2023–24 PFC CSKA Sofia season
2023–24 season | ||||
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Controlling owner | Grisha Ganchev | |||
Manager | Saša Ilić (until 29 July 2023) Nestor El Maestro (since 29 July 2023) | |||
Parva Liga | 3rd | |||
Bulgarian Cup | First round | |||
UEFA Europa Conference League | Second qualifying round | |||
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All statistics correct as of 21 October 2023. |
The 2023–24 season is CSKA Sofia's 75th season in the Parva Liga (the top flight of Bulgarian football) and their eighth consecutive participation after their administrative relegation in the third division due to mounting financial troubles. In addition to the domestic league, CSKA Sofia participates in this season's edition of the Bulgarian Cup and UEFA Europa Conference League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club will play during the 2023–24 season.
Players
Squad information
N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Since |
App |
Goals |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GK | Gustavo Busatto | 32 | 2019 | 162 | 0 | 2024 | Free | ||
2 | DF | Jurgen Mattheij | 30 | 2020 | 111 | 10 | 2024 | Free | ||
3 | DF | Sainey Sanyang | 20 | 2023 | 9 | 0 | 2028 | €100,000 | ||
4 | DF | Menno Koch | 28 | 2021 (Winter) | 71 | 6 | 2024 | €500,000 | ||
5 | DF | Bradley de Nooijer | 25 | 2022 | 27 | 2 | 2024 | €200,000 | ||
6 | DF | Hristiyan Petrov | 21 | 2020 | 48 | 0 | 2026 | Youth system | ||
7 | MF | Jonathan Lindseth | 27 | 2022 | 51 | 6 | 2026 | €500,000 | ||
8 | MF | Stanislav Shopov | 21 | 2022 | 47 | 1 | 2025 | Free | ||
9 | FW | Duckens Nazon | 29 | 2022 | 53 | 27 | 2025 | €200,000 | ||
10 | MF | Zhirayr Shaghoyan | 22 | 2022 | 26 | 0 | 2024 | €300,000 | ||
11 | FW | Matthias Phaëton | 23 | 2023 | 14 | 1 | 2026 | €2,000,000 | ||
12 | GK | Marin Orlinov | 28 | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 2026 | Free | ||
13 | DF | Brayan Córdoba | 23 | 2023 | 10 | 0 | 2027 | €1,180,000 | ||
14 | FW | Tobias Heintz | 24 | 2023 (Winter) | 32 | 6 | 2026 | €600,000 | ||
15 | DF | Thibaut Vion | 29 | 2020 | 109 | 2 | 2025 | Free | ||
16 | MF | Georgi Chorbadzhiyski | 18 | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 2028 | Youth system | ||
17 | DF | Emanuel Šakić | 32 | 2023 | 6 | 0 | 2025 | Free | ||
19 | DF | Ivan Turitsov | 23 | 2018 | 156 | 7 | 2024 | Youth system | ||
20 | DF | Asen Donchev | 21 | 2020 | 28 | 1 | 2026 | Youth system | ||
21 | MF | Amos Youga | 30 | 2020 | 124 | 4 | 2026 | Free | ||
22 | MF | Enes Mahmutović | 26 | 2022 (Winter) | 28 | 1 | 2024 | Free | ||
23 | MF | Ilian Antonov | 18 | 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2027 | Youth system | ||
24 | FW | Mark-Emilio Papazov | 19 | 2020 | 4 | 0 | 2026 | Youth system | ||
25 | GK | Dimitar Evtimov | 27 | 2020 | 25 | 0 | 2025 | Free | ||
26 | MF | Marcelino Carreazo | 23 | 2022 | 36 | 3 | 2024 | €100,000 | ||
27 | MF | Lazar Tufegdžić | 26 | 2022 | 37 | 5 | 2025 | €300,000 | ||
28 | FW | Brayan Moreno | 23 | 2022 (Winter) | 38 | 10 | 2026 | Free | ||
29 | FW | Michael Estrada | 27 | 2023 | 11 | 3 | 2024 | Loan | ||
30 | FW | Danilo Asprilla | 34 | 2023 | 6 | 0 | 2025 | €180,000 |
- Last updated: 21 October 2023
- Source: Players transfer and Wikipedia players' articles
- Ordered by squad number.
Transfers
In
No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
EU |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 | GK | Marin Orlinov | 28 | EU | Litex Lovech | Free transfer | Summer | Free | dsport.bg | ||
24 | FW | Mark-Emilio Papazov | 19 | EU | Hebar | Loan return | Summer | Free | |||
3 | DF | Sainey Sanyang | 20 | Non-EU | Hawks | Transfer | Summer | 2026 | €100,000 | cska.bg | |
11 | FW | Matthias Phaëton | 23 | EU | Grenoble | Transfer | Summer | 2026 | €2,000,000 | cska.bg | |
29 | FW | Michael Estrada | 27 | Non-EU | Toluca | Loan | Summer | 2024 | Free | cska.bg | |
13 | DF | Brayan Córdoba | 23 | Non-EU | América de Cali | Transfer | Summer | 2026 | €1,180,000 | cska.bg | |
30 | FW | Danilo Asprilla | 34 | Non-EU | Beitar Jerusalem | Transfer | Summer | 2025 | €180,000 | cska.bg | |
17 | DF | Emanuel Šakić | 32 | EU | Kifisia | Transfer | Summer | 2025 | Free | cska.bg |
Out
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
Pre-season
27 June 2023 Friendly | CSKA | 1–0 | Botoșani | Jenbach, Austria |
19:00 UTC+3 | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Jenbach |
1 July 2023 Friendly | CSKA | 1−0 | Basel | Kematen in Tirol, Austria |
14:00 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Melach Road |
4 July 2023 Friendly | CSKA | 0−1 | Qarabağ | Wörgl, Austria |
19:00 UTC+3 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Sportzentrum Wörgl |
8 July 2023 Friendly | CSKA | 2−1 | WSG Tirol | Neustift im Stubaital, Austria |
18:30 UTC+3 | Report |
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Stadium: Sportplatz Neustift Kamplersee |
On-season (autumn)
9 September 2023 Friendly | CSKA | 5−1 | Litex | Teteven, Bulgaria |
11:00 UTC+3 | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Georgi Benkovski |
14 October 2023 Friendly | CSKA | 5−1 | Litex | Teteven, Bulgaria |
11:00 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Georgi Benkovski |
Competitions
Overview
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Parva Liga | 16 July 2023 | 1 June 2024 | Matchday 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 61.54 | |
Bulgarian Cup | 1 November 2023 | First round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | ||
UEFA Europa Conference League | 27 July 2023 | 3 August 2023 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0.00 |
Total | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 53.33 |
Last updated: 21 October 2023
Source: Competitions
Parva Liga
Regular stage
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 78 | 15 | +63 | 75 | Qualification for the Championship group |
2 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 63 | |
3 | Cherno More | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 62 | |
4 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 55 | |
5 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 54 |
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[1]
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 |
Last updated: 21 October 2023.
Source: See results
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Results
16 July 2023 1 | Hebar | 0−0 | CSKA | Pazardzhik |
21:00 UTC+3 | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Georgi Benkovski Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia) Man of the Match: Petar Debarliev |
21 July 2023 2 | CSKA | 1−0 | Krumovgrad | Sofia |
21:15 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Tobias Heintz |
6 August 2023 4 | CSKA | 1−1 | Slavia | Sofia |
18:45 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Galin Ivanov |
13 August 2023 5 | Ludogorets | 3−0 | CSKA | Razgrad |
21:15 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Kiril Despodov |
19 August 2023 6 | Botev Vratsa | 0−2 | CSKA | Vratsa |
21:15 UTC+3 |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Tobias Heintz |
26 August 2023 7 | CSKA | 1−1 | Cherno More | Sofia |
21:15 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Duckens Nazon |
2 September 2023 8 | Beroe | 0−3 | CSKA | Stara Zagora |
21:15 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Beroe Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Tobias Heintz |
17 September 2023 9 | CSKA | 2−0 | CSKA 1948 | Sofia |
20:15 UTC+3 |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Duckens Nazon |
22 September 2023 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 1−2 | CSKA | Plovdiv |
20:00 UTC+3 |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Jonathan Lindseth |
28 September 2023 11 | CSKA | 2−0 | Lokomotiv Sofia | Sofia |
20:30 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Kristiyan Kolev (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Michael Estrada |
2 October 2023 12 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 0−2 | CSKA | Plovdiv |
20:00 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia) Man of the Match: Michael Estrada |
7 October 2023 13 | CSKA | 1−1 | Levski | Sofia |
14:45 UTC+3 | Report |
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Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Jonathan Lindseth |
21 October 2023 14 | Pirin | 1−2 | CSKA | Blagoevgrad |
19:00 UTC+3 | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna) Man of the Match: Matthias Phaëton |
27 October 2023 15 | CSKA | v | Arda | Sofia |
16:30 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Georgi Ginchev (Veliko Tarnovo) |
1 November 2023 3 | Etar | v | CSKA | Veliko Tarnovo |
17:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Ivaylo | ||
Note: The game has been originally scheduled for 29 July 2023, but has been rescheduled due to CSKA's ongoing participation in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.[2] On 10 October the technical committee of the BFU rescheduled the game for 1 November 2023.[3] |
6 November 2023 16 | CSKA | v | Hebar | Sofia |
18:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia |
12 November 2023 17 | Krumovgrad | v | CSKA | Plovdiv[note 1] |
13:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Sporten kompleks Nikola Shterev - Starika |
24−27 November 2023 18 | CSKA | v | Etar | Sofia |
--:-- UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia |
1−4 December 2023 19 | Slavia | v | CSKA | Sofia |
--:-- UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov |
8−11 December 2023 20 | CSKA | v | Ludogorets | Sofia |
--:-- UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia |
16−19 February 2024 21 | CSKA | v | Botev Vratsa | Sofia |
--:-- UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia |
23−26 February 2024 22 | Cherno More | v | CSKA | Varna |
--:-- UTC+2 | Stadium: Stadion Ticha |
1−4 March 2024 23 | CSKA | v | Beroe | Sofia |
--:-- UTC+3 | Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia |
8−11 March 2024 24 | CSKA 1948 | v | CSKA | Bistritsa |
--:-- UTC+2 | Stadium: Stadion Bistritsa |
15−17 March 2024 25 | CSKA | v | Botev Plovdiv | Sofia |
--:-- UTC+2 | Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia |
29−31 March 2024 26 | Lokomotiv Sofia | v | CSKA | Sofia |
--:-- UTC+3 | Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv |
2−4 April 2024 27 | CSKA | v | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Sofia |
--:-- UTC+3 | Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia |
5−8 April 2024 28 | Levski | v | CSKA | Sofia |
--:-- UTC+3 | Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski |
12−15 April 2024 29 | CSKA | v | Pirin | Sofia |
--:-- UTC+3 | Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia |
19−22 April 2024 30 | Arda | v | CSKA | Kardzhali |
--:-- UTC+3 | Stadium: Arena Arda |
Bulgarian Cup
9 November 2023 1R | Chernomorets | v | CSKA | Balchik |
17:30 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Balchik |
UEFA Europa Conference League
Second qualifying round
27 July 2023 First leg | CSKA | 0−2 | Sepsi OSK | Sofia, Bulgaria |
20:00 UTC+3 |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 7,966 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis (Netherlands) |
3 August 2023 Second leg | Sepsi OSK | 4−0 (6−0 agg.) | CSKA | Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania |
20:00 UTC+3 |
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Report | Stadium: Stadionul Sepsi Arena Attendance: 8,270 Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania) |
Statistics
Appearances and goals
- As of 21 October 2023
No. | Pos | Player | Parva Liga | Bulgarian Cup | Conference League | Total | |||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
1 | GK | Gustavo Busatto | 13 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 15 | -14 | |||
2 | DF | Jurgen Mattheij | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
3 | DF | Sainey Sanyang | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
4 | DF | Menno Koch | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
5 | DF | Bradley de Nooijer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
6 | DF | Hristiyan Petrov | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
7 | MF | Jonathan Lindseth | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | |||
8 | MF | Stanislav Shopov | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
9 | FW | Duckens Nazon | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | |||
10 | MF | Zhirayr Shaghoyan | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
11 | FW | Matthias Phaëton | 7+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |||
12 | GK | Marin Orlinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
13 | DF | Brayan Córdoba | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
14 | MF | Tobias Heintz | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |||
15 | DF | Thibaut Vion | 7+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
16 | MF | Georgi Chorbadzhiyski | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
17 | DF | Emanuel Šakić | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
19 | DF | Ivan Turitsov | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
20 | DF | Asen Donchev | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
21 | MF | Amos Youga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
22 | DF | Enes Mahmutović | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
23 | MF | Ilian Antonov | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
24 | FW | Mark-Emilio Papazov | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
25 | GK | Dimitar Evtimov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
26 | MF | Marcelino Carreazo | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
27 | MF | Lazar Tufegdžić | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
28 | FW | Brayan Moreno | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
29 | FW | Michael Estrada | 5+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |||
30 | FW | Danilo Asprilla | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
Players who appeared for CSKA Sofia that left during the season: |
Goalscorers
Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Parva Liga | Bulgarian Cup | Conference League | Total |
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1 | FW | 9 | Duckens Nazon | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
2 | MF | 7 | Jonathan Lindseth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | MF | 14 | Tobias Heintz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
FW | 29 | Michael Estrada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
5 | FW | 11 | Matthias Phaëton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
MF | 27 | Lazar Tufegdžić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
TOTALS | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
As of 21 October 2023[update]
Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for CSKA first squad during the season.
N | P | Nat. | Name | Parva Liga | Bulgarian Cup | Conference League | Total | Notes | ||||||||
1 | GK | Gustavo Busatto | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | DF | Sainey Sanyang | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | DF | Hristiyan Petrov | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
7 | MF | Jonathan Lindseth | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
8 | MF | Stanislav Shopov | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
9 | FW | Duckens Nazon | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
10 | MF | Zhirayr Shaghoyan | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
11 | FW | Matthias Phaëton | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
13 | DF | Brayan Córdoba | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
14 | MF | Tobias Heintz | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
15 | DF | Thibaut Vion | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
19 | DF | Ivan Turitsov | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
21 | MF | Amos Youga | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
22 | DF | Enes Mahmutović | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
26 | MF | Marcelino Carreazo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
29 | FW | Michael Estrada | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
30 | FW | Danilo Asprilla | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 21 October 2023
Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
See also
Notes
- ^ Krumovgrad plays their league home games at Sporten kompleks Nikola Shterev - Starika, Plovdiv, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Krumovgrad, Krumovgrad, which does not meet the BFU requirements.
References
- ^ "Наредба за първенствата и турнирите по футбол в системата на БФС за сезон 2023/2024 година" (PDF) (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Решение СТК 20.07.2023 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Решение СТК 10.10.2023 година". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 10 October 2023.