Levski Sofia (sports club)
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| Founded | 1914 |
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| Colours | Blue, White |
| Website | Club home page |
Levski Sofia is a sports club from Sofia, Bulgaria, founded in 1914. The club is named after Vasil Levski, the national hero of Bulgaria. Its football team, PFC Levski Sofia, is its most popular sports branch. Other important branches are BC Levski Sofia, the basketball team, and VC Levski Sofia, the volleyball team. The club develops 40 types of sport.
Levski Sofia is the only Bulgarian club, and one of few in Europe to have won the European Champions' Cup in three different team sports – basketball, volleyball and athletics. To date, Levski has reached 25 European Finals (won eight titles) – one EuroLeague, one CEV Champions League, two European Champion Clubs Cup (athletics) titles, two EuroCup titles, and two Balkan League titles; and played in (17 finals) – four CEV Champions League Finals, two European Champion Clubs Cup (athletics) Finals, six CEV Cup Winners' Cup Finals, one EuroCup Final, two Balkan League Finals, and two Balkans Cup Finals.
The athletes of sport club Levski have won almost 1,000 medals from Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships.
Football
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
- 2005, 2007, 2009
Domestic double : 13
- 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2007
Domestic treble : 2
- 1984 and 2007
UEFA Europa League 1/4 Final : 1975-76
UEFA Europa League 1/4 Final : 2005-06
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1/4 Final : 1969-70
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1/4 Final : 1976-77
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1/4 Final : 1986-87
UEFA Champions League & UEFA Europa League Group stage : 4
Basketball
Men
National Basketball League : 18
- 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2014
Bulgarian Cup : 15
- 1951, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2014
Domestic double : 5
- 1979, 1982, 1993, 2001, 2014
Treble : 1
- 2014
Balkan League : 2
Women
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
Domestic double : 5
- 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987
- Winners : 1984
Volleyball
Men
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
Domestic double : 7
- 1980, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006
CEV Cup Winners' Cup / CEV Cup
Women
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 : 26
- 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
Domestic double : 18
- 1959, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2014
Hockey
- 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
Domestic double : 8
- 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1999
Medals
The athletes of sport club Levski have won almost 1,000 medals from Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships.
Gold medals : 251
- Olympic Games - 15
- World Championships - 97
- European Championships - 139
Silver medals : 278
- Olympic Games - 40
- World Championships - 100
- European Championships - 138
Bronze medals : 304
- Olympic Games - 25
- World Championships - 143
- European Championships - 136
Golden medalists from Olympic Games are :
- Boyan Radev, Enyo Vulchev, Ivanka Khristova, Yanko Rusev, Valentin Raychev, Vania Gesheva, Yordanka Donkova, Lubomir Geraskov, Tanyu Kiryakov, Daniel Petrov, Mariya Grozdeva and Georgi Murkov.
Other important and successful names of the club are:
- Ivet Lalova, Aleksandar Tomov, Stanka Zlateva, Serafim Barzakov, Yordanka Blagoeva, Radoslav Velikov, Maria Petrova, Lilia Ignatova, Anelia Ralenkova, Petkana Makaveeva, Atanas Golomeev and many others.
World and European Cups
World cups : 11
European cups : 8
- 1 CEV Champions League, 1 EuroLeague, 2 EuroCup titles, 2 Balkan League titles, and 2 European Champion Clubs Cup (athletics) titles.
See also
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Bulgaria men's national volleyball team - Bulgaria women's national volleyball team
- Bulgaria national basketball team
- Bulgaria women's national basketball team
- Bulgaria national football team
- Bulgaria at the Olympics
Branches
- PFC Levski Sofia, Football Team
- BC Levski Sofia, Basketball Team
- VC Levski Sofia, Volleyball Team
- HC Levski Sofia, Hockey Team