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| Full name | Професионален Футболен Клуб „Левски“ София Professional Football Club Levski Sofia | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Сините (The Blues) Отбора на народа (The Team of the People) Синята лавина (The Blue Avalanche) | |||
| Founded | 24 May 1914 | |||
| Ground | Stadion Georgi Asparuhov | |||
| Capacity | 18,000 | |||
| Shareholders | Nasko Sirakov (86.6%) Blue Bulgaria Trust (10%) Minority shareholders (3.4%) | |||
| Chairman | Nasko Sirakov | |||
| Head coach | Stanislav Genchev | |||
| League | First League | |||
| 2023–24 | First League, 4th of 16 | |||
| Website | http://www.levski.bg/ | |||
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PFC Levski Sofia (Bulgarian: ПФК Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 by a group of high school students, and is named after Vasil Levski, a Bulgarian revolutionary renowned as the national hero of the country.
Levski has won a total of 74 trophies, including 26 national championships, 26 national cups and 3 supercups, as well as 13 domestic doubles and one treble. It is the only Bulgarian football club to have never been relegated from the top division since the establishment of the league system in 1937.[1] On the international stage, Levski reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup twice and the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup three times. In addition, the club has finished as runners-up of the Balkans Cup twice. In 2006, Levski became the first Bulgarian club to play in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.
The team's home kit colour is all-blue. Levski's home ground is the Georgi Asparuhov Stadium in Sofia, which has a capacity of 18,000 spectators. The club's fiercest rival is CSKA Sofia, and matches between the two capital sides are commonly referred to as the Eternal derby of Bulgaria. Levski also contests the Oldest capital derby with Slavia Sofia. The club is a regular member of the European Club Association and the European Multisport Club Association.[2][3]
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