ia . ▁He ▁collected ▁his ▁first ▁A ▁Group ▁title ▁winner ' s ▁medal ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 – 0 5 ▁season . ▁Il iev ▁scored ▁ 4 ▁league ▁goals ▁in ▁ 1 8 ▁matches ▁that ▁season . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 3 ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Il iev ▁scored ▁a ▁goal , ▁which ▁helped ▁C SK A ▁secure ▁a ▁historic ▁ 1 – 0 ▁away ▁win ▁over ▁Liverpool ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁qual ifying ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁Champions ▁League . ▁However , ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁help ▁them ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁Champions ▁League ▁group ▁phase , ▁as ▁the ▁" arm ymen " ▁were ▁elimin ated ▁after ▁an ▁aggregate ▁score ▁of ▁ 2 – 3 , ▁having ▁lost ▁their ▁home ▁game . ▁He ▁developed ▁a ▁kn ack ▁for ▁scoring ▁key ▁goals ▁for ▁C SK A ▁making ▁good ▁use ▁of ▁his ▁powerful ▁heading ▁ability . ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Il iev ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁captain ' s ▁arm band , ▁as ▁Emil ▁G arg or ov ▁was ▁stri pped ▁from ▁that ▁role ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁loss ▁in ▁the ▁E ternal ▁der by ▁of ▁Bulgar ian ▁football ▁against ▁Lev ski ▁Sof ia . ▁ ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁Il iev ▁would ▁be ▁C SK A ' s ▁permanent ▁club ▁captain . ▁On ▁ 3 0 ▁July , ▁he ▁capt ained ▁the ▁team ▁that ▁won ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁Bulgar ian ▁Super cup ▁against