Levski Lom

FC Levski (Bulgarian: ФК Левски) is a Bulgarian football club based in Lom, currently playing in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football league system.

The club was founded in 1921. They play their home games at the 2,500-capacity Gradski Stadium. Their highest finishing position were in 1928 and 1934, ending in 5th place in Bulgarian State Football Championship under the name SC Maria Luisa. In 1939 they got to the quarter-finals of Bulgarian Cup.

History

Foundation

The football history in Lom was started from the famous Swiss-Bulgarian teacher Louis-Emil Eyer, who started a football academy in the Nayden Gerov High School in 1894. In 1903 students from the school started the first football club in town - SC Nayden Gerov.

June 20, 1921 was the official establishment of SC Levski. In 1925, the team merged with SC Slaveykov Lom adopting the name SC Maria Luisa. As a result, Levski marked their highest finishing position was in 1928 and 1934, ending in 5th place in Bulgarian State Football Championship.

1945 - 1993

After the World War II all sports clubs in Lom were formed into one named again Levski. In 1948 and 1949 in Lom were founded FC Botev, FC Dunav, FC Torpedo, FC DNA, FC Stroitel, FC Dinamo, DSO Lokomotiv, DSO Cherveno zname and several others. In 1954 DSO Lokomotiv was promoted to B Group. In the next year, it was merged with Cherveno Zname to form FD Levski. In 1956 Levski won B Group, but in the next season relegated to V Group.

In 1967, the team won its promotion to B Group once again. In 1969, the team adopted the name FD Dunav. After 6 conservative seasons in the second level of Bulgarian football, the team relegated to V Group. In 1975, the team won their promotion back to Second League, but was once again relegated to Third league in 1976. In 1978, team relegated to the Regional League where it spend most of the time between late 70s and 80s.

In 1990, the team o