BC Levski Sofia

Levski Lukoil
Nickname The Blues (Сините)
Leagues

NBL

Basketball Champions League
Founded 1923 (1923)
History BC Levski
1923–present
Arena Universiada Hall
Capacity 4,000
Location Sofia, Bulgaria
Main sponsor Lukoil
President Todor Stoykov
Head coach Konstantin Papazov
Championships

Men: 19 Championships of Bulgaria
15 Bulgarian Cups
1 Bulgarian Supercup
3 Balkan Leagues
Women:

8 Championships of Bulgaria
13 Bulgarian Cups
1 EuroLeague
2 EuroCups
Website www.levskibasket.com
Uniforms

BC Levski Sofia (Bulgarian: БК Левски Лукойл), also known as Levski Lukoil for sponsorship reasons, is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia.

History

Founded in 1923, Levski has won a record 62 honours: 19 NBL titles, 15 Bulgarian Cups and 1 Bulgarian Supercup/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, oil company Lukoil, announced its sponsor deal with Levski.[1] Consequently, the new club name would be Levski Lukoil.

Honours

Men

  • National Basketball League
    • Winners (19): 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2014, 2018
  • Bulgarian Cup
    • Winners: (15) 1951, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2014
  • Bulgarian Supercup
    • Winners: (1) 2018
  • Balkan League

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

Universiada Hall, Home of Levski
Konstantin Titi Papazov

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Levski Sofia roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 0 United States Robinson, Russell 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 32 – (1986-01-24)24 January 1986
PG 1 Bulgaria Karamfilov, Deyan 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 24 – (1994-01-21)21 January 1994
G 6 Bulgaria Avramov, Bozhidar 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 28 – (1990-03-08)8 March 1990
F 7 Serbia Mijović, Milivoje 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 26 – (1991-12-19)19 December 1991
PG 11 United States Rembert, Patrick 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 28 – (1990-04-09)9 April 1990
PG 13 Bulgaria Velikov, Asen 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 32 – (1986-01-11)11 January 1986
SG 22 Bulgaria Ivanov, Pavlin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 25 – (1993-03-28)28 March 1993
SF 32 Bulgaria Zahariev, Hristo 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1990-10-27)27 October 1990
C 33 Serbia Maravić, Nikola 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 29 – (1989-07-31)31 July 1989
F/C 41 Bulgaria Krastanov, Krastan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 19 – (1999-10-06)6 October 1999
PF 44 Bulgaria Ivanov, Dejan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 32 – (1986-03-18)18 March 1986
PF 55 Bulgaria Ivanov, Kaloyan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – (1986-03-18)18 March 1986
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Bulgaria Svetoslav Andonov
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Bulgaria Yavor Kasabov
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 11 September 2018

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

References

  1. ↑ "Lukoil Bulgaria is the new sponsor of Levski". Sportando.com. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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