Levski Sofia (Bulgarian: Левски София) is a Bulgarian sports club based in Sofia. It was founded in 1911. The club is named after Vasil Levski, the national hero of Bulgaria.
Founded | 1911 |
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Location | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Colours | Blue, White, Gold |
Website | Club home page |
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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,[1] which makes Levski one of the most successful European sports clubs of all-time.
Football
editBulgarian 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 : 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
- 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
editMen
editNational 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
Women
edit- 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
editMen
editBulgarian Champions : 16
- 1945, 1959, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2024
Bulgarian Cup : 17
- 1960, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014
Bulgarian Super Cup : 1
- 2023
Double : 7
- 1980, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006
CEV Cup Winners' Cup / CEV Cup
Women
editBulgarian 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
Hockey
edit- 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
editCompetition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
Summer Olympics | 15 | 42 | 26 | 83 | |
World Championships | 107 | 107 | 156 | 370 | |
European Championships | 159 | 151 | 164 | 474 | |
Total number of medals | 281 | 300 | 346 | 927 |
Levski Sofia athletes:
Supporters
editLevski is the most popular club in Bulgaria.[2] The club has various rivalries in the domestic competitions. Levski fans maintain a friendship with Lazio fans and have Bulgarian nationalist views.[3]
European competitions history
editSport | 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 |
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
editReferences
edit- ^ "LEVSKI – Sport For All – EMCA". European Multisport Club Association. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Concentration of people supporting the most popular clubs in Europe" (PDF). uefa.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ "LEVSKI SOFIA 100 YEARS CELEBRATION". ultras-tifo.net. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.