2013–14 PFC Levski Sofia season
2013–14 season | |||
President | Todor Batkov | ||
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Head Coach |
Nikolay Mitov (until 13 July 2013) Elin Topuzakov (caretaker until 22 July 2013) Slaviša Jokanović (until 8 October 2013) Antoni Zdravkov (until 20 March 2014) Elin Topuzakov (caretaker until end of season) | ||
Stadium |
Georgi Asparuhov Vasil Levski National Stadium (for derby games only) | ||
A Group | 5th | ||
Bulgarian Cup | Quarterfinals | ||
UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Garry Rodrigues (11 goals) All: Garry Rodrigues (14 goals) | ||
Highest home attendance | 12 000 vs Irtysh Pavlodar (4 July 2013) | ||
Lowest home attendance |
100 vs Lyubimets (4 December 2013) | ||
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Levski Sofia entered season 2013–14 as runners-up in the Bulgarian A Football Group and finalists in the Bulgarian Cup. The Blues will celebrate their 100th anniversary during this season.
Summary
June, July and August
In June 2013 after the dramatic end of the 2012–13 season Nikolay Mitov was appointed as the manager of the club. Mitov was previously in charge as a caretaker manager. He failed to win both the championship and cup despite not losing one single game. During the summer club's president announced the return of Nasko Sirakov as general manager of the club. Sirakov was fired from the position back in 2008. Under his lead and with the coaching of Mitov the team did not succeed in European Competitions and got kicked-out in the First Round of the Europa League from Kazakh side Irtysh Pavlodar with 0–2 on aggregate. This resulted the resignation of Mitov and on the 22nd of July Serbian coach Slaviša Jokanović was appointed as the new manager of the club. The failure in Europa League lead to the release of a few players like Cristovao Ramos, Ramon Lopes and striker Joao Silva.
Levski started the campaign with 2 lost games in-a-row against Botev Plovdiv and Lokomotiv Plovdiv finding themselves on last position. After two disappointing home draws against Beroe and Cherno More Varna the team signed with 5 new players – Larsen Touré, Alex Perez, Dimitar Makriev, Miroslav Ivanov and Goran Blažević. Insensibly the team started to improve in the Championship and got up in among the first 7.
September and October
The team's started to improve but another disappointing draw was made against Lokomotiv Sofia. This resulted the resignation of Slavisa Jokanovic and the appointing of Ivaylo Petev as new coach on the 8 October. The fans reacted negatively to this change as earlier in the season they stated their support towards Jokanovic.[1] On the presentation of Petev some of the fans interrupted the press conference and announced that they will not accept Petev as new coach because of his sympathy to Levski's biggest rival CSKA Sofia and got him kicked out.[2] On the next day Petev refused to take Levski's job [3] while general managers Nasko Sirakov and Ivo Tonev also resigned after the events leaving ex-player Hristo Yovov as the only manager in the club. Tonev though made a promise to finish the construction of the main stand of the stadium which was started in February 2013 and was scheduled to be completed in May 2014 for the 100th anniversary. However, later it was reported that due to financial troubles the construction will be delayed and the stand won't be opened for the anniversary. Meanwhile, Antoni Zdravkov was put in charge of the team. 10 days after these events the team lost heavily the Eternal Derby from CSKA with 0:3.
November and December
Despite the heavy loss Zdravkov and his assistants Marian Hristov and Elin Topuzakov managed to rebuild the squad and the team won 8 out of 10 next games. Levski managed to beat Pirin Gotse Delchev in the Bulgarian Cup Secound Round with 9–0 on aggregate drawing with fierce rivals CSKA in the Third Round. At the end of December the team knocked-out CSKA after two goalless draw and a 7–6 victory over penalties. The Blues qualified for the Quarterfinals of the tournament where they will play Botev Plovdiv. During the winter break medias reported that key player Garry Rodrigues will be sold to title competitors Ludogorets Razgrad. However, after a meeting between club's boss Todor Batkov and fans the deal didn't went through.[4]
January and February
After New Year's Eve the team found himself placed on 3rd position. However, due to financial crisis a few players were sold and released. Young star Antonio Vutov was sold to Serie A-side Udinese [5] while key player Garry Rodrigues was transferred to Primera Division-side Elche CF.[6] The total income of both transfers is reported to be more than 1 million euros. Other players like Dimitar Vezalov, Alex Perez, Yordan Miliev and Ilian Yordanov were released from the club.
In the other way around a total of 5 new players arrived. In the beginning of January Levski signed with Lyubimets captain Anton Ognyanov and with central defender Aymen Belaid from Lokomotiv Plovdiv as well. The estimated fee of both transfers was undisclosed. Afterwards the club signed also with another defender Pavel Čmovš coming from Eredivisie side NEC Nijmegen. On the last day of January Levski signed also with Beroe's Plamen Krumov and with Bulgarian international striker Valeri Bojinov.
Levski started their preparation for the second part of the season with two camps. The first one was held in Sozopol, a city on the Bulgarian coast. The squad played one friendly game against Chernomorets Burgas which was won 5:3. The goals were scored by Larsen Toure (hat-trick), youngster Borislav Tsonev and the new signing Anton Ognyanov. In the beginning of February the team continued with the preparation with another camp in Cyprus. On Cypriot soil The Blues played 5 more friendly games in total. They started with 3 losses from Russian side Mordovia Saransk, Czech champions Viktoria Plzen and another side from the Czech Republic Teplice. Levski lost against the Mordovia with 1:2 with a goal scored from penalty and 2:4 from Teplice with Valeri Bojinov and Miroslav Ivanov scoring. In their 3rd exhibition game against Viktoria Plzen the team lost 0:3 after a very disappointing performance from the referee of the game. In the 2nd minute of the match Anton Ognyanov was heavily injured by Tomáš Wágner. Ognyanov was taken to the hospital where it was confirmed that his ankle is fractured and will treat it for the next 3 months which will force him to miss the rest of the season. For the challenge Wagner didn't receive a card. 10 minutes after the incident the Czech side opened the score in the game after a handball which was not noticed from the referee.
The team finished their preparation with 2 draws against Lithuanian champions Žalgiris and Russian side Ural Sverdlovsk. Both games ended 1:1. Levski finished their preparation with only 1 win out of 6 matches. Between the last 2 games Levski signed with another played following the heavy injury of Anton Ognyanov. Brazilian playmaker Rafael Bastos came on the 12 February and started to train individually in order to catch up with the squad. On the 17 February Bastos signed for 1 year with Levski. 2 days before the renewal of the championship the team signed with another player. Left-back Ricardo Nunes agreed on a 1.5-year deal with the club. Levski renewed the Bulgarian league fixtures on the 22 February with a home draw game against Slavia Sofia. The match ended 2–2 and 2 days after it the club signed with another played. Portuguese winger Cristóvão Ramos returned to the team after playing from 2012 to 2013. The contract will be until the end of the season.
Despite the new signings Levski suffered another loss. This time the Blues lost from Lokomotiv Sofia with 0:1. Few days after the match chairman Todor Batkov decided to fire Sports director Hristo Yovov and assistant coach Marian Hristov. Both club legends were surprised by the decision.
March, April and May
Despite all the changes no head coach was appointed and on 8 March Levski lost the Eternal derby against CSKA Sofia with 0-1. This was the first time in 27 years when Levski losses 2 derby games in the same season. One week after the last round from the Regular season Levski had to play again with CSKA and lost one more with a late goal scored by Plamen Krachunov. In the meantime the team got eliminated from the Bulgarian Cup Quarterfinals from Botev Plovdiv. Despite winning with 3:1 in the First Leg the team lost the re-match with 0:2 and got knocked-out 3:3 on aggregate and more away goals. This resulted the resignation of Antoni Zdravkov and started a war between the fans and the club owner Todor Batkov. Club icon Elin Topuzakov was appointed as the new head coach of the team until the end of the season helped by another ex-played Viktorio Pavlov. This season will be the 5th in-a-row in which the Blues will not manage to win a trophy. Topuzakov lead the team to 3 wins in-a-row. Both Plovdiv sides Botev and Lokomotiv were beaten by 2-0 followed by another 1-0 win against Cherno More Varna in Sofia.
Despite the run of positive results the club registered 3 more losses in the next 3 games. The team lost 0-2 from Ludogorets in Razgrad, 1-2 from Litex Lovech in Sofia and 1-3 in the derby against CSKA Sofia. This was the 4th loss in-a-row in a derby game which never happened before. With only 5 games remaining Levski Sofia find themselves placed on 5th position with slight chance of achieving a qualification to UEFA competitions for the next season. It is most likely that the club will not participate in a European competition for the first time since 1990-91 season.
Following the derby loss Levski lost again in Plovdiv against Botev which made it the 4th lost game in-a-row which is a record for the club. Only in 4 other season Levski had managed to lose 4 games in-a-row. Those occasions happened in 1940, 1952, 1955 and 1960.
After the negative series of results Levski finished the season with 3 wins out of 4 games. Away victories were achieved against Cherno More and Litex while at home the Blues managed to win once against Loko Plovdiv and lost their last home game of the season against running champions Ludogorets. Levski finished in 5th place with 14 lost matches (club record for one season). For the first time since season 1990-91 Levski will not participate in European competitions.
On 23 May 2014 Levski ended the season with an anniversary game against Italian side SS Lazio. The game was entirely organised by the fans who made contact with the Italian club and raised funds for all the events that occurred around the friendly match. 160 sportsmen and footballers were awarded from the fans for their achievements with the sports club during the last 100 years. New sports director Georgi Ivanov, Aleksandar Aleksandrov, Elin Topuzakov, Hristo Yovov and other icons from the near past took participation in the football match against Lazio. The match ended 3–2 after Lazio took advantage with 0–2 in the first half. After the break Levski made a comeback with a brace by Dimitar Makriev and a wonderful winning goal scored by 15-year-old youngster from the Academy Stanislav Ivanov. At midnight the whole stadium was lighten up with flares and fireworks.
On 24 May 2014 the celebrations continued with a ceremony on Mogilkata, a square in the center of Sofia where in 1914 the club was founded by a group of students from the near school. After the ceremony the fans started a parade through the entire city centre and ended up at the monument of the patron of the club Vasil Levski.
Transfers
Summer transfers
See List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2013
Winter transfers
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Squad
- Updated on 22 May 2014.
Squad No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Previously at | Games Played | Goals Scored |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||
1 | Goran Blažević | GK | 2013 | 7 June 1986 | Hajduk Split | 23 | 0 | |
23 | Plamen Iliev | GK | 2011 | 30 November 1991 | Vidima-Rakovski | 87 | 0 | |
24 | Aleksandar Lyubenov | GK | - | 11 February 1995 | Levski Academy | 0 | 0 | |
89 | Mihail Ivanov | GK | - | 7 July 1989 | Botev Vratsa | 4 | 0 | |
Defenders | ||||||||
2 | Dustley Mulder | RB | 2010 | 27 January 1985 | RKC Waalwijk | 97 | 3 | |
3 | Aymen Belaïd | CB | 2014 | 2 January 1987 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 9 | 0 | |
4 | Stanislav Angelov (C) | RB / DM | 2012 | 12 April 1978 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 175 | 11 | |
6 | Orlin Starokin | LB / DM | 2011 | 8 January 1987 | Chernomorets Burgas | 75 | 5 | |
14 | Miki Orachev | LB | - | 19 March 1996 | Levski Academy | 7 | 0 | |
29 | Deyan Ivanov | CB | - | 12 April 1996 | Levski Academy | 0 | 0 | |
17 | Pavel Čmovš | CB | 2014 | 29 June 1990 | NEC Nijmegen | 8 | 0 | |
35 | Plamen Dimov | CB / DM | 2013 | 29 October 1990 | Chernomorets Burgas | 21 | 1 | |
40 | Ricardo Nunes | LB | 2014 | 18 June 1986 | MSK Zilina | 10 | 0 | |
Midfielders | ||||||||
8 | Anton Ognyanov | LB / LW | 2014 | 30 June 1988 | Lyubimets | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Rafael Bastos | LW / AM | 2014 | 1 January 1985 | Al Nassr FC | 9 | 0 | |
18 | Borislav Tsonev | CM | - | 29 April 1995 | Levski Academy | 22 | 1 | |
20 | Miroslav Ivanov | LW / AM / RW | 2013 | 11 September 1981 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 106 | 13 | |
21 | Radoslav Tsonev | CM | - | 29 April 1995 | Levski Academy | 12 | 1 | |
22 | Vladislav Misyak | LW | - | 15 July 1995 | Levski Academy | 9 | 1 | |
25 | Daniel Dimov | DM / CM | 2011 | 21 January 1989 | Cherno More Varna | 77 | 7 | |
27 | Steven Petkov | RW | - | 7 May 1995 | Levski Academy | 6 | 0 | |
28 | Cristóvão Ramos | RW | 2014 | 7 May 1995 | Konyaspor | 54 | 8 | |
45 | Vladimir Gadzhev | DM / CM | 2008 | 18 July 1987 | Panathinaikos | 160 | 21 | |
59 | Larsen Touré | LW / RW | 2013 | 20 July 1984 | Stade Brestois 29 | 22 | 4 | |
71 | Plamen Krumov | RB / RW | 2014 | 4 November 1985 | Beroe | 12 | 1 | |
75 | Kevin Bru | DM / CM | 2013 | 12 December 1988 | FC Istres | 24 | 1 | |
77 | Stefan Velev | DM / CM | 2013 | 2 May 1989 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 21 | 0 | |
Strikers | ||||||||
7 | Dimitar Makriev | ST | 2013 | 7 January 1984 | FC Ashdod | 32 | 7 | |
9 | Tsvetan Genkov | ST | 2013 | 8 February 1984 | Wisla Krakow | 30 | 7 | |
19 | Iliya Dimitrov | ST | - | 10 July 1996 | Levski Academy | 1 | 0 | |
86 | Valeri Bojinov | ST | 2014 | 15 February 1986 | Sporting CP | 15 | 7 | |
Statistics
Goalscorers
Players | League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
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Garry Rodrigues | 11 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
Dimitar Makriev | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Tsvetan Genkov | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Valeri Bojinov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Daniel Dimov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Vladimir Gadzhev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Larsen Touré | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Orlin Starokin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Antonio Vutov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Ilian Yordanov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Miroslav Ivanov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Borislav Tsonev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Plamen Dimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kevin Bru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Plamen Krumov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dustley Mulder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Cristóvão Ramos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Vladislav Misyak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Radoslav Tsonev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Assists
Player | League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
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Garry Rodrigues | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
Vladimir Gadzhev | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Nuno Pinto | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Miroslav Ivanov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Dimitar Makriev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Tsvetan Genkov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Antonio Vutov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Orlin Starokin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Dustley Mulder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Yordan Miliev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Daniel Dimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Larsen Touré | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kevin Bru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Steven Petkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rafael Bastos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Cards
Player | Total | ||
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Stanislav Angelov | 13 | 2 | 15 |
Vladimir Gadzhev | 9 | 1 | 10 |
Daniel Dimov | 8 | 1 | 9 |
Orlin Starokin | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Borislav Tsonev | 7 | 2 | 8 |
Nuno Pinto | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Dustley Mulder | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Antonio Vutov | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Aymen Belaid | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Larsen Touré | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Tsvetan Genkov | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Miroslav Ivanov | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Alex Perez | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Pavel Čmovš | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Plamen Krumov | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Valeri Bojinov | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Plamen Dimov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Yordan Miliev | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Kevin Bru | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Stefan Velev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Garry Rodrigues | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Plamen Iliev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Cristóvão Ramos | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Ricardo Nunes | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Dimitar Makriev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Miki Orachev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Steven Petkov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
João Silva | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Dimitar Vezalov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Rafael Bastos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Radoslav Tsonev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pre-season and friendlies
Friendly game for the 100th year anniversary
23 May 2014 | Levski Sofia | 3 – 2 | SS Lazio | Sofia, Bulgaria |
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21:45 CEST | Dimitar Makriev 47', 58' Stanislav Ivanov 76' |
Report | Tounkara 14' Kakuta 35' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov |
Summer
22 June 2013 | Levski Sofia | 1 – 0 | Arapongas | Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn |
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19:00 EET | Silva 42' | Report |
25 June 2013 | Levski Sofia | 1 – 1 | Mattersburg | Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn |
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19:00 EET | Carvalho 30' | Report | Mörz 69' |
27 June 2013 | Levski Sofia | 1 – 1 | Metalurg Donetsk | Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn |
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19:00 EET | Rodrigues 64' | Report | Nelson 86' |
29 June 2013 | Levski Sofia | 0 – 2 | Amkar Perm | Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn |
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19:00 EET | Report | Peev 17' Georgiev 84' |
Winter
25 January 2014 | Chernomorets Burgas | 3 – 5 | Levski Sofia | Sozopol |
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14:00 EET | Angelov 7' Deul 12' Dimov 65' (o.g.) |
Report | Touré 18' 35' 38' Ognyanov 54' Tsonev 85' |
Stadium: Sozopol Stadium Attendance: 1 000 |
3 February 2014 | Levski Sofia | 1 – 2 | Mordovia Saransk | Paralimni |
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15:00 EET | Angelov 88' (pen.) | Report | Nakhushev 25' Lutsenko 37' |
Stadium: Paralimni Stadium |
6 February 2014 | Levski Sofia | 2 – 4 | Teplice | Ayia Napa |
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15:00 EET | Bojinov 20' Miroslav Ivanov 89' |
Report | Čajić 11' 71' Vůch 26' Litsingi 76' (pen.) |
10 February 2014 | Levski Sofia | 0 – 3 | Viktoria Plzen | Ayia Napa |
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17:30 EET | Report | Bakoš 13' Ďuriš 26' Wágner 49' |
Competitions
Overall
Competition | Position | |
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UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | |
Bulgarian Cup | Quarter Final | |
A PFG | 5th |
Bulgarian A PFG
League table - First phase
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation | Head-to-head |
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1 | Ludogorets Razgrad (Q) | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 57 | 14 | +43 | 58 | Qualification for Championship group | |
2 | Litex Lovech (Q) | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 59 | 26 | +33 | 57 | ||
3 | CSKA Sofia (Q) | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 14 | +30 | 51 | ||
4 | Botev Plovdiv (Q) | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 21 | +24 | 46 | ||
5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv (Q) | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 45 | ||
6 | Levski Sofia (Q) | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 24 | +21 | 44 | ||
7 | Cherno More Varna (Q) | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 43 | ||
8 | Beroe Stara Zagora (RQ) | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 39 | Qualification for Relegation group | |
9 | Slavia Sofia (RQ) | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 31 | SLA 3–1 LSO LSO 0–1 SLA | |
10 | Lokomotiv Sofia (RQ) | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 31 | ||
11 | Chernomorets Burgas (RQ) | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 22 | ||
12 | Lyubimets (RQ) | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 66 | −48 | 18 | ||
13 | Pirin Gotse Delchev (RQ) | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 23 | 71 | −48 | 15 | ||
14 | Neftochimic Burgas (RQ) | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 66 | −51 | 12 |
Updated to games played on 9 March 2014.
Source: A PFG (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; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 24 | +21 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 14 | +7 |
Source: Competitive matches
Championship Group Table
- Championship Group Table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation | Head-to-head |
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1 | Ludogorets Razgrad (C) (Q) | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 74 | 20 | +54 | 84 | 2014–15 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round | |
2 | CSKA Sofia (Q) | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 56 | 20 | +36 | 72 | 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round | CSK: 10pts LIT: 1pt |
3 | Litex Lovech (Q) | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 74 | 37 | +37 | 72 | 2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round | |
4 | Botev Plovdiv (Q) | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 65 | ||
5 | Levski Sofia | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 62 | ||
6 | Cherno More Varna | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 54 | ||
7 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 50 |
Updated to games played on 17 May 2014.
Source: A PFG (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; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 |
Source: Competitive matches
First phase
21 July 2013 Round 1 | Botev Plovdiv | 2 – 1 | Levski Sofia | Plovdiv |
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18:00 (EET) | Nedelev 57', 75' | Report | Rodrigues 5' Rodrigues 35' |
Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov |
28 July 2013 Round 2 | Levski Sofia | 1 – 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Sofia |
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19:00 (EET) | Genkov 30' | Report | N'Diaye 17' Kamburov 57' |
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3 500 Referee: Kalin Lyudmilov |
4 August 2013 Round 3 | Pirin Gotse Delchev | 0 – 2 | Levski Sofia | Gotse Delchev |
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18:00 (EET) | Report | Genkov 36' Rodrigues 55' (pen.) |
Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Ivan Kirilov |
11 August 2013 Round 4 | Levski Sofia | 0 – 0 | Beroe Stara Zagora | Sofia |
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20:00 (EET) | Report | Krumov 37' | Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3500 Referee: Georgi Kabakov |
18 August 2013 Round 5 | Litex Lovech | 1 – 1 | Levski Sofia | Lovech |
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21:00 (EET) | Jordán 53' | Report | Rodrigues 51' (pen.) | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: Nikola Popov Referee: 4 000 |
25 August 2013 Round 6 | Levski Sofia | 1 – 1 | Cherno More | Sofia |
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20:00 (EET) | Rodrigues 50' (pen.) | Report | Stanchev 49' Raykov 53' |
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov |
1 September 2013 Round 7 | Lyubimets | 0 – 2 | Levski Sofia | Lyubimets |
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18:00 (EET) | Report | Genkov 18' Vutov 84' |
Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 3 500 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov |
15 September 2013 Round 8 | Levski Sofia | 0 – 2 | Ludogorets | Sofia |
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20:00 (EET) | Report | Espinho 15' Misidjan 42' |
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov |
21 September 2013 Round 9 | Chernomorets Burgas | 1 – 3 | Levski Sofia | Burgas |
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20:00 (EET) | Fonseca 34' | Report | Ivanov 6' Oliveira 37' (o.g.) Rodrigues 60' |
Stadium: Lazur Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov |
25 September 2013 Round 10 | Levski Sofia | 6 – 0 | Neftohimik Burgas | Sofia |
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18:00 (EET) | Dimov 14' 62' Ivanov 35' Dimov 42' Gadzhev 69' 88' |
Report | Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2 500 Referee: Georgi Ignatov |
28 September 2013 Round 11 | Slavia Sofia | 0 – 1 | Levski Sofia | Sofia |
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15:15 (EET) | Report | Touré 57' | Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Tzvetan Krastev |
4 October 2013 Round 12 | Levski Sofia | 0 – 0 | Lokomotiv Sofia | Sofia |
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15:00 (EET) | Report | Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov |
19 October 2013 Round 13 | CSKA Sofia | 3 – 0 | Levski Sofia | Sofia |
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16:00 (EET) | Milisavljević 30' Popov 35' Gargorov 37' |
Report | Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 15 000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov |
26 October 2013 Round 14 | Levski Sofia | 1 – 0 | Botev Plovdiv | Sofia |
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15:15 (EET) | Rodrigues 85' Tsonev 67' |
Report | Minev 67' | Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov |
31 October 2013 Round 15 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2 – 3 | Levski Sofia | Plovdiv |
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16:00 (EET) | Kiki 13' Georgiev 45+1' Iliadis 74' |
Report | Gadzhev 8' Rodrigues 45+2' (pen.) Genkov 85' |
Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 0 No attendance due to punishment for Loko Plovdiv by the BF union. Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov |
3 November 2013 Round 16 | Levski Sofia | 4 – 1 | Pirin Gotse Delchev | Sofia |
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18:00 (EET) | Makriev 9' 43' Rodrigues 16' Yordanov 86' |
Report | Bashov 85' (pen.) | Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 600 Referee: Angel Angelov |
9 November 2013 Round 17 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 1 – 0 | Levski Sofia | Stara Zagora |
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15:15 (EET) | Hristov 30' (pen.) | Report | Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov |
23 November 2013 Round 18 | Levski Sofia | 4 – 1 | Litex Lovech | Sofia |
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15:15 (EET) | Dimov 4' Starokin 11' 73' Bru 51' |
Report | Jordán 61' | Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Georgi Kabakov |
30 November 2013 Round 19 | Cherno More | 2 – 1 | Levski Sofia | Varna |
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13:00 (EET) | Iliev 41' Bacari 61' Aleksandrov 83' |
Report | Touré 76' | Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov |
4 December 2013 Round 20 | Levski Sofia | 3 – 0 | Lyubimets 2007 | Sofia |
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16:00 (EET) | Shokolarov 41' (o.g.) Rodrigues 55' Vutov 90+3' |
Report | Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 100 Referee: Tasko Taskov |
7 December 2013 Round 21 | Ludogorets | 0 – 1 | Levski Sofia | Razgrad |
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15:15 (EET) | Caiçara 89' | Report | Touré 3' Angelov 75' |
Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov |
12 December 2013 Round 22 | Levski Sofia | 2 – 0 | Chernomorets Burgas | Sofia |
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16:00 (EET) | Touré 52' Makriev 65' |
Report | Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 200 Referee: Ivan Kirilov |
15 December 2013 Round 23 | Neftohimik Burgas | 1 – 6 | Levski Sofia | Sliven |
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14:00 (EET) | Perez 73' (o.g.) | Report | Starokin 6' Makriev 15' 33' Rodrigues 71' 78' (pen.) Yordanov 90' |
Stadium: Hadzhi Dimitar Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Radan Miryanov |
22 February 2014 Round 24 | Levski Sofia | 2 – 2 | Slavia Sofia | Sofia |
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16:15 (EET) | Makriev 68' Krumov 80' |
Report | Kurdov 43' Ristevski 74' |
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov |
28 February 2014 Round 25 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 1 – 0 | Levski Sofia | Sofia |
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15:30 (EET) | Tom 77' | Report | Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 3 500 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov |
8 March 2014 Round 26 | Levski Sofia | 0 – 1 | CSKA Sofia | Sofia |
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16:15 (EET) | Angelov 67' Touré 90+5' Gadzhev not on the pitch' |
Report | Galchev 29' Gargorov 69' (pen.) M'Bolhi 90+5' Kossoko not on the pitch' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Georgi Kabakov |
Championship Group
15 March 2014 Round 27 | CSKA Sofia | 1 – 0 | Levski Sofia | Sofia |
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16:15 (EET) | Krachunov 90+3' | Report | Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 12 000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov |
22 March 2014 Round 28 | Levski Sofia | 2 – 0 | Botev Plovdiv | Sofia |
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16:15 (EET) | Dimov 11' Makriev 16' Borislav Tsonev 88' |
Report | Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov |
27 March 2014 Round 29 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 0 – 2 | Levski Sofia | Plovdiv |
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18:00 (EET) | Belaid 76' | Report | Bojinov 61' Gadzhev 72' |
Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Tasko Taskov |
Levski rests for Round 30 | ||||
6 April 2014 Round 31 | Levski Sofia | 1 – 0 | Cherno More Varna | Sofia |
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19:30 (EET) | Daniel Dimov 17' | Report | Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov |
9 April 2014 Round 32 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 2 – 0 | Levski Sofia | Razgrad |
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19:15 (EET) | Zlatinski 73' (pen.) Bezjak 90+4' |
Report | Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov |
12 April 2014 Round 33 | Levski Sofia | 1 – 2 | Litex Lovech | Sofia |
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16:15 (EET) | Misyak 45+1' | Report | Vajushi 23' Rumenov 42' |
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Nikola Popov |
21 April 2014 Round 34 | Levski Sofia | 1 – 3 | CSKA Sofia | Sofia |
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16:00 (EET) | Radoslav Tsonev 82' | Report | Kossoko 58' Stoyanov 86' Marković 90+5' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov |
26 April 2014 Round 35 | Botev Plovdiv | 2 – 0 | Levski Sofia | Plovdiv, Komatevo |
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16:15 (EET) | Curtean 42' Tsvetkov 89' |
Report | Stadium: Komatevo stadium Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Radan Miryanov |
1 May 2014 Round 36 | Levski Sofia | 2 – 1 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Sofia |
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18:00 (EET) | Genkov 11' Bojinov 13' |
Report | Kamburov 59' | Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 200 Referee: Radan Miryanov |
Levski rests for Round 37 | ||||
7 May 2014 Round 38 | Cherno More Varna | 1 – 2 | Levski Sofia | Varna |
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18:00 (EET) | Domovchiyski 12' | Report | Gadzhev 8' (pen.) Bojinov 53' |
Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov |
11 May 2014 Round 39 | Levski Sofia | 2 – 3 | Ludogorets Razgrad | Sofia |
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19:30 (EET) | Bojinov 27' 90+4' (pen.) | Report | Hernández 29' Zlatinski Caiçara 48' Abalo 87' |
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov |
18 May 2014 Round 40 | Litex Lovech | 0 – 1 | Levski Sofia | Lovech |
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(EET) | Report | Bojinov 26' | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 2 500 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov |
Europa League
First qualifying round
4 July 2013 Leg 1 | Levski Sofia | 0 – 0 | Irtysh Pavlodar | Sofia, Bulgaria |
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21:00 CEST | Report | Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Orel Grinfeeld (Israel) |
11 July 2013 Leg 2 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2 – 0 | Levski Sofia | Pavlodar, Kazakhstan |
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CEST | Murzoev 6' Bakayev 13' (pen.) |
Report | Dimov 12' | Stadium: Pavlodar Central Stadium Attendance: 9 000 Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria) |
Bulgarian Cup
First round
18 September 2013 | Levski Sofia | 4 – 0 | Pirin Gotse Delchev | Sofia |
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17:30 EEST | Vutov 25' Rodrigues 44' (pen.) Yordanov 73' Tsonev 88' |
Report | Gaziev 90+2' | Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov |
12 October 2013 | Pirin Gotse Delchev | 0 – 5 (0−9 agg.) |
Levski Sofia | Gotse Delchev |
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16:00 EEST | Report | Starokin 15' Rodrigues 48' 69' Genkov 54' 72' |
Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov |
Levski advanced to Second Round.
Second round
16 November 2013 | CSKA Sofia | 0 – 0 | Levski Sofia | Sofia |
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15:15 (EET) | Report | Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Tsvetan Krastev |
19 December 2013 | Levski Sofia | 0 – 0 (0−0 agg.) (7 - 6 p) |
CSKA Sofia | Sofia |
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16:00 (EET) | Report | Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 6 500 Referee: Tsvetan Krustev |
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Penalties | ||||
Rodrigues Makriev Touré Angelov Vutov Dimov Bru Pérez Mulder |
Gargorov Karachanakov Yanchev Popov Chochev Vasilev Iliev Mendy Sidibé |
Levski advanced to Quarterfinals.
Quarterfinal
12 March 2014 | Levski Sofia | 3 – 1 | Botev Plovdiv | Sofia |
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16:15 EEST | Cristóvão Ramos 15' Mulder 25' Bojinov 49' |
Report | Doré 13' | Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Tsvetan Krustev |
19 March 2014 | Botev Plovdiv | 2 – 0 (3a-3 agg.) |
Levski Sofia | Plovdiv |
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14:00 EEST | Luís Pedro 50' Doré 72' |
Report | Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 3 500 Referee: Stanislav Todorov |
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