Levski-Rakovski (Bulgarian: Левски-Раковски) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the Third League, the third division of the Bulgarian football league system. Levski-Rakovski's home ground is the Rakovski Stadium in Sofia, which has a capacity of 5,000 spectators.
Full name | Футболен Клуб "Левски-Раковски" София Football Club Levski-Rakovski Sofia | ||
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Nickname(s) | Небесносините (The Sky-Blues) | ||
Founded | 1 August 2017; 5 years ago (2017-08-01) | ||
Ground | Stadion Rakovski, Sofia | ||
Capacity | 5,000[1] | ||
Chairman | Stanislav Angelov | ||
Manager | Stanislav Angelov Milan Koprivarov | ||
League | Third League | ||
2021-2022 | A Regional Group, 1st (promoted) | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Levski-Rakovski began its history as a supporting youth academy for Levski Sofia. In 2017 Stanislav Angelov was announced as the new director of the academy.[2]
In August 2017, Krasimir Ivanov, CEO of Levski Sofia, announced that Levski-Rakovski Academy is no longer part of Levski.[3] In an open letter from parents of kids that train in the academy, it was announced that Levski-Rakovski will start as an individual team, since there was no support from Levski Sofia management.[4] For the 2019-20 season the team joined Bulgarian A Regional Group. In 2021 the reconstruction of Rakovski Stadium was finished with Hristo Stoichkov being at the opening.[5]
The team won its promotion to Third League in 2022.[6] In July 2022 Angelov announced that a second team will be introduced with Levski-Rakovski II joining the A RFG Sofia with Radi Georgiev becoming the manager, while Angelov becomes head coach of the first team.[7]
As of 30 August 2022[update]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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A RFG Sofa Capital South:
Dates | Name | Honours |
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2019–2022 | ![]() |
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2022– | ![]() |
Position | Name | Nationality |
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Head Coach | Stanislav Angelov | ![]() |
Assistant Coach | Milan Koprivarov | ![]() |
Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Bulgarian Cup | ||
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2019–20 | A RFG Sofa Capital South (IV) | 6th | 8 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 24 | Did not qualify | ||
2020–21 | A RFG Sofa Capital South | 1st | 19 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 14 | 60 | Did not qualify | ||
2021–22 | A RFG Sofa Capital South | 1st | 24 | 0 | 2 | 123 | 21 | 72 | Did not qualify | ||
2022–23 | Third League (III) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Preliminary round | ||
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. |