Levski Sofia (sports club)

Levski Sofia (Bulgarian: Левски София) is a Bulgarian sports club based in Sofia. It was founded in 1914. The club is named after Vasil Levski, the national hero of Bulgaria.

Levski Sofia
Founded24 May 1914
LocationSofia, Bulgaria
Colours      Blue, White, Gold
WebsiteClub home page
Vasil Levski, club's patron

The club develops 30 types of sports. Its football team, PFC Levski Sofia, is its most popular section. Other important sections are BC Levski Sofia, the basketball team, and VC Levski Sofia, the volleyball team. Levski is the only Bulgarian club, and one of the few in Europe, to have won the European Champions' Cup in three different team sports – basketball, volleyball and athletics.

To date, Levski has reached 26 European Finals in total (won nine titles) – one EuroLeague, one CEV Champions League, two European Champion Clubs Cup (athletics) titles, two EuroCup titles, and three Balkan League titles; and was runner-up in (17 finals) – three CEV Champions League Finals, two European Champion Clubs Cup (athletics) Finals, six CEV Cup Winners' Cup Finals, one EuroCup Final, two Balkan League Finals, two Balkans Cup Finals, and one Intertoto Cup Ernst Thommen Final. The athletes of Levski have won almost 1,000 medals from Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships,[1] which makes Levski one of the most successful European sports clubs of all-time.

Football
Main article: PFC Levski Sofia
Pavel Panov, Levski's top goalscorer in European competitions
Stefan Aladzhov, Levski's most capped player

Bulgarian A Group : 26

  • 1933, 1937, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009

Bulgarian Cup : 25

  • 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007

Sofia Championship : 11

  • 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929, 1933, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1948

Tsar's Cup / Cup of the Soviet Army / Cup of Bulgaria : 6

  • 1933, 1937, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988

Ulpia Serdika Cup : 4

  • 1926, 1930, 1931, 1932

Bulgarian Supercup : 3

  • 2005, 2007, 2009

Double : 13

  • 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2007

Treble : 4

  • 1942, 1946, 1984, 2007

UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1/4 Finals : 1969–70, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1986–87, 2005–06

UCL, UEL Group Stage : 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2010–11

Balkans Cup Runners-Up : 1960–61, 1961–63

Intertoto Cup Ernst Thommen Runners-Up : 1981

Basketball
Main article: BC Levski Sofia
Aaron Harper with the 2010 Balkan League
Vassil Evtimov representing Bulgaria

Men

National Basketball League : 16

  • 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2014, 2018, 2021

Bulgarian Cup : 14

  • 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2020

Bulgarian Basketball Super Cup : 2

  • 2018, 2019

Double : 5

  • 1979, 1982, 1993, 2001, 2014

Treble : 1

  • 2014

Balkan League : 3

Women

Bulgarian Champions : 8

  • 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994

Bulgarian Cup : 13

  • 1969, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991

Double : 5

  • 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987

EuroLeague

Ronchetti Cup / EuroCup

Volleyball
Main article: VC Levski Sofia
Vladimir Nikolov, 2006 FIVB World Championship Bronze medalist
Plamen Konstantinov, 2007 FIVB World Cup Bronze medalist

Men

Bulgarian Champions : 15

  • 1945, 1959, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009

Bulgarian Cup : 17

  • 1960, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014

Double : 7

  • 1980, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006

CEV Cup Winners' Cup / CEV Cup

Women

Bulgarian Champions : 29

  • 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2014

Bulgarian Cup : 27

  • 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2016

Double : 18

  • 1959, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2014

CEV Champions League

Hockey
Main article: HC Levski Sofia

Bulgarian Hockey League : 13

  • 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003

Bulgarian Cup : 17

  • 1968, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2005

Double : 8

  • 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1999

Medals and athletes
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Total
Summer Olympics15402878
World Championships97100143340
European Championships139138136413

Levski Sofia notable names:

Supporters

Levski is the most popular club in Bulgaria.[2] The club has not a small number of rivalries in the domestic competitions. Levski hooligans are friends with Lazio fans.[3]

European competitions history
The Cyrillic letter L, symbol of Levski
Monument, marking the place of creation of Sport Club Levski Sofia, near the National Palace of Culture in the city center
SportCompetitionResultYear
FootballBalkans CupRunners-up1961
FootballBalkans CupRunners-up1963
VolleyballCEV Champions LeagueChampions1964
BasketballEuroCupRunners-up1975
VolleyballCEV Champions LeagueRunners-up1975
VolleyballCEV CupRunners-up1975
VolleyballCEV Champions LeagueRunners-up1976
BasketballEuroCupChampions1978
VolleyballCEV CupRunners-up1979
BasketballEuroCupChampions1979
VolleyballCEV Champions LeagueRunners-up1981
FootballIntertoto Cup Ernst ThommenRunners-up1981
VolleyballCEV CupRunners-up1982
BasketballEuroLeagueChampions1984
VolleyballCEV CupRunners-up1985
VolleyballCEV CupRunners-up1987
VolleyballCEV CupRunners-up1989
AthleticsEuropean Champion Clubs CupChampions1992
AthleticsEuropean Champion Clubs CupRunners-up1993
AthleticsEuropean Champion Clubs CupChampions1994
AthleticsEuropean Champion Clubs CupRunners-up1995
BasketballBalkan LeagueChampions2010
BasketballBalkan LeagueRunners-up2012
BasketballBalkan LeagueRunners-up2013
BasketballBalkan LeagueChampions2014
BasketballBalkan LeagueChampions2018

See also

References
  1. "LEVSKI – Sport For All – EMCA". European Multisport Club Association. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. "Concentration of people supporting the most popular clubs in Europe" (PDF). uefa.com. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  3. "Levski Sofia with a visit at their friends from Lazio". hooliganstv.com. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
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