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Levski Sofia (sports club)

Levski Sofia is a sports club from Sofia, Bulgaria, founded in 1914. The club is named after Vasil Levski, the national hero of Bulgaria. Its football team, PFC Levski Sofia, is its most popular sports branch. Other important branches are BC Levski Sofia, the basketball team, and VC Levski Sofia, the volleyball team. The club develops 40 types of sport.

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Levski Sofia is the only Bulgarian club, and one of few in Europe to have won the European Champions' Cup in three different team sports – basketball, volleyball and athletics. To date, Levski has reached 25 European Finals (won eight titles) – one EuroLeague, one CEV Champions League, two European Champion Clubs Cup (athletics) titles, two EuroCup titles, and two Balkan League titles; and played in (17 finals) – four CEV Champions League Finals, two European Champion Clubs Cup (athletics) Finals, six CEV Cup Winners' Cup Finals, one EuroCup Final, two Balkan League Finals, and two Balkans Cup Finals.

The athletes of sport club Levski have won almost 1,000 medals from Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships.

Football

  • PFC Levski Sofia
  • 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
  • Bulgarian Supercup : 3

  • 2005, 2007, 2009
  • Double : 13

  • 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2007
  • Treble : 2

  • 1984, 2007
  • UEFA Europa League 1/4 Final : 1975–76

    UEFA Europa League 1/4 Final : 2005–06

    UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1/4 Final : 1969–70

    UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1/4 Final : 1976–77

    UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1/4 Final : 1986–87

    UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Youth League Group Stage : 5

  • 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2016–17
  • Basketball

  • BC Levski Sofia
  • Men

    National Basketball League : 18

  • 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2014
  • Bulgarian Cup : 15

  • 1951, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2014
  • Double : 5

  • 1979, 1982, 1993, 2001, 2014
  • Treble : 1

  • 2014
  • Balkan League : 2

  • Winners : 2010, 2014
  • 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

  • VC Levski Sofia
  • 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

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

  • Winners : 1964
  • Runners-Up : 4
  • 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981
  • Hockey

  • HC Levski Sofia
  • 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

    The athletes of sport club Levski have won almost 1,000 medals from Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships.

    Gold medals : 251

  • Olympic Games - 15
  • World Championships - 97
  • European Championships - 139
  • Silver medals : 278

  • Olympic Games - 40
  • World Championships - 100
  • European Championships - 138
  • Bronze medals : 304

  • Olympic Games - 26
  • World Championships - 143
  • European Championships - 136
  • Levski Sofia notable names:

  • 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 and many others.
  • European sport club competitions Titles

  • 1 CEV Champions League, 1 EuroLeague, 2 EuroCup titles, 2 Balkan League titles, 2 European Champion Clubs Cup (athletics) titles.
  • Branches

  • PFC Levski Sofia, Football Team
  • BC Levski Sofia, Basketball Team
  • VC Levski Sofia, Volleyball Team
  • HC Levski Sofia, Hockey Team
  • References

    Levski Sofia (sports club) Wikipedia