2017–18 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2017–18 season was Levski Sofia's 97th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the season.

Levski Sofia

2017–18 season
Chairman	Spas Rusev
Manager	Nikolay Mitov (until 2 August 2017) Delio Rossi (since 4 August 2017)
Stadium	Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov
First League	3rd
Bulgarian Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: David Jablonský (9) All: Sergiu Buș (12)
Highest home attendance	14,000 v. Ludogorets (6 September 2017)
Lowest home attendance	490 v. Pirin Blagoevgrad (2 December 2017)
Average home league attendance	5,335
Biggest win	4–0 v. Slavia Sofia (H) 000 v. Dunav Ruse (A) 000 v. Beroe (A)
Biggest defeat	0–2 v. Vereya (A) 000 v. Ludogorets (A)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
10	FW		Junior Mapuku	27	EU	Beroe	Free Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	dnes.bg
9	FW		Sergiu Buș	24	EU	Astra Giurgiu	Free Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	blitz.bg
24	GK		Aleksandar Lyubenov	22	EU	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	Levski.bg
25	MF		Georgi Angelov	26	EU	Vereya	Free Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	Levski.bg
8	MF		Antonio Vutov	21	EU	Udinese	Loan	Summer	2018		Levski.bg
4	DF		Ivan Goranov	25	EU	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	Levski.bg
19	DF		Miloš Cvetković	27	Non-EU	Napredak Kruševac	Free Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	Levski.bg
71	MF		Vasil Panayotov	26	EU	Stal Mielec	Free Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	Levski.bg
30	MF		Neluț Roșu	23	EU	Viitorul	Transfer	Summer	2020	100 000 €	Levski.bg
13	MF		Jordi Gómez	32	EU	Rayo Vallecano	Free Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	Levski.bg
32	MF		Gabriel Obertan	28	EU	Wigan Athletic	Free Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	Levski.bg
11	MF		Anthony Belmonte	21	EU	Dijon	Free Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	Levski.bg
5	DF		Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	27	EU	Maccabi Haifa	Loan	Summer	2021	Free	Levski.bg
26	MF		Jerson Cabral	26	EU	Bastia	Free Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	Levski.bg
3	DF		Aymen Belaïd	28	EU	Rotherham United	Free Transfer	Winter	2019	Free	Levski.bg
29	FW		Stanislav Kostov	26	EU	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Free Transfer	Winter	2020	Free	Levski.bg
7	MF		Paulinho	24	Non-EU	Zorya Luhansk	Free Transfer	Winter	2021	Free	Levski.bg
10	FW		Rivaldinho	22	Non-EU	Dinamo București	Free Transfer	Winter	2020	Free	Levski.bg
20	MF		Filipe Nascimento	23	EU	Dinamo București	Transfer	Winter	2020	200 000 €	Levski.bg
25	DF		Afonso Figueiredo	25	EU	Rennes	Loan	Winter	2018		Levski.bg
14	MF		Khaly Thiam	24	Non-EU	MTK Budapest	Loan	Winter	2018		Levski.bg

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
8	MF		Jeremy de Nooijer	25	EU	Sheriff Tiraspol	End of contract	Summer	Free	gol.bg
70	MF		Georgi Kostadinov	26	EU	Maccabi Haifa	End of contract	Summer	Free	Topsport.bg
2	DF		Srdjan Luchin	31	EU	CFR Cluj	End of contract	Summer	Free	topsport.bg
20	MF		Añete	31	EU	Apollon Smyrni	End of contract	Summer	Free
18	MF		Anton Ognyanov	28	EU	Cherno More	Released	Summer	Free
5	DF		Aleksandar Aleksandrov	31	EU	Cherno More	Released	Summer	Free	Topsport.bg
25	DF		Sasho Aleksandrov	30	EU	Etar	Released	Summer	Free	Sportal.bg
14	DF		Veselin Minev	36	EU	Etar	Released	Summer	Free	Levski.bg
12	MF		Bozhidar Kraev	19	EU	Midtjylland	Transfer	Summer	400 000 €	Gong.bg
27	MF		Mehdi Bourabia	25	EU	Konyaspor	Transfer	Summer	600 000 €	Levski.bg
26	FW		Amadou Soukouna	25	EU	Cherno More	Released	Summer	Free	Sportal.bg
23	DF		Simon Sandberg	23	EU	Hammarby	Released	Winter	Free	Sportal.bg
7	FW		Francis Narh	23	Non-EU	Doxa Katokopias	Released	Winter	Free	Sportal.bg
17	FW		Tunde Adeniji	22	Non-EU	Atyrau	Released	Winter	Free	Sportal.bg
14	DF		Miki Orachev	21	EU	Septemvri Sofia	Released	Winter	Free	fcseptemvri.bg
3	DF		Dimitar Pirgov	28	EU	Botev Plovdiv	Transfer	Winter	12 500 €	gong.bg
10	FW		Junior Mapuku	28	EU	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	Transfer	Winter	500 000 €	Sportal.bg

Loans out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	DF		Galin Tashev	20	EU	Lokomotiv Sofia	Loan	Summer	—	Sportal.bg
	FW		Iliya Dimitrov	20	EU	Lokomotiv Sofia	Loan	Summer	—	Sportal.bg
	DF		Deyan Ivanov	21	EU	Botev Vratsa	Loan	Summer	—	Football24.bg
	MF		Georgi Yanev	19	EU	Strumska Slava	Loan	Summer	—	Blitz.bg
	MF		Atanas Kabov	18	EU	Botev Vratsa	Loan	Summer	—	Sportal.bg
24	GK		Aleksandar Lyubenov	22	EU	Botev Vratsa	Loan	Winter	—	Topsport.bg
75	MF		Aleks Borimirov	19	EU	Lokomotiv Sofia	Loan	Winter	—	Blitz.bg
55	DF		Georgi Angelov	27	EU	Vitosha Bistritsa	Loan	Winter	—	Sportal.bg

Squad

Updated on 1 March 2017.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Age	EU	Since	Ends	Signed From	Transfer Fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
12	Petar Ivanov	Bulgaria	GK	25	EU	2018		Youth system	W/S
21	Bozhidar Mitrev	Bulgaria	GK	38	EU	2017	2018	Sheriff Tiraspol	Free	Originally from Youth system
89	Nikolay Krastev	Bulgaria	GK	28	EU	2017	2020	Youth system	W/S
Defenders
3	Aymen Belaïd	Tunisia	CB/LB	36	EU	2017	2019	Rotherham United	Free	Second nationality: France
4	Ivan Goranov	Bulgaria	LB	33	EU	2017	2020	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free	Originally from Youth system
5	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	Iceland	CB	35	EU	2017	2021	Maccabi Haifa	Loan
19	Miloš Cvetković	Serbia	RB	35	Non-EU	2017	2019	Napredak Kruševac	Free
24	Tomislav Papazov	Bulgaria	CB	23	EU	2018		Youth system	W/S
25	Afonso Figueiredo	Portugal	LB	32	EU	2018	2018	Rennes	Loan
28	David Jablonský	Czech Republic	CB/RB/LB	33	EU	2017	2019	Tom Tomsk	Free
Midfielders
6	Ivaylo Naydenov	Bulgaria	CM/RB	27	EU	2016		Youth system	W/S
8	Antonio Vutov	Bulgaria	AM	29	EU	2017	2018	Udinese	Loan	Originally from Youth system
11	Anthony Belmonte	France	DM/CM	29	EU	2017	2020	Dijon	Free
13	Jordi Gómez	Spain	AM	40	EU	2017	2019	Rayo Vallecano	Free
14	Khaly Thiam	Senegal	DM	31	Non-EU	2018	2018	MTK Budapest	Loan
15	Roman Procházka	Slovakia	CM/RW/RB	36	EU	2014	2018	Spartak Trnava	€0.12M
17	Martin Petkov	Bulgaria	AM/LW	24	EU	2018		Youth system	W/S
20	Filipe Nascimento	Portugal	CM	30	EU	2018	2020	Dinamo București	€0.20M
30	Neluț Roșu	Romania	CM	32	EU	2017	2020	Viitorul	€0.10M
71	Vasil Panayotov	Bulgaria	CM	35	EU	2017	2018	Stal Mielec	Free	Originally from Youth system
77	Iliya Yurukov	Bulgaria	CM	25	EU	2016		Youth system	W/S
Forwards
7	Paulinho	Brazil	LW/RW	32	Non-EU	2018	2021	Zorya Luhansk	Free
9	Sergiu Buș	Romania	CF	32	EU	2017	2020	Astra Giurgiu	Free
10	Rivaldinho	Brazil	CF	30	EU	2018	2020	Dinamo București	Free	Second nationality: Spain
26	Jerson Cabral	Cape Verde	RW/LW	34	EU	2017	2019	Bastia	Free	Second nationality: Netherlands
29	Stanislav Kostov	Bulgaria	CF	33	EU	2018	2020	Pirin Blagoegrad	Free
32	Gabriel Obertan	France	RW/LW	36	EU	2017	2019	Wigan Athletic	Free
99	Stanislav Ivanov	Bulgaria	CF/RW	26	EU	2016	2021	Youth system	W/S

Performance overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
First League	23 July 2017	24 May 2018	Matchday 1	3rd	37	19	10	8	59	28	+31	051.35
Bulgarian Cup	19 September 2017	9 May 2018	Round of 32	Runners-up	6	4	2	0	8	2	+6	066.67
UEFA Europa League	29 June 2017	20 July 2017	First qualifying round	Second qualifying round	4	1	1	2	4	4	+0	025.00
Total					47	24	13	10	71	34	+37	051.06

Source: Fixtures

Fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

Summer

Levski Sofia v Cherno More

20 June 2017	Levski Sofia	0–1	Cherno More	Pravets
17:00 EET		Report	Kokonov 53'	Stadium: Pravets Sport Complex

Levski Sofia v Radnik Surdulica

23 June 2017	Levski Sofia	1–0	Radnik Surdulica	Pravets
18:30 EET	Adeniji 8'			Stadium: Pravets Sport Complex

Mid-season

Levski Sofia v Slivnishki Geroy

9 August 2017	Levski Sofia	1–3	Slivnishki Geroy	Sofia
20:00 EET	Obertan 13'		Georgiev 34' Popov 55' Vachev 66'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov

Levski Sofia v Botev Vratsa

8 October 2017	Levski Sofia	1–0	Botev Vratsa	Sofia
17:00 EET	Belmonte 18'			Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov

Levski Sofia v Sportist Svoge

1 November 2017	Levski Sofia	7–0	Sportist Svoge	Sofia
17:30 EET	Cabral 18' Eyjólfsson 31' Buș 38', 45' Adeniji 80', 86' Kovachev 90'			Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov

Levski Sofia v Lokomotiv Sofia

12 November 2017	Levski Sofia	3–0	Lokomotiv Sofia	Sofia
16:00 EET	Adeniji 70', 81' Cabral 76'			Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov

Winter

Levski Sofia v Hibernians

17 January 2018	Levski Sofia	0–3	Hibernians	Ta' Qali, Malta
19:30 EET			Failla 3' Moreira 45' Mbong 69'	Stadium: Ta' Qali

Levski Sofia v Wolfsberger AC

21 January 2018	Levski Sofia	3–0	Wolfsberger AC	Paola, Malta
17:00 EET	Vutov 65' Mapuku 71', 75'			Stadium: Hibernians Stadium

Levski Sofia v Floriana

29 January 2018	Levski Sofia	2–2	Floriana	Ta' Qali, Malta
17:30 EET	Eyjólfsson 39' Kostov 67'		Juninho 12', 27'	Stadium: Ta' Qali

Levski Sofia v Floridsdorfer AC

2 February 2018	Levski Sofia	3–1	Floridsdorfer AC	Ta' Qali, Malta
17:30 EET	Vutov 56' Kostov 60' Jablonský 69'		Fucik 2'	Stadium: Ta' Qali

Levski Sofia v St. Gallen II

3 February 2018	Levski Sofia	2–1	St. Gallen II	Ta' Qali, Malta
16:30 EET	Vutov 26' (pen.) Kostov 43'		Valentino 53'	Stadium: Ta' Qali

Levski Sofia v Gżira United

5 February 2018	Levski Sofia	2–1	Gżira United	Ta' Qali, Malta
17:30 EET	Jablonský 21' Nascimento 52' (pen.)		Samb 37'	Stadium: Ta' Qali

Levski Sofia v Slivnishki Geroy

10 February 2018	Levski Sofia	5–1	Slivnishki Geroy	Sofia
17:30 EET	Cabral 23' Kostov 45' Obertan 51' Belaïd 69' Buș 71'		Marinov 77'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov

Parva Liga

Preliminary stage

Main article: 2017–18 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	26	21	3	2	63	13	+50	66	Qualification for the Championship round
2	CSKA Sofia	26	19	6	1	59	14	+45	63
3	Levski Sofia	26	14	8	4	37	14	+23	50
4	Beroe	26	12	9	5	33	24	+9	45
5	Botev Plovdiv	26	11	9	6	44	29	+15	42

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[1]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	14	8	4	37	14	+23	50	9	4	0	19	3	+16	5	4	4	18	11	+7

Last updated: 4 November 2017.
Source: bulgarian-football.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	L
Position	9	13	6	9	7	6	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Lokomotiv Plovdiv v Levski Sofia

23 July 2017 2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0–0	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
21:00 EET	Umarbayev  42' Markov  47'  66'	Report	Mapuku  46'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 1,650 Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez

Levski Sofia v Vitosha Bistritsa

30 July 2017 3	Levski Sofia	2–0	Vitosha Bistritsa	Sofia
21:00 EET	Vutov 2' Buș 57'	Report	Otofe  49'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,640 Referee: Nikolay Kolev Man of the Match: Antonio Vutov

Vereya v Levski Sofia

5 August 2017 4	Vereya	2–0	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
18:45 EET	Andonov 3' Bengyuzov  14', 29'	Report	Pirgov  9',  83' Cvetković  40'	Stadium: Trace Arena Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Vladimir Valkov Man of the Match: Georgi Andonov

Levski Sofia v Dunav Ruse

13 August 2017 5	Levski Sofia	2–0	Dunav Ruse	Sofia
21:00 EET	Jablonský 69' Vutov  72' Goranov  77' Buș 90'	Report	Marem  38' Hubchev  53' Popadiyn  59'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,650 Referee: Volen Chinkov Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan

Pirin Blagoevgrad v Levski Sofia

18 August 2017 6	Pirin Blagoevgrad	0–3	Levski Sofia	Blagoevgrad
21:00 EET	Kostadinov  8' Bashliev  8' Kirilov  22' Palankov  45' Nikolov  55' Popev  75' Sandev  77' Trayanov  87'	Report	Gómez  17' Buș  45+2' Mapuku 74', 80', 90+3',  81'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 4,350 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Junior Mapuku

Levski Sofia v Slavia Sofia

26 August 2017 7	Levski Sofia	4–0	Slavia Sofia	Sofia
21:00 EET	Gómez 31' (pen.), 86',  59' Mapuku  45+1', 45+3' Buș 90+2'	Report	Velkov  58' Uzunov  68'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,050 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez

Levski Sofia v Ludogorets Razgrad

6 September 2017 1	Levski Sofia	0–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
20:00 EET	Mitrev  35' Procházka  77' Cvetković  88'	Report	Anicet  28' Natanael  31' Dyakov  76' Cicinho  79'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan

Botev Plovdiv v Levski Sofia

10 September 2017 8	Botev Plovdiv	2–1	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
20:00 EET	Nedelev 64',  81' Tasev  68' Serkan  74' Baltanov 77' Dimov  79' Minev  80'	Report	Jablonský 26' Panayotov  55'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Volen Chinkov Man of the Match: Todor Nedelev

Levski Sofia v Septemvri Sofia

15 September 2017 9	Levski Sofia	2–0	Septemvri Sofia	Sofia
20:00 EET	Gómez  39' Jablonský 44' Panayotov  73' Obertan 89'	Report	Sandanski  59' Galchev  81'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2,630 Referee: Angel Angelov Man of the Match: Gabriel Obertan

Beroe v Levski Sofia

25 September 2017 10	Beroe	0–0	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
17:30 EET	Eugénio  28' Zhelev  64'	Report	Buș  8' Procházka  28' Cvetković  46' Obertan  90+2'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 5,150 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov Man of the Match: Dušan Perniš

Levski Sofia v Cherno More

1 October 2017 11	Levski Sofia	1–0	Cherno More	Sofia
17:30 EET	Jablonský 12'	Report	Iliev 11' Tsvetkov  32' Hassani  50' Milanov  55'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: David Jablonský

Etar v Levski Sofia

15 October 2017 12	Etar	0–1	Levski Sofia	Veliko Tarnovo
17:30 EET	Sarmov  57' Aleksandrov  87'	Report	Jablonský 5' Obertan  57' Vutov  74' Gómez  79' Mitrev  90+1'	Stadium: Ivaylo Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: David Jablonský

Levski Sofia v CSKA Sofia

21 October 2017 13	Levski Sofia	2–2	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
16:00 EET	Jablonský 8' Vutov  22' Panayotov  27' Eyjólfsson  35' Procházka 61' Goranov  74'	Report	Tiago 12', 15' Malinov  23' Nedyalkov  55' Karanga  68' Bodurov  86'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 25,107 Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Tiago Rodrigues

Ludogorets Razgrad v Levski Sofia

29 October 2017 14	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–0	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
18:15 EET	Misidjan 11',  41' Wanderson 59' Góralski  80'	Report	Orachev  18' Panayotov  45+1' Cabral  67' Naydenov  82'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 4,380 Referee: Volen Chinkov Man of the Match: Virgil Misidjan

Levski Sofia v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

4 November 2017 15	Levski Sofia	1–0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
17:30 EET	Gómez 38' Goranov  42' Cvetković  90'	Report	Muhammed  55' Kiki  67' Frikeche  75' Krumov  76' Martinović  90+2'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,430 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez

Vitosha Bistritsa v Levski Sofia

19 November 2017 16	Vitosha Bistritsa	0–0	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Tsankov  43' Ivanov  73' Peev  74'	Report	Gómez 44' Eyjólfsson  90+3'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 990 Referee: Georgi Davidov Man of the Match: Mihail Ivanov

Levski Sofia v Vereya

25 November 2017 17	Levski Sofia	1–0	Vereya	Sofia
17:30 EET	Eyjólfsson  60' Gómez  82' Jablonský 90' Procházka  90+5'	Report	Baldé  43' Domovchiyski  58' Enchev  88' Yordanov  90+1' Argilashki  90+1',  90+2'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 690 Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Georgi Argilashki

Dunav Ruse v Levski Sofia

29 November 2017 18	Dunav Ruse	0–4	Levski Sofia	Ruse
17:30 EET		Report	Panayotov 33', 39' Mapuku 46' Eyjólfsson  50' Buș 78'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: Vasil Panayotov

Levski Sofia v Pirin Blagoevgrad

2 December 2017 19	Levski Sofia	3–0	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Sofia
17:30 EET	Procházka 21' (pen.) Mapuku 48' Panayotov 78' Gómez  83'	Report	Nikolov  19' Sandev  25' Souda  49'  71'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 490 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov Man of the Match: Junior Mapuku

Slavia Sofia v Levski Sofia

9 December 2017 20	Slavia Sofia	1–1	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Hristov 82' Milev  88'	Report	Buș 17',  88' Gómez  63'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 1,530 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov Man of the Match: Roman Procházka

Levski Sofia v Botev Plovdiv

18 February 2018 21	Levski Sofia	1–0	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
17:30 EET	Vutov  30' Dimov 88' (o.g.) Jablonský  90+2'	Report	Panov  8' Baltanov  58' Dimov  82' Steven  90+3'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,900 Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Filipe Nascimento

Septemvri Sofia v Levski Sofia

24 February 2018 22	Septemvri Sofia	1–4	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Meledje  13' Fabiano  24' Sandanski  58' Dyakov  61' Ivanov 84' (pen.)	Report	Thiam  16' Kostov 29', 57' Obertan 66', 90+1'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 980 Referee: Stefan Apostolov Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

Levski Sofia v Beroe

3 March 2018 23	Levski Sofia	0–0	Beroe	Sofia
17:30 EET	Nascimento  10' Obertan  63' Eyjólfsson  90+2'	Report	Kamburov  21' Tsonev  22' Eugénio  43'  68' Perniš  90+5'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2,010 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Martin Kamburov

Cherno More v Levski Sofia

7 March 2018 24	Cherno More	2–3	Levski Sofia	Varna
17:30 EET	Vasilev 22', 76',  82' Ognyanov  27' Hassani  27' Dimov  58' Tsvetkov  64' Iliev  69'	Report	Vutov 21',  54' Gómez  32' Paulinho 38' Jablonský 65' Belaïd  69' Cvetković  74' Krastev  85'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,080 Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: David Jablonský

Levski Sofia v Etar

11 March 2018 25	Levski Sofia	1–1	Etar	Sofia
17:30 EET	Buș 72' Nascimento  78', 90+4'	Report	Ivaylov  15' Vasilev  33' Batrović 61' Rumenov  73'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov Man of the Match: Sergiu Buș

CSKA Sofia v Levski Sofia

18 March 2018 26	CSKA Sofia	1–0	Levski Sofia	Sofia
13:00 EET	Manolev  42' Malinov  59' Despodov  59' Bodurov  66' Gyasi  82' Karanga 84'	Report	Eyjólfsson  34' Goranov  55' Jablonský  56'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Fernando Karanga

Championship stage

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	36	27	7	2	91	22	+69	88	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	36	24	9	3	80	26	+54	81	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Levski Sofia (O)	36	18	10	8	55	27	+28	64	Qualification for the European play-off final
4	Beroe	36	16	11	9	45	43	+2	59
5	Botev Plovdiv	36	15	11	10	62	49	+13	56
6	Vereya	36	10	6	20	27	61	−34	36

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

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	4	2	4	18	13	+5	14	2	0	3	8	8	0	2	2	1	10	5	+5

Last updated: 31 May 2018.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	W
Position	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3

Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Levski Sofia v Beroe

1 April 2018 27	Levski Sofia	1–2	Beroe	Sofia
17:30 EET	Thiam  33' Procházka 45' Buș 75'	Report	Eugénio 3' Ivanov  44' Hadzhiev 49'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,030 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov Man of the Match: Kamen Hadzhiev

Botev Plovdiv v Levski Sofia

6 April 2018 28	Botev Plovdiv	1–0	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
14:30 EET	Serkan  14' Pirgov  41' Steven 79',  80'	Report	Vutov  23' Eyjólfsson  37' Goranov  58' Buș  90'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Petar Kostadinov Man of the Match: Steven Petkov

Levski Sofia v Ludogorets Razgrad

14 April 2018 29	Levski Sofia	0–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Jablonský  40' Thiam  56'	Report	Cicinho  26' Keșerü 52', 83' Lucas Sasha  71' Natanael  86' Forster  90+1'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Claudiu Keșerü

CSKA Sofia v Levski Sofia

18 April 2018 30	CSKA Sofia	2–2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
18:00 EEST	Karanga 6' (pen.) Henrique 9' Geferson  83' Manolev  88' Atanasov  89' Pinto  90'	Report	Cvetković  6' Jablonský  21' Goranov 48' Paulinho 61' Obertan  80' Buș  83'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Stefan Apostolov Man of the Match: Ivan Goranov

Levski Sofia v Vereya

21 April 2018 31	Levski Sofia	2–0	Vereya	Sofia
15:00 EEST	Eyjólfsson 41' Thiam  47' Procházka 57' Belaïd  90+3'	Report	Ndong  82'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 0 Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Roman Procházka

Beroe v Levski Sofia

29 April 2018 32	Beroe	0–4	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
17:45 EEST	Bandalovski  12' Leoni  50'	Report	Jablonský 21' Gómez 45' Buș  68' Procházka  77', 86' Paulinho 89'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 4,900 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov Man of the Match: Jordi Gómez

Levski Sofia v Botev Plovdiv

4 May 2018 33	Levski Sofia	3–2	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Eyjólfsson  17' Belaïd  52' Paulinho 70', 90' Afonso  72' Rivaldinho 85' (pen.)	Report	Steven  15', 33' João Paulo 31' Filipov  53'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Stefan Apostolov Man of the Match: Paulinho

Ludogorets Razgrad v Levski Sofia

12 May 2018 34	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–2	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
18:00 EEST	Keșerü 5' (pen.) Góralski  13' Belaïd 84' (o.g.) Misidjan  86'	Report	Jablonský  8' Naydenov  53' Procházka 73' Cabral 88'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 7,400 Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Roman Procházka

Levski Sofia v CSKA Sofia

15 May 2018 35	Levski Sofia	2–3	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
18:30 EEST	Paulinho 35' Cabral  40' Goranov  54' Belmonte  75' Kostov 78'	Report	Henrique 19' Atanasov  48' Pinto  54', 90' Malinov 57' Bodurov  76'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 7,900 Referee: Volen Chinkov Man of the Match: Kristiyan Malinov

Vereya v Levski Sofia

20 May 2018 36	Vereya	0–2	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
20:00 EEST		Report	Paulinho 59', 70'	Stadium: Trace Arena Attendance: 900 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov Man of the Match: Paulinho

European play-off final

Levski Sofia v Cherno More

24 May 2018	Levski Sofia	4–1	Cherno More	Sofia
20:30 EEST	Obertan 24' Buș 39',  68' Gómez  70' Panayotov 73' Jablonský  77' Goranov 83' (pen.)	Report	Konongo  5' Bozhilov  17' Dimov  27' Enchev  29' Fennouche 55' Iliev  76' Vitanov  81' Hassani  87'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,030 Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Vasil Panayotov

Bulgarian Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Bulgarian Cup

Botev Galabovo v Levski Sofia

19 September 2017 First round	Botev Galabovo	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
19:00 EET	Tsachev  87' Halil  90+2' Orlinov  105'	Report	Goranov  57' Vutov  102', 111' Naydenov  110'	Stadium: Trace Arena Attendance: 860 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Montana v Levski Sofia

25 October 2017 Second round	Montana	0–1	Levski Sofia	Sofia[3][4]
18:00 EET		Report	Georgiev 55' (o.g.) Mapuku  65'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 530 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev

Dunav Ruse v Levski Sofia

15 December 2017 Quarterfinal	Dunav Ruse	0–2	Levski Sofia	Ruse
16:30 EET	Vasev  42'	Report	Mapuku 23' Cabral 45'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

CSKA Sofia v Levski Sofia

11 April 2018 Semifinal 1st leg	CSKA Sofia	0–2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:30 EEST	Bodurov  69' Loé  81' Henrique  85'	Report	Buș 7', 46',  81' Nascimento  56' Afonso  89' Obertan  90+3'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

Levski Sofia v CSKA Sofia

25 April 2018 Semifinal 2nd leg	Levski Sofia	2–2 (4–2 agg.)	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
18:30 EEST	Gómez 6' Thiam  28' Buș 65' Paulinho  77' Mitrev  90+1'	Report	Barthe  40' Pinto  41' Blanco 57' Alberg 82' Atanasov  88' Geferson  88'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

Slavia Sofia v Levski Sofia

9 May 2018 Final	Slavia Sofia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Levski Sofia	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Petkov  11' Hristov  25' Shokolarov  37' Minchev  41' Velev  43' Chunchukov  80' Yomov  98'	Report	Gómez 12',  43' Thiam  35' Eyjólfsson  56' Nascimento  59'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Nikola Popov
	Penalties
	Minchev Angelov Dimitrov Velev Yomov		Nascimento Thiam Procházka Vutov

UEFA Europa League

Further information: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

Further information: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round § First qualifying round

Levski Sofia v Sutjeska

29 June 2017 1st leg	Levski Sofia	3–1	Sutjeska	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 EET	Mapuku 1', 21' Procházka 45+1' Jablonský  68'	Report	Radišić  23'  89' Lončar  31' Marković 79' Bubanja  83'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 6,456 Referee: Martin Lundby (Norway)

Sutjeska v Levski Sofia

6 July 2017 2nd leg	Sutjeska	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	Levski Sofia	Nikšić, Montenegro
21:30 EET	Giljen  42' Lončar  55' Bakrač  82'	Report	Mapuku  42'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)

Second qualifying round

Further information: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round § Second qualifying round

Hajduk Split v Levski Sofia

13 July 2017 1st leg	Hajduk Split	1–0	Levski Sofia	Dugopolje, Croatia
21:30 EET	Futács 24' (pen.) Nižić  69' Barry  72' Memolla  82'	Report	Jablonský  20' Goranov  55' Panayotov  56' Vutov  66'	Stadium: Hrvatski vitezovi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Levski Sofia v Hajduk Split

20 July 2017 2nd leg	Levski Sofia	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	Hajduk Split	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 EET	Cvetković  29' Buș 69'	Report	López  61' Ohandza 80' Erceg 86'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

Squad statistics

As of match played 20 May 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Parva Liga		Bulgarian Cup		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	TUN	Aymen Belaid	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	BUL	Ivan Goranov	35	1	27	1	3+1	0	4	0
5	DF	ISL	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	29	1	23	1	6	0	0	0
6	MF	BUL	Ivaylo Naydenov	10	0	5+4	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	BRA	Paulinho	18	8	12+3	8	3	0	0	0
8	AM	BUL	Antonio Vutov	33	3	22+4	2	2+3	1	2	0
9	FW	ROU	Sergiu Buș	37	11	17+11	7	3+2	3	0+4	1
10	FW	BRA	Rivaldinho	8	1	4+4	1	0	0	0	0
11	MF	FRA	Anthony Belmonte	13	0	4+6	0	2+1	0	0	0
12	GK	BUL	Petar Ivanov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	ESP	Jordi Gomez	38	5	27+3	4	5+1	1	1+1	0
14	MF	SEN	Khaly Thiam	12	0	9	0	3	0	0	0
15	MF	SVK	Roman Procházka	44	6	33+2	5	4+1	0	4	1
17	MF	BUL	Martin Petkov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	SRB	Miloš Cvetković	37	0	29	0	3+1	0	4	0
20	MF	POR	Filipe Nascimento	13	0	9+1	0	3	0	0	0
21	GK	BUL	Bozhidar Mitrev	41	0	31	0	6	0	4	0
24	DF	BUL	Tomislav Papazov	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	POR	Afonso Figueiredo	7	0	5+1	0	1	0	0	0
26	MF	CPV	Jerson Cabral	26	2	10+11	1	2+3	1	0	0
28	DF	CZE	David Jablonský	34	9	29	9	1	0	4	0
29	FW	BUL	Stanislav Kostov	15	3	8+3	3	4	0	0	0
30	MF	ROU	Neluț Roșu	9	0	6+1	0	0	0	2	0
32	AM	FRA	Gabriel Obertan	35	3	26+4	3	5	0	0	0
71	MF	BUL	Vasil Panayotov	34	3	22+3	3	2+3	0	4	0
77	FW	BUL	Iliya Yurukov	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
89	GK	BUL	Nikolay Krastev	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	BUL	Stanislav Ivanov	8	0	1+7	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
	FW	BUL	Iliya Dimitrov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	BUL	Galin Tashev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	BUL	Deyan Ivanov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	BUL	Georgi Yanev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	FW	BUL	Atanas Kabov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	MF	BUL	Aleks Borimirov	5	0	0+1	0	1	0	0+3	0
24	GK	BUL	Aleksandar Lyubenov	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
55	MF	BUL	Georgi Angelov	6	0	4	0	0	0	1+1	0
Players who left Levski (Sofia) during the season:
26	FW	FRA	Amadou Soukouna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	GK	SRB	Bojan Jorgačević	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	GHA	Francis Narh	6	0	0+2	0	0	0	4	0
17	FW	NGA	Tunde Adeniji	5	0	0+1	0	0	0	2+2	0
23	DF	SWE	Simon Sandberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	BUL	Miki Orachev	11	0	4+4	0	2	0	0+1	0
3	DF	BUL	Dimitar Pirgov	15	0	9	0	2	0	4	0
10	FW	COD	Junior Mapuku	26	9	7+12	6	3	1	4	2