PFC Levski Sofia in European football

Levski Sofia in European football competitions

Levski versus Chelsea during a UEFA Champions League game in 2006
Club	Levski Sofia
Most appearances	Elin Topuzakov (65)
Top scorer	Pavel Panov (22)
First entry	1958 Mitropa Cup
Latest entry	2019–20 UEFA Europa League

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, Balkans Cup in (1961, 1963, 1964), Mitropa Cup in 1958, and Intertoto Cup Ernst Thommen in 1981, since they first entered European competition in season 1958.

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 București, Slavia Prague, HNK Hajduk Split, Boavista FC, Brøndby, Djurgarden, Slask Wroclaw, FC St. Gallen 1879.

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 București, Fenerbahce, Besiktas, HNK Hajduk Split, Brøndby, Boavista FC, Slask Wroclaw, Sturm Graz, Gent, AIK, FC Dnipro, Spartak Trnava, Zeljeznicar Sarajevo, FK Vojvodina, FC Dinamo Minsk, Admira Wacker, 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 București, HNK Hajduk Split, Slavia Prague, Brøndby, AIK.

Total statistics[]

Including 2019–20 season.

Statistics by country[]

Including 2019–20 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	Austria Wien	2	1	0	1	3	4	–1
	Red Bull Salzburg	2	0	0	2	0	2	–2
	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	BATE Borisov	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
	Lokomotiv Vitebsk	2	1	1	0	9	2	+7
Subtotal		4	1	2	1	10	4	+6
Belgium	Beveren	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
	Eendracht Aalst	2	0	0	2	1	3	–2
	KAA Gent	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
	Royal Antwerp	2	0	1	1	3	4	–1
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
	Velež Mostar	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1
	Željezničar	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		8	5	1	2	19	7	+12
Croatia	Hajduk Split	4	1	1	2	4	3	+1
Subtotal		4	1	1	2	4	3	+1
Cyprus	AEK Larnaca	2	0	0	2	0	7	–7
	APOEL	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Subtotal		4	1	1	2	2	7	–5
Czech Republic	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
	FC Copenhagen	2	0	0	2	1	6	–5
Subtotal		6	2	1	3	8	9	–1
England	Chelsea	4	0	0	4	1	10	–9
	Liverpool	2	0	0	2	2	6	–4
	Watford	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	Auxerre	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	Lille	2	0	1	1	2	3	–1
	Marseille	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Subtotal		5	2	1	2	5	5	0
Georgia	Sioni Bolnisi	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Germany / East Germany / West Germany	VfB Stuttgart	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1
	Werder Bremen	4	0	1	3	2	8	–6
	Berliner FC Dynamo	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1
	MSV Duisburg	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
	Schalke 04	2	0	1	1	2	4	–2
Subtotal		14	3	5	6	15	23	–8
Greece	OFI Crete	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1
	Olympiacos	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Subtotal		4	2	0	2	6	6	0
Hungary	Debrecen	2	0	0	2	1	4	–3
	Ferencváros	2	0	0	2	3	7	–4
	Újpest	2	0	0	2	1	7	–6
Subtotal		6	0	0	6	5	18	–13
Iceland	ÍBV	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	8	0	+8
Israel	Hapoel Ramat Gan	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Italy	AC Milan	6	0	2	4	5	17	–12
	Chievo	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
	Juventus	2	0	1	1	2	4	–2
	Lazio	2	1	0	1	1	4	–3
	Udinese	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Subtotal		14	3	5	6	14	28	–14
Kazakhstan	Atyrau	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
	Irtysh	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	Sutjeska Nikšić	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Netherlands	Ajax	4	1	0	3	5	7	–2
	AZ Alkmaar	2	0	1	1	1	6	–5
	Sparta Rotterdam	2	0	1	1	1	3	–2
	Heerenveen	1	0	0	1	1	2	–1
Subtotal		9	1	2	6	8	18	–10
Norway	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	Benfica	2	0	1	1	4	5	–1
	Boavista	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
	Sporting CP	2	1	0	1	1	5	–4
Subtotal		6	2	1	3	8	13	–5
Republic of Ireland	Dundalk	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	8	0	+8
Romania	Dinamo București	5	3	1	1	5	5	0
	Universitatea Cluj	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1
Subtotal		7	4	1	2	11	10	+1
Russia	CSKA Moscow	1	0	0	1	1	2	–1
Subtotal		1	0	0	1	1	2	–1
Scotland	Rangers	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Slovakia	FC Petržalka	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
	Ružomberok	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
	Slovan Bratislava	2	0	1	1	2	3	–1
	Spartak Trnava	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
	Žilina	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
Subtotal		10	5	2	3	13	8	+5
Slovenia	Olimpija Ljubljana	4	1	0	3	4	6	–2
	Maribor	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
	NK Celje	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Subtotal		8	2	2	4	8	8	0
Spain	Barcelona	4	1	0	3	5	15	–10
	Atlético Madrid	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1
	Real Madrid	2	0	0	2	0	3	–3
	Real Zaragoza	2	0	0	2	0	4	–4
	Sevilla	2	0	0	2	1	6	–5
	Villarreal	2	0	0	2	0	3	–3
Subtotal		14	2	0	12	8	34	–26
Sweden	AIK	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
	Djurgårdens IF	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
	St. Gallen	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	6	2	+4
Turkey	Beşiktaş	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
	Eskişehirspor	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
	Galatasaray	2	0	1	1	2	3	–1
Subtotal		6	2	2	2	10	6	+3
Ukraine / Soviet Union	Dnipro	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
	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	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	2–2	3–3 (a)
	Second round	Dnipro	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 FC	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	UE Sant Julià	4–0	5–0	9–0
	Third qualifying round	FK 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	Milan	1–1	1–5	2–6
1969–70	First round	ÍBV	4–0	4–0	8–0
	Second round	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	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	FC 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 Vitebsk	8–1	1–1	9–2
	First round	FC Copenhagen	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	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 București	2–1	0–3	2–4
1982–83	First round	Sevilla	0–3	1–3	1–6
1983–84	First round	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	1–1	2–1
	Second round	Watford	1–3 (a.e.t.)	1–1	2–4
1989–90	First round	Royal Antwerp	0–0	3–4	3–4
1994–95	Preliminary round	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–2	2–3	3–5
1995–96	Preliminary round	Dinamo București	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	2–2 (a)
	Group stage (F)	Dinamo București	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)
2019–20	First qualifying round	Ružomberok	2–0	2–0	4–0
	Second qualifying round	AEK Larnaca	0–4	0–3	0–7

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