Levski Sofia () is a Bulgarian sports club based in Sofia. It was founded in 1914. The club is named after Vasil Levski, the national hero of Bulgaria.
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, which makes Levski one of the most successful European sports clubs of all time.
Football
Bulgarian A Group : 27
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, 2026
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
Bulgarian Supercup : 3
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 / League phase : 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2026–27
Balkans Cup Runners-Up : 1960–61, 1961–63
Intertoto Cup Ernst Thommen Runners-Up : 1981
Basketball
Men
National 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
Winners : 2010, 2014, 2018
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
Men
Bulgarian Champions : 18
1945, 1959, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2024, 2025, 2026
Bulgarian Cup : 18
1960, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2025 Bulgarian Super Cup : 3 2023, 2024, 2025
Double : 8
1980, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2025
CEV Cup Winners' Cup / CEV Cup
Runners-Up : 6 1975, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989
Women
Bulgarian 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
CEV Champions League
Winners : 1964 Runners-Up : 3 1975, 1976, 1981
Hockey
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 and athletes
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: 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
Supporters Levski is the most popular club in Bulgaria. The club has various rivalries in the domestic competitions. Levski fans maintain a friendship with Lazio fans and have Bulgarian nationalist views.
European competitions history
Sport Competition Result Year 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 1995WrestlingCELA CupRunners-up2009 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
Bulgaria men's national volleyball team Bulgaria women's national volleyball team Bulgaria men's national basketball team Bulgaria women's national basketball team Bulgaria national football team Bulgaria men's national ice hockey team Bulgaria at the Olympics
References
External links Official club website