PFC CSKA Sofia
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| Full name | PFC CSKA Sofia | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Chervenite (Reds) | ||
| Founded | May 5 1948 | ||
| Ground | Bulgarska Armiya, Sofia | ||
| Capacity | 22,500 | ||
| Chairman | Vasil Bozhkov | ||
| Manager | Plamen Markov | ||
| League | A Grupa | ||
| 2005-06 | A Grupa, 2nd place | ||
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PFC CSKA Sofia is the CSKA football club of Sofia, Bulgaria. Its home matches take place at the Bulgarska Armiya Stadium. The club was officially founded on May 5, 1948.
Address
3 Dragan Tsankov Bulevard. Tel: 02 963-3477 Fax: 02 963-3902
History
On May 5, 1948 the club was formed by merging the clubs Septemvri and Chavdar and christened "Septemvri pri CDV".
Chavdar was relegated to the Second Sofia Division in 1947. At this time, Chavdar was based at the Central House of the Army (CDV). The managers of Chavdar hoped to revitalize the club by merging with yet another team. Initially, "Sportist" (Hadji Dimiter) was considered, but in the end, the choice fell on "Septemvri" (Sofia).
That year Septemvri reached the national finals, where it faced, and beated PFC Levski Sofia with a final score of 3:1. The club merged with "DFS Cherveno Zname" in 1962 and with "DFS Septemvri" in 1968.
Achievements
The club has met much domestic and international success. It has won the Bulgarian championship a remarkable 30 times, which earned it a place in the Guinness Book of Records. The club's greatest triumph was an unbroken string of national victories between 1954 and 1962.
Disbanded
On June 19, 1985, the final game of the Bulgarian Cup took place at the Vasil Levski National Stadium. During the game both teams demonstrated extremely poor sportsmanship; the match saw several brutal fights and an attack on a referee. CSKA won the game, but the players' behavior percipitated a major scandal. By decree of Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party, both teams were disbanded. CSKA was renamed "CFKA Sredets" and Levski was renamed "Vitosha." Additionally, several major players including Kostadin Yanchev, Borislav Mihailov, Plamen Nikolov, Emil Spasov, Emil Velev and the yet unknown Hristo Stoichkov were prohibited from participating in club games for varying periods of time. In 1988 CSKA's name was restored by the communist party but Levski's name was not restored until communism fell in 1990.
Name
CSKA has carried a plethora of names in its history. In chronological order they are:
- Septemvri pri CDV in 1947/48 and 1948/49.
- Narodna Voiska in 1950.
- CDNV in 1951 and 1952.
- Otbor na Sofiiskiya Garnizon in 1953.
- CDNA from 1954 and until the 1961/62 season.
- CSKA Cherveno Zname between 1962/63 and 1967/68.
- CSKA Septemvriiskoe Zname between 1968/69 and 1984/85.
- CFKA Sredets from 1985/86 and until 1988/89
- CSKA from 1989/90.
Bulgarska Armia Stadium
The team's home stadium, "Bulgarska Armiya", was completed in 1967 and stands on the same spot as its predecessor, "Atletik Park." A plan for major renovation has been adopted.
Current lineup
As of March 2006 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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06/07 transfers
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
- Bulgarian Championship: 30
- 1931, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2005
- Bulgarian Cup: 11
- 1941, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2006
- Cup of the Soviet Army: 13
- 1951, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990
- Bulgarian Supercup: 1
- 1989
Famous players
- Hristo Stoichkov
- Dimitar Yakimov
- Dimitar Penev
- Stefan Bozhkov
- Ivan Kolev
- Krum Yanev
- Manol Manolov
- Nikola Tsanev
- Georgi Denev
- Spas Dzhevizov
- Tsvetan Yonchev
- Stoycho Mladenov
- Plamen Markov
- Radoslav Zdravkov
- Georgi Dimitrov
- Emil Kostadinov
- Luboslav Penev
- Trifon Ivanov
- Yordan Letchkov
- Dimitar Berbatov
- Stilian Petrov
- Martin Petrov
- Velizar Dimitrov
External links
- Official website
- CSKA Sofia Ultimate Internet Fan Club - the oldest web site about CSKA Sofia.
- Official Sektor-G Fans Website - the website for true CSKA Sofia fans.
