# 2017–18 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2017–18 season was Levski Sofia's 97th 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 |
| 10 | FW | Junior Mapuku | 27 | EU | Beroe | Free Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | dnes.bg |
| 9 | FW | Sergiu Buș | 24 | EU | Astra Giurgiu | Free Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | blitz.bg |
| 24 | GK | Aleksandar Lyubenov | 22 | EU | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Free Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 25 | MF | Georgi Angelov | 26 | EU | Vereya | Free Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 8 | MF | Antonio Vutov | 21 | EU | Udinese | Loan | Summer | 2018 | | Levski.bg |
| 4 | DF | Ivan Goranov | 25 | EU | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Free Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 19 | DF | Miloš Cvetković | 27 | Non-EU | Napredak Kruševac | Free Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 71 | MF | Vasil Panayotov | 26 | EU | Stal Mielec | Free Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 30 | MF | Neluț Roșu | 23 | EU | Viitorul | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | 100 000 € | Levski.bg |
| 13 | MF | Jordi Gómez | 32 | EU | Rayo Vallecano | Free Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 32 | MF | Gabriel Obertan | 28 | EU | Wigan Athletic | Free Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 11 | MF | Anthony Belmonte | 21 | EU | Dijon | Free Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 5 | DF | Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson | 27 | EU | Maccabi Haifa | Loan | Summer | 2021 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 26 | MF | Jerson Cabral | 26 | EU | Bastia | Free Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 3 | DF | Aymen Belaïd | 28 | EU | Rotherham United | Free Transfer | Winter | 2019 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 29 | FW | Stanislav Kostov | 26 | EU | Pirin Blagoevgrad | Free Transfer | Winter | 2020 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 7 | MF | Paulinho | 24 | Non-EU | Zorya Luhansk | Free Transfer | Winter | 2021 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 10 | FW | Rivaldinho | 22 | Non-EU | Dinamo București | Free Transfer | Winter | 2020 | Free | Levski.bg |
| 20 | MF | Filipe Nascimento | 23 | EU | Dinamo București | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | 200 000 € | Levski.bg |
| 25 | DF | Afonso Figueiredo | 25 | EU | Rennes | Loan | Winter | 2018 | | Levski.bg |
| 14 | MF | Khaly Thiam | 24 | Non-EU | MTK Budapest | Loan | Winter | 2018 | | Levski.bg |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 8 | MF | Jeremy de Nooijer | 25 | EU | Sheriff Tiraspol | End of contract | Summer | Free | gol.bg |
| 70 | MF | Georgi Kostadinov | 26 | EU | Maccabi Haifa | End of contract | Summer | Free | Topsport.bg |
| 2 | DF | Srdjan Luchin | 31 | EU | CFR Cluj | End of contract | Summer | Free | topsport.bg |
| 20 | MF | Añete | 31 | EU | Apollon Smyrni | End of contract | Summer | Free | |
| 18 | MF | Anton Ognyanov | 28 | EU | Cherno More | Released | Summer | Free | |
| 5 | DF | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | 31 | EU | Cherno More | Released | Summer | Free | Topsport.bg |
| 25 | DF | Sasho Aleksandrov | 30 | EU | Etar | Released | Summer | Free | Sportal.bg |
| 14 | DF | Veselin Minev | 36 | EU | Etar | Released | Summer | Free | Levski.bg |
| 12 | MF | Bozhidar Kraev | 19 | EU | Midtjylland | Transfer | Summer | 400 000 € | Gong.bg |
| 27 | MF | Mehdi Bourabia | 25 | EU | Konyaspor | Transfer | Summer | 600 000 € | Levski.bg |
| 26 | FW | Amadou Soukouna | 25 | EU | Cherno More | Released | Summer | Free | Sportal.bg |
| 23 | DF | Simon Sandberg | 23 | EU | Hammarby | Released | Winter | Free | Sportal.bg |
| 7 | FW | Francis Narh | 23 | Non-EU | Doxa Katokopias | Released | Winter | Free | Sportal.bg |
| 17 | FW | Tunde Adeniji | 22 | Non-EU | Atyrau | Released | Winter | Free | Sportal.bg |
| 14 | DF | Miki Orachev | 21 | EU | Septemvri Sofia | Released | Winter | Free | fcseptemvri.bg |
| 3 | DF | Dimitar Pirgov | 28 | EU | Botev Plovdiv | Transfer | Winter | 12 500 € | gong.bg |
| 10 | FW | Junior Mapuku | 28 | EU | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Transfer | Winter | 500 000 € | Sportal.bg |

### Loans out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| | DF | Galin Tashev | 20 | EU | Lokomotiv Sofia | Loan | Summer | — | Sportal.bg |
| | FW | Iliya Dimitrov | 20 | EU | Lokomotiv Sofia | Loan | Summer | — | Sportal.bg |
| | DF | Deyan Ivanov | 21 | EU | Botev Vratsa | Loan | Summer | — | Football24.bg |
| | MF | Georgi Yanev | 19 | EU | Strumska Slava | Loan | Summer | — | Blitz.bg |
| | MF | Atanas Kabov | 18 | EU | Botev Vratsa | Loan | Summer | — | Sportal.bg |
| 24 | GK | Aleksandar Lyubenov | 22 | EU | Botev Vratsa | Loan | Winter | — | Topsport.bg |
| 75 | MF | Aleks Borimirov | 19 | EU | Lokomotiv Sofia | Loan | Winter | — | Blitz.bg |
| 55 | DF | Georgi Angelov | 27 | EU | Vitosha Bistritsa | Loan | Winter | — | Sportal.bg |

## Squad

    Updated on 1 March 2017.
| 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 | |
| 21 | Bozhidar Mitrev | Bulgaria | GK | 37 | EU | 2017 | 2018 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 89 | Nikolay Krastev | Bulgaria | GK | 27 | EU | 2017 | 2020 | Youth system | W/S | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | Aymen Belaïd | Tunisia | CB/LB | 35 | EU | 2017 | 2019 | Rotherham United | Free | Second nationality: France |
| 4 | Ivan Goranov | Bulgaria | LB | 32 | EU | 2017 | 2020 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 5 | Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson | Iceland | CB | 34 | EU | 2017 | 2021 | Maccabi Haifa | Loan | |
| 19 | Miloš Cvetković | Serbia | RB | 34 | Non-EU | 2017 | 2019 | Napredak Kruševac | Free | |
| 24 | Tomislav Papazov | Bulgaria | CB | 23 | EU | 2018 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 25 | Afonso Figueiredo | Portugal | LB | 31 | EU | 2018 | 2018 | Rennes | Loan | |
| 28 | David Jablonský | Czech Republic | CB/RB/LB | 32 | EU | 2017 | 2019 | Tom Tomsk | Free | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 6 | Ivaylo Naydenov | Bulgaria | CM/RB | 26 | EU | 2016 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 8 | Antonio Vutov | Bulgaria | AM | 28 | EU | 2017 | 2018 | Udinese | Loan | Originally from Youth system |
| 11 | Anthony Belmonte | France | DM/CM | 28 | EU | 2017 | 2020 | Dijon | Free | |
| 13 | Jordi Gómez | Spain | AM | 39 | EU | 2017 | 2019 | Rayo Vallecano | Free | |
| 14 | Khaly Thiam | Senegal | DM | 30 | Non-EU | 2018 | 2018 | MTK Budapest | Loan | |
| 15 | Roman Procházka | Slovakia | CM/RW/RB | 35 | EU | 2014 | 2018 | Spartak Trnava | €0.12M | |
| 17 | Martin Petkov | Bulgaria | AM/LW | 23 | EU | 2018 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 20 | Filipe Nascimento | Portugal | CM | 29 | EU | 2018 | 2020 | Dinamo București | €0.20M | |
| 30 | Neluț Roșu | Romania | CM | 31 | EU | 2017 | 2020 | Viitorul | €0.10M | |
| 71 | Vasil Panayotov | Bulgaria | CM | 34 | EU | 2017 | 2018 | Stal Mielec | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 77 | Iliya Yurukov | Bulgaria | CM | 25 | EU | 2016 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 7 | Paulinho | Brazil | LW/RW | 31 | Non-EU | 2018 | 2021 | Zorya Luhansk | Free | |
| 9 | Sergiu Buș | Romania | CF | 31 | EU | 2017 | 2020 | Astra Giurgiu | Free | |
| 10 | Rivaldinho | Brazil | CF | 29 | EU | 2018 | 2020 | Dinamo București | Free | Second nationality: Spain |
| 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 Blagoegrad | Free | |
| 32 | Gabriel Obertan | France | RW/LW | 35 | EU | 2017 | 2019 | Wigan Athletic | Free | |
| 99 | Stanislav Ivanov | Bulgaria | CF/RW | 25 | EU | 2016 | 2021 | 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 | 23 July 2017 | 24 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 37 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 59 | 28 | +31 | 051.35 |
| Bulgarian Cup | 19 September 2017 | 9 May 2018 | Round of 32 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa League | 29 June 2017 | 20 July 2017 | First qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 71 | 34 | +37 | 051.06 |
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 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 63 | 13 | +50 | 66 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 59 | 14 | +45 | 63 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Levski Sofia | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 14 | +23 | 50 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Beroe | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 45 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Botev Plovdiv | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 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: 4 November 2017. 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 | 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 | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | L |
| Position | 9 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

##### Matches
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad (C) | 36 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 91 | 22 | +69 | 88 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 80 | 26 | +54 | 81 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Levski Sofia (O) | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 27 | +28 | 64 | Qualification for the European play-off final |
| 4 | Beroe | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 59 | |
| 5 | Botev Plovdiv | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 56 | |
| 6 | Vereya | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 61 | −34 | 36 | |

##### 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 2018. 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 | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

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

    As of match played 20 May 2018
| 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 |
| 3 | DF | TUN | Aymen Belaid | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BUL | Ivan Goranov | 35 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson | 29 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BUL | Ivaylo Naydenov | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Paulinho | 18 | 8 | 12+3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | AM | BUL | Antonio Vutov | 33 | 3 | 22+4 | 2 | 2+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Sergiu Buș | 37 | 11 | 17+11 | 7 | 3+2 | 3 | 0+4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Rivaldinho | 8 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Anthony Belmonte | 13 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | BUL | Petar Ivanov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ESP | Jordi Gomez | 38 | 5 | 27+3 | 4 | 5+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SEN | Khaly Thiam | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SVK | Roman Procházka | 44 | 6 | 33+2 | 5 | 4+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | BUL | Martin Petkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Miloš Cvetković | 37 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POR | Filipe Nascimento | 13 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | BUL | Bozhidar Mitrev | 41 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | BUL | Tomislav Papazov | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | POR | Afonso Figueiredo | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | CPV | Jerson Cabral | 26 | 2 | 10+11 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | CZE | David Jablonský | 34 | 9 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | BUL | Stanislav Kostov | 15 | 3 | 8+3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ROU | Neluț Roșu | 9 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | AM | FRA | Gabriel Obertan | 35 | 3 | 26+4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | BUL | Vasil Panayotov | 34 | 3 | 22+3 | 3 | 2+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | BUL | Iliya Yurukov | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Krastev | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BUL | Stanislav Ivanov | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| | FW | BUL | Iliya Dimitrov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | BUL | Galin Tashev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | BUL | Deyan Ivanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | BUL | Georgi Yanev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | FW | BUL | Atanas Kabov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | MF | BUL | Aleks Borimirov | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | BUL | Aleksandar Lyubenov | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | BUL | Georgi Angelov | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players who left Levski (Sofia) during the season: ||||||||||||
| 26 | FW | FRA | Amadou Soukouna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | SRB | Bojan Jorgačević | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | GHA | Francis Narh | 6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Tunde Adeniji | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SWE | Simon Sandberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BUL | Miki Orachev | 11 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BUL | Dimitar Pirgov | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | COD | Junior Mapuku | 26 | 9 | 7+12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |