Levski Volley

Levski Volley

Full name	VC Levski Sofia
Nickname	Сините (The Blues)
Founded	1943
Ground	Levski Sofia Sports Hall, Sofia (Capacity: 1,700)
Chairman	Vladimir Nikolov
Manager	Hristo Iliev
League	Bulgarian Volleyball Super League
2019–20	7th (Men) 2nd (Women)
Uniforms
Home Away

VC Levski Sofia is a professional Bulgarian volleyball team based in Sofia. It has both men's and women's teams, both playing in its respective Bulgarian Volleyball Leagues. Founded in 1943, the team plays its home games at Levski Sofia Sports Hall in Sofia. The women's team became the first Bulgarian volleyball club that were crowned European champion in 1963–64 season. Levski is also the only Bulgarian club that reached 4 times European Cup finals and 6 times CEV Cup finals.

Men's volleyball[]

Honours[]

National competitions[]

• Bulgarian Championship: 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

International competitions[]

• CEV Cup Runners-up: 1975, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989
• CEV Champions League Third place: 1960

Current Squad 2018/2019[]

Head coach:

Andrey Zhekov

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
2	Boyan Yordanov	(1983-03-12) March 12, 1983 (age 38)	opposite
4	Metodi Ananiev	(1986-02-17) February 17, 1986 (age 35)	outside hitter
4	Steven Morales	(1992-04-07) April 7, 1992 (age 29)	outside hitter
6		(1987-10-21) October 21, 1987 (age 34)	setter
7	Daan van Haarlem	(1989-03-15) March 15, 1989 (age 32)	setter
8		(1996-01-10) January 10, 1996 (age 26)	libero
9	Andrey Zhekov	(1980-03-12) March 12, 1980 (age 41)	setter
10		(1994-10-28) October 28, 1994 (age 27)	outside hitter
11		(1992-04-08) April 8, 1992 (age 29)	middle blocker
12		(1990-02-28) February 28, 1990 (age 31)	opposite
14		(1987-05-31) May 31, 1987 (age 34)	middle blocker
18		(1996-09-07) September 7, 1996 (age 25)	middle blocker

Notable players[]

Women's volleyball[]

Honours[]

National competitions[]

• Bulgarian Championship: 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

International competitions[]

• CEV Champions League: 1

1963–64

• Runners-up: 1975, 1976, 1981

Notable players[]

• Tanya Gogova
• Galina Stancheva
• Tanya Dimitrova
• Silviya Petrunova
• Rositsa Dimitrova

Team squad[]

Season 2016–2017, as of January 2017.^[1]

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Birth date
1		Libero	1.73	83	(1999-05-22) 22 May 1999 (age 22)
2		Middle Blocker	1.85	70	(1998-06-11) 11 June 1998 (age 23)
3		Outside Hitter	1.81	70	(1997-07-13) 13 July 1997 (age 24)
4		Middle Blocker	1.82	61	(1999-09-02) 2 September 1999 (age 22)
5	Maria Yordanova	Opposite	1.82	72	(2002-05-25) 25 May 2002 (age 19)
6		Outside Hitter	1.78	70	(1996-02-16) 16 February 1996 (age 25)
7		Outside Hitter	1.82	65	(1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 (age 22)
8		Settter	1.83	78	(1999-11-27) 27 November 1999 (age 22)
9		Outside Hitter	1.83	69	(1998-05-30) 30 May 1998 (age 23)
10		Setter	1.77	63	(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 21)
11		Opposite	1.90	77	(1999-11-27) 27 November 1999 (age 22)
12		Libero	1.69	60	(2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 (age 21)
13		Middle Blocker	1.88	75	(1999-03-23) 23 March 1999 (age 22)
14		Libero	1.66	58	(2000-04-20) 20 April 2000 (age 21)
15		Setter	1.77	60	(1998-10-15) 15 October 1998 (age 23)
16		Middle Blocker	1.93	84	(1999-12-18) 18 December 1999 (age 22)
17	Monika Krasteva	Outside Hitter	1.80	68	(1999-05-09) 9 May 1999 (age 22)
18	Nasya Dimitrova	Middle Blocker	1.89	70	(1992-11-06) 6 November 1992 (age 29)
Coach:

References[]

External links[]

• Official website