2018–19 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2018–19 season is Levski Sofia's 98th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the 2018–19 season.

Levski Sofia
2018–19 season
Chairman of the BoardSpas Rusev (until 6 March 2019)
Georgi Popov (since 6 March 2019)
ManagerDelio Rossi (until 25 July 2018)
Slaviša Stojanovič (until 21 Jan 2019)
Georgi Dermendzhiev (until 29 Apr 2019)
StadiumVivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
First League Third place
Bulgarian CupSecond round
Europa LeagueFirst qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Stanislav Kostov (24)
All: Stanislav Kostov (24)
Highest home attendance14,700 v. Ludogorets
(10 March 2019)
Lowest home attendance840 v. Dunav Ruse
(1 December 2018)
Average home league attendance5,350
Biggest win7–0 v. Vereya
(26 October 2018)
Biggest defeat1–3 v. Botev Vratsa
(25 November 2018)

Transfers

In
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
1 GK Martin Polaček 28EU Mladá Boleslav Free transfer Summer 2021 Free Levski.bg
2 DF Louis Nganioni 23EU Lyon Free transfer Summer 2020 Free Levski.bg
5 DF Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 27EU Maccabi Haifa Transfer Summer 2021 500 000 € mhaifafc.com
8 MF Davide Mariani 27EU Lugano Free transfer Summer 2021 Free Levski.bg
14 MF Bogdan Vaštšuk 22EU Riga FC Loan Summer Free Levski.bg
22 DF Nuno Reis 27EU Vitória Setúbal Transfer Summer 2021 Undisclosed Levski.bg
23 MF Khaly Thiam 24Non-EU MTK Budapest Transfer Summer 2021 300 000 € sportal.bg
30 FW Iliya Dimitrov 21EU Lokomotiv Sofia Loan return Summer Free
39 DF Deyan Ivanov 22EU Botev Vratsa Loan return Summer Free
75 MF Aleks Borimirov 20EU Lokomotiv Sofia Loan return Summer Free
89 GK Nikolay Krastev 21EU Botev Vratsa Loan return Summer Free
93 MF Atanas Kabov 19EU Botev Vratsa Loan return Summer Free
96 FW Luan Viana Patrocínio 22Non-EU Shabab Al-Ahli Free transfer Summer Free Levski.bg
20 DF Zhivko Milanov 34EU APOEL Free transfer Winter 2020 Free Levski.bg
70 MF Martin Raynov 26EU Beroe Transfer Winter 2020 Undisclosed Levski.bg
86 FW Valeri Bojinov 32EU Botev Vratsa Free transfer Winter 2020 Free Levski.bg
17 FW Yerkebulan Seydakhmet 19Non-EU Ufa Loan Winter 2019 Free Levski.bg
18 DF Cédric Hountondji 25EU New York City FC Free transfer Winter 2019 Free Levski.bg

Total spending: 800 000 €

Out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
8 AM Antonio Vutov 22EU Udinese Loan return Summer Free
13 MF Jordi Gómez 33EU Omonia Released Summer Free Levski.bg
15 MF Roman Procházka 29EU Viktoria Plzeň End of contract Summer Free fcviktoria.cz
25 LB Afonso Figueiredo 25EU Rennes Loan return Summer Free
30 MF Neluț Roșu 24EU Astra Giurgiu Released Summer Free Levski.bg
55 DM Georgi Angelov 27EU Beroe Released Summer Free Levski.bg
71 MF Vasil Panayotov 27EU Cherno More End of contract Summer Free topsport.bg
88 MF Georgi Yanev 20EU Strumska Slava Released Summer Free topsport.bg
LB Galin Tashev 21EU Montana Released Summer Free
1 GK Martin Polaček 28EU Released Winter Free Levski.bg
3 CB Aymen Belaïd 30EU Ohod Released Winter Free gong.bg
21 GK Bozhidar Mitrev 31EU Voluntari Released Winter Free levski.bg
32 MF Gabriel Obertan 29EU Erzurumspor BB Transfer Winter Undisclosed gong.bg

Total income: 0 €

Net income: 0 €

Loans out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
GK Aleksandar Lyubenov 23EU Lokomotiv Sofia Loan Summer —
6 MF Ivaylo Naydenov 20EU Arda Loan Winter —
10 FW Rivaldinho 23EU Viitorul Loan Winter —
20 MF Filipe Nascimento 24EU Politehnica Iași Loan Winter — levski.bg
30 FW Iliya Dimitrov 22EU Septemvri Sofia Loan Winter —
75 MF Aleks Borimirov 20EU Slavia Sofia Loan Winter —
93 MF Atanas Kabov 19EU Tsarsko Selo Loan Winter —
96 FW Luan Viana 23Non-EU Tsarsko Selo Loan Winter —

Squad
Updated on 18 March 2019.
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 W/S Originally from Youth system
13 Nikolay Mihaylov  Bulgaria GK 32 EU 2018 2019 Omonia Free Originally from Youth system
89 Nikolay Krastev  Bulgaria GK 24 EU 2017 Levski Academy W/S Originally from Youth system
Defenders
2 Louis Nganioni  France LB 25 EU 2018 2020 Lyon Free Second nationality: DR Congo
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 €
18 Cédric Hountondji  Benin CB 27 EU 2019 2019 New York City FC Free Second nationality: France
19 Miloš Cvetković  Serbia RB 31 Non-EU 2017 2019 Napredak Kruševac Free
20 Zhivko Milanov  Bulgaria RB 36 EU 2019 2020 APOEL Free Originally from Youth system
22 Nuno Reis  Portugal CB/RB/DM 30 EU 2018 2021 Vitória Setúbal Undisclosed
24 Tomislav Papazov  Bulgaria CB 19 EU 2018 Levski Academy W/S Originally from Youth system
28 David Jablonský  Czech Republic CB/RB/LB 29 EU 2017 2019 Tom Tomsk Free
39 Deyan Ivanov  Bulgaria CB 24 EU 2014 2020 Levski Academy W/S Originally from Youth system
Midfielders
8 Davide Mariani   Switzerland AM/CM/LW 29 EU 2018 2021 Lugano Free Second nationality: Italy
11 Anthony Belmonte  France DM/CM 25 EU 2017 2020 Dijon Free
14 Bogdan Vaštšuk  Estonia AM/CM 25 EU 2018 Riga FC Loan
23 Khaly Thiam  Senegal DM 26 Non-EU 2018 2021 MTK Budapest 300 000 €
70 Martin Raynov  Bulgaria DM/CM 28 EU 2019 2020 Beroe Undisclosed
71 Martin Petkov  Bulgaria CM 20 EU 2018 Levski Academy W/S Originally from Youth system
77 Iliya Yurukov  Bulgaria DM/CM 21 EU 2016 Levski Academy W/S Originally from Youth system
Forwards
7 Paulinho  Brazil LW 27 Non-EU 2018 2021 Zorya Luhansk Free
9 Sergiu Buș  Romania CF 28 EU 2017 2020 Astra Giurgiu Free
17 Yerkebulan Seydakhmet  Kazakhstan RW/CF 21 Non-EU 2019 2019 Ufa Loan
26 Jerson Cabral  Cape Verde RW/LW 30 EU 2017 2019 Bastia Free Second nationality: Netherlands
29 Stanislav Kostov  Bulgaria CF 29 EU 2018 2020 Pirin Blagoevgrad Free
86 Valeri Bojinov  Bulgaria CF 34 EU 2019 2020 Botev Vratsa Free
99 Stanislav Ivanov  Bulgaria CF/AM/LW 21 EU 2016 Levski Academy W/S Originally from Youth system

Fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Summer
20 June 2018 Hebar 0 – 4 Levski Sofia Pazardzhik
17:30 EET Report Jordi Gómez  18', 74'
Sergiu Buș  21'
David Jablonský  66'		 Stadium: Georgi Benkovski Stadium
27 June 2018 Levski Sofia 1 – 2 Septemvri Sofia Pravets
17:30 EET Khaly Thiam  56' Report Boris Galchev  44'
Miroslav Budinov  84'		 Stadium: Pravets Sport Complex
5 July 2018 Levski Sofia 1 – 0 Oleksandriya Sofia
18:30 EET Gabriel Obertan  21' Report Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium

Mid-season
8 September 2018 Levski Sofia 1 – 0 Radnik Surdulica Sofia
18:00 EET Paulinho  6' (pen.) Report Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
13 October 2018 Levski Sofia 2 – 0 Lokomotiv Sofia Sofia
17:00 EET Davide Mariani  18'
Martin Petkov  89'		 Report Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
17 November 2018 Levski Sofia 2 – 3 Montana Sofia
11:30 EET Atanas Kabov  26'
Paulinho  41'		 Report Sergey Georgiev  6'
Atanas Iliev  52'
Borislav Damyanov  76'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium

Winter
19 January 2019 Levski Sofia 1 – 1 Ufa Larnaca, Cyprus
15:00 EET Jordan Nkololo  21' Report Lovro Bizjak  56' (pen.) Stadium: GSZ Stadium
25 January 2019 Levski Sofia 0 – 1 Henan Jianye Larnaca, Cyprus
15:00 EET Report Christian Bassogog  25' Stadium: GSZ Stadium
30 January 2019 Levski Sofia 1 – 2 Wisła Płock Larnaca, Cyprus
12:30 EET Davide Mariani  66' (pen.) Report Ángel García  33'
Nico Varela  72'		 Stadium: GSZ Stadium
2 February 2019 Levski Sofia 1 – 2 Ural Larnaca, Cyprus
14:00 EET Stanislav Kostov  52' Report Andrei Panyukov  3', 10' Stadium: GSZ Stadium
5 February 2019 Levski Sofia 1 – 1 Sūduva Larnaca, Cyprus
16:00 EET Davide Mariani  79' Report Domynikas Barauskas  76' Stadium: GSZ Stadium
8 February 2019 Levski Sofia 1 – 1 Čukarički Pyrgos, Cyprus
17:00 EET Davide Mariani  7' Report Aleksandar Đorđević  33' Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium

Preliminary stage
Main article: 2018–19 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)
League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ludogorets Razgrad 26 19 5 2 53 14 +39 62 Qualification for the Championship round
2 CSKA Sofia 26 18 3 5 47 14 +33 57
3 Levski Sofia 26 17 3 6 51 24 +27 54
4 Botev Plovdiv 26 13 6 7 39 21 +18 45
5 Cherno More 26 12 6 8 36 34 +2 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
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 17 3 6 51 24  +27 54 9 2 2 30 11  +19 8 1 4 21 13  +8

Last updated: 16 March 2019.
Source: bulgarian-football.com

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDWWWWWLWWWLWWLLWDWLDWWWLW
Position53221112211222333333332233
Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
21 July 2018 1 Botev Plovdiv 0 – 1 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
20:45 EET Daudet N'Dongala  31'
Kristian Dimitrov  52'		 Report Davide Mariani  7'
Anthony Belmonte  12'
Ivan Goranov  47'
Iliya Dimitrov  90+3'		 Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan
30 July 2018 2 Levski Sofia 2 – 2 Cherno More Sofia
20:30 EET Aymen Belaïd  8'
Stanislav Kostov  60'
Davide Mariani  89'		 Report Georgi Iliev  22'
Aristote N'Dongala  43'
Mehdi Fennouche  53'
Mariyan Ognyanov  68'
Georgi Bozhilov  88'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Man of the Match: Georgi Iliev
5 August 2018 3 Botev Vratsa 0 – 2 Levski Sofia Montana
18:30 EET Atanas Fidanin  34'
Mariyan Ivanov  36'
Daniel Gadzhev  49'
Ivaylo Mihaylov  61'		 Report Stanislav Kostov  8'
Jordi Gómez  25'
David Jablonský  31'
Khaly Thiam  56'
Jerson Cabral  85'		 Stadium: Ogosta
Referee: Stefan Apostolov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
11 August 2018 4 Dunav Ruse 1 – 2 Levski Sofia Ruse
21:00 EET Bozhidar Vasev  53' (pen.)
Petar Patev  62'		 Report Ivaylo Naydenov  33'
Jerson Cabral  59',  62'
Jordi Gómez  71'
Aymen Belaïd  73'
Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson  78'
Khaly Thiam  90+1'		 Stadium: Gradski
Referee: Stanislav Stavrov
Man of the Match: Jerson Cabral
19 August 2018 5 Levski Sofia 2 – 0 Septemvri Sofia Sofia
18:15 EET Davide Mariani  23'
Stanislav Kostov  29'		 Report Fabiano Alves  48'
Alassane Diaby  60'
Zdravko Dimitrov  71'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Petar Kostadinov
Man of the Match: Miloš Cvetković
25 August 2018 6 Etar 1 – 2 Levski Sofia Veliko Tarnovo
18:45 EET Ivan Stoyanov  10'
Flo Bojaj  63'
Krum Stoyanov  70'
Georgi Sarmov  71'		 Report Jerson Cabral  26'
Stanislav Kostov  44',  45'
Khaly Thiam  68'
Martin Polaček  90'
Sergiu Buș  90+10'		 Stadium: Ivaylo
Referee: Stefan Apostolov
Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan
1 September 2018 7 Levski Sofia 1 – 0 Beroe Sofia
21:00 EET Aymen Belaïd  28'
Khaly Thiam  34'
Anthony Belmonte  50'		 Report Kamen Hadzhiev  11'
Ivan Bandalovski  23'
Erol Alkan  70'
Alfredo  71'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
Man of the Match: Anthony Belmonte
16 September 2018 8 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1 – 0 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
20:00 EET Abdelhakim Bouhna  5'
Ante Aralica  14',  29'
Josip Tomašević  51'
Miloš Petrović  90+1'		 Report Anthony Belmonte  4'
Davide Mariani  31'
Khaly Thiam  34'
Bozhidar Mitrev  35'
Jerson Cabral  45+1'
Aymen Belaïd  75'
Miloš Cvetković  77'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Man of the Match: Ante Aralica
21 September 2018 9 Levski Sofia 4 – 1 Vitosha Bistritsa Sofia
20:00 EET David Jablonský  3'
Jerson Cabral  52'
Paulinho 63'
Stanislav Kostov  65', 74'		 Report Radko Mutafchiyski  62'
Grigor Dolapchiev  83'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Nedelcho Gadzhalov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
29 September 2018 10 CSKA Sofia 0 – 1 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:00 EET Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski  16'
Rúben Pinto  42'
Tiago Rodrigues  45'
Kiril Despodov  86'		 Report Vytautas Černiauskas  31' (o.g.)
Khaly Thiam  85'
Ivan Goranov  86'
Miloš Cvetković  90+2'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan
7 October 2018 11 Levski Sofia 2 – 0 Slavia Sofia Sofia
19:15 EET Stanislav Kostov  27', 50'
Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson  52'
Anthony Belmonte  61'		 Report Galin Ivanov  18'
Teynur Marem  70'
Vladislav Uzunov  72'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
20 October 2018 12 Ludogorets 2 – 1 Levski Sofia Razgrad
19:00 EET Svetoslav Dyakov  18'
Anton Nedyalkov  19'
Jody Lukoki  35'
Wanderson  45+1'
Cicinho  78'
Renan  90'
Dimo Bakalov  90+2'
Cosmin Moți  90+4'		 Report Miloš Cvetković  11'
Anthony Belmonte  51'
Stanislav Kostov  54'
Filipe Nascimento  87'
Khaly Thiam  90+4'		 Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Man of the Match: Wanderson
26 October 2018 13 Levski Sofia 7 – 0 Vereya Sofia
19:45 EET Nuno Reis  10'
Stanislav Kostov  20', 49'
Davide Mariani  45' (pen.), 57'
Khaly Thiam  74'
Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson  90'		 Report Theofilos Kouroupis  24'
Goderdzi Machaidze  44'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
4 November 2018 14 Levski Sofia 4 – 1 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
15:00 EET Stanislav Kostov  29', 55'
Khaly Thiam  51'
Gabriel Obertan  62'
Davide Mariani  74'		 Report Dimitar Pirgov  36'
Antonio Vutov  45+1'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Nikola Popov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
10 November 2018 15 Cherno More 1 – 0 Levski Sofia Varna
15:00 EET Jorginho  22'
Petar Vitanov  41'
Mehdi Fennouche  49'
Martin Kostadinov  66'
Patrick Andrade  80'		 Report Paulinho  33'
Nuno Reis  47'
Jerson Cabral  68'  69'		 Stadium: Ticha Stadium
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
Man of the Match: Jorginho
25 November 2018 16 Levski Sofia 1 – 3 Botev Vratsa Sofia
17:30 EET Davide Mariani  20' (pen.)
Miloš Cvetković  33'
Ivan Goranov  73'
Khaly Thiam  82'  90+2'		 Report Ventsislav Kerchev  19'
Valeri Bojinov  34' (pen.), 76'
Daniel Gadzhev  41'
Iliya Milanov  51'
Ivaylo Mihaylov  66'
Valeri Domovchiyski  87'
Krasimir Kostov  90+1'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Man of the Match: Valeri Bojinov
1 December 2018 17 Levski Sofia 3 – 0 Dunav Ruse Sofia
17:30 EET Jerson Cabral  21', 28' (pen.)
Stanislav Kostov  38'
David Jablonský  68'		 Report Martin Kovachev  27' Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
Man of the Match: Jerson Cabral
5 December 2018 18 Septemvri Sofia 2 – 2 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:30 EET Fabiano Alves  17'  82'
Ivan Stoyanov  55',  66'
Miroslav Budinov  90+4'		 Report David Jablonský  53'
Stanislav Kostov  60'
Jerson Cabral  80' (pen.)		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Petar Kostadinov
Man of the Match: Miroslav Budinov
8 December 2018 19 Levski Sofia 2 – 1 Etar Sofia
17:30 EET Stanislav Kostov  20'
Sergiu Buș  54'		 Report Veljko Batrović  8' Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Nikola Popov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
15 December 2018 20 Beroe 2 – 1 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
17:30 EET Martin Kamburov  39'
Aleksandar Vasilev  79',  85'		 Report David Jablonský  38'
Nuno Reis  65'
Gabriel Obertan  77'		 Stadium: Beroe
Referee: Vladimir Valkov
Man of the Match: Martin Kamburov
17 February 2019 21 Levski Sofia 1 – 1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
17:30 EET David Jablonský  8'
Davide Mariani  71'		 Report Ante Aralica  45'
Miloš Petrović  62'
Momchil Tsvetanov  83'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
Man of the Match: Davide Mariani
20 February 2019 22 Vitosha Bistritsa 0 – 2 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:30 EET Mihail Milchev  66' Report Paulinho  22'
Stanislav Kostov  42'
Miloš Cvetković  81'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Petar Kostadinov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
24 February 2019 23 Levski Sofia 1 – 0 CSKA Sofia Sofia
13:00 EET Paulinho  31'
Ivan Goranov  43'
Steven Pereira  45+2' (o.g.)
Khaly Thiam  56'
Miloš Cvetković  69'		 Report Edwin Gyasi  43'
Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski  63'
Ivan Turitsov  66'
Steven Pereira  90+4'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Vladimir Valkov
Man of the Match: Nikolay Mihaylov
3 March 2019 24 Slavia Sofia 0 – 3 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:30 EET Aleksandar Stanisavljević  67'  90+4'
Teynur Marem  90+3'		 Report Stanislav Kostov  4'
Jerson Cabral  40'
Paulinho  50', 60'
Davide Mariani  55'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Man of the Match: Davide Mariani
10 March 2019 25 Levski Sofia 0 – 2 Ludogorets Sofia
17:30 EET Paulinho  48'
David Jablonský  79'
Khaly Thiam  90'		 Report Marcelinho  21',  39'
Wanderson  38'
Cosmin Moți  45'
Dragoș Grigore  69'
Svetoslav Dyakov  77'
Jody Lukoki  90+2'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
Man of the Match: Marcelinho
16 March 2019 26 Vereya 3 – 4 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
12:30 EET Nuno Reis  30' (o.g.)
Shota Gvazava  42'  69'
Aurélien Ngeyitala  56'
Yevhen Dobrovolskyi  59'
Josue Ntoya  76'
Denislav Stanchev  90+3'		 Report Davide Mariani  28' (pen.)
Sergiu Buș  33'
Stanislav Kostov  38'
Valeri Bojinov  70' (pen.),  76'		 Stadium: Trace Arena
Referee: Georgi Ivanov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ludogorets Razgrad (C) 36 23 10 3 67 19 +48 79 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 CSKA Sofia 36 24 6 6 57 17 +40 78 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Levski Sofia (O) 36 20 6 10 64 37 +27 66 Qualification for the European play-off final
4 Beroe 36 16 10 10 42 30 +12 58
5 Cherno More 36 15 7 14 44 51 −7 52
6 Botev Plovdiv 36 14 8 14 44 36 +8 50
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.
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
10 3 3 4 13 13  0 12 1 1 3 7 8  −1 2 2 1 6 5  +1

Last updated: 24 May 2019.
Source: See Results

Results by round
Round12345678910
GroundHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDWLDLWWDLL
Position3333333333
Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
31 March 2019 27 Levski Sofia 1 – 1 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
20:30 EET David Jablonský  13'
Davide Mariani  37' (pen.)
Nuno Reis  39'
Paulinho  70'
Ivan Goranov  86'
Sergiu Buș  90+3'		 Report Radoslav Terziev  28'
Lachezar Baltanov  34'  51'
Antonio Vutov  38'
Kristian Dimitrov  47'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Nikola Popov
Man of the Match: Kristian Dimitrov
7 April 2019 28 Cherno More 0 – 1 Levski Sofia Varna
17:30 EET Patrick Andrade  60'
Radoslav Vasilev  87'		 Report Stanislav Kostov  16'
Nuno Reis  18'
Khaly Thiam  41'
Louis Nganioni  70'  83'
Zhivko Milanov  90+3'		 Stadium: Ticha Stadium
Referee: Vladimir Valkov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
14 April 2019 29 Levski Sofia 0 – 2 Ludogorets Sofia[3][4]
19:00 EET Martin Raynov  35'
Miloš Cvetković  71'
Paulinho  76'
Ivan Goranov  79'		 Report Cosmin Moți  33'  82'  80' (pen.)
Claudiu Keșerü  37'
Jacek Góralski  42'
Cicinho  59'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Man of the Match: Claudiu Keșerü
20 April 2019 30 CSKA Sofia 0 – 0 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:15 EET Kristiyan Malinov  62'
Valentin Antov  67'
Nikolay Bodurov  86'		 Report Zhivko Milanov  13'
Nuno Reis  57'
Martin Raynov  79'
Bogdan Vaštšuk  89'
Martin D. Petkov  90+2'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Man of the Match: Nikolay Mihaylov
27 April 2019 31 Levski Sofia 1 – 2 Beroe Sofia
20:30 EET Stanislav Kostov  49'
Zhivko Milanov  71'
Iliya Yurukov  73'
Nuno Reis  88'		 Report Ivan Minchev  36'
Carlos Ohene  54'  87'
Ivan Bandalovski  60'
Nikita Baranov  64'
Pedro Eugénio  77'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Stefan Apostolov
Man of the Match: Pedro Eugénio
4 May 2019 32 Botev Plovdiv 1 – 3 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
20:00 EET Todor Nedelev  68'
Dimitar Pirgov  80'		 Report Stanislav Kostov  22' (pen.)
Khaly Thiam  40'
Davide Mariani  77'
Stanislav Ivanov  87'
Valeri Bojinov  90'		 Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Ivanov
12 May 2019 33 Levski Sofia 5 – 1 Cherno More Sofia
19:00 EET Stanislav Kostov  16', 46'
Paulinho  19'
Davide Mariani  31'
Stanislav Ivanov  83'		 Report Plamen Dimov  44'
Petar Vitanov  64'
Dani Kiki  86'
Stefan Stanchev  88'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov
18 May 2019 34 Ludogorets 1 – 1 Levski Sofia Razgrad
18:00 EET Dragoș Grigore  12'  70'
Anicet Abel  35'  85'
Cosmin Moți  51' (pen.)
Adrian Popa  57'		 Report Martin Raynov  14'
Valeri Bojinov  22'
Deyan Ivanov  46'  47'
Zhivko Milanov  72'
Louis Nganioni  89'		 Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
Man of the Match: Zhivko Milanov
21 May 2019 35 Levski Sofia 0 – 2 CSKA Sofia Sofia
18:00 EET Zhivko Milanov  66'
Nuno Reis  78'  84'
Martin D. Petkov  90+2'		 Report Kristiyan Malinov  56'
Tiago Rodrigues  70'
Evandro  86'
Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski  87'		 Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
Man of the Match: Tiago Rodrigues
24 May 2019 36 Beroe 3 – 1 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
17:15 EET Rúben Brígido  28'
Martin Kamburov  50', 89'
Ivan Bandalovski  54'		 Report Valeri Bojinov  70' (pen.)
Davide Mariani  73'
Ivaylo Ivanov  83'		 Stadium: Beroe
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Man of the Match: Martin Kamburov

European play-off final
28 May 2019 Levski Sofia 1 – 0 Etar Sofia
20:00 EET Iliya Yurukov  48'
Valeri Bojinov  72'
Khaly Thiam  75'		 Report Georgi Sarmov  75'
Plamen Galabov  86'
Zdravko Iliev  90+1'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Referee: Volen Chinkov
Man of the Match: Valeri Bojinov

Bulgarian Cup
Main article: 2018–19 Bulgarian Cup
25 September 2018 First round Atletik Kuklen 0 – 6 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
16:00 EET Yulian Romanov  16'
Nerdzhib Nerdzhib  52'		 Report Atanas Kabov  40'
Sergiu Buș  44'
Stanislav Ivanov  72', 75'
Yanko Gyuzlev  74' (o.g.)
Filipe Nascimento  85'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv
Referee: Stefan Pavlov
31 October 2018 Second round Cherno More 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 4 p)		 Levski Sofia Varna
16:00 EET Atanas Zehirov  12',  37'
Georgi Iliev  31'
Radoslav Vasilev  73'
Miroslav Enchev  83'
Georgi Bozhilov  90+1'
Martin Minchev  92'
Ilias Hassani  after FT'		 Report Jerson Cabral  10'
Nuno Reis  19'
Miloš Cvetković  35'
David Jablonský  57'
Khaly Thiam  78'
Gabriel Obertan  84'
Ivaylo Naydenov  107'
Rivaldinho  after FT'		 Stadium: Ticha Stadium
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Penalties
Iliev
Bozhilov
Panayotov
Vasilev
Andrade
Dimov 		Cabral
Jablonský
Cvetković
Thiam
Nascimento
Reis

UEFA Europa League
Further information: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round
11 July 2018 1st leg Vaduz 1 – 0 Levski Sofia Vaduz, Liechtenstein
18:45 EET Mohamed Coulibaly  14'
Nils von Niederhäusern  41'
Maximilian Göppel  76'		 Report Anthony Belmonte  16'
Aymen Belaïd  22'
David Jablonský  47'
Ivan Goranov  89'		 Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Attendance: 1243
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
17 July 2018 2nd leg Levski Sofia 3 – 2
(3 – 3 (a) agg.)		 Vaduz Sofia, Bulgaria
18:45 EET Sergiu Buș  35', 76'
Jerson Cabral  52',  85'
Aymen Belaïd  53'
Jordi Gómez  63'
Ivan Goranov  90+1'
Stanislav Kostov  90+4'		 Report Mohamed Coulibaly  25'
Nils von Niederhäusern  41'
Gabriel Lüchinger  52'
Igor Tadić  55',  75'		 Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 6100
Referee: Rob Harvey (Ireland)

Squad statistics
As of match played 28 May 2019
No. Pos Nat Player TotalParva LigaBulgarian CupUEFA Europa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2 DF Louis Nganioni 70700000
4 DF Ivan Goranov 33028+102020
5 DF Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 12211+120000
7 MF Paulinho 27222+421000
8 MF Davide Mariani 391133+3111020
9 FW Sergiu Buș 2144+1421121
11 MF Anthony Belmonte 18111+510020
12 GK Petar Ivanov 00000000
13 GK Nikolay Mihaylov 1601600000
14 MF Bogdan Vaštšuk 1011+910000
17 FW Yerkebulan Seydakhmet 302+100000
18 DF Cédric Hountondji 603+300000
19 DF Miloš Cvetković 32027+102020
20 DF Zhivko Milanov 11110+110000
22 DF Nuno Reis 27123+212000
23 MF Khaly Thiam 3233022100
24 DF Tomislav Papazov 100+100000
26 MF Jerson Cabral 291025+181121
28 DF David Jablonský 24120+111020
29 FW Stanislav Kostov 392432+424100+20
33 DF Ivaylo Ivanov 100+100000
39 DF Deyan Ivanov 60600000
70 MF Martin Raynov 16014+200000
71 MF Martin P. Petkov 100+100000
77 FW Iliya Yurukov 1509+600000
79 MF Martin D. Petkov 801+700000
86 FW Valeri Bojinov 1144+740000
89 GK Nikolay Krastev 20101000
99 FW Stanislav Ivanov 20411+620+220+10
Players away from the club on loan:
6 MF Ivaylo Naydenov 902+500+2000
10 FW Rivaldinho 500+400+1000
20 MF Filipe Nascimento 1010+801+1100
30 FW Iliya Dimitrov 510+31000+20
75 MF Aleks Borimirov 00000000
93 MF Atanas Kabov 210+111000
96 FW Luan Viana 100+100000
GK Aleksandar Lyubenov 00000000
Players who left Levski Sofia during the season:
1 GK Martin Polaček 160150000+10
3 DF Aymen Belaïd 1319+100+1021
8 AM Antonio Vutov 00000000
13 MF Jordi Gómez 603+100020
15 MF Roman Procházka 00000000
21 GK Bozhidar Mitrev 80501020
25 DF Afonso Figueiredo 00000000
30 MF Neluț Roșu 00000000
32 MF Gabriel Obertan 2312011020
55 DF Georgi Angelov 00000000
71 MF Vasil Panayotov 00000000
88 MF Georgi Yanev 00000000
91 GK Dimitar Sheytanov 00000000
DF Galin Tashev 00000000

References
  1. "A PFG - Regular season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. "Наредба за първенствата и турнирите по футбол в системата на БФС за сезон 2018/2019 година" (PDF). Bulgarian Football Union. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  3. The match will be played at the National Stadium instead of Levski's home venue because of urgent pitch repair at Georgi Asparuhov Stadium.
  4. "Промяна за предстоящата среща Левски – Лудогорец" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 10 April 2019.
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