 During the same season Litex Lovech qualified to the group stage of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup, where Novaković scored two of the clubs's four goals, helping the Bulgarian side in reaching the Round of 32 where they were eliminated by French side Strasbourg with the score 0–2 on aggregate.During the summer of 2006 he was linked with several different clubs (e.g.German team 1.