Eternal derby of Bulgarian football

For other uses, see Eternal derby (disambiguation).

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 26 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]

The Eternal Derby

Fans of Levski Sofia (left) and CSKA Sofia (right)
Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
Teams	Levski Sofia CSKA Sofia
First meeting	Levski 1–0 CSKA (5 May 1948; 74 years ago (5 May 1948))
Latest meeting	Levski 2–0 CSKA (18 September 2022)
Next meeting	TBA
Statistics
Meetings total	212
Most wins	Levski Sofia (84)
Most player appearances	Manol Manolov (35)
Top scorer	Georgi Ivanov (15)
Largest victory	CSKA 1–7 Levski (23 September 1994)
Longest win streak	Levski Sofia (9)
Current win streak	Levski Sofia (2)

History

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 11 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

Competition	Matches	Levski Sofia wins	draws	CSKA Sofia wins	Goal difference
League	158	56	45	57	209:218
Cup	41	22	10	9	69:45
Other	13	6	2	5	14:18
Total	212	84	57	71	292:281

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 18 September 2022.

Matches list

  Levski win   Draw   CSKA win

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

	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 p. 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 p. 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 p. 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 p.	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 p.	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 p. Rankov '72	–
1961–62	15–07–1962	Vasil Levski National Stadium	50,000	6–3	Yordanov '1, '15, '37, '77 Abadzhiev '47 Sokolov '61 p.	Yakimov '42, '66 Kovachev '68 p.	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 p. 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 p., '37 Veselinov '69	Zhekov '6, '73 p.	01–11–1969	Vasil Levski National Stadium	60,000	4–2	Marashliev '18 Zhekov '26, '64 p. Yakimov '75	Kotkov '35 p. Asparuhov '86 p.
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 p.
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 p.	M. Goranov '35 Yonchev '50	09–04–1977	Vasil Levski National Stadium	65,000	1–3	Kolev '63 p.	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 p.
1979–80	22–03–1980	Vasil Levski National Stadium	40,000	2–3	Nikolchev '22 Spasov '88 p.	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 p.	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 p.	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 p. 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 p.
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 p., '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 '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 p.	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 p., '50, '85 P. Aleksandrov '36
1994–95	02–04–1995	Vasil Levski National Stadium	20,000	3–0	G. N. Ivanov '44 Borimirov '63 p., '85 p.	–	23–09–1994	Vasil Levski National Stadium	30,000	1–7	Mihtarski '20	I. Iliev '12 Sirakov '25 p., '45, '79 p., '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 p., '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 p.	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 p. 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 p.	17–10–2004	Vasil Levski National Stadium	13,501	2–2	Sakaliev '10 H. Yanev '45 p.	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 p.
2006–07	17–09–2006	Vasil Levski National Stadium	11,432	1–0	Bardon '48 p.	–	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 p.	Krastovchev '43
2008–09	01–11–2008	Vasil Levski National Stadium	17,420	1–1	G. A. Ivanov '66	Lazarov '59 p.	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 p.	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 p. Jablonský '78	Arsénio '5	15–10–2016	Vasil Levski National Stadium	21,000	1–1	P. Yordanov '77 p.	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 p. 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 p. Sowe '88	I. Goranov '35 p. 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	–	01–04–2023	Vasil Levski National Stadium

Bulgarian Cup and other

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

Trophies

National Competition	Levski Sofia	CSKA Sofia
A PFG / First League	26	31
Bulgarian Cup	26	21
Soviet Army Cup	3	4
Bulgarian Supercup	3	4
Total	58	60

Head-to-head ranking in First League (1948–2022)

P.	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1		1			1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1
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
3			3						3		3			3	3				3											3		3																		3				3		3						3	3	3	3				3	3	3		3
4		4															4								4													4				4							4																							4		4
5				5		5	5												5																			5									5	5			5															5	5
6															6																												6
7																																																																			7
8																																																																									8
9
10
11																11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

• Total: CSKA with 44 higher finishes, Levski with 30 higher finishes (as of the end of the 2021–22 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 derby appearances

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

Most derby 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^[9]

Most yellow cards

11 – Todor Yanchev^[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)

Notes and references

1. The Maddest Derbies in Eastern Europe YouTube
2. "Бой на фенове преди Левски – ЦСКА (Fan fight before Levski – CSKA)". blitz.bg. 1 November 2008.
3. "Фенове на Левски и ЦСКА се биха в Монтана, по-тежко пострадал е фен на "сините" (Levski and CSKA supporters fight in Montana, a fan of the blues seriously injured)". topsport.bg. 4 June 2020.
4. Georgi Dimitrov (30 January 2008). "Мачът за купата на България, игран на 19 юни 1985 г. (The match for the Bulgarian Cup, played on 19 June 1985)". log.bg. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
5. "ЦСКА – Левски: Мачът на България (CSKA – Levski: The match of Bulgaria)". Sportal.bg. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
6. "Левски срещу ЦСКА (София) | LevskiSofia.info".
7. "Левски срещу ЦСКА-София (София) | LevskiSofia.info".
8. "ЦСКА срещу Левски (София) — FCCSKA.com фенсайт на ЦСКА". Fccska.com. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
9. "Кой е най-гоненият футболист във Вечното дерби?" (in Bulgarian). a-pfg.com. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.