BC Levski Sofia

Basketball Club Levski Sofia (Bulgarian: Баскетболен клуб Левски София), simply known as Levski (Bulgarian: Левски), is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia. It is the basketball section of Levski Sofia sports club.

Levski
Nickname	Сините (The Blues)
Leagues	NBL Balkan League
Founded	1923; 101 years ago (1923)
Arena	Universiada Hall
Capacity	4,000
Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
Team colors	Blue, White, Gold
President	Konstantin Papazov
Head coach	Dimitar Angelov
Team captain	Asen Velikov
Championships	Men: 16 Bulgarian Championships 16 Bulgarian Cups 3 Bulgarian Super Cups 3 Balkan Leagues Women: 8 Bulgarian Championships 13 Bulgarian Cups 1 EuroLeague 2 EuroCups
Website	www.levskibasket.com
Home Away

History

Founded in 1923, Levski has won a record 62 honours: 16 NBL titles, 16 Bulgarian Cups and 3 Bulgarian Supercups/Men/ & 8 Bulgarian championships and 13 Bulgarian Cups/Women/. International titles won by the club are: 1 EuroLeague in 1984, 2 EuroCups in 1978 & 1979 and 3 Balkan Leagues (regional European title) in 2010, 2014 & 2018. They play their home matches at the Universiade Hall in Sofia.

In 2018, Lukoil announced its sponsorship deal with Levski.^[1] Consequently, the new club name would be Levski Lukoil.

Honours

Men

• National Basketball League
  • Winners (16): 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2014, 2018, 2021
• Bulgarian Cup
  • Winners: (16) 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2023
• Bulgarian Basketball Super Cup
  • Winners: (3) 2018, 2019, 2023
• Balkan League
  • Winners (3): 2010, 2014, 2018
    • Runners-up (2): 2012, 2013
• Zivanario International Basketball Tournament
  • Winners: (1) 2006

Women

• Bulgarian Women's Basketball Championship
  • Winners (8): 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994
• Bulgarian Women's Basketball Cup
  • Winners (13): 1969, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991
• EuroLeague
  • Winners (1): 1984
• Ronchetti Cup / EuroCup
  • Winners (2): 1978, 1979
    • Runners-up (1): 1975

Players

Universiada Hall, Home of Levski

Konstantin Titi Papazov

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Levski Sofia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 0 Arnett, Alan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 33 – (1991-03-01)1 March 1991 PF 1 Mirchev, Mario 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 25 – (1999-03-18)18 March 1999 PG 2 Kadiev, Momchil 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 19 – (2005-08-28)28 August 2005 PG 6 Dimitrov, Lachezar 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 25 – (1999-08-17)17 August 1999 G 7 Petrov, Krasimir 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 20 – (2004-09-07)7 September 2004 PG 13 Velikov, Asen (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 38 – (1986-01-11)11 January 1986 F 15 Bochev, Maksim 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 19 – (2005-09-07)7 September 2005 SF 23 Boyanov, Mario 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 20 – (2004-09-24)24 September 2004 PF 24 Nikolov, Damyan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 18 – (2006-06-30)30 June 2006 SG 30 Papazov, Aleksandar 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 21 – (2003-01-30)30 January 2003 C 32 Florveus, John 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 34 – (1990-10-10)10 October 1990 F/C 33 Marincheshki, Dimitar 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 34 – (1990-09-08)8 September 1990 F 42 Georgiev, Zlatin 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 39 – (1985-05-22)22 May 1985	Head coach Dimitar Angelov Assistant coach(es) Bozhidar Gyorev Strength & conditioning coach(es) Svetoslav Andonov Physiotherapist(s) Yavor Kasabov Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 23 October 2023

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Iliya Mirchev
• Mincho Dimov
• Atanas Golomeev
• Georgi Mladenov
• Yordan Minchev
• Vassil Evtimov
• Ilian Evtimov
• Kaloyan Ivanov
• Deyan Ivanov
• Elijah Mitrou-Long
• Gjorgji Čekovski
• Stojan Gjuroski
• Srđan Dabić
• Marcus Hall
• Charles Jones
• Dwayne Morton
• Aaron Harper
• Brandon Heath
• Fusi Mazibuko
• Krasimira Bogdanova
• Nadka Golcheva
• Petkana Makaveeva
• Silviya Germanova
• Kostadinka Radkova
• Madlena Staneva
• Nina Khadzhiyankova

References

1. "Lukoil Bulgaria is the new sponsor of Levski". Sportando.com. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

External links

• Official website (in Bulgarian)
• Eurobasket.com BC Levski Sofia Page
• Levski Sofia at Basketball-bg.com (in Bulgarian)
• Levski Sofia at BulgarianBasket.com (in English)