PFC Slavia Sofia

PFC Slavia Sofia () is a Bulgarian football club founded on 10 April 1913 in Sofia. Slavia's ground is Slavia Stadium with a capacity of 32,000. The team's colours are white and black.

The club has won the Bulgarian Championship 7 times and the Bulgarian Cup 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 trophies (1986 and 1988).

Honours

• 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

History

On April 10, 1913, a group of young people living near a Russian Monument in Sofia and representatives of the local capital clubs Botev and Razvitie, in a coffee-house – Alabin str. in Sofia, decided to establish an incorporated sport club – the fist organized sport club in Sofia and in Bulgaria. The new incorporated club has named Slavia. Dimitar Blagoev – Palio, a 21 year-old student, was elected as the first president of the club. As members of the first club administrative...
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