Levski Volley

Levski Sofia

Full name

VC Levski Sofia

Nickname

Сините (The Blues)

Founded

1943

Ground

Sikonko Hall,
Sofia
(Capacity: 1000)

Chairman

Vladimir Nikolov

Manager

Hristo Iliev

League

NVL

2015-16

9th

Uniforms

Home

Away

VC Levski Sofia is a professional volleyball team based in Sofia, Bulgaria. It plays in the Bulgaria volley league. Founded in 1943 the team plays its home games at Sikonko Hall in Sofia. Levski Sofia were crowned as European champions in 1964.

Honours

Men

Champions 15 times:
- 1945, 1959, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009
Cup winners 17 times:
- 1960, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014
CEV Cup
- Runners-up (6): 1975, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989

Women

Champions 29 times:
- 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2014
Cup winners 27 times:
- 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2016
Women's CEV Champions League Winners 1 time
- 1964
  - Runners-up (4): 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981

Current Squad 2015/2016 (Men)

Head coach:

Andrey Zhekov

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
02 !2	Yordanov, BoyanBoyan Yordanov	(1983-03-12) March 12, 1983	opposite
04 !4	Ananiev, MetodiMetodi Ananiev	(1986-02-17) February 17, 1986	outside hitter
04 !4	Morales, StevenSteven Morales	(1992-04-07) April 7, 1992	outside hitter
06 !6	Asenov, StilianStilian Asenov	(1987-10-21) October 21, 1987	setter
08 !8	Lalov, IvayloIvaylo Lalov	(1996-01-10) January 10, 1996	libero
09 !9	Zhekov, AndreyAndrey Zhekov	(1980-03-12) March 12, 1980	setter
10	Milanov, MilanMilan Milanov	(1994-10-28) October 28, 1994	outside hitter
11	Ragin, VentsislavVentsislav Ragin	(1992-04-08) April 8, 1992	middle blocker
12	Krachev, IvanIvan Krachev	(1990-02-28) February 28, 1990	opposite
14	Damianov, IvanIvan Damianov	(1987-05-31) May 31, 1987	middle blocker
18	Svilenski, StrahilStrahil Svilenski	(1996-09-07) September 7, 1996	middle blocker

Notable players

1986–1991 Plamen Konstantinov
1990–1991 Vladimir Alekno
1995–2002 Vladimir Nikolov
1998–2003 Hristo Tsvetanov

1999–2006 Andrey Zhekov
2002–2006 Boyan Yordanov
2003–2007 Krasimir Gaydarski
2003–2007 Metodi Ananiev

2004–2006 Todor Aleksiev
2004–2007 Konstantin Mitev
2004–2009 Nikolay Uchikov
2007–2009 Valentin Bratoev

2004–2010 Georgi Bratoev
2005–2011 Vladislav Ivanov

External links

Official website

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