2006–07 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia
2006–07 season
ChairmanBulgaria Todor Batkov
ManagerBulgaria Stanimir Stoilov
StadiumGeorgi Asparuhov Stadium (domestic games)
Vasil Levski National Stadium (European matches)
A Group Champions
Bulgarian CupWinners
Bulgarian SupercupRunners-up
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Valeri Domovchiyski (15 goals)
All: Valeri Domovchiyski (20 goals)

The 2006–07 season was Levski Sofia's 85th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the 2006–07 season.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Bulgaria BUL Georgi Petkov
2 DF Brazil BRA Dianu (on loan from PFC Belasitsa)
3 DF Bulgaria BUL Zhivko Milanov
4 DF Bulgaria BUL Igor Tomasic[2]
6 MF Nigeria NGA Richard Eromoigbe
7 MF Bulgaria BUL Daniel Borimirov
10 MF Bulgaria BUL Hristo Yovov
11 DF Bulgaria BUL Elin Topuzakov
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Bozhidar Mitrev
14 DF Bulgaria BUL Veselin Minev
15 FW Israel ISR Eli Zizov
16 MF Bulgaria BUL Mariyan Ognyanov
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Bulgaria BUL Valeri Domovchiyski
18 MF Bulgaria BUL Miroslav Ivanov
20 MF Bulgaria BUL Stanislav Angelov
21 MF Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Telkiyski
23 FW Nigeria NGA Ekundayo Jayeoba
24 MF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Dimitrov
25 DF Brazil BRA Lucio Wagner
27 MF France FRA Cedric Bardon
28 FW Bulgaria BUL Emil Angelov
77 MF Bulgaria BUL Milan Koprivarov
88 GK Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Mihaylov

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 DF Bulgaria BUL Bogomil Dyakov (to Spartak Varna)
9 FW Bulgaria BUL Georgi Ivanov (to Rijeka)
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Nikolov (to Chernomorets Burgas)
19 MF Bulgaria BUL Atanas Bornosuzov (to Terek)

Competitions

Bulgarian Supercup

30 July 2006 Levski Sofia 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(0–3 p)
CSKA Sofia Sofia
20:00 Stadium: Vasil Levski Stadium
Attendance: 9,751
Referee: Momchil Vraykov (Pleven)
Penalties
Topuzakov soccer ball with red X
Domovchiyski soccer ball with red X
Borimirov soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with check mark Trică
soccer ball with check mark Todorov
soccer ball with check mark Petre

A Group

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levski Sofia (C) 30 24 5 1 96 13 +83 77 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 23 3 4 68 13 +55 72[a] Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 23 3 4 70 28 +42 72[a]
4 Litex Lovech 30 19 5 6 65 29 +36 62 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
5 Slavia Sofia 30 14 7 9 47 75 −28 49
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; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b CSKA Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Sofia on head-to-head record; Lokomotiv Sofia–CSKA Sofia 1–1, CSKA Sofia–Lokomotiv Sofia 4–1.

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 24 5 1 96 13  +83 77 15 0 0 63 3  +60 9 5 1 33 10  +23

Last updated: 27 May 2007.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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

Fixtures and results

5 August 2006 1 Chernomorets BS 0–3 (w/o) Levski Sofia Sofia
(EET) Report Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Note: Match awarded as Chernomorets Burgas Sofia failed to register five youth players.
12 August 2006 2 Levski Sofia 3–0 Spartak Varna Sofia
(EET) Yovov 45'
G. Ivanov 49', 82'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ivaylo Bozev
19 August 2006 3 Vihren Sandanski 0–0 Levski Sofia Sofia
(EET) Report Stadium: Balgarska Armia
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev
27 August 2006 4 Levski Sofia 5–0 Rilski Sportist Sofia
(EET) Bardon 11'
Borimirov 23'
Telkiyski 53' (pen.)
G. Ivanov 85'
Domovchiyski 90'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Angel Angelov
9 September 2006 5 Marek Dupnitsa 0–8 Levski Sofia Dupnitsa
(EET) Report Koprivarov 14'
E. Angelov 18', 45', 79'
G. Ivanov 22', 31', 72'
Eromoigbe 59' (pen.)
Stadium: Bonchuk
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
17 September 2006 6 Levski Sofia 1–0 CSKA Sofia Sofia
(EET) Bardon 48' (pen.) Report Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 11,432
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
22 September 2006 7 Rodopa Smolyan 0–3 Levski Sofia Smolyan
(EET) Report Stoychev 45'
G. Ivanov 52', 61'
Stadium: Septemvri
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
1 October 2006 8 Levski Sofia 2–0 Slavia Sofia Sofia
(EET) Yovov 9'
Telkiyski 52'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Angel Bekyarov
14 October 2006 9 Belasitsa Petrich 0–1 Levski Sofia Petrich
(EET) Report Koprivarov 55' Stadium: Tsar Samuil Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev
23 October 2006 10 Levski Sofia 3–0 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
(EET) Domovchiyski 8'
M. Ivanov 59', 83'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Stefan Spasov
27 October 2006 11 Cherno More 1–1 Levski Sofia Varna
(EET) Moke 65' Report Domovchiyski 15' Stadium: Ticha Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
4 November 2006 12 Levski Sofia 3–0 Beroe Sofia
(EET) Telkiyski 23' (pen.)
M. Ivanov 33'
Yovov 49'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Petar Stoyanov
12 November 2006 13 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–3 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
(EET) Dakson 57' Report Bardon 19'
Yovov 51', 61'
Stadium: Lokomotiv
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Kolyo Danev
18 November 2006 14 Levski Sofia 3–0 Lokomotiv Sofia Sofia
(EET) Domovchiyski 47'
Yovov 56'
G. Ivanov 70'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
26 November 2006 15 Litex Lovech 0–0 Levski Sofia Lovech
(EET) Report Stadium: Lovech Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)
3 March 2007 16 Levski Sofia 10–0 Chernomorets BS Sofia
(EET) M. Ivanov 4'
Sarmov 28'
Domovchiyski 38', 67', 89'
Telkiyski 43'
Lucio Wagner 61'
Dimitrov 72'
Koprivarov 82', 85'
Report Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Georgi Yordanov
11 March 2007 17 Spartak Varna 1–2 Levski Sofia Varna
(EET) Filipov 87' Report Borimirov 19'
Koprivarov 62'
Stadium: Spartak
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Stefan Spasov
3 March 2007 16 Levski Sofia 4–0 Vihren Sandanski Sofia
(EET) Domovchiyski 10'
Yovov 52', 57'
Sarmov 71'
Report Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
21 March 2007 19 Rilski Sportist 2–1 Levski Sofia Samokov
(EET) Aleksandrov 47'
Kostadinov 50'
Report Telkiyski 13' (pen.) Stadium: Iskar Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov
1 April 2007 20 Levski Sofia 8–0 Marek Dupnitsa Sofia
(EET) Telkiyski 13' (pen.)
Bardon 45' (pen.)
Milanov 54'
E. Angelov 66', 83'
Jayeoba 75'
Dimitrov 85' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
7 April 2007 21 CSKA Sofia 0–1 Levski Sofia Sofia
(EET) Report Yovov 19' Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)
14 April 2007 22 Levski Sofia 3–0 Rodopa Smolyan Sofia
(EET) E. Angelov 14', 43'
Uchikov 83' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Angel Angelov
18 April 2007 23 Slavia Sofia 0–3 Levski Sofia Sofia
(EET) Report Bardon 25', 30', 76' Stadium: Slavia Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Еrve Picherelo (France)
22 April 2007 24 Levski Sofia 1–0 Belasitsa Petrich Sofia
(EET) Domovchiyski 60' Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ivan Angelov
29 April 2007 23 Botev Plovdiv 2–2 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
(EET) Urumov 22'
Kakalov 63'
Report Yovov 14'
Domovchiyski 69'
Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)
5 May 2007 26 Levski Sofia 5–0 Cherno More Sofia
(EET) Yovov 7', 88'
Domovchiyski 20'
Telkiyski 52' (pen.), 66'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 6,300
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev
13 May 2007 27 Beroe 0–0 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
(EET) Report Stadium: Beroe Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
16 May 2007 28 Levski Sofia 6–1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
(EET) E. Angelov 8', 78'
Radev 19' (o.g.)
Jayeoba 51', 67'
Stoychev 89'
Report Vandev 42' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stefan Spasov
19 May 2007 29 Lokomotiv Sofia 3–5 Levski Sofia Sofia
(EET) Dafchev 14', 90'
Karadzhinov 53'
Report Domovchiyski 2', 15', 56'
Bardon 22'
Yovov 30'
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Gianlucca Rocci (Italy)
27 May 2007 30 Levski Sofia 6–2 Litex Lovech Sofia
(EET) Domovchiyski 45' (pen.)
M. Ivanov 69'
Borimirov 72[]' (90)
S. Angelov 86'
Jayeoba 88'
Report Bibishkov 14'
Cichero 59'
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Robert Krajnc (Slovenia)

Bulgarian Cup

8 November 2006 Second round Neftohimik Burgas 2–3 Levski Sofia Burgas
(EET) Bozhinov 28'
Lubenov 52'
Report Domovchiyski 58'
G. Ivanov 69' (pen.)
Telkiyski 81'
Stadium: Lazur Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Stefan Spasov
30 November 2006 Third round PSFC Chernomorets 0–1 (a.e.t.) Levski Sofia Burgas
(EET) Report Domovchiyski 112' Stadium: Lazur Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
11 April 2007 Quarterfinal Pirin Blagoevgrad 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
Levski Sofia Blagoevgrad
(EET) Report Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Stoyan Aleksiev
Penalties
Dyakov soccer ball with check mark
Metushev soccer ball with check mark
Markov soccer ball with red X
Hazurov soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with check mark Telkiyski
soccer ball with check mark Bardon
soccer ball with check mark Domovchiyski
soccer ball with red X Milanov
soccer ball with check mark Tomašić
9 May 2007 Semifinal Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0–3 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
(EET) Report Yovov 17'
Domovchiyski 57' Borimirov 65'
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ruud Boossen (Netherlands)
24 May 2007 Final Levski Sofia 1–0 Litex Lovech Stara Zagora
(EET) Bardon 111' (pen.) Report Stadium: Beroe Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Champions League

Second qualifying round

26 July 2006 1st leg Levski Sofia Bulgaria 2–0 Georgia (country) Sioni Bolnisi Sofia, Bulgaria
19:30 E. Angelov 20'
Borimirov 82' (pen.)
Report MatchCentre Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 11,075
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
2 August 2006 2nd leg Sioni Bolnisi Georgia (country) 0–2
(0−4 agg.)
Bulgaria Levski Sofia Tbilisi, Georgia
16:00 Report MatchCentre Domovchiyski 28'
E. Angelov 90+1'
Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Selcuk Dereli (Turkey)

Third qualifying round

9 August 2006 1st leg Levski Sofia Bulgaria 2–0 Italy Chievo Sofia, Bulgaria
19:30 Domovchiyski 8'
Bardon 86' (pen.)
Report MatchCentre Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 18,949
Referee: Jaroslav Jara (Czech Republic)
23 August 2006 2nd leg Chievo Italy 2–2
(2−4 agg.)
Bulgaria Levski Sofia Verona, Italy
21:00 Amauri 48', 81' Report MatchCentre Telkiyski 34'
Bardon 46'
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 23,517
Referee: Lucilio Batista (Portugal)

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE BAR BRM LSO
1 England Chelsea 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 2–0 2–0
2 Spain Barcelona 6 3 2 1 12 4 +8 11 2–2 2–0 5–0
3 Germany Werder Bremen 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–0 1–1 2–0
4 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 6 0 0 6 1 17 −16 0 1–3 0–2 0–3
Source: RSSSF
12 September 2006 1 Barcelona Spain 5–0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia Barcelona, Spain
20:45 Iniesta 7'
Giuly 39'
Puyol 49'
Eto'o 58'
Ronaldinho 90+3'
Report MatchCentre Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 91,000
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
27 September 2006 2 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 1–3 England Chelsea Sofia, Bulgaria
20:45 Ognyanov 89' Report MatchCentre Drogba 39', 52', 68' Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 27,950
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
18 October 2006 3 Werder Bremen Germany 2–0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia Bremen, Germany
20:45 Naldo 45+1'
Diego 73'
Report MatchCentre Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
31 October 2006 4 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 0–3 Germany Werder Bremen Sofia, Bulgaria
20:45 Report MatchCentre Mikhailov 33' (o.g.)
Baumann 35'
Frings 37'
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)
22 November 2006 5 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 0–2 Spain Barcelona Sofia, Bulgaria
20:45 Report MatchCentre Giuly 5'
Iniesta 65'
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)
5 December 2006 6 Chelsea England 2–0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia London, England
20:45 Shevchenko 27'
Wright-Phillips 83'
Report MatchCentre Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 33,358
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

References

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Levski Sofia - 2006/07".
  2. ^ Tomasic was born in Kutina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia).