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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 Association football, football team, PFC Levski Sofia, is its most popular section. Other important sections are BC Levski Sofia, the basketball team, and Levski Volley, 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 (sport), athletics.
To date, Levski has reached 27 European Finals in total (won nine titles) – one EuroLeague Women, EuroLeague, one Women's CEV Champions League, CEV Champions League, two European Champion Clubs Cup (athletics) titles, two Ronchetti Cup, EuroCup titles, and three Balkan International Basketball League, Balkan League titles; and was runner-up in (18 finals) – three Women's CEV Champions League, CEV Champions League Finals, two European Champion Clubs Cup (athletics) Finals, six CEV Cup, CEV Cup Winners' Cup Finals, one Ronchetti Cup, EuroCup Final, one CELA Cup Final, two Balkan International Basketball League, Balkan League Finals, two Balkans Cup Finals, and one :it:Coppa Intertoto Ernst Thommen, 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.
A PFG, Bulgarian 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
Bulgarian Cup, Tsar's Cup / Bulgarian 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 (association football), Double : 13
* 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2007
The Treble, Treble : 4
* 1942, 1946, 1984, 2007
UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1/4 Finals : UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1969-70, 1969–70, UEFA Cup 1975-76, 1975–76, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1976-77, 1976–77, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1986-87, 1986–87, UEFA Cup 2005-06, 2005–06
UEFA Champions League, UCL, UEFA Europa League, UEL Group Stage : UEFA Cup 2005-06, 2005–06, UEFA Champions League 2006-07, 2006–07, UEFA Europa League 2009-10, 2009–10, UEFA Europa League 2010-11, 2010–11
Balkans Cup Runners-Up : 1960-61 Balkans Cup, 1960–61, 1961-63 Balkans Cup, 1961–63
:it:Coppa Intertoto Ernst Thommen, Intertoto Cup Ernst Thommen Runners-Up : :it:Coppa Intertoto Ernst Thommen#Albo d'oro, 1981
Levski Sofia athletes:
Official club website
{{European Clubs Competition Winners Levski Sofia, Multi-sport clubs in Bulgaria
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 Association football, football team, PFC Levski Sofia, is its most popular section. Other important sections are BC Levski Sofia, the basketball team, and Levski Volley, 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 (sport), athletics.
To date, Levski has reached 27 European Finals in total (won nine titles) – one EuroLeague Women, EuroLeague, one Women's CEV Champions League, CEV Champions League, two European Champion Clubs Cup (athletics) titles, two Ronchetti Cup, EuroCup titles, and three Balkan International Basketball League, Balkan League titles; and was runner-up in (18 finals) – three Women's CEV Champions League, CEV Champions League Finals, two European Champion Clubs Cup (athletics) Finals, six CEV Cup, CEV Cup Winners' Cup Finals, one Ronchetti Cup, EuroCup Final, one CELA Cup Final, two Balkan International Basketball League, Balkan League Finals, two Balkans Cup Finals, and one :it:Coppa Intertoto Ernst Thommen, 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
A PFG, Bulgarian 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
Bulgarian Cup, Tsar's Cup / Bulgarian 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 (association football), Double : 13
* 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2007
The Treble, Treble : 4
* 1942, 1946, 1984, 2007
UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1/4 Finals : UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1969-70, 1969–70, UEFA Cup 1975-76, 1975–76, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1976-77, 1976–77, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1986-87, 1986–87, UEFA Cup 2005-06, 2005–06
UEFA Champions League, UCL, UEFA Europa League, UEL Group Stage : UEFA Cup 2005-06, 2005–06, UEFA Champions League 2006-07, 2006–07, UEFA Europa League 2009-10, 2009–10, UEFA Europa League 2010-11, 2010–11
Balkans Cup Runners-Up : 1960-61 Balkans Cup, 1960–61, 1961-63 Balkans Cup, 1961–63
:it:Coppa Intertoto Ernst Thommen, Intertoto Cup Ernst Thommen Runners-Up : :it:Coppa Intertoto Ernst Thommen#Albo d'oro, 1981
Basketball
Men
National Basketball League (Bulgaria), National Basketball League : 16 * 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2014, 2018, 2021 Bulgarian Basketball Cup, 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 (association football), Double : 5 * 1979, 1982, 1993, 2001, 2014 The Treble, Treble : 1 * 2014 Balkan International Basketball League, Balkan League : 3 * Winners : 2009–10 BIBL season, 2010, 2013–14 BIBL season, 2014, 2017–18 BIBL season, 2018Women
Bulgarian Women's Basketball Championship, Bulgarian Champions : 8 * 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994 Bulgarian Women's Basketball Cup, Bulgarian Cup : 13 * 1969, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991 Double (association football), Double : 5 * 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987 EuroLeague Women, EuroLeague * Winners : :es:Copa de Europa femenina de baloncesto 1983-84, 1984 Ronchetti Cup / EuroCup Women, EuroCup * Winners : Ronchetti Cup, 1978, Ronchetti Cup, 1979 ** Runners-Up : 1974–75 Ronchetti Cup, 1975Volleyball
Men
Bulgarian Volleyball League, Bulgarian Champions : 17 * 1945, 1959, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2024, 2025 Bulgarian Cup : 18 * 1960, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2025 Bulgarian Super Cup : 2 * 2023, 2024 Double (association football), Double : 8 * 1980, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2025 CEV Cup, CEV Cup Winners' Cup / CEV Cup *Runners-Up : 6 **CEV Cup, 1975, CEV Cup, 1979, CEV Cup, 1982, CEV Cup, 1985, CEV Cup, 1987, CEV Cup, 1989Women
Bulgarian Women's Volleyball League, 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 Women's Volleyball Cup, 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 (association football), Double : 17 * 1959, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2014 Women's CEV Champions League, CEV Champions League *Winners : 1963–64 Volleyball Women's European Cup, 1964 **Runners-Up : 3 ***CEV Women's Champions League, 1975, CEV Women's Champions League, 1976, CEV Women's Champions League, 1981Hockey
Bulgarian Hockey League : 13 * 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003 Bulgarian Cup (ice hockey), Bulgarian Cup : 17 * 1968, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2005 Double (association football), Double : 8 * 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1999Medals and athletes
Levski Sofia athletes:
Supporters
Levski is the most popular club in Bulgaria. The club has List of association football club rivalries in Europe#Bulgaria, various rivalries in the Bulgarian football, domestic competitions. Levski fans maintain a friendship with S.S. Lazio fans, Lazio fans and have Bulgarian nationalist views.European competitions history
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 OlympicsReferences
External links
Official club website
{{European Clubs Competition Winners Levski Sofia, Multi-sport clubs in Bulgaria