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Levski Lukoil
Levski Lukoil logo
NicknameThe Blues (Сините)
LeaguesNBL
Bulgarian Cup
Founded1923; 101 years ago (1923)
ArenaUniversiada Hall
Capacity4,000
LocationSofia, Bulgaria
Main sponsorLukoil
PresidentTodor Stoykov
General managerVeselin Veselinov
Head coachKonstantin Papazov
ChampionshipsMen:

19 Championships of Bulgaria
17 Bulgarian Cups
2 Bulgarian Supercups
3 Balkan Leagues
Women:

8 Championships of Bulgaria
13 Bulgarian Cups
1 EuroLeague
2 EuroCups
Websitewww.levskibasket.com

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

History

Founded in 1923, Levski has won a record 65 honours: 19 NBL titles, 17 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, oil company Lukoil, announced its sponsor deal with Levski.[1] Consequently, the new club name would be Levski Lukoil.

Honours

Men

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
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 13 Bulgaria Velikov, Asen 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 38 – (1986-01-11)11 January 1986
SF 32 Bulgaria Zahariev, Hristo 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 33 – (1990-10-27)27 October 1990
SG Bulgaria Kostov, Chavdar 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 36 – (1988-04-18)18 April 1988
G/F Bulgaria Minchev, Yordan 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 25 – (1998-10-17)17 October 1998
PG Bulgaria Petkov, Ventsislav 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 32 – (1991-10-14)14 October 1991
SG United States Young, Brandon 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 32 – (1991-11-16)16 November 1991
PF Canada Wright, Ryan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 37 – (1987-01-27)27 January 1987
C United States Smith, Jyles 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 32 – (1992-06-07)7 June 1992
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Bulgaria Svetoslav Andonov
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Bulgaria Yavor Kasabov
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured 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.

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

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

External links

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