2016–17 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia
2016–17 season
Chairman of the Board	Ivo Tonev (until 13 June 2016); Nikolay Iliev (until 30 August 2016); Spas Rusev (since 30 August 2016)
Manager	Ljupko Petrović (until 22 October 2016) ; Elin Topuzakov (until 2 March 2017) ; Nikolay Mitov (since 2 March 2017)
Stadium	Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
First League	Third place
Bulgarian Cup	Second round
Europa League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Bozhidar Kraev (11); All: Bozhidar Kraev (11)
Highest home attendance	17,000 v. Maribor; (21 July 2016)
Lowest home attendance	1,500 v. Pirin; (17 September 2016)
Average home league attendance	3,106 (league); 5,422 (all)
Biggest win	5–0 v. Lokomotiv Plovdiv; (9 April 2017)
Biggest defeat	0–3 v. CSKA Sofia; (29 April 2017; 28 May 2017)

Transfers

In

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
11	FW	Jean Deza	22	Non-EU	Montpellier	Free transfer	Summer	2018	Free	Levski TV
21	GK	Ivan Čvorović	31	EU	Ludogorets	Free transfer	Summer	2017+1	Free	Levski TV
3	CB	Dimitar Pirgov	26	EU	Slavia	Free transfer	Summer	2018	Free	Levski TV
20	FW	Añete	30	EU	Neftchi Baku	Free transfer	Summer	2017+1	Free	Levski TV, Levski.bg
23	CB	Simon Sandberg	22	EU	BK Häcken	Transfer	Summer	2019	€0.1M	Levski TV
9	FW	Iliyan Mitsanski	30	EU	Suwon	Free transfer	Summer	2017	Free	Levski.bg
10	FW	Galin Ivanov	28	EU	Samsunspor	Free transfer	Summer	2017	Free	Levski.bg
44	DF	Viktor Genev	27	EU	Dinamo Minsk	Free transfer	Summer	2017	Free	Levski.bg
26	FW	Amadou Soukouna	24	EU	Vereya	Transfer	Winter	2019	Undisclosed	fcvereya.bg
28	DF	David Jablonský	25	EU	Tom Tomsk	Free transfer	Winter	2019	Free	Levski.bg
18	DF	Anton Ognyanov	28	EU	Dunav	Transfer	Winter	2018	€0.025M	Levski.bg
21	GK	Bozhidar Mitrev	29	EU	Sheriff Tiraspol	Free transfer	Winter	2018	Free	Levski.bg

Total spending:

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
10	AM	Miguel Bedoya	30	EU	Apollon Limassol	End of contract	Summer	Free	Apollon Limassol
21	MF	Radoslav Tsonev	21	EU	Lecce	End of contract	Summer	Free	gong.bg
18	MF	Borislav Tsonev	21	EU	Beroe	End of contract	Summer	Free	gong.bg
	GK	Aleksandar Lyubenov	21	EU	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	End of contract	Summer	Free	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
21	CB	Maximilian Karner	26	EU	Derry City	Released	Summer	Free	gong.bg
11	FW	Justin Mengolo	23	Non-EU	Debrecen	Released	Summer	Free	Levski.bg
10	FW	Ventsislav Hristov	27	EU	Neftochimic	Released	Summer	Free	Levski.bg
10	FW	Galin Ivanov	28	EU	Neftochimic	End of contract	Winter	Free
44	DF	Viktor Genev	28	EU	Botev Plovdiv	End of contract	Winter	Free
9	FW	Iliyan Mitsanski	31	EU	Korona Kielce	Released	Winter	Free
21	GK	Ivan Čvorović	31	EU	Botev Plovdiv	Released	Winter	Free
11	FW	Jean Deza	23	Non-EU		Sacked	Winter	Free

Total income:

Net income:

Loans out

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
GK	Nikolay Krastev	19	EU	Nesebar	Loan	Summer	& —
DF	Galin Tashev	19	EU	Nesebar	Loan	Summer	& —
FW	Iliya Dimitrov	20	EU	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Loan	Summer	& —
DF	Galin Tashev	19	EU	Etar 1924	Loan	Summer	& —
FW	Iliya Dimitrov	20	EU	Lokomotiv Sofia	Loan	Winter	& —
DF	Miki Orachev	20	EU	Lokomotiv Sofia	Loan	Winter	& —
MF	Georgi Yanev	19	EU	Spartak Pleven	Loan	Winter	& —

Squad

Updated on 4 May 2017.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Age	EU	Since	Ends	Signed from	Transfer fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Dimitar Sheytanov	Bulgaria	GK	19	EU	2016		Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
29	Bojan Jorgačević	Serbia	GK	36	EU	2015	2018	Erciyesspor	Free	Second nationality: Belgium
21	Bozhidar Mitrev	Bulgaria	GK	31	EU	2017	2018	Sheriff Tiraspol	Free	Originally from Youth system
89	Nikolay Krastev	Bulgaria	GK	21	EU	2014	2020	Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
Defenders
2	Srdjan Luchin	Romania	CB	32	EU	2016	2017	Poli Timişoara	Free
3	Dimitar Pirgov	Bulgaria	CB	28	EU	2016	2018	Slavia	Free
4	Miki Orachev	Bulgaria	LB/LW	22	EU	2016	2018	Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
5	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Bulgaria	CB	32	EU	2016	2017	Ludogorets	Free
14	Veselin Minev	Bulgaria	LB	37	EU	2014	2017	Botev Plovdiv	Free	Originally from Youth system
18	Anton Ognyanov	Bulgaria	LB / LW	30	EU	2017	2018	Dunav	€0.025M
23	Simon Sandberg	Sweden	CB/RB	24	EU	2016	2019	BK Häcken	€0.1M
25	Sasho Aleksandrov	Bulgaria	RB	32	EU	2015		Cherno More Varna	Free
28	David Jablonský	Czech Republic	CB/RB/LB	27	EU	2017	2019	Tom Tomsk	Free
39	Deyan Ivanov	Bulgaria	CB	22	EU	2014	2020	Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
Midfielders
6	Ivaylo Naydenov	Bulgaria	CM	20	EU	2016		Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
8	Jeremy de Nooijer	Curaçao	DM / CM	26	EU	2015	2017	Sparta Rotterdam	Free	Second nationality: Netherlands
12	Bozhidar Kraev	Bulgaria	AM/RW	21	EU	2014	2018	Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
15	Roman Procházka	Slovakia	CM/RW/RB	29	EU	2014	2018	Spartak Trnava	€0.12M
16	Atanas Kabov	Bulgaria	RW	19	EU	2016		Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
20	Antonio Añete	Spain	AM	33	EU	2016	2017+1	Neftchi Baku	Free
24	Iliya Yurukov	Bulgaria	CM	19	EU	2016		Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
27	Mehdi Bourabia	France	CM	27	EU	2016	2019	Cherno More	€0.1M
70	Georgi Kostadinov	Bulgaria	DM/CM	28	EU	2015	2017	Beroe	Free
75	Aleks Borimirov	Bulgaria	CM	20	EU	2016		Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system
Strikers
7	Francis Narh	Ghana	RW / CF	25	Non-EU	2016	2019	Baník Ostrava	€0.2M
17	Tunde Adeniji	Nigeria	CF / SS	23	Non-EU	2016	2019	Sunshine Stars	€0.12M
26	Amadou Soukouna	France	CF	26	EU	2016	2019	Vereya	Undisclosed
99	Stanislav Ivanov	Bulgaria	CF / AM	19	EU	2016		Levski Academy	Y/S	Originally from Youth system

Fixtures

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

Summer

24 June 2016	Levski Sofia	3–1	Septemvri Sofia	Pravets
19:00 EET	Ventsislav Hristov 17' (pen.) Stanislav Ivanov 62' Tunde Adeniji 88' Tunde Adeniji 56'	Report	Petar Tonchev 58' Marian Dimitrov 13' Petar Vasilev 37'	Stadium: Pravets Sport Complex Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

29 June 2016	Levski Sofia	3–2	Dunav Ruse	Pravets
18:30 EET	Bozhidar Kraev 35' Georgi Kostadinov 75' Tunde Adeniji 80' Ventsislav Hristov 41' Francis Narh 43' Jeremy de Nooijjer 45', 68'	Report	Miroslav Budinov 75' Diyan Dimov 88' (pen.) Yulian Nenov 65' Georgi Kremenliev 74'	Stadium: Pravets Sport Complex Referee: Petar Dorovski

3 July 2016	Radnik Surdulica	0–0	Levski Sofia	Surdulica
21:00 EET	Stefan Radovanović 23' Milos Milovanovic 72'	Report	Tunde Adeniji 61'	Stadium: Surdulica City Stadium Attendance: 3500

7 July 2016	Levski Sofia	1–0	Cherno More	Pravets
19:00 EET	Añete 90+1' Georgi Kostadinov 81'	Report		Stadium: Pravets Sport Complex

27 July 2016	Levski Sofia	2–1	Vitosha Bistritsa	Sofia
19:00 EET	Tunde Adeniji 2' Tunde Adeniji 6' Dimitar Pirgov 36'		Kristiyan Kochilov 42' Yordan Varbanov 79'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium

Mid-season

6 September 2016	Lokomotiv Sofia	1–2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
17:00 EET	Dimitar Georgiev 27'		Simon Sandberg 5' Francis Narh 83'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 1200 Referee: Vangel Vangelov

8 October 2016	Levski Sofia	0–2	Galatasaray	Sofia
19:00 EET	Viktor Genev 57'		Josué 11' Hamit Altıntop 67' Sinan Gümüş 25' Salih Dursun 54'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

12 November 2016	Levski Sofia	2–0	Septemvri Sofia	Sofia
16:00 EET	Iliyan Mitsanski 4' Iliyan Mitsanski 50'			Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium

Winter

20 January 2017	Levski Sofia	1–2	Viitorul	Deryneia, Cyprus
18:30 EET	Sasho Aleksandrov 86'	Report	Alex Nimely 7' Florin Purece 18'	Stadium: Anagennisi Football Ground Attendance: 100

29 January 2017	Levski Sofia	2–1	Újpest FC	Paralimni, Cyprus
15:00 EET	Tunde Adeniji 43' Tunde Adeniji 51'	Report	Kylian Hazard 58'	Stadium: Paralimni Stadium Attendance: 150

2 February 2017	Levski Sofia	1–0	FC Ufa	Dromolaxia, Cyprus
14:45 EET	Bozhidar Kraev 51' Ivaylo Naydenov 89'			Stadium: Alpha Sport Field

5 February 2017	Levski Sofia	0–1	FK Teplice	Paralimni, Cyprus
15:00 EET		Report	Štěpán Vachoušek 90+2'	Stadium: Paralimni Stadium

8 February 2017	Levski Sofia	1–1	Partizan	Limassol, Cyprus
16:00 EET	Roman Prochazka 57'	Report	Đorđe Jovanović 69'

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

14 July 2016 First leg	Maribor	0-0	Levski Sofia	Maribor, Slovenia
21:00 EET		Report	Hristov 31' Kostadinov 35' Jorgačević 65'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 9000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

21 July 2016 Second leg	Levski Sofia	1–1 (1–1 agg.)	Maribor	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 EET	Francis Narh 22' Sasho Aleksandrov 6' Kostadinov 65' Francis Narh 90'	Report	Marcos Tavares 68' Marwan Kabha 47' Dino Hotić 75' Marko Šuler 81'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 17 000 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Parva Liga

Preliminary stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	26	21	4	1	69	19	+50	67	Qualification for the championship round
2	Levski Sofia	26	15	6	5	38	17	+21	51
3	CSKA Sofia	26	13	7	6	35	16	+19	46
4	Cherno More	26	12	7	7	30	24	+6	43
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26	10	9	7	35	30	+5	39

Source: Bulgarian Football Union, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[1]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	15	6	5	38	17	+21	51	10	2	1	20	4	+16	5	4	4	18	13	+5

Last updated: 3 April 2017.
Source: See results

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	L
Position	5	8	6	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

31 July 2016 1	Levski	0–0	Montana	Sofia
19:00 EET	Miki Orachev 90'	Report	Georgi Korudzhiev 17' Nikolay Chipev 39' Petar Atanasov 72' Hristo Ivanov 90'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 2380 Referee: Dragomir Draganov

7 August 2016 2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–2	Levski	Plovdiv
19:00 EET	Veselin Marchev 3' Martin Kamburov 64' (pen.) Veselin Marchev 50'	Report	Francis Narh 12' Tunde Adeniji 13' Sasho Aleksandrov 34' Francis Narh 54' Jeremy de Nooijer 72'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Plovdiv Attendance: 3550 Referee: Nikola Popov

13 August 2016 3	Levski	1–0	Ludogorets	Sofia
21:15 EET	Bozhidar Kraev 90+1' Añete 13' Georgi Kostadinov 31' Dimitar Pirgov 62' Veselin Minev 73' Bojan Jorgacevic 90+4' Mehdi Bourabia 90+5'	Report	Cicinho 13' Cosmin Moti 71' Juninho Quixadá 90+3'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 4941 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

21 August 2016 4	Slavia	0–4	Levski	Sofia
21:15EET	Bozhidar Vasev 64'	Report	Añete 21' Tunde Adeniji 41' Georgi Kostadinov 62' Bozhidar Kraev 82' Francis Narh 54'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 2700 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

28 August 2016 5	Levski	4–0	Vereya	Sofia
19:00 EET	Francis Narh 7' Bozhidar Kraev 21' Ilias Hassani 78' (o.g.) Añete 83'	Report	Zdravko Iliev 66'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 1650 Referee: Angel Bayaltsaliev

10 September 2016 6	Neftochimic	1–2	Levski	Burgas
21:15 EET	Ivan Valchanov 54' Lyubomir Bozhinov 23' Marko Ranđelović 23' Angel Granchov 51' Kostadin Velkov 90+2'	Report	Roman Prochazka 24' (pen.) Roman Prochazka 90+2' (pen.) Jeremy de Nooijer 42' Tunde Adeniji 60' Bozhidar Kraev 64' Aleksandar Aleksandrov 90+8'	Stadium: Stadion Lazur Attendance: 2300 Referee: Volen Chinkov

17 September 2016 7	Levski	2–0	Pirin	Sofia
19:00 EET	Dimitar Pirgov 18' Tunde Adeniji 27' Mehdi Bourabia 63' Iliyan Mitsanski 79'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 1500 Referee: Vladimir Valkov

26 September 2016 8	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	0–1	Levski	Plovdiv
20:00 EET	Nikolay Hristov 14' Stefan Tsonkov 30' Simeon Mechev 43' Tsvetan Genkov 44' Vladislav Uzunov 56'	Report	Martin Kavdanski 45+1' (o.g.) Georgi Kostadinov 11' Añete 78'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Plovdiv Attendance: 480 Referee: Stefan Apostolov

2 October 2016 9	Levski	2–0	Dunav	Sofia
17:45 EET	Georgi Kostadinov 22' Georgi Kostadinov 56' Georgi Kostadinov 30' Roman Prochazka 60'	Report	Mihail Milchev 37' Petar Patev 85'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 5000 Referee: Tasko Taskov

15 October 2016 10	CSKA Sofia	1–1	Levski	Sofia
16:30 EET	Preslav Yordanov 76' (pen.) Anton Nedyalkov 54' Petrus Boumal 86' Diogo Viana 90+3'	Report	Francis Narh 34' Tunde Adeniji 22' Roman Prochazka 51' Sasho Aleksandrov 69' Bojan Jorgacevic 76'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 21 000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

22 October 2016 11	Levski	2–0	Beroe	Sofia
17:30 EET	Añete 64' Georgi Kostadinov 81'	Report	Borislav Tsonev 53' Carlos Ohene 63' Ventsislav Vasilev 67'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 2040 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

30 October 2016 12	Botev	1–1	Levski	Komatevo
17:30 EET	Joao Paulo 1' Daniel Zlatkov 41' Yaya Meledje 50'	Report	Roman Prochazka 38' Roman Prochazka 71' Dimitar Pirgov 85' Galin Ivanov 90+2'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Attendance: 2580 Referee: Dragomir Draganov

4 November 2016 13	Levski	1–0	Cherno More	Sofia
17:30 EET	Roman Prochazka 22' Tunde Adeniji 52' Veselin Minev 60' Jean Deza 78' Roman Prochazka 88'	Report	Aleksandar Tsvetkov 40' Bacari 78' Stefan Stanchev 84' Ondřej Sukup 85'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 680 Referee: Stefan Apostolov

20 November 2016 14	Montana	1–3	Levski	Lovech
17:30 EET	Kostadin Dyakov 41'	Report	Bozhidar Kraev 32' Dimitar Pirgov 60' Iliyan Mitsanski 90+2' Sasho Aleksandrov 64'	Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 980 Referee: Angel Angelov

26 November 2016 15	Levski	1–2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
15:00 EET	Yassine El Kharroubi 19' (o.g) Iliyan Mitsanski 90'	Report	Veselin Marchev 26' Martin Kamburov 78' (pen.) Yassine El Kharroubi 29' Vanco Trajanov 56' Miguel Luque 63' Pavel Vidanov 73' Eyad Hammoud 79'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 2330 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov

30 November 2016 16	Ludogorets	2–1	Levski	Razgrad
17:30 EET	Wanderson 70' Marcelinho 81' Jonathan Cafu 18'	Report	Tunde Adeniji 6' Sasho Aleksandrov 17' Añete 54' Dimitar Pirgov 61' Jeremy de Nooijer 77' Galin Ivanov 81'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 2480 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

3 December 2016 17	Levski	1–0	Slavia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Mehdi Bourabia 83' Srdjan Luchin 41'	Report	Petko Hristov 34' Bozhidar Vasev 37' Serder Serderov 68' 68' Emil Martinov 68'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 470 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

10 December 2016 18	Vereya	0–1	Levski	Stara Zagora
15:00 EET	Elias 24' Ilias Hassani 30' Elias 45+1' Amadou Soukouna 71' Vasil Kaloyanov 90+3'	Report	Añete 68' Veselin Minev 90+4'	Stadium: Trace Arena Attendance: 750 Referee: Stefan Apostolov

14 December 2016 19	Levski	1–0	Neftochimic	Sofia
17:30 EET	Tunde Adeniji 47' Jeremy de Nooijer 29' Mehdi Bourabia 31' Viktor Genev 68' Bozhidar Kraev 83'	Report	Nikolay Dyulgerov 38'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Vladimir Valkov

18 February 2017 20	Pirin	1–0	Levski	Blagoevgrad
15:00 EET	Aymen Souda 64' Anton Kostadinov 80'	Report	Georgi Kostadinov 45+3' Simon Sandberg 55' Mehdi Bourabia 74'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Attendance: 4800 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

25 February 2017 21	Levski	1–1	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	Sofia
17:30 EET	Tunde Adeniji 47' Anton Ognyanov 40' Veselin Minev 70' David Jablonsky 87' Sasho Aleksandrov 89'	Report	Rahavi Kifoueti 58' Vladislav Uzunov 56' Ulysse Ndong 56' Milen Zhelev 67'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 2300 Referee: Stefan Apostolov

28 February 2017 22	Dunav	2–2	Levski	Razgrad
15:00 EET	Bircent Karagaren 8' Miroslav Budinov 39' Iskandar Dzhalilov 53' Mihail Milchev 90'	Report	Anton Ognyanov 36' Roman Prochazka 54' (p.) Anton Ognyanov 12' Georgi Kostadinov 21'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 1900 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

4 March 2017 23	Levski	2–1	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
14:30 EET	Roman Prochazka 71' (p.) David Jablonsky 76' Tunde Adeniji 11' Nikolay Krastev 12' Añete 26' Mehdi Bourabia 60'	Report	Arsénio 5' Ruben Pinto 26' Nikolay Bodurov 29' Anton Nedyalkov 45+3' Fernando Karanga 50' Petrus Boumal 55'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 21000 Referee: Nikola Popov

12 March 2017 24	Beroe	1–0	Levski	Stara Zagora
15:00 EET	Martin Raynov 13' Atanas Zehirov 28' Kohei Kato 39' Plamen Tenev 60' Anton Karachanakov 60'	Report	Sasho Aleksandrov 18'	Stadium: Stadion Beroe Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

19 March 2017 25	Levski	2–0	Botev	Sofia
17:30 EET	Roman Prochazka 16' Tunde Adeniji 63' Anton Ognyanov 28' David Jablonsky 71'	Report	Antonio Vutov 8' Yaya Meledje 60' Fernando Viana 71'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Volen Chinkov

1 April 2017 26	Cherno More	1–0	Levski	Kavarna
17:30 EET	Aleksandar Tsvetkov 68'	Report	Georgi Kostadinov 66' David Jablonsky 87'	Stadium: Stadion Kavarna Referee: Stanislav Todorov

Championship stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	36	25	8	3	87	28	+59	83	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia^{[lower-alpha 1]}	36	19	10	7	51	21	+30	67
3	Levski Sofia (O)	36	18	9	9	50	31	+19	63	Qualification for the European play-off final
4	Dunav Ruse^{[lower-alpha 1]}	36	15	10	11	46	44	+2	55	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	36	14	10	12	50	52	−2	52
6	Cherno More Varna	36	13	8	15	39	45	−6	47

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[7]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.
Notes:

1 2 On 29 May 2017 a UEFA letter to the Bulgarian Football Union declared that CSKA Sofia were not allowed to compete in European tournaments for the following two seasons as they were considered to have been re-formed as a new club and thus did not pass the "three-year rule".^[2] As this decision was appealed by CSKA Sofia, the Bulgarian Football Union granted a license to them subject to legal proceedings.^[3]^[4]^[5] A few hours prior to the Europa League first qualifying round draw, UEFA replaced them by Dunav Ruse, the fourth-placed team of the league.^[6]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	3	3	4	12	14	−2	12	1	2	2	9	9	0	2	1	2	3	5	−2

Last updated: 31 May 2017.
Source: See results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D
Position	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

9 April 2017 27	Levski	5–0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
17:30 EEST	Anete 12' Bozhidar Kraev 36' Bozhidar Kraev 39' Bozhidar Kraev 51' Bozhidar Kraev 70'	Report	Veselin Marchev 43' Miguel Luque 60' Stefan Jevtoski 63'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Stefan Apostolov

14 April 2017 28	Ludogorets	0–0	Levski	Razgrad
20:00 EEST	Claudiu Keșerü 47'	Report	Dimitar Pirgov 7' Veselin Minev 34' Mehdi Bourabia 61' Srdjan Luchin 66' Anton Ognyanov 71' Mehdi Bourabia	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

22 April 2017 29	Levski	1–1	Dunav	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Miroslav Budinov 6' (o.g.)	Report	Samir Ayass 76' Vasil Shopov 21' Mihail Milchev 22' Hristofor Hubchev 71'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Stanislav Todorov

29 April 2017 30	Levski	0–3	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
EEST	Mehdi Bourabia 13' Jeremy de Nooijer 62' Francis Narh 65' Dimitar Pirgov 90+5' Roman Prochazka 90+5'	Report	Arsenio 2' Kiril Despodov 6' Fernando Karanga 53' Kiril Despodov 49' David Simão 62' Gustavo Culma 90' Ruben Pinto 90+2' Kristiyan Malinov 90+5'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 11 200 Referee: Nikola Popov

7 May 2017 31	Cherno More	0–1	Levski	Kavarna
17:30 EET	Aleksandar Tsvetkov 35' Ondřej Sukup 57' Ondřej Sukup Mihail Venkov 87'	Report	Amadou Soukouna 39' David Jablonsky 42' Francis Narh 65' Amadou Soukouna 70'	Stadium: Stadion Kavarna Referee: Angel Angelov

12 May 2017 32	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–1	Levski	Plovdiv
20:00 EEST	Martin Kamburov 32' Stefan Jevtoski 64' Parviz Umarbayev 56' Stefan Jevtoski 78'	Report	Mehdi Bourabia 56' David Jablonsky 71'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium

16 May 2017 33	Levski	1–3	Ludogorets	Sofia
20:00 EEST	David Jablonsky 31' Anton Ognyanov 28' Sasho Aleksandrov 48' Mehdi Bourabia 53'	Report	Marcelinho 21' Wanderson 23' Wanderson 70' Natanael 52'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Stefan Apostolov

20 May 2017 34	Dunav	0–1	Levski	Ruse
15:30 EEST	Samir Ayass 52' Hristofor Hubchev 90+4'	Report	Bozhidar Kraev 74' Ivaylo Naydenov 21' Veselin Minev 51' Atanas Kabov 78' Aleksandar Aleksandrov 82'	Stadium: Gradski Stadium Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Volen Chinkov

17 May 2017 35	CSKA Sofia	3–0	Levski	Sofia
EEST	David Simão 1' Gustavo Culma 67' David Simão 82' Kristiyan Malinov 25' David Simão 49' Gustavo Culma 72'	Report	David Jablonsky 23' Sasho Aleksandrov 46'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov

31 May 2017 36	Levski	2–2	Cherno More	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Bozhidar Kraev 74' Roman Prochazka 81'	Report	Martin Kostadinov 40' Rumen Kasabov 77' Aleksandar Tsvetkov 11' Valentin Yoskov 17' Ondřej Sukup 83'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nikolay Kolev

European play-off final

4 June 2017	Levski	1–1 (a.e.t.) (9–8 p)	Vereya	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Bozhidar Kraev 44' Mehdi Bourabia 89' David Jablonsky 103'	Report	Ivan Bandalovski 90+3' Georgi Angelov 11' Georgi Andonov 13' Ventsislav Bengyuzov 40' Valeri Domovchiyski 100' Elias 107' Pedro Eugenio 117'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Stefan Apostolov
		Penalties
	Roman Prochazka Bozhidar Kraev Mehdi Bourabia Sasho Aleksandrov Aleks Borimirov Anton Ognyanov David Jablonsky Dimitar Pirgov Stanislav Ivanov Bozhidar Mitrev Ivaylo Naydenov		Georgi Andonov Valeri Domovchiyski Momchil Tsvetanov Pedro Eugenio Elias Vladimir Zafirov Salim Kerkar Georgi Angelov Ivan Bandalovski Samuel Inkoom Plamen Kolev

Bulgarian Cup

22 September 2016 First round	Tsarsko selo	0–2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
16:00 EEST	Georgi Kremenliev 16' Reyan Daskalov 31', 71' Galin Minkov 48'	Report	Tunde Adeniji 76' Jean Deza 90+3' Roman Prochazka 56'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Referee: Stefan Pavlov

26 October 2016 Second round	Levski Sofia	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Cherno more	Sofia
19:00 EET	Tunde Adeniji 63' Dimitar Pirgov 79' Dimitar Pirgov 56' Georgi Kostadinov 81' Jean Deza 96' Mehdi Bourabia 104'	Report	Aleksandar Tsvetkov 3' Bacari 31' Aleksandar Tsvetkov 101' Georgi Iliev 51' Plamen Nikolov 88'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Volen Chinkov

Squad statistics

As of match played 4 June 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Parva Liga		Bulgarian Cup		UEFA Europe League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Dimitar Sheytanov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Dimitar Pirgov	33	3	26+3	2	2	1	2	0
5	DF		Aleksandar Aleksandrov	18	0	15	0	1	0	2	0
6	MF		Ivaylo Naydenov	10	0	6+4	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW		Francis Narh	41	4	32+5	3	2	0	2	1
8	MF		Jeremy de Nooijer	25	0	21	0	1+1	0	2	0
12	AM		Bozhidar Kraev	36	11	25+10	11	0+1	0	0	0
14	DF		Veselin Minev	27	0	24	0	1	0	2	0
15	MF		Roman Procházka	34	8	30	8	2	0	2	0
16	FW		Atanas Kabov	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Tunde Adeniji	41	9	34+3	7	2	2	0+2	0
18	DF		Anton Ognyanov	15	1	8+7	1	0	0	0	0
20	AM		Antonio Añete	34	5	25+5	5	1+1	0	2	0
21	GK		Bozhidar Mitrev	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Simon Sandberg	7	0	2+3	0	2	0	0	0
24	MF		Iliya Yurukov	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Sasho Aleksandrov	38	0	34+1	0	1	0	2	0
26	FW		Amadou Soukouna	9	1	4+5	1	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Mehdi Bourabia	32	2	21+9	2	1+1	0	0	0
28	DF		David Jablonský	13	2	12+1	2	0	0	0	0
29	GK		Bojan Jorgačević	24	0	21	0	1	0	2	0
39	DF		Deyan Ivanov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF		Georgi Kostadinov	24	4	19+1	4	2	0	2	0
75	MF		Aleks Borimirov	5	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0
89	GK		Nikolay Krastev	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Stanislav Ivanov	12	0	3+9	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
4	DF		Miki Orachev	5	0	1+2	0	1	0	0+1	0
	FW		Iliya Dimitrov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF		Georgi Yanev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Galin Tashev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Levski (Sofia) during the season:
2	DF		Srdjan Luchin	12	0	11+1	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Iliyan Mitsanski	9	1	0+9	1	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Ventsislav Hristov	6	0	1+3	0	0	0	2	0
10	AM		Galin Ivanov	4	0	1+2	0	1	0	0	0
11	FW		Jean Deza	13	1	2+8	0	0+2	1	0+1	0
21	GK		Ivan Čvorović	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
44	DF		Viktor Genev	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0

References

↑ "A PFG - Regular season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
↑ "УЕФА отхвърли молбата на БФС за участие на ЦСКА-София в евротурнирите". Bulgarian Football Union. 29 May 2017.
↑ "Решение СТК 01.06.2017 г". Bulgarian Football Union. 1 June 2017.
↑ "Становище на СТК". Bulgarian Football Union. 2 June 2017.
↑ "CAS rejects request for interim measures in the arbitration PFC CSKA Sofia / UEFA" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 16 June 2017.
↑ "Огромна изненада: УЕФА изкара ЦСКА-София и вкара Дунав в Европа". sportal.bg. 19 June 2017.
↑ "A PFG - Rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

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[table_note_CSK0.73574821824941-7] 1 2 On 29 May 2017 a UEFA letter to the Bulgarian Football Union declared that CSKA Sofia were not allowed to compete in European tournaments for the following two seasons as they were considered to have been re-formed as a new club and thus did not pass the "three-year rule".^[2] As this decision was appealed by CSKA Sofia, the Bulgarian Football Union granted a license to them subject to legal proceedings.^[3]^[4]^[5] A few hours prior to the Europa League first qualifying round draw, UEFA replaced them by Dunav Ruse, the fourth-placed team of the league.^[6]

[1] "A PFG - Regular season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[2] "УЕФА отхвърли молбата на БФС за участие на ЦСКА-София в евротурнирите". Bulgarian Football Union. 29 May 2017.

[3] "Решение СТК 01.06.2017 г". Bulgarian Football Union. 1 June 2017.

[4] "Становище на СТК". Bulgarian Football Union. 2 June 2017.

[5] "CAS rejects request for interim measures in the arbitration PFC CSKA Sofia / UEFA" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 16 June 2017.

[6] "Огромна изненада: УЕФА изкара ЦСКА-София и вкара Дунав в Европа". sportal.bg. 19 June 2017.

[8] "A PFG - Rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	15	6	5	38	17	+21	51	10	2	1	20	4	+16	5	4	4	18	13	+5

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	15	6	5	38	17	+21	51	10	2	1	20	4	+16	5	4	4	18	13	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	15	6	5	38	17	+21	51	10	2	1	20	4	+16	5	4	4	18	13	+5