Professional Football Club Slavia Sofia
Established on 10.04. 1913

Stadium “Slavia” – 32 000 seats

Colors - White

Champions of Bulgaria – 7 times
1928, 1930, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1996

Runners-up – 9 times
1926, 1932, 1934, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1967, 1980

Third place - bronze medals – 7 times
1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1982, 1986

Holder of National Cup – 7 times
1952, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1975, 1980, 1996

Participations – UEFA Cup (Cup Winners Cup) – 7 times

  • 1967 - Semifinalist

    Eliminated “Swansea” (Wales),
    “Racing” (Strassbourg – France),
    “Servette” (Geneva-Switzerland);

    Eliminated by Glasgow Rangers (Scotland)
    0:1 – in Sofia, 0:1 – in Glasgow
     
  • 1981 - Quarterfinalist

Club Records:

  • Atanas Aleksandrov - greatest number of matches in Slavia – 338
  • Andrey Jeliazkov – greatest number of goals for Slavia – 134
  • Alexandar Shalamanov player ? 1 in Bulgaria – 1963, 1966
  • Simeon Simeonov player ? 1 in Bulgaria – 1968
  • Bojidar Grigorov player ? 1 in Bulgaria – 1976
  • Andrey Jeliazkov player ? 1 in Bulgaria – 1980

Slavia Sofia is also the only team in Bulgaria, which has been playing in the Bulgarian First Football Division or in the General National “A” Football Group in all 75 championships. Five of these championships did not come to an end due to various political upheavals or wars.

 

Venzislav Stefanov,
Club Chairman

Born 28.11.1949. Venzislav Stefanov has involved with the club since 1995 and has been club chairman since 1996. Under his reign at the club Slavia had won the double (Championship and the Bulgarian Cup) in 1996.