2003–04 PFC Levski Sofia season

The 2003–04 season was Levski Sofia's 82nd season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club will play during the 2003–04 season.

Levski Sofia
2003–04 season
ChairmanBulgaria Todor Batkov
ManagerBulgaria Georgi Todorov (until October 2003)
Bulgaria Georgi Vasilev
StadiumGeorgi Asparuhov Stadium
A Group Second place
Bulgarian CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Cup3rd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Georgi Chilikov (14 goals)
All: Georgi Chilikov (18 goals)
Highest home attendance42,281 vs Liverpool (3 March 2004)
Lowest home attendance500 vs Botev Plovdiv (7 December 2003)

First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[1]

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   BUL Georgi Petkov
2 MF   BUL Daniel Peev
3 DF   BUL Zhivko Milanov
4 MF   BUL Biser Ivanov
5 DF   BUL Georgi Markov
6 MF   NGA Richard Eromoigbe
7 MF   BUL Daniel Borimirov
8 MF   BUL Kostadin Vidolov
9 FW   BUL Georgi Ivanov
10 FW   BUL Todor Kolev
11 DF   BUL Elin Topuzakov
13 MF   BUL Asen Bukarev
14 MF   RUS Vladimir Gerasimov
15 MF   SRB Saša Simonović
16 DF   BUL Stefan Donchev
17 MF   RUS Konstantin Golovskoy
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   BUL Anton Kostadinov
19 FW   BUL Georgi Chilikov
20 MF   BUL Stanislav Angelov
21 MF   BUL Dimitar Telkiyski
22 DF   BUL Ilian Stoyanov
23 DF   BUL Martin Stankov
24 DF   BUL Veselin Vachev
25 DF   BRA Lucio Wagner
26 MF   NGA Omonigho Temile
27 GK   BUL Dimitar Ivankov
28 FW   BUL Emil Angelov
29 DF   NGA Emmanuel Baba
30 MF   BUL Kostadin Bashov
77 MF   BUL Lyubomir Lyubenov
99 FW   GAM Njogu Demba-Nyrén
GK   BUL Vihren Uzunov

Competitions

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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 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (C) 30 24 3 3 74 24 +50 75 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Levski Sofia 30 22 6 2 59 16 +43 72 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 CSKA Sofia 30 20 5 5 65 28 +37 65
4 Litex Lovech 30 18 10 2 43 20 +23 64
5 Slavia Sofia 30 18 3 9 57 30 +27 57
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 season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
(C) Champions

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 22 6 2 59 16  +43 72 12 3 0 38 5  +33 10 3 2 21 11  +10

Last updated: 15 May 2004.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWDDWWDLWWDWWWWWWWDLWDWWWWWWWW
Position533333444344444222243444422222
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

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8 August 2003 1 Chernomorets Burgas 1–2 Levski Sofia Burgas
(EET) Kaloyanov   17' Report Chilikov   10'
Temile   32'
Stadium: Chernomorets Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev
17 August 2003 2 Levski Sofia 2–0 Vidima-Rakovski Sofia
(EET) Temile   33'
G. Ivanov   68'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Angel Bekyarov
23 August 2003 3 Lokomotiv Sofia 1–1 Levski Sofia Sofia
(EET) Kaptiev   53' Report G. Ivanov   25' (pen.) Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov
31 August 2003 4 Litex Lovech 0–0 Levski Sofia Lovech
(EET) Report Stadium: Lovech Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Momchil Vraykov
13 September 2003 5 Levski Sofia 3–0 Rodopa Smolyan Sofia
(EET) Simonović   4'
Topuzakov   37' (pen.)
Telkiyski   90'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Petar Stoyanov
19 September 2003 6 Belasitsa Petrich 0–1 Levski Sofia Petrich
(EET) Report Topuzakov   76' (pen.) Stadium: Tsar Samuil Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev
28 September 2003 7 Levski Sofia 0–0 Cherno More Sofia
(EET) Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Galin Muskalev
3 October 2003 8 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–1 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
(EET) V. Ivanov   41'
Kamburov   43'
Jančevski   50'
Report Chilikov   73' Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov
19 October 2003 9 Levski Sofia 3–0 Naftex Burgas Sofia
(EET) Morales   20' (o.g.)
Chilikov   42'
Kolev   84'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Momchil Vraykov
24 October 2003 10 Slavia Sofia 1–2 Levski Sofia Sofia
(EET) Rangelov   41' Report Topuzakov   45'
Simonović   55'
Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ivan Dobrinov
31 October 2003 11 Levski Sofia 1–1 CSKA Sofia Sofia
(EET) Gargorov   53' Report Kolev   54' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Angel Bekyarov
9 November 2003 12 Makedonska slava 1–2 Levski Sofia Simitli
(EET) Yanev   51' Report Golovskoy   56'
Chilikov   73'
Stadium: Struma Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Dimitar Kostov
21 November 2003 13 Levski Sofia 3–0 Marek Dupnitsa Sofia
(EET) G. Ivanov   16' (pen.)
Temile   31'
Chilikov   35'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kolyo Danev
30 November 2003 14 Spartak Varna 0–2 Levski Sofia Varna
(EET) Report Bukarev   2', 12' Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kamen Aleksiev
7 December 2003 15 Levski Sofia 3–1 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
(EET) G. Ivanov   14', 20' (pen.)
Chilikov   37'
Report Karamanov   83' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Georgi Ignatov
14 February 2004 16 Levski Sofia 3–0 Chernomorets Burgas Sofia
(EET) Temile   57'
Chilikov   65'
Angelov   90'
Report Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Galin Muskalev
20 February 2004 17 Vidima-Rakovski 0–3 Levski Sofia Sevlievo
(EET) Report G. Ivanov   66'
Chilikov   78'
Angelov   86'
Stadium: Rakovski Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
11 March 2004 18 Levski Sofia 3–0 Lokomotiv Sofia Sofia
(EET) Lyubenov   44'
G. Ivanov   54'
Vidolov   76'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov
7 March 2004 19 Levski Sofia 1–1 Litex Lovech Sofia
(EET) Borimirov   90' Report Dimitrov   78' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Galin Muskalev
14 March 2004 20 Rodopa Smolyan 2–1 Levski Sofia Smolyan
(EET) Stoychev   14'
Koprivarov   16'
Report Lyubenov   45' Stadium: Septemvri Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Kamen Aleksiev
20 March 2004 21 Levski Sofia 4–2 Belasitsa Petrich Sofia
(EET) Lyubenov   17'
Simonović   25'
Chilikov   50'
Angelov   74'
Report Junivan   10'
Vavá   30'
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Angel Bekyarov
28 March 2004 22 Cherno More 0–0 Levski Sofia Varna
(EET) Report Stadium: Ticha Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Stefan Gospodinov
3 April 2004 23 Levski Sofia 3–0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
(EET) Topuzakov   49'
Bukarev   71'
G. Ivanov   83'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Anton Genov
10 April 2004 24 Naftex Burgas 0–1 Levski Sofia Burgas
(EET) Report Borimirov   60' Stadium: Lazur Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
16 April 2004 25 Levski Sofia 1–0 Slavia Sofia Sofia
(EET) G. Ivanov   7' (pen.) Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov
24 April 2004 26 CSKA Sofia 1–2 Levski Sofia Sofia
(EET) Yanev   64' Report Temile   85'
G. Ivanov   90'
Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov
1 May 2004 27 Levski Sofia 6–0 Makedonska slava Sofia
(EET) Temile   8', 41'
Chilikov   30', 40'
Bukarev   61'
Kolev   75'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
5 May 2004 28 Marek Dupnitsa 0–1 Levski Sofia Dupnitsa
(EET) Report Telkiyski   64' Stadium: Bonchuk Stadium
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Anton Genov
8 May 2004 29 Levski Sofia 2–0 Spartak Varna Sofia
(EET) Chilikov   32'
Borimirov   44'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Dimitar Kostov
15 May 2004 30 Botev Plovdiv 1–2 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
(EET) Dafchev   59' Report Chilikov   38'
Kolev   77'
Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Momchil Vraykov

Bulgarian Cup

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28 October 2003 Second round 1st leg Vihren Sandanski 0–0 Levski Sofia Sandanski
(EET) Report Stadium: Sandanski Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kancho Dimitrov
13 November 2003 Second round 2nd leg Levski Sofia 4–1
(4–1 agg.)
Vihren Sandanski Sofia
(EET) Dimitrov   28', 44', 90'
Telkiyski   44'
Report Durchov   84' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Angel Angelov
3 December 2003 Third round 1st leg Marek Dupnitsa 2–2 Levski Sofia Dupnitsa
14:00 (EET) Pargov   5'
Bibishkov   63'
Report Chilikov   41'
Bukarev   54'
Stadium: Bonchuk
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Stoyan Aleksiev
10 December 2003 Third round 2nd leg Levski Sofia 4–1
(6–3 agg.)
Marek Dupnitsa Sofia
13:00 (EET) Demba-Nyrén   8'
Temile   25'
Topuzakov   54'
Chilikov   67'
Report Lyubenov   34' (pen.) Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Anton Genov
14 December 2003 Quarterfinal 1st leg Levski Sofia 1–1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
13:00 (EET) Demba-Nyrén   55' Report Kamburov   66' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev
18 December 2003 Quarterfinal 2nd leg Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0
(4–1 agg.)
Levski Sofia Plovdiv
13:00 (EET) Mihaylov   22'
Kamburov   45+3'
Milovanović   89'
Report Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Dimitar Kostov

UEFA Cup

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Qualifying round

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14 August 2003 1st leg Atyrau   1–4   Levski Sofia Atyrau, Kazakhstan
14:30 Agabayev   88' Report Chilikov   9'
G. Ivanov   13', 33'
Temile   20'
Stadium: Munayshy Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Ali Aydin (Turkey)
28 August 2003 2nd leg Levski Sofia   2–0
(6–1 agg.)
  Atyrau Sofia, Bulgaria
19:30 G. Ivanov   27'
Telkiyski   69'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

First round

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24 September 2003 1st leg Hapoel Ramat Gan   0–1   Levski Sofia Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
15:30 Report Dimitrov   80' Stadium: Mestský Stadion
Attendance: 1,468
Referee: Lawrence Sammut (Malta)
15 October 2003 2nd leg Levski Sofia   4–0
(5–0 agg.)
  Hapoel Ramat Gan Sofia, Bulgaria
17:30 Chilikov   23'
G. Ivanov   75'
Simonović   79'
Demba-Nyrén   90'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Georgios Douros (Greece)

Second round

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6 November 2003 1st leg Slavia Prague   2–2   Levski Sofia Prague, Czech Republic
17:00 Kuka   22'
Fořt   90+2'
Report G. Ivanov   77'
Müller   90+1' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stadion Evžena Rošického
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)
27 November 2003 2nd leg Levski Sofia   0–0
(2–2 (a) agg.)
  Slavia Prague Sofia, Bulgaria
16:00 Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

Third round

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26 February 2004 1st leg Liverpool   2–0   Levski Sofia Liverpool, England
21:00 Gerrard   67'
Kewell   70'
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 39,149
Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)
3 March 2004 2nd leg Levski Sofia   2–4
(2–6 agg.)
  Liverpool Sofia, Bulgaria
20:10 G. Ivanov   27'
Simonović   40'
Report Gerrard   7'
Owen   11'
Hamann   43'
Hyypiä   68'
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 42,281
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

References

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  1. ^ "Сезон 2003/2004 | LevskiSofia.info".
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