2012–13 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia
2012–13 season
Chairman	Todor Batkov
Manager	Ilian Iliev (until 12 April 2013) ; Nikolay Mitov
A Group	2nd
Bulgarian Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Basile de Carvalho (19 goals); All: Basile de Carvalho (20 goals)
Highest home attendance	18 000 vs CSKA Sofia (27 April 2013)
Lowest home attendance	350 vs Beroe Stara Zagora (7 April 2013)
Home colours	Away colours

Transfers

Summer transfers

In:

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Stanislav Angelov (free transfer ^[1])
		MF	Roman Procházka (from Spartak Trnava ^[2])
		FW	Basile de Carvalho (from Lokomotiv Plovdiv ^[3])
		DF	Romain Elie (from AC Arles-Avignon ^[4])
		FW	Agyemang Opoku (from Al Sadd ^[5])
		FW	Marcinho (from APOEL ^[6])
		FW	João Silva (from Everton ^[7])
		DF	Dimitar Vezalov (from Beroe)
		FW	Ilian Yordanov (free transfer ^[8])

Out:

No.	Position	Player
3	MF	Serginho Greene (end of contract)
8	FW	Toni Calvo (end of contract)
22	MF	Darko Tasevski (to Ironi Kiryat Shmona ^[9])
24	GK	Bozhidar Mitrev (end of contract)
30	MF	Lachezar Baltanov (released)
8	FW	Ivan Tsvetkov (to Botev Plovdiv)
4	DF	Stefan Stanchev (to Botev Plovdiv)
17	FW	Daniel Mladenov (released)
55	DF	Yordan Miliev (on loan to Ironi Ramat HaSharon)
55	DF	Ivo Ivanov (to Beroe)
25	DF	Souleymane Diamoutene (released)

See List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2012

Winter transfers

In:

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Yordan Miliev (loan return from Ramat HaSharon)
		GK	Mihail Ivanov (from Botev Vratsa ^[10])
		DF	Plamen Dimov (from Chernomorets Burgas ^[11])
		MF	Stefan Velev (from Beroe Stara Zagora ^[12])
		FW	Milen Vasilev (from Minyor Pernik ^[11])
		FW	Sjoerd Ars (loan return from Tianjin Teda)
		MF	Rene Mihelic (on loan from Nacional de Madeira)
		FW	Garry Mendes Rodrigues (from ADO Den Haag)

Out:

No.	Position	Player
14	FW	Agyemang Opoku (released)
20	DF	Aleksandar Bashliev (to Chernomorets Burgas)
11	FW	Simeon Raykov (to Cherno More)
21	FW	Tsvetelin Tonev (on loan to Botev Vratsa)
	DF	Hristo Popadiyn (on loan to Chievo)
	FW	Sjoerd Ars (on loan to Konyaspor)
1	GK	Ivaylo Vasilev (on loan to Septemvri Simitli)
31	MF	Marcinho (released)

See List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2013

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Dustley Mulder
3	DF	Romain Elie
4	MF	Stanislav Angelov (captain)
6	DF	Orlin Starokin
7	FW	Milen Vasilev
8	MF	Roman Procházka
9	FW	João Silva
10	MF	Hristo Yovov
11	FW	Garry Rodrigues
13	DF	Dimitar Vezalov
16	FW	Cristovão Ramos
19	FW	Basile de Carvalho

No.	Position	Player
22	FW	Ilian Yordanov
23	GK	Plamen Iliev
25	MF	Daniel Dimov
28	DF	Nuno Pinto
29	MF	Rene Mihelic (on loan from C.D. Nacional)
30	FW	Antonio Vutov
35	DF	Plamen Dimov
45	MF	Vladimir Gadzhev (vice-captain)
55	DF	Yordan Miliev
77	MF	Stefan Velev
89	GK	Mihail Ivanov

Statistics

Goalscorers

Players	League	Cup	Europa League	Total
Basile de Carvalho	19	0	1	20
João Silva	7	5	0	12
Garry Rodrigues	3	4	0	7
Dustley Mulder	2	3	0	5
Simeon Raykov	3	0	1	4
Ilian Yordanov	4	1	0	5
Cristovão Ramos	3	1	0	4
Marcinho	3	0	0	3
Hristo Yovov	2	1	0	3
Romain Elie	2	0	0	2
Stanislav Angelov	2	0	0	2
Vladimir Gadzhev	1	0	0	1
Antonio Vutov	1	0	0	1
Daniel Dimov	1	0	0	1
Rene Mihelic	1	0	0	1
Stefan Velev	0	1	0	1

Cards

Player			Total
Dustley Mulder	10	1	11
Stanislav Angelov	10	1	11
Cristovão Ramos	8	1	9
Daniel Dimov	7	1	8
Roman Prochazka	7	0	7
Orlin Starokin	7	0	7
Romain Elie	7	0	7
Vladimir Gadzhev	5	1	6
Ilian Yordanov	6	0	6
Nuno Pinto	5	0	5
Stefan Velev	5	0	5
Basile de Carvalho	4	0	4
Simeon Raykov	3	0	3
Plamen Iliev	3	0	3
Hristo Yovov	3	0	3
Yordan Miliev	3	0	3
Rene Mihelic	1	1	2
Garry Rodrigues	2	0	2
João Silva	2	0	2
Marcinho	1	0	1
Aleksandar Bashliev	1	0	1
Ilian Yordanov	1	0	1

Fixtures

Friendlies

Summer

1 July 2012	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Metalurg Donetsk	Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
17:30 EET	Ivo Ivanov 52' Marcinho 73'	Report

5 July 2012	Levski Sofia	0 – 2	Chernomorets Odessa	Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
17:30 EET		Report	Burdujan 28' Berger 35'

7 July 2012	Levski Sofia	2 – 1	Győri	Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
17:00 EET	Marcinho 28' de Carvalho 55'	Report	Střeštík 73'

10 July 2012	Levski Sofia	3 – 3	1.FC Sollenau SC	Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
17:30 EET	Vutov 16' Opoku 55' (pen.) Chavorski 84'	Report	Lalic 18' Csandl 30' Tiroy 68'

10 July 2012	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Pandurii	Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
19:30 EET	de Carvalho 19'	Report

1 August 2012	Slivnishki geroi	0 – 1	Levski Sofia	Slivnitsa
17:30 EET		Report	Stanislav Angelov 53'

4 August 2012	Levski Sofia	4 – 1	Pirin Gotse Delchev	Sofia
19:30 EET	Mulder 29' de Carvalho 36' Marcinho 41' Procházka 76'	Report	Dimitar Pirgov 73'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1 200 Referee: Angel Angelov

5 September 2012	Levski Sofia	2 – 1	Montana	Sofia
18:00 EET	João Silva 17' (pen.) Dimov 78'		Hristov 30'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov

Winter

26 January 2013	Levski Sofia	0 – 2	Aarau	Ayia Napa
17:00 EET		Report	Senger 16' 27'

30 January 2013	Levski Sofia	3 – 3	Viktoria Plzen	Ayia Napa
17:30 EET	Velev 41' Silva 48' Gadzhev 69'	Report	Ďuriš 3' Limberský 36' (pen.) Bakoš 62'

6 February 2013	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Larnaca
17:30 EET	Gadzhev 67' Carvalho 85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: GSZ Stadium

9 February 2013	Levski Sofia	2 – 2	Slask Wroclaw	Paralimni
EET	Gadzhev 7' (pen.) Yovov 75'	Report	Patejuk 46' Diaz 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Paralimni Stadium

13 February 2013	Levski Sofia	2 – 2	Dukla Prague	Achna
14:30 EET	Angelov 63' Carvalho 65'	Report	Božić 2' (pen.) Malý 6'	Stadium: Dasaki Stadium

15 February 2013	Levski Sofia	1 – 1	Impuls FC Dilijan	Ayia Napa
EET	Ayvazyan 29' (o.g.)	Report	Gyozalyan 9'

17 February 2013	Levski Sofia	2 – 2	Rostov	Ayia Napa
EET	Carvalho 20' 73' (pen.)	Report	Pongolle 21' 63'

23 February 2013	Levski Sofia	3 – 0	Vidima-Rakovski	Sofia
EET	Carvalho 9' 21' Krachunov 75' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Martin Stoimenov

Bulgarian A PFG

11 August 2012 Round 1	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Chernomorets Burgas	Sofia
20:00 (EET)	de Carvalho 65'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4 500 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov

19 August 2012 Round 2	Levski Sofia	3 – 1	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
20:00 (EET)	Raykov 15', 22' Angelov 78'	Report	Arthur Henrique 42'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

25 August 2012 Round 3	Montana	0 – 2	Levski Sofia	Montana
18:00 (EET)		Report	de Carvalho 10' Mulder 77'	Stadium: Ogosta Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

31 August 2012 Round 4	Levski Sofia	4 – 0	Cherno More	Sofia
19:00 (EET)	Ramos 6' de Carvalho 11', 64' Marcinho 44'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 7 000 Referee: Nikola Popov

16 September 2012 Round 5	Beroe	1 – 2	Levski Sofia	Stara Zagora
20:00 (EET)	Caiado 35' (pen.)	Report	Marcinho 62' de Carvalho 75'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

22 September 2012 Round 6	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Pirin Gotse Delchev	Sofia
19:00 (EET)	de Carvalho 53' (pen.) Yordanov 62'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov

29 September 2012 Round 7	Lokomotiv Sofia	1 – 1	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:00 (EET)	Pavlov 90+1'	Report	de Carvalho 32' Gadzhev 45'	Stadium: Slavia Attendance: 3 500 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov

5 October 2012 Round 8	Levski Sofia	2 – 1	Litex Lovech	Sofia
19:00 (EET)	de Carvalho 29' Raykov 84' Ramos 46'	Report	Milanov 62' Tsvetkov 74'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

20 October 2012 Round 9	CSKA Sofia	1 – 0	Levski Sofia	Sofia
16:00 (EET)	Nyuiadzi 46'	Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 15 000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

27 October 2012 Round 10	Levski Sofia	2 – 1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
18:00 (EET)	Elie 33' João Silva 49'	Report	Pinto 60' (o.g.)	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

4 November 2012 Round 11	Minyor Pernik	0 – 4	Levski Sofia	Pernik
13:30 (EET)		Report	Boumelaha 14' (o.g.) Ramos 59' Carvalho 41' Gadzhev 49'	Stadium: Minyor Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Kalin Lyudmilov

10 November 2012 Round 12	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Botev Vratsa	Sofia
16:00 (EET)	Marcinho 5' Mulder 72'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Ahmed Ahmed

18 November 2012 Round 13	Ludogorets	2 – 1	Levski Sofia	Razgrad
16:30 (EET)	Genchev 12' 58'	Report	Yordanov 47'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

28 November 2012 Round 14	Levski Sofia	7 – 1	Etar	Sofia
16:30 (EET)	Carvalho 16', 34' (pen.), 37', 58' Vutov 51' Ivaylo Rusev 67' (o.g.) Yordanov 90+2'	Report	Nery 79'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Borislav Kolev

8 December 2012 Round 15	Slavia Sofia	1 – 3	Levski Sofia	Sofia
14:00 (EET)	Lazarov 23' Sandanski 57'	Report	Dimov 12' João Silva 46' 48'	Stadium: Slavia Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

3 March 2013 Round 16	Chernomorets Burgas	0 – 2	Levski Sofia	Burgas
16:00 (EET)		Report	Carvalho 38' 44'	Stadium: Lazur Attendance: 6 000

9 March 2013 Round 17	Botev Plovdiv	2 – 0	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
15:00 (EET)	Grnčarov 28' Tsvetkov 64'	Report	Angelov 60'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 18 000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

17 March 2013 Round 18	Levski Sofia	0 – 0	Montana	Sofia
18:00 (EET)		Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

30 March 2013 Round 19	Cherno More	1 – 1	Levski Sofia	Varna
15:00 (EET)	Bozhilov 9'	Report	Mihelic 12'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 11 000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

7 April 2013 Round 20	Levski Sofia	2 – 0	Beroe	Sofia
16:00 (EET)	Yordanov 23' Carvalho 30'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 350 Referee: Angel Angelov

10 April 2013 Round 21	Pirin Gotse Delchev	1 – 1	Levski Sofia	Gotse Delchev
16:00 (EET)	Vitanov 82' (pen.)	Report	Élie 40'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Martin Bogdev

13 April 2013 Round 22	Levski Sofia	2 – 1	Lokomotiv Sofia	Sofia
15:00 (EET)	Carvalho 18' (pen.) Silva 78' Mihelič 65'	Report	Bibishkov 59' Tom 23' Branekov 73'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Stefan Spasov

20 April 2013 Round 23	Litex Lovech	1 – 2	Levski Sofia	Lovech
17:00 (EET)	Iliya Milanov 80'	Report	Rodrigues 30' Yovov 62' Silva 90+5'	Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

27 April 2013 Round 24	Levski Sofia	2 – 1	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
16:00 (EET)	Yovov 40' Silva 90'	Report	Marcinho 70'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 18 000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

2 May 2013 Round 25	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0 – 1	Levski Sofia	Plovdiv
17:00 (EET)		Report	Ramos 38' Mulder 47'	Stadium: Lauta Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Radan Miryanov

6 May 2013 Round 26	Levski Sofia	2 – 1	Minyor Pernik	Sofia
18:00 (EET)	Silva 64' Rodrigues 90'	Report	Pavlov 81' Yakassongo 87'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Stefan Apostolov

10 May 2013 Round 27	Botev Vratsa	1 – 3	Levski Sofia	Vratsa
18:00 (EET)	Atanasov 34'	Report	Carvalho 35' Rodrigues 73' (pen.) Silva 90+4'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Stoyan Delev

18 May 2013 Round 28	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Ludogorets Razgrad	Sofia
20:00 (EET)	Angelov 90+2'	Report	Guldan 85'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 15 000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

22 May 2013 Round 29	Etar Veliko Turnovo	0 – 3	Levski Sofia	Veliko Turnovo
18:00 (EET)		Etar are dismissed from "A" PFG, Levski are awarded with a 3-0 win.		Stadium: Ivaylo

25 May 2013 Round 30	Levski Sofia	1 – 1	Slavia Sofia	Sofia
18:00 (EET)	Carvalho 33'	Report	Vezalov 75' (o.g.)	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 15 000 Referee: Nikola Popov

Bulgarian Cup

Second round

31 October 2012	Levski Sofia	3 – 0	Pirin Razlog	Sofia
17:00 EEST	Ramos 29' Silva 57' Yovov 79'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov

24 November 2012	Pirin Razlog	0 – 1 (0−4 agg.)	Levski Sofia	Razlog
13:00 EEST		Report	Silva 90+1'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Dragan Stoykov

Levski advanced to Third round.

Third round

2 December 2012	Levski Sofia	4 – 0	Cherno More	Sofia
15:45 EEST	Mulder 11' 51' Silva 54' 75' (pen.)	Report	Sasho Aleksandrov 74'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Stefan Spasov

15 December 2012	Cherno More	1 – 0 (1−4 agg.)	Levski Sofia	Varna
13:00 EEST	Kolev 69'	Report	Dimov 68'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

Levski advanced to Quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

13 March 2013	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Litex Lovech	Sofia
18:00 EEST	Rodrigues 22'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 0 (due to punishment from BF Union) Referee: Ahmed Ahmed

3 April 2013	Litex Lovech	2 – 1 (2−a2 agg.)	Levski Sofia	Lovech
18:00 EEST	Milanov 48' Isa 75'	Report	Mulder 40'	Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Levski advanced to Semifinals.

Semifinals

17 April 2013	Levski Sofia	3 – 1	Lokomotiv Sofia	Sofia
17:45 EEST	Rodrigues 64' 75' Velev 82'	Report	Iliev 81'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

24 April 2013	Lokomotiv Sofia	0 – 0 (1−3 agg.)	Levski Sofia	Sofia
15:30 EEST		Report		Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Nikola Popov

Levski advanced to the Final.

Final

15 May 2013	Beroe Stara Zagora	3 – 3 (3 - 1 p)	Levski Sofia	Lovech
17:30 EEST	Martins 16', 28' Andonov 79'	[Report]	Yordanov 24' João Silva 81' Rodrigues 87' Yovov 43'	Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 8 000 Referee: Tsvetan Krastev
		Penalties
	Sayoud Ivanov Krumov Stoychev Elias		João Silva Mulder Velev Angelov

Europa League

Second qualifying round

19 July 2012 Leg 1	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	FK Sarajevo	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00 CEST	Raykov 72'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 15 000 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

26 July 2012 Leg 2	FK Sarajevo	3 – 1	Levski Sofia	Sarajevo
CEST	Husejinović 12' 62' Asmir Suljić 14'	Report	de Carvalho 34' (pen.)	Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Attendance: 15 000 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

Levski is eliminated from the competition.

References

↑ "Stanislav Angelov signed with Levski for 1+1 years". gong.bg. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
↑ "Slovak international Prochazka: I agreed with Levski for a 3-year contract". gong.bg. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
↑ "Basile de Carvalho: I signed with Levski for 2 years". gong.bg. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
↑ "Officially: The french defender signed with Levski for 2 years". gong.bg. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
↑ "Opoku signed for three seasons with Levski". gong.bg. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
↑ "Officially: Marcinho signed with Levski". gong.bg. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
↑ "Officially: João Silva signed with Levski for 3 years, he is making his debut today". gong.bg. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
↑ "Ilian Yordanov signed with Levski for 3 years". gong.bg. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
↑ "Levski part ways with one of its stars". sportal.bg. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
↑ "Misho Ivanov officially became a Levski Sofia player". gong.bg. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
1 2 "Levski presented four new players". gong.bg. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
↑ "Beroe sold Stefan Velev to Levski". gong.bg. Retrieved 2013-01-08.

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[1] "Stanislav Angelov signed with Levski for 1+1 years". gong.bg. Retrieved 2012-05-17.

[2] "Slovak international Prochazka: I agreed with Levski for a 3-year contract". gong.bg. Retrieved 2012-06-11.

[3] "Basile de Carvalho: I signed with Levski for 2 years". gong.bg. Retrieved 2012-06-12.

[4] "Officially: The french defender signed with Levski for 2 years". gong.bg. Retrieved 2012-06-13.

[5] "Opoku signed for three seasons with Levski". gong.bg. Retrieved 2012-06-13.

[6] "Officially: Marcinho signed with Levski". gong.bg. Retrieved 2012-06-19.

[7] "Officially: João Silva signed with Levski for 3 years, he is making his debut today". gong.bg. Retrieved 2012-07-10.

[8] "Ilian Yordanov signed with Levski for 3 years". gong.bg. Retrieved 2012-09-12.

[9] "Levski part ways with one of its stars". sportal.bg. Retrieved 2012-05-04.

[10] "Misho Ivanov officially became a Levski Sofia player". gong.bg. Retrieved 2013-01-08.

[Check1-11] 1 2 "Levski presented four new players". gong.bg. Retrieved 2013-01-09.

[12] "Beroe sold Stefan Velev to Levski". gong.bg. Retrieved 2013-01-08.

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