PFC Slavia Sofia
Overview
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n football club founded on 10 April 1913 in Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
. Slavia's ground is Slavia Stadium with a capacity of 15,992. The team's colours are white and black.
The club has won the Bulgarian Championship 7 times and the Bulgarian Cup
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
7 times. It has also come second in the championship nine times and reached the cup final 7 more times.
Among the team's international successes are a Cup Winners' Cup semifinal in 1967 and a quarterfinal in 1981, as well as two consecutive Balkans Cup
Balkans Cup
In 1961, a Balkans Cup for football clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia was introduced. It was played 27 times...
trophies (1986 and 1988).
- Champion of Bulgaria – 7 times
- 1928, 1930, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1996
- Vice-champion of Bulgaria – 9 times
- 1932,1934,1950,1954,1955,1959,1967,1980, and 1990
- Third place – 12 times
- 1940, 1942, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1991, and 1997
- Holder of National Cup – 7 times
- 1952, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1975, 1980, and 1996
- Semi-finals at the Cup Winners' Cup – 1966–67
- Holder of Balkan's Cup – 1986, 1988
On April 10, 1913, a group of young people living near a Russian Monument in Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
and representatives of the local capital clubs Botev and Razvitie, in a coffee-house – Alabin str.
