FC Levski-Rakovski Sofia explained

Clubname:Levski-Rakovski
Fullname:Футболен Клуб "Левски-Раковски" София
Football Club Levski-Rakovski Sofia
Nickname:Небесносините (The Sky-Blues)
Ground:Stadion Rakovski, Sofia
Capacity:5,000[1]
Chairman:Stanislav Angelov
Manager:Milan Koprivarov
League:A RFG Sofa Capital South
Season:2022–23
Position:Third League, 19th (relegated)
Website:https://levskirakovski.bg/
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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-Rakovskis 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.[2]

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.[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

A RFG Sofa Capital South:

Players

Out on loan

Personnel

Managerial history

DatesNameHonours
2019–2022 Radi Georgiev
2022– Stanislav Angelov

Current technical body

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Head coach Stanislav Angelov
Assistant coachMilan Koprivarov

Seasons

League positions

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Season statistics

SeasonLeaguePlaceWDLGFGAPtsBulgarian Cup
2019–20A RFG Sofa Capital South (IV) 6th 8 0 6 33 19 24 Did not qualify
2020–21A RFG Sofa Capital South 1st 19 3 0 115 14 60 Did not qualify
2021–22A RFG Sofa Capital South 1st 24 0 2 123 21 72 Did not qualify
2022–23Third League (III) Preliminary round
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.visitsofia.bg/bg/cityinfrastructure/%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%BE-%D0%B4%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8F/%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%B8-%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8/%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8 Спортен комплекс Раковски - Стадион Раковски
  2. https://debati.bg/%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BB-%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D1%81%D0%B5-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%80%D1%8A%D1%89%D0%B0-%D0%B2-%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8/ Даниел Боримиров се завръща в Левски
  3. https://topsport.bg/levski/stanislav-angelov-otdelil-levski-rakovski-ot-levski.html Станислав Ангелов отделил Левски-Раковски от Левски
  4. https://topsport.bg/levski/levski-rakovski-s-pismo-do-sinite-levski-e-ideya-a-ne-rakovodstva-i-lichni-ambitsii.html Левски-Раковски с писмо до "сините": Левски е идея, а не ръководства и лични амбиции!
  5. https://gong.bg/bg-football/drugi/multimedia/gallery/hristo-stoichkov-otkri-teren-na-levski-rakovski-644883 Христо Стоичков откри терен на Левски-Раковски
  6. https://vitoshanews.com/2022/06/06/levski-rakovski-ste-igrae-v-treta-liga/ Левски – Раковски ще играе в Трета лига, искат в по-силната група
  7. https://vitoshanews.com/2022/07/28/levski-rakovski-puska-otbor/ Левски-Раковски пуска отбор и в АОГ – Юг