Levski Sofia 2008–09 football season
The 2008–09 PFC Levski Sofia season included the club's 26th win of the A group of Bulgarian professional football, A Group. Additionally they competed in the Semi-finals of the 2008–09 Bulgarian Cup, but lost to OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad. The club made it to the third round of the UEFA Champions League. The top goal scorer was Georgi Ivanov with 13 total goals. The club changed managers from Velislav Vutsov to Emil Velev on the 13th of August 2008.
Transfers[]
Summer transfers[]
See List of Bulgarian football transfers 2008–09
Winter transfers[]
See List of Bulgarian football transfers 2008–09
Squad[]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Competitions[]
Table[]
Source:
soccerway.comRules 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) Champion
Notes:
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
|
30
|
21
|
6
|
3
|
57
|
18
|
+39
|
69
|
12
|
2
|
1
|
34
|
9
|
+25
|
9
|
4
|
2
|
23
|
9
|
+14
|
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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
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Result | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D |
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Position | 13 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Source:[citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Fixtures and results[]
Vihren Sandanski v Levski Sofia
Lokomotiv Plovdiv v Levski Sofia
Levski Sofia v Cherno More Varna
Lokomotiv Sofia v Levski Sofia
21 September 2008 Round 6 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 1 – 0 | Levski Sofia | showSofia |
(EET) |
Bogdanović 67' |
Report |
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Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov |
Levski Sofia v Litex Lovech
27 September 2008 Round 7 | Levski Sofia | 2 – 0 | Litex Lovech | showSofia |
(EET) |
Tasevski 34', 67' |
Report |
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Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Cristian Balazs (Romania) |
Lokomotiv Mezdra v Levski Sofia
Levski Sofia v Belasitsa Petrich
Sliven v Levski Sofia
26 October 2008 Round 10 | Sliven | 0 – 0 | Levski Sofia | showSliven |
(EET) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Anton Genov |
Levski Sofia v CSKA Sofia
Spartak Varna v Levski Sofia
9 November 2008 Round 12 | Spartak Varna | 0 – 1 | Levski Sofia | showVarna |
(EET) |
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Report |
Joãozinho 67' |
Stadium: Spartak Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov |
Levski Sofia v Slavia Sofia
16 November 2008 Round 13 | Levski Sofia | 1 – 0 | Slavia Sofia | showSofia |
(EET) |
Ivanov 36' |
Report |
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Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Anton Genov |
Minyor Pernik v Levski Sofia
23 November 2008 Round 14 | Minyor Pernik | 0 – 2 | Levski Sofia | showPernik |
(EET) |
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Report |
Ivanov 44', 64' |
Stadium: Minyor Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov |
Levski Sofia v Pirin Blagoevgrad
29 November 2008 Round 15 | Levski Sofia | 2 – 0 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | showSofia |
(EET) |
Ivanov 52' 67' |
Report |
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Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Martin Bogdev |
Levski Sofia v Vihren Sandanski
Levski Sofia v Lokomotiv Plovdiv
22 March 2009 Round 19 | Levski Sofia | 1 – 0 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | showSofia |
(EET) |
Yovov 1' |
Report |
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Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev |
Cherno More Varna v Levski Sofia
4 April 2009 Round 20 | Cherno More Varna | 0 – 0 | Levski Sofia | showVarna |
(EET) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Ticha Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov |
Levski Sofia v Lokomotiv Sofia
11 April 2009 Round 21 | Levski Sofia | 0 – 3 | Lokomotiv Sofia | showSofia |
(EET) |
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Report |
Kamburov 17', 35', 58' |
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov |
Litex Lovech v Levski Sofia
17 April 2009 Round 22 | Litex Lovech | 1 – 2 | Levski Sofia | showLovech |
(EET) |
Sandrinho 11' |
Report |
Georgi Ivanov 7', 18' |
Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov |
Levski Sofia v Lokomotiv Mezdra
Belasitsa Petrich v Levski Sofia
CSKA Sofia v Levski Sofia
Levski Sofia v Spartak Varna
17 May 2009 Round 27 | Levski Sofia | 5 – 0 | Spartak Varna | showSofia |
(EET) |
Tasevski 1' Bystron 24' Tsachev 70', 85', 87' |
Report |
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Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov |
Slavia Sofia v Levski Sofia
23 May 2009 Round 28 | Slavia Sofia | 0 – 1 | Levski Sofia | showSofia |
(EET) |
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Report |
Ze Soares 52' |
Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev |
Levski Sofia v Minyor Pernik
31 May 2009 Round 29 | Levski Sofia | 1 – 1 | Minyor Pernik | showSofia |
(EET) |
Gadzhev 76' |
Report |
Hazurov 51' |
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Asen Nikolov |
Pirin Blagoevgrad v Levski Sofia
13 June 2009 Round 30 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 1 – 1 | Levski Sofia | showBlagoevgrad |
(EET) |
Kotsev 73' |
Report |
Nedyalkov 76' |
Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bogomil Marinov |
Lokomotiv Sofia v Levski Sofia
Vihren Sandanski v Levski Sofia
4 March 2009 Quarterfinal | Vihren Sandanski | 0 – 2 | Levski Sofia | showKyustendil |
EEST |
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Report |
Ivanov 13' Tasevski 28' |
Stadium: Osogovo Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov |
Pirin Blagoevgrad v Levski Sofia
29 April 2009 Semifinal | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 1 – 0 | Levski Sofia | showBlagoevgrad |
EEST |
Peev 56' |
Report |
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Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Georgi Ignatov |
UEFA Champions League[]
UEFA Cup[]
Levski Sofia
v
Žilina
2 October 2008 Leg 2 | Levski Sofia | 0 – 1 (1−2 agg.) | Žilina | showSofia, Bulgaria |
19:30 EEST |
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Report |
Adauto 60' |
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Radek Matejek (Czech Republic) |
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