FC Levski-Rakovski Sofia

Levski-Rakovski
Full nameФутболен Клуб "Левски-Раковски" София
Football Club Levski-Rakovski Sofia
NicknameНебесносините (The Sky-Blues)
Founded1 August 2017; 9 years ago (2017-08-01)
GroundStadion Rakovski, Sofia
Capacity5,000
ChairmanStanislav Angelov
ManagerMilan Koprivarov
LeagueA RFG Sofia Capital South
2022–23Third League, 19th (relegated)
Websitehttps://levskirakovski.bg/

Levski-Rakovski (Bulgarian: Левски-Раковски) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the A RFG Sofa Capital South, the forth 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.

History

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.

2017–present: Stanislav Angelov takeover

In August 2017, Krasimir Ivanov, CEO of Levski Sofia, announced that Levski-Rakovski Academy is no longer part of Levski. 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. 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.

The team won its promotion to Third League in 2022. 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.

Honours

A RFG Sofa Capital South:

Players

Current squad

As of 30 August 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BUL Hristo Petkov
2 DF  BUL Stoyan El Hadj Gose
3 DF  BUL Martin Mlechkov
4 DF  BUL Kaloyan Genchev
5 MF  BUL Daniel Kolev
6 DF  BUL Delyan Ivanov
7 FW  BUL Aleksandar Valchev
8 MF  BUL Pavel Pavlov (captain)
9 FW  BUL Mario Georgiev
10 FW  BUL Boris Yordanov
11 DF  BUL Radoslav Stoimenov
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF  BUL Martin Zimbilev
14 FW  BUL Nikolay Nikolov
15 DF  BUL Alex Tenev
16 FW  BUL Velislav Kyorov
17 MF  BUL Ivan Rangelov
20 DF  BUL Viktor Stoykov
21 MF  GRE Michalis Almpanis
25 MF  BUL Vasil Tsankov
27 MF  BUL Georgi Brezovski
30 MF  BUL Kaloyan Hadzhiyski
72 GK  BUL Ivaylo Nedelchev

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Personnel

Managerial history

Dates Name Honours
2019–2022 Bulgaria Radi Georgiev
2022– Bulgaria Stanislav Angelov

Current technical body

Position Name Nationality
Head coachStanislav AngelovBulgaria
Assistant coachMilan KoprivarovBulgaria

Seasons

League positions

Bulgarian V AFGRegional Amateur Football Groups (Bulgaria)

Season statistics

Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts Bulgarian Cup
2019–20A RFG Sofa Capital South (IV)6th806331924Did not qualify
2020–21A RFG Sofa Capital South1st19301151460Did not qualify
2021–22A RFG Sofa Capital South1st24021232172Did not qualify
2022–23Third League (III)———————Preliminary round
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

References