2013–14 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia

2013–14 season
President	Todor Batkov
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 (4 July 2013)
Lowest home attendance	100 vs Lyubimets (4 December 2013)
Home colours Away colours
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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 Slaviša Jokanović 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 second 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 División-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 Plzeň 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 Plzeň 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

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CRO Goran Blažević (from Hajduk Split) 5 DF  ESP Álex Pérez (on loan from Getafe) 7 FW  BUL Dimitar Makriev (free agent, previously at Ashdod) 7 MF  BRA Ramon Lopes (from Volyn Lutsk) 9 FW  BUL Tsvetan Genkov (from Wisła Kraków)[7] 20 FW  BUL Miroslav Ivanov (free agent, previously at Ludogorets) 26 DF  BUL Hristo Popadiyn (loan return from Chievo) 59 FW  GUI Larsen Touré (free agent, previously at Stade Brestois 29) 75 MF  MRI Kévin Bru (from Istres)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BUL Ivaylo Vasilev (free transfer to Haskovo) 3 DF  FRA Romain Élie (released) 7 MF  BUL Milen Vasilev (to Slavia Sofia) 8 MF  SVK Roman Procházka (on loan to Spartak Trnava)[8] 9 FW  POR João Silva (released) 10 MF  BUL Hristo Yovov (retired) 12 FW  NED Sjoerd Ars (to Karşıyaka, previously on loan at Konyaspor) 16 MF  POR Cristóvão Ramos (released) 17 FW  BUL Todor Chavorski (on loan to Dobrudzha, previously on loan at Pirin Razlog) 19 FW  GNB Basile de Carvalho (to White Star Bruxelles) 29 MF  SVN Rene Mihelič (loan return to C.D. Nacional) 32 MF  BUL Radoslav Tsonev (on loan to Botev Vratsa) — MF  BRA Ramon Lopes (released)

See List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2013

Winter transfers

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  TUN Aymen Belaïd (from Lokomotiv Plovdiv)[9] 8 MF  BUL Anton Ognyanov (from Lyubimets)[10] 10 FW  BUL Valeri Bojinov (free transfer)[11] 16 MF  BRA Rafael Bastos (free transfer)[12] 17 DF  CZE Pavel Čmovš (free transfer from NEC Nijmegen)[13] 28 FW  POR Cristóvão Ramos (free transfer)[14] 32 MF  BUL Radoslav Tsonev (loan return from Botev Vratsa) 40 DF  RSA Ricardo Nunes (free transfer)[15] 71 MF  BUL Plamen Krumov (from Beroe)[16]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  ESP Álex Pérez (loan return to Getafe) 10 MF  BUL Antonio Vutov (to Udinese) 11 FW  CPV Garry Rodrigues (to Elche) 13 DF  BUL Dimitar Vezalov (released) 22 FW  BUL Iliyan Yordanov (released) 28 DF  POR Nuno Pinto (end of contract) 55 DF  BUL Yordan Miliev (to Shkëndija)

Squad

Updated on 22 May 2014.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Previously at	Games Played	Goals Scored
Goalkeepers
1	Goran Blažević		GK	2013	(1986-06-07) 7 June 1986 (age 37)	Hajduk Split	23	0
23	Plamen Iliev		GK	2011	(1991-11-30) 30 November 1991 (age 32)	Vidima-Rakovski	87	0
24	Aleksandar Lyubenov		GK	-	(1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 29)	Levski Academy	0	0
89	Mihail Ivanov		GK	-	(1989-07-07) 7 July 1989 (age 34)	Botev Vratsa	4	0
Defenders
2	Dustley Mulder		RB	2010	(1985-01-27) 27 January 1985 (age 39)	RKC Waalwijk	97	3
3	Aymen Belaïd		CB	2014	(1987-01-02) 2 January 1987 (age 37)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	9	0
4	Stanislav Angelov (C)		RB / DM	2012	(1978-04-12) 12 April 1978 (age 45)	Anorthosis	175	11
5	Álex Pérez		CB	2013	(1991-08-11) 11 August 1991 (age 32)	Getafe	15	0
6	Orlin Starokin		LB / DM	2011	(1987-01-08) 8 January 1987 (age 37)	Chernomorets Burgas	75	5
14	Miki Orachev		LB	-	(1996-03-19) 19 March 1996 (age 28)	Levski Academy	7	0
17	Pavel Čmovš		CB	2014	(1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 33)	NEC Nijmegen	8	0
29	Deyan Ivanov		CB	-	(1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 27)	Levski Academy	0	0
35	Plamen Dimov		CB / DM	2013	(1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 33)	Chernomorets Burgas	21	1
40	Ricardo Nunes		LB	2014	(1986-06-18) 18 June 1986 (age 37)	Žilina	10	0
Midfielders
8	Anton Ognyanov		LB / LW	2014	(1988-06-30) 30 June 1988 (age 35)	Lyubimets	0	0
16	Rafael Bastos		LW / AM	2014	(1985-01-01) 1 January 1985 (age 39)	Al Nassr	9	0
18	Borislav Tsonev		CM	-	(1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 28)	Levski Academy	22	1
20	Miroslav Ivanov		LW / AM / RW	2013	(1981-09-11) 11 September 1981 (age 42)	Ludogorets	106	13
21	Radoslav Tsonev		CM	-	(1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 28)	Levski Academy	12	1
22	Vladislav Misyak		LW	-	(1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 (age 28)	Levski Academy	9	1
25	Daniel Dimov		DM / CM	2011	(1989-01-21) 21 January 1989 (age 35)	Cherno More	77	7
27	Steven Petkov		RW	-	(1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 28)	Levski Academy	6	0
28	Cristóvão Ramos		RW	2014	(1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 28)	Konyaspor	54	8
45	Vladimir Gadzhev		DM / CM	2008	(1987-07-18) 18 July 1987 (age 36)	Panathinaikos	160	21
59	Larsen Touré		LW / RW	2013	(1984-07-20) 20 July 1984 (age 39)	Stade Brestois 29	22	4
71	Plamen Krumov		RB / RW	2014	(1985-11-04) 4 November 1985 (age 38)	Beroe	12	1
75	Kévin Bru		DM / CM	2013	(1988-12-12) 12 December 1988 (age 35)	Istres	24	1
77	Stefan Velev		DM / CM	2013	(1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 (age 34)	Beroe	21	0
Strikers
7	Dimitar Makriev		ST	2013	(1984-01-07) 7 January 1984 (age 40)	Ashdod	32	7
9	Tsvetan Genkov		ST	2013	(1984-02-08) 8 February 1984 (age 40)	Wisła Kraków	30	7
19	Iliya Dimitrov		ST	-	(1996-07-10) 10 July 1996 (age 27)	Levski Academy	1	0
86	Valeri Bojinov		ST	2014	(1986-02-15) 15 February 1986 (age 38)	Sporting CP	15	7

Statistics

Goalscorers

Players	League	Cup	Europa League	Total
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
Iliyan Yordanov	2	1	0	3
Miroslav Ivanov	2	0	0	2
Borislav Tsonev	0	1	0	1
Plamen Dimov	1	0	0	1
Kévin 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
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
Kévin Bru	1	0	0	1
Steven Petkov	1	0	0	1
Rafael Bastos	1	0	0	1

Cards

Player			Total
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 Belaïd	5	1	6
Larsen Touré	5	1	6
Tsvetan Genkov	6	0	6
Miroslav Ivanov	5	0	5
Álex Pérez	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
Kévin 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

Levski Sofia v Lazio

23 May 2014	Levski Sofia	3–2	Lazio	Sofia, Bulgaria
21:45 CEST	Makriev 47', 58' S. Ivanov 76'	Report	Tounkara 14' Kakuta 35'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

Summer

Levski Sofia v Arapongas

22 June 2013	Levski Sofia	1–0	Arapongas	Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
19:00 EET	Silva 42'	Report

Levski Sofia v Mattersburg

25 June 2013	Levski Sofia	1–1	Mattersburg	Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
19:00 EET	de Carvalho 30'	Report	Mörz 69'

Levski Sofia v Metalurh Donetsk

27 June 2013	Levski Sofia	1–1	Metalurh Donetsk	Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
19:00 EET	Rodrigues 64'	Report	Nelson 86'

Levski Sofia v Amkar Perm

29 June 2013	Levski Sofia	0–2	Amkar Perm	Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
19:00 EET		Report	Peev 17' Georgiev 84'

Winter

Chernomorets Burgas v Levski Sofia

25 January 2014	Chernomorets Burgas	3–5	Levski Sofia	Sozopol
14:00 EET	Angelov 7' Deul 12' D. Dimov 65' (o.g.)	Report	Touré 18', 35', 38' Ognyanov 54' B. Tsonev 85'	Stadium: Sozopol Stadium Attendance: 1 000

Levski Sofia v Mordovia Saransk

3 February 2014	Levski Sofia	1–2	Mordovia Saransk	Paralimni
15:00 EET	Angelov 88' (pen.)	Report	Nakhushev 25' Lutsenko 37'	Stadium: Paralimni Stadium

Levski Sofia v Teplice

6 February 2014	Levski Sofia	2–4	Teplice	Ayia Napa
15:00 EET	Bojinov 20' M. Ivanov 89'	Report	Čajić 11', 71' Vůch 26' Litsingi 76' (pen.)

Levski Sofia v Viktoria Plzeň

10 February 2014	Levski Sofia	0–3	Viktoria Plzeň	Ayia Napa
17:30 EET		Report	Bakoš 13' Ďuriš 26' Wágner 49'

Levski Sofia v Žalgiris

12 February 2014	Levski Sofia	1–1	Žalgiris	Ayia Napa
EET	D. Dimov 28'	Report	Švrljuga 81'

Levski Sofia v Ural

15 February 2014	Levski Sofia	1–1	Ural	Ayia Napa
EET	Bojinov 47'	Report	Yerokhin 34'

Competitions

Overall

	Competition	Position
	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round
	Bulgarian Cup	Quarter Final
	A Group	5th

A Group

First phase

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Botev Plovdiv v Levski Sofia

21 July 2013 1	Botev Plovdiv	2–1	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
18:00 (EET)	Minev  36' Nedelev  45' 57', 75' Jirsák  45'	Report	Rodrigues 5'  35' Ramos  12' Velev  24' Silva  62'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 10,410 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

Levski Sofia v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

28 July 2013 2	Levski Sofia	1–2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
19:00 (EET)	Genkov 30'  60'	Report	N'Diaye 17' Todorov  43' Kamburov 57' Georgiev  60' Lazarov  62' do Carmo  83' Tunchev  90'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,910 Referee: Kalin Lyudmilov

Pirin Gotse Delchev v Levski Sofia

4 August 2013 3	Pirin Gotse Delchev	0–2	Levski Sofia	Gotse Delchev
18:00 (EET)	Abdikov  54'	Report	Genkov 36' Rodrigues 55' (pen.) Vezalov  80'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 1,910 Referee: Ivan Kirilov

Levski Sofia v Beroe

11 August 2013 4	Levski Sofia	0–0	Beroe	Sofia
20:00 (EET)	Pinto  14' Gadzhev  37' Bru  73' Genkov  85'	Report	Krumov  26'  37' Roncatto  46' Z. Iliev  63' Karadzhov  88' Elias  90'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2,690 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

Litex Lovech v Levski Sofia

18 August 2013 5	Litex Lovech	1–1	Levski Sofia	Lovech
21:00 (EET)	Vajushi  40' Bodurov  50' Jordán 53'  56'	Report	Rodrigues 51' (pen.) Angelov  66' Genkov  79' Miliev  89'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 5,880 Referee: Nikola Popov

Levski Sofia v Cherno More

25 August 2013 6	Levski Sofia	1–1	Cherno More	Sofia
20:00 (EET)	Vutov  13' Rodrigues 50' (pen.) Starokin  59' Angelov  65'	Report	Bacari  26' A. Aleksandrov  43' Stanchev  49' Raykov 53' Edenilson  75' Kotev  90'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2,490 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

Lyubimets v Levski Sofia

1 September 2013 7	Lyubimets	0–2	Levski Sofia	Lyubimets
18:00 (EET)	Velichkov  57' Kolev  83'	Report	Álex Pérez  9' Genkov 18' Vutov 84'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 2,890 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

Levski Sofia v Ludogorets

15 September 2013 8	Levski Sofia	0–2	Ludogorets	Sofia
20:00 (EET)	Pinto  17' M. Ivanov  22' Vutov  38' Gadzhev  75'	Report	Espinho 15'  49' I. Stoyanov  31' Misidjan 42' Barthe  52' Dyakov  63' Bezjak  75' Aleksandrov  82'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 6,260 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Chernomorets Burgas v Levski Sofia

21 September 2013 9	Chernomorets Burgas	1–3	Levski Sofia	Burgas
20:00 (EET)	Fonseca 34' Baltanov  35' Manzorro  75'	Report	M. Ivanov 6'  74' Oliveira 37' (o.g.) Rodrigues  45' 60'	Stadium: Lazur Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Levski Sofia v Neftochimic

25 September 2013 10	Levski Sofia	6–0	Neftochimic	Sofia
18:00 (EET)	D. Dimov 14', 62' M. Ivanov 35' P. Dimov 42' Gadzhev 69', 88'	Report	Hashev  61'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 650 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

Slavia Sofia v Levski Sofia

28 September 2013 11	Slavia Sofia	0–1	Levski Sofia	Sofia
15:15 (EET)	Shalayev  38' Fernando  48' Popara  72'	Report	P. Dimov  28' Álex Pérez  32' Touré 57' M. Ivanov  90' Vutov  90'	Stadium: Slavia Attendance: 850 Referee: Tsvetan Krastev

Levski Sofia v Lokomotiv Sofia

4 October 2013 12	Levski Sofia	0–0	Lokomotiv Sofia	Sofia
15:00 (EET)	P. Dimov  54' Miliev  86'	Report	Marquinhos  55' Tom  87'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 470 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

CSKA Sofia v Levski Sofia

19 October 2013 13	CSKA Sofia	3–0	Levski Sofia	Sofia
16:00 (EET)	Milisavljević 30' Popov 35' Gargorov 37' Sidibé  39' Howard  67' V. Iliev  76'	Report	Mulder  34' Álex Pérez  39' Pinto  54' Gadzhev  59'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 13,950 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

Levski Sofia v Botev Plovdiv

26 October 2013 14	Levski Sofia	1–0	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
15:15 (EET)	B. Tsonev  44'  68' Genkov  68' M. Ivanov  74' Rodrigues 85'	Report	Minev  67'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3,930 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Lokomotiv Plovdiv v Levski Sofia

31 October 2013 15	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–3	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
16:00 (EET)	Kiki 13' Kamburov  19' Georgiev  26'  45+1' A. Belaïd  37' Iliadis 74'	Report	Gadzhev 8' Starokin  34' Pinto  40' Rodrigues 45+2' (pen.) Genkov  83' 85'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 0 No attendance due to sanction by the BFU. Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov

Levski Sofia v Pirin Gotse Delchev

3 November 2013 16	Levski Sofia	4–1	Pirin Gotse Delchev	Sofia
18:00 (EET)	Makriev 9', 43' Rodrigues 16' Vutov  19' Pinto  80' Yordanov 86'	Report	Gutsev  65' Bashov 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,170 Referee: Angel Angelov

Beroe v Levski Sofia

9 November 2013 17	Beroe	1–0	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
15:15 (EET)	Hristov 30' (pen.) Krumov  40' Stoychev  54' I. Ivanov  73' Karadzhov  89' Dishliev  90'	Report	D. Dimov  29' Starokin  78' P. Dimov  80' Gadzhev  90' Bru  90'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 9,080 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov

Levski Sofia v Litex Lovech

23 November 2013 18	Levski Sofia	4–1	Litex Lovech	Sofia
15:15 (EET)	D. Dimov 4' Starokin 11', 73' Angelov  41' Bru 51' Touré  68' Gadzhev  77' Mulder  90'	Report	Slavchev  33' Jordán 61' Milanov  90' Vajushi  90'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3,680 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

Cherno More v Levski Sofia

30 November 2013 19	Cherno More	2–1	Levski Sofia	Varna
13:00 (EET)	G. Iliev 41' Bacari  42' 61' S. Aleksandrov  45'  83' Raykov  86' Kitanov  90'	Report	Touré  37' 77' Pinto  61' D. Dimov  83'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

Levski Sofia v Lyubimets

4 December 2013 20	Levski Sofia	3–0	Lyubimets	Sofia
16:00 (EET)	Shokolarov 41' (o.g.) B. Tsonev  45' Rodrigues 55' Vutov 90+3'	Report	Ognyanov  15'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 450 Referee: Tasko Taskov

Ludogorets v Levski Sofia

7 December 2013 21	Ludogorets	0–1	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
15:15 (EET)	Caiçara  26'  90' Barthe  58' Zlatinski  68' Espinho  87' V. Stoyanov  87' Marcelinho  90'	Report	Touré 3' Gadzhev  14' Angelov  17'  75' B. Tsonev  23' Mulder  56' D. Dimov  67' Vutov  73' P. Iliev  87' Miliev  90'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 3,550 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

Levski Sofia v Chernomorets Burgas

12 December 2013 22	Levski Sofia	2–0	Chernomorets Burgas	Sofia
16:00 (EET)	Álex Pérez  16' Touré 52' Makriev 65'	Report	Trayanov  45' Baltanov  57' Manzorro  87'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 640 Referee: Ivan Kirilov

Neftochimic v Levski Sofia

15 December 2013 23	Neftochimic	1–6	Levski Sofia	Sliven
14:00 (EET)	Yanev  57' Álex Pérez 73' (o.g.) Patev  90'	Report	Starokin 6' Makriev 15', 33' B. Tsonev  65' Rodrigues 71', 78' (pen.) Yordanov 90' Vutov  90'	Stadium: Hadzhi Dimitar Attendance: 780 Referee: Radan Miryanov

Levski Sofia v Slavia Sofia

22 February 2014 24	Levski Sofia	2–2	Slavia Sofia	Sofia
16:15 (EET)	Gadzhev  8' Touré  57' M. Ivanov  63' Makriev 68' Krumov 80' Angelov  90'	Report	Shalayev  34' Kurdov 43' Pirgov  49'  90' Fernando  64'  89' Ristevski 74'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov

Lokomotiv Sofia v Levski Sofia

28 February 2014 25	Lokomotiv Sofia	1–0	Levski Sofia	Sofia
15:30 (EET)	Tom 77' Hadzhiev  86'	Report	D. Dimov  75'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 1,940 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

Levski Sofia v CSKA Sofia

8 March 2014 26	Levski Sofia	0–1	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
16:15 (EET)	Touré  8'  90+5' Bojinov  45' A. Belaïd  50' Starokin  53' Angelov  58'  68' Gadzhev  72'  after FT' Makriev  80'	Report	Galchev  13'  29' V. Iliev  65' Gargorov 69' (pen.) M'Bolhi  72'  90+5' Milisavljević  86' Faug-Porret  89' Popov  90' Kossoko  after FT'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 9,920 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

Championship group

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

CSKA Sofia v Levski Sofia

15 March 2014 27	CSKA Sofia	1–0	Levski Sofia	Sofia
16:15 (EET)	Yanchev  33' Faug-Porret  79' Krachunov 90+3'	Report	Touré  36' Ramos  68' Krumov  85'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 10,060 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

Levski Sofia v Botev Plovdiv

22 March 2014 28	Levski Sofia	2–0	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
16:15 (EET)	D. Dimov 11' Makriev 16' Angelov  28' R. Tsonev  51' Čmovš  66' B. Tsonev  83'  88'	Report	Sarmov  25' Hristov  52' Sprockel  58' Luís Pedro  63' Vander  70'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,860 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Lokomotiv Plovdiv v Levski Sofia

27 March 2014 29	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0–2	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
18:00 (EET)	Namouchi  28' Delev  52' T. Belaïd  76' Lazarov  83'	Report	Angelov  25' Bru  53' Bojinov 61' Gadzhev 72'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 1,940 Referee: Tasko Taskov

Levski Sofia v Cherno More

6 April 2014 31	Levski Sofia	1–0	Cherno More	Sofia
19:30 (EET)	D. Dimov 17'  81' Starokin  39' A. Belaïd  59' Bastos  74'	Report	Bacari  40'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,910 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

Ludogorets v Levski Sofia

9 April 2014 32	Ludogorets	2–0	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
19:15 (EET)	Espinho  50' Zlatinski 73' (pen.) Bezjak  80' 90+4' Aleksandrov  87'	Report	Čmovš  14' Gadzhev  35' D. Dimov  36' A. Belaïd  82'  84' B. Tsonev  87'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 5,900 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

Levski Sofia v Litex Lovech

12 April 2014 33	Levski Sofia	1–2	Litex Lovech	Sofia
16:15 (EET)	Čmovš  21' Misyak 45+1' Mulder  52' Angelov  72' Krumov  87'	Report	Vajushi 23' Tsvetanov  35'  87' Rumenov 42'  78' Bozhikov  54' S. Popov  75' Milanov  84'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,470 Referee: Nikola Popov

Levski Sofia v CSKA Sofia

21 April 2014 34	Levski Sofia	1–3	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
16:00 (EET)	A. Belaïd  53' R. Tsonev  78' 82' Starokin  84' Bojinov  84' Čmovš  89' Nunes  90'	Report	Krachunov  25' Yanchev  26' Silva  37' Kossoko 58' I. Stoyanov 86' Marković  90' 90+5'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 8,650 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Botev Plovdiv v Levski Sofia

26 April 2014 35	Botev Plovdiv	2–0	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
16:15 (EET)	Sprockel  24' Curtean 42'  43' Minev  80' Tsvetkov 89' Doré  90'	Report	D. Dimov  10' Touré  13' Starokin  26' Krumov  29' Nunes  76'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Radan Miryanov

Levski Sofia v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

1 May 2014 36	Levski Sofia	2–1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
18:00 (EET)	Genkov 11' Bojinov 13'	Report	Kamburov 59' T. Belaïd  68' Georgiev  81'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 540 Referee: Radan Miryanov

Cherno More v Levski Sofia

7 May 2014 38	Cherno More	1–2	Levski Sofia	Varna
18:00 (EET)	Kitanov  5' Venkov  8' Domovchiyski 12' Edenilson  18' Bacari  37' Kokonov  72' Kotev  87'	Report	Gadzhev 8' (pen.)  88' Krumov  10' Orachev  36' Bojinov 53'  72' Steven  85' Angelov  87'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,490 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Levski Sofia v Ludogorets

11 May 2014 39	Levski Sofia	2–3	Ludogorets	Sofia
19:30 (EET)	Bojinov 27', 90+4' (pen.) Orachev  40' Gadzhev  57' Mulder  77'	Report	Hernández 29' Zlatinski 41' Quixadá 48' Vitinha  65' Abalo  66' 87' A. Aleksandrov  90'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,450 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Litex Lovech v Levski Sofia

18 May 2014 40	Litex Lovech	0–1	Levski Sofia	Lovech
15:30 (EET)	Milanov  5' Jordán 44' Bozhikov  60' Slavchev  71'	Report	Orachev  10' R. Tsonev  12' Bojinov  19' 26' Genkov  60' Makriev  76' Starokin  90' Steven  90'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 1,360 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Bulgarian Cup

Levski Sofia v Pirin Gotse Delchev

18 September 2013 First round 1st leg	Levski Sofia	4–0	Pirin Gotse Delchev	Sofia
17:30 EEST	Vutov 25' Rodrigues 44' (pen.) D. Dimov  47' Yordanov 73' B. Tsonev  80' 88'	Report	Kirov  21' Gaziev  66'  90+2'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 630 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov

Pirin Gotse Delchev v Levski Sofia

12 October 2013 First round 2nd leg	Pirin Gotse Delchev	0–5 (0−9 agg.)	Levski Sofia	Gotse Delchev
16:00 EEST	Gutsev  14'	Report	Starokin 15' Rodrigues 48', 69' Genkov 54', 72' Mulder  64'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 500 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

CSKA Sofia v Levski Sofia

16 November 2013 Second round 1st leg	CSKA Sofia	0–0	Levski Sofia	Sofia
15:15 (EET)	Popov  32' Sidibé  78'	Report	M. Ivanov  36' Bru  75'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 11,670 Referee: Tsvetan Krastev

Levski Sofia v CSKA Sofia

19 December 2013 Second round 2nd leg	Levski Sofia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (0−0 agg.) (7–6 p)	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
16:00 (EET)	Makriev  41' Angelov  68' Touré  77' Mulder  119'	Report	Chochev  15' Mendy  41' V. Iliev  45' Sidibé  97' Karachanakov  119'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 8,540 Referee: Tsvetan Krastev
	Penalties
	Rodrigues Makriev Touré Angelov Vutov D. Dimov Bru Álex Pérez Mulder		Gargorov Karachanakov Yanchev Popov Chochev Vasilev V. Iliev Mendy Sidibé

Levski Sofia v Botev Plovdiv

12 March 2014 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Levski Sofia	3–1	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
16:15 EEST	Stachowiak 15' (o.g.) Mulder 25'  80' Krumov  29' Bojinov 49' D. Dimov  76'	Report	Doré 13'  62' Sprockel  17' Hristov  31'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Tsvetan Krastev

Botev Plovdiv v Levski Sofia

19 March 2014 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Botev Plovdiv	2–0 (3a–3 agg.)	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
14:00 EEST	Jirsák  45' Luís Pedro 50' Younés  59' Hristov  63' Doré 72' Anicet  90'	Report	Bru  26' Bastos  86' Krumov  90' Angelov  90'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Attendance: 2,850 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

Levski Sofia v Irtysh

4 July 2013 1st leg	Levski Sofia	0–0	Irtysh	Sofia, Bulgaria
21:00 CEST	Silva  52' Angelov  74' de Carvalho 77'	Report	Yurin  6' Chichulin  48' Kučera  82'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

Irtysh v Levski Sofia

11 July 2013 2nd leg	Irtysh	2–0 (2−0 agg.)	Levski Sofia	Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
CEST	Murzoev 6' Bakayev 13' (pen.)  66' Govedarica  20' Kotlyar  31' Mukhutdinov  35' Se. Ivanov  64' Shabalin  78'	Report	D. Dimov  12' Mulder  72' Iliev  78'	Stadium: Pavlodar Central Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

References