2012–13 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2012–13 season is Levski Sofia's 91st season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the 2012–13 season.

Levski Sofia
2012–13 season
ChairmanTodor Batkov
Manager Ilian Iliev (until 12 April 2013)
Nikolay Mitov
A Group Second place
Bulgarian CupRunners-up
UEFA Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Basile de Carvalho (19 goals)
All: Basile de Carvalho (20 goals)
Highest home attendance18 000 vs CSKA Sofia (27 April 2013)
Lowest home attendance350 vs Beroe Stara Zagora (7 April 2013)

Transfers

Summer transfers

See List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2012

Winter transfers

See List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2013

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  NED Dustley Mulder
3 DF  FRA Romain Elie
4 MF  BUL Stanislav Angelov (captain)
6 DF  BUL Orlin Starokin
7 FW  BUL Milen Vasilev
8 MF  SVK Roman Procházka
9 FW  POR João Silva
10 MF  BUL Hristo Yovov
11 FW  CPV Garry Rodrigues
13 DF  BUL Dimitar Vezalov
16 FW  POR Cristovão Ramos
19 FW  GNB Basile de Carvalho
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW  BUL Ilian Yordanov
23 GK  BUL Plamen Iliev
25 MF  BUL Daniel Dimov
28 DF  POR Nuno Pinto
29 MF  SVN Rene Mihelic (on loan from C.D. Nacional)
30 FW  BUL Antonio Vutov
35 DF  BUL Plamen Dimov
45 MF  BUL Vladimir Gadzhev (vice-captain)
55 DF  BUL Yordan Miliev
77 MF  BUL Stefan Velev
89 GK  BUL Mihail Ivanov

Statistics

Goalscorers
Players League Cup Europa League Total
Basile de Carvalho 19 0 1 20
João Silva 7 5 0 12
Garry Rodrigues 3 4 0 7
Dustley Mulder 2 3 0 5
Simeon Raykov 3 0 1 4
Ilian Yordanov 4 1 0 5
Cristovão Ramos 3 1 0 4
Marcinho 3 0 0 3
Hristo Yovov 2 1 0 3
Romain Elie 2 0 0 2
Stanislav Angelov 2 0 0 2
Vladimir Gadzhev 1 0 0 1
Antonio Vutov 1 0 0 1
Daniel Dimov 1 0 0 1
Rene Mihelic 1 0 0 1
Stefan Velev 0 1 0 1

Cards
Player Total
Dustley Mulder 10 1 11
Stanislav Angelov 10 1 11
Cristovão Ramos 8 1 9
Daniel Dimov 7 1 8
Roman Prochazka 7 0 7
Orlin Starokin 7 0 7
Romain Elie 7 0 7
Vladimir Gadzhev 5 1 6
Ilian Yordanov 6 0 6
Nuno Pinto 5 0 5
Stefan Velev 5 0 5
Basile de Carvalho 4 0 4
Simeon Raykov 3 0 3
Plamen Iliev 3 0 3
Hristo Yovov 3 0 3
Yordan Miliev 3 0 3
Rene Mihelic 1 1 2
Garry Rodrigues 2 0 2
João Silva 2 0 2
Marcinho 1 0 1
Aleksandar Bashliev 1 0 1
Ilian Yordanov 1 0 1

Pre-season and friendlies

Summer
1 July 2012 Levski Sofia 2 – 0 Metalurg Donetsk Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
17:30 EET Ivo Ivanov  52'
Marcinho  73'		 Report
5 July 2012 Levski Sofia 0 – 2 Chernomorets Odessa Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
17:30 EET Report Burdujan  28'
Berger  35'
7 July 2012 Levski Sofia 2 – 1 Győri Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
17:00 EET Marcinho  28'
de Carvalho  55'		 Report Střeštík  73'
10 July 2012 Levski Sofia 3 – 3 1.FC Sollenau SC Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
17:30 EET Vutov  16'
Opoku  55' (pen.)
Chavorski  84'		 Report Lalic  18'
Csandl  30'
Tiroy  68'
10 July 2012 Levski Sofia 1 – 0 Pandurii Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
19:30 EET de Carvalho  19' Report
1 August 2012 Slivnishki geroi 0 – 1 Levski Sofia Slivnitsa
17:30 EET Report Stanislav Angelov  53'
4 August 2012 Levski Sofia 4 – 1 Pirin Gotse Delchev Sofia
19:30 EET Mulder  29'
de Carvalho  36'
Marcinho  41'
Procházka  76'		 Report Dimitar Pirgov  73' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1 200
Referee: Angel Angelov
5 September 2012 Levski Sofia 2 – 1 Montana Sofia
18:00 EET João Silva  17' (pen.)
Dimov  78'		 Hristov  30' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov

Winter
26 January 2013 Levski Sofia 0 – 2 Aarau Ayia Napa
17:00 EET Report Senger  16'  27'
30 January 2013 Levski Sofia 3 – 3 Viktoria Plzen Ayia Napa
17:30 EET Velev  41'
Silva  48'
Gadzhev  69'		 Report Ďuriš  3'
Limberský  36' (pen.)
Bakoš  62'
6 February 2013 Levski Sofia 2 – 0 Lokomotiv Moscow Larnaca
17:30 EET Gadzhev  67'
Carvalho  85' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: GSZ Stadium
9 February 2013 Levski Sofia 2 – 2 Slask Wroclaw Paralimni
EET Gadzhev  7' (pen.)
Yovov  75'		 Report Patejuk  46'
Diaz  52' (pen.)		 Stadium: Paralimni Stadium
13 February 2013 Levski Sofia 2 – 2 Dukla Prague Achna
14:30 EET Angelov  63'
Carvalho  65'		 Report Božić  2' (pen.)
Malý  6'		 Stadium: Dasaki Stadium
15 February 2013 Levski Sofia 1 – 1 Impuls FC Dilijan Ayia Napa
EET Ayvazyan  29' (o.g.) Report Gyozalyan  9'
17 February 2013 Levski Sofia 2 – 2 Rostov Ayia Napa
EET Carvalho  20'  73' (pen.) Report Pongolle  21'  63'
23 February 2013 Levski Sofia 3 – 0 Vidima-Rakovski Sofia
EET Carvalho  9'  21'
Krachunov  75' (o.g.)		 Report Attendance: 2 000
Referee: Martin Stoimenov

Competitions

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ludogorets Razgrad (C) 30 22 6 2 58 13 +45 72 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Levski Sofia 30 22 5 3 59 20 +39 71 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
3 CSKA Sofia 30 19 6 5 54 20 +34 63 Excluded from European competitions[lower-alpha 1]
4 Botev Plovdiv 30 18 6 6 51 21 +30 60 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
5 Litex Lovech 30 15 5 10 56 24 +32 50
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 goal difference; 7th goals scored
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. PFC CSKA Sofia were excluded from European competitions due to debts.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 22 5 3 59 20  +39 71 13 2 0 33 8  +25 9 3 3 26 12  +14

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWWWWDWLWWWLWWWLWWWDWWWWWWWWD
Position622111222221222222222222222112
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results
11 August 2012 Round 1 Levski Sofia 1 – 0 Chernomorets Burgas Sofia
20:00 (EET) de Carvalho  65' Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov
19 August 2012 Round 2 Levski Sofia 3 – 1 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
20:00 (EET) Raykov  15', 22'
Angelov  78'		 Report Arthur Henrique  42' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
25 August 2012 Round 3 Montana 0 – 2 Levski Sofia Montana
18:00 (EET) Report de Carvalho  10'
Mulder  77'		 Stadium: Ogosta
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
31 August 2012 Round 4 Levski Sofia 4 – 0 Cherno More Sofia
19:00 (EET) Ramos  6'
de Carvalho  11', 64'
Marcinho  44'		 Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Nikola Popov
16 September 2012 Round 5 Beroe 1 – 2 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
20:00 (EET) Caiado  35' (pen.) Report Marcinho  62'
de Carvalho  75'		 Stadium: Beroe
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
22 September 2012 Round 6 Levski Sofia 2 – 0 Pirin Gotse Delchev Sofia
19:00 (EET) de Carvalho  53' (pen.)
Yordanov  62'		 Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stanislav Stavrov
29 September 2012 Round 7 Lokomotiv Sofia 1 – 1 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:00 (EET) Pavlov  90+1' Report de Carvalho  32'
Gadzhev  45'		 Stadium: Slavia
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov
5 October 2012 Round 8 Levski Sofia 2 – 1 Litex Lovech Sofia
19:00 (EET) de Carvalho  29'
Raykov  84'
Ramos  46' 		 Report Milanov  62'
Tsvetkov  74' 		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Georgi Yordanov
20 October 2012 Round 9 CSKA Sofia 1 – 0 Levski Sofia Sofia
16:00 (EET) Nyuiadzi  46' Report Stadium: Vasil Levski
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
27 October 2012 Round 10 Levski Sofia 2 – 1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
18:00 (EET) Elie  33'
João Silva  49'		 Report Pinto  60' (o.g.) Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Georgi Ignatov
4 November 2012 Round 11 Minyor Pernik 0 – 4 Levski Sofia Pernik
13:30 (EET) Report Boumelaha  14' (o.g.)
Ramos  59'
Carvalho  41'
Gadzhev  49'		 Stadium: Minyor
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Kalin Lyudmilov
10 November 2012 Round 12 Levski Sofia 2 – 0 Botev Vratsa Sofia
16:00 (EET) Marcinho  5'
Mulder  72'		 Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ahmed Ahmed
18 November 2012 Round 13 Ludogorets 2 – 1 Levski Sofia Razgrad
16:30 (EET) Genchev  12'  58' Report Yordanov  47' Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
28 November 2012 Round 14 Levski Sofia 7 – 1 Etar Sofia
16:30 (EET) Carvalho  16', 34' (pen.), 37', 58'
Vutov  51'
Rusev  67' (o.g.)
Yordanov  90+2'		 Report Nery  79' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Borislav Kolev
8 December 2012 Round 15 Slavia Sofia 1 – 3 Levski Sofia Sofia
14:00 (EET) Lazarov  23'
Sandanski  57' 		 Report Dimov  12'
João Silva  46'  48'		 Stadium: Slavia
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
3 March 2013 Round 16 Chernomorets Burgas 0 – 2 Levski Sofia Burgas
16:00 (EET) Report Carvalho  38'  44' Stadium: Lazur
Attendance: 6,000
9 March 2013 Round 17 Botev Plovdiv 2 – 0 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
15:00 (EET) Grnčarov  28'
Tsvetkov  64'		 Report Angelov  60'  Stadium: Hristo Botev
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
17 March 2013 Round 18 Levski Sofia 0 – 0 Montana Sofia
18:00 (EET) Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
30 March 2013 Round 19 Cherno More 1 – 1 Levski Sofia Varna
15:00 (EET) Bozhilov  9' Report Mihelič  12' Stadium: Ticha
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
7 April 2013 Round 20 Levski Sofia 2 – 0 Beroe Sofia
16:00 (EET) Yordanov  23'
Carvalho  30'		 Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 350
Referee: Angel Angelov
10 April 2013 Round 21 Pirin Gotse Delchev 1 – 1 Levski Sofia Gotse Delchev
16:00 (EET) Vitanov 82' (pen.) Report Élie  40' Stadium: Gradski
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Martin Bogdev
13 April 2013 Round 22 Levski Sofia 2 – 1 Lokomotiv Sofia Sofia
15:00 (EET) Carvalho  18' (pen.)
Silva  78'
Mihelič  65'		 Report Bibishkov  59'
Tom  23' 
Branekov  73'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Stefan Spasov
20 April 2013 Round 23 Litex Lovech 1 – 2 Levski Sofia Lovech
17:00 (EET) Iliya Milanov  80' Report Rodrigues  30'
Yovov  62'
Silva 90+5'		 Stadium: Lovech Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
27 April 2013 Round 24 Levski Sofia 2 – 1 CSKA Sofia Sofia
16:00 (EET) Yovov  40'
Silva  90'		 Report Marcinho  70' Stadium: Vasil Levski
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Georgi Yordanov
2 May 2013 Round 25 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 – 1 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
17:00 (EET) Report Ramos  38'
Mulder  47' 		 Stadium: Lauta
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Radan Miryanov
6 May 2013 Round 26 Levski Sofia 2 – 1 Minyor Pernik Sofia
18:00 (EET) Silva  64'
Rodrigues  90'		 Report Pavlov  81'
Yakassongo  87'		 Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Stefan Apostolov
10 May 2013 Round 27 Botev Vratsa 1 – 3 Levski Sofia Vratsa
18:00 (EET) Atanasov  34' Report Carvalho  35'
Rodrigues  73' (pen.)
Silva  90+4'		 Stadium: Hristo Botev
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Stoyan Delev
18 May 2013 Round 28 Levski Sofia 1 – 0 Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
20:00 (EET) Angelov  90+2' Report Guldan  85'  Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Georgi Yordanov
22 May 2013 Round 29 Etar 0 – 3 Levski Sofia Veliko Tarnovo
18:00 (EET) Etar are dismissed from "A" PFG, Levski are awarded with a 3-0 win. Stadium: Ivaylo
25 May 2013 Round 30 Levski Sofia 1 – 1 Slavia Sofia Sofia
18:00 (EET) Carvalho  33' Report Vezalov  75' (o.g.) Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Nikola Popov

Second round
31 October 2012 Levski Sofia 3 – 0 Pirin Razlog Sofia
17:00 EEST Ramos  29'
Silva  57'
Yovov  79'		 Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Georgi Dimitrov
24 November 2012 Pirin Razlog 0 – 1
(0−4 agg.)		 Levski Sofia Razlog
13:00 EEST Report Silva  90+1' Stadium: Gradski
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Dragan Stoykov

Levski advanced to Third round.

Third round
2 December 2012 Levski Sofia 4 – 0 Cherno More Sofia
15:45 EEST Mulder  11'  51'
Silva  54'  75' (pen.)		 Report Sasho Aleksandrov  74' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Stefan Spasov
15 December 2012 Cherno More 1 – 0
(1−4 agg.)		 Levski Sofia Varna
13:00 EEST Kolev  69' Report Dimov  68'  Stadium: Ticha
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Georgi Kabakov

Levski advanced to Quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals
13 March 2013 Levski Sofia 1 – 0 Litex Lovech Sofia
18:00 EEST Rodrigues  22' Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 0 (due to punishment from BF Union)
Referee: Ahmed Ahmed
3 April 2013 Litex Lovech 2 – 1
(2−a2 agg.)		 Levski Sofia Lovech
18:00 EEST Milanov  48'
Isa  75'		 Report Mulder  40' Stadium: Lovech Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Levski advanced to Semifinals.

Semifinals
17 April 2013 Levski Sofia 3 – 1 Lokomotiv Sofia Sofia
17:45 EEST Rodrigues  64'  75'
Velev  82'		 Report Iliev  81' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
24 April 2013 Lokomotiv Sofia 0 – 0
(1−3 agg.)		 Levski Sofia Sofia
15:30 EEST Report Stadium: Lokomotiv
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Nikola Popov

Levski advanced to the Final.

Final
Main article: 2013 Bulgarian Cup Final
15 May 2013 Beroe Stara Zagora 3 – 3
(3 – 1 p)		 Levski Sofia Lovech
17:30 EEST Martins  16', 28'
Andonov  79'		 [Report] Yordanov  24'
João Silva  81'
Rodrigues  87'
Yovov  43' 		 Stadium: Lovech Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Tsvetan Krastev
Penalties
Sayoud
Ivanov
Krumov
Stoychev
Elias 		João Silva
Mulder
Velev
Angelov

Second qualifying round
19 July 2012 Leg 1 Levski Sofia 1 – 0 Sarajevo Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00 CEST Raykov  72' Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)
26 July 2012 Leg 2 Sarajevo 3 – 1
(3−2 agg.)		 Levski Sofia Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
CEST Husejinović  12', 62'
Suljić  14'		 Report de Carvalho  34' (pen.) Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

Levski is eliminated from the competition.

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