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| Full name | Професионален футболен клуб Академик София (Professional football club Akademik Sofia) | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Студентите (The Students) | ||
| Founded | 1947 (Restored) 2013 (as FC Akademik 1947) | ||
| Dissolved | 2012 | ||
| Ground | Akademik Stadium, Sofia | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
| Manager | Vasil Ivanski | ||
| League | football division dissolved in 2012 | ||
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Akademik Sofia (Bulgarian: Академик) was a Bulgarian football club from Sofia, which last played in the B Group, before dissolving in 2012. The team's stadium is located in the Slatina municipality of Sofia and its capacity is 10,000.
Akademik was founded in 1947 by students from the Sofia University and debuted in A PFG in 1949. The team would quickly establish itself as a top flight team in Bulgarian football in the next decades. Akademik became one of the top Bulgarian teams in the 1950s and 1970s, performing strongly in the domestic and European competitions alike, having been crowned Balkans Cup champion in 1974, among other achievements. Akademik's last appearance in the Bulgarian First League came in 2010-11, after which the club experienced financial problems and folded after the 2011-12 season. An unofficial successor (Akademik 1947 Sofia) was founded in 2013, starting from the fourth division.