BC Levski Sofia
Basketball team in Sofia, Bulgaria
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
Zivanario International Basketball Tournament
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
Ronchetti Cup / EuroCup
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 nationalities not displayed.
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)
33 – (1991-03-01 ) 1 March 1991
PF
1
Mirchev, Mario
2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
94 kg (207 lb)
25 – (1999-03-18 ) 18 March 1999
PG
2
Kadiev, Momchil
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
73 kg (161 lb)
19 – (2005-08-28 ) 28 August 2005
PG
6
Dimitrov, Lachezar
1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
82 kg (181 lb)
25 – (1999-08-17 ) 17 August 1999
G
7
Petrov, Krasimir
1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
79 kg (174 lb)
20 – (2004-09-07 ) 7 September 2004
PG
13
Velikov, Asen (C)
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
88 kg (194 lb)
38 – (1986-01-11 ) 11 January 1986
F
15
Bochev, Maksim
1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
85 kg (187 lb)
19 – (2005-09-07 ) 7 September 2005
SF
23
Boyanov, Mario
1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
83 kg (183 lb)
20 – (2004-09-24 ) 24 September 2004
PF
24
Nikolov, Damyan
2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
85 kg (187 lb)
18 – (2006-06-30 ) 30 June 2006
SG
30
Papazov, Aleksandar
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
69 kg (152 lb)
21 – (2003-01-30 ) 30 January 2003
C
32
Florveus, John
2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
109 kg (240 lb)
34 – (1990-10-10 ) 10 October 1990
F/C
33
Marincheshki, Dimitar
2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
105 kg (231 lb)
34 – (1990-09-08 ) 8 September 1990
F
42
Georgiev, Zlatin
1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
101 kg (223 lb)
39 – (1985-05-22 ) 22 May 1985
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
Svetoslav Andonov
Physiotherapist(s)
Yavor Kasabov
Legend
(C) Team captain Injured
Updated: 23 October 2023
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either:
Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
Played at least one official NBA match at any time.
References
External links