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2007–08 PFC Levski Sofia season

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Levski Sofia
2007–08 season
ChairmanTodor Batkov
ManagerBulgaria Stanimir Stoilov (until 6 May 2008)
Bulgaria Velislav Vutsov
A Group Second place
Bulgarian CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Champions League2nd round
Bulgarian SupercupWinner
Top goalscorerLeague: Nikolay Dimitrov (8 goals)
All: Nikolay Dimitrov (8 goals)
Highest home attendance15 000 vs CSKA Sofia (1 December 2007)
Lowest home attendance0 vs Beroe (18 August 2007)

The 2007–08 season is Levski Sofia's 86th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the 2007–08 season.

Transfers

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Summer transfers

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Winter transfers

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Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Bulgaria BUL Georgi Petkov
2 DF Bulgaria BUL Viktor Genev
3 DF Bulgaria BUL Zhivko Milanov (captain)
4 DF Croatia CRO Igor Tomasic
5 DF Morocco MAR Youssef Rabeh
7 MF Bulgaria BUL Daniel Borimirov
8 MF Bulgaria BUL Georgi Sarmov
9 FW Brazil BRA Jean Carlos
10 FW Brazil BRA Joaozinho
11 FW Bulgaria BUL Ze Soares
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Bozhidar Mitrev
13 MF Israel ISR Eli Zizov
14 DF Bulgaria BUL Veselin Minev
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Morocco MAR Chakib Benzoukane
16 FW Bulgaria BUL Mariyan Ognyanov
18 MF Bulgaria BUL Miroslav Ivanov
19 FW Bulgaria BUL Boyan Tabakov
20 FW Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Kirov
22 MF North Macedonia MKD Darko Tasevski
24 FW Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Dimitrov
25 DF Brazil BRA Lucio Wagner
27 FW Bulgaria BUL Enyo Krastovchev
29 FW Bulgaria BUL Ismail Isa
30 MF Bulgaria BUL Lachezar Baltanov
31 GK Bulgaria BUL Tsvetan Dimitrov

Competitions

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Bulgarian Supercup

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26 July 2007 Levski Sofia 2–1 (a.e.t.) Litex Lovech Sofia
18:00 Bardon 11'
Jayeoba 109'
Report Beto 90' Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

A Group

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (C) 30 24 6 0 53 11 +42 78 Did not obtain a license for European competitions[a]
2 Levski Sofia 30 19 5 6 56 19 +37 62 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 16 9 5 47 28 +19 57 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round[b]
4 Litex Lovech 30 16 8 6 51 26 +25 56
5 Cherno More 30 13 9 8 39 28 +11 48 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ CSKA failed to get a license for the competition due to unpaid debts
  2. ^ Litex qualify via 2007–08 Bulgarian Cup

Results summary

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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
30 19 5 6 56 19  +37 62 12 0 3 37 10  +27 7 5 3 19 9  +10

Last updated: 17 May 2008.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWLWDWWWWWDWDLDWWLLWWWWWWWLLDW
Position436352222222222223332222222222
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

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11 August 2007 1 Vihren Sandanski 0–1 Levski Sofia Sandanski
(EET) Report Milanov 58' Stadium: Sandanski Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
18 August 2007 2 Levski Sofia 1–0 Beroe Sofia
(EET) Eromoigbe 45' Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Stanislav Stavrov
25 August 2007 3 Litex Lovech 2–1 Levski Sofia Lovech
(EET) Popov 1'
Boudarene 90+2'
Report Tasevski 72' Stadium: Lovech Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Sasha Kever
1 September 2007 4 Levski Sofia 3–1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
(EET) Domovchiyski 45' (pen.)
N. Dimitrov 46'
Tasevski 59'
Report Goranov 44' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Stanislav Stavrov
16 September 2007 5 Belasitsa Petrich 0–0 Levski Sofia Petrich
(EET) Report Stadium: Tsar Samuil Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Anton Genov
22 September 2007 6 Levski Sofia 4–0 Cherno More Sofia
(EET) N. Dimitrov 11'
Telkiyski 13'
Domovchiyski 28', 87' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ahmed Ahmed
29 September 2007 7 Spartak Varna 1–2 Levski Sofia Varna
(EET) Stoev 67' Report N. Dimitrov 9'
Telkiyski 88'
Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
6 October 2007 8 Levski Sofia 4–2 Marek Dupnitsa Sofia
(EET) Domovchiyski 4' 14' 31' 60'
Telkiyski 14'
Report Yordanov 10'
Pavlović 17'
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Kolyo Danev
20 October 2007 9 Vidima-Rakovski 1–3 Levski Sofia Sevlievo
(EET) D. Ivanov 72' Report Bardon 35', 60'
Tasevski 58'
Stadium: Rakovski Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Martin Bogdev
26 October 2007 10 Levski Sofia 6–2 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
(EET) Telkiyski 28'
Yovov 39'
Borimirov 41'
N. Dimitrov 42'
Bardon 45'
Milanov 57'
Report Hristov 13'
Minev 90'
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Angel Angelov
3 November 2007 11 Pirin Blagoevgrad 1–1 Levski Sofia Blagoevgrad
(EET) Metushev 89' Report Domovchiyski 70' (pen.) Stadium: Hristo Botev
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Stoyan Aleksiev
24 February 2008 12 Levski Sofia 2–1 Chernomorets Burgas Sofia
(EET) Jean Carlos 58'
Borimirov 71'
Report Marcio Abreu 22' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev
24 November 2007 13 Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 Levski Sofia Sofia
(EET) Report Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Kolyo Danev
1 December 2007 14 Levski Sofia 0–1 CSKA Sofia Sofia
(EET) Report Machado 13' Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Anton Genov
8 December 2007 15 Slavia Sofia 0–0 Levski Sofia Sofia
(EET) Report Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
2 March 2008 16 Levski Sofia 1–0 Vihren Sandanski Sofia
(EET) Krastovchev 64' Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov
8 March 2008 17 Beroe 0–1 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
(EET) Report Sarmov 90' Stadium: Beroe Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Angel Bekyarov
15 March 2008 18 Levski Sofia 0–1 Litex Lovech Sofia
(EET) Report Du Bala 25' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Gerald Lechner
19 March 2008 19 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–0 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
(EET) Miliev 78' Report Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
22 March 2008 20 Levski Sofia 4–0 Belasitsa Petrich Sofia
(EET) N. Dimitrov 7'
Jean Carlos 25'
Ze Soares 40'
Joaozinho 86'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Kolyo Danev
30 March 2008 21 Cherno More 0–1 Levski Sofia Varna
(EET) Report M. Ivanov 71' Stadium: Ticha Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Anton Genov
5 April 2008 22 Levski Sofia 3–0 Spartak Varna Sofia
(EET) M. Ivanov 18'
Jean Carlos 29', 48'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ahmed Ahmed
9 April 2008 23 Marek Dupnitsa 0–4 Levski Sofia Dupnitsa
(EET) Report Krastovchev 21', 30', 37', 52' Stadium: Bonchuk Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
12 April 2008 24 Levski Sofia 3–0 Vidima-Rakovski Sofia
(EET) N. Dimitrov 31' (pen.)
Jean Carlos 37'
Ognyanov 88'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Georgi Yordanov
20 April 2008 25 Botev Plovdiv 0–3 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
(EET) Report M. Ivanov 2'
Milanov 50'
Joaozinho 72'
Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
25 April 2008 26 Levski Sofia 4–0 Pirin Blagoevgrad Sofia
(EET) Jean Carlos 12'
N. Dimitrov 34' (pen.)
Ze Soares 45'
Borimirov 65'
Report Red card Mario Metushev Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Stanislav Stavrov
30 April 2008 27 Chernomorets Burgas 2–1 Levski Sofia Burgas
(EET) Bozhilov 32'
Krastev 49'
Report N. Dimitrov 78' Stadium: Lazur Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
4 May 2008 28 Levski Sofia 0–1 Lokomotiv Sofia Sofia
(EET) Report Zlatinski 90' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
10 May 2008 29 CSKA Sofia 1–1 Levski Sofia Sofia
(EET) V. Dimitrov 55' (pen.) Report Krastovchev 43' Stadium: Bulgarska Armia
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Anton Genov
17 May 2008 30 Levski Sofia 2–1 Slavia Sofia Sofia
(EET) Tasevski 5'
Krastovchev 33'
Report Tomašić 32' (o.g.) Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

Bulgarian Cup

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31 October 2007 Second round Lokomotiv Mezdra 1–2 (a.e.t.) Levski Sofia Mezdra
EEST Nikolov 55' Report Milanov 33'
Sarmov 103'
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Anton Genov
12 December 2007 Third round Chernomorets Burgas 0–2 Levski Sofia Burgas
EEST Report Tomašić 18'
Tsankov 59' (o.g.)
Stadium: Lazur Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev
12 March 2008 Quarterfinal Litex Lovech 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
Levski Sofia Lovech
EEST Report Stadium: Lovech
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Italy Paolo Dondarini
Penalties
Niflore soccer ball with check mark
Genchev soccer ball with check mark
Cambon soccer ball with red X
Angelov soccer ball with red X
Janković soccer ball with check mark
Venkov soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with red X Petkov
soccer ball with check mark Tomašić
soccer ball with check mark Krastovchev
soccer ball with check mark M. Ivanov
soccer ball with red X Jean Carlos
soccer ball with red X Sarmov

UEFA Champions League

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Second qualifying round

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31 July 2007 1st leg Tampere United Finland 1–0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia Tampere, Finland
EEST Petrescu 15' Report Stadium: Ratina Stadion
Attendance: 8,200
Referee: Scotland Douglas McDonald
7 August 2007 2nd leg Levski Sofia Bulgaria 0–1
(0–2 agg.)
Finland Tampere United Sofia, Bulgaria
EEST Report Niemi 40' Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Germany Thorsten Kinhofer
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