Levski Volley

Levski Sofia

Full name	VC Levski Sofia
Nickname	Сините (The Blues)
Founded	1943
Ground	Sikonko Hall, Sofia (Capacity: 1000)
Chairman	Vladimir Nikolov
Manager	Hristo Iliev
League	NVL
2015-16	9th
Uniforms
Home Away

VC Levski Sofia is a professional volleyball team based in Sofia, Bulgaria. It plays in the Bulgaria volley league. Founded in 1943 the team plays its home games at Sikonko Hall in Sofia. Levski were crowned as European champions in 1964.

Honours

Men

• Champions 15 times:
  • 1945, 1959, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009
• Cup winners 17 times:
  • 1960, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014
• CEV Cup
  • Runners-up (6): 1975, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989

Women

• Champions 29 times:
  • 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
• Cup winners 26 times:
  • 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
• Women's CEV Champions League Winners 1 time
  • 1964
    • Runners-up (4): 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981

Current Squad 2015/2016 (Men)

Head coach:

Andrey Zhekov

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
2	Yordanov, BoyanBoyan Yordanov	March 12, 1983	opposite
4	Ananiev, MetodiMetodi Ananiev	February 17, 1986	outside hitter
4	Morales, StevenSteven Morales	April 7, 1992	outside hitter
6	Asenov, StilianStilian Asenov	October 21, 1987	setter
8	Lalov, IvayloIvaylo Lalov	January 10, 1996	libero
9	Zhekov, AndreyAndrey Zhekov	March 12, 1980	setter
10	Milanov, MilanMilan Milanov	October 28, 1994	outside hitter
11	Ragin, VentsislavVentsislav Ragin	April 8, 1992	middle blocker
12	Krachev, IvanIvan Krachev	February 28, 1990	opposite
14	Damianov, IvanIvan Damianov	May 31, 1987	middle blocker
18	Svilenski, StrahilStrahil Svilenski	September 7, 1996	middle blocker

Notable players

1986–1991 Plamen Konstantinov 1990–1991 Vladimir Alekno 1995–2002 Vladimir Nikolov 1998–2003 Hristo Tsvetanov

1999–2006 Andrey Zhekov 2002–2006 Boyan Yordanov 2003–2007 Krasimir Gaydarski 2003–2007 Metodi Ananiev

2004–2006 Todor Aleksiev 2004–2007 Konstantin Mitev 2004–2009 Nikolay Uchikov 2007–2009 Valentin Bratoev

2004–2010 Georgi Bratoev 2005–2011 Vladislav Ivanov

External links

• Official website