Levski Sofia
2010–11 season
ChairmanTodor Batkov
ManagerYasen Petrov
A Group Second place
Bulgarian CupQuarterfinals
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Garra Dembele (25)
All: Garra Dembele (36)
Highest home attendance28 000 vs Gent (16 September 2010)
Lowest home attendance500 vs Cherno More (17 April 2011)

The 2010–11 season is Levski Sofia's 89th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the 2010–11 season.

Transfers

Summer transfers

See List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2010

Winter transfers

See List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2010–11.

Squad

As of August 29, 2010 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Netherlands NED Dustley Mulder
3 MF Netherlands NED Serginho Greene
4 DF Bulgaria BUL Stefan Stanchev
5 DF Bulgaria BUL Ivo Ivanov
6 MF Belgium BEL Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo
7 MF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Aleksandrov
8 MF Bulgaria BUL Daniel Dimov
10 MF Bulgaria BUL Hristo Yovov (Captain)
11 DF Montenegro MNE Marko Vidovic
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Bozhidar Mitrev
14 DF Bulgaria BUL Veselin Minev
16 MF Bulgaria BUL Marian Ognyanov
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Bulgaria BUL Daniel Mladenov
22 MF North Macedonia MKD Darko Tasevski
23 GK Bulgaria BUL Plamen Iliev
28 FW Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Kirov
29 FW Bulgaria BUL Ismail Isa
39 FW France FRA Garra Dembélé
41 DF Bulgaria BUL Asen Georgiev
45 MF Bulgaria BUL Vladimir Gadzhev (Vice Captain)
55 DF Bulgaria BUL Yordan Miliev
57 FW Bulgaria BUL Todor Chavorski
85 GK Bulgaria BUL Kiril Akalski

Statistics

Goalscorers

Player League Cup Europa League Total
France Garra Dembele 25 3 8 36
Bulgaria Daniel Mladenov 5 0 5 10
Bulgaria Ismail Isa 3 1 4 8
Bulgaria Hristo Yovov 6 0 1 7
Brazil Joazinho 2 0 2 4
Bulgaria Vladimir Gadzhev 2 1 1 4
North Macedonia Darko Tasevski 4 0 0 4
Bulgaria Alex 3 0 0 3
Belgium Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo 3 0 0 3
Bulgaria Mariyan Ognyanov 2 0 0 2
Netherlands Serginho Greene 1 0 1 2
Bulgaria Yordan Miliev 1 0 0 1
Bulgaria Ivo Ivanov 1 0 0 1
Total 58 5 22 85

Assists

Player League Cup Europa League Total
North Macedonia Darko Tasevski 8 0 5 13
Brazil Joazinho 7 0 5 12
France Garra Dembele 4 0 2 6
Bulgaria Daniel Mladenov 3 0 2 5
Bulgaria Veselin Minev 2 0 3 5
Bulgaria Hristo Yovov 4 0 0 4
Bulgaria Vladimir Gadzhev 3 0 0 3
Bulgaria Yordan Miliev 0 1 1 2
Bulgaria Ivo Ivanov 1 1 0 2
Netherlands Dustley Mulder 0 1 0 1
Bulgaria Mariyan Ognyanov 0 1 0 1

Cards

Player Yellow card Red card Total
Bulgaria Veselin Minev 9 1 9
France Garra Dembele 7 0 7
Netherlands Dustley Mulder 6 0 6
Bulgaria Vladimir Gadzhev 6 1 7
Bulgaria Alex 4 1 5
Bulgaria Yordan Miliev 4 0 4
Bulgaria Ivo Ivanov 3 1 4
North Macedonia Darko Tasevski 2 1 3
Bulgaria Hristo Yovov 2 1 3

Pre-season and friendlies

Summer

30 June 2010 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 2–3 Romania Târgu Mureş Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
Mladenov 76' 79' Report Sfârlia 12'
Roman 47' 77'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Meier
1 July 2010 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 3–2 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
Telkiyski 14'
Gadzhev 18'
Garra Dembele 47'
Report Edmar 19'
Vorobey 80'
3 July 2010 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 0–1 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
Report Shechter 48' Referee: Gerhard Gihauer
6 July 2010 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 0–1
(Interrupted)
Cyprus Apollon Limassol Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn
Report Avraam 7'
Note: The match was interrupted at half-time.
8 July 2010 Austria Wien Austria 2–1 Bulgaria Levski Sofia Wien
14:00 EET Linz 47'
Tiffner 87'
Report Dembele 26' Stadium: Franz Horr
Attendance: 4 000
4 September 2010 Levski Sofia 3–1 Montana Sofia
19:00 EET Alex 49'
Isa 55'
Chavorski 68'
Report Luiz Eduardo 15' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1 000
Referee: Kalin Lyudmilov (Sofia)
9 October 2010 Levski Sofia 1–3 Chernomorets Burgas Sofia
19:00 EET Georgi Ivanov 29' Report Toshev 8'
Koita 43'
Andonov 81'
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1 500
Referee: Tasko Taskov (Sofia)

Winter

26 January 2011 Alexandroupoli Enosi Greece 0–4 Bulgaria Levski Sofia Alexandroupoli
EET Report Dembélé 28'
Gadzhev 49' (pen.)
Kirov 74'
Antonov 87'
Stadium: Fotis Kosmas Stadium
Attendance: 120
6 February 2011 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 2–2 Slovakia Dubnica Ayia Napa
EET Hristo Popadiyn 35'
Isa 83'
Report Bruško 45' (pen.)
Gorelka 90'
Attendance: 50
7 February 2011 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 1–0 Poland Bełchatów Ayia Napa
EET Vidovic 85' Report Attendance: 30
9 February 2011 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 2–1 Czech Republic Teplice Ayia Napa
EET Isa 13' 61' Report Došek 50'
11 February 2011 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 3–1 Russia Dynamo Moscow Ayia Napa
EET Tasevski 2'
Matondo 16'
Dembele 33'
Report Kuranyi 3'
15 February 2011 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 1–2 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň Ayia Napa
EET Matondo 16' Report Horváth 8'
Rezek 55' (pen.)
17 February 2011 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 2–2 Romania Oţelul Galaţi Ayia Napa
EET Dembélé 28' (pen.)
Gadzhev 85' (pen.)
Report Iorga 18' (pen.)
Pena 65'
20 February 2011 Levski Sofia 3–0 Chavdar Etropole Sofia
EET Isa 15'
Ivanov 41'
Vidovic 62'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1 500
Referee: Zahariev

Competitions

A Group

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Litex Lovech (C) 30 23 6 1 56 13 +43 75 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Levski Sofia 30 23 3 4 67 24 +43 72 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round
3 CSKA Sofia 30 18 7 5 53 26 +27 61 Qualification for Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 16 4 10 47 33 +14 52[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 14 10 6 54 28 +26 52[lower-alpha 2]
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 Sofia have won the 2010–11 Bulgarian Cup competition and therefore qualified for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
  2. 1 2 Lokomotiv Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Plovdiv on head-to-head record; Lokomotiv Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 23 3 4 67 24  +43 72 13 0 2 36 8  +28 10 3 2 31 16  +15

Last updated: 24 April 2011.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWLWWWWWDWLLDWWLWWWWDWWWWWWWWW
Position314221111122222222222222222222
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

1 August 2010 1 CSKA Sofia 0–1 Levski Sofia Sofia
21:00 EEST Grandin Yellow card 62'
Marquinhos Yellow card 19' Yellow-red card 90+3'
Report Dembélé 39'
Minev Yellow card 27'
Petkov Yellow card 59'
Gadzhev Yellow card 61' Yellow-red card 81'
Topuzakov Yellow card 84'
Yovov Yellow card 89'
Stadium: Vasil Levski
Attendance: 12,300
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)
9 August 2010 2 Levski Sofia 3–1 Lokomotiv Sofia Sofia
21:00 EEST Dembélé 45', 74', 79' (pen.) Report Yordanov 81' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stefan Spasov (Pernik)
15 August 2010 3 Chernomorets Burgas 2–1 Levski Sofia Burgas
20:00 EEST Andonov 29'
André 61'
Report Aleks 77' Stadium: Lazur
Attendance: 15,483
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)
22 August 2010 4 Levski Sofia 3–0 Kaliakra Kavarna Sofia
21:00 EEST Petrov 40' (o.g.)
Aleks 89' (pen.)
Isa 90'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)
29 August 2010 5 Vidima-Rakovski 1–2 Levski Sofia Sevlievo
18:00 EEST Zakov 90' Report Dembele 55' (pen.)
Darko Tasevski 77'
Stadium: Rakovski
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov (Sofia)
12 September 2010 6 Levski Sofia 4–0 Minyor Pernik Sofia
19:00 Joazinho 1'
Dembele 20' 39' 45' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
20 September 2010 7 Cherno More 2–3 Levski Sofia Varna
16:00 Bozhilov 49'
Iliev 83'
Report Mladenov 22'
Miliev 30'
Dembele 64' (pen.)
Stadium: Ticha
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)
26 September 2010 8 Levski Sofia 2–1 Beroe Sofia
21:00 Dembele 21'
Yovov 36'
Report Dimitrov 34' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Atanas Dimitrov (Sliven)
4 October 2010 9 Sliven 1–1 Levski Sofia Sliven
15:00 Ignatov 70' Report Tasevski 29' Stadium: Hadzhi Dimitar
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Georgi Yordanov (Gabrovo)
16 October 2010 10 Levski Sofia 4–1 Pirin Blagoevgrad Sofia
19:00 Dembele 33', 51', 75'
Ognyanov 56'
Report Kondev 4' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Georgi Dimitrov (Sofia)
25 October 2010 11 Litex Lovech 2–1 Levski Sofia Lovech
20:00 Yanev 29'
Todorov 89'
Report Dembele 11' Stadium: Lovech
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)
30 October 2010 12 Levski Sofia 1–2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
18:00 Ognyanov 75' Report Lazarov 17'
De Carvalho 34'
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)
7 November 2010 13 Slavia Sofia 2–2 Levski Sofia Sofia
14:00 Bozhov 28'
Ivanov 44'
Report Greene 27'
Joazinho 88' (pen.)
Stadium: Ovcha Kupel
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Anton Genov (Sofia)
13 November 2010 14 Levski Sofia 1–0 Akademik Sofia Sofia
14:00 Isa 45' Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kalin Lyudmilov (Sofia)
27 November 2010 15 Montana 0–3 Levski Sofia Montana
14:00 EET Report Mladenov 26'
Dembele 61', 90+2'
Stadium: Ogosta
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Sofia)
26 February 2011 16 Levski Sofia 1–3 CSKA Sofia Sofia
18:00 EET Stoyanov 74' (o.g.) Report Michel Platini 33', 48'
Popov 65'
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Anton Genov (Sofia)
6 March 2011 17 Lokomotiv Sofia 0–2 Levski Sofia Sofia
18:00 EET Report Dembele 17'
Dimitrov 45+2' (o.g.)
Stadium: Vasil Levski
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)
12 March 2011 18 Levski Sofia 1–0 Chernomorets Burgas Sofia
18:00 EET Tasevski 72' Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Radan Miryanov (Varna)
19 March 2011 19 Kaliakra Kavarna 0–3 (w/o) Levski Sofia Kavarna
18:00 EET Stadium: Kaliakra
Note: Match awarded due to the refusal of Kaliakra to play.
2 April 2011 20 Levski Sofia 2–0 Vidima-Rakovski Sofia
21:00 EET Dembele 55' (pen.)
Isa 68'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 500
Referee: Stoyan Denev
10 April 2011 21 Minyor Pernik 0–0 Levski Sofia Pernik
15:00 EET Report Stadium: Minyor
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov
17 April 2011 22 Levski Sofia 1–0 Cherno More Sofia
21:00 EET Ivanov 57' Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 500
Referee: Nikola Popov
24 April 2011 23 Beroe 2–3 Levski Sofia Stara Zagora
15:00 EET Yordanov 50'
Zlatinov 74' (pen.)
Report Yovov 6'
Aleks 60'
Matondo 84'
Stadium: Beroe
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Tasko Taskov
1 May 2011 24 Levski Sofia 5–0 Sliven Sofia
21:00 EET Dembele 9', 29', 87'
Matondo 25'
Mladenov 75'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov
4 May 2011 25 Pirin Blagoevgrad 2–3 Levski Sofia Blagoevgrad
16:00 EET Tsvetkov 6' 83' (pen.) Report Matondo 33'
Dembélé 66'
Yovov 78'
Stadium: Pirin
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Radan Miryanov
8 May 2011 26 Levski Sofia 2–0 Litex Lovech Sofia
21:00 EET Dembele 76'
Yovov 90'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Peter Wink
14 May 2011 27 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–3 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
18:00 EET de Carvahlo 20'
Lazarov 90+4' (pen.)
Report Tasevski 47'
Dembélé 79' (pen.), 83'
Stadium: Lauta
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)
18 May 2011 28 Levski Sofia 3–0 Slavia Sofia
18:00 EET Yovov 40', 86'
Gadzhev 67'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Ahmed Ahmed
21 May 2011 29 Akademik Sofia 0–3 Levski Sofia Sofia
18:00 EET Report Gadzhev 32'
Mladenov 84', 90'
Stadium: Ovcha Kupel
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Kolyo Danev
28 May 2010 30 Levski Sofia 3–0 Montana Sofia
18:00 EET Minev 31'
Dembele 65'
Yovov 66'
Report Stadium: Vasil Levski
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ivan Kirilov

Bulgarian Cup

20 November 2010 Second round Bansko 1–3 Levski Sofia Bansko
14:00 EEST Petkov 63' Report Dembele 26', 76'
Shopov 31' (o.g.)
Stadium: St Petar
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)
8 December 2010 Third round Levski Sofia 1–0 Beroe Sofia
16:00 EEST Gadzhev 83' Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ahmed Ahmed
6 April 2011 Quarterfinal Litex Lovech 1–1
(4–2 p)
Levski Sofia Lovech
18:00 EEST Tom 36' (pen.) Report Dembélé 79' Stadium: Lovech
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Denmark Lars Christoffersen
Penalties
Tom soccer ball with check mark
Doka soccer ball with red X
Djermanović soccer ball with check mark
Todorov soccer ball with check mark
Zanev soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark Dembélé
soccer ball with red X Aleks
soccer ball with check mark Ognyanov
soccer ball with red X Isa

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

15 July 2010 1st leg Levski Sofia Bulgaria 6–0 Republic of Ireland Dundalk Sofia
20:45 EEST Yovov 12'
Mladenov 14', 46'
Dembele 42'
Isa 85', 90'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
22 July 2010 2nd leg Dundalk Republic of Ireland 0–2
(0−8 agg.)
Bulgaria Levski Sofia Dundalk, Ireland
17:00 WEST Report Garra Dembele 4', 33' Stadium: Oriel Park
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Farit Aidonus (Turkey)

Third qualifying round

29 July 2010 1st leg Kalmar FF Sweden 1–1 Bulgaria Levski Sofia Kalmar, Sweden
19:30 WEST Dauda 83' Report Joazinho 28' Stadium: Fredriksskans
Referee: Boško Jovanetić (Serbia)
5 August 2010 2nd leg Levski Sofia Bulgaria 5–2
(6−3 agg.)
Sweden Kalmar FF Sofia, Bulgaria
19:45 Dembélé 12', 70'
Mladenov 33'
Isa 90+1', 90+2'
Report Johansson 82'
Israelsson 84'
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Antony Gautier (France)

Play-off round

19 August 2010 1st leg AIK Sweden 0–0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia Stockholm, Sweden
19:00 WEST Report Stadium: Råsunda Stadium
Attendance: 8,212
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)
26 August 2010 2nd leg Levski Sofia Bulgaria 2–1
(2−1 agg.)
Sweden AIK Sofia, Bulgaria
19:30 Mladenov 49'
Dembélé 51'
Report Bangura 11' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Viktor Shvetsov (Ukraine)

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portugal Sporting CP 6 4 0 2 14 6 +8 12 Advance to knockout phase
2 France Lille 6 2 2 2 8 6 +2 8
3 Belgium Gent 6 2 1 3 8 13 5 7
4 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 6 2 1 3 6 11 5 7
Source: Soccerway
16 September 2010 1 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 3–2 Belgium Gent Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00 Joãozinho 42'
Dembélé 60'
Greene 84'
Report Azofeifa 23'
Šuler 48'
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)
30 September 2010 2 Sporting CP Portugal 5–0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia Lisbon, Portugal
21:05 Carriço 30'
Maniche 43'
Salomão 53'
Postiga 61'
Fernández 79'
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 15,081
Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)
21 October 2010 3 Lille France 1–0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
21:05 Chedjou 49' Report Stadium: Stadium Nord Lille Métropole
Attendance: 14,646
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
4 November 2010 4 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 2–2 France Lille Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00 Dembélé 11'
Gadzhev 82'
Report de Melo 35'
Ivanov 88' (o.g.)
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
1 December 2010 5 Gent Belgium 1–0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia Ghent, Belgium
21:05 Wallace 77' Report Stadium: Jules Ottenstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)
16 December 2010 6 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 1–0 Portugal Sporting CP Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00 Mladenov 45' Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhofer (Germany)

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