PFC Levski Sofia in European football

This article lists the results of PFC Levski Sofia in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, European Cup, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1986, and the Balkans Cup in (1961, 1963, 1964), since they first entered European competition in season 1960-61.

The furthest that they have progressed is the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1969-70, 1976–77 and 1986–87 and the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1975-76 and 2005–06.

Notable eliminations by Levski : Ajax Amsterdam, Dynamo Kyiv, Rangers FC, VfB Stuttgart (twice), Auxerre, Udinese, MSV Duisburg, Olympiacos Piraeus, Dinamo Bucureşti, Slavia Prague, HNK Hajduk Split, Boavista FC, Brøndby, Djurgarden, Slask Wroclaw.

Notable wins : FC Barcelona, Ajax, Olympique de Marseille, Lazio, Atlético Madrid, Rangers FC, VfB Stuttgart, Sporting CP, Austria Wien, Olympiacos, Gornik Zabrze, Auxerre, Dynamo Berlin, MSV Duisburg, Udinese, Dinamo Bucureşti, Fenerbahce, Besiktas, HNK Hajduk Split, Brøndby, Boavista FC, Slask Wroclaw, Sturm Graz, Gent, AIK, FC Dnipro, Spartak Trnava, Zeljeznicar Sarajevo, A.C. ChievoVerona, APOEL FC.

Notable draws : Milan (twice), Juventus, Benfica, Dynamo Kyiv, Schalke 04, Werder Bremen, VfB Stuttgart, AZ Alkmaar, Lille OSC, Galatasaray, Sparta Rotterdam, Watford F.C., Slovan Bratislava, Fenerbahce, Beşiktaş, Royal Antwerp, Udinese, Dinamo Bucureşti, HNK Hajduk Split, Slavia Prague, Brøndby, AIK.

Total statistics

Including 2018-19 season.

Statistics by country

Including 2018-19 season.^[1]

Country	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Andorra	UE Sant Julià	2	2	0	0	9	0	+ 9
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	9	0	+ 9
Austria	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2	0	0	2	0	2	– 2
	FK Austria Wien	2	1	0	1	3	4	– 1
	SK Sturm Graz	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Subtotal		6	2	0	4	4	7	– 3
Azerbaijan	FK Baku	2	1	1	0	2	0	+ 2
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	2	0	+ 2
Belarus	FC BATE Borisov	2	0	1	1	1	2	– 1
	FC Vitebsk	2	1	1	0	9	2	+ 7
Subtotal		4	1	2	1	10	4	+ 6
Belgium	K.A.A. Gent	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
	K.S.K. Beveren	2	0	1	1	1	2	– 1
	Royal Antwerp F.C.	2	0	1	1	3	4	– 1
	V.C. Eendracht Aalst 2002	2	0	0	2	1	3	– 2
Subtotal		8	1	2	5	8	12	– 4
Bosnia and Herzegovina / SFR Yugoslavia	FK Modriča	2	2	0	0	8	0	+ 8
	FK Sarajevo	2	1	0	1	2	3	- 1
	FK Velež Mostar	2	1	0	1	5	4	+ 1
	FK Željezničar Sarajevo	2	1	1	0	4	0	+ 4
Subtotal		8	5	1	2	19	7	+ 12
Croatia	HNK Hajduk Split	4	1	1	2	4	3	+ 1
Subtotal		4	1	1	2	4	3	+ 1
Cyprus	APOEL F.C.	2	1	1	0	2	0	+ 2
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	2	0	+ 2
Czech Republic	SK Slavia Prague	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Subtotal		2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Denmark	Boldklubben 1903	2	1	0	1	2	1	+ 1
	Brøndby IF	2	1	1	0	5	2	+ 3
	F.C. Copenhagen	2	0	0	2	1	6	– 5
Subtotal		6	2	1	3	8	9	– 1
England	Chelsea F.C.	4	0	0	4	1	10	– 9
	Liverpool F.C.	2	0	0	2	2	6	– 4
	Watford F.C.	2	0	1	1	2	4	– 2
Subtotal		8	0	1	7	5	20	– 15
Finland	FC Lahti	2	2	0	0	19	3	+ 16
	Tampere United	2	0	0	2	0	2	– 2
Subtotal		4	2	0	2	19	5	+ 14
France	AJ Auxerre	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	Lille OSC	2	0	1	1	2	3	– 1
	Olympique de Marseille	1	1	0	0	1	0	+ 1
Subtotal		5	2	1	2	5	5	0
Georgia	FC Sioni Bolnisi	2	2	0	0	4	0	+ 4
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	4	0	+ 4
Germany / East Germany / West Germany	Berliner FC Dynamo	2	1	0	1	2	3	– 1
	FC Schalke 04	2	0	1	1	2	4	– 2
	MSV Duisburg	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
	SV Werder Bremen	4	0	1	3	2	8	– 6
	VfB Stuttgart	4	1	3	0	5	4	+ 1
Subtotal		14	3	5	6	15	23	– 8
Greece	OFI Crete	2	1	0	1	2	3	– 1
	Olympiacos F.C.	2	1	0	1	4	3	+ 1
Subtotal		4	2	0	2	6	6	0
Hungary	Debreceni VSC	2	0	0	2	1	4	– 3
	Ferencvárosi TC	2	0	0	2	3	7	– 4
	Újpest FC	2	0	0	2	1	7	– 6
Subtotal		6	0	0	6	5	18	– 13
Iceland	Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja	2	2	0	0	8	0	+ 8
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	8	0	+ 8
Israel	Hapoel Ramat Gan Giv'atayim F.C.	2	2	0	0	5	0	+ 5
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	5	0	+ 5
Italy	A.C. ChievoVerona	2	1	1	0	4	2	+ 2
	A.C. Milan	6	0	2	4	5	17	– 12
	Juventus F.C.	2	0	1	1	2	4	– 2
	S.S. Lazio	2	1	0	1	1	4	– 3
	Udinese Calcio	2	1	1	0	2	1	+ 1
Subtotal		14	3	5	6	14	28	– 14
Kazakhstan	FC Atyrau	2	2	0	0	6	1	+ 5
	FC Irtysh Pavlodar	2	0	1	1	0	2	– 2
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	6	3	+ 3
Latvia	Skonto FC	2	1	1	0	2	0	+ 2
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	2	0	+ 2
Liechtenstein	FC Vaduz	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Luxembourg	F91 Dudelange	2	2	0	0	6	0	+ 6
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	6	0	+ 6
Montenegro	FK Sutjeska Niksic	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Netherlands	AFC Ajax	4	1	0	3	5	7	– 2
	AZ Alkmaar	2	0	1	1	1	6	– 5
	SC Heerenveen	1	0	0	1	1	2	– 1
	Sparta Rotterdam	2	0	1	1	1	3	– 2
Subtotal		9	1	2	6	8	18	– 10
Norway	SK Brann	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Poland	Górnik Zabrze	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
	Śląsk Wrocław	2	1	1	0	5	2	+ 3
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	9	6	+ 3
Portugal	Boavista F.C.	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
	S.L. Benfica	2	0	1	1	4	5	– 1
	Sporting Clube de Portugal	2	1	0	1	1	5	– 4
Subtotal		6	2	1	3	8	13	– 5
Republic of Ireland	Dundalk F.C.	2	2	0	0	8	0	+ 8
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	8	0	+ 8
Romania	FC Dinamo București	5	3	1	1	5	5	0
	FC Universitatea Cluj	2	1	0	1	6	5	+ 1
Subtotal		7	4	1	2	11	10	+ 1
Russia	PFC CSKA Moscow	1	0	0	1	1	2	– 1
Subtotal		1	0	0	1	1	2	– 1
Scotland	Rangers F.C.	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Slovakia	FC Petržalka 1898	2	2	0	0	3	0	+ 3
	FC Spartak Trnava	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
	MŠK Žilina	2	0	1	1	1	2	– 1
	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	2	0	1	1	2	3	– 1
Subtotal		8	3	2	3	9	8	+ 1
Slovenia	NK CM Celje	2	1	0	1	3	1	+ 2
	NK Olimpija Ljubljana	4	1	0	3	4	6	– 2
	NK Maribor	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		8	2	2	4	8	8	0
Spain	Atlético Madrid	2	1	0	1	2	3	– 1
	FC Barcelona	4	1	0	3	5	15	– 10
	Real Madrid C.F.	2	0	0	2	0	3	– 3
	Real Zaragoza	2	0	0	2	0	4	– 4
	Sevilla FC	2	0	0	2	1	6	– 5
	Villarreal CF	2	0	0	2	0	3	– 3
Subtotal		14	2	0	12	8	34	– 26
Sweden	AIK Fotboll	2	1	1	0	2	1	+ 1
	Djurgårdens IF Fotboll	2	1	0	1	7	2	+ 5
	Kalmar FF	2	1	1	0	6	3	+ 3
Subtotal		6	3	2	1	15	6	+ 9
Switzerland	FC Luzern	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	FC St. Gallen	2	1	1	0	4	0	+ 4
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	6	2	+ 4
Turkey	Beşiktaş J.K.	2	0	1	1	1	2	– 1
	Eskişehirspor	2	2	0	0	7	1	+ 6
	Galatasaray S.K.	2	0	1	1	2	3	– 1
Subtotal		6	2	2	2	10	6	+ 3
Ukraine / Soviet Union	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
	FC Dynamo Kyiv	4	0	2	2	1	3	– 2
Subtotal		6	1	2	3	4	6	– 2

Statistics by competition

UEFA Champions League / European Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1965–66	Preliminary round	Djurgården	6–0	1–2	7–2
	First round	Benfica	2–2	2–3	4–5
1970–71	Preliminary round	Austria Wien	3–1	0–3	3–4
1974–75	First round	Újpesti Dózsa	0–3	1–4	1–7
1977–78	First round	Śląsk Wrocław	3–0	2–2	5–2
	Second round	Ajax	1–2	1–2	2–4
1979–80	First round	Real Madrid	0–1	0–2	0–3
1984–85	First round	Stuttgart	1–1	2–2	3–3 (a)
	Second round	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	3–1	0–2	3–3 (a)
1988–89	First round	Milan	0–2	2–5	2–7
1993–94	First round	Rangers	2–1	2–3	4–4 (a)
	Second round	Werder Bremen	2–2	0–1	2–3
2000–01	First qualifying round	F91 Dudelange	2–0	4–0	6–0
	Second qualifying round	Beşiktaş	1–1	0–1	1–2
2001–02	First qualifying round	Željezničar	4–0	0–0	4–0
	Second qualifying round	Brann	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
	Third qualifying round	Galatasaray	1–1	1–2	2–3
2002–03	Second qualifying round	Skonto	2–0	0–0	2–0
	Third qualifying round	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	0–1	0–2
2006–07	Second qualifying round	Sioni Bolnisi	2–0	2–0	4–0
	Third qualifying round	Chievo	2–0	2–2	4–2
	Group stage (A)	Barcelona	0–2	0–5	4th place
		Chelsea	1–3	0–2
		Werder Bremen	0–3	0–2
2007–08	Second qualifying round	Tampere United	0–1	0–1	0–2
2008–09	Third qualifying round	BATE Borisov	0–1	1–1	1–2
2009–10	Second qualifying round	Sant Julià	4–0	5–0	9–0
	Third qualifying round	Baku	2–0	0–0	2–0
	Play-off round	Debrecen	1–2	0–2	1–4

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1967–68	First round	AC Milan	1–1	1–5	2–6
1969–70	First round	ÍBV	4–0	4–0	8–0
	Second round	FC St. Gallen	4–0	0–0	4–0
	Quarter-finals	Górnik Zabrze	3–2	1–2	4–4 (a)
1971–72	First round	Sparta Rotterdam	1–1	0–2	1–3
1976–77	First round	Lahden Reipas	12–2	7–1	19–3
	Second round	Boavista FC	2–0	1–3	3–3 (a)
	Quarter-finals	Atlético Madrid	2–1	0–2	2–3
1986–87	First round	B 1903	2–0	0–1	2–1
	Second round	Velež Mostar	2–0	3–4	5–4
	Quarter-finals	Real Zaragoza	0–2	0–2	0–4
1987–88	First round	OFI Crete	1–0	1–3	2–3
1991–92	First round	Ferencváros	2–3	1–4	3–7
1992–93	First round	Luzern	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
1996–97	Qualifying round	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–0 (a.e.t.)	0–1	1–1 (3–4 p)
1997–98	Qualifying round	Slovan Bratislava	1–1	1–2	2–3
1998–99	Qualifying round	Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk	8–1	1–1	9–2
	First round	FC København	0–2	1–4	1–6

UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1972–73	First round	U Cluj	5–1	1–4	6–5
	Second round	Berliner FC Dynamo	2–0	0–3	2–3
1975–76	First round	Eskişehirspor	3–0	4–1	7–1
	Second round	MSV Duisburg	2–1	2–3	4–4 (a)
	Third round	Ajax Amsterdam	2–1 (a.e.t.)	1–2	3–3 (5–3 p)
	Quarter–finals	Barcelona	5–4	0–4	5–8
1978–79	First round	Olympiacos	3–1 (a.e.t.)	1–2	4–3
	Second round	Milan	1–1	0–3	1–4
1980–81	First round	Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
	Second round	AZ Alkmaar	1–1	0–5	1–6
1981–82	First round	Dinamo Bucureşti	2–1	0–3	2–4
1982–83	First round	Sevilla FC	0–3	1–3	1–6
1983–84	First round	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	1–1	2–1
	Second round	Watford F.C.	1–3 (a.e.t.)	1–1	2–4
1989–90	First round	R. Antwerp F.C.	0–0	3–4	3–4
1994–95	Preliminary round	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–2	2–3	3–5
1995–96	Preliminary round	Dinamo Bucureşti	1–1 (a.e.t.)	1–0	2–1
	First round	Eendracht Aalst	1–2	0–1	1–3
1999–2000	Qualifying round	APOEL	2–0	0–0	2–0
	First round	Hajduk Split	3–0	0–0	3–0
	Second round	Juventus	1–3	1–1	2–4
2001–02	First round	Chelsea	0–2	0–3	0–5
2002–03	First round	Brøndby	4–1	1–1	5–2
	Second round	Sturm Graz	1–0 (a.e.t.)	0–1	1–1 (7–8 p)
2003–04	Qualifying round	Atyrau	2–0	4–1	6–1
	First round	Hapoel Ramat Gan	4–0	1–0	5–0
	Second round	Slavia Prague	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
	Third round	Liverpool	2–4	0–2	2–6
2004–05	Second qualifying round	Modriča	5–0	3–0	8–0
	First round	Beveren	1–1	0–1	1–2
2005–06	Second qualifying round	Publikum	3–0	0–1	3–1
	First round	Auxerre	1–0	1–2	(a) 2–2
	Group stage (F)	Dinamo Bucureşti	1–0		2nd place
		CSKA Moscow		1–2
		Marseille	1–0
		Heerenveen		1–2
	Round of 32	Artmedia Bratislava	2–0	1–0	3–0
	Round of 16	Udinese	2–1	0–0	2–1
	Quarter-finals	Schalke 04	1–3	1–1	2–4
2008–09	First round	Žilina	0–1	1–1	1–2
2009–10	Group stage (G)	Villarreal	0–2	0–1	4th place
		Lazio	0–4	1–0
		Red Bull Salzburg	0–1	0–1
2010–11	Second qualifying round	Dundalk	6–0	2–0	8–0
	Third qualifying round	Kalmar FF	5–2	1–1	6–3
	Play-off round	AIK	2–1	0–0	2–1
	Group stage (C)	Gent	3–2	0–1	4th place
		Sporting CP	1–0	0–5
		Lille	2–2	0–1
2011–12	Third qualifying round	Spartak Trnava	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)	3–3 (4–5 p)
2012–13	Second qualifying round	Sarajevo	1–0	1–3	2–3
2013–14	First qualifying round	Irtysh	0–0	0–2	0–2
2016–17	Second qualifying round	Maribor	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2017–18	First qualifying round	Sutjeska Nikšić	3–1	0–0	3–1
	Second qualifying round	Hajduk Split	1–2	0–1	1–3
2018–19	First qualifying round	Vaduz	3–2	0–1	3–3 (a)

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