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2018–19 PFC CSKA Sofia season

The 2018–19 season is CSKA Sofia's 70th season in the First League and their third consecutive participation after their administrative relegation in the third division due to mounting financial troubles. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club will play during the 2018–19 season.

CSKA Sofia
2018–19 season
Controlling owner Grisha Ganchev
Manager Nestor El Maestro
(until 7 February 2019)
Lyuboslav Penev
(until 3 May 2019)
Dobromir Mitov (interim)
(since 3 May 2019)
Parva Liga Second place
Bulgarian CupSemi-final
Europa LeagueThird qualifying round

Players Edit

Current squad Edit

As of 8 February 2019 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   CRO Dante Stipica
2 DF   BUL Stoycho Atanasov
3 DF   BRA Geferson
4 DF   BUL Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski
5 DF   BUL Nikolay Bodurov (captain)
6 MF   POR Rúben Pinto (vice-captain)
7 MF   GNB Jorginho
8 MF   GHA Edwin Gyasi
10 FW   BRA Evandro
12 GK   BUL Slavi Petrov
14 DF   BUL Angel Lyaskov
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF   BUL Kristiyan Malinov
16 MF   POR Janio Bikel
17 MF   BRA Henrique
19 DF   BUL Ivan Turitsov
20 MF   POR Tiago Rodrigues
22 FW   GAM Ali Sowe
24 DF   POR Nuno Tomás
25 DF   CPV Steven Pereira
26 DF   BUL Valentin Antov
30 GK   LTU Vytautas Černiauskas

Transfers Edit

Summer transfers Edit

Winter transfers Edit

Pre-season and friendlies Edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Pre-season Edit

18 June 2018 (2018-06-18) Friendly CSKA 2−0 Etar Pancharevo, Bulgaria
17:00 EEST Henrique   61', 79' Report Stadium: Sporten kompleks Pancharevo
23 June 2018 (2018-06-23) Friendly CSKA   3−0   V-Varen Nagasaki Jenbach, Austria
18:30 EEST Tiago   21'
Malinov   42'
Gyasi   88'
Report Stadium: Stadion Jenbach
27 June 2018 (2018-06-27) Friendly CSKA   2−1   Ufa Kirchdorf in Tirol, Austria
19:00 EEST Yordanov   24', 61' Report Igboun   33' Stadium: Leerberg-Arena Kirchdorf
30 June 2018 (2018-06-30) Friendly CSKA   0−0   Shakhtar Donetsk Kufstein, Austria
15:00 EEST Report Stadium: Kufstein-Arena
2 July 2018 (2018-07-02) Friendly CSKA   3−3   Brøndby Angerberg, Austria
19:00 EEST Karanga   44'
Jorginho   61'
Tiago   63'
Report Erceg   28', 42'
Frendrup   46'
Stadium: Sportplatz Angerberg
7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) Friendly CSKA 1−1 Tsarsko Selo Sofia, Bulgaria
16:00 EEST Tiago   40' Report Minchev   4' Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya

Mid-season Edit

16 January 2019 (2019-01-16) Friendly CSKA   1−1   Bochum Marbella, Spain
16:00 EET Malinov   75' Report Maier   63' Stadium: La Dama de Noche
20 January 2019 (2019-01-20) Friendly CSKA   1−3   Puskás Akadémia La Línea, Spain
17:00 EET Tiago   81' Report Vega   54'
Tamás   62'
Poór   65'
Stadium: Estadio Municipal
23 January 2019 (2019-01-23) Friendly CSKA   1−0   Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Lamos De La Quinta, Spain
17:00 EET Sowe   79' Report Stadium: Chincheta
28 January 2019 (2019-01-28) Friendly CSKA   2−1   Viktoria Plzeň Estepona, Spain
17:00 EET Gyasi   44' (pen.)
Henrique   82'
Report Beauguel   37' (pen.) Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Arroyo Enmedio
31 January 2019 (2019-01-31) Friendly CSKA   2−3   Sparta Prague Marbella, Spain
17:00 EET Tiago   21' (pen.)
Jorginho   41'
Report Drchal   9'
Kanga   67' (pen.)
Chipciu   81'
Stadium: La Dama de Noche
2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) Friendly CSKA   0−3   Dynamo Kyiv Marbella, Spain
17:00 EET Report Tsyhankov   3'
Verbič   35'
Andriyevskyi   89'
Stadium: La Dama de Noche
9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) Friendly CSKA 0−1 Etar Sofia, Bulgaria
15:00 EET Report Bojaj   34' Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Referee: Ivo Andreev (Sofia)

Competitions Edit

Parva Liga Edit

Regular Stage Edit

League table Edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ludogorets Razgrad 26 19 5 2 53 14 +39 62 Qualification for the Championship round
2 CSKA Sofia 26 18 3 5 47 14 +33 57
3 Levski Sofia 26 17 3 6 51 24 +27 54
4 Botev Plovdiv 26 13 6 7 39 21 +18 45
5 Cherno More 26 12 6 8 36 34 +2 42
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[35]
Results summary Edit
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 18 3 5 47 14  +33 57 11 1 1 32 7  +25 7 2 4 15 7  +8

Last updated: 16 March 2019.
Source: See results

Results by round Edit
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWWLWDWWLWWDWWWLDWWLWLWWW
Position11112221133333222222223322
Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Results Edit
22 July 2018 (2018-07-22) 1 CSKA 2−0 Lokomotiv Sofia
20:45 EEST Maurides   52'
Jorginho   62'
Sekulić   72'
Report Dzhalilov   3'
Umarbayev   21'
Karagaren   45+2'
Bouhna   79'
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 2,750
Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)
29 July 2018 (2018-07-29) 2 Vitosha 0−2 CSKA Sofia
20:45 EEST Gochev   34' Report Tiago   10'
Pinto   17'
Bodurov   31'
Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Stanislav Stavrov (Veliko Tarnovo)
5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) 3 CSKA 3−0 Dunav Sofia
20:45 EEST Maurides   39'
Kovachev   45+2' (o.g.)
Despodov   56'
Chorbadzhiyski   84'
Report Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)
12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) 4 CSKA 2−1 Slavia Sofia
20:45 EEST Pinto   37'
Despodov   44'
Maurides   45+3', 90'
Report Stanisavljević   36'
Gamakov   44'
Karabelyov   66',   72'
Shokolarov   90+4'
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 2,130
Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)
19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) 5 Ludogorets 1−0 CSKA Razgrad
21:00 EEST Wanderson   21'
Moți   40'
Dyakov   68'
Marcelinho   78'
Lukoki   90+1'
Report Malinov   5'
Bikel   34'
Tiago   45+1'
Lyaskov   67'
Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)
26 August 2018 (2018-08-26) 6 CSKA 4−0 Vereya Sofia
21:00 EEST Despodov   17', 47'
Pinto   28'
Gyasi   68'
Maurides   85'
Report Jørgensen   10'
Stanchev   72'
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 7 Botev Plovdiv 0−0 CSKA Plovdiv
18:45 EEST Baltanov   20'
Terziev   90+1'
Report Despodov   26'
Lyaskov   44'
Bodurov   90+3'
Stadium: Futbolen complex Botev 1912
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)
15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 8 CSKA 3−1 Cherno More Sofia
20:00 EEST Gyasi   1'
Sekulić   25'
Despodov   39'
Pinto   58'
Lyaskov   88'
Manolev   90+4'
Report Černiauskas   14' (o.g.)
Panayotov   43'
Hassani   90+4'
Makendzhiev   90+4'
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 3,480
Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9 Botev Vratsa 0−2 CSKA Montana
20:00 EEST Gadzhev   4'
Apostolov   23'
Bojinov   54'
Mihaylov   69'
Report Bojinov   15' (o.g.)
Pereira   25'
Sowe   38'
Chorbadzhiyski   53'
Stadium: Stadion Ogosta
Attendance: 3,750
Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas)
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10 CSKA 0−1 Levski Sofia
17:00 EEST Chorbadzhiyski   16'
Pinto   42'
Tiago   45'
Despodov   85'
Bikel   86'
Bodurov   90'
Report Černiauskas   30' (o.g.)
Thiam   85'
Goranov   86'
Cvetković   90+2'
Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)
6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 11 Septemvri 0−3 CSKA Sofia
17:30 EEST Galchev   38'
Meledje   42'
Stoichkov   43'
Benga   43'
Report Maurides   37' (pen.),   52'
Tiago   64'
Lyaskov   81'
Manolev   90+2'
Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski
Attendance: 820
Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo)
21 October 2018 (2018-10-21) 12 CSKA 3−0 Etar Sofia
20:00 EEST Chorbadzhiyski   28'
Jorginho   49'
Despodov   84'
Report Sarmov   48' Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)
27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 13 Beroe 1−1 CSKA Stara Zagora
15:00 EEST Kamburov   35'
Bandalovski   53'
Raynov   63'
Tsvetkov   72'
Report Tiago   27'
Sekulić   34'
Maurides   54'
Bodurov   55'
Jorginho   90+2'
Stadium: Stadion Beroe
Attendance: 6,900
Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)
3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 14 Lokomotiv 0−1 CSKA Plovdiv
15:00 EET Posinković   36'
Banović   49'
Aralica   68'
Raykov   90+3'
Report Pinto   25'
Despodov   57',   73'
Bikel   90+3'
Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)
9 November 2018 (2018-11-09) 15 CSKA 3−0 Vitosha Sofia
17:45 EET Malinov   71'
Maurides   79', 90+3'
Despodov   90'
Report Lazarov   24'
Gochev   39'
Vasilev   62'
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 950
Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)
24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 16 Dunav 0−2 CSKA Ruse
15:00 EET Popadiyn   39' Report Maurides   40'
Gyasi   47'
Stadium: Gradski stadion
Attendance: 2,040
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)
2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 17 Slavia 1−0 CSKA Sofia
17:00 EET Petkov   21'
S. Aleksandrov   34'   59'
Karabelyov   51',   88'
G. Ivanov   89'
Stergiakis   90'
Report Gyasi   21'
Geferson   30'
Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski
Attendance: 790
Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)
6 December 2018 (2018-12-06) 18 CSKA 1−1 Ludogorets Sofia
17:30 EET Pinto   25'
Geferson   57'
Manolev   58'
Despodov   67'
Malinov   69'
Antov   90+3'
Report Cicinho   11'   89'
Keșerü   29'
Marcelinho   82'
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 6,900
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)
9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) 19 Vereya 0−1 CSKA Stara Zagora
15:00 EET Košút   38' Report Tiago   27'
Chorbadzhiyski   59'
Stadium: Trace Arena
Attendance: 750
Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)
16 December 2018 (2018-12-16) 20 CSKA 2−1 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
19:00 EET Sowe   14', 28'
Tiago   23'
Antov   90+2'
Report Baltanov   16'
Yusein   68',   72'
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 510
Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)
Note: The game was originally scheduled to start at 17:30, but was postponed initially with 30 minutes, and then with further 60 minutes due to heavy snowfall.
16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 21 Cherno More 2−0 CSKA Varna
15:00 EET N'Dongala   7',   8'
Panayotov   21'   80'
Panov   30'
Genev   39'
Vasilev   62'
Vitanov   63'
Dimov   89'
Report Pinto   27'
Chorbadzhiyski   57'
Evandro   66'
Malinov   85'
Bikel   90'
Stadium: Stadion Ticha
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)
19 February 2019 (2019-02-19) 22 CSKA 2−1 Botev Vratsa Sofia
17:30 EET Gyasi   48'
Malinov   54'
Sowe   56'
Atanasov   76'
Report Gadzhev   44'
Genov   58'
Stoev   89'
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Stanislav Stavrov (Veliko Tarnovo)
24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) 23 Levski 1−0 CSKA Sofia
13:00 EET Paulinho   31'
Goranov   43'
Pereira   45+2' (o.g.)
Thiam   56'
Cvetković   69'
Report Gyasi   43'
Chorbadzhiyski   63'
Turitsov   66'
Pereira   90+5'
Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)
2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 24 CSKA 5−1 Septemvri Sofia
17:30 EET Sowe   2' (pen.), 23', 74'
Jorginho   18'
Henrique   28'
Bikel   71'
Antov   82'
Report Stoichkov   33'
Alves   40'
Glišić   52'
Bashliev   64'
I. Dimitrov   89'
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 850
Referee: Petar Kirilov (Dobrich)
9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 25 Etar 1−3 CSKA Veliko Tarnovo
17:30 EET Skerlev   50'
K. Stoyanov   61'
Mladenov   75'
Report Jorginho   31',   65'
Sowe   69', 81'
Stadium: Stadion Ivaylo
Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)
16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 26 CSKA 2−0 Beroe Sofia
17:45 EET Tiago   18'
Turitsov   82'
Bikel   83'
Alkan   90+2' (o.g.)
Report Minchev   49'
Leoni   52'
Zhelev   74'
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 2,950
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

Championship round Edit

League table Edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ludogorets Razgrad (C) 36 23 10 3 67 19 +48 79 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 CSKA Sofia 36 24 6 6 57 17 +40 78 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Levski Sofia (O) 36 20 6 10 64 37 +27 66 Qualification for the European play-off final
4 Beroe 36 16 10 10 42 30 +12 58
5 Cherno More 36 15 7 14 44 51 −7 52
6 Botev Plovdiv 36 14 8 14 44 36 +8 50
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[36]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Results summary Edit
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
10 6 3 1 10 3  +7 21 3 2 0 4 0  +4 3 1 1 6 3  +3

Last updated: 24 May 2019.
Source: See results

Results by round Edit
Round12345678910
GroundHAHHAAHAAH
ResultWDWDLWDWWW
Position2222222222
Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Results Edit
30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 27 CSKA 1−0 Cherno More Sofia
20:30 EET Atanasov   22'
Bikel   48'
Sowe   83' (pen.)
Report Stanchev   19'
Fennouche   22'
Rodrigo   76'
Dimov   82'
Vasilev   85'
Genev   87'
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)
6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 28 Ludogorets 0−0 CSKA Razgrad
17:15 EEST Dyakov   73' Report Geferson   71' Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Attendance: 6,300
Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)
13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 29 CSKA 2−0 Beroe Sofia
20:00 EEST Evandro   13' (pen.),   35'
Turitsov   36'
Černiauskas   85'
Malinov   89'
Report Tsvetkov   8'
Baranov   12'
Ohene   32'
Meledje   33'
Alkan   41'
Kamburov   76'
Eugénio   81'
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas)
20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 30 CSKA 0−0 Levski Sofia
17:15 EEST Malinov   62'
Antov   67'
Bodurov   86'
Report Milanov   13'
Reis   57'
Raynov   79'
Vaštšuk   89'
M. D. Petkov   90+2'
Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski
Attendance: 15,900
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)
29 April 2019 (2019-04-29) 31 Botev Plovdiv 2−0 CSKA Plovdiv
20:00 EEST Ebert   30'
V. Shopov   70'
Pirgov   79'
K. Dimitrov   79'
Dobrev   81'
Doré   83',   83'
Nedelev   90+4'
Report Tiago   22'
Henrique   32'
Evandro   38'
Malinov