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

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.

Slaviša Jokanović was appointed as Levski's manager in July 2013.

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]

Garry Rodrigues was Levski's topgoalscorer for the first half of the season with 14 goals in all competitions.

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.

Youngster Antonio Vutov was sold to Italian club Udinese after notching 39 appearances with his home 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.

Bulgarian international Valeri Bojinov signed with Levski for 6 months. This will be the first time in his career he will ever played for a Bulgarian team.

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	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	Hajduk Split	23	0
23	Plamen Iliev	GK	2011	(1991-11-30) 30 November 1991	Vidima-Rakovski	87	0
24	Aleksandar Lyubenov	GK	-	(1995-02-11) 11 February 1995	Levski Academy	0	0
89	Mihail Ivanov	GK	-	(1989-07-07) 7 July 1989	Botev Vratsa	4	0
Defenders
2	Dustley Mulder	RB	2010	(1985-01-27) 27 January 1985	RKC Waalwijk	97	3
3	Aymen Belaïd	CB	2014	(1987-01-02) 2 January 1987	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	9	0
4	Stanislav Angelov (C)	RB / DM	2012	(1978-04-12) 12 April 1978	Anorthosis	175	11
5	Álex Pérez	CB	2013	(1991-08-11) 11 August 1991	Getafe	15	0
6	Orlin Starokin	LB / DM	2011	(1987-01-08) 8 January 1987	Chernomorets Burgas	75	5
14	Miki Orachev	LB	-	(1996-03-19) 19 March 1996	Levski Academy	7	0
17	Pavel Čmovš	CB	2014	(1990-06-29) 29 June 1990	NEC Nijmegen	8	0
29	Deyan Ivanov	CB	-	(1996-04-12) 12 April 1996	Levski Academy	0	0
35	Plamen Dimov	CB / DM	2013	(1990-10-29) 29 October 1990	Chernomorets Burgas	21	1
40	Ricardo Nunes	LB	2014	(1986-06-18) 18 June 1986	Žilina	10	0
Midfielders
8	Anton Ognyanov	LB / LW	2014	(1988-06-30) 30 June 1988	Lyubimets	0	0
16	Rafael Bastos	LW / AM	2014	(1985-01-01) 1 January 1985	Al Nassr	9	0
18	Borislav Tsonev	CM	-	(1995-04-29) 29 April 1995	Levski Academy	22	1
20	Miroslav Ivanov	LW / AM / RW	2013	(1981-09-11) 11 September 1981	Ludogorets	106	13
21	Radoslav Tsonev	CM	-	(1995-04-29) 29 April 1995	Levski Academy	12	1
22	Vladislav Misyak	LW	-	(1995-07-15) 15 July 1995	Levski Academy	9	1
25	Daniel Dimov	DM / CM	2011	(1989-01-21) 21 January 1989	Cherno More	77	7
27	Steven Petkov	RW	-	(1995-05-07) 7 May 1995	Levski Academy	6	0
28	Cristóvão Ramos	RW	2014	(1995-05-07) 7 May 1995	Konyaspor	54	8
45	Vladimir Gadzhev	DM / CM	2008	(1987-07-18) 18 July 1987	Panathinaikos	160	21
59	Larsen Touré	LW / RW	2013	(1984-07-20) 20 July 1984	Stade Brestois 29	22	4
71	Plamen Krumov	RB / RW	2014	(1985-11-04) 4 November 1985	Beroe	12	1
75	Kévin Bru	DM / CM	2013	(1988-12-12) 12 December 1988	Istres	24	1
77	Stefan Velev	DM / CM	2013	(1989-05-02) 2 May 1989	Beroe	21	0
Strikers
7	Dimitar Makriev	ST	2013	(1984-01-07) 7 January 1984	Ashdod	32	7
9	Tsvetan Genkov	ST	2013	(1984-02-08) 8 February 1984	Wisła Kraków	30	7
19	Iliya Dimitrov	ST	-	(1996-07-10) 10 July 1996	Levski Academy	1	0
86	Valeri Bojinov	ST	2014	(1986-02-15) 15 February 1986	Sporting CP	15	7

Statistics

Goalscorers

Players	League	Cup	Total
Garry Rodrigues	11	3	14
Dimitar Makriev	7	0	7
Tsvetan Genkov	5	2	7
Valeri Bojinov	6	1	7
Daniel Dimov	5	0	5
Vladimir Gadzhev	5	0	5
Larsen Touré	4	0	4
Orlin Starokin	3	1	4
Antonio Vutov	2	1	3
Iliyan Yordanov	2	1	3
Miroslav Ivanov	2	0	2
Borislav Tsonev	0	1	1
Plamen Dimov	1	0	1
Kévin Bru	1	0	1
Plamen Krumov	1	0	1
Dustley Mulder	1	0	1
Cristóvão Ramos	1	0	1
Vladislav Misyak	1	0	1
Radoslav Tsonev	1	0	1

Assists

Player	League	Cup	Total
Garry Rodrigues	9	1	10
Vladimir Gadzhev	8	1	9
Nuno Pinto	5	1	6
Miroslav Ivanov	4	0	4
Dimitar Makriev	3	1	4
Tsvetan Genkov	4	0	4
Antonio Vutov	2	0	2
Orlin Starokin	1	1	2
Dustley Mulder	2	0	2
Yordan Miliev	1	0	1
Daniel Dimov	1	0	1
Larsen Touré	1	0	1
Kévin Bru	1	0	1
Steven Petkov	1	0	1
Rafael Bastos	1	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

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

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

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

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

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

Winter

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

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

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.)

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

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Botev Plovdiv	26	13	7	6	45	21	+24	46	Qualification for championship group
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26	14	3	9	43	31	+12	45
6	Levski Sofia	26	13	5	8	45	24	+21	44
7	Cherno More	26	12	7	7	31	21	+10	43
8	Beroe	26	11	6	9	32	25	+7	39	Qualification for relegation group

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw

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	13	5	8	45	24	+21	44	6	4	3	24	10	+14	7	1	5	21	14	+7

Source: Competitive matches

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	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	H
Result	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	L
Position	10	14	8	9	10	9	7	10	8	6	6	6	7	7	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	4	3	4	5	6

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

Matches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Litex Lovech	38	21	9	8	74	37	+37	72^[a]	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4	Botev Plovdiv	38	18	11	9	57	32	+25	65	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
5	Levski Sofia	38	19	5	14	59	39	+20	62
6	Cherno More	38	14	12	12	40	33	+7	54
7	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	38	15	5	18	49	55	−6	50

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
Notes:

^ CSKA Sofia ahead of Litex Lovech on head-to-head points; CSKA Sofia: 10 pts, Litex Lovech: 1 pts.

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
12	6	0	6	14	15	−1	18	3	0	3	9	9	0	3	0	3	5	6	−1

Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	H	A	-	H	A	H	H	A	H	-	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	-	W	L	L	L	L	W	-	W	L	W
Position	7	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

Matches

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

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

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 rests for Round 30

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

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

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

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

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

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

Levski rests for Round 37

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

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[table_hth_CSK0.30338524156408-17] CSKA Sofia ahead of Litex Lovech on head-to-head points; CSKA Sofia: 10 pts, Litex Lovech: 1 pts.

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