CSKA is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. CSKA is an abbreviation for Central Sports Club of the Army.
Stanimir Stoilov is a former Bulgarian footballer, former manager of Levski Sofia, Litex Lovech, the Bulgarian national team and FC Astana. He was the manager of the national team of Kazakhstan.
PFC Spartak Plovdiv is a Bulgarian football club based in Plovdiv, which currently plays in the fourth tier of Bulgarian football. The club was established in 1947 and folded its senior team in 2016, before being 'refounded' in 2017. Spartak currently plays its home matches at the 3,000-seat Todor Diev Stadium in the Kichuk Parizh district of Plovdiv. The stadium is named after the club's all-time greatest player Todor Diev.
Akademik is a Bulgarian football club from Sofia, which currently plays in Bulgaria's fourth tier, the regional league of Sofia. The team's stadium is located in the Slatina municipality of Sofia and its capacity is 10,000.
Ivan Kolev Vutsov was a Bulgarian football player and coach. His career included periods playing for and later managing the Bulgarian national team.
BC CSKA Sofia is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia and part of the CSKA Sofia sports club.
The Bulgarian Hockey League is an ice hockey league in Bulgaria.
OFC Akademik Svishtov is a Bulgarian association football club based in Svishtov who play in the North-West Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football.
Nikolay Kostov is a Bulgarian football manager and former footballer who most recently managed Shakhter Karagandy.
Svetoslav Petrov is a former Bulgarian football midfielder who is currently the manager of Dobrudzha Dobrich.
Nikolay Bozhov is a Bulgarian former football forward who most recently played for Vitosha Bistritsa.
Mihail Valchev is a former Bulgarian football forward.
The Bulgarian national championship of women's football is contested in Bulgarian's top level league.
Akademik Sofia or Academic is the name of several sports clubs from Sofia, Bulgaria. It may refer to:
Borislav Stoyanov is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing for TV Wackersdorf in the Futsal-Regionalliga Süd as a goalkeeper.
HC Levski Sofia is an ice hockey team in Sofia, Bulgaria. They are part of the Levski Sofia sports club, and have played in the Bulgarian Hockey League since 1953.
HK Metallurg Pernik was an ice hockey team based in Pernik, Bulgaria.
The Bulgarian Women's Basketball Championship is the premier league for women's basketball clubs in Bulgaria. Slavia Sofia is the championship's most successful club with 15 titles between 1953 and 2004 followed by Akademik Sofia and Levski Sofia with eight titles, Lokomotiv Sofia with seven and Minyor Pernik with six, while Neftokhimik Burgas has been the most successful team in recent years with 5 titles since 2005.
The Bulgarian Women's Basketball Cup is an annual cup competition for Bulgarian women's basketball clubs founded in 1951, six years after the national championship. Levski Sofia is the most successful team in the competition with 13 titles between 1969 and 1991, followed by Slavia Sofia with ten, WBC Montana with seven, Neftokhimik Burgas with six and Akademik Sofia and Minyor Pernik with five.
Football is the most popular sport in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Sofia was the first city in the country to have an organized football championship, which was created in 1921. Teams from Sofia have been crowned national champions on 70 occasions in the 90 seasons between 1924 and 2013. As of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, there are four teams from Sofia which have been constant participants in the top national division – Levski, CSKA, Slavia and Lokomotiv. All four have managed to reach the latter stages of European competitions on several occasions, the best of which are CSKA's two European Cup semi-finals in 1967 and 1982, and Slavia's Cup Winners' Cup semi-final in 1967.