BC Levski Sofia
 BC Levski | |||
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| Nickname | The Blues (Сините) | ||
| Leagues |
NBL ABA Liga | ||
| Founded | 1923 | ||
| Arena |
Universiada Hall (capacity:4,000) | ||
| Location | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
| Team colors | Blue and white | ||
| President |
Konstantin Papazov | ||
| Head coach |
Nikolay Gospodinov | ||
| Championships |
18 Bulgarian Leagues 15 Bulgarian Cups 2 BIBL | ||
| Website | http://www.levskibasket.com/ | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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BC Levski Sofia (Bulgarian: БК Левски 2014) is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia and part of the Levski Sofia sports club.
Founded in 1923, Levski has won a record 59 honours: 18 NBL titles and 15 Bulgarian Cups/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 2 Balkan Leagues (regional European title) in 2010 & 2014. They play their home matches at the Universiade Hall in Sofia.
Honours
Men
NBL : 18
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1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2014
Bulgarian Cup : 15
- 1951, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2014
Balkan League : 2
Women
Bulgarian Women's Basketball Championship : 8
- 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994
Bulgarian Women's Basketball Cup : 13
- 1969, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991
Winner: 1984
- Winners: 1978, 1979
Runners-up: 1975
Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Dimitar Angelov | |||
| PF | Vassil Evtimov | Nikolay Rusimov | ||
| SF | Alex Simeonov | Ivko Ivkov | Spas Nikolov | |
| SG | Pavel Ivanov | |||
| PG | Deyan Karamfilov | Evgeni Hadzhirusev |
Former players
Universiada Hall, Home of Levski
- Iliya Mirchev
- Mincho Dimov
- Atanas Peychinski
- Hristo Doychinov
- Atanas Golomeev
- Georgi Mladenov
- Yordan Minchev
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Gjorgji Čekovski -
Marcus Hall - Charles Jones
- Dwayne Morton
- Aaron Harper
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Agiani Williams -
Chuck Stuart -
Arnas Kazlauskas -
Joseph Mazibuko
External links
- Official website (Bulgarian)
- Levski Sofia at Basketball-bg.com (Bulgarian)
- Levski Sofia at BulgarianBasket.com (English)
- BC Levski Sofia at Eurobasket.com
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