2003–04 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2003–04 season was Levski Sofia's 82nd season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club will play during the 2003–04 season.

Levski Sofia
2003–04 season
Chairman Todor Batkov
Manager Georgi Todorov (until October 2003)
Georgi Vasilev
StadiumGeorgi Asparuhov Stadium
A Group Second place
Bulgarian CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Cup3rd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Georgi Chilikov (14 goals)
All: Georgi Chilikov (18 goals)
Highest home attendance42,281 vs Liverpool F.C. (3 March 2004)

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BUL Georgi Petkov
2 DF  BUL Georgi Markov
3 DF  BUL Zhivko Milanov
4 DF  BUL Martin Stankov
5 DF  BUL Biser Ivanov
6 MF  NGA Richard Eromoigbe
7 MF  BUL Daniel Borimirov
8 MF  BUL Kostadin Vidolov
9 FW  BUL Georgi Chilikov
11 DF  BUL Elin Topuzakov
13 MF  BUL Asen Bukarev
17 MF  RUS Konstantin Golovskoy
19 FW  BUL Todor Kolev
20 MF  BUL Stanislav Angelov
21 MF  BUL Dimitar Telkiyski
22 DF  BUL Ilian Stoyanov
23 MF  SCG Saša Simonović
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF  BRA Lucio Wagner
26 MF  NGA Omonigho Temile
27 GK  BUL Dimitar Ivankov
28 FW  BUL Emil Angelov
77 MF  BUL Lyubomir Lyubenov
83 GK  BUL Vihren Uzunov
90 FW  GAM Njogu Demba-Nyrén
99 FW  BUL Georgi Ivanov
— DF  BUL Veselin Vachev
— DF  BUL Stefan Donchev
— DF  BUL Said Ibraimov
— MF  RUS Vladimir Gerasimov
— MF  BUL Anton Kostadinov
— MF  BUL Daniel Peev
— FW  NGA Emmanuel Baba
— FW  BUL Kostadin Bashov

Competitions

A Group
Main article: 2003–04 A Group

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (C) 30 24 3 3 74 24 +50 75 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Levski Sofia 30 22 6 2 59 16 +43 72 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 CSKA Sofia 30 20 5 5 65 28 +37 65
4 Litex Lovech 30 18 10 2 43 20 +23 64
5 Slavia Sofia 30 18 3 9 57 30 +27 57
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
(C) Champion.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 22 6 2 59 16  +43 72 12 3 0 38 5  +33 10 3 2 21 11  +10

Last updated: 15 May 2004.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round
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ResultWWDDWWDLWWDWWWWWWWDLWDWWWWWWWW
Position533333444344444222243444422222
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Bulgarian Cup
Main article: 2003–04 Bulgarian Cup
28 October 2003 Round 2, 1st leg Vihren Sandanski 0 – 0 Levski Sofia Sandanski
(EET) Report Stadium: Sandanski Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kancho Dimitrov
13 November 2003 Round 2, 2nd leg Levski Sofia 4 – 1 Vihren Sandanski Sofia
(EET) Dimitrov  28', 44', 90'
Telkiyski  44'		 Report Durchov  84' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Angel Angelov

Levski advanced to Round 3 with 4–1 on aggregate.

3 December 2003 Round 3, 1st leg Marek Dupnitsa 2 – 2 Levski Sofia Dupnitsa
14:00 (EET) Pargov  5'
Bibishkov  63'		 Report Chilikov  41'
Bukarev  54'		 Stadium: Bonchuk
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Stoyan Aleksiev
10 December 2003 Round 3, 2nd leg Levski Sofia 4 – 1 Marek Dupnitsa Sofia
13:00 (EET) Demba-Nyrén  8'
Temile  25'
Topuzakov  54'
Chilikov  67'		 Report Lyubenov  34' (pen.) Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Anton Genov

Levski advanced to Quarterfinals with 6–3 on aggregate.

14 December 2003 Quarter-final, 1st leg Levski Sofia 1 – 1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
13:00 (EET) Demba-Nyrén  55' Report Kamburov  66' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev
18 December 2003 Quarter-final, 2nd leg Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3 – 0 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
13:00 (EET) Mihaylov  22'
Kamburov  45+3'
Milovanović  89'		 Report Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Dimitar Kostov

Levski are eliminated from the competition with 4–1 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup
Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup

Qualifying round
14 August 2003 1st leg Atyrau 1 – 4 Levski Sofia Atyrau, Kazakhstan
14:30 Agabayev  88' Report Chilikov  9'
G. Ivanov  13', 33'
Temile  20'		 Stadium: Munayshy Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Ali Aydin (Turkey)
28 August 2003 2nd leg Levski Sofia 2 – 0
(6–1 agg.)		 Atyrau Sofia, Bulgaria
19:30 G. Ivanov  27'
Telkiyski  69'		 Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

First round
24 September 2003 1st leg Hapoel Ramat Gan 0 – 1 Levski Sofia Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
15:30 Report Dimitrov  80' Stadium: Mestský Stadion
Attendance: 1,468
Referee: Lawrence Sammut (Malta)
15 October 2003 2nd leg Levski Sofia 4 – 0
(5–0 agg.)		 Hapoel Ramat Gan Sofia, Bulgaria
17:30 Chilikov  23'
G. Ivanov  75'
Simonović  79'
Demba-Nyren  90'		 Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Georgios Douros (Greece)

Second round
6 November 2003 1st leg Slavia Prague 2 – 2 Levski Sofia Prague, Czech Republic
17:00 Kuka  22'
Fořt  90+2'		 Report G. Ivanov  77'
Müller  90+1' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Stadion Evžena Rošického
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)
27 November 2003 2nd leg Levski Sofia 0 – 0
(2a–2 agg.)		 Slavia Prague Sofia, Bulgaria
16:00 Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

Third round
26 February 2004 1st leg Liverpool 2 – 0 Levski Sofia Liverpool, England
21:00 Gerrard  67'
Kewell  70'		 Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 39,149
Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)
3 March 2004 2nd leg Levski Sofia 2 – 4
(2–6 agg.)		 Liverpool Sofia, Bulgaria
20:10 G. Ivanov  27'
Simonović  40'		 Report Gerrard  7'
Owen  11'
Hamann  43'
Hyypiä  68'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 42,281
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

References
  1. http://en.levskisofia.info/season-2003-2004/
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