BC Levski Sofia

Levski
Nickname	Сините (The Blues)
Leagues	NBL Balkan League
Founded	1923; 100 years ago (1923)
Arena	Universiada Hall
Capacity	4,000
Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
Team colors	Blue, White, Gold
President	Konstantin Papazov
Head coach	Dimitar Angelov
Team captain	Asen Velikov
Championships	Men: 16 Bulgarian Championships 16 Bulgarian Cups 3 Bulgarian Super Cups 3 Balkan Leagues Women: 8 Bulgarian Championships 13 Bulgarian Cups 1 EuroLeague 2 EuroCups
Website	www.levskibasket.com
Home Away

SC Levski Sofia
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Basketball Club Levski Sofia (Bulgarian: Баскетболен клуб Левски София), simply known as Levski (Bulgarian: Левски), is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia. It is the basketball section of Levski Sofia sports club.

History

Founded in 1923, Levski has won a record 62 honours: 16 NBL titles, 16 Bulgarian Cups and 3 Bulgarian Supercups/Men/ & 8 Bulgarian championships and 13 Bulgarian Cups/Women/. International titles won by the club are: 1 EuroLeague in 1984, 2 EuroCups in 1978 & 1979 and 3 Balkan Leagues (regional European title) in 2010, 2014 & 2018. They play their home matches at the Universiade Hall in Sofia.

In 2018, Lukoil announced its sponsorship deal with Levski.^[1] Consequently, the new club name would be Levski Lukoil.

Honours

Men

• National Basketball League
  • Winners (16): 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2014, 2018, 2021
• Bulgarian Cup
  • Winners: (16) 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2023
• Bulgarian Basketball Super Cup
  • Winners: (3) 2018, 2019, 2023
• Balkan League
  • Winners (3): 2010, 2014, 2018
    • Runners-up (2): 2012, 2013

Women

• Bulgarian Women's Basketball Championship
  • Winners (8): 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994
• Bulgarian Women's Basketball Cup
  • Winners (13): 1969, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991
• EuroLeague
  • Winners (1): 1984
• Ronchetti Cup / EuroCup
  • Winners (2): 1978, 1979
    • Runners-up (1): 1975

Players

Current roster

Levski Sofia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 0 Arnett, Alan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 32 – (1991-03-01)1 March 1991 PF 1 Mirchev, Mario 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 24 – (1999-03-18)18 March 1999 PG 2 Kadiev, Momchil 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 18 – (2005-08-28)28 August 2005 PG 6 Dimitrov, Lachezar 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 24 – (1999-08-17)17 August 1999 G 7 Petrov, Krasimir 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 19 – (2004-09-07)7 September 2004 PG 13 Velikov, Asen (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 37 – (1986-01-11)11 January 1986 F 15 Bochev, Maksim 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 18 – (2005-09-07)7 September 2005 SF 23 Boyanov, Mario 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 19 – (2004-09-24)24 September 2004 PF 24 Nikolov, Damyan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 17 – (2006-06-30)30 June 2006 SG 30 Papazov, Aleksandar 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 20 – (2003-01-30)30 January 2003 C 32 Florveus, John 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 33 – (1990-10-10)10 October 1990 F/C 33 Marincheshki, Dimitar 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 33 – (1990-09-08)8 September 1990 F 42 Georgiev, Zlatin 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 38 – (1985-05-22)22 May 1985	Head coach Dimitar Angelov Assistant coach(es) Bozhidar Gyorev Strength & conditioning coach(es) Svetoslav Andonov Physiotherapist(s) Yavor Kasabov Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 23 October 2023

Notable players

References

External links

• Official website (in Bulgarian)
• Eurobasket.com BC Levski Sofia Page
• Levski Sofia at Basketball-bg.com (in Bulgarian)
• Levski Sofia at BulgarianBasket.com (in English)

This page was last edited on 19 December 2023, at 09:33