UEFA Conference League 2025/26 - Play-offs - Statistics
Levski (Sf) 0-2 AZ (Alkmaar)
time: 21 August 2025, Thursday, 21:00 EEST, 28/26 C, clear
place: Natsionalen stadion "Vasil Levski", Sofia, 29 930 spectators
referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary); assistants: Balázs Buzás (Hungary), Péter Kóbor (Hungary); fourth official: Mihály Káprály (Hungary)
video assistant referee: István Vad (Hungary); assistant video assistant referee: Gergő Bogár (Hungary)
kits: blue w/ dark blue edging and patterns, blue w/ dark blue edging, blue w/ dark blue edging (white numbers) ; red w/ white-black edging, white w/ black edging, white (white numbers)
captains: 88.Marin Petkov ; 8.Jordy Clasie
Levski: 92.Svetoslav Vutsov (GK) - 21.Aldair Neves, 50.Kristian Dimitrov, 4.Christian Makoun, 3.Maicon dos Santos -
18.Gašper Trdin, 10.Asen Mitkov - 88.Marin Petkov (c), 37.Rildo Filho, 99.Radoslav Kirilov - 17.Everton Bala.
bench: 1.Ognyan Vladimirov (GK), 78.Martin Lukov (GK) - 6.Wenderson Tsunami, 71.Olivier Kamdem -
7.Fábio Lima, 8.Carlos Ohene, 22.Mazire Soula, 23.Patrik Myslovič, 95.Karl Fabien - 31.Nikola Serafimov, 77.Borislav Rupanov.
coach: Julio Velázquez
AZ: 1.Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro (GK) - 30.Denso Kasius, 3.Wouter Goes, 5.Alexandre Penetra, 34.Mees de Wit -
6.Peer Koopmeiners, 8.Jordy Clasie (c) - 11.Ibrahim Sadiq, 26.Kees Smit, 17.Isak Jensen - 9.Troy Parrott.
bench: 12.Hobie Verhulst (GK), 41.Jeroen Zoet (GK) - 4.Maxim Dekker, 15.Mateo Chávez, 22.Elijah Dijkstra, 23.Billy van Duijl -
21.Dave Kwakman, 28.Zico Buurmeester, 63.Jasper Hartog - 35.Mexx Meerdink, 60.Sem van Duijn.
coach: Maarten Martens
tactics: lev: 92 - 21, 50, 4, 3 - 18, 10 - 88, 37, 99 - 17; (4-2-3-1)
aza: 1 - 30, 3, 5, 34 - 6, 8 - 11, 26, 17 - 9; (4-2-3-1)
events:
yc - 23 - 37.Rildo Filho lev (reckless foul)
yc - 44 - 17.Isak Jensen aza (striking an opponent's head with hand)
+ 2 min
sub - ht - 77.Borislav Rupanov on 37.Rildo Filho lev -> 88, 17, 99 - 77
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yc - 51 - HV.Julio Velázquez (coach) lev (leaving the allowed sidelines area)
0-1 - 56 - 11.Ibrahim Sadiq (head/open play/17.Isak Jensen/pass)
sub - 58 - '1 8.Carlos Ohene on 10.Asen Mitkov lev /injury/ - same position
0-2 - 62 - 9.Troy Parrott (left/open play/6.Peer Koopmeiners/shot)
yc - 65 - 11.Ibrahim Sadiq aza (foul stopping a promising attack)
sub - 71 - '2 22.Mazire Soula on 88.Marin Petkov lev -> 17, 22, 99
cap - 71 - 50.Kristian Dimitrov lev
sub - 71 - '1 35.Mexx Meerdink on 17.Isak Jensen aza -> 9, 26, 11 - 35
sub - 83 - '3 95.Karl Fabien on 99.Radoslav Kirilov lev - same position
sub - 83 - '2 21.Dave Kwakman on 8.Jordy Clasie aza - same position
cap - 83 - 5.Alexandre Penetra aza
sub - 83 - '2 63.Jasper Hartog on 11.Ibrahim Sadiq aza - same position
yc - 90+5 - 50.Kristian Dimitrov lev (unsporting behaviour - pushing an opponent)
yc - 90+5 - 3.Wouter Goes aza (unsporting behaviour - provoking an opponent)
+ 6 min
abbreviations and event notes
Raków (Częstochowa) 1-0 Arda
time: 21 August 2025, Thursday, 21:00 CEST, 18/17 C, cloudy
place: "zondacrypto Arena" /Raków/ st., Częstochowa, 5 500 spectators
referee: Michal Očenáš (Slovakia); assistants: Adam Jekkel (Slovakia), Tobiáš Pacák (Slovakia); fourth official: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
video assistant referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria); assistant video assistant referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
kits: red w/ blue shoulder edging, blue, red w/ white edging (white numbers) ; black, black, black (white numbers)
captains: 24.Zoran Arsenić ; 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov (GK)
Raków: 1.Kacper Trelowski (GK) - 25.Bogdan Racovițan, 24.Zoran Arsenić (c), 4.Stratos Svarnas -
7.Fran Tudor, 88.Péter Baráth, 5.Marko Bulat, 26.Erick Otieno - 80.Lamine Diaby-Fadiga, 8.Tomasz Pieńko - 17.Leonardo Rocha.
bench: 39.Jakub Mądrzyk (GK), 48.Oliwier Zych (GK) - 2.Ariel Mosór, 66.Apostolos Konstantopoulos -
6.Oskar Repka, 10.Ivi López, 11.Adriano Amorim, 19.Michael Ameyaw, 20.Jean Carlos Silva, 23.Karol Struski - 18.Jonatan Braut Brunes, 28.Jesús Díaz.
coach: Marek Papszun
Arda: 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov (GK) (c) - 21.Vyacheslav Velyev, 93.Félix Eboa Eboa, 18.Cəlal Hüseynov, 35.Dimitar Velkovski -
4.David Idowu, 80.Lachezar Kotev - 10.Svetoslav Kovachev, 20.Serkan Yusein, 99.Birsent Karagaren - 9.Georgi Nikolov.
bench: 92.Mesut Yusuf (GK) - 2.Gustavo Cascardo, 23.Emil Viyachki -
11.André Shinyashiki, 26.Burak Akandzha, 33.Ivan Tilev, 39.Antonio Vutov, 45.Isnaba Mané - 17.Patrick Luan, 30.Ivo Kazakov.
coach: Aleksandar Tunchev
tactics: rak: 1 - 25, 24, 4 - 7, 88, 5, 26 - 80, 8 - 17; (3-4-2-1)
arda: 1 - 21, 93, 18, 35 - 4, 80 - 10, 20, 99 - 9; (4-2-3-1)
events:
1-0 - 28 - 8.Tomasz Pieńko (right/open play/no assist)
+ 1 min
sub - ht - 6.Oskar Repka on 88.Péter Baráth rak - same position
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sub - 59 - '1 28.Jesús Díaz on 8.Tomasz Pieńko rak - same position
sub - 60 - '1 18.Jonatan Braut Brunes on 17.Leonardo Rocha rak - same position
sub - 60 - '1 39.Antonio Vutov on 20.Serkan Yusein arda - same position
sub - 60 - '1 11.André Shinyashiki on 99.Birsent Karagaren arda - same position
sub - 67 - '2 10.Ivi López on 80.Lamine Diaby-Fadiga rak - same position
sub - 76 - '3 20.Jean Carlos Silva on 7.Fran Tudor rak -> 26, 6, 5, 20 - 28, 10
sub - 82 - '2 45.Isnaba Mané on 10.Svetoslav Kovachev arda - same position
sub - 82 - '2 17.Patrick Luan on 9.Georgi Nikolov arda - same position
sub - 90 - '3 23.Emil Viyachki on 18.Cəlal Hüseynov arda - same position
+ 4 min
abbreviations and event notes
AZ (Alkmaar) 4-1 Levski (Sf)
time: 28 August 2025, Thursday, 19:30 CEST, 18/17 C, partly cloudy
place: "AFAS Stadion", Alkmaar, 12 612 spectators
referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland); assistants: Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland), Adam Karasewicz (Poland); fourth official: Marcin Kochanek (Poland)
video assistant referee: Piotr Lasyk (Poland); assistant video assistant referee: Kornel Paszkiewicz (Poland)
kits: red w/ white-black edging, white w/ black edging, white (white numbers) ; blue w/ dark blue edging and patterns, blue w/ dark blue edging, blue w/ dark blue edging (white numbers)
captains: 8.Jordy Clasie ; 6.Wenderson Tsunami
AZ: 1.Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro (GK) - 30.Denso Kasius, 3.Wouter Goes, 5.Alexandre Penetra, 34.Mees de Wit -
6.Peer Koopmeiners, 8.Jordy Clasie (c) - 11.Ibrahim Sadiq, 26.Kees Smit, 27.Ro-Zangelo Daal - 35.Mexx Meerdink.
bench: 12.Hobie Verhulst (GK), 41.Jeroen Zoet (GK) - 4.Maxim Dekker, 15.Mateo Chávez, 22.Elijah Dijkstra, 23.Billy van Duijl -
10.Sven Mijnans, 21.Dave Kwakman, 28.Zico Buurmeester - 17.Isak Jensen, 25.Lequincio Zeefuik, 60.Sem van Duijn.
coach: Maarten Martens
Levski: 92.Svetoslav Vutsov (GK) - 21.Aldair Neves, 50.Kristian Dimitrov, 6.Wenderson Tsunami (c), 3.Maicon dos Santos -
18.Gašper Trdin, 10.Asen Mitkov - 88.Marin Petkov, 17.Everton Bala, 99.Radoslav Kirilov - 77.Borislav Rupanov.
bench: 1.Ognyan Vladimirov (GK), 78.Martin Lukov (GK) - 4.Christian Makoun, 71.Olivier Kamdem -
7.Fábio Lima, 22.Mazire Soula, 23.Patrik Myslovič, 37.Rildo Filho, 70.Georgi Kostadinov, 95.Karl Fabien - 12.Mustapha Sangaré, 31.Nikola Serafimov.
coach: Julio Velázquez
tactics: aza: 1 - 30, 3, 5, 34 - 6, 8 - 11, 26, 27 - 35; (4-2-3-1)
lev: 92 - 21, 50, 6, 3 - 18, 10 - 88, 17, 99 - 77; (4-2-3-1)
events:
1-0 - 3 - 11.Ibrahim Sadiq (head/free kick/6.Peer Koopmeiners/shot)
2-0 - 6 - 35.Mexx Meerdink (left/open play/34.Mees de Wit/pass)
yc - 9 - 8.Jordy Clasie aza (reckless foul)
3-0 - 45+1 - 11.Ibrahim Sadiq (right/open play/35.Mexx Meerdink/pass)
+ 2 min
sub - ht - 21.Dave Kwakman on 8.Jordy Clasie aza - same position
cap - ht - 5.Alexandre Penetra aza
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3-1 - 46 - 17.Everton Bala (right/open play/3.Maicon dos Santos/pass)
yc - 60 - 77.Borislav Rupanov lev (reckless foul)
sub - 63 - '1 10.Sven Mijnans on 26.Kees Smit aza - same position
cap - 63 - 10.Sven Mijnans aza
sub - 63 - '1 17.Isak Jensen on 11.Ibrahim Sadiq aza - same position
yc - 66 - 10.Asen Mitkov lev (reckless foul)
sub - 66 - '1 22.Mazire Soula on 88.Marin Petkov lev
sub - 66 - '1 12.Mustapha Sangaré on 77.Borislav Rupanov lev -> 17, 22, 99 - 12
yc - 68 - 12.Mustapha Sangaré lev (reckless foul)
sub - 77 - '2 37.Rildo Filho on 99.Radoslav Kirilov lev - same position
sub - 77 - '2 95.Karl Fabien on 17.Everton Bala lev - same position
sub - 78 - '2 28.Zico Buurmeester on 35.Mexx Meerdink aza /injury/
sub - 78 - '2 25.Lequincio Zeefuik on 27.Ro-Zangelo Daal aza -> 28, 10, 17 - 25
sub - 84 - '3 7.Fábio Lima on 3.Maicon dos Santos lev - same position
4-1 - 86 - 25.Lequincio Zeefuik (right/open play/17.Isak Jensen/pass)
+ 0 min
abbreviations and event notes
Arda 1-2 Raków (Częstochowa)
time: 28 August 2025, Thursday, 21:00 EEST, 25/21 C, clear
place: "Arena Arda" st., Kardzhali, 4 450 spectators
referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia); assistants: Bojan Zobenica (Croatia), Ivan Mihalj (Croatia); fourth official: Zdenko Lovrić (Croatia)
video assistant referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia); assistant video assistant referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)
kits: sky blue w/ white edging, white w/ dark blue edging, sky blue (dark blue numbers) ; red w/ blue shoulder edging, blue, red w/ white edging (white numbers)
captains: 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov (GK) ; 24.Zoran Arsenić
Arda: 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov (GK) (c) - 21.Vyacheslav Velyev, 93.Félix Eboa Eboa, 18.Cəlal Hüseynov, 35.Dimitar Velkovski -
4.David Idowu, 80.Lachezar Kotev - 10.Svetoslav Kovachev, 20.Serkan Yusein, 99.Birsent Karagaren - 9.Georgi Nikolov.
bench: 92.Mesut Yusuf (GK) - 2.Gustavo Cascardo, 23.Emil Viyachki -
11.André Shinyashiki, 26.Burak Akandzha, 27.Boris Todev, 33.Ivan Tilev, 39.Antonio Vutov, 45.Isnaba Mané - 17.Patrick Luan, 30.Ivo Kazakov.
coach: Aleksandar Tunchev
Raków: 1.Kacper Trelowski (GK) - 25.Bogdan Racovițan, 24.Zoran Arsenić (c), 4.Stratos Svarnas -
7.Fran Tudor, 88.Péter Baráth, 6.Oskar Repka, 20.Jean Carlos Silva - 19.Michael Ameyaw, 8.Tomasz Pieńko - 18.Jonatan Braut Brunes.
bench: 39.Jakub Mądrzyk (GK) - 2.Ariel Mosór, 66.Apostolos Konstantopoulos -
5.Marko Bulat, 10.Ivi López, 11.Adriano Amorim, 23.Karol Struski, 80.Lamine Diaby-Fadiga - 17.Leonardo Rocha, 28.Jesús Díaz.
coach: Marek Papszun
tactics: arda: 1 - 21, 93, 18, 35 - 4, 80 - 10, 20, 99 - 9; (4-2-3-1)
rak: 1 - 25, 24, 4 - 7, 88, 6, 20 - 19, 8 - 18; (3-4-2-1)
events:
0-1 - 2 - 88.Péter Baráth (right/open play/no assist)
yc - 35 - 25.Bogdan Racovițan rak (foul stopping a promising attack)
yc - 44 - 88.Péter Baráth rak (reckless foul)
+ 2 min
sub - ht - 39.Antonio Vutov on 20.Serkan Yusein arda - same position
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yc - 48 - 9.Georgi Nikolov arda (dissent)
1-1 - 59 - 39.Antonio Vutov PENALTY - lower right placed, 1.Kacper Trelowski left (left/penalty/35.Dimitar Velkovski is fouled)
sub - 60 - '1 10.Ivi López on 19.Michael Ameyaw rak
sub - 61 - '1 28.Jesús Díaz on 8.Tomasz Pieńko rak -> 28, 10
sub - 66 - '1 2.Gustavo Cascardo on 21.Vyacheslav Velyev arda - same position
sub - 66 - '1 11.André Shinyashiki on 99.Birsent Karagaren arda - same position
yc - 70 - 9.Georgi Nikolov arda (reckless foul)
rc - 70 - 9.Georgi Nikolov arda (second yellow card) -> 1 - 2, 93, 18, 35 - 10, 4, 80, 11 - 39; (4-1-4-1)
sub - 74 - '2 5.Marko Bulat on 88.Péter Baráth rak -> 7, 6, 5, 20
sub - 79 - '3 11.Adriano Amorim on 20.Jean Carlos Silva rak - same position
sub - 79 - '3 17.Leonardo Rocha on 18.Jonatan Braut Brunes rak - same position
sub - 80 - '2 17.Patrick Luan on 4.David Idowu arda -> 10, 39, 80, 11 - 17
sub - 85 - '3 45.Isnaba Mané on 10.Svetoslav Kovachev arda -> 11, 39, 80, 45 - 17
rc - 90+1 - 35.Dimitar Velkovski arda (foul denying a goalscoring opportunity) -> 1 - 2, 93, 18 - 11, 39, 80, 45 - 17; (3-4-2-1)
mp - 90+3 - 10.Ivi López rak - lower middle with force, 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov left - saves (right/penalty/28.Jesús Díaz is fouled)
1-2 - 90+3 - 10.Ivi López (right/penalty/28.Jesús Díaz/fouled)
yc - 90+5 - 11.André Shinyashiki arda (unsporting behaviour - pushing an opponent)
yc - 90+5 - 28.Jesús Díaz rak (unsporting behaviour - provoking an opponent)
yc - 90+6 - 17.Patrick Luan arda (reckless foul)
+ 7 min
abbreviations and event notes
Abbreviations and event notes:
yc - yellow card
rc - red card
sub - substitution
'1/'2/'3 - the substitution is part of the first/second/third allowed break for substitutions for the respective team
same position - the substitution does not lead to any tactical changes
lws - left without a substitute (usually due to injury after all allowed substitutions are used by the team)
tct - a change to a team's tactical formation
cap - new captain
mp - missed penalty
ref - new referee (usually following an injury)
ar - new assistant referee (usually following an injury)
var - beginning and end of a VAR review and the decisions it yielded
cnc - cancelled event (usually following a var review)
ht - the event takes place during the half-time break
br - the event takes place during the break between extra time periods
pen - the event takes place during the penalty shoot-out
ft - the event takes place after full time
stp - the match is stopped
res - the match is resumed
abd - the match is abandoned
+ X min. - there have been X minutes of added time played for that half
about penalty kick direction notes - the point of view of the penalty taker is always considered, with the goal being divided into 6 areas,
in which the ball can be directed to - upper left, upper middle, upper right, lower left, lower middle and lower right;
while the penalty kick might be either placed (i.e. weaker shot) or taken with force.
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