PFC Levski Sofia in European football

This article lists the results of PFC Levski Sofia in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, European Cup, UEFA Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup since they first entered European competition in season 1965-66.

The furthest that they have progressed is the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1969-70, 1976–77 and 1986–87 and the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1975-76 and 2005–06.

Notable eliminations by Levski : Ajax Amsterdam, Dynamo Kyiv, Rangers FC, VfB Stuttgart (twice), Auxerre, Udinese, MSV Duisburg, Olympiacos Piraeus, Dinamo Bucureşti, Slavia Prague, HNK Hajduk Split, Boavista FC, Brøndby, Djurgarden and others.

Notable wins : FC Barcelona, Ajax, Olympique de Marseille, Lazio, Atlético Madrid, Rangers FC, VfB Stuttgart, Sporting CP, Austria Wien, Olympiacos, Gornik Zabrze, Auxerre, Dynamo Berlin, MSV Duisburg, Udinese, Dinamo Bucureşti, HNK Hajduk Split, Brøndby, Boavista FC, Sturm Graz, Gent, AIK, FC Dnipro, Spartak Trnava, Zeljeznicar Sarajevo, A.C. ChievoVerona, APOEL FC and others.

Notable draws : Milan (twice), Juventus, Benfica, Dynamo Kyiv, Schalke 04, Werder Bremen, VfB Stuttgart, AZ Alkmaar, Lille OSC, Galatasaray, Sparta Rotterdam, Watford F.C., Slovan Bratislava, Beşiktaş, Royal Antwerp, Udinese, Dinamo Bucureşti, HNK Hajduk Split, Slavia Prague, Brøndby, AIK and others.

Total statistics

Including 2012-13 season.

Statistics by country

Including 2012-13 season.^[1]

Country	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Andorra	UE Sant Julià	2	2	0	0	9	0	+ 9
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	9	0	+ 9
Austria	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2	0	0	2	0	2	– 2
	FK Austria Wien	2	1	0	1	3	4	– 1
	SK Sturm Graz	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Subtotal		6	2	0	4	4	7	– 3
Azerbaijan	FK Baku	2	1	1	0	2	0	+ 2
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	2	0	+ 2
Belarus	FC BATE Borisov	2	0	1	1	1	2	– 1
	FC Vitebsk	2	1	1	0	9	2	+ 7
Subtotal		4	1	2	1	10	4	+ 6
Belgium	K.A.A. Gent	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
	K.S.K. Beveren	2	0	1	1	1	2	– 1
	Royal Antwerp F.C.	2	0	1	1	3	4	– 1
	V.C. Eendracht Aalst 2002	2	0	0	2	1	3	– 2
Subtotal		8	1	2	5	8	12	– 4
Bosnia and Herzegovina / SFR Yugoslavia	FK Modriča	2	2	0	0	8	0	+ 8
	FK Sarajevo	2	1	0	1	2	3	- 1
	FK Velež Mostar	2	1	0	1	5	4	+ 1
	FK Željezničar Sarajevo	2	1	1	0	4	0	+ 4
Subtotal		8	5	1	2	19	7	+ 12
Croatia	HNK Hajduk Split	2	1	1	0	3	0	+ 3
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	3	0	+ 3
Cyprus	APOEL F.C.	2	1	1	0	2	0	+ 2
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	2	0	+ 2
Czech Republic	SK Slavia Prague	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Subtotal		2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Denmark	Boldklubben 1903	2	1	0	1	2	1	+ 1
	Brøndby IF	2	1	1	0	5	2	+ 3
	F.C. Copenhagen	2	0	0	2	1	6	– 5
Subtotal		6	2	1	3	8	9	– 1
England	Chelsea F.C.	4	0	0	4	1	10	– 9
	Liverpool F.C.	2	0	0	2	2	6	– 4
	Watford F.C.	2	0	1	1	2	4	– 2
Subtotal		8	0	1	7	5	20	– 15
Finland	FC Lahti	2	2	0	0	19	3	+ 16
	Tampere United	2	0	0	2	0	2	– 2
Subtotal		4	2	0	2	19	5	+ 14
France	AJ Auxerre	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	Lille OSC	2	0	1	1	2	3	– 1
	Olympique de Marseille	1	1	0	0	1	0	+ 1
Subtotal		5	2	1	2	5	5	0
Georgia	FC Sioni Bolnisi	2	2	0	0	4	0	+ 4
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	4	0	+ 4
Germany / East Germany / West Germany	Berliner FC Dynamo	2	1	0	1	2	3	– 1
	FC Schalke 04	2	0	1	1	2	4	– 2
	MSV Duisburg	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
	SV Werder Bremen	4	0	1	3	2	8	– 6
	VfB Stuttgart	4	1	3	0	5	4	+ 1
Subtotal		14	3	5	6	15	23	– 8
Greece	OFI Crete	2	1	0	1	2	3	– 1
	Olympiacos F.C.	2	1	0	1	4	3	+ 1
Subtotal		4	2	0	2	6	6	0
Hungary	Debreceni VSC	2	0	0	2	1	4	– 3
	Ferencvárosi TC	2	0	0	2	3	7	– 4
	Újpest FC	2	0	0	2	1	7	– 6
Subtotal		6	0	0	6	5	18	– 13
Iceland	Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja	2	2	0	0	8	0	+ 8
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	8	0	+ 8
Israel	Hapoel Ramat Gan Giv'atayim F.C.	2	2	0	0	5	0	+ 5
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	5	0	+ 5
Italy	A.C. ChievoVerona	2	1	1	0	4	2	+ 2
	A.C. Milan	6	0	2	4	5	17	– 12
	Juventus F.C.	2	0	1	1	2	4	– 2
	S.S. Lazio	2	1	0	1	1	4	– 3
	Udinese Calcio	2	1	1	0	2	1	+ 1
Subtotal		14	3	5	6	14	28	– 14
Kazakhstan	FC Atyrau	2	2	0	0	6	1	+ 5
	FC Irtysh Pavlodar	2	0	1	1	0	2	– 2
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	6	3	+ 3
Latvia	Skonto FC	2	1	1	0	2	0	+ 2
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	2	0	+ 2
Luxembourg	F91 Dudelange	2	2	0	0	6	0	+ 6
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	6	0	+ 6
Netherlands	AFC Ajax	4	1	0	3	5	7	– 2
	AZ Alkmaar	2	0	1	1	1	6	– 5
	SC Heerenveen	1	0	0	1	1	2	– 1
	Sparta Rotterdam	2	0	1	1	1	3	– 2
Subtotal		9	1	2	6	8	18	– 10
Norway	SK Brann	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Poland	Górnik Zabrze	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
	Śląsk Wrocław	2	1	1	0	5	2	+ 3
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	9	6	+ 3
Portugal	Boavista F.C.	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
	S.L. Benfica	2	0	1	1	4	5	– 1
	Sporting Clube de Portugal	2	1	0	1	1	5	– 4
Subtotal		6	2	1	3	8	13	– 5
Republic of Ireland	Dundalk F.C.	2	2	0	0	8	0	+ 8
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	8	0	+ 8
Romania	FC Dinamo București	5	3	1	1	5	5	0
	FC Universitatea Cluj	2	1	0	1	6	5	+ 1
Subtotal		7	4	1	2	11	10	+ 1
Russia	PFC CSKA Moscow	1	0	0	1	1	2	– 1
Subtotal		1	0	0	1	1	2	– 1
Scotland	Rangers F.C.	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Slovakia	FC Petržalka 1898	2	2	0	0	3	0	+ 3
	FC Spartak Trnava	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
	MŠK Žilina	2	0	1	1	1	2	– 1
	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	2	0	1	1	2	3	– 1
Subtotal		8	3	2	3	9	8	+ 1
Slovenia	NK CM Celje	2	1	0	1	3	1	+ 2
	NK Olimpija Ljubljana	4	1	0	3	4	6	– 2
	NK Maribor	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		8	2	2	4	8	8	0
Spain	Atlético Madrid	2	1	0	1	2	3	– 1
	FC Barcelona	4	1	0	3	5	15	– 10
	Real Madrid C.F.	2	0	0	2	0	3	– 3
	Real Zaragoza	2	0	0	2	0	4	– 4
	Sevilla FC	2	0	0	2	1	6	– 5
	Villarreal CF	2	0	0	2	0	3	– 3
Subtotal		14	2	0	12	8	34	– 26
Sweden	AIK Fotboll	2	1	1	0	2	1	+ 1
	Djurgårdens IF Fotboll	2	1	0	1	7	2	+ 5
	Kalmar FF	2	1	1	0	6	3	+ 3
Subtotal		6	3	2	1	15	6	+ 9
Switzerland	FC Luzern	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	FC St. Gallen	2	1	1	0	4	0	+ 4
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	6	2	+ 4
Turkey	Beşiktaş J.K.	2	0	1	1	1	2	– 1
	Eskişehirspor	2	2	0	0	7	1	+ 6
	Galatasaray S.K.	2	0	1	1	2	3	– 1
Subtotal		6	2	2	2	10	6	+ 3
Ukraine / Soviet Union	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
	FC Dynamo Kyiv	4	0	2	2	1	3	– 2
Subtotal		6	1	2	3	4	6	– 2
Total		194	66	41	87	276	272	+ 4

Statistics by competition

UEFA Champions League / European Cup

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1965–66	Preliminary round	Sweden	Djurgården	6 – 0	1 – 2	7 – 2
	First round	Portugal	Benfica	2 – 2	2 – 3	4 – 5
1970–71	Preliminary round	Austria	Austria Wien	3 – 1	0 – 3	3 – 4
1974–75	First round	Hungary	Újpesti Dózsa	0 – 3	1 – 4	1 – 7
1977–78	First round	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław	3 – 0	2 – 2	5 – 2
	Second round	Netherlands	Ajax	1 – 2	1 – 2	2 – 4
1979–80	First round	Spain	Real Madrid	0 – 1	0 – 2	0 – 3
1984–85	First round	West Germany	Stuttgart	1 – 1	2 – 2	3 – 3
	Second round	Soviet Union	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	3 – 1	0 – 2	3 – 3 (a)
1988–89	First round	Italy	Milan	0 – 2	2 – 5	2 – 7
1993–94	First round	Scotland	Rangers	2 – 1	2 – 3	(a) 4 – 4
	Second round	Germany	Werder Bremen	2 – 2	0 – 1	2 – 3
2000–01	First qualifying round	Luxembourg	F91 Dudelange	2 – 0	4 – 0	6 – 0
	Second qualifying round	Turkey	Beşiktaş	1 – 1	0 – 1	1 – 2
2001–02	First qualifying round	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Željezničar	4 – 0	0 – 0	4 – 0
	Second qualifying round	Norway	Brann	0 – 0	1 – 1	(a) 1 – 1
	Third qualifying round	Turkey	Galatasaray	1 – 1	1 – 2	2 – 3
2002–03	Second qualifying round	Latvia	Skonto	2 – 0	0 – 0	2 – 0
	Third qualifying round	Ukraine	Dynamo Kyiv	0 – 1	0 – 1	0 – 2
2006–07	Second qualifying round	Georgia	Sioni Bolnisi	2 – 0	2 – 0	4 – 0
	Third qualifying round	Italy	Chievo	2 – 0	2 – 2	4 – 2
	Group stage (A)	Spain	Barcelona	0 – 2	0 – 5	4th place
		England	Chelsea	1 – 3	0 – 2
		Germany	Werder Bremen	0 – 3	0 – 2
2007–08	Second qualifying round	Finland	Tampere United	0 – 1	0 – 1	0 – 2
2008–09	Third qualifying round	Belarus	BATE Borisov	0 – 1	1 – 1	1 – 2
2009–10	Second qualifying round	Andorra	Sant Julià	4 – 0	5 – 0	9 – 0
	Third qualifying round	Azerbaijan	Baku	2 – 0	0 – 0	2 – 0
	Play-off round	Hungary	Debrecen	1 – 2	0 – 2	1 – 4

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1967–68	First round	Italy	AC Milan	1 – 1	1 – 5	2 – 6
1969–70	First round	Iceland	ÍBV	4 – 0	4 – 0	8 – 0
	Second round	Switzerland	FC St. Gallen	4 – 0	0 – 0	4 – 0
	Quarter-finals	Poland	Górnik Zabrze	3 – 2	1 – 2	4 – 4 (a)
1971–72	First round	Netherlands	Sparta Rotterdam	1 – 1	0 – 2	1 – 3
1976–77	First round	Finland	Lahden Reipas	12 – 2	7 – 1	19 – 3
	Second round	Portugal	Boavista FC	2 – 0	1 – 3	(a) 3 – 3
	Quarter-finals	Spain	Atlético Madrid	2 – 1	0 – 2	2 – 3
1986–87	First round	Denmark	B 1903	2 – 0	0 – 1	2 – 1
	Second round	SFR Yugoslavia	Velež Mostar	2 – 0	3 – 4	5 – 4
	Quarter-finals	Spain	Real Zaragoza	0 – 2	0 – 2	0 – 4
1987–88	First round	Greece	OFI Crete	1 – 0	1 – 3	2 – 3
1991–92	First round	Hungary	Ferencváros	2 – 3	1 – 4	3 – 7
1992–93	First round	Switzerland	Luzern	2 – 1	0 – 1	2 – 2 (a)
1996–97	Qualifying round	Slovenia	Olimpija Ljubljana	1 – 0 (aet)	0 – 1	1 – 1 (3 – 4 p)
1997–98	Qualifying round	Slovakia	Slovan Bratislava	1 – 1	1 – 2	2 – 3
1998–99	Qualifying round	Belarus	Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk	8 – 1	1 – 1	9 – 2
	First round	Denmark	FC København	0 – 2	1 – 4	1 – 6

UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup

Including 2012-13 season.

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1972–73	First round	Romania	U Cluj	5 – 1	1 – 4	6 – 5
	Second round	East Germany	Berliner FC Dynamo	2 – 0	0 – 3	2 – 3
1975–76	First round	Turkey	Eskişehirspor	3 – 0	4 – 1	7 – 1
	Second round	West Germany	MSV Duisburg	2 – 1	2 – 3	(a) 4 – 4
	Third round	Netherlands	Ajax Amsterdam	(aet) 2 – 1	1 – 2	3 – 3 (5 – 3 p)
	Quarter–finals	Spain	Barcelona	5 – 4	0 – 4	5 – 8
1978–79	First round	Greece	Olympiacos	(aet) 3 – 1	1 – 2	4 – 3
	Second round	Italy	Milan	1 – 1	0 – 3	1 – 4
1980–81	First round	Soviet Union	FC Dynamo Kyiv	0 – 0	1 – 1	(a) 1 – 1
	Second round	Netherlands	AZ Alkmaar	1 – 1	0 – 5	1 – 6
1981–82	First round	Romania	Dinamo Bucureşti	2 – 1	0 – 3	2 – 4
1982–83	First round	Spain	Sevilla FC	0 – 3	1 – 3	1 – 6
1983–84	First round	West Germany	VfB Stuttgart	1 – 0	1 – 1	2 – 1
	Second round	England	Watford F.C.	1 – 3 (aet)	1 – 1	2 – 4
1989–90	First round	Belgium	R. Antwerp F.C.	0 – 0	3 – 4	3 – 4
1994–95	Preliminary round	Slovenia	Olimpija Ljubljana	1 – 2	2 – 3	3 – 5
1995–96	Preliminary round	Romania	Dinamo Bucureşti	(aet) 1 – 1	1 – 0	2 – 1
	First round	Belgium	Eendracht Aalst	1 – 2	0 – 1	1 – 3
1999–2000	Qualifying round	Cyprus	APOEL	2 – 0	0 – 0	2 – 0
	First round	Croatia	Hajduk Split	3 – 0	0 – 0	3 – 0
	Second round	Italy	Juventus	1 – 3	1 – 1	2 – 4
2001–02	First round	England	Chelsea	0 – 2	0 – 3	0 – 5
2002–03	First round	Denmark	Brøndby	4 – 1	1 – 1	5 – 2
	Second round	Austria	Sturm Graz	1 – 0 (aet)	0 – 1	1 – 1 (7 – 8 p)
2003–04	Qualifying round	Kazakhstan	Atyrau	2 – 0	4 – 1	6 – 1
	First round	Israel	Hapoel Ramat Gan	4 – 0	1 – 0	5 – 0
	Second round	Czech Republic	Slavia Prague	0 – 0	2 – 2	(a) 2 – 2
	Third round	England	Liverpool	2 – 4	0 – 2	2 – 6
2004–05	Second qualifying round	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Modriča	5 – 0	3 – 0	8 – 0
	First round	Belgium	Beveren	1 – 1	0 – 1	1 – 2
2005–06	Second qualifying round	Slovenia	Publikum	3 – 0	0 – 1	3 – 1
	First round	France	Auxerre	1 – 0	1 – 2	(a) 2 – 2
	Group stage (F)	Romania	Dinamo Bucureşti	1 – 0		2nd place
		Russia	CSKA Moscow		1 – 2
		France	Marseille	1 – 0
		Netherlands	Heerenveen		1 – 2
	Round of 32	Slovakia	Artmedia Bratislava	2 – 0	1 – 0	3 – 0
	Round of 16	Italy	Udinese	2 – 1	0 – 0	2 – 1
	Quarter-finals	Germany	Schalke 04	1 – 3	1 – 1	2 – 4
2008–09	First round	Slovakia	Žilina	0 – 1	1 – 1	1 – 2
2009–10	Group stage (G)	Spain	Villarreal	0 – 2	0 – 1	4th place
		Italy	Lazio	0 – 4	1 – 0
		Austria	Red Bull Salzburg	0 – 1	0 – 1
2010–11	Second qualifying round	Republic of Ireland	Dundalk	6 – 0	2 – 0	8 – 0
	Third qualifying round	Sweden	Kalmar FF	5 – 2	1 – 1	6 – 3
	Play-off round	Sweden	AIK	2 – 1	0 – 0	2 – 1
	Group stage (C)	Belgium	Gent	3 – 2	0 – 1	4th place
		Portugal	Sporting CP	1 – 0	0 – 5
		France	Lille	2 – 2	0 – 1
2011–12	Third qualifying round	Slovakia	Spartak Trnava	2 – 1	1 – 2 (aet)	3 – 3 (4 – 5 p)
2012–13	Second qualifying round	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	1 – 0	1 – 3	2 – 3
2013–14	First qualifying round	Kazakhstan	Irtysh	0 – 0	0 – 2	0 – 2
2016–17	Second qualifying round	Slovenia	NK Maribor	1 – 1	0 – 0	1 – 1

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