thumb|right|200px|[[Vasil Levski, club's patron]]

Levski Sofia () 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 27 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 (18 finals) – three CEV Champions League Finals, two European Champion Clubs Cup (athletics) Finals, six CEV Cup Winners' Cup Finals, one EuroCup Final, one CELA Cup 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, which makes Levski one of the most successful European sports clubs of all time.

Football

thumb|155px|[[Pavel Panov, Levski's top goalscorer in European competitions]]

thumb|155px|[[Stefan Aladzhov, Levski's most capped player]]

thumb|155px|[[Dobromir Zhechev, played in four FIFA World Cups]]

Bulgarian A Group : 27

  • 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, 2026

Bulgarian Cup : 26

  • 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, 2022

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

Bulgarian Supercup : 3

  • 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

thumb|155px|[[Krassimira Banova with the European Champions Cup (1984)]]

thumb|155px|[[Aaron Harper (basketball)|Aaron Harper with the 2010 Balkan League]]

thumb|155px|[[Vassil Evtimov representing Bulgaria]]

Men

National Basketball League : 16

  • 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2014, 2018, 2021

Bulgarian Cup : 16

  • 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2023

Bulgarian Basketball Super Cup : 3

  • 2018, 2019, 2023

Double : 5

  • 1979, 1982, 1993, 2001, 2014

Treble : 1

  • 2014

Balkan League : 3

  • Winners : 2010, 2014, 2018

Women

Bulgarian 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

Double : 5

  • 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987

EuroLeague

  • Winners : 1984

Ronchetti Cup / EuroCup

  • Winners : 1978, 1979
  • Runners-Up : 1975

Volleyball

thumb|155px|[[Vladimir Nikolov (volleyball)|Vladimir Nikolov, 2006 FIVB World Championship Bronze medalist]]

thumb|155px|[[Plamen Konstantinov, 2007 FIVB World Cup Bronze medalist]]

Men

Bulgarian Champions : 18

  • 1945, 1959, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2024, 2025, 2026

Bulgarian Cup : 18

  • 1960, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2025

Bulgarian Super Cup : 3

  • 2023, 2024, 2025

Double : 8

  • 1980, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2025

CEV Cup Winners' Cup / CEV Cup

  • Runners-Up : 6
  • 1975, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989

Women

Bulgarian Champions : 28

  • 1959, 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 : 17

  • 1959, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2014

CEV Champions League

  • Winners : 1964
  • Runners-Up : 3
  • 1975, 1976, 1981

Hockey

Bulgarian Hockey League : 13

  • 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

thumb|155px|[[Ivet Lalova]]

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Competition

! width=85 style="background-color:gold" | Gold

! width=85 style="background-color:silver" | Silver

! width=85 style="background-color:#cc9966" | Bronze

! width=85 | Total

|-

|align=left| Summer Olympics || 15 || 42 || 26 || 83 ||

|-

|align=left| World Championships || 107 || 107 || 156 || 370 ||

|-

|align=left| European Championships || 159 || 151 || 164 || 474 ||

|-

|align=left| Total number of medals || 281 || 300 || 346 || 927 ||

|}

Levski Sofia athletes:

{|

|- style="vertical-align: top;"

|

  • Boyan Radev
  • Enyu Valchev
  • Ivanka Khristova
  • Yanko Rusev
  • Valentin Raychev
  • Vania Gesheva
  • Yordanka Donkova
  • Lubomir Geraskov
  • Tanyu Kiryakov

|

  • Daniel Petrov
  • Mariya Grozdeva
  • Georgi Markov
  • Ivet Lalova
  • Aleksandar Tomov
  • Stanka Zlateva
  • Serafim Barzakov
  • Yordanka Blagoeva
  • Radoslav Velikov

|

  • Maria Petrova
  • Lilia Ignatova
  • Anelia Ralenkova
  • Petkana Makaveeva
  • Atanas Golomeev
  • Petar Stoychev
  • Elitsa Yankova
  • Georgi Mladenov
  • Tervel Pulev

|}

Supporters

Levski is the most popular club in Bulgaria. The club has various rivalries in the domestic competitions. Levski fans maintain a friendship with Lazio fans and have Bulgarian nationalist views.

European competitions history

thumb|right|250px|The [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic letter L, symbol of Levski]]

thumb|right|250px|Monument, marking the place of creation of Sport Club Levski Sofia, near the [[National Palace of Culture in the city center]]

{| class="wikitable"

! Sport || Competition || Result || Year

|-

| 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

|-

|Wrestling

|CELA Cup

|Runners-up

|2009

|-

| 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

  • Official club website