# 2018–19 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2018–19 season was Levski Sofia's 98th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the season.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 1 | GK | Martin Polaček | 28 | EU | Mladá Boleslav | Free transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 2 | DF | Louis Nganioni | 23 | EU | Lyon | Free transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 5 | DF | Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson | 27 | EU | Maccabi Haifa | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | 500 000 € | mhaifafc.com |
| 8 | MF | Davide Mariani | 27 | EU | Lugano | Free transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 14 | MF | Bogdan Vaštšuk | 22 | EU | Riga | Loan | Summer | | Free | Levski.bg |
| 22 | DF | Nuno Reis | 27 | EU | Vitória Setúbal | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Undisclosed | Levski.bg |
| 23 | MF | Khaly Thiam | 24 | Non-EU | MTK Budapest | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | 300 000 € | sportal.bg |
| 30 | FW | Iliya Dimitrov | 21 | EU | Lokomotiv Sofia | Loan return | Summer | | Free | |
| 39 | DF | Deyan Ivanov | 22 | EU | Botev Vratsa | Loan return | Summer | | Free | |
| 75 | MF | Aleks Borimirov | 20 | EU | Lokomotiv Sofia | Loan return | Summer | | Free | |
| 89 | GK | Nikolay Krastev | 21 | EU | Botev Vratsa | Loan return | Summer | | Free | |
| 93 | MF | Atanas Kabov | 19 | EU | Botev Vratsa | Loan return | Summer | | Free | |
| 96 | FW | Luan Viana | 22 | Non-EU | Shabab Al-Ahli | Free transfer | Summer | | Free | Levski.bg |
| 20 | DF | Zhivko Milanov | 34 | EU | APOEL | Free transfer | Winter | 2020 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 70 | MF | Martin Raynov | 26 | EU | Beroe | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | Undisclosed | Levski.bg |
| 86 | FW | Valeri Bojinov | 32 | EU | Botev Vratsa | Free transfer | Winter | 2020 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 17 | FW | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 19 | Non-EU | Ufa | Loan | Winter | 2019 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 18 | DF | Cédric Hountondji | 25 | EU | New York City | Free transfer | Winter | 2019 | Free | Levski.bg |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 8 | AM | Antonio Vutov | 22 | EU | Udinese | Loan return | Summer | Free | |
| 13 | MF | Jordi Gómez | 33 | EU | Omonia | Released | Summer | Free | Levski.bg |
| 15 | MF | Roman Procházka | 29 | EU | Viktoria Plzeň | End of contract | Summer | Free | fcviktoria.cz |
| 25 | LB | Afonso Figueiredo | 25 | EU | Rennes | Loan return | Summer | Free | |
| 30 | MF | Neluț Roșu | 24 | EU | Astra Giurgiu | Released | Summer | Free | Levski.bg |
| 55 | DM | Georgi Angelov | 27 | EU | Beroe | Released | Summer | Free | Levski.bg |
| 71 | MF | Vasil Panayotov | 27 | EU | Cherno More | End of contract | Summer | Free | topsport.bg |
| 88 | MF | Georgi Yanev | 20 | EU | Strumska Slava | Released | Summer | Free | topsport.bg |
| | LB | Galin Tashev | 21 | EU | Montana | Released | Summer | Free | |
| 1 | GK | Martin Polaček | 28 | EU | Podbeskidzie | Released | Winter | Free | Levski.bg |
| 3 | CB | Aymen Belaïd | 30 | EU | Ohod | Released | Winter | Free | gong.bg |
| 21 | GK | Bozhidar Mitrev | 31 | EU | Voluntari | Released | Winter | Free | levski.bg |
| 32 | MF | Gabriel Obertan | 29 | EU | Erzurumspor | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | gong.bg |

### Loans out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| | GK | Aleksandar Lyubenov | 23 | EU | Lokomotiv Sofia | Loan | Summer | — | |
| 6 | MF | Ivaylo Naydenov | 20 | EU | Arda | Loan | Winter | — | |
| 10 | FW | Rivaldinho | 23 | EU | Viitorul | Loan | Winter | — | |
| 20 | MF | Filipe Nascimento | 24 | EU | Politehnica Iași | Loan | Winter | — | levski.bg |
| 30 | FW | Iliya Dimitrov | 22 | EU | Septemvri Sofia | Loan | Winter | — | |
| 75 | MF | Aleks Borimirov | 20 | EU | Slavia Sofia | Loan | Winter | — | |
| 93 | MF | Atanas Kabov | 19 | EU | Tsarsko Selo | Loan | Winter | — | |
| 96 | FW | Luan Viana | 23 | Non-EU | Tsarsko Selo | Loan | Winter | — | |

## Squad

    Updated on 18 March 2019.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Age | EU | Since | Ends | Signed from | Transfer fee | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 12 | Petar Ivanov | Bulgaria | GK | 24 | EU | 2018 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 13 | Nikolay Mihaylov | Bulgaria | GK | 36 | EU | 2018 | 2019 | Omonia | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 89 | Nikolay Krastev | Bulgaria | GK | 27 | EU | 2017 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Louis Nganioni | France | LB | 29 | EU | 2018 | 2020 | Lyon | Free | Second nationality: DR Congo |
| 4 | Ivan Goranov | Bulgaria | LB | 32 | EU | 2017 | 2021 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 5 | Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson | Iceland | CB/DM | 34 | EU | 2017 | 2021 | Maccabi Haifa | 500 000 € | |
| 18 | Cédric Hountondji | Benin | CB | 30 | EU | 2019 | 2019 | New York City | Free | Second nationality: France |
| 19 | Miloš Cvetković | Serbia | RB | 34 | Non-EU | 2017 | 2019 | Napredak Kruševac | Free | |
| 20 | Zhivko Milanov | Bulgaria | RB | 40 | EU | 2019 | 2020 | APOEL | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 22 | Nuno Reis | Portugal | CB/RB/DM | 33 | EU | 2018 | 2021 | Vitória Setúbal | Undisclosed | |
| 24 | Tomislav Papazov | Bulgaria | CB | 23 | EU | 2018 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 28 | David Jablonský | Czech Republic | CB/RB/LB | 32 | EU | 2017 | 2019 | Tom Tomsk | Free | |
| 39 | Deyan Ivanov | Bulgaria | CB | 28 | EU | 2014 | 2020 | Youth system | W/S | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 8 | Davide Mariani | Switzerland | AM/CM/LW | 33 | EU | 2018 | 2021 | Lugano | Free | Second nationality: Italy |
| 11 | Anthony Belmonte | France | DM/CM | 28 | EU | 2017 | 2020 | Dijon | Free | |
| 14 | Bogdan Vaštšuk | Estonia | AM/CM | 29 | EU | 2018 | | Riga | Loan | |
| 23 | Khaly Thiam | Senegal | DM | 30 | Non-EU | 2018 | 2021 | MTK Budapest | 300 000 € | |
| 70 | Martin Raynov | Bulgaria | DM/CM | 32 | EU | 2019 | 2020 | Beroe | Undisclosed | |
| 71 | Martin Petkov | Bulgaria | AM/LW | 23 | EU | 2018 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 77 | Iliya Yurukov | Bulgaria | DM/CM | 25 | EU | 2016 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 7 | Paulinho | Brazil | LW | 31 | Non-EU | 2018 | 2021 | Zorya Luhansk | Free | |
| 9 | Sergiu Buș | Romania | CF | 31 | EU | 2017 | 2020 | Astra Giurgiu | Free | |
| 17 | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | Kazakhstan | RW/CF | 24 | Non-EU | 2019 | 2019 | Ufa | Loan | |
| 26 | Jerson Cabral | Cape Verde | RW/LW | 33 | EU | 2017 | 2019 | Bastia | Free | Second nationality: Netherlands |
| 29 | Stanislav Kostov | Bulgaria | CF | 33 | EU | 2018 | 2020 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | Free | |
| 86 | Valeri Bojinov | Bulgaria | CF | 38 | EU | 2019 | 2020 | Botev Vratsa | Free | |
| 99 | Stanislav Ivanov | Bulgaria | CF/AM/RW | 25 | EU | 2016 | | Youth system | W/S | |

## Performance overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| First League | 21 July 2018 | 28 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 37 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 056.76 |
| Bulgarian Cup | 25 September 2018 | 31 October 2018 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 11 July 2018 | 17 July 2018 | First qualifying round | First qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 056.10 |
Source: Fixtures

## Fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Parva Liga
#### Preliminary stage
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 53 | 14 | +39 | 62 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 14 | +33 | 57 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Levski Sofia | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 54 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Botev Plovdiv | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 21 | +18 | 45 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Cherno More | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 March 2019. 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |

##### Matches
#### Championship stage
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad (C) | 36 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 67 | 19 | +48 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 17 | +40 | 78 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Levski Sofia (O) | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 66 | Qualification for the European play-off final |
| 4 | Beroe | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 58 | |
| 5 | Cherno More | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 52 | |
| 6 | Botev Plovdiv | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 50 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 May 2019. 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 | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### European play-off final
### Bulgarian Cup
### UEFA Europa League
#### First qualifying round
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 28 May 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Parva Liga | Parva Liga | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Louis Nganioni | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BUL | Ivan Goranov | 33 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson | 12 | 2 | 11+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Paulinho | 27 | 2 | 22+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Davide Mariani | 39 | 11 | 33+3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Sergiu Buș | 21 | 4 | 4+14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Anthony Belmonte | 18 | 1 | 11+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | BUL | Petar Ivanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Mihaylov | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | EST | Bogdan Vaštšuk | 10 | 1 | 1+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | KAZ | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | BEN | Cédric Hountondji | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Miloš Cvetković | 32 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BUL | Zhivko Milanov | 11 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | POR | Nuno Reis | 27 | 1 | 23+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SEN | Khaly Thiam | 32 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | BUL | Tomislav Papazov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | CPV | Jerson Cabral | 29 | 10 | 25+1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | CZE | David Jablonský | 24 | 1 | 20+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | BUL | Stanislav Kostov | 39 | 24 | 32+4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BUL | Ivaylo Ivanov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | BUL | Deyan Ivanov | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | BUL | Martin Raynov | 16 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | BUL | Martin P. Petkov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | BUL | Iliya Yurukov | 15 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | MF | BUL | Martin D. Petkov | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | FW | BUL | Valeri Bojinov | 11 | 4 | 4+7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Krastev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BUL | Stanislav Ivanov | 20 | 4 | 11+6 | 2 | 0+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | BUL | Ivaylo Naydenov | 9 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Rivaldinho | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POR | Filipe Nascimento | 10 | 1 | 0+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | BUL | Iliya Dimitrov | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 75 | MF | BUL | Aleks Borimirov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | BUL | Atanas Kabov | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | FW | BRA | Luan Viana | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | BUL | Aleksandar Lyubenov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Levski Sofia during the season: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SVK | Martin Polaček | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | TUN | Aymen Belaïd | 13 | 1 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | AM | BUL | Antonio Vutov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ESP | Jordi Gómez | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SVK | Roman Procházka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | BUL | Bozhidar Mitrev | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | POR | Afonso Figueiredo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ROU | Neluț Roșu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Gabriel Obertan | 23 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | BUL | Georgi Angelov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | BUL | Vasil Panayotov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | BUL | Georgi Yanev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | BUL | Dimitar Sheytanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | BUL | Galin Tashev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |