2008–09 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia
2008-09 season
Chairman	Todor Batkov
Manager	Velislav Vutsov (until 13 August 2008); Emil Velev
A PFG	Champions
Bulgarian Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	3rd round
UEFA Cup	1st round
Top goalscorer	League: Georgi Ivanov (12 goals); All: Georgi Ivanov (13 goals)
Highest home attendance	27 000 vs CSKA Sofia (9 May 2009)
Lowest home attendance	800 vs Belasitsa Petrich (18 October 2008)
Home colours	Away colours

Transfers

Summer transfers

In:

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Georgi Ivanov (free transfer from NK Rijeka)
		MF	Vladimir Gadzhev (on loan from Panathinaikos)
		FW	Georgi Hristov (free from Botev Plovdiv)
		FW	Rachid Tiberkanine (from Daugava)
		DF	David Bystron (from Banik Ostrava)
		MF	Boyan Iliev (free from Spartak Varna)
		GK	Daniel Kiss (on loan from Slovan Bratislava)

Out:

No.	Position	Player
4	DF	Igor Tomašic (free transfer to Maccabi Tel-Aviv)
17	FW	Valeri Domovchiyski (to Hertha Berlin)
	FW	Ekundayo Jayeoba (to Chernomorets Burgas)
7	MF	Daniel Borimirov (retired)

See List of Bulgarian football transfers 2008–09

Winter transfers

In:

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Filipe da Costa (free transfer from CSKA Sofia)
		DF	Yordan Miliev (from Lokomotiv Plovdiv)
		FW	Hristo Yovov (free transfer from Apollon Limassol)

Out:

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Daniel Kiss (loan return to Slovan Bratislava)
		FW	Jean Carlos (to Amkar Perm)
		MF	Boyan Iliev (released)

See List of Bulgarian football transfers 2008–09

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Georgi Petkov
2	DF	Viktor Genev
3	DF	Zhivko Milanov (captain)
5	DF	Youssef Rabeh
6	MF	Rachid Tiberkanine
8	MF	Georgi Sarmov
9	FW	Georgi Ivanov
10	MF	Hristo Yovov
11	FW	Georgi Hristov
12	GK	Bozhidar Mitrev
14	DF	Veselin Minev
16	DF	Chakib Benzoukane
18	MF	Miroslav Ivanov

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Ivan Tsachev
20	FW	Joãozinho
21	FW	Ze Soares
22	MF	Darko Tasevski
23	DF	David Bystron
24	FW	Nikolay Dimitrov
25	DF	Lucio Wagner
27	FW	Enyo Krastovchev
30	MF	Lachezar Baltanov
31	GK	Tsvetan Dimitrov
45	MF	Vladimir Gadzhev
55	DF	Yordan Miliev
70	MF	Filipe da Costa

Fixtures

Bulgarian A PFG

9 August 2008 Round 1	Vihren Sandanski	1 – 0	Levski Sofia	Sandanski
(EET)	Moke 76' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sandanski Stadium Attendance: 2 500 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev

17 August 2008 Round 2	Levski Sofia	6 – 0	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
(EET)	Hristov 5' 49' 56' Tiberkanine 7' Bystron 12' Jean Carlos 85'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Martin Bogdev

5 November 2008 Round 3	Chernomorets Burgas	2 – 2	Levski Sofia	Burgas
(EET)	Bozhilov 69' Marcio 84'	Report	Tasevski 15' Sarmov 19'	Stadium: Lazur Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

31 August 2008 Round 4	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2 – 3	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
(EET)	Todorov 9' 15'	Report	Milanov 14' 90' Joaozinho 76'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Stefan Spasov

12 September 2008 Round 5	Levski Sofia	3 – 0	Cherno More Varna	Sofia
(EET)	Hristov 15' (pen.) Joaozinho 34' (pen.) Tiberkanine 87'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev

21 September 2008 Round 6	Lokomotiv Sofia	1 – 0	Levski Sofia	Sofia
(EET)	Bogdanovic 67'	Report		Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

27 September 2008 Round 7	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Litex Lovech	Sofia
(EET)	Tasevski 34' 67'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Cristian Balazs (Romania)

6 October 2008 Round 8	Lokomotiv Mezdra	0 – 1	Levski Sofia	Mezdra
(EET)		Report	Dimitrov 7'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 3 500 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

18 October 2008 Round 9	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Belasitsa Petrich	Sofia
(EET)	Hristov 9' Tiberkanine 26'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 800 Referee: Ahmed Ahmed

26 October 2008 Round 10	Sliven	0 – 0	Levski Sofia	Sliven
(EET)		Report		Stadium: Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium Attendance: 8 000 Referee: Anton Genov

1 November 2008 Round 11	Levski Sofia	1 – 1	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
(EET)	Georgi Ivanov 66'	Report	Lazarov 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 18 000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

9 November 2008 Round 12	Spartak Varna	0 – 1	Levski Sofia	Varna
(EET)		Report	Joãozinho 67'	Stadium: Spartak Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

16 November 2008 Round 13	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Slavia Sofia	Sofia
(EET)	Georgi Ivanov 36'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Anton Genov

23 November 2008 Round 14	Minyor Pernik	0 – 2	Levski Sofia	Pernik
(EET)		Report	Georgi Ivanov 44' 64'	Stadium: Minyor Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

29 November 2008 Round 15	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Sofia
(EET)	Georgi Ivanov 52' 67'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Martin Bogdev

8 March 2009 Round 16	Levski Sofia	3 – 2	Vihren Sandanski	Sofia
(EET)	Joãozinho 9' Georgi Ivanov 45' Georgi Ivanov 89'	Report	Zografakis 4' Rusev 72'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Ahmed Ahmed

14 March 2009 Round 17	Botev Plovdiv	0 – 1	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
(EET)		Report	Tasevski 19'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

18 March 2009 Round 18	Levski Sofia	3 – 1	Chernomorets Burgas	Sofia
(EET)	Tasevski 44' Yovov 62' Ze Soares 86'	Report	Bozhilov 48'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

22 March 2009 Round 19	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
(EET)	Yovov 1'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev

4 April 2009 Round 20	Cherno More Varna	0 – 0	Levski Sofia	Varna
(EET)		Report		Stadium: Ticha Stadium Attendance: 12 000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

11 April 2009 Round 21	Levski Sofia	0 – 3	Lokomotiv Sofia	Sofia
(EET)		Report	Kamburov 17' 35' 58'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 7 000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

17 April 2009 Round 22	Litex Lovech	1 – 2	Levski Sofia	Lovech
(EET)	Sandrinho 11'	Report	Georgi Ivanov 7' 18'	Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 7 000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

23 April 2009 Round 23	Levski Sofia	3 – 1	Lokomotiv Mezdra	Sofia
(EET)	Sarmov 56' Yovov 64' Georgi Ivanov 85'	Report	Georgiev 4'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

26 April 2009 Round 24	Belasitsa Petrich	1 – 7	Levski Sofia	Blagoevgrad
(EET)	Asen Georgiev 52'	Report	Georgi Ivanov 6' Yovov 35' Georgi Hristov 55' 63' 65' 87' Tsachev 76'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Bogomil Marinov

3 May 2009 Round 25	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Sliven	Sofia
(EET)	Georgi Ivanov 72'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

9 May 2009 Round 26	CSKA Sofia	0 – 2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
(EET)		Report	Georgi Hristov 36' Ze Soares 58'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 27 000 Referee: Stefan Spasov

17 May 2009 Round 27	Levski Sofia	5 – 0	Spartak Varna	Sofia
(EET)	Tasevski 1' Bystron 24' Tsachev 70' 85' 87'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov

23 May 2009 Round 28	Slavia Sofia	0 – 1	Levski Sofia	Sofia
(EET)		Report	Ze Soares 52'	Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev

31 May 2009 Round 29	Levski Sofia	1 – 1	Minyor Pernik	Sofia
(EET)	Gadzhev 76'	Report	Hazurov 51'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 15 000 Referee: Asen Nikolov

13 June 2009 Round 30	Pirin Blagoevgrad	1 – 1	Levski Sofia	Blagoevgrad
(EET)	Kotsev 73'	Report	Nedyalkov 76'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Bogomil Marinov

Bulgarian Cup

Second round

26 November 2008 Second Round	Lokomotiv Sofia	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Levski Sofia	Sofia
EEST	Paskov 33'	Report	Joãozinho 36' (pen.) Dimitrov 111'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Stefan Spasov

Third round

8 December 2008 Third Round	Levski Sofia	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Sliven	Sofia
EEST	Jean Carlos 68' Gadzhev 112'	Report	Yanev 4'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Quarterfinals

4 March 2009 Quarterfinal	Vihren Sandanski	0 – 2	Levski Sofia	Kyustendil
EEST		Report	Georgi Ivanov 13' Tasevski 28'	Stadium: Osogovo Stadium Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

Semifinals

29 April 2009 Semifinal	Pirin Blagoevgrad	1 – 0	Levski Sofia	Blagoevgrad
EEST	Daniel Peev 56'	Report		Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 7 000 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

13 August 2008 Third qualifying round	Levski Sofia	0 – 1	BATE Borisov	Blagoevgrad
20:00 EEST		Report	Rzhevsky 60'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 20 000 Referee: Jonas Erikson (Sweden)

27 August 2008 Third qualifying round	BATE Borisov	1 – 1	Levski Sofia	Borisov
19:00 EEST	Sosnovsky 14'	Report	Gadzhev 38'	Stadium: Haradski Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

UEFA Cup

First round

18 September 2008 First round	MŠK Žilina	1 – 1	Levski Sofia	Žilina
20:30 EEST	Vladavic 49' (pen.)	Report	Joãozinho 64'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubnom Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Paulo Costa (Portugal)

2 October 2008 First round	Levski Sofia	0 – 1	MŠK Žilina	Sofia
19:30 EEST		Report	Adauto 60'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 13 000 Referee: Radek Matejek (Czech Republic)

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