The 2011–12 season was Professional Football Club Litex Lovech's 17th consecutive season in the A Group. In addition to the domestic league, Litex Lovech participated in this season's editions of the Bulgarian Cup, Bulgarian Supercup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
| 2011–12 season | ||||
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| Manager | Lyuboslav Penev (until 24 October) Atanas Dzhambazki (from 24 October to 31 December) Hristo Stoichkov (from 5 January 2012) | |||
| Stadium | Lovech Stadium | |||
| A Group | 5th | |||
| Bulgarian Cup | Semi-finals | |||
| Bulgarian Supercup | Runners-up | |||
| UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | |||
| UEFA Europa League | Play-off round | |||
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Squad edit
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Source: [1]
Competitions edit
Overview edit
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| A Group | 7 August 2011 | 23 May 2012 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 56.67 |
| Bulgarian Cup | 23 November 2011 | 11 April 2012 | Second round | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 75.00 |
| Bulgarian Supercup | 30 July 2011 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 | |
| UEFA Champions League | 12 July 2011 | 3 August 2011 | Second qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 50.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 18 August 2011 | 25 August 2011 | Play-off round | Play-off round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Total | 41 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 78 | 41 | +37 | 53.66 | ||||
Source: Competitions
Bulgarian Supercup edit
Litex Lovech, as A Group winners in the previous season, played against CSKA Sofia in the 2011 Bulgarian Supercup, who themselves won the Bulgarian Cup.
| 30 July 2011 Final | Litex Lovech | 1–3 | CSKA Sofia | Burgas |
| 20:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Report | Stadium: Stadion Lazur Referee: Anton Genov |
First League edit
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 3 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 61 | 28 | +33 | 62 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Chernomorets Burgas | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 57 | 23 | +34 | 60 | |
| 5 | Litex Lovech | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 59 | |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 57 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a] |
| 7 | Cherno More | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 52 |
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
Notes:
- ^ Ludogorets Razgrad won the 2011–12 Bulgarian Cup competition but were qualified for 2012–13 UEFA Champions League via winning the league, hence their Europa League berth was awarded to the cup runners-up, Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
Results summary edit
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 59 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | +25 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 19 | +4 |
Source: Competitions
Matches edit
| 7 August 2011 1 | Litex Lovech | 2–1 | Beroe | Lovech |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Ahmed Ahmed |
| 13 August 2011 2 | Vidima-Rakovski | 1–1 | Litex Lovech | Sevlievo |
| 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
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Report | Stadium: Rakovski Stadium Referee: Vihren Manev |
| 21 August 2011 3 | Litex Lovech | 6–0 | Svetkavitsa | Lovech |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Report | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Stoyan Denev |
| 28 August 2011 4 | Slavia Sofia | 0–2 | Litex Lovech | Sofia |
| 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Report | Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Stadium Referee: Tasko Taskov |
| 10 September 2011 5 | Litex Lovech | 1–0 | Cherno More | Lovech |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
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Report | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov |
| 17 September 2011 6 | Levski Sofia | 3–2 | Litex Lovech | Sofia |
| 19:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Report |
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Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov |
| 24 September 2011 7 | Litex Lovech | 3–1 | Botev Vratsa | Lovech |
| 18:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Report |
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Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Ivan Kirilov |
| 1 October 2011 8 | Minyor Pernik | 2–2 | Litex Lovech | Pernik |
| 15:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Minyor Referee: Georgi Kabakov |
| 15 October 2011 9 | Litex Lovech | 0–0 | Montana | Lovech |
| 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Report | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Bogomil Marinov |
| 24 October 2011 10 | Litex Lovech | 2–1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | Lovech |
| 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
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Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov |
| 31 October 2011 11 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 1–2 | Litex Lovech | Sofia |
| 17:00 EET (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Nikolay Yordanov |
| 5 November 2011 12 | Litex Lovech | 0–0 | Chernomorets Burgas | Lovech |
| 17:00 EET (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov |
| 20 November 2011 14 | Litex Lovech | 0–2 | CSKA Sofia | Lovech |
| 15:30 EET (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov |
| 27 November 2011 15 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2–1 | Litex Lovech | Plovdiv |
| 13:30 EET (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Referee: Stanislav Todorov |
| 3 March 2012 17 | Litex Lovech | 3–0 | Vidima-Rakovski | Lovech |
| 16:30 EET (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Atanas Dimitrov |
| 7 March 2012 13 | Kaliakra | 0–2 | Litex Lovech | Kavarna |
| 14:30 EET (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Kavarna Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov |
| 10 March 2012 18 | Svetkavitsa | 1–3 | Litex Lovech | Targovishte |
| 14:30 EET (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Dimitar Burkov Referee: Radan Miryanov |
| 17 March 2012 19 | Litex Lovech | 1–0 | Slavia Sofia | Lovech |
| 14:30 EET (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Bogomil Marinov |
| 21 March 2012 16 | Beroe | 1–1 | Litex Lovech | Stara Zagora |
| 19:00 EET (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Stadion Beroe Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov |
| 25 March 2012 20 | Cherno More | 0–1 | Litex Lovech | Varna |
| 14:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Ticha Referee: Hristo Ristoskov |
| 29 March 2012 21 | Litex Lovech | 1–0 | Levski Sofia | Lovech |
| 16:45 EEST (UTC+3) |
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Report | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Stanislav Todorov |
| 2 April 2012 22 | Botev Vratsa | 1–3 | Litex Lovech | Vratsa |
| 14:30 EEST (UTC+3) |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Referee: Stefan Spasov |
| 7 April 2012 23 | Litex Lovech | 2–2 | Minyor Pernik | Lovech |
| 14:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Report | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Stoyan Denev |
| 19 April 2012 24 | Montana | 1–0 | Litex Lovech | Montana |
| 16:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion Ogosta Referee: Georgi Kabakov |
| 22 April 2012 25 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 1–1 | Litex Lovech | Razgrad |
| 16:30 EEST (UTC+3) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Kalin Lyudmilov |
| 30 April 2012 26 | Litex Lovech | 2–0 | Lokomotiv Sofia | Lovech |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
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Report | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Stanislav Todorov |
| 5 May 2012 27 | Chernomorets Burgas | 1–1 | Litex Lovech | Burgas |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
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Report | Stadium: efbet Arena Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov |
| 12 May 2012 28 | Litex Lovech | 5–0 | Kaliakra | Lovech |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
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Report | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Georgi Dimitrov |
| 19 May 2012 29 | CSKA Sofia | 4–1 | Litex Lovech | Sofia |
| 15:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov |
| 23 May 2012 30 | Litex Lovech | 6–2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Lovech |
| 15:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Report | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Hristo Ristoskov |
Bulgarian Cup edit
| 23 November 2011 Second round | Sportist Svoge | 0–5 | Litex Lovech | Svoge |
| 12:30 EET (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stadion Chavdar Tsvetkov |
| 3 December 2011 Third round | Litex Lovech | 5–0 | Kaliakra Kavarna | Lovech |
| 15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov |
| 14 March 2012 Quarter-finals | Litex Lovech | 2–0 | Minyor Pernik | Lovech |
| 16:30 EET (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Ahmed Ahmed |
| 11 April 2012 Semi-finals | Litex Lovech | 0–1 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Lovech |
| 18:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Report |
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Stadium: Lovech Stadium Referee: Tasko Taskov |
UEFA Champions League edit
Second qualifying round edit
| 12 July 2011 First leg | Mogren  | 1–2 |  Litex Lovech | Podgorica, Montenegro[note 1] |
| 20:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium Attendance: 1,500[2] Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania) |
| 19 July 2011 Second leg | Litex Lovech | 3–0 (5–1 agg.) | Mogren | Lovech, Bulgaria |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Report | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 4,000[3] Referee: Andre Marriner (England) | ||
| Note: Litex Lovech won 5–1 on aggregate. | ||||
Third qualifying round edit
| 26 July 2011 First leg | Litex Lovech | 1–2 |  Wisła Kraków | Lovech, Bulgaria |
| 19:30 EEST (UTC+3) |
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Report | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 6,800[4] Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway) |
| 3 August 2011 Second leg | Wisła Kraków | 3–1 (5–2 agg.) | Litex Lovech | Kraków, Poland |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana Attendance: 23,050[5] Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey) | |
| Note: Wisła Kraków won 5–2 on aggregate. | ||||
UEFA Europa League edit
Play-off round edit
| 18 August 2011 First leg | Litex Lovech | 1–2 |  Dynamo Kyiv | Lovech, Bulgaria |
| 18:45 EEST (UTC+3) | Report | Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 5,862[6] Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece) |
| 25 August 2011 Second leg | Dynamo Kyiv | 1–0 (3–1 agg.) | Litex Lovech | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 8,100[7] Referee: Stuart Attwell (England) |
| Note: Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate. | ||||
Notes edit
- ^ The match was played at the Podgorica City Stadium in Podgorica, instead of Mogren regular stadium, the Stadion Lugovi in Budva, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
References edit
- ^ "Litex Lovetch Squad 2011-12". eufo.de. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Mogren vs. Litex" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Litex vs. Mogren" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Litex vs. Wisła Kraków" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Wisła Kraków vs. Litex" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Litex vs. Dynamo Kyiv" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Dynamo Kyiv vs. Litex" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2024.