# 2019–20 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2019–20 season was Levski Sofia's 99th 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 | Milan Mijatović | 31 | Non-EU | Budućnost Podgorica | Free transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | levski.bg |
| 6 | MF | Ivaylo Naydenov | 21 | EU | Arda | Loan return | Summer | | Free | |
| 8 | MF | Simeon Slavchev | 26 | EU | Qarabağ | Free transfer | Winter | 2022 | Free | levski.bg |
| 9 | FW | Deni Alar | 29 | EU | Rapid Wien | Loan | Summer | 2020 | | levski.bg |
| 10 | MF | Franco Mazurek | 25 | Non-EU | Panetolikos | Free transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | levski.bg |
| 11 | MF | Zdravko Dimitrov | 20 | EU | Septemvri Sofia | Тransfer | Summer | 2022 | Undisclosed | levski.bg |
| 14 | MF | Filipe Nascimento | 24 | EU | Politehnica Iași | Loan return | Summer | | Free | |
| 17 | FW | Nigel Robertha | 21 | EU | Cambuur | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Undisclosed | levski.bg |
| 18 | MF | Nasiru Mohammed | 25 | EU | Häcken | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | 250 000 € | levski.bg |
| 19 | DF | Giannis Kargas | 24 | EU | PAS Giannina | Free transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free | levski.bg |
| 21 | MF | Asen Chandarov | 20 | EU | Septemvri Sofia | Loan | Summer | | Free | levski.bg |
| 26 | DF | Deyan Lozev | 26 | EU | Arda | Transfer | Winter | 2022 | Undisclosed | levski.bg |
| 27 | GK | Georgi Georgiev | 31 | EU | Slavia Sofia | Free transfer | Winter | | Free | levski.bg |
| 40 | MF | Stijn Spierings | 22 | EU | RKC Waalwijk | Transfer | Winter | 2023 | Undisclosed | levski.bg |
| 45 | FW | Iliya Dimitrov | 22 | EU | Septemvri Sofia | Loan return | Summer | | Free | |
| 93 | MF | Atanas Kabov | 20 | EU | Tsarsko Selo | Loan return | Summer | | Free | |
Total spending: €400 000

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 2 | DF | Louis Nganioni | 23 | EU | Fremad Amager | Released | Summer | Free | gong.bg |
| 8 | MF | Davide Mariani | 28 | EU | Shabab Al-Ahli | Transfer | Summer | 1 417 000 € | levski.bg |
| 9 | FW | Sergiu Buș | 26 | EU | Gaz Metan Mediaș | Released | Summer | Free | gong.bg |
| 10 | FW | Rivaldinho | 24 | EU | Viitorul | Released | Summer | Free | topsport.bg |
| 11 | MF | Anthony Belmonte | 23 | EU | Grenoble Foot 38 | Released | Summer | Free | gong.bg |
| 14 | MF | Bogdan Vaštšuk | 23 | EU | Riga | Loan return | Summer | Free | gong.bg |
| 17 | FW | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 19 | Non-EU | Ufa | Loan return | Summer | Free | gong.bg |
| 18 | DF | Cédric Hountondji | 25 | EU | Clermont Foot | End of contract | Summer | Free | gong.bg |
| 19 | DF | Miloš Cvetković | 29 | EU | Mladost Lučani | End of contract | Summer | Free | levski.bg |
| 21 | MF | Asen Chandarov | 21 | EU | Septemvri Sofia | Loan return | Winter | Free | sportal.bg |
| 26 | MF | Jerson Cabral | 28 | EU | Pafos | End of contract | Summer | Free | levski.bg |
| 28 | DF | David Jablonský | 27 | EU | Cracovia | End of contract | Summer | Free | levski.bg |
| 75 | MF | Aleks Borimirov | 21 | EU | | Retired | Summer | Free | gong.bg |
| 86 | FW | Valeri Bojinov | 33 | EU | Botev Vratsa | Released | Summer | Free | sportal.bg |
| 89 | GK | Nikolay Krastev | 22 | EU | Vitosha Bistritsa | Released | Summer | Free | gong.bg |
Total income: €1 417 000
Net income: €1 017 000

### Loans out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 24 | DF | Tomislav Papazov | 17 | EU | Hebar | Loan | Summer | — |
| 39 | DF | Deyan Ivanov | 23 | EU | Botev Vratsa | Loan | Summer | — |
| 45 | FW | Iliya Dimitrov | 23 | EU | Vitosha Bistritsa | Loan | Summer | — |
| 71 | MF | Martin P. Petkov | 18 | EU | Lokomotiv GO | Loan | Summer | — |
| 93 | MF | Atanas Kabov | 20 | EU | Vitosha Bistritsa | Loan | Summer | — |
| | MF | Simeon Dimitrov | 18 | EU | Lokomotiv GO | Loan | Summer | — |

## Squad

    Updated on 14 June 2020.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Age | EU | Since | Ends | Signed from | Transfer fee | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Milan Mijatović | Montenegro | GK | 37 | Non-EU | 2019 | 2020 | Budućnost Podgorica | Free | |
| 12 | Petar Ivanov | Bulgaria | GK | 24 | EU | 2018 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 13 | Nikolay Mihaylov | Bulgaria | GK | 36 | EU | 2018 | 2021 | Omonia | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 27 | Georgi Georgiev | Bulgaria | GK | 35 | EU | 2020 | 2022 | Slavia Sofia | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 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 | |
| 6 | Ivaylo Naydenov | Bulgaria | RB/DM/CM | 26 | EU | 2016 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 19 | Giannis Kargas | Greece | CB/DM | 29 | EU | 2019 | 2022 | PAS Giannina | Free | |
| 20 | Zhivko Milanov | Bulgaria | RB/CB | 40 | EU | 2019 | 2020 | APOEL | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 22 | Nuno Reis | Portugal | CB/RB/DM | 33 | EU | 2018 | 2021 | Vitória Setúbal | Undisclosed | |
| 26 | Deyan Lozev | Bulgaria | RB/RW | 30 | EU | 2019 | 2022 | Arda | Undisclosed | |
| 31 | Kostadin Iliev | Bulgaria | CB/LB | 22 | EU | 2020 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 8 | Simeon Slavchev | Bulgaria | DM/CM | 31 | EU | 2019 | 2022 | Qarabağ | Free | |
| 10 | Franco Mazurek | Argentina | AM | 31 | Non-EU | 2019 | 2021 | Panetolikos | Free | |
| 14 | Filipe Nascimento | Portugal | AM/CM | 29 | EU | 2017 | 2020 | Dinamo București | €200 000 | |
| 23 | Khaly Thiam | Senegal | DM | 30 | Non-EU | 2018 | 2021 | MTK Budapest | €300 000 | |
| 40 | Stijn Spierings | Netherlands | AM | 28 | EU | 2020 | 2023 | RKC Waalwijk | Undisclosed | |
| 70 | Martin Raynov | Bulgaria | DM/CM | 32 | EU | 2019 | 2020 | Beroe | Undisclosed | |
| 77 | Iliya Yurukov | Bulgaria | DM/CM | 25 | EU | 2016 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 7 | Paulinho | Brazil | LW | 31 | EU | 2018 | 2021 | Zorya Luhansk | Free | Second nationality: Bulgaria |
| 9 | Deni Alar | Austria | CF | 34 | EU | 2019 | 2020 | Rapid Wien | Loan | |
| 11 | Zdravko Dimitrov | Bulgaria | LW | 26 | EU | 2019 | 2022 | Septemvri Sofia | Free | |
| 17 | Nigel Robertha | Netherlands | CF | 26 | EU | 2019 | 2022 | Cambuur | Undisclosed | |
| 18 | Nasiru Mohammed | Ghana | RW/LW/CF/AM | 30 | EU | 2019 | 2022 | Häcken | €250 000 | Second nationality: Sweden |
| 29 | Stanislav Kostov | Bulgaria | CF | 33 | EU | 2018 | 2022 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | Free | |
| 79 | Martin D. Petkov | Bulgaria | LW/CF | 22 | EU | 2019 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 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 | 15 July 2019 | 12 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 048.39 |
| Bulgarian Cup | 25 September 2019 | 23 June 2020 | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 040.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 11 July 2019 | 1 August 2019 | First qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 047.50 |
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 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 50 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | CSKA Sofia | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 17 | +24 | 50 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 19 | +24 | 49 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 45 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Beroe | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 43 | Qualification for the Championship round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points (GD): Lokomotiv Plovdiv 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 June 2020. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | L | D | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad (C) | 31 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 59 | 18 | +41 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Slavia Sofia (O) | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 55 | Qualification for the European play-off final |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 53 | |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 6 | Beroe | 31 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 49 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points in the regular season: Levski 4, Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1.
* ↑ Lokomotiv Plovdiv qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 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: 12 July 2020. Source: See Results

##### Results by round

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

##### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### First qualifying round
#### Second qualifying round
## Squad statistics

    As of matches played on 12 July 2020
| 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 | MNE | Milan Mijatović | 33 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BUL | Ivan Goranov | 38 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson | 27 | 3 | 20+3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BUL | Ivaylo Naydenov | 15 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Paulinho | 36 | 9 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | BUL | Simeon Slavchev | 4 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Deni Alar | 27 | 4 | 12+10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Franco Mazurek | 30 | 2 | 14+11 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BUL | Zdravko Dimitrov | 17 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | BUL | Petar Ivanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Mihaylov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | POR | Filipe Nascimento | 16 | 2 | 10+3 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NED | Nigel Robertha | 24 | 11 | 17+2 | 11 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GHA | Nasiru Mohammed | 14 | 2 | 1+10 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GRE | Giannis Kargas | 29 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BUL | Zhivko Milanov | 30 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SEN | Khaly Thiam | 29 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | BUL | Deyan Lozev | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | BUL | Georgi Georgiev | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | BUL | Stanislav Kostov | 19 | 0 | 5+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | NED | Stijn Spierings | 12 | 2 | 8+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | BUL | Martin Raynov | 38 | 1 | 28+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BUL | Iliya Yurukov | 15 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 79 | MF | BUL | Martin D. Petkov | 21 | 3 | 0+16 | 1 | 0+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | BUL | Marin Petkov | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | BUL | Stanislav Ivanov | 35 | 8 | 26+1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 24 | DF | BUL | Tomislav Papazov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | BUL | Deyan Ivanov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | BUL | Iliya Dimitrov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | BUL | Martin P. Petkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | BUL | Atanas Kabov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Levski Sofia during the season: ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Louis Nganioni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Davide Mariani | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Sergiu Buș | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Rivaldinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Anthony Belmonte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | EST | Bogdan Vaštšuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | KAZ | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | BEN | Cédric Hountondji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Miloš Cvetković | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BUL | Asen Chandarov | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | POR | Nuno Reis | 25 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | CPV | Jerson Cabral | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | CZE | David Jablonský | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | MF | BUL | Aleks Borimirov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | FW | BUL | Valeri Bojinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Krastev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | BUL | Aleksandar Lyubenov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |