# 2023–24 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2023–24 season was Levski Sofia's 103rd 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 |
| 7 | FW | Fábio Lima | 27 | Non-EU | ABC | Transfer | Winter | 2026 | Free |
| 8 | MF | Carlos Ohene | 30 | Non-EU | Hebar | Transfer | Winter | 2025 | Undisclosed |
| 17 | FW | Everton Bala | 25 | Non-EU | Mirassol | Loan | Winter | 2024 | |
| 23 | MF | Patrik Myslovič | 22 | EU | Žilina | Transfer | Winter | 2026 | Undisclosed |
| 24 | DF | Joaquín Fernández | 25 | EU | Atenas | Transfer | Winter | 2025 | Free |
| 37 | MF | Darlan | 25 | Non-EU | Grêmio | Transfer | Summer | 2026 | Free |
| 97 | MF | Hassimi Fadiga | 26 | EU | Le Mans | Transfer | Summer | 2025 | Free |
| | MF | Nathan Holder | 21 | EU | Spartak Varna | Loan return | Summer | | |
| | MF | Zdravko Dimitrov | 24 | EU | Sakaryaspor | Loan return | Summer | | |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 2 | DF | Jeremy Petris | 26 | EU | Charleroi | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| 7 | FW | Ronaldo | 23 | EU | Rostov | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| 10 | MF | Ivelin Popov | 35 | EU | Botev Plovdiv | Released | Summer | Free |
| 17 | FW | Welton Felipe | 26 | EU | Gamba Osaka | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| 21 | DF | Ante Blažević | 27 | EU | Croatia Zmijavci | Released | Summer | Free |
| 23 | DF | Noah Sonko Sundberg | 27 | EU | Ludogorets Razgrad | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| 30 | MF | Filip Krastev | 21 | EU | Lommel | Loan return | Summer | |
| 37 | MF | Darlan | 25 | Non-EU | Wuhan Three Towns | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Transfer window |
| MF | Zdravko Dimitrov | 24 | EU | Septemvri Sofia | Summer |
| MF | Antoan Stoyanov | 18 | EU | Empoli | Summer |
| MF | Zdravko Dimitrov | 25 | EU | Sakaryaspor | Winter |
| MF | Nathan Holder | 21 | EU | Sportist Svoge | Winter |

## Squad

    Updated on 1 March 2024.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Age | EU | Ends | Signed from | Transfer fee | Notes |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Plamen Andreev | Bulgaria | GK | 19 | EU | 2025 | Youth system | W/S | |
| 13 | Nikolay Mihaylov | Bulgaria | GK | 36 | EU | 2024 | Omonia | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 99 | Ivan Andonov | Bulgaria | GK | 20 | EU | 2026 | Youth system | W/S | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | Viktor Lyubenov | Bulgaria | CB/LB | 18 | EU | 2026 | Youth system | W/S | |
| 5 | Kellian van der Kaap | Netherlands | CB/DM | 25 | EU | 2026 | Viborg | Free | Second nationality: Cameroon |
| 6 | Wenderson Tsunami | Brazil | LB | 28 | Non-EU | 2026 | Botafogo-PB | Free | Second nationality: Bulgaria |
| 22 | Patrik-Gabriel Galchev | Bulgaria | RB/LB/RW | 23 | EU | 2026 | Youth system | W/S | Second nationality: Spain |
| 24 | Joaquín Fernández | Uruguay | CB/LB | 25 | EU | 2025 | Atenas | Free | Second nationality: Italy |
| 33 | José Córdoba | Panama | CB/LB | 23 | Non-EU | 2025 | Etar | Undisclosed | |
| 50 | Kristian Dimitrov | Bulgaria | CB | 27 | EU | 2026 | Hajduk Split | Free | |
| 77 | Deyvid Mihalev | Bulgaria | RB/DM/CM | 18 | EU | | Youth system | W/S | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Carlos Ohene | Ghana | DM | 31 | Non-EU | 2025 | Hebar | Undisclosed | |
| 10 | Asen Mitkov | Bulgaria | AM/CM | 19 | EU | 2025 | Youth system | W/S | |
| 14 | Iliyan Stefanov | Bulgaria | AM | 26 | EU | 2025 | Beroe | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 15 | Aleksandar Bozhilov | Bulgaria | DM/LB | 18 | EU | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 20 | Asen Chandarov | Bulgaria | AM/CM | 25 | EU | 2026 | Septemvri Sofia | Undisclosed | Originally from Youth system |
| 21 | Kristiyan Yovov | Bulgaria | AM | 18 | EU | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 23 | Patrik Myslovič | Slovakia | AM | 23 | EU | 2026 | Žilina | Free | |
| 97 | Hassimi Fadiga | France | AM/LW/SS | 27 | EU | 2025 | Le Mans | Free | Second nationality: Guinea |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Fábio Lima | Brazil | LW/RW/AM | 27 | Non-EU | 2026 | ABC | Free | |
| 9 | Ricardinho | Brazil | CF/LW/RW | 23 | Non-EU | 2025 | Grêmio | Free | |
| 11 | Jawad El Jemili | Spain | RW/LW/AM | 22 | EU | 2026 | Akritas Chlorakas | Undisclosed | Second nationality: Morocco |
| 16 | Preslav Bachev | Bulgaria | CF | 18 | EU | 2026 | Youth system | W/S | |
| 17 | Everton Bala | Brazil | RW/LW | 25 | Non-EU | 2024 | Mirassol | Loan | |
| 19 | Bilal Bari | Morocco | CF | 26 | EU | 2024 | Montana | €50 000 | Second nationality: France |
| 88 | Marin Petkov | Bulgaria | RW/CF/AM | 21 | EU | 2027 | 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 2023 | 26 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 35 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 054.29 |
| Bulgarian Cup | 22 November 2023 | 6 December 2023 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 27 July 2023 | 31 August 2023 | Second qualifying round | Play-off round | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 053.49 |
Last updated: 26 May 2024 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 | Cherno More | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 62 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 55 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 5 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 54 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 6 | Krumovgrad | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 44 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 7 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 44 | Qualification for the Conference League group |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Krumovgrad 6, Botev Plovdiv 0.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 April 2024. 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 14 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

##### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 June 2023.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad (C) | 35 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 87 | 24 | +63 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Cherno More | 35 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 75 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | CSKA Sofia | 35 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 67 | Qualification for the Conference League play-off |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 35 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 64 | |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 35 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 58 | |
| 6 | Krumovgrad | 35 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 49 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 May 2024. Source: See results

##### Results by round

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

##### Matches
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round
#### Play-off round
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 26 May 2024
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First League | First League | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Conference League | Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | BUL | Plamen Andreev | 38 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BUL | Viktor Lyubenov | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Kellian van der Kaap | 32 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Wenderson Tsunami | 38 | 4 | 30+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Fábio Lima | 11 | 3 | 10+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GHA | Carlos Ohene | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Ricardinho | 39 | 11 | 27+4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BUL | Asen Mitkov | 32 | 2 | 20+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Jawad El Jemili | 35 | 8 | 27+2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Mihaylov | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BUL | Iliyan Stefanov | 17 | 1 | 0+12 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | BUL | Aleksandar Bozhilov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | BUL | Preslav Bachev | 9 | 1 | 0+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Everton Bala | 12 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | MAR | Bilal Bari | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BUL | Asen Chandarov | 31 | 0 | 2+24 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BUL | Kristiyan Yovov | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BUL | Patrik-Gabriel Galchev | 31 | 1 | 17+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SVK | Patrik Myslovič | 14 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | URU | Joaquín Fernández | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | PAN | José Córdoba | 35 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | BUL | Kristian Dimitrov | 30 | 2 | 19+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | BUL | Deyvid Mihalev | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | BUL | Marin Petkov | 35 | 8 | 24+7 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 97 | MF | FRA | Hassimi Fadiga | 33 | 3 | 16+11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0+4 | 1 |
| 99 | GK | BUL | Ivan Andonov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players from the reserve team: ||||||||||||
| Other players under contract: ||||||||||||
| | MF | BUL | Andrian Kraev | 25 | 2 | 12+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| | MF | BUL | Antoan Stoyanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | BUL | Zdravko Dimitrov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | CUW | Nathan Holder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Jeremy Petris | 22 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Ronaldo | 25 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | BUL | Ivelin Popov | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Welton Felipe | 23 | 6 | 15+1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 21 | DF | CRO | Ante Blažević | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GAM | Noah Sonko Sundberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BUL | Filip Krastev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Darlan | 18 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 26 May 2024
| Rank | Player | FPL | BC | UECL | Total |
| 1 | Ricardinho | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | Jawad El Jemili | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Marin Petkov | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Ronaldo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Welton Felipe | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Wenderson Tsunami | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Hassimi Fadiga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Fábio Lima | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Kristian Dimitrov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Andrian Kraev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Asen Mitkov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Darlan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Preslav Bachev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Patrik-Gabriel Galchev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Iliyan Stefanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 50 | 4 | 6 | 60 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 26 May 2024
| Rank | Goalkeeper | FPL | BC | UECL | Total |
| 1 | Plamen Andreev | 17 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Nikolay Mihaylov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | 20 | 0 | 3 | 23 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
| N | P | Name | First League | First League | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Conference League | Total | Total |
| 5 | DF | Kellian van der Kaap | 4 | | | | 2 | 6 | |
| 6 | DF | Wenderson Tsunami | 7 | | | | 3 | 10 | |
| 8 | MF | Carlos Ohene | 5 | | | | | 5 | |
| 9 | FW | Ricardinho | 6 | | 1 | | | 7 | |
| 10 | MF | Asen Mitkov | 5 | | 1 | | 1 | 7 | |
| 11 | FW | Jawad El Jemili | 2 | | | | 1 | 3 | |
| 14 | MF | Iliyan Stefanov | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | Preslav Bachev | 1 | | | | | 1 | |
| 17 | FW | Everton Bala | 1 | | | | | 1 | |
| 19 | FW | Bilal Bari | 2 | | | | | 2 | |
| 20 | MF | Asen Chandarov | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Patrik-Gabriel Galchev | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | José Córdoba | 8 | 1 | | | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| 50 | DF | Kristian Dimitrov | 4 | | | | 2 | 6 | |
| 77 | DF | Deyvid Mihalev | 1 | | | | 2 | 3 | |
| 88 | FW | Marin Petkov | 7 | | | | 1 | 8 | |
| 97 | MF | Hassimi Fadiga | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 |
| 99 | GK | Ivan Andonov | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 | |
| | MF | Andrian Kraev | 3 | | | | 2 | 5 | |
| | DF | Jeremy Petris † | 5 | | | | 1 | 6 | |
| | MF | Ivelin Popov † | 2 | | | | | 2 | |
| | MF | Darlan † | 1 | | | | | 1 | |
| | FW | Ronaldo † | | | | | 1 | 1 | |
| | FW | Welton Felipe † | 5 | | | | | 5 | |
Last updated: 26 May 2024 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. $^†$ Player left the club during the season.