2003–04 PFC Levski Sofia season

Levski Sofia
2003–04 season
Chairman	Todor Batkov
Manager	Georgi Todorov (until October 2003) ; Georgi Vasilev
Stadium	Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
A Group	Second place
Bulgarian Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Georgi Chilikov (14 goals); All: Georgi Chilikov (18 goals)
Highest home attendance	42,281 vs Liverpool F.C. (3 March 2004)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

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.

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 v t e	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

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2

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

Fixtures and results

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

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

External links

2003–04 Levski Sofia season

[1] "Сезон 2003/2004 | LevskiSofia.info".

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v t e 2003–04 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Bulgarian Supercup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2004 (Qualification Group 8, Group C) Plamen Markov
Club seasons
A Group	Belasitsa Botev Plovdiv Cherno More Chernomorets Burgas CSKA Levski Litex Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia Makedonska slava Marek Naftex Rodopa Slavia Spartak Vidima-Rakovski
List of transfers