# 2016–17 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2016–17 season was Levski Sofia's 96th 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 |
| 3 | DF | Dimitar Pirgov | 26 | EU | Slavia Sofia | Free transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free | Levski TV |
| 9 | FW | Iliyan Mitsanski | 30 | EU | Suwon | Free transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 10 | FW | Galin Ivanov | 28 | EU | Samsunspor | Free transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 11 | FW | Jean Deza | 22 | Non-EU | Montpellier | Free transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free | Levski TV |
| 18 | DF | Anton Ognyanov | 28 | EU | Dunav Ruse | Transfer | Winter | 2018 | €0.025M | Levski.bg |
| 20 | FW | Añete | 30 | EU | Neftchi Baku | Free transfer | Summer | 2017+1 | Free | Levski TV, Levski.bg |
| 21 | GK | Ivan Čvorović | 31 | EU | Ludogorets Razgrad | Free transfer | Summer | 2017+1 | Free | Levski TV |
| 21 | GK | Bozhidar Mitrev | 29 | EU | Sheriff Tiraspol | Free transfer | Winter | 2018 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 23 | DF | Simon Sandberg | 22 | EU | Häcken | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €0.1M | Levski TV |
| 26 | FW | Amadou Soukouna | 24 | EU | Vereya | Transfer | Winter | 2019 | Undisclosed | fcvereya.bg |
| 28 | DF | David Jablonský | 25 | EU | Tom Tomsk | Free transfer | Winter | 2019 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 44 | DF | Viktor Genev | 27 | EU | Dinamo Minsk | Free transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free | Levski.bg |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 9 | FW | Iliyan Mitsanski | 31 | EU | Korona Kielce | Released | Winter | Free | |
| 10 | MF | Miguel Bedoya | 30 | EU | Apollon Limassol | End of contract | Summer | Free | Apollon Limassol |
| 10 | FW | Galin Ivanov | 28 | EU | Neftochimic | End of contract | Winter | Free | |
| 11 | FW | Justin Mengolo | 23 | Non-EU | Debrecen | Released | Summer | Free | Levski.bg |
| 11 | FW | Jean Deza | 23 | Non-EU | | Sacked | Winter | Free | |
| 18 | MF | Borislav Tsonev | 21 | EU | Beroe | End of contract | Summer | Free | gong.bg |
| 21 | MF | Radoslav Tsonev | 21 | EU | Lecce | End of contract | Summer | Free | gong.bg |
| 21 | GK | Ivan Čvorović | 31 | EU | Botev Plovdiv | Released | Winter | Free | |
| 30 | DF | Maximilian Karner | 26 | EU | Derry City | Released | Summer | Free | gong.bg |
| 44 | DF | Viktor Genev | 28 | EU | Botev Plovdiv | End of contract | Winter | Free | |
| 91 | FW | Ventsislav Hristov | 27 | EU | Neftochimic | Released | Summer | Free | Levski.bg |
| | GK | Aleksandar Lyubenov | 21 | EU | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | End of contract | Summer | Free | Lokomotiv Plovdiv |

### Loans out

| Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| GK | Nikolay Krastev | 19 | EU | Nesebar | Loan | Summer | — |
| DF | Miki Orachev | 20 | EU | Lokomotiv Sofia | Loan | Winter | — |
| DF | Galin Tashev | 19 | EU | Nesebar | Loan | Summer | — |
| DF | Galin Tashev | 19 | EU | Etar | Loan | Summer | — |
| MF | Georgi Yanev | 19 | EU | Spartak Pleven | Loan | Winter | — |
| FW | Iliya Dimitrov | 20 | EU | Lokomotiv Sofia | Loan | Winter | — |
| FW | Iliya Dimitrov | 20 | EU | Pirin Blagoevgrad | Loan | Summer | — |

## Squad

    Updated on 4 May 2017.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Age | EU | Since | Ends | Signed from | Transfer fee | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Dimitar Sheytanov | Bulgaria | GK | 25 | EU | 2016 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 21 | Bozhidar Mitrev | Bulgaria | GK | 37 | EU | 2017 | 2018 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 29 | Bojan Jorgačević | Serbia | GK | 42 | EU | 2015 | 2018 | Erciyesspor | Free | Second nationality: Belgium |
| 89 | Nikolay Krastev | Bulgaria | GK | 27 | EU | 2014 | 2020 | Youth system | W/S | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Srdjan Luchin | Romania | CB | 38 | EU | 2016 | 2017 | Poli Timişoara | Free | |
| 3 | Dimitar Pirgov | Bulgaria | CB | 34 | EU | 2016 | 2018 | Slavia Sofia | Free | |
| 4 | Miki Orachev | Bulgaria | LB/LW | 28 | EU | 2016 | 2018 | Youth system | W/S | |
| 5 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Bulgaria | CB | 38 | EU | 2016 | 2017 | Ludogorets Razgrad | Free | |
| 14 | Veselin Minev | Bulgaria | LB | 43 | EU | 2014 | 2017 | Botev Plovdiv | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 18 | Anton Ognyanov | Bulgaria | LB/LW | 36 | EU | 2017 | 2018 | Dunav Ruse | €0.025M | |
| 23 | Simon Sandberg | Sweden | CB/RB | 30 | EU | 2016 | 2019 | Häcken | €0.1M | |
| 25 | Sasho Aleksandrov | Bulgaria | RB | 38 | EU | 2015 | | Cherno More | Free | |
| 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 |||||||||||
| 6 | Ivaylo Naydenov | Bulgaria | DM | 26 | EU | 2016 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 8 | Jeremy de Nooijer | Curaçao | DM/CM | 32 | EU | 2015 | 2017 | Sparta Rotterdam | Free | Second nationality: Netherlands |
| 12 | Bozhidar Kraev | Bulgaria | AM/RW | 27 | EU | 2014 | 2018 | Youth system | W/S | |
| 15 | Roman Procházka | Slovakia | CM/RW/RB | 35 | EU | 2014 | 2018 | Spartak Trnava | €0.12M | |
| 24 | Iliya Yurukov | Bulgaria | CM | 25 | EU | 2016 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 27 | Mehdi Bourabia | France | CM | 33 | EU | 2016 | 2019 | Cherno More | €0.1M | |
| 70 | Georgi Kostadinov | Bulgaria | DM/CM | 34 | EU | 2015 | 2017 | Beroe | Free | |
| 75 | Aleks Borimirov | Bulgaria | CM | 26 | EU | 2016 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| Strikers |||||||||||
| 7 | Francis Narh | Ghana | LW | 31 | Non-EU | 2016 | 2019 | Baník Ostrava | €0.2M | |
| 16 | Atanas Kabov | Bulgaria | RW | 25 | EU | 2016 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 17 | Tunde Adeniji | Nigeria | CF | 29 | Non-EU | 2016 | 2019 | Sunshine Stars | €0.12M | |
| 20 | Añete | Spain | CF/AM | 39 | EU | 2016 | 2017+1 | Neftchi Baku | Free | |
| 26 | Amadou Soukouna | France | CF | 32 | EU | 2016 | 2019 | Vereya | Undisclosed | |
| 99 | Stanislav Ivanov | Bulgaria | RW/CF/AM | 25 | EU | 2016 | | Youth system | W/S | |

## Fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

## 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 | 31 July 2016 | 4 June 2017 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 050.00 |
| Bulgarian Cup | 22 September 2016 | 26 October 2016 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 14 July 2016 | 21 July 2016 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 047.50 |
Source: Fixtures

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 69 | 19 | +50 | 67 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 51 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | CSKA Sofia | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 16 | +19 | 46 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | Cherno More | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 43 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 39 | 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: 3 April 2017. Source: See results

##### 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 | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad (C) | 36 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 87 | 28 | +59 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 21 | +30 | 67 | |
| 3 | Levski Sofia (O) | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 63 | Qualification for the European play-off final |
| 4 | Dunav Ruse | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 52 | |
| 6 | Cherno More Varna | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 47 | |
* 1 2 On 29 May 2017 a UEFA letter to the Bulgarian Football Union declared that CSKA Sofia were not allowed to compete in European tournaments for the following two seasons as they were considered to have been re-formed as a new club and thus did not pass the "three-year rule". As this decision was appealed by CSKA Sofia, the Bulgarian Football Union granted a license to them subject to legal proceedings. A few hours prior to the Europa League first qualifying round draw, UEFA replaced them by Dunav Ruse, the fourth-placed team of the 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: 31 May 2017. Source: See results

##### Results by round

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

##### Results
#### European play-off final
### UEFA Europa League
#### Second qualifying round
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 4 June 2017
| 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 |
| 1 | GK | BUL | Dimitar Sheytanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BUL | Dimitar Pirgov | 33 | 3 | 26+3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BUL | Ivaylo Naydenov | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | GHA | Francis Narh | 41 | 4 | 32+5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | CUW | Jeremy de Nooijer | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | AM | BUL | Bozhidar Kraev | 36 | 11 | 25+10 | 11 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BUL | Veselin Minev | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SVK | Roman Procházka | 34 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | BUL | Atanas Kabov | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Tunde Adeniji | 41 | 9 | 34+3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | BUL | Anton Ognyanov | 15 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | AM | ESP | Antonio Añete | 34 | 5 | 25+5 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | BUL | Bozhidar Mitrev | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SWE | Simon Sandberg | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | BUL | Iliya Yurukov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BUL | Sasho Aleksandrov | 38 | 0 | 34+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Amadou Soukouna | 9 | 1 | 4+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Mehdi Bourabia | 32 | 2 | 21+9 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | CZE | David Jablonský | 13 | 2 | 12+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | SRB | Bojan Jorgačević | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | BUL | Deyan Ivanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | BUL | Georgi Kostadinov | 24 | 4 | 19+1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | MF | BUL | Aleks Borimirov | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Krastev | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BUL | Stanislav Ivanov | 12 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | BUL | Miki Orachev | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | BUL | Iliya Dimitrov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | BUL | Georgi Yanev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | BUL | Galin Tashev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Levski (Sofia) during the season: ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ROU | Srdjan Luchin | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Iliyan Mitsanski | 9 | 1 | 0+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BUL | Ventsislav Hristov | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | AM | BUL | Galin Ivanov | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | PER | Jean Deza | 13 | 1 | 2+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | BUL | Ivan Čvorović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BUL | Viktor Genev | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |