# 2022–23 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2022–23 season was Levski Sofia's 102nd 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 |
| 2 | DF | Jeremy Petris | 24 | EU | Tsarsko Selo | Free transfer | Summer | 2023 | Free |
| 4 | MF | Nathan Holder | 20 | EU | Groningen U21 | Free transfer | Summer | 2025 | Free |
| 9 | FW | Ricardinho | 21 | Non-EU | Grêmio | Free transfer | Winter | 2025 | Free |
| 10 | MF | Ivelin Popov | 34 | EU | Sochi | Free transfer | Summer | 2024 | Free |
| 11 | FW | Jawad El Jemili | 20 | EU | Akritas Chlorakas | Transfer | Winter | 2026 | Undisclosed |
| 12 | MF | Shehu Abdullahi | 29 | Non-EU | Omonia | Free transfer | Summer | 2023 | Free |
| 18 | FW | Ronaldo | 21 | Non-EU | Bahia | Transfer | Summer | 2025 | Undisclosed |
| 20 | MF | Asen Chandarov | 23 | EU | Septemvri Sofia | Transfer | Winter | 2024 | Undisclosed |
| 21 | DF | Ante Blažević | 26 | EU | Željezničar | Free transfer | Summer | 2024 | Free |
| 33 | DF | José Córdoba | 20 | Non-EU | Etar | Transfer | Summer | 2025 | Undisclosed |
| 50 | DF | Kristian Dimitrov | 25 | EU | Hajduk Split | Free transfer | Winter | 2024 | Free |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 4 | DF | Ivan Goranov | 30 | EU | Charleroi | Loan return | Summer | |
| 7 | MF | Georgi Milanov | 30 | EU | Al Dhafra | Transfer | Winter | 150 000 € |
| 10 | MF | Radoslav Tsonev | 27 | EU | Pirin Blagoevgrad | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 12 | MF | Shehu Abdullahi | 29 | Non-EU | | Released | Winter | Free |
| 20 | MF | Dimitar Kostadinov | 22 | EU | Septemvri Sofia | Released | Summer | Free |
| 91 | DF | Dragan Mihajlović | 30 | EU | Bellinzona | End of contract | Summer | Free |

### Loans out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Transfer window |
| 4 | MF | Nathan Holder | 20 | EU | Spartak Varna | Winter |
| 11 | MF | Zdravko Dimitrov | 23 | EU | Spartak Varna | Summer |
| 11 | MF | Zdravko Dimitrov | 24 | EU | Sakaryaspor | Winter |

## Squad

    Updated on 6 March 2023.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Age | EU | Ends | Signed from | Transfer fee | Notes |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Plamen Andreev | Bulgaria | GK | 19 | EU | 2024 | 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 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Jeremy Petris | France | RB/RW | 26 | EU | 2023 | Tsarsko Selo | Free | |
| 5 | Kellian van der Kaap | Netherlands | CB/DM | 25 | EU | 2024 | Viborg | Free | Second nationality: Cameroon |
| 6 | Wenderson Tsunami | Brazil | LB | 28 | Non-EU | 2024 | Botafogo-PB | Free | |
| 21 | Ante Blažević | Croatia | RB | 28 | EU | 2024 | Željezničar | 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 | 23 | Non-EU | 2025 | Etar | Undisclosed | |
| 50 | Kristian Dimitrov | Bulgaria | CB | 27 | EU | 2024 | Hajduk Split | Free | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Andrian Kraev | Bulgaria | DM | 25 | EU | 2024 | Hebar | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 10 | Ivelin Popov | Bulgaria | AM/CF/RW | 36 | EU | 2024 | Sochi | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 14 | Iliyan Stefanov | Bulgaria | AM | 26 | EU | 2024 | Beroe | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 20 | Asen Chandarov | Bulgaria | AM/CM | 25 | EU | 2024 | Septemvri Sofia | Undisclosed | Originally from Youth system |
| 27 | Asen Mitkov | Bulgaria | AM/CM | 19 | EU | 2024 | Youth system | W/S | |
| 30 | Filip Krastev | Bulgaria | AM/CM | 22 | EU | 2023 | Lommel | Loan | |
| 71 | Antoan Stoyanov | Bulgaria | DM/CM | 19 | EU | 2024 | Youth system | W/S | |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Ricardinho | Brazil | CF/LW/RW | 23 | Non-EU | 2025 | Grêmio | Free | Second nationality: Portugal |
| 11 | Jawad El Jemili | Spain | RW/LW/AM | 22 | EU | 2026 | Akritas Chlorakas | Undisclosed | Second nationality: Morocco |
| 17 | Welton Felipe | Brazil | LW/CF | 27 | Non-EU | 2025 | Botafogo-PB | Undisclosed | |
| 18 | Ronaldo | Brazil | RW/CF | 23 | Non-EU | 2025 | Bahia | Undisclosed | |
| 19 | Bilal Bari | Morocco | CF | 26 | 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 | 9 July 2022 | 11 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 050.00 |
| Bulgarian Cup | 19 November 2022 | 4 December 2022 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Bulgarian Supercup | 1 September 2022 | 1 September 2022 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 21 July 2022 | 11 August 2022 | Second qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 61 | 30 | +31 | 048.84 |
Last updated: 11 June 2023 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 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 57 | 14 | +43 | 73 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 3 | CSKA 1948 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 59 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 14 | +24 | 54 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 5 | Cherno More | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 53 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 50 | Qualification for the Championship 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: 8 May 2023. 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

##### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 15 June 2022.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad (C) | 35 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 27 | +54 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 35 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 65 | 17 | +48 | 84 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | CSKA 1948 | 35 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Levski Sofia (O) | 35 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 22 | +25 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 35 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 54 | |
| 6 | Cherno More | 35 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 54 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3, Cherno More 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Lokomotiv Plovdiv +2, Cherno More -2.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 June 2023. Source: See results

##### Results by round

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

##### Matches
#### European play-off final
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round
#### Third qualifying round
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 11 June 2023
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First League | First League | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Supercup | Bulgarian Supercup | Conference League | Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | BUL | Plamen Andreev | 35 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Jeremy Petris | 31 | 1 | 23+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Kellian van der Kaap | 35 | 1 | 18+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Wenderson Tsunami | 37 | 2 | 30+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | BUL | Andrian Kraev | 37 | 3 | 28+3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Ricardinho | 17 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BUL | Ivelin Popov | 31 | 5 | 23+4 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Jawad El Jemili | 11 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Mihaylov | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BUL | Iliyan Stefanov | 30 | 4 | 14+12 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Welton Felipe | 42 | 8 | 34+1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Ronaldo | 41 | 5 | 32+2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | MAR | Bilal Bari | 11 | 3 | 3+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | BUL | Asen Chandarov | 17 | 2 | 5+12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | CRO | Ante Blažević | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BUL | Patrick-Gabriel Galchev | 20 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GAM | Noah Sonko Sundberg | 37 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | BUL | Asen Mitkov | 21 | 0 | 2+14 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BUL | Filip Krastev | 40 | 9 | 33+1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | PAN | José Córdoba | 31 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | BUL | Kristian Dimitrov | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | BUL | Antoan Stoyanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | BUL | Marin Petkov | 40 | 4 | 8+26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | BUL | Ivan Andonov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players from the reserve team: ||||||||||||||
| 16 | DF | BUL | Aleksandar Bozhilov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | BUL | Borislav Rupanov | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | BUL | Dimitar Andonov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | BUL | Kristiyan Yovov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | BUL | Denis Dinev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | BUL | Deyvid Mihalev | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | CUW | Nathan Holder | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BUL | Zdravko Dimitrov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | BUL | Ivan Goranov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BUL | Georgi Milanov | 24 | 4 | 15+3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BUL | Radoslav Tsonev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | NGA | Shehu Abdullahi | 9 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BUL | Dimitar Kostadinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | DF | SUI | Dragan Mihajlović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 11 June 2023
| Rank | Goalkeeper | FPL | BC | BSC | UECL | Total |
| 1 | Plamen Andreev | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2 | Nikolay Mihaylov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
| N | P | Name | First League | First League | First League | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Supercup | Conference League | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Plamen Andreev | 2 | | | | 1 | | 3 | | |
| 2 | DF | Jeremy Petris | 5 | | | | | | 5 | | |
| 5 | DF | Kellian van der Kaap | 5 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | | |
| 6 | DF | Wenderson Tsunami | 9 | | | | | | 9 | | |
| 7 | MF | Georgi Milanov | 4 | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 8 | MF | Andrian Kraev | 9 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 11 | | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Ivelin Popov | 8 | | | | 1 | | 9 | | |
| 11 | FW | Jawad El Jemili | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 12 | MF | Shehu Abdullahi | 1 | | | | 1 | | 2 | | |
| 14 | MF | Iliyan Stefanov | 2 | | | | 1 | | 3 | | |
| 17 | FW | Welton Felipe | 3 | | | | | 2 | 5 | | |
| 18 | FW | Ronaldo | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 19 | FW | Bilal Bari | 1 | | | | | 1 | 2 | | |
| 20 | MF | Asen Chandarov | 5 | | | | | | 5 | | |
| 22 | DF | Patrick-Gabriel Galchev | 1 | | | | | 1 | 2 | | |
| 23 | DF | Noah Sonko Sundberg | 5 | 1 | 1 | | | | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | Asen Mitkov | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 30 | MF | Filip Krastev | 5 | | | | | 1 | 6 | | |
| 33 | DF | José Córdoba | 2 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | | |
| 88 | FW | Marin Petkov | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | |
Last updated: 11 June 2023 Source: soccerway Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.