Levski Sofia (sports club)
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Levski Sofia is a sports club
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...

 from Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

, founded in 1914. The club is named after Vasil Levski
Vasil Levski
Vasil Levski, born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev, , is a Bulgarian revolutionary and a national hero of Bulgaria. Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule...

, the national hero of Bulgaria. It's football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 team PFC Levski Sofia
PFC Levski Sofia
"Levski Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see Levski Sofia .PFC Levski Sofia, otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria...

, is its most popular sports branch. Other important branches are BC Levski Sofia
BC Levski Sofia
BC Levski Sofia is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia and part of the Levski Sofia sports club.Founded in 1923, Levski has won 31 domestic trophies including 17 NBL titles and 14 Bulgarian Cups...

, the basketball team and VC Levski Sofia, the volleyball team. The club have departments in 40 sports.

Levski Sofia is the only Bulgarian club, which has won the European Champions' Cup in two different team sports - Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 & Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

. To date, the club has reached 15 European club Finals and has won 4 titles : 1 EuroLeague
EuroLeague Women
The EuroLeague Women is the highest professional basketball league in Europe for women’s clubs.Unlike Euroleague for men, the competition is entirely organized by FIBA Europe.-Between 2004-2011:...

, 1 CEV Champions League
Women's CEV Champions League
The Women's CEV Champions League or Women's Indesit European Champions League is the top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.- Formula :...

, 2 EuroCup
Ronchetti Cup
The Ronchetti Cup was an annual basketball European club competition held by FIBA between the years 1972 and 2002...

 titles, also has played in the : 4 CEV Champions League
Women's CEV Champions League
The Women's CEV Champions League or Women's Indesit European Champions League is the top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.- Formula :...

 Finals, 6 CEV Cup Winners' Cup
CEV Cup
The CEV Cup is the second top official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup...

 Finals and 1 EuroCup
Ronchetti Cup
The Ronchetti Cup was an annual basketball European club competition held by FIBA between the years 1972 and 2002...

 Final.

The athletes of sport club Levski have won almost 1,000 medals from Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

, World Championships and European Championships.

Football

  • PFC Levski Sofia
    PFC Levski Sofia
    "Levski Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see Levski Sofia .PFC Levski Sofia, otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria...



A PFG : 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
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....

 : 26

  • 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 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
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....

 / Cup of the Soviet Army
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....

 : 5

  • 1933, 1937, 1984, 1987, 1988


Ulpia Serdika Cup : 4
  • 1926, 1930, 1931, 1932


Bulgarian Supercup
Bulgarian Supercup
The Bulgarian Supercup is an annually held football match between the football club that has won the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group and the club that has won the Bulgarian Cup...

 : 3

  • 2005, 2007, 2009


Domestic double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...

 : 13

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


Domestic treble
The Treble
The term treble or Treble is used in association football to refer to a team winning three trophies in a single season. Honours usually considered to contribute to a treble are the top-tier domestic league competition, domestic cup competitions, and continental tournaments; although this depends to...

 : 2

  • 1984 and 2007


UEFA Europa League 1/4 Final : 1975-76

UEFA Europa League 1/4 Final : 2005-06
UEFA Cup 2005-06
The UEFA Cup 2005–06 season was won by Sevilla FC, beating Middlesbrough FC in the final. It was the first victory for Sevilla in a European competition, and the first appearance by Middlesbrough in a European final. The final took place at Philips Stadion, in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The match was...



UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...

 1/4 Final : 1969-70
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1969-70
The season 1969-70 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Manchester City in a final victory against Górnik Zabrze.- Preliminary round :-First round:-First leg:-Second leg:Roma won 3–1 on aggregate....



UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...

 1/4 Final : 1976-77
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1976-77
The season 1976-77 of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by Hamburger SV in the final against defending champions Anderlecht. Anderlecht went on to win the final the next year.-Qualifying match:-First round:-First leg:-Second leg:...



UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...

 1/4 Final : 1986-87
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1986-87
The season 1986-87 of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by Ajax Amsterdam in the final against 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig. It was their only title in the competition, and was added to a hat-trick of European Cup wins from 1971 to 1973...



UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 Group stage : 2006-07
UEFA Champions League 2006-07
The 2006–07 UEFA Champions League was the 15th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded from the European Cup, and the 52nd season overall. The final was contested by Milan and Liverpool on 23 May 2007...


Men

National Basketball League
National Basketball League (Bulgaria)
The Bulgarian National Basketball League is the highest professional basketball league in Bulgaria. It was founded in the year 2008. Previously, it was called the Bulgarian A Division...

 : 17

  • 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001


Bulgarian Cup : 14
  • 1951, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2010


Domestic double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...

 : 4

  • 1979, 1982, 1993, 2001


Balkan International Basketball League
Balkan International Basketball League
The Balkan International Basketball League , also known as the Balkan League, is a multinational professional basketball league that features pro clubs from the Balkans. The league includes teams from the countries of Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and...


  • Winners : 2010

Women

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


Domestic double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...

 : 5

  • 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987


EuroLeague
EuroLeague Women
The EuroLeague Women is the highest professional basketball league in Europe for women’s clubs.Unlike Euroleague for men, the competition is entirely organized by FIBA Europe.-Between 2004-2011:...


  • Winners : 1984


Ronchetti Cup
Ronchetti Cup
The Ronchetti Cup was an annual basketball European club competition held by FIBA between the years 1972 and 2002...

 / EuroCup
EuroCup Women
The EuroCup Women is the second-caliber professional basketball league with teams from European clubs from national leagues joined in FIBA Europe.It succeeds the Ronchetti Cup.- System of competition :...


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

Men

Champions : 15
  • 1945, 1959, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009


Bulgarian Cup : 15
  • 1960, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006


Domestic double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...

 : 7

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


CEV Cup Winners' Cup
CEV Cup
The CEV Cup is the second top official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup...

 / CEV Cup
CEV Cup
The CEV Cup is the second top official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup...


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

Women

Champions : 28
  • 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


Bulgarian Cup : 25
  • 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


Domestic double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...

 : 17
  • 1959, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009


CEV Champions League
Women's CEV Champions League
The Women's CEV Champions League or Women's Indesit European Champions League is the top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.- Formula :...


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

Hockey

  • HC Levski Sofia
    HC Levski Sofia
    HC Levski Sofia is an ice hockey team in Sofia, Bulgaria. They are part of the Levski Sofia sports club, and have played in the Bulgarian Hockey League since 1953.-History:...



Bulgarian Hockey League
Bulgarian Hockey League
-Group A:* CSKA Sofia* HC Levski Sofia* Slavia Sofia* Spartak Sofia-Group B:* Chervena Zvezda Sofia* Dinamo Sofia* * Torpedo Sofia- Bulgarian League Champions :-Titles by team:-External links:**...

 : 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


Domestic double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...

 : 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
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

, 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 - 25

  • World Championships - 143

  • European Championships - 136


Golden medalists from Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 are :
  • Boyan Radev
    Boyan Radev
    Boyan Radev is a former Greco Roman wrestler from Bulgaria.He is two-time Olympic Games champion and one-time champion of the world.-External links:*...

    , Enyo Vulchev, Ivanka Khristova, Yanko Rusev
    Yanko Rusev
    Yanko Rusev was an Olympic weightlifter for Bulgaria.In 1993 he was elected member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.-Weightlifting achievements:*Olympic champion ;...

    , Valentin Raychev
    Valentin Raychev
    Valentin Raychev is a Bulgarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.- Olympics :Raychev competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the welterweight class.- References :...

    , Vania Gesheva, Yordanka Donkova
    Yordanka Donkova
    Yordanka Donkova is a former hurdling athlete notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as 9 medals at European indoor and outdoor championships. She still holds the CR for the European Championships with 12.38 s. Donkova set four world records in 1986...

    , Lubomir Geraskov
    Lubomir Geraskov
    Lubomir Geraskov is a Bulgarian gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where he received a gold medal in pommel horse, shared with Dmitry Bilozerchev and Zsolt Borkai. He received two bronze medals at the 1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in...

    , Tanyu Kiryakov
    Tanyu Kiryakov
    Tanyu Kiryakov is a Bulgarian pistol shooter, the only shooter to have won Olympic gold medals in both the 50 metre pistol event and the 10 metre air pistol event, in which he was also the first Olympic champion.- External links :*...

    , Daniel Petrov
    Daniel Petrov
    Daniel Bozhilov Petrov is a Bulgarian boxer. He won a silver medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and a gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 in the category Light Flyweight....

    , Mariya Grozdeva and Georgi Murkov.


Other important and successful names of the club are:
  • Ivet Lalova
    Ivet Lalova
    Ivet Lalova is a Bulgarian athlete who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint events. She is the tenth fastest woman in 100 metres history, the fastest white woman in the world, and finished fourth in the 100 metres and fifth in the 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her career...

    , Aleksandar Tomov, Stanka Zlateva
    Stanka Zlateva
    Stanka Zlateva Hristova is a female Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she won a silver medal...

    , Serafim Barzakov
    Serafim Barzakov
    Serafim Barzakov Serafim Barzakov Serafim Barzakov (born on July 22, 1975 in Kolarovo is a male freestyle wrestler from Bulgaria.He participated in Men's freestyle 66 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics, Men's freestyle 66 kg at 2004 Summer Olympics, Men's freestyle 63 kg at 2000 Summer Olympics and Men's...

    , Yordanka Blagoeva
    Yordanka Blagoeva
    Yordanka Blagoeva is a Bulgarian athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump.She competed for Bulgaria in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the High Jump where she finished second...

    , Radoslav Velikov
    Radoslav Velikov
    Radoslav Marinov Velikov is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. He has been engaged in wrestling since 1997 and he currently competes for Levski Sofia, where his coach is former world champion and triple European champion Simeon Shterev, who also coaches Stanka Zlateva. Velikov won the 2006 World...

    , Maria Petrova
    Maria Petrova (rhythmic gymnast)
    Maria Petrova is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She shares the world record for the most individual world all-around rhythmic gymnastics titles of all time and has never placed lower than seventh in any competition in her entire career.-Career:Petrova began her training at the age of five at...

    , Lilia Ignatova
    Lilia Ignatova
    Lilia Ignatova is a Bulgarian modern rhythmic gymnast.She was born in Sofia on May 17, 1965 and was part of the "golden girl" generation which dominated the sport in the early eighties. She won the all around silver at the 1980 European Championships, with an additional silver for the hoop, and...

    , Anelia Ralenkova
    Anelia Ralenkova
    Anelia Ralenkova became one of Bulgaria's most distinctive rhythmic gymnasts. She is one of the so-called "Golden Girls" of Bulgaria. She won gold medals at both world and European championships, but missed competing at the Summer Olympics in 1984 due to the Soviet-led boycott...

    , Petkana Makaveeva, Atanas Golomeev
    Atanas Golomeev
    Atanas Golomeev is a retired Bulgarian basketball player. He is considered as one of the best Bulgarian basketball players of all time. Along with Bulgaria national basketball team he participated in 5 EuroBasket competitions...

     and many others.

World and European Cups

World cups : 11
  • Petar Stoychev
    Petar Stoychev
    Petar Stoychev is a Bulgarian swimmer who is the most successful long distance marathon swimmer of the last decade. He is one of the greatest marathon swimmers of all time and an honor swimmer in the...



European cups : 5
  • 1 CEV Champions League
    Women's CEV Champions League
    The Women's CEV Champions League or Women's Indesit European Champions League is the top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.- Formula :...

    , 1 EuroLeague
    EuroLeague Women
    The EuroLeague Women is the highest professional basketball league in Europe for women’s clubs.Unlike Euroleague for men, the competition is entirely organized by FIBA Europe.-Between 2004-2011:...

    , 2 EuroCup
    Ronchetti Cup
    The Ronchetti Cup was an annual basketball European club competition held by FIBA between the years 1972 and 2002...

     titles and 1 european club's cup for field athletics.

See also

  •   Bulgaria men's national volleyball team
    Bulgaria men's national volleyball team
    The Bulgaria men's national volleyball team, controlled by the Bulgarian Volleyball Federation, is one of the leading volleyball teams in Europe and the world....

  •   Bulgaria women's national volleyball team
    Bulgaria women's national volleyball team
    The Bulgaria women's national volleyball team represents Bulgaria in international women's volleyball competitions and is controlled by the Bulgarian Volleyball Federation...

  •   Bulgaria national basketball team
  •   Bulgaria women's national basketball team
    Bulgaria women's national basketball team
    The Bulgaria Women's National Basketball Team is the women's national basketball team of Bulgaria.Their achievements range from winning Silver at the 1959 FIBA World Championship for Women up to finishing fifth in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul....

  •   Bulgaria national football team
    Bulgaria national football team
    The FIFA Bulgaria national football team is an association football team fielded by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home ground is Vasil Levski in Sofia and Luboslav Penev is in charge manager after replacement of Lothar Matthäus...

  •   Bulgaria at the Olympics
    Bulgaria at the Olympics
    Bulgaria first participated at the Olympic Games at the inaugural 1896 Games, with a single gymnast. However, since Charles Champaud was a Swiss national living in Sofia, some sources credit his appearance to Switzerland instead....


Branches

  • PFC Levski Sofia
    PFC Levski Sofia
    "Levski Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see Levski Sofia .PFC Levski Sofia, otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria...

    , Football Team
  • BC Levski Sofia
    BC Levski Sofia
    BC Levski Sofia is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia and part of the Levski Sofia sports club.Founded in 1923, Levski has won 31 domestic trophies including 17 NBL titles and 14 Bulgarian Cups...

    , Basketball Team
  • VC Levski Sofia, Volleyball Team
  • HC Levski Sofia
    HC Levski Sofia
    HC Levski Sofia is an ice hockey team in Sofia, Bulgaria. They are part of the Levski Sofia sports club, and have played in the Bulgarian Hockey League since 1953.-History:...

    , Hockey Team

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