# 2008–09 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2008–09 PFC Levski Sofia season included the club's 26th win of the A group of Bulgarian professional football, A Group. Additionally they competed in the Semi-finals of the 2008–09 Bulgarian Cup, but lost to OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad. The club made it to the third round of the UEFA Champions League. The top goal scorer was Georgi Ivanov with 13 total goals. The club changed managers from Velislav Vutsov to Emil Velev on 13 August 2008.

## Transfers
### Summer transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | BUL | Georgi Ivanov (free transfer from NK Rijeka) |
| — | MF | BUL | Vladimir Gadzhev (on loan from Panathinaikos) |
| — | FW | BUL | Georgi Hristov (free from Botev Plovdiv) |
| — | FW | MAR | Rachid Tiberkanine (from Daugava) |
| — | DF | CZE | David Bystron (from Banik Ostrava) |
| — | MF | BUL | Boyan Iliev (free from Spartak Varna) |
| — | GK | SVK | Daniel Kiss (on loan from Slovan Bratislava) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Igor Tomašić (free transfer to Maccabi Tel Aviv) |
| 17 | FW | BUL | Valeri Domovchiyski (to Hertha Berlin) |
| — | FW | NGA | Ekundayo Jayeoba (to Chernomorets Burgas) |
| 7 | MF | BUL | Daniel Borimirov (retired) |
See List of Bulgarian football transfers 2008–09

### Winter transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | POR | Filipe da Costa (free transfer from CSKA Sofia) |
| — | DF | BUL | Yordan Miliev (from Lokomotiv Plovdiv) |
| — | FW | BUL | Hristo Yovov (free transfer from Apollon Limassol) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | SVK | Daniel Kiss (loan return to Slovan Bratislava) |
| — | FW | BRA | Jean Carlos (to Amkar Perm) |
| — | MF | BUL | Boyan Iliev (released) |
See List of Bulgarian football transfers 2008–09

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BUL | Georgi Petkov (captain) |
| 2 | DF | BUL | Viktor Genev |
| 3 | DF | BUL | Zhivko Milanov |
| 5 | DF | MAR | Youssef Rabeh |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Rachid Tiberkanine |
| 8 | MF | BUL | Georgi Sarmov |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Georgi Ivanov |
| 10 | MF | BUL | Hristo Yovov |
| 11 | FW | BUL | Georgi Hristov |
| 12 | GK | BUL | Bozhidar Mitrev |
| 14 | DF | BUL | Veselin Minev |
| 15 | DF | MAR | Chakib Benzoukane |
| 18 | MF | BUL | Miroslav Ivanov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | BUL | Ivan Tsachev |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Joãozinho |
| 21 | FW | BRA | Ze Soares |
| 22 | MF | MKD | Darko Tasevski |
| 23 | DF | CZE | David Bystron |
| 24 | FW | BUL | Nikolay Dimitrov |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Lucio Wagner |
| 27 | FW | BUL | Enyo Krastovchev |
| 30 | MF | BUL | Lachezar Baltanov |
| 31 | GK | BUL | Tsvetan Dimitrov |
| 45 | MF | BUL | Vladimir Gadzhev |
| 55 | DF | BUL | Yordan Miliev |
| 70 | MF | POR | Filipe da Costa |

## Competitions
### A Group
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Levski Sofia (C) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 18 | +39 | 69 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 22 | +32 | 68 | Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Cherno More | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 60 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Litex Lovech | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 58 | Qualification for Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 54 | |
* ↑ Litex Lovech won the 2008–09 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 May 2009. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 13 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |