PFC Slavia Sofia, the Bulgarian football club based in Sofia and founded on 10 April 1913, uses a crest built around a laurel wreath, a stylized crown, and a central symbol associated with the club’s traditional identity.[1] The club’s official colors are white and black.[2]
Design and History
In late 2014, PFC Slavia Sofia announced a change to the emblem that would appear on the kits of all its teams and on official club merchandise starting in early 2015.[1] The updated logo retained the laurel wreath around the traditional symbol of “the Whites” and the stylized crown above it.[1] The main change was in the lower ribbon, where the years “1913 and 2013” were replaced with the word “Slavia.”[3] The new logo first appeared on the club’s 2015 calendars featuring the men’s team and youth academy squads.[3]
The 2015 emblem was designed by Velizar Tsokov, who had also created the centenary emblem for the club’s 100th anniversary.[1] Tsokov, owner of the badge manufacturer Bulpins, was selected for the centenary emblem through a competition organized by the Public Committee “100 Years Slavia.”[1][4]
The club has a tradition of marking round anniversaries with special jubilee emblems, a practice dating back to 1923 when the club celebrated 10 years since its founding.[5] The centenary emblem, unveiled in 2012, incorporated laurel wreaths familiar from earlier anniversary badges, including those for the 50th, 70th, 75th, and 80th birthdays of the club, and also featured a crown.[5]
Meaning and Symbolism
The laurel wreath and crown elements have been part of the club’s emblem tradition for decades. The laurel wreaths were known from anniversary badges as early as 1923, and the crown appeared in the centenary emblem alongside them.[5] When the 2015 emblem was introduced, both the laurel wreath and the stylized crown were deliberately preserved around the club’s traditional symbol.[1]
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