# 2021–22 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2021–22 season was Levski Sofia's 101st season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the season.
This season marked the end of a 13-year trophy drought with Levski winning the 2021–22 Bulgarian Cup.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 3 | DF | Gjoko Zajkov | 26 | Non-EU | Charleroi | Free transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free |
| 4 | DF | Ivan Goranov | 29 | EU | Charleroi | Loan | Summer | 2022 | |
| 5 | DF | Christos Shelis | 21 | EU | APOEL | Free transfer | Summer | 2023 | Free |
| 5 | DF | Kellian van der Kaap | 23 | EU | Viborg | Free transfer | Winter | 2024 | Free |
| 6 | DF | Wenderson Tsunami | 25 | Non-EU | Botafogo-PB | Free transfer | Winter | 2024 | Free |
| 7 | MF | Georgi Milanov | 29 | EU | Free agent | Free transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free |
| 14 | MF | Iliyan Stefanov | 23 | EU | Beroe | Free transfer | Winter | 2024 | Free |
| 17 | FW | Welton Felipe | 24 | Non-EU | Botafogo-PB | Transfer | Winter | 2025 | Undisclosed |
| 20 | MF | Dimitar Kostadinov | 22 | EU | Septemvri Sofia | Transfer | Summer | 2024 | Undisclosed |
| 23 | DF | Hristofor Hubchev | 25 | EU | Etar | Free transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free |
| 23 | DF | Noah Sonko Sundberg | 25 | EU | Östersund | Free transfer | Winter | 2024 | Free |
| 30 | MF | Filip Krastev | 20 | EU | Lommel | Loan | Winter | 2022 | |
| 33 | DF | José Córdoba | 20 | Non-EU | Etar | Loan | Summer | 2022 | |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Zvonimir Mikulić | 31 | EU | Tuzlaspor | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 3 | DF | Zhivko Atanasov | 30 | EU | Cherno More | Released | Summer | Free |
| 3 | DF | Gjoko Zajkov | 26 | Non-EU | Vorskla Poltava | Released | Winter | Free |
| 4 | MF | Martin Raynov | 29 | EU | Ashdod | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 5 | DF | Christos Shelis | 21 | EU | Volos | Released | Winter | Free |
| 6 | DF | Ivaylo Naydenov | 23 | EU | Hebar | Released | Winter | Free |
| 8 | MF | Simeon Slavchev | 28 | EU | Lokomotiv Sofia | Released | Summer | Free |
| 9 | FW | Steven Petkov | 26 | EU | Feirense | Loan return | Summer | Free |
| 10 | MF | Borislav Tsonev | 26 | EU | Chornomorets Odesa | Released | Winter | Free |
| 12 | GK | Nikolay Krastev | 24 | EU | | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 14 | DF | Mateo Stamatov | 22 | EU | Orenburg | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 15 | DF | Bogdan Kostov | 19 | EU | CSKA 1948 | Released | Summer | Free |
| 20 | DF | Nacho Monsalve | 27 | EU | ŁKS Łódź | Released | Summer | Free |
| 23 | DF | Hristofor Hubchev | 25 | EU | Pirin Blagoevgrad | Released | Summer | Free |
| 31 | DF | Kostadin Iliev | 19 | EU | CSKA 1948 | Released | Summer | Free |
| 41 | DF | Georgi Aleksandrov | 20 | EU | Etar | Released | Winter | Free |
| 45 | FW | Iliya Dimitrov | 24 | EU | Lokomotiv Sofia | Released | Summer | Free |
| 70 | FW | Ivaylo Hristov | 19 | EU | Sportist Svoge | Released | Summer | Free |
| 77 | MF | Iliya Yurukov | 21 | EU | Arda | Released | Summer | Free |
| 79 | FW | Martin Petkov | 19 | EU | Chornomorets Odesa | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| 86 | FW | Valeri Bojinov | 35 | EU | | Released | Summer | Free |
| | GK | Petar Ivanov | 21 | EU | Yantra | End of contract | Summer | Free |

### Loans out

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| | GK | | Ivan Andonov | 17 | EU | Fiorentina Primavera | Loan | Summer | — | |
| | DF | | Denis Dinev | 17 | EU | Yantra | Loan | Summer | — | |

## Squad

    Updated on 7 April 2022.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Age | EU | Ends | Signed from | Transfer fee | Notes |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Plamen Andreev | Bulgaria | GK | 20 | EU | 2024 | Youth system | W/S | |
| 13 | Nikolay Mihaylov | Bulgaria | GK | 36 | EU | 2022 | Omonia | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 99 | Yoan Zagorov | Bulgaria | GK | 19 | EU | | Youth system | W/S | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | Ivan Goranov | Bulgaria | LB | 32 | EU | 2022 | Charleroi | Loan | Originally from Youth system |
| 5 | Kellian van der Kaap | Netherlands | CB | 26 | EU | 2024 | Viborg | Free | Second nationality: Cameroon |
| 6 | Wenderson Tsunami | Brazil | LB | 29 | Non-EU | 2024 | Botafogo-PB | Free | |
| 22 | Patrick-Gabriel Galchev | Bulgaria | RB/LB/RW | 23 | EU | 2024 | Youth system | W/S | Second nationality: Spain |
| 23 | Noah Sonko Sundberg | Gambia | CB/RB | 28 | EU | 2024 | Östersund | Free | Second nationality: Sweden |
| 33 | José Córdoba | Panama | CB/LB/DM | 23 | Non-EU | 2022 | Etar | Loan | |
| 91 | Dragan Mihajlović | Switzerland | RB | 33 | EU | 2022 | APOEL | Free | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Georgi Milanov | Bulgaria | AM/LW | 33 | EU | 2022 | Fehérvár | Free | |
| 8 | Andrian Kraev | Bulgaria | DM | 26 | EU | 2024 | Hebar | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 10 | Radoslav Tsonev | Bulgaria | CM | 29 | EU | 2022 | Lecce | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 14 | Iliyan Stefanov | Bulgaria | AM | 26 | EU | 2024 | Beroe | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 20 | Dimitar Kostadinov | Bulgaria | CM | 25 | EU | 2024 | Septemvri Sofia | Undisclosed | |
| 27 | Asen Mitkov | Bulgaria | AM/CM | 20 | EU | 2024 | Youth system | W/S | |
| 30 | Filip Krastev | Bulgaria | AM/CM | 23 | EU | 2022 | Lommel | Loan | |
| 71 | Antoan Stoyanov | Bulgaria | DM | 20 | EU | 2024 | Youth system | W/S | |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 11 | Zdravko Dimitrov | Bulgaria | LW | 26 | EU | 2022 | Septemvri Sofia | Free | |
| 17 | Welton Felipe | Brazil | LW/CF | 27 | Non-EU | 2025 | Botafogo-PB | Undisclosed | |
| 19 | Bilal Bari | Morocco | CF | 27 | EU | 2024 | Montana | 50 000 € | Second nationality: France |
| 88 | Marin Petkov | Bulgaria | RW/CF/AM | 21 | EU | 2024 | 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 | 24 July 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 048.39 |
| Bulgarian Cup | 22 September 2021 | 15 May 2022 | Round of 32 | Winners | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 056.76 |
Last updated: 22 May 2022 Source: Fixtures

## Fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### First League
#### Preliminary stage
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Botev Plovdiv | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 46 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 4 | Cherno More | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 45 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 5 | Levski Sofia | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 6 | Slavia Sofia | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 36 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 34 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League group |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: April 2022. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

##### Matches
#### Championship round
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad (C) | 31 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 77 | 25 | +52 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 31 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Botev Plovdiv (O) | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Cherno More | 31 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 47 | |
| 6 | Slavia Sofia | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 37 | |
* ↑ Levski Sofia qualified for the Europa Conference League by winning the 2021–22 Bulgarian Cup.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2022. Source: See results

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |

##### Matches
### Bulgarian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of 22 May 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First League | First League | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | BUL | Plamen Andreev | 10 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BUL | Ivan Goranov | 21 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Kellian van der Kaap | 16 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Wenderson Tsunami | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BUL | Georgi Milanov | 28 | 4 | 20+3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | BUL | Andrian Kraev | 33 | 2 | 21+6 | 2 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BUL | Radoslav Tsonev | 25 | 1 | 15+7 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BUL | Zdravko Dimitrov | 23 | 1 | 16+4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Mihaylov | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BUL | Iliyan Stefanov | 13 | 5 | 9+1 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Welton Felipe | 14 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | MAR | Bilal Bari | 36 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 20 | MF | BUL | Dimitar Kostadinov | 21 | 5 | 6+12 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 22 | DF | BUL | Patrick-Gabriel Galchev | 22 | 0 | 9+10 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GAM | Noah Sonko Sundberg | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | BUL | Asen Mitkov | 9 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BUL | Filip Krastev | 16 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | PAN | José Córdoba | 24 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | BUL | Antoan Stoyanov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | BUL | Marin Petkov | 35 | 6 | 16+13 | 4 | 2+4 | 2 |
| 91 | DF | SUI | Dragan Mihajlović | 27 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 99 | GK | BUL | Yoan Zagorov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| | GK | BUL | Ivan Andonov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | BUL | Denis Dinev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season: ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CRO | Zvonimir Mikulić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | MKD | Gjoko Zajkov | 16 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BUL | Zhivko Atanasov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | BUL | Martin Raynov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CYP | Christos Shelis | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BUL | Ivaylo Naydenov | 11 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BUL | Simeon Slavchev | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Steven Petkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BUL | Borislav Tsonev | 20 | 6 | 15+3 | 5 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Krastev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BUL | Mateo Stamatov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BUL | Bogdan Kostov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Nacho Monsalve | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BUL | Hristofor Hubchev | 4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | BUL | Kostadin Iliev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | BUL | Georgi Aleksandrov | 9 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | BUL | Iliya Dimitrov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | BUL | Ivaylo Hristov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BUL | Iliya Yurukov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | BUL | Martin Petkov | 15 | 1 | 3+10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | FW | BUL | Valeri Bojinov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | BUL | Petar Ivanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
| N | P | Name | First League | First League | First League | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Gjoko Zajkov | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 4 | DF | Ivan Goranov | 2 | | | | | 2 | | |
| 5 | DF | Christos Shelis | 3 | | | | | 3 | | |
| 5 | DF | Kellian van der Kaap | 2 | | | | | 2 | | |
| 6 | DF | Ivaylo Naydenov | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 6 | DF | Wenderson Tsunami | 2 | 1 | | 2 | | 4 | 1 | |
| 8 | MF | Andrian Kraev | 9 | | | 2 | | 11 | | |
| 7 | MF | Georgi Milanov | 1 | | | 1 | | 2 | | |
| 10 | MF | Borislav Tsonev | 5 | | | | | 5 | | |
| 11 | MF | Zdravko Dimitrov | 3 | | | | | 3 | | |
| 14 | MF | Iliyan Stefanov | 3 | | | | | 3 | | |
| 17 | FW | Welton Felipe | 4 | | | 1 | | 5 | | |
| 19 | FW | Bilal Bari | 5 | | | | | 5 | | |
| 20 | MF | Dimitar Kostadinov | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 21 | MF | Radoslav Tsonev | 7 | | | | | 7 | | |
| 22 | DF | Patrick-Gabriel Galchev | 3 | | 1 | | | 3 | | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Hristofor Hubchev | | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Noah Sonko Sundberg | 1 | | | 1 | | 2 | | |
| 27 | MF | Asen Mitkov | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 30 | MF | Filip Krastev | 2 | | | 2 | | 4 | | |
| 33 | DF | José Córdoba | 5 | | | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| 41 | DF | Georgi Aleksandrov | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 79 | FW | Martin Petkov | 2 | | | | | 2 | | |
| 88 | FW | Marin Petkov | 4 | | | 1 | | 5 | | |
| 91 | DF | Dragan Mihajlović | 4 | | | 1 | | 5 | | |
Last updated: 22 May 2022 Source: soccerway Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.