# Levski Volley

VC Levski Sofia (Bulgarian: ВК Левски София) is a professional Bulgarian volleyball team based in Sofia. It has both men's and women's teams, both playing in its respective Bulgarian Volleyball Leagues. Founded in 1943, the team plays its home games at Levski Sofia Sports Hall in Sofia. The women's team became the first Bulgarian volleyball club that were crowned European champion in 1963–64 season. Levski is also the only Bulgarian club that reached 4 times European Cup finals and 6 times CEV Cup finals.

## Men's Volleyball
### Honours
#### National competitions

* NVL: 16
    1945, 1959, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2024
* Bulgarian Cup: 18
    1960, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2025
* Bulgarian Super Cup: 2
    2023, 2024

#### International competitions

* CEV Cup Runners-up: 1975, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989
* CEV Champions League Third place: 1960

### Team roster – season 2022/2023

| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position |
| 1 | Simeon Nikolov | (2006-11-24) November 24, 2006 (age 18) | setter |
| 3 | Lazar Buchkov | (2004-05-12) May 12, 2004 (age 20) | middle blocker |
| 4 | Alejandro Toro | (1989-07-20) July 20, 1989 (age 35) | outside hitter |
| 5 | Svetoslav Gotsev | (1990-08-31) August 31, 1990 (age 34) | middle blocker |
| 6 | Igor Yudin | (1987-06-17) June 17, 1987 (age 37) | outside hitter |
| 7 | Konstantin Chipev | (2006-02-06) February 6, 2006 (age 18) | libero |
| 9 | Vladimir Garkov | (2003-10-02) October 2, 2003 (age 21) | outside hitter |
| 10 | Stoil Palev | (2003-05-21) May 21, 2003 (age 21) | setter |
| 13 | Aleksandar Kandev | (2005-02-17) February 17, 2005 (age 19) | outside hitter |
| 15 | Kaloyan Botev | (2004-10-28) October 28, 2004 (age 20) | libero |
| 16 | Vladislav Ivanov | (1987-03-14) March 14, 1987 (age 37) | libero |
| 17 | Nikolay Zahariev | (2001-03-18) March 18, 2001 (age 23) | middle blocker |
| 18 | Venislav Antov | (2004-04-06) April 6, 2004 (age 20) | opposite spiker |
| 19 | Kostadin Kozelov | (2005-07-04) July 4, 2005 (age 19) | middle blocker |
| 22 | Kaloyan Valchinov | (2004-08-16) August 16, 2004 (age 20) | opposite spiker |
| Head coach: Nikolay Jeliazkov Assistant: Hristo Tsvetanov ||||

### Notable players

Players internationally capped for Bulgaria and Russia
| Hristo Iliev Mitko Todorov Hristo Stoyanov Yordan Angelov Plamen Konstantinov Vladimir Alekno Vladimir Nikolov Hristo Tsvetanov Andrey Zhekov | Boyan Yordanov Krasimir Gaydarski Metodi Ananiev Todor Aleksiev Martin Stoev Nikolay Uchikov Valentin Bratoev Georgi Bratoev Vladislav Ivanov |

## Women's Volleyball
### Honours
#### National competitions

* NVL: 28 (record)
    1959, 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
* Bulgarian Cup: 27 (record)
    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

#### International competitions

* CEV Champions League: 1
    1963–64
* Runners-up: 1975, 1976, 1981

### Notable players

Players internationally capped for Bulgaria
* Tanya Gogova
* Galina Stancheva
* Tanya Dimitrova
* Silviya Petrunova
* Rositsa Dimitrova

### Team squad

Season 2016–2017, as of January 2017.
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Nadezhda Petrova | Libero | 1.73 | 83 | (1999-05-22) 22 May 1999 (age 25) |
| 2 | Desislava Georgieva | Middle blocker | 1.85 | 70 | (1998-06-11) 11 June 1998 (age 26) |
| 3 | Kristiana Petrova | Outside hitter | 1.81 | 70 | (1997-07-13) 13 July 1997 (age 27) |
| 4 | Zornitsa Yaneva | Middle blocker | 1.82 | 61 | (1999-09-02) 2 September 1999 (age 25) |
| 5 | Maria Yordanova | Opposite | 1.82 | 72 | (2002-05-25) 25 May 2002 (age 22) |
| 6 | Miroslava Paskova | Outside hitter | 1.78 | 70 | (1996-02-16) 16 February 1996 (age 28) |
| 7 | Iva Nikolova | Outside hitter | 1.82 | 65 | (1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 (age 25) |
| 8 | Mariana Yordanova | Setter | 1.83 | 78 | (1999-11-27) 27 November 1999 (age 25) |
| 9 | Elena Becheva | Outside hitter | 1.83 | 69 | (1998-05-30) 30 May 1998 (age 26) |
| 10 | Gergana Becheva | Setter | 1.77 | 63 | (2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 24) |
| 11 | Kathryn Dimitrova | Opposite | 1.90 | 77 | (1999-11-27) 27 November 1999 (age 25) |
| 12 | Viktoriya Ivanova | Libero | 1.69 | 60 | (2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 (age 24) |
| 13 | Denitsa Dimitrova | Middle blocker | 1.88 | 75 | (1999-03-23) 23 March 1999 (age 25) |
| 14 | Mariela Gerenova | Libero | 1.66 | 58 | (2000-04-20) 20 April 2000 (age 24) |
| 15 | Gergana Georgieva | Setter | 1.77 | 60 | (1998-10-15) 15 October 1998 (age 26) |
| 16 | Anelia Dzhondrova | Middle blocker | 1.93 | 84 | (1999-12-18) 18 December 1999 (age 25) |
| 17 | Monika Krasteva | Outside hitter | 1.80 | 68 | (1999-05-09) 9 May 1999 (age 25) |
| 18 | Nasya Dimitrova | Middle blocker | 1.89 | 70 | (1992-11-06) 6 November 1992 (age 32) |
| Coach: Radoslav Bakardzhiev ||||||