2013–14 PFC Levski Sofia season

Under his lead and with the coaching of Mitov the team did not succeed in European Competitions and got kicked-out in the First Round of the Europa League from Kazakh side Irtysh Pavlodar with 0–2 on aggregate.

The failure in Europa League lead to the release of a few players like Cristovao Ramos, Ramon Lopes and striker Joao Silva.

After two disappointing home draws against Beroe and Cherno More Varna the team signed with 5 new players – Larsen Touré, Alex Perez, Dimitar Makriev, Miroslav Ivanov and Goran Blažević.

Tonev though made a promise to finish the construction of the main stand of the stadium which was started in February 2013 and was scheduled to be completed in May 2014 for the 100th anniversary.

Despite the heavy loss Zdravkov and his assistants Marian Hristov and Elin Topuzakov managed to rebuild the squad and the team won 8 out of 10 next games.

During the winter break medias reported that key player Garry Rodrigues will be sold to title competitors Ludogorets Razgrad.

Young star Antonio Vutov was sold to Serie A-side Udinese[5] while key player Garry Rodrigues was transferred to Primera División-side Elche CF.

In the beginning of January Levski signed with Lyubimets captain Anton Ognyanov and with central defender Aymen Belaid from Lokomotiv Plovdiv as well.

On the last day of January Levski signed also with Beroe's Plamen Krumov and with Bulgarian international striker Valeri Bojinov.

Levski renewed the Bulgarian league fixtures on the 22 February with a home draw game against Slavia Sofia.

Few days after the match chairman Todor Batkov decided to fire Sports director Hristo Yovov and assistant coach Marian Hristov.

Despite all the changes no head coach was appointed and on 8 March Levski lost the Eternal derby against CSKA Sofia with 0–1.

One week after the last round from the Regular season Levski had to play again with CSKA and lost one more with a late goal scored by Plamen Krachunov.

Club icon Elin Topuzakov was appointed as the new head coach of the team until the end of the season helped by another ex-played Viktorio Pavlov.

With only 5 games remaining Levski Sofia find themselves placed on 5th position with slight chance of achieving a qualification to UEFA competitions for the next season.

The game was entirely organised by the fans who made contact with the Italian club and raised funds for all the events that occurred around the friendly match.

New sports director Georgi Ivanov, Aleksandar Aleksandrov, Elin Topuzakov, Hristo Yovov and other icons from the near past took participation in the football match against Lazio.

After the break Levski made a comeback with a brace by Dimitar Makriev and a wonderful winning goal scored by 15-year-old youngster from the Academy Stanislav Ivanov.

On 24 May 2014 the celebrations continued with a ceremony on Mogilkata, a square in the center of Sofia where in 1914 the club was founded by a group of students from the near school.

After the ceremony the fans started a parade through the entire city centre and ended up at the monument of the patron of the club Vasil Levski.

Slaviša Jokanović was appointed as Levski's manager in July 2013.
Garry Rodrigues was Levski's topgoalscorer for the first half of the season with 14 goals in all competitions.
Youngster Antonio Vutov was sold to Italian club Udinese after notching 39 appearances with his home club.
Bulgarian international Valeri Bojinov signed with Levski for 6 months. This will be the first time in his career he will ever played for a Bulgarian team.