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Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 ...

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History

Founded in 1923, Levski has won a record 59 honours: 16 NBL titles, 14 Bulgarian Cups and 2 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. 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,

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Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournamen ...

**Winners: (14) 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2014,

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Bulgarian Basketball Super Cup The Bulgarian Basketball Super Cup is an annual cup competition, organized by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation since 2016. BC Levski Sofia is the all-time record holder with 2 titles. Title holders * 2016 Academic Sofia * 2017 Beroe * 2018 Le ...

**Winners: (2) 2018, 2019 *

Balkan League The League of the Balkans was a quadruple alliance formed by a series of bilateral treaties concluded in 1912 between the Eastern Orthodox kingdoms of Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, and directed against the Ottoman Empire, which at the ...

**Winners (3): 2010,

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***Runners-up (2):

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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 The Ronchetti Cup (called till 1996 ''European Cup Liliana Ronchetti'') was an annual women’s basketball European club competition held by FIBA between the years 1972 and 2002. It was the second competition in European basketball, after the Euro ...

/ EuroCup **Winners (2): 1978, 1979 ***Runners-up (1): 1975

Players

Current roster

Notable players

References

External links

Official website

Eurobasket.com BC Levski Sofia Page

Levski Sofia at Basketball-bg.com

Levski Sofia at BulgarianBasket.com
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