2009–10 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia

2009–10 season

Chairman

Todor Batkov

Manager

Emil Velev (until 23 July)

Ratko Dostanic (until 18 October)

Georgi Ivanov (caretaker until 14 May 2010)

A PFG

3rd Place

Bulgarian Cup

Third Round

UEFA Champions League

Playoff Round

UEFA Europa League

Group Stage

Bulgarian Supercup

Winner

Top goalscorer

League: Hristo Yovov (11)
All: Hristo Yovov (14)

Highest home attendance

20 000 vs CSKA (27 March 2009)

Lowest home attendance

1 000 vs Beroe (18 October 2010)

Home colours

Away colours

← 2008–09

2010–11 →

First-team squad

Current squad

As of 4 July 2009 (according to latest announcements) 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 (captain)
2	DF	Victor Genev
3	DF	Zhivko Milanov
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
15	DF	Chakib Benzoukane
16	MF	Marian Ognyanov
19	FW	Ivan Tsachev

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Joaozinho
21	FW	Ze Soares
22	MF	Darko Tasevski
23	DF	David Bystron
24	FW	Nikolay Dimitrov
25	DF	Lucio Wagner
27	MF	Cedric Bardon
28	FW	Aleksandar Kirov
29	FW	Ismail Isa Mustafa
30	MF	Lachezar Baltanov
31	GK	Tzvetan Dimitrov
45	MF	Vladimir Gadzhev
55	DF	Yordan Miliev

Transfers

Summer transfers

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

No.	Position	Player
11	DF	Elin Topuzakov (free-agent)
16	MF	Mariyan Ognyanov (loan return from Belasitsa)
17	FW	Deniran Ortega (on loan from Slavia Sofia)
27	MF	Cedric Bardon (from Anorthosis Famagusta)
70	MF	Sasa Simonovic (from Loko Mezdra)

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

No.	Position	Player
4	MF	Georgi Chakarov (on loan to Sportist)
9	FW	Georgi Ivanov (wasn't indexed because of an injury)
17	MF	Georgi Nedyalkov (on loan to Sportist)
18	MF	Miroslav Ivanov (to Montana)
19	FW	Ivan Tsachev (on loan to Pirin)
23	DF	David Bystron (on loan to FC Viktoria Plzen)
26	DF	Martin Dimov (on loan to Sportist)
29	FW	Ismail Isa (on loan to Lokomotiv Mezdra)
34	DF	Dimitar Dimitrov (on loan to Spartak Plovdiv)
52	DF	Stefan Stanchev (on loan to Pirin)
70	MF	Filipe da Costa (to C.D. Nacional)
	MF	Dzuneit Yashar (to Slavia)
	MF	Ivo Mikhailov (to Chavdar Etropole)
	DF	Todor Stoev (to Chavdar Etropole)

Winter transfers

In:

No.	Position	Player
4	DF	Stefan Stanchev (loan return from Pirin)
6	MF	Michael Tawiah (from Lokomotiv Mezdra)^[1]
7	MF	Aleksandar Aleksandrov (from Cherno More)^[2]
19	FW	Miroslav Antonov (from Sportist)^[3]
21	DF	Peter Petras (from Slovan Bratislava)
	FW	Ivan Tsachev (loan return from Pirin)

Out:

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Zhivko Milanov (to Vaslui)^[4]
5	DF	Youssef Rabeh (to Anzhi Makhachkala)^[5]
17	FW	Deniran Ortega (loan return to Slavia Sofia)
21	MF	Ze Soares (to Metalurh Donetsk)^[6]
28	FW	Aleksandar Kirov (on loan to Lokomotiv Mezdra)
43	FW	Boyan Tabakov (on loan to Lokomotiv Mezdra)
44	MF	Borislav Baldzhiyski (on loan to Lokomotiv Mezdra)
50	DF	Simeon Ivanov (to Rayo Vallecano)
99	FW	Georgi Hristov (on loan to Wisla Krakow)

Fixtures

Supercup

Main article: 2009 Bulgarian Supercup

1 August 2009	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Litex	Sofia
18:00	Bardon 65'	Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 7 000 Referee: Stefan Spasov (Pernik)

Bulgarian A PFG

8 August 2009 Round 1	Levski	5 – 0	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
18:00 EEST	Krastovchev 6' Miliev 15' Tasevski 66' Ortega 73' 77'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Vihren Manev (Sofia)

15 August 2009 Round 2	Minyor	0 – 2	Levski	Pernik
16:00 EEST		Report	Yovov 79' Ortega 84'	Stadium: Minyor Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Vihren Manev (Sofia)

25 November 2009 Round 3	Levski	2 – 2	Litex	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Ze Soares 48' Yovov 57'	Report	Nikolov 11' Niflore 89'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

29 August 2009 Round 4	Slavia	1 – 3	Levski	Slavia
16:00 EEST	Junior 79'	Report	Bardon 2' Ze Soares 45' Dimitrov 90'	Stadium: Slavia Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Stefan Spasov (Pernik)

12 September 2009 Round 5	Levski	1 – 2	Loko Sofia	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Yovov 60'	Report	Karadzhinov 52' Kamburov 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

20 September 2009 Round 6	CSKA	2 – 0	Levski	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Stoyanov 15' Stoyanov 65'	Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 17 000 Referee: Anton Genov (Sofia)

27 September 2009 Round 7	Levski	0 – 1	Chernomorets	Lovech
19:30 EEST		Report	Dyankov 52'	Stadium: Lovech Attendance: 1 500 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov (Sofia)

4 October 2009 Round 8	Loko Plovdiv	2 – 2	Levski	Plovdiv
15:00 EEST	Iliev 51' Dakson 90'	Report	Bardon 34' (pen.) Yovov 44'	Stadium: Lauta Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov (Sandanski)

18 October 2009 Round 9	Levski	0 – 1	Beroe	Sofia
19:30 EEST		Report	Dimitrov 83'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

25 October 2009 Round 10	Sportist	2 – 3	Levski	Sofia
15:00 EEST	Simov 6' Antonov 82' (pen.)	Report	Yovov 31' Sarmov 69' Krastovchev 86'	Stadium: Chavdar Tsvetkov Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov (Gabrovo)

31 October 2009 Round 11	Levski	3 – 1	Loko Mezdra	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Bardon 50' Sarmov 64' Krastovchev 66'	Report	Hazurov 40'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

8 November 2009 Round 12	Pirin	0 – 2	Levski	Kyustendil
15:00 EEST		Report	Tasevski 32' Krastovchev 90'	Stadium: Osogovo Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Kolyo Danev (Varna)

21 November 2009 Round 13	Levski	3 – 0	Cherno More	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Joaozinho 23' Bardon 28' (pen.) Dimitrov 74'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov (Sofia)

28 November 2009 Round 14	Levski	3 – 1	Montana	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Luiz Eduardo 26' (o.g.) Hristov 42' Joaozinho 48'	Report	Beto 45'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

6 December 2009 Round 15	Sliven	1 – 0	Levski	Sliven
14:00 EEST	Hristov 74'	Report		Stadium: Hadzhi Dimitar Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov (Sofia)

27 February 2010 Round 16	Botev Plovdiv	0 – 3	Levski
14:00 EEST		Match awarded due to excluding of Botev Plovdiv.

7 March 2010 Round 17	Levski	3 – 1	Minyor	Sofia
15:00 EEST	Joaozinho 21' Bardon 90' (pen.) Joaozinho 90+3'	Report	Iliev 13'	Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Angel Angelov (Sofia)

14 March 2010 Round 18	Litex	3 – 0	Levski	Lovech
19:30 EEST	Doka 30' Popov 45' Yanev 87'	Report		Stadium: Lovech Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Stefan Spasov (Pernik)

20 March 2010 Round 19	Levski	3 – 0	Slavia	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Reinette 21' (o.g.) Yovov 55' Dimitrov 64'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov (Gabrovo)

24 March 2010 Round 20	Loko Sofia	2 – 0	Levski	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Atanasov 1' Genkov 79'	Report		Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)

27 March 2010 Round 21	Levski	0 – 0	CSKA	Sofia
19:30 EEST		Report		Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 15 000 Referee: Anton Genov (Sofia)

4 April 2010 Round 22	Chernomorets	1 – 1	Levski	Burgas
19:30 EEST	Krumov 68'	Report	Bardon 34' (pen.)	Stadium: Lazur Attendance: 12 500 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov (Sandanski)

4 April 2010 Round 23	Levski	2 – 0	Loko Plovdiv	Sofia
17:00 EEST	Petras 45' Antonov 70'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4 500 Referee: Kolyo Danev (Varna)

14 April 2010 Round 24	Beroe	1 – 3	Levski	Stara Zagora
15:00 EEST	Ivanov 2'	Report	Dimitrov 5' Antonov 16' Yovov 30'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Anton Genov (Sofia)

17 April 2010 Round 25	Levski	5 – 0	Sportist Svoge	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Antonov 22' 35' Aleks 49' 90' Tasevski 64'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov (Sandanski)

20 April 2010 Round 26	Loko Mezdra	1 – 1	Levski	Mezdra
15:00 EEST	Iliev 10'	Report	Baltanov 72'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov (Gabrovo)

24 April 2010 Round 27	Levski	2 – 0	Pirin	Sofia
17:30 EEST	Yovov 36' 44'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1 000 Referee: Ahmed Ahmed (Aytos)

2 May 2010 Round 28	Cherno More	1 – 1	Levski	Varna
17:30 EEST	Bozhilov 18'	Report	Gadzhev 83'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 7 000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Varna)

9 May 2010 Round 29	Montana	0 – 2	Levski	Montana
17:30 EEST		Report	Aleks 38' Yovov 61'	Stadium: Ogosta Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)

16 May 2010 Round 30	Levski	2 – 0	Sliven	Sofia
17:30 EEST	Yovov 21' Petras 73'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Angel Angelov (Sofia)

Bulgarian Cup

Second round

9 December 2009	Brestnik	0 – 2	Levski	Bansko
14:00 EEST		Report	Dembele 26' Miliev 69'	Stadium: St Petar Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Tasko Taskov (Sofia))

Levski advanced to Third round.

Third round

13 December 2009	Cherno More Varna	4 – 1	Levski	Varna
13:30 EEST	Iliev 29', 50' Georgiev 45' Dyakov 88'	Report	Milanov 39' Rabeh 15'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2 500 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov

Europe

UEFA Champions League

15 July 2009 Leg 1	Levski	4 – 0	Sant Julia	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Tasevski 49' Hristov 64' 72' Gadzhev 82'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 10 000 Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)

21 July 2009 Leg 2	Sant Julia	0 – 5	Levski	Sant Julia de Loria, Andorra
17:00 WEST		Report	Mariyan Ognyanov 23' 40' Yovov 34' Tsachev 83' Kirov 87'	Stadium: Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall Attendance: 200 Referee: Junni Huutia (Finland)

Levski advanced to the Third Qualifying round.

UEFA Champions League

28 July 2009 Leg 1	FK Baku	0 – 0	Levski	Baku, Azerbaijan
17:00 WEST		Report		Stadium: Tofig Bakhramov Attendance: 25 000 Referee: Sven Odvar Moen (Norway)

5 August 2009 Leg 2	Levski	2 – 0	FK Baku	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00 WEST	Hristo Yovov 64' Hristov 80'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 15 000 Referee: Stefan Johaneson (Sweden)

Levski advanced to the Playoff Round.

UEFA Champions League

19 August 2009 Leg 1	Levski	1 – 2	Debrecen	Sofia, Bulgaria
21:45 WEST	Bardon 51'	Report	Bodnar 12' Cvitkovics 76'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 18 000 Referee: Laurent Duhamelle (France)

25 August 2009 Leg 2	Debrecen	2 – 0	Levski	Budapest, Hungary
21:45 WEST	Varga 13' Rudolf 35'	Report		Stadium: Puskas Ferenc Attendance: 30 000 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

UEFA Europa League

UEFA Europa League group stage

Villarreal v Levski Sofia

17 September 2009
21:05

Villarreal	1 – 0	Levski Sofia
Nilmar 72'	Report

El Madrigal, Villarreal
Attendance: 5,244
Referee: Mike Dean (England)

Levski Sofia v Lazio

1 October 2009
19:00

Levski Sofia	0 – 4	Lazio
	Report	Matuzalem 22' Zarate 45+1' Meghni 67' Rocchi 74'

Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Nikolay Ivanov (Russia)

Red Bull Salzburg v Levski Sofia

22 October 2009
19:00

Red Bull Salzburg	1 – 0	Levski Sofia
Svento 45+2'	Report

Red Bull Arena, Salzburg
Attendance: 17,800
Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

Levski Sofia v Red Bull Salzburg

5 November 2009
21:05

Levski Sofia	0 – 1	Red Bull Salzburg
	Report	Schiemer 90+3'

Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Cuneyt Cak?r (Turkey)

Levski Sofia v Villarreal

2 December 2009
19:00

Levski Sofia	0 – 2	Villarreal
	Report	Rossi 36' Senna 84'

Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Lazio v Levski Sofia

17 December 2009
21:05

Lazio	0 – 1	Levski Sofia
	Report	Yovov 61'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Final standings

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Red Bull Salzburg	6	6	0	9	2	+7	18
Villarreal	6	3	3	8	6	+2	9
Lazio	6	2	4	9	10	?1	6
Levski Sofia	6	1	5	1	9	?8	3

References

↑ "Майкъл Тевия подписа с Левски". 29 January 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
↑ "Черно море продаде Кривия на Левски". 6 January 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
↑ "Levski and Sportist Svoge sign an agreement for the transfer of Miroslav Antonov". Levski.bg. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
↑ "Zhivko Milanov becomes player of FC Vaslui". Levski.bg. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
↑ "Youssef Rabeh transferred to Anzhi". Levski.bg. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
↑ "Metallurg signed contracts with Ze Soares". Metallurg.donetsk.ua. Retrieved 2010-01-20.

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