Levski (Bulgarian: Левски) is a professional association football team from Sofia, Bulgaria. The team plays in the First Professional Football League. With 26 league titles, it is one of the most successful teams in Bulgaria.[1] The club is named after Vasil Levski, and was founded on 24 May 1914. The team's home stadium is Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium.

The club's nicknames are Sinite (The blues), Otbora na naroda (The Team of the People) and Sinyata lavina (The Blue Avalanche).

Titles

Domestic

Bulgarian A Group[1][2]

  • Champions (26 times): 1933, 1937, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948–49, 1950, 1953, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09

Bulgarian Cup[1][2][3]

  • Winners (25 times – record): 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

Bulgarian Supercup[1][2]

  • Winners (3 times): 2005, 2007, 2009

Tsar's Cup / Cup of the Soviet Army / Cup of Bulgaria[1][2]

  • Winners (6 times – record): 1933, 1937, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988

Ulpia Serdika Cup[1][2][3]

  • Winners (4 times – record): 1926, 1930, 1931, 1932

International

Balkans Cup[1][2]

  • Runners-up (2): 1961, 1963

Regional

Sofia Championship[1][2]

  • Winners (11 times – record): 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1928–29, 1932–33, 1936–37, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1947–48

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "PFC Levski Club History". pfclevski.eu. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "PFC Levski Club History". levskisofia.info. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Bulgaria Cups Overview". rsssf. Retrieved 8 September 2015.