria	GK	20	EU	2012	2016	Levski Academy	Free	Originally from Youth system
29	Bojan Jorgačević	Serbia	GK	33	EU	2015	2018	Erciyesspor	Free	Second nationality: Belgium
Defenders
2	Srdjan Luchin	Romania	CB	29	EU	2016	2017	Poli Timişoara	Free
3	Aymen Belaid	Tunisia	CB	26	EU	2014	2016	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	€0.2M	Second nationality: France
4	Miki Orachev	Bulgaria	LB / LW	19	EU	2016	2018	Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
5	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Bulgaria	CB	29	EU	2016	2017	Ludogorets	Free
14	Veselin Minev	Bulgaria	LB	34	EU	2014	2017	Botev Plovdiv	Free	Originally from Youth system
20	Zhivko Milanov	Bulgaria	RB	30	EU	2015	2015	Tom Tomsk	Free	Originally from Youth system
25	Sasho Aleksandrov	Bulgaria	RB	28	EU	2015	2016	Cherno more	Free
30	Maximilian Karner	Austria	CB	25	EU	2015	2017	SV Grödig	Free
39	Deyan Ivanov	Bulgaria	CB	19	EU	2014		Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
55	Yordan Miliev	Bulgaria	CB	26	EU	2015	2015	FK Shkëndija	Free
	Galin Tashev	Bulgaria	CB	18	EU	2014		Levski Academy	Free
Midfielders
8	Jeremy de Nooijer	Curaçao	DM / CM	23	EU	2015	2017	Sparta Rotterdam	Free	Second nationality: Netherlands
10	Miguel Bedoya	Spain	AM	29	EU	2014	2016	Numancia	Free
12	Bozhidar Kraev	Bulgaria	AM / RW	17	EU	2014	2018	Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
15	Roman Procházka	Slovakia	DM / CM	26	EU	2014	2018	Spartak Trnava	€0.12M
18	Borislav Tsonev	Bulgaria	CM	20	EU	2012	2016	Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
21	Radoslav Tsonev	Bulgaria	CM	20	EU	2012	2016	Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
27	Mehdi Bourabia	Morocco	CM	23	EU	2016	2019	Cherno More	€0.1M
45	Vladimir Gadzhev	Bulgaria	CM	27	EU	2015	2016	Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
70	Georgi Kostadinov	Bulgaria	DM / CM	24	EU	2015	2017	Beroe	Free
88	Georgi Yanev	Bulgaria	CM	17	EU	2015	2017	Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
Strikers
7	Francis Narh	Ghana	RW / CF	22	Non-EU	2016	2019	Baník Ostrava	€0.2M
9	Atanas Kurdov	Bulgaria	CF	26	EU	2015	2015	Astana	Free	Originally from Youth system
11	Justin Mengolo	Cameroon	RW	22	Non-EU	2016	2018	Universitatea Cluj	Free
17	Tunde Adeniji	Nigeria	CF / SS	19	Non-EU	2016	2019	Sunshine Stars	€0.12M
22	Vladislav Misyak	Bulgaria	RW	19	EU	2013	2016	Levski Academy	Free	Originally from Youth system
91	Ventsislav Hristov	Bulgaria	CF / AM	26	EU	2016	2016	Rijeka	Free
99	Stanislav Ivanov	Bulgaria	CF / AM	16	EU	2016		Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
	Lynel Kitambala	Cameroon	RW	26	Non-EU	2016	2018	Charleroi	Free
	Oumar Diaby	France	CF	25	EU	2016	2018	Košice	Free
	Denis Mahmudov	North Macedonia	LW	25	EU	2015	2017	Sparta Rotterdam	Free	Second nationality: Netherlands

Fixtures

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

A Group

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	32	21	7	4	55	21	+34	70	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Levski Sofia	32	16	8	8	36	18	+18	56	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Beroe Stara Zagora	32	14	11	7	37	27	+10	53	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Slavia Sofia	32	14	7	11	36	29	+7	49[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	32	15	4	13	40	45	−5	49[lower-alpha 1]

Source: Bulgarian Football Association, 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]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

Slavia Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Plovdiv on head-to-head record; Slavia Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Slavia Sofia 2–0, Slavia Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Slavia Sofia 3–1.

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
32	16	8	8	36	18	+18	56	10	4	2	24	7	+17	6	4	6	12	11	+1

Last updated: 15 November 2016.
Source: See Results

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	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	-	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	-	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	-	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	-	D	W	W	L	W	L	L
Position	5	6	8	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Matches

18 July 2015 1	Botev Plovdiv	1–1	Levski	Plovdiv
18:30 EET	Daniel Zlatkov 39' Lachezar Baltanov 55' Mariyan Ognyanov 61' Daniel Genov 69' Lazar Marin 77'	Report	Georgi Kostadinov 11' Bozhidar Kraev 28' Borislav Tsonev 60' Roman Prochazka 65' Sasho Aleksandrov 68'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

25 July 2015 2	Levski	annulled (2–2)	Litex Lovech	Sofia
21:00 EET	Bozhidar Kraev 5' Aymen Belaid 45' Roman Prochazka 60' Veselin Minev 50' 71'	Report	Rafael Pérez 40' Ivan Goranov 45' Arsenio Nunes 52' Petrus Boumal 60' Kristiyan Malinov 45' 90'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Tasko Taskov

1 August 2016 3	Ludogorets	2–0	Levski	Razgrad
21:00EET	Svetoslav Dyakov 31' Cicinho 36' Lucas Sasha 56' Marcelinho 61', 84' Juninho Quixadá 81' Virgil Misidjan 86' Cosmin Moți 90'	Report	Borislav Tsonev 18' Georgi Kostadinov 28' Denis Mahmudov 43' Deyan Ivanov 45' Miki Orachev 50' Maximilian Karner 66' Bojan Jorgacevic 75'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

8 August 2016 4	Cherno More	0–1	Levski	Varna
17:30EET	Villyan Bijev 39' Marcin Burkhardt 41'	Report	Jeremy de Nooijer 20' Borislav Tsonev 45+1' Bozhidar Kraev 75' Georgi Kostadinov 84' Deyan Ivanov 90'	Stadium: Ticha Stadium Referee: Vihren Manev

15 August 2016 5	Levski	2–0	Montana	Sofia
20:00 EET	Borislav Tsonev 32' Bozhidar Kraev 59', 68'	Report	Ivan Minchev 47' Hristian Popov 54' Georgi Pashov 57' Stanislav Genchev 61' Borislav Baldzhiyski 77'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Stefan Apostolov

23 August 2015 6	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–0	Levski	Plovdiv
20:00 EET	Loïc Dufau 43' Bircent Karagaren 46' Aleksandar Tunchev 65' Yassine El Kharroubi 89' Georgi Valchev 90'	report	Maximilian Karner 35' Georgi Kostadinov 60' Atanas Kurdov 83' Roman Prochazka 90' Bozhidar Kraev 90' Aymen Belaid 62' 90'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Referee: Stanislav Todorov

30 August 2015 7	Levski	0–0	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Sofia
20:00 EET	Jeremy de Nooijer 27' Bojan Jorgacevic 84' Veselin Minev 87'	Report	Todor Trayanov 33' Toni Tasev 50' Ventsislav Bengyuzov 57' Marquinhos 85' Yulian Popev 86' Krasimir Kostov 90' Stiliyan Nikolov 90'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Volen Chinkov

13 September 2015 8	Slavia	0–1	Levski	Sofia
16:15EET	Yanis Karabelyov 28' Emil Martinov 87'	Report	Oumar Diaby 8' Bozhidar Kraev 24' Georgi Kostadinov 40' Maximilian Karner 71' Miki Orachev 61' 74'	Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Stadium Referee: Tsvetan Krastev

20 September 2015 9	Levski	2–0	Beroe	Sofia
20:00 EET	Vladimir Gadzhev 25' Veselin Minev 61' Lynel Kitambala 83' Radoslav Tsonev 88' Roman Prochazka 89'	Report	Ismail Isa 17' Ivo Ivanov Ivanov 60' 73'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Stanislav Todorov

28 September 2015 10	Levski	1–0	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
20:00 EET	Georgi Kostadinov 58' Jeremy de Nooijer 90'	Report	Lazar Marin 46' Rahavi Kifouéti 84' Nico Varela 88'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Georgi Yordanov

4 October 2015 11	Litex Lovech	annulled (1–2)	Levski	Lovech
20:00 EET	Kristiyan Malinov 33', 85'	Report	Aymen Belaid 30', 52' Roman Prochazka 39'	Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Tsvetan Krastev

18 October 2015 12	Levski	1–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
20:00 EET	Zhivko Milanov 39' Bozhidar Kraev 59' Roman Prochazka 69'	Report	Marcelinho 3' Claudiu Keșerü 60' Svetoslav Dyakov 67' Milan Borjan 69'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

23 October 2015 13	Levski	1–0	Cherno More	Sofia
19:45EET	Miguel Bedoya 41' Maximilian Karner 44' Oumar Diaby 50' Roman Prochazka 90'	Report	Villyan Bijev 28' Mathias Coureur 36' Marc Klok 37' Mamoutou Coulibaly 76' Sténio 82'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Georgi Yordanov

2 November 2015 14	Montana	0–2	Levski	Montana
14:30 EET	Georgi Pashov 45'	Report	Roman Prochazka 45+2' (pen.), 83' Bozhidar Kraev 55', 70' Jeremy de Nooijer 56'	Stadium: Ogosta Stadium Referee: Tsvetan Krastev

8 November 2015 15	Levski	1–0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
16:15 EET	Georgi Kostadinov 48' Miguel Bedoya 77' Zhivko Milanov 90'	Report	Krum Stoyanov 8' Aykut Yanukov 15' Zoran Baldovaliev 31' Plamen Krumov 42' Vancho Trayanov 74'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

22 November 2015 16	Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–0	Levski	Blagoevgrad
16:30 EET	Martin Toshev 1' Yanko Sandanski 41' Anton Kostadinov 45'	Report	Maximilian Karner 52' Oumar Diaby 70' Denis Mahmudov 90'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium Referee: Dragomir Draganov

29 November 2015 17	Levski	2–0	Slavia	Sofia
17:45 EET	Roman Prochazka 16' Jeremy de Nooijer 41' Zhivko Milanov 89' Yordan Miliev 89'	Report	Emil Stoev 43'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nikola Popov

2 December 2015 18	Beroe	1–0	Levski	Stara Zagora
17:30 EET	Igor Djoman 31' Spas Delev 64' Tom 66' Stanislav Kostov 86' Ilko Pirgov 90' Georgi Dinkov after the match'	Report	Maximilian Karner 33' Lynel Kitambala 51' Roman Prochazka 67' Vladimir Gadzhev 84' Zhivko Milanov 90' Aymen Belaid after the match'	Stadium: Beroe Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

5 December 2015 19	Botev Plovdiv	0–0	Levski	Plovdiv
14:00 EET	Lachezar Baltanov 45'	Report	Maximilian Karner 88'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Referee: Martin Stoimenov

12 December 2015 20	Levski	annulled (3–0)	Litex Lovech	Sofia
21:00 EET	Veselin Minev 8' Bojan Jorgacevic 17'	Report	Bjørn Johnsen 15' Asprilla 20' Rafa Pérez 44'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Georgi Yordanov

21 February 2016 21	Ludogorets	2–1	Levski	Razgrad
15:30EET	Wanderson 5' Juninho Quixadá 22' Lucas Sasha 55' Cosmin Moți 71' Vladislav Stoyanov 89' Anicet 90'	Report	Georgi Kostadinov 14' Veselin Minev 22' Aleksandar Aleksandrov 41' Francis Narh 45' Roman Prochazka 81' Sasho Aleksandrov 83' Justin Mengolo 90'	Referee: Nikola Popov

27 February 2016 22	Cherno More	0–2	Levski	Varna
13:00EET	Todor Palankov 8' Vladislav Romanov 13' Daniel Georgiev 25' Borislav Stoychev 35' Georgi Iliev 45' Bacari 69' Pedro Eugenio 71'	Report	Sasho Aleksandrov 19' Miguel Bedoya 33', 63' Georgi Kostadinov 53' Veselin Minev 90'	Stadium: Ticha Stadium Referee: Stanislav Todorov

2 March 2016 23	Levski	0–0	Montana	Sofia
18:00 EET	Bozhidar Kraev 70' Radoslav Tsonev 81'	Report	Ivan Kokonov 90' Hristo Ivanov 90'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Angel Bayaltsaliev

5 March 2016 24	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–1	Levski	Plovdiv
14:00 EET	Vancho Trayanov 17' Plamen Krumov 19'	report	Bozhidar Kraev 22' Miguel Bedoya 35' Ventsislav Hristov 54' Francis Narh 57' Radoslav Tsonev 75'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Referee: Tsvetan Krastev

13 March 2016 25	Levski	3–1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Sofia
16:15 EET	Francis Narh 10' Miguel Bedoya 31' Miguel Bedoya 36' Ventsislav Hristov 45+3' Radoslav Tsonev 72' Francis Narh 84' Roman Prochazka 90'	Report	Stilyan Nikolov 11' Anton Kostadinov 22' Yulian Popev 45' Toni Tasev 52' Emil Viyachki 58'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Boyan Slavkov

18 March 2016 26	Slavia	0–0	Levski	Sofia
14:00EET	Georgi Yomov 81' Borislav Baldzhiyski 88' Georgi Petkov 90'	Report	Roman Prochazka 34' Srdjan Luchin 80'	Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov

2 April 2016 27	Levski	1–0	Beroe	Sofia
20:00 EET	Miguel Bedoya 30' Ventsislav Hristov 45+4' (pen.) Veselin Minev 57' Mehdi Bourabia 64' 71'	Report	Blagoy Makendzhiev 45' Igor Djoman 57' Veselin Penev 63' 81'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Stanislav Todorov

9 April 2016 28	Levski	3–0	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
20:00 EET	Ventsislav Hristov 33' Roman Prochazka 40' Radoslav Tsonev 64' Roman Prochazka 70'	Report	Orlin Starokin 34'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

16 April 2016 29	Litex Lovech	annulled	Levski	Lovech
				Stadium: Lovech Stadium

23 April 2016 30	Levski	0–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
20:00 EET	Sasho Aleksandrov 9'	Report	Natanael 2' Claudiu Keșerü 56' Wanderson 64' Marcelinho 66' Cosmin Moti 73'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Stanislav Todorov

28 April 2016 31	Levski	5–1	Cherno More	Sofia
19:30 EET	Bozhidar Kraev 8' Ventsislav Hristov 34', 68', 74' Miguel Bedoya 86' Maximilian Karner 90'	Report	Daniel Georgiev 12', 70' Borislav Stoychev 39' Bacari 90'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nikola Popov

6 May 2016 32	Montana	0–1	Levski	Montana
18:00 EET	Stanislav Genchev 46' Yordan Todorov 63' Asen Georgiev 90'	Report	Francis Narh 45' Maximilian Karner 48' Miguel Bedoya 51'	Stadium: Ogosta Stadium Referee: Angel Angelov

10 May 2016 33	Levski	2–3	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
20:30 EET	Ventsislav Hristov 16', 62' Miguel Bedoya 17' Georgi Kostadinov 90' Veselin Minev 90'	Report	Dani Kiki 32' Veselin Minev 47' (o.g.) Yassine Amrioui 58' Martin Kamburov 65' Paulo Teles 76' Bircent Karagaren 89', 90'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

15 May 2016 34	Pirin Blagoevgrad	0–1	Levski	Blagoevgrad
20:30 EET	Marquinhos 53'	Report	Sasho Aleksandrov 11' Ventsislav Hristov 45' Aleksandar Aleksandrov 45+4', 80' 90'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium Referee: Vihren Manev

22 May 2016 35	Levski	0–1	Slavia	Sofia
18:00EET	Srdjan Luchin 73' Roman Prochazka 75'	Report	Emil Stoev 29' Dimitar Pirgov 76' Aboud Omar 83' Borislav Baldzhiyski 90', 90+1'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov

28 May 2016 36	Beroe	2–1	Levski	Stara Zagora
17:00 EET	Emin Ahmed 41' Elias 64' Ivo Ivanov 68' Stanislav Kostov 90'	Report	Georgi Kostadinov 29', 75' Sasho Aleksandrov 52'	Stadium: Beroe Referee: Dragomir Draganov

Bulgarian Cup

24 September 2015 First Round	Pomorie	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Levski	Burgas
18:45EET	Slavcho Shokolarov 90' Yani Pehlivanov 63' 109' Hristo Lemperov 111' Daniel Stoyanov 107' 116'	Report	Zhivko Milanov 31' Atanas Kurdov 60'	Stadium: Lazur Referee: Stefan Apostolov
	Penalties
	K. Georgiev Shokolarov Lemperov Petkov		Procházka Kostadinov Karner Kurdov Gadzhev

28 October 2015 Second Round	Nesebar	1–3	Levski	Sofia
13:30 EET		Report	Bozhidar Kraev 15', 28' Miguel Bedoya 26' Maximilian Karner 63' Miki Orachev 86'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov

8 December 2015 Quarterfinals	Litex	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Levski	Lovech
17:30EET	Nikola Kolev 47' Helton 64' Arsénio Nunes 101' Vinícius Barrivieira 105' Kiril Despodov 109', 112'	Report	Jeremy de Nooijer 39' Zhivko Milanov 75' Aymen Belaid 99' Iliya Dimitrov 117'	Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Tasko Taskov

Squad statistics

As of match played 29 August 2016

References

"A PFG 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2015.

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[table_hth_SLA0.15166460869446-1] Slavia Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Plovdiv on head-to-head record; Slavia Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Slavia Sofia 2–0, Slavia Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Slavia Sofia 3–1.

[2] "A PFG 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2015.

2015–16 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Bulgarian Supercup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification (Group H) Ivaylo Petev
Club seasons
A Group	Beroe Botev Plovdiv Cherno More Levski Lokomotiv Plovdiv Ludogorets Montana Pirin Slavia
B Group	Bansko Botev Galabovo Dobrudzha Dunav Litex II Lokomotiv GO Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra Ludogorets II Neftochimic Oborishte Pirin Razlog Pomorie Septemvri Simitli Sozopol Spartak Pleven Vereya
V Group	CSKA Sofia
Summer transfers Winter transfers