2019–20 PFC Levski Sofia season
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.
| 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) | |||
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Transfers
In
| No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
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
Total income: 1 417 000 € 
Net income: 1 017 000 €
Loans out
| N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age | EU |
Moving to |
Type |
Transfer window |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 32 | 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 | 26 | 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 | 30 | EU | 2018 | 2021 | Vitória Setúbal |
Undisclosed | |
| 26 | Deyan Lozev | Bulgaria |
RB/RW | 27 | 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 | 27 | EU | 2019 | 2022 | Qarabağ |
Free | |
| 10 | Franco Mazurek | Argentina |
AM | 27 | Non-EU | 2019 | 2021 | Panetolikos |
Free | |
| 14 | Filipe Nascimento | Portugal |
AM/CM | 26 | 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 | 21 | 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 | 31 | EU | 2019 | 2020 | Rapid Wien |
Loan | |
| 11 | Zdravko Dimitrov | Bulgaria |
LW | 22 | 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 | 29 | EU | 2018 | 2022 | Pirin Blagoevgrad |
Free | |
| 79 | Martin D. Petkov | Bulgaria |
LW/CF | 18 | 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
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 |
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:
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
Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2020. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
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 |
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:
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
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 |
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| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
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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