BC Levski Sofia

Levski
Nickname	Сините (The Blues)
Leagues	NBL Balkan League
Founded	1923; 99 years ago (1923)
Arena	Universiada Hall
Capacity	4,000
Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
Team colors	Blue, White, Gold
Main sponsor	Winbet
President	Todor Stoykov
Head coach	Konstantin Papazov
Team captain	Asen Velikov
Championships	Men: 16 Bulgarian Championships 14 Bulgarian Cups 2 Bulgarian Super Cups 3 Balkan Leagues Women: 8 Bulgarian Championships 13 Bulgarian Cups 1 EuroLeague 2 EuroCups
Website	www.levskibasket.com
Home Away

Basketball Club Levski Sofia (Bulgarian: Баскетболен клуб Левски София), also known as Levski (Bulgarian: Левски), is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia. It is the basketball section of Levski Sofia sports club.

History[]

Founded in 1923, Levski has won a record 59 honours: 16 NBL titles, 14 Bulgarian Cups and 2 Bulgarian Supercups/Men/ & 8 Bulgarian championships and 13 Bulgarian Cups/Women/. International titles won by the club are: 1 EuroLeague in 1984, 2 EuroCups in 1978 & 1979 and 3 Balkan Leagues (regional European title) in 2010, 2014 & 2018. They play their home matches at the Universiade Hall in Sofia.

In 2018, Lukoil announced its sponsorship deal with Levski.^[1] Consequently, the new club name would be Levski Lukoil.

Honours[]

Men[]

• National Basketball League
  • Winners (16): 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2014, 2018, 2021
• Bulgarian Cup
  • Winners: (14) 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2020
• Bulgarian Basketball Super Cup
  • Winners: (2) 2018, 2019
• Balkan League
  • Winners (3): 2010, 2014, 2018
    • Runners-up (2): 2012, 2013

Women[]

• Bulgarian Women's Basketball Championship
  • Winners (8): 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994
• Bulgarian Women's Basketball Cup
  • Winners (13): 1969, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991
• EuroLeague
  • Winners (1): 1984
• Ronchetti Cup / EuroCup
  • Winners (2): 1978, 1979
    • Runners-up (1): 1975

Players[]

Universiada Hall, Home of Levski

Konstantin Titi Papazov

Current roster[]

Levski Sofia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SF 0 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 29 – (1992-07-11)11 July 1992 G 5 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 20 – (2001-05-22)22 May 2001 PG 6 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 22 – (1999-08-17)17 August 1999 SG 9 Kostov, Chavdar 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 33 – (1988-04-18)18 April 1988 PF 11 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 21 – (2000-08-15)15 August 2000 PG 13 Velikov, Asen (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 36 – (1986-01-11)11 January 1986 F/C 14 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 21 – (2000-06-01)1 June 2000 C 15 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 32 – (1989-06-07)7 June 1989 G/F 23 Little, Mario 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 34 – (1987-12-29)29 December 1987 SG 30 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 19 – (2003-01-30)30 January 2003 PG 35 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 30 – (1991-10-14)14 October 1991 C 41 Radić, Ivica 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 31 – (1990-09-08)8 September 1990	Head coach Konstantin Papazov Assistant coach(es) Dimitar Angelov Strength & conditioning coach(es) Svetoslav Andonov Physiotherapist(s) Yavor Kasabov Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 31 January 2022

Notable players[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Bulgarian)
• Eurobasket.com BC Levski Sofia Page
• Levski Sofia at Basketball-bg.com (in Bulgarian)
• Levski Sofia at BulgarianBasket.com (in English)