2017–18 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia
2017–18 season
Chairman of the Board	Spas Rusev
Manager	Nikolay Mitov (until 2 August 2017); Delio Rossi (since 4 August 2017)
Stadium	Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov
First League	Third place
Bulgarian Cup	Final
Europa League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: David Jablonský (9); All: Sergiu Buș (12)
Highest home attendance	14,000 v. Ludogorets; (6 September 2017)
Lowest home attendance	490 v. Pirin Blagoevgrad; (2 December 2017)
Average home league attendance	5,335 (league) ; 6,068 (all)
Biggest win	4–0 v. Slavia Sofia; (26 August 2017); v. Dunav Ruse; (29 November 2017); v. Beroe; (29 April 2018)
Biggest defeat	0–2 v. Vereya; (5 August 2017); v. Ludogorets; (29 October 2017)

The 2017–18 season is Levski Sofia's 97th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the 2017–18 season.

Summary

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
10	FW	Junior Mapuku	27	EU	Beroe	Free Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	dnes.bg
9	FW	Sergiu Buș	24	EU	Astra Giurgiu	Free Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	blitz.bg
24	GK	Aleksandar Lyubenov	22	EU	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	Levski.bg
25	DM	Georgi Angelov	26	EU	Vereya	Free Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	Levski.bg
8	AM	Antonio Vutov	21	EU	Udinese	Loan	Summer	2018		Levski.bg
4	DF	Ivan Goranov	25	EU	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	Levski.bg
19	DF	Miloš Cvetković	27	Non-EU	Napredak Krusevac	Free Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	Levski.bg
71	MF	Vasil Panayotov	26	EU	Stal Mielec	Free Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	Levski.bg
30	MF	Neluț Roșu	23	EU	Viitorul Constanța	Transfer	Summer	2020	100 000 €	Levski.bg
13	MF	Jordi Gómez	32	EU	Rayo Vallecano	Free Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	Levski.bg
32	MF	Gabriel Obertan	28	EU	Wigan Athletic	Free Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	Levski.bg
11	MF	Anthony Belmonte	21	EU	Dijon	Free Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	Levski.bg
5	DF	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	27	EU	Maccabi Haifa	Loan	Summer	2021	Free	Levski.bg
26	MF	Jerson Cabral	26	EU	Bastia	Free Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	Levski.bg
3	DF	Aymen Belaïd	28	EU	Rotherham United	Free Transfer	Winter	2019	Free	Levski.bg
29	FW	Stanislav Kostov	26	EU	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Free Transfer	Winter	2020	Free	Levski.bg
7	MF	Paulinho	24	Non-EU	Zorya Luhansk	Free Transfer	Winter	2021	Free	Levski.bg
10	FW	Rivaldinho	22	Non-EU	Dinamo București	Free Transfer	Winter	2020	Free	Levski.bg
20	MF	Filipe Nascimento	23	EU	Dinamo București	Transfer	Winter	2020	200 000 €	Levski.bg
25	DF	Afonso Figueiredo	25	EU	Stade Rennais	Loan	Winter	2018		Levski.bg
14	MF	Khaly Thiam	24	Non-EU	MTK Budapest	Loan	Winter	2018		Levski.bg

Total spending: 300 000 €

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
8	MF	Jeremy de Nooijer	25	EU	Sheriff Tiraspol	End of contract	Summer	Free	gol.bg
70	MF	Georgi Kostadinov	26	EU	Maccabi Haifa	End of contract	Summer	Free	Topsport.bg
2	DF	Srdjan Luchin	31	EU	CFR Cluj	End of contract	Summer	Free	topsport.bg
20	AM	Añete	31	EU	Apollon Smyrni	End of contract	Summer	Free
18	LW	Anton Ognyanov	28	EU	Cherno More	Released	Summer	Free
5	CB	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	31	EU	Cherno More	Released	Summer	Free	Topsport.bg
25	RB	Sasho Aleksandrov	30	EU	Etar	Released	Summer	Free	Sportal.bg
14	LB	Veselin Minev	36	EU	Etar	Released	Summer	Free	Levski.bg
12	AM	Bozhidar Kraev	19	EU	FC Midtjylland	Transfer	Summer	400 000 €	Gong.bg
27	MF	Mehdi Bourabia	25	EU	Konyaspor	Transfer	Summer	600 000 €	Levski.bg
26	ST	Amadou Soukouna	25	EU	Cherno More	Released	Summer	Free	Sportal.bg
23	DF	Simon Sandberg	23	EU	Hammarby Fotboll	Released	Winter	Free	Sportal.bg
7	LW	Francis Narh	23	Non-EU	Doxa Katokopias	Released	Winter	Free	Sportal.bg
17	ST	Tunde Adeniji	22	Non-EU	Atyrau	Released	Winter	Free	Sportal.bg
14	LB	Miki Orachev	21	EU	Septemvri Sofia	Released	Winter	Free	fcseptemvri.bg
3	CB	Dimitar Pirgov	28	EU	Botev Plovdiv	Transfer	Winter	12 500 €	gong.bg
10	ST	Junior Mapuku	28	EU	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	Transfer	Winter	500 000 €	Sportal.bg

Total Income: 1 512 500 €

Net income: 1 212 500 €

Loans out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	DF	Galin Tashev	20	EU	Lokomotiv Sofia	Loan	Summer	—	Sportal.bg
	FW	Iliya Dimitrov	20	EU	Lokomotiv Sofia	Loan	Summer	—	Sportal.bg
	DF	Deyan Ivanov	21	EU	Botev Vratsa	Loan	Summer	—	Football24.bg
	MF	Georgi Yanev	19	EU	Strumska Slava	Loan	Summer	—	Blitz.bg
	MF	Atanas Kabov	18	EU	Botev Vratsa	Loan	Summer	—	Sportal.bg
24	GK	Aleksandar Lyubenov	22	EU	Botev Vratsa	Loan	Winter	—	Topsport.bg
75	MF	Aleks Borimirov	19	EU	Lokomotiv Sofia	Loan	Winter	—	Blitz.bg
55	DF	Georgi Angelov	27	EU	Vitosha Bistritsa	Loan	Winter	—	Sportal.bg

Squad

Updated on 1 March 2017.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Age	EU	Since	Ends	Signed From	Transfer Fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
12	Petar Ivanov	Bulgaria	GK	20	EU	2018		Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
21	Bozhidar Mitrev	Bulgaria	GK	33	EU	2017	2018	Sheriff Tiraspol	Free	Originally from Youth system
89	Nikolay Krastev	Bulgaria	GK	23	EU	2017	2020	Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
Defenders
3	Aymen Belaid	Tunisia	CB/LB	31	EU	2017	2019	Rotherham United	Free	Second nationality: France
4	Ivan Goranov	Bulgaria	LB	28	EU	2017	2020	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free	Originally from Youth system
5	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	Iceland	CB	30	EU	2017	2021	Maccabi Haifa	Loan
19	Miloš Cvetković	Serbia	RB	30	Non-EU	2017	2019	Napredak Krusevac	Free
24	Tomislav Papazov	Bulgaria	CB	18	EU	2018		Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
25	Afonso Figueiredo	Portugal	LB	27	EU	2018	2018	Stade Rennais	Loan
28	David Jablonský	Czech Republic	CB/RB/LB	28	EU	2017	2019	Tom Tomsk	Free
Midfielders
6	Ivaylo Naydenov	Bulgaria	CM/RB	22	EU	2016		Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
8	Antonio Vutov	Bulgaria	AM	24	EU	2017	2018	Udinese	Loan	Originally from Youth system
11	Anthony Belmonte	France	DM/CM	24	EU	2017	2020	Dijon	Free
13	Jordi Gómez	Spain	AM	35	EU	2017	2019	Rayo Vallecano	Free
14	Khaly Thiam	Senegal	DM/CM	26	Non-EU	2018	2018	MTK Budapest	Loan
15	Roman Procházka	Slovakia	CM/RW/RB	31	EU	2014	2018	Spartak Trnava	€0.12M
17	Martin Petkov	Bulgaria	CM	19	EU	2018		Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
20	Filipe Nascimento	Portugal	CM	25	EU	2018	2020	Dinamo București	€0.20M
30	Neluț Roșu	Romania	CM	27	EU	2017	2020	Viitorul Constanța	€0.10M
71	Vasil Panayotov	Bulgaria	CM	30	EU	2017	2018	Stal Mielec	Free	Originally from Youth system
77	Iliya Yurukov	Bulgaria	CM	20	EU	2016		Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
Forwards
7	Paulinho	Brazil	RW / LW	27	Non-EU	2018	2021	Zorya Luhansk	Free
9	Sergiu Buș	Romania	CF	27	EU	2017	2020	Astra Giurgiu	Free
10	Rivaldinho	Brazil	CF	25	EU	2018	2020	Dinamo București	Free	Second nationality: Spain
26	Jerson Cabral	Cape Verde	LW / RW	29	EU	2017	2019	Bastia	Free	Second nationality: Netherlands
29	Stanislav Kostov	Bulgaria	CF	28	EU	2018	2020	Pirin Blagoegrad	Free
32	Gabriel Obertan	France	RW / LW	31	EU	2017	2019	Wigan Athletic	Free
99	Stanislav Ivanov	Bulgaria	CF / AM	21	EU	2016	2021	Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system

Fixtures

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

Summer

20 June 2017	Levski Sofia	0 – 1	Cherno More	Pravets
17:00 EET		Report	Ivan Kokonov 53'	Stadium: Pravets Sport Complex

23 June 2017	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Radnik Surdulica	Pravets
18:30 EET	Tunde Adeniji 8'			Stadium: Pravets Sport Complex

Mid-season

9 August 2017	Levski Sofia	1 – 3	Slivnishki Geroy	Sofia
20:00 EET	Gabriel Obertan 13'		Krasimir Georgiev 34' Yordan Popov 55' Tsvetomir Vachev 66'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium

8 October 2017	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Botev Vratsa	Sofia
17:00 EET	Anthony Belmonte 18'			Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium

1 November 2017	Levski Sofia	7 – 0	Sportist Svoge	Sofia
17:30 EET	Jerson Cabral 18' Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 31' Sergiu Buș 38', 45' Tunde Adeniji 80', 86' Lachezar Kovachev 90'			Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium

12 November 2017	Levski Sofia	3 – 0	Lokomotiv Sofia	Sofia
16:00 EET	Tunde Adeniji 70', 81' Jerson Cabral 76'			Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium

Winter

17 January 2018	Levski Sofia	0 – 3	Hibernians	Ta' Qali, Malta
19:30 EET			Clayton Failla 3' João Moreira 45' Joseph Mbong 69'	Stadium: National Stadium, Ta' Qali

21 January 2018	Levski Sofia	3 – 0	Wolfsberger	Paola, Malta
17:00 EET	Antonio Vutov 65' Junior Mapuku 71', 75'			Stadium: Hibernians Stadium

29 January 2018	Levski Sofia	2 – 2	Floriana	Ta' Qali, Malta
17:30 EET	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 39' Stanislav Kostov 67'		Juninho Cabral 12', 27'	Stadium: National Stadium, Ta' Qali

2 February 2018	Levski Sofia	3 – 1	Floridsdorfer AC	Ta' Qali, Malta
17:30 EET	Antonio Vutov 56' Stanislav Kostov 60' David Jablonský 69'		Bernhard Fucik 2'	Stadium: National Stadium, Ta' Qali

3 February 2018	Levski Sofia	2 – 1	St. Gallen II	Ta' Qali, Malta
16:30 EET	Antonio Vutov 26' (pen.) Stanislav Kostov 43'		Valentino 53'	Stadium: National Stadium, Ta' Qali

5 February 2018	Levski Sofia	2 – 1	Gżira United	Ta' Qali, Malta
17:30 EET	David Jablonský 21' Filipe Nascimento 52' (pen.)		Amadou Samb 37'	Stadium: National Stadium, Ta' Qali

10 February 2018	Levski Sofia	5 – 1	Slivnishki Geroy	Sofia
17:30 EET	Jerson Cabral 23' Stanislav Kostov 45' Gabriel Obertan 51' Aymen Belaïd 69' Sergiu Buș 71'		Nikolay Marinov 77'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium

Parva Liga

Preliminary stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	26	21	3	2	63	13	+50	66	Qualification for the Championship round
2	CSKA Sofia	26	19	6	1	59	14	+45	63
3	Levski Sofia	26	14	8	4	37	14	+23	50
4	Beroe	26	12	9	5	33	24	+9	45
5	Botev Plovdiv	26	11	9	6	44	29	+15	42

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[1]

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	8	4	37	14	+23	50	9	4	0	19	3	+16	5	4	4	18	11	+7

Last updated: 4 November 2017.
Source: bulgarian-football.com

Results by round

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	L
Position	9	13	6	9	7	6	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

Matches

6 September 2017 1	Levski Sofia	0 – 0	Ludogorets	Sofia
20:00 EET	Bozhidar Mitrev 36' Roman Procházka 77' Miloš Cvetković 88'	Report	Anicet Abel 28' Natanael 31' Svetoslav Dyakov 76' Cicinho 79'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan

23 July 2017 2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0 – 0	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
21:00 EET	Parviz Umarbayev 42' Ivaylo Markov 49' 67'	Report	Junior Mapuku 46'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez

30 July 2017 3	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Vitosha Bistritsa	Sofia
21:00 EET	Antonio Vutov 2' Sergiu Buș 57'	Report	Paul Otofe 49'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nikolay Kolev Man of the Match: Antonio Vutov

05 August 2017 4	Vereya	2 – 0	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
18:45 EET	Georgi Andonov 3' Ventsislav Bengyuzov 14' 29'	Report	Dimitar Pirgov 9', 83' Miloš Cvetković 41'	Stadium: Trace Arena Referee: Vladimir Valkov Man of the Match: Georgi Andonov

13 August 2017 5	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Dunav Ruse	Sofia
21:00 EET	David Jablonský 69' Sergiu Buș 90' Ivan Goranov 77'	Report	Teynur Marem 39' Hristofor Hubchev 53' Hristo Popadiyn 59'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Volen Chinkov Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan

18 August 2017 6	Pirin Blagoevgrad	0 – 3	Levski Sofia	Blagoevgrad
21:00 EET	Anton Kostadinov 11' Aleksandar Bashliev 13' Radoslav Kirilov 23' Todor Palankov 45' Stilyan Nikolov 55' Rumen Sandev 77' Todor Trayanov 87'	Report	Junior Mapuku 74', 80', 90+3' Jordi Gómez 18' Sergiu Buș 45+2'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Junior Mapuku

26 August 2017 7	Levski Sofia	4 – 0	Slavia Sofia	Sofia
21:00 EET	Jordi Gómez 32' (pen.) 60' 86' Junior Mapuku 45+1' 45+3' Sergiu Buș 90+2'	Report	Stefan Velkov 58' Vladislav Uzunov 68'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov – the Wedding Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez

10 September 2017 8	Botev Plovdiv	2 – 1	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
20:00 EET	Todor Nedelev 64' 82' Toni Tasev 69' Serkan Yusein 74' Lachezar Baltanov 77' Plamen Dimov 81' Yordan Minev 82'	Report	David Jablonský 26' Vasil Panayotov 55'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Referee: Volen Chinkov Man of the Match: Todor Nedelev

15 September 2017 9	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Septemvri Sofia	Sofia
20:00 EET	Jordi Gómez 39' David Jablonský 44' Vasil Panayotov 73' Gabriel Obertan 89'	Report	Yanko Sandanski 59' Boris Galchev 82'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Angel Angelov Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan

25 September 2017 10	Beroe	0 – 0	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
17:30 EET	Pedro Eugénio 29' Milen Zhelev 64'	Report	Sergiu Buș 8' Roman Procházka 28' Miloš Cvetković 47' Gabriel Obertan 90+2'	Stadium: Beroe Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov – the Wedding Man of the Match: Dušan Perniš

1 October 2017 11	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Cherno More	Sofia
17:30 EET	David Jablonský 13'	Report	Georgi Iliev 9' Aleksandar Tsvetkov 32' Ilias Hassani 50' Iliya Milanov 55'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: David Jablonský

15 October 2017 12	Etar	0 – 1	Levski Sofia	Veliko Tarnovo
17:30 EET	Georgi Sarmov 57' Sasho Aleksandrov 87'	Report	David Jablonský 5' Gabriel Obertan 57' Antonio Vutov 74' Jordi Gómez 78' Bozhidar Mitrev 90+1'	Stadium: Ivaylo Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: David Jablonský

21 October 2017 13	Levski Sofia	2 – 2	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
16:00 EET	David Jablonský 8' Antonio Vutov 22' Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 36' Roman Procházka 61' Ivan Goranov 74'	Report	Tiago Rodrigues 12', 15' Kristiyan Malinov 22' Anton Nedyalkov 55' Fernando Karanga 68' Nikolay Bodurov 87'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Tiago Rodrigues

29 October 2017 14	Ludogorets	2 – 0	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
18:15 EET	Virgil Misidjan 12' 41' Wanderson 60'	Report	Miki Orachev 19' Vasil Panayotov 45+1' Jerson Cabral 68' Ivaylo Naydenov 82'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Referee: Volen Chinkov Man of the Match: Virgil Misidjan

4 November 2017 15	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
17:30 EET	Jordi Gómez 38' Ivan Goranov 42' Miloš Cvetković 90'	Report	Musa Muhammed 55' Dani Kiki 67' Rayan Frikeche 75'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez

19 November 2017 16	Vitosha Bistritsa	0 – 0	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Petko Tsankov 43' Mihail Ivanov 73' Daniel Peev 74'	Report	Jordi Gómez 44' Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 90+3'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Georgi Davidov Man of the Match: Mihail Ivanov

25 November 2017 17	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Vereya	Sofia
17:30 EET	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 61' Jordi Gómez 82' David Jablonský 90+1' Roman Procházka 90+4'	Report	Ousmane Baldé 40' Valeri Domovchiyski 58' Georgi Argilashki 90+2'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Georgi Argilashki

29 November 2017 18	Dunav Ruse	0 – 4	Levski Sofia	Ruse
17:30 EET		Report	Vasil Panayotov 33', 39' Junior Mapuku 46' Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 50' Sergiu Buș 78'	Stadium: Gradski Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: Vasil Panayotov

2 December 2017 19	Levski Sofia	3 – 0	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Sofia
17:30 EET	Roman Procházka 21' (pen.) Junior Mapuku 48' Vasil Panayotov 78' Jordi Gómez 83'	Report	Stilyan Nikolov 21' Kostadin Nichev 25' Aymen Souda 41' 78'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Valentin Zhelezov Man of the Match: Junior Mapuku

9 December 2017 20	Slavia Sofia	1 – 1	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Andrea Hristov 82' Nasko Milev 89'	Report	Sergiu Buș 18' Jordi Gómez 63'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Georgi Dimitrov Man of the Match: Roman Procházka

18 February 2018 21	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
17:30 EET	Antonio Vutov 30' Plamen Dimov 89' (o.g.) David Jablonský 90+2'	Report	Tsvetomir Panov 8' Lachezar Baltanov 58' Plamen Dimov 81' Steven Petkov 90+4'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Filipe Nascimento

24 February 2018 22	Septemvri Sofia	1 – 4	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Yaya Meledje 14' Fabiano Alves 48' Yanko Sandanski 60' Bogomil Dyakov 62' Antoni Ivanov 86' (pen.)	Report	Khaly Thiam 16' Stanislav Kostov 29', 57' Gabriel Obertan 66', 90+1'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Stefan Apostolov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

3 March 2018 23	Levski Sofia	0 – 0	Beroe	Sofia
17:30 EET	Filipe Nascimento 10' Gabriel Obertan 62' Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 90+2'	Report	Martin Kamburov 20' Borislav Tsonev 22' Pedro Eugénio 43' 69' Dušan Perniš 90+4'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Martin Kamburov

7 March 2018 24	Cherno More	2 – 3	Levski Sofia	Varna
17:30 EET	Radoslav Vasilev 22', 76' 83' Mariyan Ognyanov 26' Ilias Hassani 27' Daniel Dimov 58' Georgi Iliev 68'	Report	Antonio Vutov 21' 51' Jordi Gómez 31' Paulinho 39' David Jablonský 65' Aymen Belaïd 69' Miloš Cvetković 74' Nikolay Krastev 86'	Stadium: Ticha Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: David Jablonský

10 March 2018 25	Levski Sofia	1 – 1	Etar	Sofia
17:30 EET	Sergiu Buș 71' Filipe Nascimento 79' 90+4'	Report	Chavdar Ivaylov 15' Ventsislav Vasilev 33' Veljko Batrović 61' Rumen Rumenov 74'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov – the Wedding Man of the Match: Sergiu Buș

18 March 2018 26	CSKA Sofia	1 – 0	Levski Sofia	Sofia
13:00 EET	Stanislav Manolev 42' Kristiyan Malinov 59' Kiril Despodov 59' Nikolay Bodurov 66' Edwin Gyasi 81' Fernando Karanga 84'	Report	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 34' Ivan Goranov 55' David Jablonský 56'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Fernando Karanga

Championship stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	36	27	7	2	91	22	+69	88	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia (Q)	36	24	9	3	80	26	+54	81	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Levski Sofia (O)	36	18	10	8	55	27	+28	64	Qualification for the European play-off final
4	Beroe	36	16	11	9	45	43	+2	59
5	Botev Plovdiv	36	15	11	10	62	49	+13	56
6	Vereya	36	10	6	20	27	61	−34	36

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[2]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

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	4	2	4	18	13	+5	14	2	0	3	8	8	0	2	2	1	10	5	+5

Last updated: 31 May 2018.
Source: See Results

Results by round

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

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

Matches

1 April 2018 27	Levski Sofia	1 – 2	Beroe	Sofia
17:30 EET	Khaly Thiam 33' Roman Procházka 44' Sergiu Buș 75'	Report	Pedro Eugénio 3' Ivan Ivanov 44' Kamen Hadzhiev 49'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Stanislav Stavrov Man of the Match: Kamen Hadzhiev

6 April 2018 28	Botev Plovdiv	1 – 0	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
14:30 EET	Serkan Yusein 14' Dimitar Pirgov 41' Steven Petkov 80' 81'	Report	Antonio Vutov 23' Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 37' Ivan Goranov 57' Sergiu Buș 90'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Referee: Petar Kostadinov Man of the Match: Steven Petkov

14 April 2018 29	Levski Sofia	0 – 1	Ludogorets	Sofia
20:00 EEST	David Jablonský 41' Khaly Thiam 56'	Report	Cicinho 28' Claudiu Keșerü 52' 83' Lucas Sasha 70' Natanael 85' Rafael Forster 90+2'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Claudiu Keșerü

18 April 2018 30	CSKA Sofia	2 – 2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
18:00 EEST	Fernando Karanga 6' (pen.) Henrique 9' Geferson 82' Stanislav Manolev 88' Stoycho Atanasov 89' Rúben Pinto 90+1'	Report	Miloš Cvetković 7' David Jablonský 21' Ivan Goranov 48' Paulinho 61' Gabriel Obertan 80' Sergiu Buș 82'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Stefan Apostolov Man of the Match: Ivan Goranov

21 April 2018 31	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Vereya	Sofia
15:00 EEST	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 41' Khaly Thiam 48' Roman Procházka 57' Aymen Belaïd 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Roman Procházka

29 April 2018 32	Beroe	0 – 4	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
17:45 EEST	Ivan Bandalovski 12' Matheus Leoni 50'	Report	David Jablonský 21' Jordi Gómez 45' Sergiu Buș 68' Roman Procházka 77' 86' Paulinho 89'	Stadium: Beroe Referee: Valentin Zhelezov Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez

4 May 2018 33	Levski Sofia	3 – 2	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 17' Aymen Belaïd 52' Paulinho 70', 90' Afonso Figueiredo 72' Rivaldinho 85' (pen.)	Report	Steven Petkov 15' 33' João Paulo 31' Filip Filipov 54'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Stefan Apostolov Man of the Match: Paulinho

12 May 2018 34	Ludogorets	2 – 2	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
18:00 EEST	Claudiu Keșerü 5' (pen.) Jacek Góralski 14' Aymen Belaïd 84' (o.g.)	Report	David Jablonský 8' Ivaylo Naydenov 53' Roman Procházka 73' Jerson Cabral 88'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Roman Procházka

15 May 2018 35	Levski Sofia	2 – 3	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
18:30 EEST	Paulinho 34' Jerson Cabral 40' Anthony Belmonte 76' Stanislav Kostov 79'	Report	Henrique 20' Stoycho Atanasov 49' Kristiyan Malinov 57' Nikolay Bodurov 77' Rúben Pinto 90+1'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Volen Chinkov Man of the Match: Kristiyan Malinov

20 May 2018 36	Vereya	0 – 2	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
20:00 EEST		Report	Paulinho 59', 70'	Stadium: Trace Arena Referee: Georgi Dimitrov Man of the Match: Paulinho

European play-off final

24 May 2018	Levski Sofia	4 – 1	Cherno More	Sofia
20:30 EEST	Gabriel Obertan 25' Sergiu Buș 39' 67' Jordi Gómez 69' Vasil Panayotov 73' Ivan Goranov 82' (pen.)	Report	Hugo Konongo 5' Georgi Bozhilov 16' Daniel Dimov 27' Miroslav Enchev 28' Mehdi Fennouche 55' Ilias Hassani 87'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Vasil Panayotov

Bulgarian Cup

19 September 2017 First round	Botev Galabovo	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
19:00 EET	Ivan Tsachev 87' Redzheb Halil 90+1' Marin Orlinov 104'	Report	Ivan Goranov 57' Antonio Vutov 102' 112' Ivaylo Naydenov 110'	Stadium: Trace Arena Referee: Stanislav Todorov

25 October 2017 Second round	Montana	0 – 1	Levski Sofia	Sofia[3][4]
18:00 EET		Report	Daniel Georgiev 55' (o.g.) Junior Mapuku 65'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Stanimir Trenchev

15 December 2017 Quarterfinal	Dunav Ruse	0 – 2	Levski Sofia	Ruse
16:30 EET	Bozhidar Vasev 42'	Report	Junior Mapuku 25' Jerson Cabral 45'	Stadium: Gradski Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

11 April 2018 Semifinal 1st leg	CSKA Sofia	0 – 2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EEST	Nikolay Bodurov 69' Henrique 85'	Report	Sergiu Buș 7', 46' 81' Filipe Nascimento 56' Afonso Figueiredo 89' Gabriel Obertan 90+3'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov – the Wedding

25 April 2018 Semifinal 2nd leg	Levski Sofia	2 – 2 (4 – 2 agg.)	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
18:30 EEST	Jordi Gómez 6' Khaly Thiam 28' Sergiu Buș 65' Paulinho 77'	Report	Alexandre Barthe 40' Rúben Pinto 41' Jean Carlos Blanco 57' Roland Alberg 82' Stoycho Atanasov 88' Geferson 88'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

9 May 2018 Final	Slavia Sofia	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 p)	Levski Sofia	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Georgi Petkov 11' Andrea Hristov 25' Slavcho Shokolarov 38' Ivan Minchev 40' Stefan Velev 43' Tsvetelin Chunchukov 80' Georgi Yomov 98'	Report	Jordi Gómez 12' 43' Khaly Thiam 35' Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 56' Filipe Nascimento 58'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Nikola Popov
	Penalties
	Minchev Angelov Dimitrov Velev Yomov		Nascimento Thiam Procházka Vutov

UEFA Europa League

First Qualifying Round

29 June 2017 1st leg	Levski Sofia	3 – 1	Sutjeska Nikšić	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 EET	Junior Mapuku 1', 21' Roman Procházka 45+1' David Jablonský 68'	Report	Božo Marković 79' Mirko Radišić 23' 89' Stefan Lončar 31' Vladan Bubanja 83'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 9000 Referee: Martin Lundby (Norway)

6 July 2017 2nd leg	Sutjeska Nikšić	0 – 0 (1 – 3 agg.)	Levski Sofia	Nikšić, Montenegro
21:30 EET	Vladan Giljen 42' Stefan Lončar 55' Miloš Bakrač 82'	Report	Junior Mapuku 42'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 3500 Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Greece)

Second Qualifying Round

13 July 2017 1st leg	Hajduk Split	1 – 0	Levski Sofia	Dugopolje, Croatia
21:30 EET	Márkó Futács 24' (pen.) Zoran Nižić 69' Hamza Barry 72' Hysen Memolla 82'	Report	David Jablonský 20' Ivan Goranov 55' Vasil Panayotov 56' Antonio Vutov 66'	Stadium: Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi Attendance: 5000 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

20 July 2017 2nd leg	Levski Sofia	1 – 2 (1 – 3 agg.)	Hajduk Split	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 EET	Miloš Cvetković 29' Sergiu Buș 69'	Report	Borja López 61' Franck Ohandza 80' Ante Erceg 86'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

Squad statistics

As of match played 20 May 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Parva Liga		Bulgarian Cup		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF		Aymen Belaid	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Ivan Goranov	35	1	27	1	3+1	0	4	0
5	DF		Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	29	1	23	1	6	0	0	0
6	MF		Ivaylo Naydenov	10	0	5+4	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF		Paulinho	18	8	12+3	8	3	0	0	0
8	AM		Antonio Vutov	33	3	22+4	2	2+3	1	2	0
9	FW		Sergiu Buș	37	11	17+11	7	3+2	3	0+4	1
10	FW		Rivaldinho	8	1	4+4	1	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Anthony Belmonte	13	0	4+6	0	2+1	0	0	0
12	GK		Petar Ivanov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Jordi Gomez	38	5	27+3	4	5+1	1	1+1	0
14	MF		Khaly Thiam	12	0	9	0	3	0	0	0
15	MF		Roman Procházka	44	6	33+2	5	4+1	0	4	1
17	MF		Martin Petkov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Miloš Cvetković	37	0	29	0	3+1	0	4	0
20	MF		Filipe Nascimento	13	0	9+1	0	3	0	0	0
21	GK		Bozhidar Mitrev	41	0	31	0	6	0	4	0
24	DF		Tomislav Papazov	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Afonso Figueiredo	7	0	5+1	0	1	0	0	0
26	MF		Jerson Cabral	26	2	10+11	1	2+3	1	0	0
28	DF		David Jablonský	34	9	29	9	1	0	4	0
29	FW		Stanislav Kostov	15	3	8+3	3	4	0	0	0
30	MF		Neluț Roșu	9	0	6+1	0	0	0	2	0
32	AM		Gabriel Obertan	35	3	26+4	3	5	0	0	0
71	MF		Vasil Panayotov	34	3	22+3	3	2+3	0	4	0
77	FW		Iliya Yurukov	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
89	GK		Nikolay Krastev	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Stanislav Ivanov	8	0	1+7	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
	FW		Iliya Dimitrov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Galin Tashev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF		Deyan Ivanov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Georgi Yanev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	FW		Atanas Kabov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	MF		Aleks Borimirov	5	0	0+1	0	1	0	0+3	0
24	GK		Aleksandar Lyubenov	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
55	MF		Georgi Angelov	6	0	4	0	0	0	1+1	0
Players who left Levski (Sofia) during the season:
26	FW		Amadou Soukouna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	GK		Bojan Jorgačević	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW		Francis Narh	6	0	0+2	0	0	0	4	0
17	FW		Tunde Adeniji	5	0	0+1	0	0	0	2+2	0
23	DF		Simon Sandberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF		Miki Orachev	11	0	4+4	0	2	0	0+1	0
3	DF		Dimitar Pirgov	15	0	9	0	2	0	4	0
10	FW		Junior Mapuku	26	9	7+12	6	3	1	4	2

References

"A PFG - Regular season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
"A PFG - Rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
Levski will be the guest at their own stadium, as Montana couldn't finish in time the renovation works on their home venue, and Stadion Kiprovets in Chiprovtsi being unsuitable to host the fixture.
"Официално: Монтана ще домакинства на Левски на "Герена"" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 16 October 2017.

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

[2] "A PFG - Rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[3] Levski will be the guest at their own stadium, as Montana couldn't finish in time the renovation works on their home venue, and Stadion Kiprovets in Chiprovtsi being unsuitable to host the fixture.

[4] "Официално: Монтана ще домакинства на Левски на "Герена"" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 16 October 2017.