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Bulgarian sports club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 |
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.
Bulgarian A Group : 26
Bulgarian Cup : 26
Sofia Championship : 11
Tsar's Cup / Cup of the Soviet Army / Cup of Bulgaria : 6
Ulpia Serdika Cup : 4
Double : 13
Treble : 4
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
National Basketball League : 16
Bulgarian Cup : 16
Bulgarian Basketball Super Cup : 3
Double : 5
Treble : 1
Balkan League : 3
Bulgarian Cup : 13
Double : 5
Bulgarian Champions : 16
Bulgarian Cup : 17
Bulgarian Super Cup : 1
Double : 7
Bulgarian Champions : 28
Bulgarian Cup : 27
Double : 17
Bulgarian Cup : 17
Double : 8
Competition | 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:
Levski 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]
Sport | 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 |
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