# FC Levski Karlovo

Levski Karlovo (Bulgarian: Левски Карлово) is a Bulgarian football club based in Karlovo, Plovdiv Province. Founded in 1923, it currently competes in the South-East Third League. The club's colors are blue and white. Levski Karlovo is where Bulgarian international Petar Aleksandrov began his career.

## History
### 1923–2004

Since its founding in 1923, Levski has had 10 seasons in second division, finishing third in 1975, with the last one being in 1981/82, when they finished 17th. Petar Aleksandrov made his debut during that season, scoring 10 goals in 22 matches, before joining Slavia Sofia.

### 2004–2016: Re-founding

The club was dissolved in 2004 only to be re-established later that year. It remained in third division until 2016, when it was promoted.

### 2016–present: Return to Professional Football

On 27 July 2016, Levski was promoted to the newly formed Bulgarian Second League. On 8 August 2016, after 34 years in the amateur leagues, the club returned to professional football in a match against Lokomotiv Sofia on 8 August 2016, which they lost 2:3. On 20 September 2016, Vereya beat Levski with 2:0 in the First round of Bulgarian Cup. After 9 defeats in their first 9 matches for the season, Levski finally notched a 2:0 win over PFC Bansko on 22 September 2016. On 10 December 2016, they defeated group leader Etar Veliko Tarnovo 2:0. After finishing 16th in the table, the club was relegated back to third division for the 2017/18 season.

## Honours

* B Group (now Second League):
** Third-place (1): 1974–75
* Bulgarian Cup:
** Second Round (1): 1993–94

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 1 August 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BUL | Tsvetan Todorov (captain) |
| 3 | DF | BUL | Martin Simeonov |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Kostadin Gadzhalov |
| 6 | MF | BUL | Ivaylo Marinov |
| 7 | FW | BUL | Georgi Andonov |
| 8 | MF | BUL | Ivan Toshev |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Petar Glavchev |
| 10 | MF | BUL | Valentin Slivov |
| 11 | MF | BUL | Georgi Georgiev |
| 12 | GK | BUL | Vladimir Kostov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | BUL | Ivan Dikliev |
| 15 | DF | BUL | Nadim Angelov |
| 17 | DF | BUL | Radoslav Dimitrov |
| 18 | DF | BUL | Yanko Valkanov |
| 19 | MF | BUL | Petar Petrov |
| 20 | MF | BUL | Todor Sultanov |
| 22 | MF | BUL | Nikola Popov |
| 30 | DF | BUL | Emil Ivanov |
| 79 | FW | BUL | Borislav Hadzhiev |

## Past seasons

| Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Bulgarian Cup |
| 2009–10 | V AFG (III) | 5 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 28 | 62 | not qualified |
| 2010–11 | V AFG | 16 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 71 | 43 | not qualified |
| 2011–12 | V AFG | 14 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 64 | 34 | not qualified |
| 2012–13 | V AFG | 11 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 53 | 50 | not qualified |
| 2013–14 | V AFG | 14 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 35 | 85 | 25 | not qualified |
| 2014–15 | V AFG | 14 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 48 | 28 | not qualified |
| 2015–16 | V AFG | 13 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 43 | 75 | 35 | not qualified |
| 2016–17 | Second League (II) | 16 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 71 | 16 | First round |
| Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. ||||||||||