2014–15 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia 2014–15 football season
Levski Sofia
2014–15 season
PresidentBulgaria Todor Batkov
ManagerSpain José Murcia (until 4 August 2014)
Bulgaria Georgi Ivanov (until 22 December 2014)
Bulgaria Stoycho Stoev (from 22 December 2014)
StadiumGeorgi Asparuhov
Vasil Levski National Stadium (for derby games only)
A Group7th
Bulgarian CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Añete (14 goals)
All: Añete (16 goals)
Highest home attendance15 000 vs Ludogorets Razgrad (29 April)
Lowest home attendance0 vs Botev Plovdiv (17 August)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2014–15 season was Levski Sofia's 94th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the season.

Summary

June, July, August

After a frustrating 2013–14 season Levski found themselves in 5th position and missing participation in European competitions for the first time since 1990. The disappointing season lead to the release of a lot of players mainly foreigners with big salaries. Those releases were a result of the club's bad financial condition. Stanislav Angelov announced his retirement from professional football after a friendly game against SS Lazio which marked the 100th anniversary of the club. Vladimir Gadzhev and Dimitar Makriev's contracts were not renewed while players like Kevin Bru, Larsen Touré, Rafael Bastos, Cristóvão da Silva Ramos, Pavel Čmovš, Ricardo Nunes and Dustley Mulder were released on free transfers.

On 19 May club legend Georgi Ivanov returned to the club as a sports director and announced the club plans to change the transfer policy and sign only local players. As a result of that ex-Levski players Valeri Domovchiyski, Borislav Stoychev and Lachezar Baltanov returned to the club. Ivanov also made some changes in the staff releasing the chief scouts Doncho Donev and Kiril Vangelov. Club icon Daniel Borimirov was appointed as head of the Youth department.

On 5 June 2014 Georgi Ivanov announced the appointment of the Spanish manager José Murcia as the head coach of the team. The contract would be for a 2-year time. This was the first time in the club's history when a Spanish coach is in charge of Levski Sofia. 'Pepe' Murcia is going to be the 13th foreign coach to lead the Blues in their 100 years of history. The appointing of Murcia bring some more changes in the staff at Levski which included hiring methodologist David Serano for the Youth academy. As the pre-season started Pepe Murcia appointed Valeri Bojinov as the new captain of the team. Former player Dimitar Telkiyski also joined the club being appointed as youth coach and assistant of Georgi Todorov at the new formed U-21 team of the club.

Daniel Borimirov returned to the club as head of the youth department.

In the first day of July Vladimir Gadzhev returned to the club and signed a new 1-year contract after failing to find a new club abroad in which to continue his career. On 8 July attacking midfielder Miguel Bedoya signed a 2-year contract with the club. 10 days later Levski signed with another Spanish player Añete. Bedoya and Añete are the 3rd and 4th Spanish players to play for the club after Toni Calvo and Alejandro Pérez. Veselin Minev also returned to the club signing a 2-year contract which wasn't accepted well from the fans and at the friendly game against Haskovo the supporters swore at the left back.[1] In the meantime 18-year-old youngster from the Academy Deyan Ivanov signed his first professional contract with the club. The defender will stay with the Blues until 2017.[2]

Levski Sofia finished their pre-season preparation with 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. The Blues started the campaign with a home 1-1 draw against Lokomotiv Plovdiv on 19 July. On 27 July Levski suffered their 5th lost derby in-a-row after a 0-2 loss against CSKA Sofia. A week later the Blues secured their first win of the season beating Lokomotiv Sofia with 1-0 after a goal scored by Roman Procházka. However a few days later manager Pepe Murcia was released [3] and sports director Georgi Ivanov took in charge being director and head coach at the same time. This was the 4th time in history when Ivanov is taking charge as head coach of the first team.

The first game under the management of Georgi Ivanov was away against Beroe in Stara Zagora. Levski lost 2-1 after 2 mistakes by goalkeeper Stefano Kunchev which led to his release from the club. After the match Georgi Ivanov announced that from 1 January 2015 Dimitar Dimitrov will take charge as head coach of the club. The following round Levski snatched a late 2-1 win against Botev Plovdiv with goals scored by Vladimir Gadzhev and Luis Pedro in the last seconds. The match was played in front of empty stands due to a punishment from the Bulgarian Football Union. On 25 August Levski suffered a heavy 3-0 loss in their visit against Litex Lovech. In the end of the game Levski Sofia fans clashed with the local police which led to a further 2-match ban of playing in front of an empty stadium with no spectators.

September and October

On 1 September Levski secured a second late win in-a-row after beating 1-0 Cherno More Varna with a penalty scored by Valeri Bojinov in 90+4. After the game Georgi Ivanov announced that the team needs a new central forward. During the first week of September Mauricio Gómez, Alexis Allart and Najib Ammari were offered trials at the club. All of them took part in the friendly game against Botev Vratsa won 2-0. Ammari was offered a contract while Gomez and Allart were released from their trials. In the meantime Valeri Bojinov left the club to join Serie B side Ternana. After the 2 week break Levski won another late win against Slavia Sofia followed by a 4-1 away victory against Haskovo. The team also started their campaign in the Bulgarian Cup with a smashing 7-1 away win against Spartak Varna. On 27 September Levski beat Ludogorets against the odds with 3-2 making it their 3rd ever win against the UEFA Champions League participant. Miguel Bedoya scored his first two goals for the Blues with Georgi Sarmov adding the third one. The team won 5 games in total during September.

During the month of October Levski made some disappointing results managing not to win a single game. Draws were made in the away games against Marek and Lokomotiv Plovdiv with a last minute equaliser scored by Martin Kamburov. The bad form continued with another loss in the derby against CSKA Sofia with 0-3. The disappointment for the fans continued with a shocking 0-2 loss against Second Division side Montana for the Bulgarian Cup placing the team in an uncomfortable position before the re-match in the beginning of December.

November and December

In the beginning of November Levski recorded their first win for over a month with a 1-0 away victory against Lokomotiv Sofia. In the following round The Blues were again punished to play in front of empty stands against Beroe Stara Zagora. Georgi Ivanov's side lost 0-1 finding themselves placed 5th after 18 rounds. On 23 November Levski marked their first win in Plovdiv against Botev since 2009. The 3-0 victory was followed by a 2-2 home draw against Litex. The Blues managed to come back from a 2-goal difference in the Bulgarian Cup and won against Montana 4-0 which qualify them for the quarterfinals of the tournament. Despite that Levski finished the year 2014 with 2 losses in-a-row against Cherno More Varna and Slavia Sofia. The team finished the year 2014 placing 6th in the Championship.

In the winter break it was expected for Dimitar Dimitrov to take in charge the team as announced by the sports manager Georgi Ivanov. Eventually both sides didn't came out with an agreement and Ivanov was forced to look for another coach option. On 22 December 2014 Stoycho Stoev was announced as the new Levski Sofia manager.[4] Stoev signed a 2.5-year deal while Ivanov came back to the sports director position.

January and February

During the winter break Levski released several players like Plamen Krumov, Anton Ognyanov and others. While Miroslav Ivanov's contract expired and youngster Aleksandar Lyubenov was sent on loan to Septemvri Simitli. The first incoming transfer to arrive was right back Aleksandar Aleksandrov from Cherno More Varna. In the days afterwards the club signed with goalkeeper Bojan Jorgačević and defender Emil Ninu.

Goalkeeper Bojan Jorgačević signed a contract for one and a half year.

The team started the mid-season preparation with an 8-0 win against Vihren Sandanski. After that the team went to Turkey for their training camp during the winter break. They started with a draw against Vorskla Poltava and a 3-0 win against UEFA Europa League participators Qarabağ FK. The team managed to lose only once to Slovak side Spartak Myjava and made 4 more draws against Lech Poznań, Milsami Orhei, Petrolul Ploiești and Karpaty Lviv. While the game against Armenian Ulisses FC was interrupted due to clashes and fights between the players of both teams.[5] The team finished the training camp in Turkey with 1 win, 5 draws and 1 loss. Valeri Domovchiyski scored 10 goals in total in the friendlies.

Somali born Liban Abdi moved on loan to Levski until the end of the season.

During the training camp the club managed to sing on loan Somali winger Liban Abdi from Turkish side Rizespor. 10 days before the renewing of the season Levski signed with Polish striker Lukasz Gikiewicz making him the first ever Polish player to play for the club.

Polish striker Lukasz Gikiewicz signed a contract with the club for 2 years.

The team started 2015 with a 3-0 win against Haskovo in a first leg Quarterfinal of the Bulgarian Cup. Valeri Domovchiyski confirmed his good form by scoring 2 goals while Tihomir Trifonov scored and own goal to fix the final score. Bojan Jorgacevic, Emil Ninu, Liban Abdi and Lukasz Gikiewicz made their official debut for the club in this match.

Levski started their campaign in A Group with a smashing 8-0 win against Haskovo. Valeri Domovchiyski scored a brace and assisted for one more goal notching a total of 11 goals for the season . Spanish playmaker Antonio Salas Quinta also scored twice and made 2 assists, while new signing Liban Abdi made 3 assists in total. Miguel Bedoya and Bozhidar Kraev also scored and Polish striker Lukasz Gikiewicz scored his first goal for the club making the final score 8-0. This was the biggest win in the championship for Levski since 2007.

March, April and May

In March Levski played their quarterfinal's 2nd leg against Haskovo and made a 1-1 draw. With an aggregate score of 4-1 "The Blues" qualified for the semifinals of the Bulgarian Cup. On 8 March Levski lost 0-1 against Ludogorets Razgrad after a mistake from goalkeeper Plamen Iliev that led to the goal. Although Levski won against Marek Dupnitsa in the last round they were surpassed by Botev Plovdiv who won 3 out of 3 games and Levski played in the relegation group of the championship during the playoffs. The Blues finished 7th which equaled their anti-record. The only other time in history when Levski Sofia finished at 7th place was in season 1937–38.

Transfers

Summer transfers

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Bulgaria BUL Lachezar Baltanov (from Chernomorets Burgas)[6]
FW Bulgaria BUL Valeri Domovchiyski (from Cherno More Varna)[7]
DF Bulgaria BUL Borislav Stoychev (from Beroe)[8]
MF Slovakia SVK Roman Prochazka (loan return from Slovakia Spartak Trnava)[9]
DF Bulgaria BUL Radoslav Dimitrov (from Slavia Sofia)[10]
GK Bulgaria BUL Stefano Kunchev (from Chernomorets Burgas)[11]
DF Bulgaria BUL Veselin Minev (from Botev Plovdiv)[12]
MF Spain ESP Miguel Bedoya (from Spain Numancia)[13]
GK North Macedonia MKD Kristijan Naumovski (from Romania Dinamo București)[14]
MF Bulgaria BUL Georgi Sarmov (from Botev Plovdiv)[15]
FW Netherlands NED Luis Pedro (from Botev Plovdiv)[16]
FW Spain ESP Antonio Salas Quinta (from Greece Niki Volos)[17]
FW Algeria ALG Najib Ammari (from Romania CFR Cluj)[18]

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Croatia CRO Goran Blažević (to Russia Torpedo Moscow)
2 DF Netherlands NED Dustley Mulder (released)
4 DF Bulgaria BUL Stanislav Angelov (retired)
6 MF Bulgaria BUL Orlin Starokin (end of contract)
7 FW Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Makriev (end of contract)
9 FW Bulgaria BUL Tsvetan Genkov (released)
16 MF Brazil BRA Rafael Bastos (released)
17 DF Czech Republic CZE Pavel Čmovš (released)
25 MF Bulgaria BUL Daniel Dimov (end of contract)
28 MF Portugal POR Cristóvão Ramos (released)
28 DF Bulgaria BUL Radoslav Dimitrov (released)
30 MF Bulgaria BUL Lachezar Baltanov (released)
32 GK Bulgaria BUL Stefano Kunchev (released)
40 DF Portugal POR Ricardo Nunes (released)
59 FW Guinea GUI Larsen Touré (released)
75 MF Mauritius MRI Kevin Bru (released)
86 FW Bulgaria BUL Valeri Bojinov (to Italy Ternana Calcio)
89 GK Bulgaria BUL Mihail Ivanov (released)

See List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2014

Winter transfers

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
29 GK Serbia SRB Bojan Jorgačević (from Turkey Erciyesspor)[19]
2 DF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Aleksandrov (from Cherno More Varna)[20]
31 DF Romania ROU Emil Ninu (from Romania Universitatea Cluj)[21]
7 FW Norway NOR Liban Abdi (on loan from Turkey Çaykur Rizespor)[22]
9 FW Poland POL Łukasz Gikiewicz (from Cyprus AEL Limassol)[23]

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Bulgaria BUL Miroslav Ivanov (end of contract)
1 GK North Macedonia MKD Kristijan Naumovski (released)
71 DF Bulgaria BUL Plamen Krumov (released)
7 DF Bulgaria BUL Anton Ognyanov (released)
35 DF Bulgaria BUL Plamen Dimov (released)
13 MF Algeria ALG Najib Ammari (released)
24 GK Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Lyubenov (on loan to Septemvri Simitli)

See List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2014–15

Squad

Updated on 26 May 2015.
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of birth (Age) Previously at Games Played Goals Scored
Goalkeepers
23 Plamen Iliev  Bulgaria GK 2011 (1991-11-30) 30 November 1991 (age 32) Bulgaria Vidima-Rakovski 123 0
29 Bojan Jorgačević  Serbia GK 2015 (1982-02-12) 12 February 1982 (age 42) Turkey Erciyesspor 11 0
Defenders
2 Aleksandar Aleksandrov  Bulgaria RB 2015 (1986-07-30) 30 July 1986 (age 37) Bulgaria Cherno More Varna 11 0
3 Aymen Belaïd  Tunisia CB 2014 (1987-01-02) 2 January 1987 (age 37) Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv 41 1
4 Miki Orachev  Bulgaria LB (1996-03-19) 19 March 1996 (age 28) Bulgaria Levski Academy 19 1
5 Borislav Stoychev  Bulgaria CB 2014 (1986-11-26) 26 November 1986 (age 37) Bulgaria Beroe 49 2
14 Veselin Minev  Bulgaria LB 2014 (1980-10-14) 14 October 1980 (age 43) Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv 157 1
31 Emil Ninu  Romania LB, CB, RB 2015 (1986-08-28) 28 August 1986 (age 37) Romania Universitatea Cluj 11 1
33 Galin Tashev  Bulgaria LB / CB (1997-02-02) 2 February 1997 (age 27) Bulgaria Levski Academy 3 0
39 Deyan Ivanov  Bulgaria CB (1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 28) Bulgaria Levski Academy 1 0
Midfielders
8 Georgi Sarmov  Bulgaria DM / CM 2014 (1985-09-07) 7 September 1985 (age 38) Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv 119 10
10 Miguel Bedoya  Spain AM 2014 (1986-04-15) 15 April 1986 (age 38) Spain Numancia 35 9
11 Luis Pedro  Netherlands LW / RW 2014 (1990-04-27) 27 April 1990 (age 33) Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv 25 4
12 Bozhidar Kraev  Bulgaria AM (1997-06-23) 23 June 1997 (age 26) Bulgaria Levski Academy 26 9
15 Roman Procházka  Slovakia CM 2012 (1989-03-14) 14 March 1989 (age 35) Slovakia Spartak Trnava 62 3
18 Borislav Tsonev  Bulgaria CM (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 28) Bulgaria Levski Academy 32 4
21 Radoslav Tsonev  Bulgaria CM (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 28) Bulgaria Levski Academy 26 4
22 Vladislav Misyak  Bulgaria LW (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 (age 28) Bulgaria Levski Academy 16 2
30 Liban Abdi  Norway LW / RW 2015 (1988-10-05) 5 October 1988 (age 35) Turkey Rizespor 13 2
45 Vladimir Gadzhev  Bulgaria DM / CM 2008 (1987-07-18) 18 July 1987 (age 36) Greece Panathinaikos 202 26
77 Stefan Velev  Bulgaria DM / CM 2013 (1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 (age 34) Bulgaria Beroe 48 1
Strikers
9 Łukasz Gikiewicz  Poland ST 2015 (1987-10-26) 26 October 1987 (age 36) Cyprus AEL Limassol 9 3
17 Valeri Domovchiyski  Bulgaria ST 2014 (1986-10-05) 5 October 1986 (age 37) Bulgaria Cherno More 140 67
19 Iliya Dimitrov  Bulgaria ST (1996-07-10) 10 July 1996 (age 27) Bulgaria Levski Academy 4 0
20 Antonio Salas Quinta  Spain AM / FW 2014 (1985-10-01) 1 October 1985 (age 38) Greece Niki Volos 34 16

Statistics

  • Note – players not in bold had left the team during the season.

Goalscorers

Player League Cup Total
Spain Añete 14 2 16
Bulgaria Valeri Domovchiyski 10 4 14
Spain Miguel Bedoya 8 1 9
Bulgaria Bozhidar Kraev 6 3 9
Bulgaria Vladimir Gadzhev 5 0 5
Slovakia Roman Prochazka 4 0 4
Poland Lukasz Gikiewicz 2 1 3
Netherlands Luis Pedro 3 0 3
Bulgaria Radoslav Tsonev 2 1 3
Bulgaria Borislav Tsonev 3 0 3
Bulgaria Miroslav Ivanov 1 1 2
Bulgaria Georgi Sarmov 2 0 2
Norway Liban Abdi 2 0 2
Bulgaria Valeri Bojinov 1 0 1
Bulgaria Vladislav Misyak 0 1 1
Tunisia Aymen Belaid 0 1 1
Romania Emil Ninu 1 0 1
Bulgaria Miki Orachev 1 0 1

Assists

Player League Cup Total
Spain Añete 11 0 11
Slovakia Roman Prochazka 5 2 7
Spain Miguel Bedoya 6 1 7
Norway Liban Abdi 5 1 6
Bulgaria Valeri Domovchiyski 4 0 4
Bulgaria Vladimir Gadzhev 3 0 3
Bulgaria Bozhidar Kraev 1 2 3
Bulgaria Veselin Minev 3 0 3
Bulgaria Plamen Krumov 2 1 3
Bulgaria Miki Orachev 1 2 3
Bulgaria Borislav Tsonev 3 0 3
Bulgaria Anton Ognyanov 0 2 2
Poland Lukasz Gikiewicz 2 0 2
Netherlands Luis Pedro 2 0 2
Bulgaria Aleksandar Aleksandrov 2 0 2
Bulgaria Radoslav Tsonev 1 0 1
Bulgaria Borislav Stoychev 0 1 1
Tunisia Aymen Belaid 1 0 1
Bulgaria Vladislav Misyak 1 0 1

Cards

Player Yellow card Red card Total
Netherlands Luis Pedro 8 2 10
Slovakia Roman Prochazka 9 0 9
Bulgaria Vladimir Gadzhev 9 0 9
Tunisia Aymen Belaid 7 2 9
Bulgaria Veselin Minev 7 1 8
Bulgaria Borislav Stoychev 7 0 7
Spain Añete 6 1 7
Spain Miguel Bedoya 7 0 7
Bulgaria Plamen Krumov 6 0 6
Bulgaria Plamen Dimov 6 0 6
Bulgaria Stefan Velev 6 0 6
Bulgaria Georgi Sarmov 4 0 4
Bulgaria Miroslav Ivanov 2 1 3
Bulgaria Valeri Domovchiyski 3 0 3
Bulgaria Radoslav Tsonev 3 0 3
Bulgaria Anton Ognyanov 2 0 2
Bulgaria Aleksandar Aleksandrov 2 0 2
Poland Lukasz Gikiewicz 2 0 2
Serbia Bojan Jorgačević 2 0 2
Bulgaria Bozhidar Kraev 2 0 2
Norway Liban Abdi 2 0 2
Algeria Najib Ammari 1 0 1
Bulgaria Miki Orachev 1 0 1
Bulgaria Vladislav Misyak 1 0 1
Bulgaria Radoslav Tsonev 1 0 1
Romania Emil Ninu 1 0 1

Friendlies

Summer

Levski Sofia v Levski Sofia U-21
21 June 2014 Levski Sofia 5–0 Levski Sofia U-21 Pravets
18:00 EET Stoychev 17'
Prochazka 32'
Misyak 60'
Dimitrov 74'
Orachev 78'
Report
Levski Sofia v Montana
27 June 2014 Levski Sofia 1–1 Montana Pravets
10:00 EET Velev 59' Report Lazarov 34'
Levski Sofia v Lokomotiv Sofia
2 July 2014 Levski Sofia 1–1 Lokomotiv Sofia Pravets
18:30 EET Bozhidar Kraev 62' Report Dimitrov 58'
Levski Sofia v Beroe Stara Zagora
6 July 2014 Levski Sofia 0–3 Beroe Stara Zagora Pravets
18:30 EET Report Dimov 38' (o.g.)
Mapuku 40'
Kerkar 65'
Levski Sofia v Marek
9 July 2014 Levski Sofia 3–0 Marek Pravets
18:30 EET Stoychev 6'
Bojinov 8' 75' (pen.)
Report
Levski Sofia v Haskovo
12 July 2014 Levski Sofia 2–1 Haskovo Sofia
18:30 EET Miguel Bedoya 10'
Bojinov 15'
Report Angelov 50' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium

Mid-season

Levski Sofia v Botev Vratsa
7 September 2014 Levski Sofia 2–0 Botev Vratsa Sofia
18:00 EET Bedoya 2'
Domovchiyski 15'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 3 500
Levski Sofia v Bansko
11 October 2014 Levski Sofia 1–0 Bansko Sofia
16:00 EET Velev 35' Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 1 000
Levski Sofia v Pirin Razlog
15 November 2014 Levski Sofia 2–0 Pirin Razlog Sofia
14:00 EET Anete 50'
Domovchiyski 58'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 500

Winter

Vihren Sandanski v Levski Sofia
16 January 2014 Vihren Sandanski 0–8 Levski Sofia Sandanski
13:30 EET Report Domovchiyski 8' 10' 75'
Luís Pedro 29'
Iliya Dimitrov 52'
Procházka 55'
Tsonev 60'
Miguel Bedoya 80'
Stadium: Sandanski Stadium
Attendance: 1 500
Levski Sofia Bulgaria v Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
21 January 2014 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 1–1 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava Antalya
15:30 EET Kraev 62' Report Sapay 28'
Levski Sofia Bulgaria v Azerbaijan Qarabağ
24 January 2014 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 3–0 Azerbaijan Qarabağ Antalya
17:30 EET Domovchiyski 7' (pen.) 46'
Añete 50' (pen.)
Report Richard Almeida soccer ball with red X 3'
Danilo Dias soccer ball with red X 69'
Levski Sofia Bulgaria v Moldova FC Milsami Orhei
28 January 2014 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 0–0 Moldova FC Milsami Orhei Antalya
17:30 EET Miguel Bedoya soccer ball with red X 10' Report
Levski Sofia Bulgaria v Armenia Ulisses
3 February 2014 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 1–2
(Interrupted)
Armenia Ulisses Antalya
17:30 EET Domovchiyski 13' (pen.) Report Chemamba 43'
Khurtsidze 57'
Levski Sofia Bulgaria v Poland Lech Poznań
5 February 2014 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 2–2 Poland Lech Poznań Antalya
17:00 EET Domovchiyski 9' (pen.) soccer ball with red X 33' 36' Report Ubiparip 17'
Jevtić 76'
Levski Sofia Bulgaria v Slovakia Spartak Myjava
7 February 2014 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 0–1 Slovakia Spartak Myjava Antalya
16:30 EET Report Pekár 20' (pen.)
Levski Sofia Bulgaria v Romania Petrolul Ploiești
10 February 2014 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 1–1 Romania Petrolul Ploiești Antalya
17:30 EET Kraev 66' Report Mareș 81'
Levski Sofia Bulgaria v Ukraine Karpaty Lviv
12 February 2014 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 3–3 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv Antalya
17:30 EET Abdi 34'
Domovchiyski 65' 86'
Report Hitchenko 39'
Marian Shved 44' 88'

Competitions

Overall

Competition Position
Bulgaria Bulgarian Cup Final
Bulgaria A Group 7th

A Group

First phase

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
5 Beroe Stara Zagora 22 11 5 6 34 21 +13 38 Qualification for championship group
6 Botev Plovdiv 22 11 3 8 32 26 +6 36
7 Levski Sofia 22 10 4 8 36 25 +11 34 Qualification for relegation group
8 Cherno More Varna 22 9 4 9 26 24 +2 31
9 Slavia Sofia 22 6 5 11 24 30 −6 23
Source: bulgarian-football.com
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
Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
22 10 4 8 36 25  +11 34 7 2 2 24 10  +14 3 2 6 12 15  −3
Results by round
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
Levski Sofia v Lokomotiv Plovdiv
19 July 2014 1 Levski Sofia 1–1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
19:30 (EET) Domovchiyski 81' Report Nakov 76' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Tasko Taskov
CSKA Sofia v Levski Sofia
27 July 2014 2 CSKA Sofia 2–0 Levski Sofia Sofia
19:30 (EET) Karachanakov 47'
Buș 55'
Report Luis Pedro Yellow card 83' Red card Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Georgi Yordanov
Levski Sofia v Lokomotiv Sofia
2 August 2014 3 Levski Sofia 1–0 Lokomotiv Sofia Sofia
20:00 (EET) Procházka 51' Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Tsvetan Krastev
Beroe Stara Zagora v Levski Sofia
10 August 2014 4 Beroe Stara Zagora 2–1 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
20:00 (EET) Mapuku 6', 22' Report Domovchiyski 36' Stadium: Beroe Stadium
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Tsvetan Krastev
Levski Sofia v Botev Plovdiv
17 August 2014 5 Levski Sofia 2–1 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
20:00 (EET) Gadzhev 50'
Luis Pedro 90+3'
Report Chunchukov 17' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Litex Lovech v Levski Sofia
25 August 2014 6 Litex Lovech 3–0 Levski Sofia Lovech
(EET) Asprilla 22'
Kossoko 40'
Zlatinov 90+4'
Popov Red card 90+6'
Report Stadium: Lovech Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Georgi Yordanov
Levski Sofia v Cherno More Varna
1 September 2014 7 Levski Sofia 1–0 Cherno More Varna Sofia
(EET) Bojinov 90+5' (pen.) Report Atanasov Red card 90+4' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Levski Sofia v Slavia Sofia
14 September 2014 8 Levski Sofia 2–0 Slavia Sofia Sofia
18:45 (EET) Procházka 85'
Añete 90+3'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tasko Taskov
Haskovo v Levski Sofia
20 September 2014 9 Haskovo 1–4 Levski Sofia Haskovo
16:45 (EET) Angelov 84' (pen.) Report Luis Pedro 26'
Domovchiyski 40'
Gadzhev 75'
Añete 77'
Belaid Red card 83'
Stadium: Haskovo Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Radan Miryanov
Levski Sofia v Ludogorets Razgrad
27 September 2014 10 Levski Sofia 3–2 Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
19:30 (EET) Bedoya 5' 37'
Sarmov 27'
Report Moți 16' (pen.)
Caiçara Red card 43'
Wanderson 78'
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Marek Dupnitsa v Levski Sofia
4 October 2014 11 Marek Dupnitsa 1–1 Levski Sofia Dupnitsa
15:00 (EET) Bonev 62' Report Gadzhev soccer ball with red X 67'
Ivanov 79' (pen.)
Stadium: Bonchuk Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Georgi Ignatov
Lokomotiv Plovdiv v Levski Sofia
18 October 2014 12 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–1 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
17:15 (EET) Kamburov 90+3' Report Bedoya 42' Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Levski Sofia v CSKA Sofia
25 October 2014 13 Levski Sofia 0–3 CSKA Sofia Sofia
16:00 (EET) Report Toni Silva 22'
Buș 45+3'
Galchev 85'
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Lokomotiv Sofia v Levski Sofia
2 November 2014 14 Lokomotiv Sofia 0–1 Levski Sofia Sofia
13:00 (EET) Report Añete 39' Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Nikola Popov
Levski Sofia v Beroe
7 November 2014 15 Levski Sofia 0–1 Beroe Sofia
17:45 (EET) Ivanov Yellow card 55' Red card Report Elias 68' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tsvetan Krastev
Botev Plovdiv v Levski Sofia
23 November 2014 16 Botev Plovdiv 0–3 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
13:15 (EET) Vasev Yellow card 44' Red card Report Luis Pedro Red card 53'
Procházka 64'
Sarmov 79'
Miguel Bedoya 88'
Stadium: Komatevo Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Stefan Pavlov
Levski Sofia v Litex Lovech
29 November 2014 17 Levski Sofia 2–2 Litex Lovech Sofia
16:00 (EET) Domovchiyski 28'
Añete 44'
Report Malinov 8'
Despodov 66'
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Cherno More Varna v Levski Sofia
6 December 2014 18 Cherno More Varna 1–0 Levski Sofia Varna
12:30 (EET) Coureur 43'
Burkhardt Yellow card 89' Red card
Report Añete Red card 90' Stadium: Ticha Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Georgi Yordanov
Slavia Sofia v Levski Sofia
13 December 2014 19 Slavia Sofia 3–1 Levski Sofia Sofia
13:15 (EET) Manzorro 43', 68', 87'
Ferraresso Yellow card 85' Red card
Report Belaid Yellow card 45' Red card
Domovchiyski 54' (pen.)
Stadium: Slavia Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Levski Sofia v Haskovo
27 February 2015 20 Levski Sofia 8–0 Haskovo Sofia
17:00 (EET) Domovchiyski 3', 18'
Añete 9', 89'
Bedoya 23'
Kraev 46'
Ninu 63'
Gikiewicz 90'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tasko Taskov
Ludogorets Razgrad v Levski Sofia
8 March 2015 21 Ludogorets Razgrad 1–0 Levski Sofia Razgrad
15:30 (EET) Wanderson 61' Report Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
Levski Sofia v Marek Dupnitsa
14 March 2015 22 Levski Sofia 4–0 Marek Dupnitsa Sofia
17:00 (EET) Añete 15'
Gadzhev 39', 42'
Abdi 47'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov

Relegation group

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Levski Sofia 32 17 5 10 66 33 +33 56
8 Cherno More 32 15 5 12 42 36 +6 50 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a]
9 Slavia Sofia 32 12 7 13 40 38 +2 43
10 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 32 9 5 18 28 52 −24 32
11 Marek (R) 32 5 5 22 14 71 −57 20 Relegation to 2015-16 V Group
12 Haskovo (R) 32 4 3 25 18 71 −53 15
Source: bulgarian-football.com, UEFA.com (in English)
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
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
10 7 1 2 29 8  +21 22 3 1 1 19 6  +13 4 0 1 10 2  +8
Results by round
Round12345678910
GroundHHAHAAAHAH
ResultDWLWWWWLWW
Position7777777777
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
Levski Sofia v Haskovo
20 March 2015 23 Levski Sofia 1–1 Haskovo Sofia
17:45 (EET) Añete 69' Report Aleksiev 15' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Dragomir Draganov
Levski Sofia v Cherno More Varna
3 April 2015 24 Levski Sofia 5–2 Cherno More Varna Sofia
20:00 (EET) Abdi 4'
Kraev 17'
Domovchiyski 23'
Coulibaly 76' (o.g.)
B. Tsonev 90+2'
Report Zlatinov 9'
Raykov 73'
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Vladimir Valkov
Slavia Sofia v Levski Sofia
11 April 2015 25 Slavia Sofia 1–0 Levski Sofia Sofia
17:00 (EET) Fonseca 33' Report Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
Levski Sofia v Lokomotiv Plovdiv
17 April 2015 26 Levski Sofia 5–0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
20:00 (EET) Domovchiyski 17' (pen.)
Procházka 48'
Añete 55', 58', 85'
Abdi soccer ball with red X 66'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Stefan Pavlov
Marek Dupnitsa v Levski Sofia
25 April 2015 27 Marek Dupnitsa 1–3 Levski Sofia Dupnitsa
17:00 (EET) Dimitrov 45+2' Report Gikiewicz 28'
Luis Pedro 63'
B. Tsonev 83' (pen.)
Stadium: Bonchuk Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Martin Aleksandrov
Haskovo v Levski Sofia
4 May 2015 28 Haskovo 0–5 Levski Sofia Haskovo
18:00 (EET) Report Bedoya 19', 67'
Kraev 54'
Añete 60'
Orachev 89'
Stadium: Haskovo Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Petar Dorovski
Cherno More Varna v Levski Sofia
9 May 2015 29 Cherno More Varna 0–2 Levski Sofia Varna
17:30 (EET) Report Domovchiyski 74'
Bedoya 90+2'
Stadium: Ticha Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Martin Stoimenov
Levski Sofia v Slavia Sofia
16 May 2015 30 Levski Sofia 2–3 Slavia Sofia Sofia
20:00 (EET) R. Tsonev 45', 89'
Minev Yellow card 78' Red card
Report Pirgov 24'
Atanasov 65'
Manzorro 87'
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Nikola Popov
Lokomotiv Plovdiv v Levski Sofia
22 May 2015 31 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0–1 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
20:00 (EET) Report Gadzhev 59' Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Angel Angelov
Levski Sofia v Marek Dupnitsa
26 May 2015 32 Levski Sofia 6–0 Marek Dupnitsa Sofia
20:00 (EET) Kraev 32', 40', 57'
B. Tsonev 51' (pen.)
Añete 84' 88'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Georgi Davidov

Bulgarian Cup

Spartak Varna v Levski Sofia
23 September 2014 First round Spartak Varna 1–7 Levski Sofia Varna
16:00 EEST Diyan Malchev 90+3' Report Ivanov 8'
R. Tsonev 24'
Kraev 40', 53', 89'
Misyak 73'
Domovchiyski 76'
Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Vladimir Valkov
Montana v Levski Sofia
28 October 2014 Second round 1st leg Montana 2–0 Levski Sofia Montana
13:00 EEST S. Georgiev 42'
Minchev 57'
Report Stadium: Ogosta Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
Levski Sofia v Montana
3 December 2014 Second round 2nd leg Levski Sofia 4–0
(4−2 agg.)
Montana Sofia
EEST Añete 12' (pen.)
Belaïd 38'
Domovchiyski 66'
Bedoya 90'
Report Georgiev Yellow card 82' Red card Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
Levski Sofia v Haskovo
21 February 2015 Quarterfinals 1st leg Levski Sofia 3–0 Haskovo Sofia
17:00 EEST Domovchiyski 21' (pen.), 33'
Trifonov 90' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stefan Apostolov
Haskovo v Levski Sofia
3 March 2015 Quarterfinals 2nd leg Haskovo 1–1
(1−4 agg.)
Levski Sofia Haskovo
14:00 EEST Malamov 81' Report Gikiewicz 42' Stadium: Haskovo Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Angel Bayaltsaliev
Ludogorets Razgrad v Levski Sofia
8 April 2015 Semifinals 1st leg Ludogorets Razgrad 0–0 Levski Sofia Razgrad
19:00 EEST Report Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Tsvetan Krastev
Levski Sofia v Ludogorets Razgrad
29 April 2015 Semifinals 2nd leg Levski Sofia 1–0
(1−0 agg.)
Ludogorets Razgrad Sofia
18:45 EEST Añete 90' Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
Cherno More Varna v Levski Sofia
30 May 2015 Final Cherno More Varna 2–1 (a.e.t.) Levski Sofia Burgas
20:00 EEST Bacari 90+2'
Coureur 119'
Report Añete 72' Stadium: Lazur Stadium
Attendance: 13,910
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

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