# 2020–21 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2020–21 season was Levski Sofia's 100th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the season.
It is considered the worst season in the club's history. Levski finished on an all-time low 8th place, breaking a number of negative records. For the first time, the club finished a season with more losses than wins.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 1 | GK | Zvonimir Mikulić | 30 | EU | Sheriff Tiraspol | Free transfer | Winter | 2021 | Free | levski.bg |
| 2 | DF | Alex Petkov | 21 | EU | Hearts | Free transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | levski.bg |
| 3 | DF | Zhivko Atanasov | 29 | EU | Catanzaro | Free transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free | levski.bg |
| 5 | DF | Rebin Sulaka | 28 | EU | Arda | Free transfer | Winter | 2021 | Free | levski.bg |
| 9 | FW | Steven Petkov | 25 | EU | Feirense | Loan | Summer | 2021 | Free | levski.bg |
| 10 | MF | Borislav Tsonev | 25 | EU | Inter Zaprešić | Free transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | levski.bg |
| 12 | GK | Nikolay Krastev | 23 | EU | Vitosha Bistritsa | Free transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | levski.bg |
| 14 | MF | Mateo Stamatov | 21 | EU | UA Horta | Free transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | levski.bg |
| 19 | FW | Bilal Bari | 23 | EU | Montana | Transfer | Winter | 2022 | 50 000 € | levski.bg |
| 20 | DF | Nacho Monsalve | 26 | EU | NAC Breda | Free transfer | Winter | 2022 | Free | levski.bg |
| 21 | MF | Radoslav Tsonev | 25 | EU | Lecce | Free transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | levski.bg |
| 23 | DF | Faycal Rherras | 27 | EU | Mouloudia Oujda | Free transfer | Winter | 2022 | Free | levski.bg |
| 28 | DF | Thomas Dasquet | 26 | EU | Le Mans | Free transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free | levski.bg |
| 39 | DF | Deyan Ivanov | 24 | EU | Botev Vratsa | Loan return | Summer | | Free | |
| 41 | DF | Georgi Aleksandrov | 19 | EU | Vitosha Bistritsa | Free transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free | levski.bg |
| 45 | FW | Iliya Dimitrov | 24 | EU | Vitosha Bistritsa | Loan return | Summer | | Free | |
| 66 | DF | Orlin Starokin | 33 | EU | Enosis Neon Paralimni | Free transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | levski.bg |
| 86 | FW | Valeri Bojinov | 34 | EU | Pescara | Free transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | levski.bg |
| 89 | FW | Andrian Kraev | 21 | EU | Hebar | Free transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | levski.bg |
| 91 | DF | Dragan Mihajlović | 29 | EU | APOEL | Free transfer | Winter | 2021 | Free | levski.bg |
| 93 | MF | Atanas Kabov | 21 | EU | Vitosha Bistritsa | Loan return | Summer | | Free | |
Total spending: 50 000 €

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 1 | GK | Milan Mijatović | 32 | Non-EU | MTK Budapest | End of contract | Summer | Free | gong.bg |
| 2 | DF | Alex Petkov | 21 | EU | Arda | Released | Winter | Free | levski.bg |
| 4 | DF | Ivan Goranov | 28 | EU | Charleroi | Transfer | Summer | 125 000 € | levski.bg |
| 5 | DF | Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson | 34 | EU | Rosenborg | Released | Summer | Free | levski.bg |
| 5 | DF | Rebin Sulaka | 29 | EU | Buriram United | Released | Winter | Free | levski.bg |
| 7 | MF | Paulinho | 27 | EU | Khor Fakkan | Transfer | Winter | 300 000 € | levski.bg |
| 9 | FW | Deni Alar | 30 | EU | Rapid Wien | Loan return | Summer | Free | |
| 10 | MF | Franco Mazurek | 26 | Non-EU | Panetolikos | Released | Summer | Free | levski.bg |
| 14 | MF | Filipe Nascimento | 25 | EU | Radomiak Radom | End of contract | Summer | Free | levski.bg |
| 15 | MF | Martin Haydarov | 17 | EU | CSKA 1948 | Released | Summer | Free | |
| 17 | FW | Nigel Robertha | 23 | EU | D.C. United | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | levski.bg |
| 19 | DF | Giannis Kargas | 25 | EU | PAS Giannina | Released | Summer | Free | levski.bg |
| 20 | DF | Zhivko Milanov | 35 | EU | | Retired | Summer | | levski.bg |
| 22 | DF | Nuno Reis | 29 | EU | Melbourne City | Released | Summer | Free | sportal.bg |
| 23 | MF | Khaly Thiam | 26 | Non-EU | Altay | End of contract | Summer | Free | gong.bg |
| 26 | DF | Deyan Lozev | 26 | EU | Arda | Released | Summer | Free | levski.bg |
| 27 | GK | Georgi Georgiev | 31 | EU | Cherno More | Released | Summer | Free | levski.bg |
| 29 | FW | Stanislav Kostov | 28 | EU | Olympiakos Nicosia | Released | Summer | Free | levski.bg |
| 39 | DF | Deyan Ivanov | 24 | EU | Lokomotiv Sofia | Released | Winter | Free | levski.bg |
| 40 | MF | Stijn Spierings | 24 | EU | Toulouse | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | levski.bg |
| 66 | DF | Orlin Starokin | 33 | EU | Pirin Blagoevgrad | Released | Winter | Free | levski.bg |
| 93 | MF | Atanas Kabov | 21 | EU | Slavia Sofia | Released | Summer | Free | levski.bg |
| 99 | MF | Stanislav Ivanov | 21 | EU | Chicago Fire | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | levski.bg |
Total income: +425 000 €
Net income: +375 000 €

### Loans out

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| | GK | | Petar Ivanov | 20 | EU | Sportist Svoge | Loan | Winter | — | |
| | GK | | Ivan Andonov | 17 | EU | Fiorentina Primavera | Loan | Winter | — | |

## Squad

    Updated on 6 May 2021.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Age | EU | Since | Ends | Signed from | Transfer fee | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Zvonimir Mikulić | Croatia | GK | 34 | EU | 2021 | 2021 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Free | |
| 12 | Nikolay Krastev | Bulgaria | GK | 27 | EU | 2020 | 2021 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 13 | Nikolay Mihaylov | Bulgaria | GK | 36 | EU | 2018 | 2021 | Omonia | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 66 | Plamen Andreev | Bulgaria | GK | 19 | EU | 2021 | 2024 | Youth system | W/S | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | Zhivko Atanasov | Bulgaria | CB | 33 | EU | 2020 | 2022 | Catanzaro | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 6 | Ivaylo Naydenov | Bulgaria | RB/DM | 26 | EU | 2016 | 2023 | Youth system | W/S | |
| 14 | Mateo Stamatov | Bulgaria | LB/LW | 25 | EU | 2020 | 2021 | UA Horta | Free | |
| 15 | Bogdan Kostov | Bulgaria | LB | 22 | EU | 2021 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 20 | Nacho Monsalve | Spain | CB/RB/LB | 30 | EU | 2021 | 2022 | NAC Breda | Free | |
| 22 | Patrick-Gabriel Galchev | Bulgaria | LB | 23 | EU | 2020 | 2023 | Youth system | W/S | Second nationality: Spain |
| 31 | Kostadin Iliev | Bulgaria | CB | 22 | EU | 2020 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 41 | Georgi Aleksandrov | Bulgaria | CB | 23 | EU | 2020 | 2022 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 91 | Dragan Mihajlović | Switzerland | RB | 33 | EU | 2021 | 2021 | APOEL | Free | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 4 | Martin Raynov | Bulgaria | DM/CM | 32 | EU | 2019 | 2021 | Beroe | Free | |
| 8 | Simeon Slavchev | Bulgaria | DM | 31 | EU | 2019 | 2022 | Qarabağ | Free | |
| 10 | Borislav Tsonev | Bulgaria | AM | 29 | EU | 2020 | 2021 | Inter Zaprešić | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 21 | Radoslav Tsonev | Bulgaria | CM | 29 | EU | 2020 | 2021 | Lecce | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 27 | Asen Mitkov | Bulgaria | AM/CM | 19 | EU | 2021 | 2024 | Youth system | W/S | |
| 77 | Iliya Yurukov | Bulgaria | CM | 25 | EU | 2016 | 2023 | Youth system | W/S | |
| 88 | Marin Petkov | Bulgaria | AM/SS | 21 | EU | 2020 | 2023 | Youth system | W/S | |
| 89 | Andrian Kraev | Bulgaria | AM/CF | 25 | EU | 2020 | 2021 | Hebar | Free | Originally from Youth system |
| 99 | Nikolay Arahangelov | Bulgaria | CM | 20 | EU | 2021 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Steven Petkov | Bulgaria | CF | 29 | EU | 2020 | 2021 | Feirense | Loan | Originally from Youth system |
| 11 | Zdravko Dimitrov | Bulgaria | LW | 26 | EU | 2019 | 2022 | Septemvri Sofia | Free | |
| 19 | Bilal Bari | Morocco | CF | 26 | EU | 2021 | 2022 | Montana | 50 000 € | Second nationality: France |
| 45 | Iliya Dimitrov | Bulgaria | CF | 28 | EU | 2014 | 2022 | Youth system | W/S | |
| 70 | Ivaylo Hristov | Bulgaria | LW | 22 | EU | 2021 | | Youth system | W/S | |
| 79 | Martin D. Petkov | Bulgaria | LW/CF | 22 | EU | 2019 | 2023 | Youth system | W/S | |
| 86 | Valeri Bojinov | Bulgaria | CF | 38 | EU | 2020 | 2021 | Pescara | Free | |

## 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 | 10 August 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 034.38 |
| Bulgarian Cup | 21 October 2020 | 17 March 2021 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 037.14 |
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 |
| 7 | Cherno More | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League group |
| 8 | Tsarsko Selo | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 34 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League group |
| 9 | Levski Sofia | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 28 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League group |
| 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 24 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League group |
| 11 | Slavia Sofia | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 40 | −21 | 23 | Qualification for the Relegation group |
* ↑ Head-to-head points (GD): Beroe 3 (+3), Cherno More 3 (-3).

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 April 2021. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

##### Matches
#### Europa Conference League stage
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cherno More | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 45 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 41 | |
| 3 | Tsarsko Selo | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 37 | |
| 4 | Botev Plovdiv | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 32 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 2021. Source: See Results

##### Results by round

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

##### Matches
### Bulgarian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of 23 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Parva Liga | Parva Liga | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CRO | Zvonimir Mikulić | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BUL | Zhivko Atanasov | 30 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | BUL | Martin Raynov | 24 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BUL | Ivaylo Naydenov | 29 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BUL | Simeon Slavchev | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Steven Petkov | 17 | 1 | 3+11 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BUL | Borislav Tsonev | 10 | 6 | 4+6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BUL | Zdravko Dimitrov | 29 | 2 | 21+6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Krastev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Mihaylov | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BUL | Mateo Stamatov | 13 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BUL | Bogdan Kostov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | MAR | Bilal Bari | 16 | 0 | 6+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Nacho Monsalve | 12 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BUL | Radoslav Tsonev | 6 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BUL | Patrick-Gabriel Galchev | 17 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | BUL | Asen Mitkov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | BUL | Kostadin Iliev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | BUL | Georgi Aleksandrov | 11 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | BUL | Iliya Dimitrov | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 66 | GK | BUL | Plamen Andreev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | BUL | Ivaylo Hristov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BUL | Iliya Yurukov | 21 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | BUL | Martin D. Petkov | 23 | 2 | 12+8 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 86 | FW | BUL | Valeri Bojinov | 11 | 2 | 0+10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 88 | MF | BUL | Marin Petkov | 17 | 3 | 7+8 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 89 | MF | BUL | Andrian Kraev | 13 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | DF | SUI | Dragan Mihajlović | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | BUL | Nikolay Arahangelov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 12 | GK | BUL | Petar Ivanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | BUL | Ivan Andonov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season: ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BUL | Alex Petkov | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IRQ | Rebin Sulaka | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Paulinho | 14 | 4 | 13+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NED | Nigel Robertha | 21 | 9 | 18+1 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | MF | GHA | Nasiru Mohammed | 21 | 1 | 9+9 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | MAR | Faycal Rherras | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Thomas Dasquet | 27 | 0 | 21+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | BUL | Deyan Ivanov | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | NED | Stijn Spierings | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | BUL | Orlin Starokin | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | BUL | Stanislav Ivanov | 12 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |