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Eternal derby of Bulgarian football
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The Eternal derby of Bulgarian football or simply The Eternal derby (Bulgarian: Вечното дерби) is the name of the local derby football match between the two most popular and successful football clubs in Sofia and Bulgaria: Levski Sofia and CSKA Sofia. The dominant forces in Bulgarian football have won 26 and 31 national championship titles and 27 and 21 Bulgarian Cup titles, involved into 13 and 11 Doubles, respectively. The rivalry was chosen by COPA90 as the 2nd Maddest Derby in Eastern Europe.[1]

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The Eternal Derby
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Fans of Levski Sofia (left) and CSKA Sofia (right)
LocationSofia, Bulgaria
TeamsLevski Sofia
CSKA Sofia
First meetingLevski 1–0 CSKA
(5 May 1948; 76 years ago (1948-05-05))
Latest meetingCSKA 2−2 Levski
(2 March 2025)
Next meetingCSKA–Levski
(TBA)
Statistics
Meetings total219
Most winsLevski Sofia (85)
Most player appearancesManol Manolov (35)
Top scorerGeorgi Ivanov (15)
Largest victoryCSKA 1–7 Levski
(23 September 1994)
Longest win streakLevski Sofia (9)
Current win streakLevski Sofia (1)
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History

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The rivalry started in the late 1940s when the newly founded club of CSKA became a champion in their first year in competitive football in 1948. Both the 1948–49 and 1950 seasons ended with the two teams facing each other in Soviet Army Cup finals with Levski Sofia winning on both occasions after extra time of the second final replay, as the previous two final matches had finished as draws.

During the years, as the two teams became more and more successful, they gained large supporter bases. The confrontations between the clubs and their fans became commonplace and often resulted in tense encounters on the pitch and hooligan clashes between the fans off the pitch.[2][3]

The hostility reached its climax on 19 June 1985 during the Bulgarian Cup final held at Vasil Levski National Stadium when, after many disputable referee decisions, both teams demonstrated poor sportsmanship which resulted in regular fights between them on the pitch. On 21 June, the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party issued a decree that disbanded both teams. CSKA Septemvriysko zname had to be re-founded as Sredets and Levski-Spartak as Vitosha. Six players (including Hristo Stoichkov and Borislav Mihaylov) were banned for life from playing competitive football; many other players and staff members were banned for three months to one year. A year later, the decision was abolished and the players continued their sport careers.[4]

Although both Levski and CSKA are still regarded as the two most popular and supported teams in Bulgaria, neither of the two sides have been crowned champion after 2009. This has been mostly because of the rise of other clubs in the country, such as Litex Lovech and Ludogorets Razgrad. Litex won two consecutive titles between 2009 and 2011, while Ludogorets is currently on a streak of 12 consecutive titles since 2012. Despite this, the Eternal derby games are still usually the most attended ones in the league. In the 2010s, both CSKA and Levski experienced financial instability, with CSKA even being relegated to the third level of Bulgarian football after the 2014–15 season, while Levski has been in serious financial problems in the last couple of years, with multiple ownership changes.

Venues

During the years, all the matches between Levski and CSKA were held at a neutral venue, in most cases at the Vasil Levski National Stadium. During the 2000s the clubs started to play their eternal derby matches at their own stadiums Georgi Asparuhov and Balgarska Armia but soon they decided to move the matches between them back to the National Stadium because of its higher capacity and the damages done on club stadiums by the visiting supporters.

Only once in the history of the Eternal derby it was held outside Sofia – in 1991, Levski won the Bulgarian Cup quarter-final 2–0 in a match that was played at Tundzha Stadium in Yambol.[5]

Summary of results

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Competition Matches Levski Sofia wins draws CSKA Sofia wins Goal difference
League 165 57 48 60 214:228
Cup 41 22 10 9 69:45
Other 13 6 2 5 14:18
Total 219 85 60 74 297:291
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Note: All matches that have finished with a win after extra time are represented as a win for the respective club. All matches that have finished with a penalty shoot-out are represented as draws with the final score after 120 minutes.

As of 2 March 2025.

Matches list

  Levski win   Draw   CSKA win


A PFG / First League (1948–49 – present)

More information Levski – CSKA, CSKA – Levski ...
Levski – CSKA CSKA – Levski
Season Date Venue Attend. Score Home goals[6][7][8] Away goals[6][7][8] Date Venue Attend. Score Home goals Away goals
1948–49 11–12–1948 Yunak Stadium 15,000 1–0 Hranov 40' – 13–07–1949 Yunak Stadium 18,000 0–0 – –
1950 23–03–1950 Yunak Stadium 15,000 1–0 A. Dimitrov 54' – 11–06–1950 Balgarska Armia Stadium 20,000 0–0 – –
1951 12–09–1951 Balgarska Armia Stadium 25,000 2–0 T. Stoyanov 17'
Popdimitrov 71'		 – 06–05–1951 Balgarska Armia Stadium 25,000 2–1 Yankov 71'
D. Milanov 80'		 A. Dimitrov 74'
1952 04–04–1952 Yunak Stadium 20,000 1–3 A. Dimitrov 66' D. Milanov 12'
P. Panayotov 34', 76'		 23–09–1952 Rakovski Stadium 20,000 1–0 P. Mihaylov 51' –
1953 23–09–1953 Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 0–5 – Rakarov 27'
I. Kolev 57'
Yankov 72'
D. Iliev 82' (o.g.)
K. Yanev 87'		 29–03–1953 Balgarska Armia Stadium 25,000 0–1 – Kardashev 73'
1954 15–11–1954 Balgarska Armia Stadium 25,000 1–3 Peev 86' I. Kolev 18'
P. Panayotov 19'
D. Milanov 38'		 20–03–1954 Balgarska Armia Stadium 30,000 2–2 Bozhkov 6'
K. Yanev 21'		 Popdimitrov 54'
Abadzhiev 63'
1955 30–09–1955 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 0–3 – Bozhkov 38' (pen.)
K. Yanev 59'
I. Kolev 73'		 31–03–1955 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 3–1 P. Mihaylov 25'
Stefanov 42'
G. Dimitrov 56'		 Abadzhiev 22'
1956 01–08–1956 Vasil Levski National Stadium 45,000 1–3 Pechenikov 12' Bozhkov 29' (pen.)
D. Milanov 53'
G. Dimitrov 58'		 07–04–1956 Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 1–1 K. Yanev 47' Takev 45'
1957 14–04–1957 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 0–4 – K. Yanev 21'
Bozhkov 30' (pen.)
Rakarov 45'
I. Kolev 87'		 28–08–1957 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 0–0 – –
1958 06–07–1958 Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 2–2 Yordanov 35'
H. Iliev 49' (pen.)		 D. Milanov 31', 40'
1958–59 23–08–1958 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 0–2 – Georgiev 3' (o.g.)
I. Kolev 24'		 08–03–1959 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 0–1 – H. Iliev 64'
1959–60 29–11–1959 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 1–1 Yordanov 30' Bozhkov 71' (pen.) 29–05–1960 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 3–2 D. Milanov 33'
I. Kolev 55', 71'		 Yordanov 48', 50'
1960–61 16–09–1960 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 1–0 Sokolov 52' – 12–03–1961 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 2–0 I. Kolev 25' (pen.)
Rankov 72'		 –
1961–62 15–07–1962 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 6–3 Yordanov 1', 15', 37', 77'
Abadzhiev 47'
Sokolov 61' (pen.)		 Yakimov 42', 66'
Kovachev 68' (pen.)		 26–11–1961 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 1–1 Rankov 27' Dochev 25'
1962–63 27–12–1962 Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 3–2 H. Iliev 4', 25'
Abadzhiev 87'		 I. Kolev 57'
Yakimov 62'		 25–05–1963 Vasil Levski National Stadium 45,000 1–1 Tsanev 32' Yordanov 25'
1963–64 05–10–1963 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 2–1 A. Kostov 27'
Yordanov 66'		 Tsanev 87' 18–04–1964 Vasil Levski National Stadium 45,000 1–2 Tsanev 21' A. Kostov 58'
Asparuhov 74'
1964–65 13–09–1964 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 1–0 Sokolov 89' – 10–04–1965 Ovcha Kupel Stadium 38,000 0–3 – H. Iliev 10'
Asparuhov 54', 72'
1965–66 28–04–1966 Vasil Levski National Stadium 60,000 0–3 – Zafirov 13'
Tsanev 28'
I. Kolev 55'		 10–04–1966 Vasil Levski National Stadium 62,000 1–0 Tsanev 44' –
1966–67 11–03–1967 Vasil Levski National Stadium 70,000 1–1 Veselinov 32' Nikodimov 21' 03–09–1966 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 3–1 Yakimov 50', 61'
D. Penev 75'		 H. Iliev 84'
1967–68 29–10–1967 Vasil Levski National Stadium 65,000 1–1 Sokolov 61' Marashliev 10' 15–06–1968 Vasil Levski National Stadium 65,000 0–0 – –
1968–69 31–05–1969 Vasil Levski National Stadium 70,000 1–3 Panov 81' D. Penev 1'
Zhekov 30', 46'		 17–11–1968 Vasil Levski National Stadium 55,000 2–7 Zhekov 2'
T. Atanasov 89'		 Asparuhov 7', 59', 78' (pen.)
A. Kostov 23'
Kirilov 24', 56'
Bogdanov 45'
1969–70 07–07–1970 Vasil Levski National Stadium 32,000 5–2 Kotkov 1', 12', 35' (pen.), 37'
Veselinov 69'		 Zhekov 6', 73' (pen.) 01–11–1969 Vasil Levski National Stadium 60,000 4–2 Marashliev 18'
Zhekov 26', 64' (pen.)
Yakimov 75'		 Kotkov 35' (pen.)
Asparuhov 86' (pen.)
1970–71 20–12–1970 Vasil Levski National Stadium 35,000 2–2 Mitkov 28'
Veselinov 35'		 Zhekov 27'
Yakimov 75'		 28–06–1971 Vasil Levski National Stadium 60,000 0–1 – Veselinov 60'
1971–72 05–07–1972 Vasil Levski National Stadium 35,000 0–2 – Denev 60'
Marashliev 90'		 18–12–1971 Vasil Levski National Stadium 35,000 0–1 – Pavlov 64'
1972–73 24–03–1973 Vasil Levski National Stadium 55,000 1–2 Panov 88' Marashliev 59'
Zhekov 90'		 17–09–1972 Vasil Levski National Stadium 30,000 2–2 Denev 28', 55' Haralampiev 49'
Mitkov 75' (pen.)
1973–74 24–04–1974 Vasil Levski National Stadium 60,000 1–1 Panov 64' N. Hristov 34' 12–11–1973 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 0–1 – T. Vasilev 27' (o.g.)
1974–75 28–09–1974 Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 1–2 Panov 79' Marashliev 7'
S. Mihaylov 66'		 18–04–1975 Vasil Levski National Stadium 55,000 1–0 Denev 70' –
1975–76 07–05–1976 Vasil Levski National Stadium 65,000 1–3 Panov 79' M. Goranov 5'
D. Dimitrov 65'
Denev 76'		 04–12–1975 Vasil Levski National Stadium 45,000 1–4 Marashliev 67' Y. Yordanov 5'
Panov 30'
Borisov 70'
Voynov 72'
1976–77 25–09–1976 Vasil Levski National Stadium 60,000 3–2 K. Milanov 56'
Panov 78'
Voynov 90' (pen.)		 M. Goranov 35'
Yonchev 50'		 09–04–1977 Vasil Levski National Stadium 65,000 1–3 Kolev 63' (pen.) Barzov 3'
Panov 40', 60'
1977–78 29–10–1977 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 4–1 Y. Yordanov 9', 47'
Nikolov 29'
Stankov 58'		 Stefanov 68' 20–05–1978 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 2–2 N. Hristov 22'
Sredkov 42'		 Spasov 20'
G. Todorov 36'
1978–79 30–05–1979 Vasil Levski National Stadium 65,000 2–1 Milkov 57'
Barzov 78'		 Markov 63' 03–12–1978 Vasil Levski National Stadium 25,000 2–1 Dzhevizov 3'
Yonchev 36'		 Gochev 87' (pen.)
1979–80 22–03–1980 Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 2–3 Nikolchev 22'
Spasov 88' (pen.)		 Dzhevizov 29', 55'
Valkov 34'		 01–09–1979 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 1–1 Dzhevizov 82' Stankov 57'
1980–81 25–04–1981 Vasil Levski National Stadium 35,000 2–0 P. Petrov 19'
Gochev 46'		 – 07–10–1980 Vasil Levski National Stadium 55,000 2–2 Dzhevizov 64'
Valkov 69'		 Panov 32'
Stankov 82'
1981–82 05–09–1981 Vasil Levski National Stadium 55,000 2–2 Valchev 17'
Barzov 90' (pen.)		 Yonchev 12'
Bezinski 74'		 13–03–1982 Vasil Levski National Stadium 45,000 2–1 Yonchev 12', 36' Kurdov 46'
1982–83 15–12–1982 Vasil Levski National Stadium 30,000 0–0 – – 08–05–1983 Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 0–3 – Valchev 45'
Iskrenov 75'
Spasov 85'
1983–84 10–12–1983 Vasil Levski National Stadium 17,000 2–0 Chavdarov 52'
Iskrenov 72'		 – 03–06–1984 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 1–3 Slavkov 72' Spasov 21'
Iskrenov 55'
P. Tsvetkov 88'
1984–85 09–03–1985 Vasil Levski National Stadium 31,000 3–1 P. Petrov 64'
P. Tsvetkov 80'
Gochev 88'		 Markov 40' 22–08–1984 Vasil Levski National Stadium 30,000 0–1 – Kurdov 18'
1985–86 22–12–1985 Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 25,000 1–3 Gochev 32' L. Penev 6'
Mladenov 11', 41' (pen.)		 31–08–1985 Balgarska Armia Stadium 30,000 1–2 Mladenov 13' P. Tsvetkov 15'
Valchev 86'
1986–87 23–11–1986 Vasil Levski National Stadium 25,000 0–1 – Bezinski 52' 30–05–1987 Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 1–0 Stoichkov 80' –
1987–88 23–08–1987 Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 2–2 Sirakov 52'
Iskrenov 56'		 Tanev 24'
Kirov 47'		 06–03–1988 Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 2–3 L. Penev 6' (pen.)
Kostadinov 8'		 P. Petrov 18'
G. Yordanov 27'
Sirakov 29'
1988–89 17–09–1988 Vasil Levski National Stadium 35,000 2–2 Dragolov 3', 29' Kostadinov 47'
Bachev 57'		 01–04–1989 Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 2–1 Tanev 47', 49' Velev 64' (pen.)
1989–90 07–04–1990 Vasil Levski National Stadium 30,000 2–2 Shalamanov 29'
Donkov 35'		 Vitanov 17', 52' 01–10–1989 Vasil Levski National Stadium 30,000 5–0 T. Ivanov 34'
Stoichkov 49', 55', 61' (pen.), 76'		 –
1990–91 20–10–1990 Vasil Levski National Stadium 25,000 0–1 – G. Georgiev 10' 05–05–1991 Vasil Levski National Stadium 20,000 1–1 Redín 89' Mihtarski 17'
1991–92 23–11–1991 Vasil Levski National Stadium 35,000 2–1 Sirakov 13'
I. Iliev {{goal|53		 Andonov 59' 24–05–1992 Vasil Levski National Stadium 25,000 2–2 Letchkov 13'
Metkov 47'		 I. Iliev 62'
G. Dimitrov 77'
1992–93 17–10–1992 Vasil Levski National Stadium 25,000 1–3 Getov 60' Metkov 10', 69'
Draganov 82' (pen.)		 08–05–1993 Vasil Levski National Stadium 20,000 2–3 Babunski 5'
Draganov 23'		 Getov 40', 78'
Sirakov 68'
1993–94 07–11–1993 Vasil Levski National Stadium 35,000 2–1 Borimirov 8'
Sirakov 79'		 Andonov 12' 24–04–1994 Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 1–4 Stoilov 87' Sirakov 22' (pen.), 50', 85'
P. Aleksandrov 36'
1994–95 02–04–1995 Vasil Levski National Stadium 20,000 3–0 G. N. Ivanov 44'
Borimirov 63' (pen.), 85' (pen.)		 – 23–09–1994 Vasil Levski National Stadium 30,000 1–7 Mihtarski 20' I. Iliev 12'
Sirakov 25' (pen.), 45', 79' (pen.), 90'
Borimirov 41', 64'
1995–96 18–11–1995 Vasil Levski National Stadium 8,000 3–1 Velev 30'
M. Hristov 52'
Simeonov 62'		 Dartilov 24' (o.g.) 27–04–1996 Vasil Levski National Stadium 20,000 1–0 Mihtarski 69' –
1996–97 04–05–1997 Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 0–2 – Andonov 68' (pen.), 85' 04–11–1996 Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 1–1 D. Ivanov 45' Zaytsev 8'
1997–98 10–04–1998 Vasil Levski National Stadium 30,000 3–3 N. Todorov 26'
Donev 30'
Z. Sirakov 66'		 Genchev 8', 12'
M. Petkov 82' (pen.)		 24–10–1997 Vasil Levski National Stadium 22,000 0–1 – G. A. Ivanov 84'
1998–99 16–08–1998 Vasil Levski National Stadium 36,000 2–0 G. A. Ivanov 12'
Donev 71'		 – 06–03–1999 Ovcha Kupel Stadium 27,000 2–3 M. Petkov 8' (pen.)
Bukarev 83'		 G. A. Ivanov 27', 61'
A. Aleksandrov 69'
1999–00 13–05–2000 Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 25,000 1–0 G. A. Ivanov 90+1' – 30–10–1999 Balgarska Armia Stadium 21,000 1–0 D. Ivanov 1' –
2000–01 22–04–2001 Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 27,313 2–1 G. A. Ivanov 30'
Topuzakov 79'		 Manchev 31' 15–10–2000 Balgarska Armia Stadium 22,000 1–1 Trenchev 47' Tsykhmeystruk 46'
2001–02 30–09–2001 Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 18,000 2–0 Dragić 10'
G. A. Ivanov 53'		 – 02–03–2002 Balgarska Armia Stadium 19,000 2–2 L. Penev 43'
Manchev 56'		 G. A. Ivanov 64'
Chilikov 69'
24–04–2002 Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 22,000 2–0 Simonović 55'
G. A. Ivanov 81'		 – 26–05–2002 Balgarska Armia Stadium 8,000 1–0 Manchev 13' –
2002–03 10–05–2003 Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 15,000 1–1 T. Kolev 50' Brito 62' 26–10–2002 Balgarska Armia Stadium 15,000 3–0 Mukasi 11', 55'
S. Petrov 45'		 –
2003–04 31–10–2003 Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 16,000 1–1 T. Kolev 54' Gargorov 53' 24–04–2004 Balgarska Armia Stadium 18,000 1–2 H. Yanev 64' Temile 85'
Chilikov 90'
2004–05 23–04–2005 Vasil Levski National Stadium 17,123 0–1 – H. Yanev 75' (pen.) 17–10–2004 Vasil Levski National Stadium 13,501 2–2 Sakaliev 10'
H. Yanev 45' (pen.)		 Telkiyski 52'
Borimirov 59'
2005–06 11–09–2005 Vasil Levski National Stadium 13,290 1–1 Telkiyski 38' V. Dimitrov 33' 02–04–2006 Vasil Levski National Stadium 15,846 0–1 – G. A. Ivanov 59' (pen.)
2006–07 17–09–2006 Vasil Levski National Stadium 11,432 1–0 Bardon 48' (pen.) – 07–04–2007 Vasil Levski National Stadium 20,000 0–1 – Yovov 19'
2007–08 02–12–2007 Vasil Levski National Stadium 15,000 0–1 – Machado 13' 10–05–2008 Balgarska Armia Stadium 18,000 1–1 V. Dimitrov 55' (pen.) Krastovchev 43'
2008–09 01–11–2008 Vasil Levski National Stadium 17,420 1–1 G. A. Ivanov 66' Lazarov 59' (pen.) 09–05–2009 Vasil Levski National Stadium 25,000 0–2 – G. Hristov 36'
Soares 58'
2009–10 27–03–2010 Vasil Levski National Stadium 12,710 0–0 – – 20–09–2009 Vasil Levski National Stadium 16,790 2–0 I. Stoyanov 15'
K. Stoyanov 65'		 –
2010–11 26–02–2011 Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 17,480 1–3 K. Stoyanov 74' (o.g.) Platini 33', 48'
Popov 65'		 01–08–2010 Vasil Levski National Stadium 12,250 0–1 – Dembélé 39'
2011–12 29–04–2012 Vasil Levski National Stadium 15,000 1–0 Ramos 49' – 28–10–2011 Vasil Levski National Stadium 8,970 1–0 Zicu 25' –
2012–13 27–04–2013 Vasil Levski National Stadium 24,140 2–1 Yovov 40'
J. Silva 90'		 Marcinho 70' 20–10–2012 Vasil Levski National Stadium 17,340 1–0 Nyuiadzi 46' –
2013–14 08–03–2014 Vasil Levski National Stadium 9,920 0–1 – Gargorov 69' (pen.) 19–10–2013 Vasil Levski National Stadium 13,950 3–0 Milisavljević 31'
Popov 35'
Gargorov 37'		 –
21–04–2014 Vasil Levski National Stadium 8,650 1–3 R. Tsonev 81' Kossoko 58'
I. Stoyanov 86'
Marković 90+6'		 15–03–2014 Vasil Levski National Stadium 10,060 1–0 Krachunov 90+3' –
2014–15 25–10–2014 Vasil Levski National Stadium 8,900 0–3 – T. Silva 22'
Buș 45+4'
Galchev 85'		 27–07–2014 Vasil Levski National Stadium 11,420 2–0 Karachanakov 47'
Buș 55'		 –
2016–17 04−03−2017 Vasil Levski National Stadium 17,992 2–1 Procházka 71' (pen.)
Jablonský 78'		 Arsénio 5' 15–10–2016 Vasil Levski National Stadium 21,000 1–1 P. Yordanov 77' (pen.) Narh 34'
29−04−2017 Vasil Levski National Stadium 11,200 0–3 – Arsénio 2'
Despodov 6'
Karanga 53'		 28−05−2017 Vasil Levski National Stadium 13,600 3–0 Simão 1', 82'
Culma 67'		 –
2017–18 21–10–2017 Vasil Levski National Stadium 25,107 2–2 Jablonský 8'
Procházka 61'		 Tiago 12', 15' 18–03–2018 Vasil Levski National Stadium 16,500 1–0 Karanga 84' –
15−05−2018 Vasil Levski National Stadium 7,900 2–3 Paulinho 34'
S. Kostov 78'		 Henrique 19'
Malinov 57'
Pinto 90'		 18−04−2018 Vasil Levski National Stadium 12,000 2–2 Karanga 6' (pen.)
Henrique 9'		 I. Goranov 48'
Paulinho 61'
2018–19 24–02–2019 Vasil Levski National Stadium 11,000 1–0 Pereira 45+2' (o.g.) – 29–09–2018 Vasil Levski National Stadium 23,000 0–1 – Černiauskas 30' (o.g.)
21−05−2019 Vasil Levski National Stadium 11,200 0–2 – Tiago 70'
Evandro 86'		 20−04−2019 Vasil Levski National Stadium 15,900 0–0 – –
2019–20 15–02–2020 Vasil Levski National Stadium 24,687 0–0 – – 01–09–2019 Vasil Levski National Stadium 14,200 2–2 Evandro 74'
Albentosa 88'		 S. Ivanov 12'
Robertha 18'
20–06–2020 Vasil Levski National Stadium 14,000 3–3 Kargas 16' (o.g.)
Carey 58' (pen.)
Sowe 88'		 I. Goranov 35' (pen.)
Thiam 45+2'
Slavchev 62'
2020–21 25–04–2021 Vasil Levski National Stadium 4,000 0–2 – Keita 14'
Caicedo 37'		 18–12–2020 Vasil Levski National Stadium 0 1–0 Sowe 20' –
2021–22 06–03–2022 Vasil Levski National Stadium 19,000 0–0 – – 26–09–2021 Vasil Levski National Stadium 14,000 2–1 Carey 44'
Caicedo 65'		 G. Milanov 28'
17–04–2022 Vasil Levski National Stadium 15,500 0–0 – –
2022–23 18–09–2022 Vasil Levski National Stadium 20,000 2–0 Stefanov 78'
Welton 81'		 – 17–04–2023 Vasil Levski National Stadium 23,430 0–0 – –
07–06–2023 Vasil Levski National Stadium 17,233 0–2 – Heintz 35'
Nazon 61'
2023–24 07–04–2024 Vasil Levski National Stadium 25,556 0–2 – Heintz 61'
Karanga 77'		 07–10–2023 Vasil Levski National Stadium 31,000 1–1 Lindseth 49' Ronaldo 43'
27–04–2024 Vasil Levski National Stadium 11,948 3–1 Skarsem 25'
Lindseth 36'
Carreazo 45'		 Fadiga 61'
2024–25 19–10–2024 Vasil Levski National Stadium 31,948 1–0 Makoun 86' – 02–03–2025 Vasil Levski National Stadium 23,345 2–2 Pittas 40'
Panayotov 84'		 Stefanov 90+5'
Aldair 90+13'
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Bulgarian Cup and other

More information Season, Date ...
Season Date Match Stadium Attendance Competition
1948 5 May 1948 Levski 1−0 CSKA Yunak Stadium 12,000 Sofia First Division
1948 5 September 1948 Levski 2–1 CSKA Yunak Stadium 30,000 Bulgarian Republic Championship final – 1st leg
9 September 1948 CSKA 3–1 Levski Yunak Stadium 30,000 Bulgarian Republic Championship final – 2nd leg
1949 8 May 1949 CSKA 1–1 (a.e.t.) Levski Yunak Stadium 35,000 Bulgarian Cup final
16 May 1949 Levski 2–2 (a.e.t.) CSKA Yunak Stadium 35,000 Bulgarian Cup final – 1st replay
17 May 1949 Levski 2–1 (a.e.t.) CSKA Yunak Stadium 35,000 Bulgarian Cup final – 2nd replay
1949 8 December 1949 Levski 2–0 CSKA Yunak Stadium 15,000 Sofia Qualification for Bulgarian Cup
1950 26 November 1950 Levski 1–1 (a.e.t.) CSKA Balgarska Armiya Stadium 30,000 Bulgarian Cup final
27 November 1950 CSKA 1–1 (a.e.t.) Levski Balgarska Armiya Stadium 30,000 Bulgarian Cup final – 1st replay
3 December 1950 Levski 1−0 (a.e.t.) CSKA Balgarska Armiya Stadium 30,000 Bulgarian Cup final – 2nd replay
24 December 1950 Levski 1–0 CSKA Yunak Stadium 20,000 Joseph Stalin Birthday Cup – final
1951 3 November 1951 CSKA 3–0 Levski Balgarska Armiya Stadium 25,000 Bulgarian Cup semi-final
1957 23 October 1957 Levski 2−0 (a.e.t.) CSKA Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 Bulgarian Cup semi-final
1964–65 8 September 1965 CSKA 3–2 Levski Slavia Stadium 30,000 Bulgarian Cup final
1968–69 30 April 1969 CSKA 2–1 Levski Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 Bulgarian Cup final
1969–70 25 August 1970 Levski 2–1 CSKA Vasil Levski National Stadium 46,000 Bulgarian Cup final
1970–71 14 April 1971 Levski 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5−4 p) CSKA Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 Bulgarian Cup quarter-final
1973–74 10 August 1974 CSKA 2−1 (a.e.t.) Levski Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 Bulgarian Cup final
1975–76 2 June 1976 Levski 4−3 (a.e.t.) CSKA Vasil Levski National Stadium 65,000 Bulgarian Cup final
1978–79 4 April 1979 Levski 2–1 CSKA Vasil Levski National Stadium 60,000 Bulgarian Cup semi-final
1980–81 10 June 1981 Levski 0–1 CSKA Vasil Levski National Stadium 25,000 Bulgarian Cup final group
29 July 1981 Levski 2–0 CSKA Vasil Levski National Stadium 35,000 Cup 1300 Years Bulgaria semi-final
1981–82 16 June 1982 Levski 4–0 CSKA Vasil Levski National Stadium 45,000 Bulgarian Cup final
1982–83 2 March 1983 Levski 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3−4 p) CSKA Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 Soviet Army Cup quarter-final
1983–84 14 March 1984 CSKA 0–1 Levski Vasil Levski National Stadium 28,000 Soviet Army Cup semi-final
31 March 1984 CSKA 1–3 Levski Vasil Levski National Stadium 25,000 Bulgarian Cup semi-final
1984–85 19 June 1985 CSKA 2–1 Levski Vasil Levski National Stadium 35,000 Bulgarian Cup final
1985–86 27 April 1986 CSKA 1–2 Levski Vasil Levski National Stadium 28,000 Bulgarian Cup final
1986–87 13 May 1987 CSKA 2–1 Levski Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 Bulgarian Cup final
1987–88 13 February 1988 CSKA 0–3 Levski Vasil Levski National Stadium 25,000 Soviet Army Cup round of 16
11 May 1988 Levski 1–4 CSKA Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 Bulgarian Cup final
1990–91 13 February 1991 CSKA 0–2 Levski Tundzha Stadium – Yambol 20,000 Bulgarian Cup group stage
1995–96 21 February 1996 Levski 2–0 CSKA Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 40,000 Bulgarian League Cup quarter-final
3 April 1996 Levski 1–0 CSKA Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 25,000 Bulgarian Cup semi-final, first leg
17 April 1996 CSKA 2–4 Levski Balgarska Armiya Stadium 25,000 Bulgarian Cup semi-final, second leg
1996–97 9 November 1996 CSKA 3–0 (awarded) Levski Bulgarian League Cup quarter-final group
11 December 1996 Levski 0–3 (awarded) CSKA Bulgarian League Cup quarter-final group
28 May 1997 CSKA 3–1 Levski Vasil Levski National Stadium 18,500 Bulgarian Cup final
1997–98 13 May 1998 CSKA 0–5 Levski Vasil Levski National Stadium 50,000 Bulgarian Cup final
1999–2000 22 March 2000 CSKA 0–1 Levski Balgarska Armiya Stadium 17,000 Bulgarian Cup quarter-final, first leg
5 April 2000 Levski 3–1 CSKA Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 27,000 Bulgarian Cup quarter-final, second leg
2001–02 15 May 2002 CSKA 1–3 Levski Slavia Stadium 15,000 Bulgarian Cup final
2002–03 16 April 2003 CSKA 0–1 Levski Balgarska Armiya Stadium 15,000 Bulgarian Cup semi-final, first leg
3 May 2003 Levski 0–0 CSKA Georgi Asparuhov Stadium 17,000 Bulgarian Cup semi-final, second leg
2004–05 25 May 2005 Levski 2–1 CSKA Vasil Levski National Stadium 10,848 Bulgarian Cup final
2005–06 31 July 2005 CSKA 1–1 (a.e.t.) (1−3 p) Levski Vasil Levski National Stadium 9,984 Bulgarian Supercup
2006–07 30 July 2006 Levski 0–0 (a.e.t.) (0−3 p) CSKA Vasil Levski National Stadium 9,751 Bulgarian Supercup
2013–14 16 November 2013 CSKA 0–0 Levski Vasil Levski National Stadium 11,670 Bulgarian Cup round of 16 – 1st leg
19 December 2013 Levski 0–0 (a.e.t.) (7−6 p) CSKA Vasil Levski National Stadium 8,540 Bulgarian Cup round of 16 – 2nd leg
2017–18 11 April 2018 CSKA 0–2 Levski Vasil Levski National Stadium 20,000 Bulgarian Cup semi-final, first leg
25 April 2018 Levski 2–2 CSKA Vasil Levski National Stadium 24,000 Bulgarian Cup semi-final, second leg
2021–22 15 May 2022 CSKA 0–1 Levski Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,600 Bulgarian Cup final
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Trophies

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National Competition Levski Sofia CSKA Sofia
A PFG / First League 26 31
Bulgarian Cup 26+1 21+1
Soviet Army Cup 3 4
Bulgarian Supercup 3 4
Total 59 61
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Head-to-head ranking in First League (1948–2024)

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2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
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• Total: CSKA with 46 higher finishes, Levski with 30 higher finishes (as of the end of the 2023–24 season).

Statistics

Biggest wins

Levski wins

7–1 – 23 September 1994, A PFG
7–2 – 17 November 1968, A PFG
5–0 – 13 May 1998, Bulgarian Cup final
4–0 – 16 June 1982, Bulgarian Cup final

CSKA wins

5–0 – 23 September 1953, A PFG; 1 October 1989, A PFG
4–0 – 14 April 1957, A PFG

Most appearances

35 – Manol Manolov (CSKA)
32 – Stefan Bozhkov (CSKA)
31 – Emil Spasov (Levski)

Most goals

15 – Georgi Ivanov (Levski)
14 – Nasko Sirakov (Levski)
12 – Pavel Panov (Levski)
11 – Dimitar Milanov (CSKA)

Most goals in one match

9 – Levski 6–3 CSKA (15 July 1962, A PFG); CSKA 2–7 Levski (17 November 1968, A PFG)

Most red cards

3 – Vladimir Gadzhev (Levski)[9]

Most yellow cards

11 – Todor Yanchev (CSKA)[9]

Record attendances

Highest attendance: 70,000 – 11 March 1967, Vasil Levski National Stadium (final score Levski 1–1 CSKA) and 31 May 1969, Vasil Levski National Stadium (final score Levski 1–3 CSKA)
Lowest attendance: 8,000 – 18 November 1995, Vasil Levski National Stadium (final score Levski 3–1 CSKA) and 26 May 2002, Balgarska Armiya Stadium (final score CSKA 1–0 Levski)

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