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
Chairman Todor Batkov
Manager Georgi Todorov (until October 2003)
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 F.C. (3 March 2004)

First-team squad

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

Competitions

A Group

Table

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) Champion

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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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ResultWWDDWWDLWWDWWWWWWWDLWDWWWWWWWW
Position533333444344444222243444422222
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Bulgarian Cup


28 October 2003 Round 2, 1st leg Vihren Sandanski 0 0 Levski Sofia Sandanski
(EET) Report Stadium: Sandanski Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kancho Dimitrov

13 November 2003 Round 2, 2nd leg Levski Sofia 4 1 Vihren Sandanski Sofia
(EET) Dimitrov 28', 44', 90'
Telkiyski 44'
Report Durchov 84' Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Angel Angelov

Levski advanced to Round 3 with 4–1 on aggregate.


3 December 2003 Round 3, 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 Round 3, 2nd leg Levski Sofia 4 1 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

Levski advanced to Quarterfinals with 6–3 on aggregate.


14 December 2003 Quarter-final, 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 Quarter-final, 2nd leg Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3 0 Levski Sofia Plovdiv
13:00 (EET) Mihaylov 22'
Kamburov 45+3'
Milovanović 89'
Report Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Dimitar Kostov

Levski are eliminated from the competition with 4–1 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round


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


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-Nyren 90'
Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Georgios Douros (Greece)

Second round


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
(2a–2 agg.)
Slavia Prague Sofia, Bulgaria
16:00 Report Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

Third round


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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