Levski Sofia (sports club)
Founded | 24 May 1914 |
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Location | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Colours | Blue, White, Gold |
Website | Club home page |
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.
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[]
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
- 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[]
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[]
- 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
- Winners : 1984
Volleyball[]
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
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
Double : 8
- 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1999
Medals and athletes[]
Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
Summer Olympics | 15 | 40 | 28 | 78 | |
World Championships | 97 | 100 | 143 | 340 | |
European Championships | 139 | 138 | 136 | 413 |
Levski Sofia notable names:
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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[]
Sport | Competition | Result | Year |
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Football | Balkans Cup | Runners-up | 1961 |
Football | Balkans Cup | Runners-up | 1963 |
Volleyball | CEV Champions League | Champions | 1964 |
Basketball | EuroCup | Runners-up | 1975 |
Volleyball | CEV Champions League | Runners-up | 1975 |
Volleyball | CEV Cup | Runners-up | 1975 |
Volleyball | CEV Champions League | Runners-up | 1976 |
Basketball | EuroCup | Champions | 1978 |
Volleyball | CEV Cup | Runners-up | 1979 |
Basketball | EuroCup | Champions | 1979 |
Volleyball | CEV Champions League | Runners-up | 1981 |
Football | Intertoto Cup Ernst Thommen | Runners-up | 1981 |
Volleyball | CEV Cup | Runners-up | 1982 |
Basketball | EuroLeague | Champions | 1984 |
Volleyball | CEV Cup | Runners-up | 1985 |
Volleyball | CEV Cup | Runners-up | 1987 |
Volleyball | CEV Cup | Runners-up | 1989 |
Athletics | European Champion Clubs Cup | Champions | 1992 |
Athletics | European Champion Clubs Cup | Runners-up | 1993 |
Athletics | European Champion Clubs Cup | Champions | 1994 |
Athletics | European Champion Clubs Cup | Runners-up | 1995 |
Basketball | Balkan League | Champions | 2010 |
Basketball | Balkan League | Runners-up | 2012 |
Basketball | Balkan League | Runners-up | 2013 |
Basketball | Balkan League | Champions | 2014 |
Basketball | Balkan League | Champions | 2018 |
See also[]
- Bulgaria men's national volleyball team
- Bulgaria women's national volleyball team
- Bulgaria men's national basketball team
- Bulgaria women's national basketball team
- Bulgaria national football team
- Bulgaria men's national ice hockey team
- Bulgaria at the Olympics
References[]
- ^ "LEVSKI – Sport For All – EMCA". European Multisport Club Association. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Concentration of people supporting the most popular clubs in Europe" (PDF). uefa.com. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ "Levski Sofia with a visit at their friends from Lazio". hooliganstv.com. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
External links[]
- Levski Sofia
- Multi-sport clubs in Bulgaria