PFC Levski Sofia

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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).

Squad[change | change source]

As of 6 September 2017

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Bulgaria Bulgaria Dimitar Sheytanov
3 DF Bulgaria Bulgaria Dimitar Pirgov
4 DF Bulgaria Bulgaria Ivan Goranov
5 DF Iceland Iceland Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson
6 MF Bulgaria Bulgaria Ivaylo Naydenov
7 MF Ghana Ghana Francis Narh
8 MF Bulgaria Bulgaria Antonio Vutov
9 FW Romania Romania Sergiu Buș
10 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo Junior Mapuku
11 MF France France Anthony Belmonte
13 MF Spain Spain Jordi Gómez
14 DF Bulgaria Bulgaria Miki Orachev
15 MF Slovakia Slovakia Roman Procházka
17 FW Nigeria Nigeria Tunde Adeniji
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Serbia Serbia Miloš Cvetković
21 GK Bulgaria Bulgaria Bozhidar Mitrev (captain)
23 DF Sweden Sweden Simon Sandberg
24 GK Bulgaria Bulgaria Aleksandar Lyubenov
25 MF Bulgaria Bulgaria Georgi Angelov
26 MF Cape Verde Cape Verde Jerson Cabral
28 DF Czech Republic Czech Republic David Jablonský
30 MF Romania Romania Neluț Roșu
32 MF France France Gabriel Obertan
71 MF Bulgaria Bulgaria Vasil Panayotov
75 MF Bulgaria Bulgaria Aleks Borimirov
77 MF Bulgaria Bulgaria Iliya Yurukov
99 FW Bulgaria Bulgaria Stanislav Ivanov

Titles[change | change source]

Domestic[change | change source]

Bulgarian A Group[1][2]

Bulgarian Cup[1][2][3]

Bulgarian Supercup[1][2]

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[change | change source]

Balkans Cup[1][2]

Regional[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

  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.

Other websites[change | change source]