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.
| 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 | ||
| Ground | Stadion Rakovski, Sofia | ||
| Capacity | 5,000[1] | ||
| Chairman | Stanislav Angelov | ||
| Manager | Milan Koprivarov | ||
| League | A RFG Sofa Capital South | ||
| 2022–23 | Third League, 19th (relegated) | ||
| Website | https://levskirakovski.bg/ | ||
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History
editLevski-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]
2017–present: Stanislav Angelov takeover
editIn 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]
Honours
editA RFG Sofa Capital South:
Winners (2): 2020–21, 2021–22
Players
editCurrent squad
editAs of 30 August 2022[update]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Personnel
editManagerial history
edit| Dates | Name | Honours |
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| 2019–2022 |  Radi Georgiev
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| 2022– | Stanislav Angelov
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Current technical body
edit| Position | Name | Nationality |
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| Head coach | Stanislav Angelov |
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| Assistant coach | Milan Koprivarov |
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Seasons
editLeague positions
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Season statistics
edit| 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. | |||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Спортен комплекс Раковски - Стадион Раковски
- ^ Даниел Боримиров се завръща в Левски
- ^ Станислав Ангелов отделил Левски-Раковски от Левски
- ^ Левски-Раковски с писмо до "сините": Левски е идея, а не ръководства и лични амбиции!
- ^ Христо Стоичков откри терен на Левски-Раковски
- ^ Левски – Раковски ще играе в Трета лига, искат в по-силната група
- ^ Левски-Раковски пуска отбор и в АОГ – Юг