2008–09 PFC CSKA Sofia season

CSKA Sofia
2008–09 season
Chairman	Dimitar Borisov
Manager	Lyuboslav Penev
A Group	Second place
Supercup	Winner
Bulgarian Cup	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	League: Yordan Todorov (9); All: Dormushali Saidhodzha (14)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2008–09 season was PFC CSKA Sofia's 58th season in A Group. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club have and will play during the 2008–09 season.

Players

Squad information

Appearances for competitive matches only

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A Group		Bulgarian Cup		Supercup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	BUL	Ventsislav Velinov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF	BUL	Pavel Kovachev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	BUL	Pavel Vidanov	17	0	15	0	2	0	0	0
4	DF	BUL	Kristian Uzunov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF	BUL	Todor Yanchev	30	4	26	3	3	1	1	0
6	DF	BUL	Kiril Kotev	30	5	27	3	2	1	1	1
7	FW	BUL	Vladimir Manchev	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
8	FW	BUL	Martin Toshev	17	2	13	0	3	2	1	0
9	FW	BUL	Vladislav Zlatinov	7	1	6	1	0	0	1	0
10	MF	BUL	Nikolay Chipev	21	0	20	0	0	0	1	0
11	FW	BUL	Zdravko Lazarov	15	2	15	2	0	0	0	0
12	GK	BUL	Ivan Karadzhov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Branekov	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF	BUL	Atanas Zehirov	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
15	DF	BUL	Ivan Ivanov	34	5	30	5	3	0	1	0
16	MF	BUL	Dzihat Kyamil	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	POR	Rui Miguel	15	4	14	4	1	0	0	0
18	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Sabev	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
19	FW	BUL	Evgeni Yordanov	14	2	13	2	0	0	1	0
21	MF	NGA	Shikoze Udoji	19	3	17	3	1	0	1	0
22	DF	BRA	Eli Marques	14	1	14	1	0	0	0	0
24	MF	BUL	Aleksandar Tonev	18	2	16	2	1	0	1	0
25	GK	CMR	Daniel Bekono	18	0	15	0	2	0	1	0
27	GK	BUL	Ivaylo Petrov	15	0	14	0	1	0	0	0
28	MF	BRA	Marquinhos	28	5	25	2	3	3	0	0
30	MF	BUL	Yordan Todorov	30	9	26	9	3	0	1	0
32	MF	LVA	Viktors Morozs	15	2	12	2	3	0	0	0
33	MF	POR	David Silva	12	1	11	1	1	0	0	0
34	FW	ISL	Garðar Gunnlaugsson	7	1	5	0	2	1	0	0
52	DF	BUL	Yordan Minev	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0
84	DF	BRA	Filipe Machado	27	0	23	0	3	0	1	0
99	FW	BUL	Dormushali Saidhodzha	14	7	13	7	1	0	0	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
2	DF	SRB	Nenad Nastić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	POR	Zé Rui	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
20	DF	SVN	Mitja Mörec	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
26	MF	BUL	Yanko Sandanski	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	NED	Quido Lanzaat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	BUL	Dimitar Petkov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	POR	Filipe da Costa	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
99	FW	BRA	Nei	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

As of game played start of season

Players in/out

Summer transfers

In: 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	BUL	Ventsislav Velinov (from Apollon Limassol)
3	DF	BUL	Pavel Vidanov (loan return from Vihren)
4	DF	BUL	Kristian Uzunov (from CSKA Sofia II)
7	FW	BUL	Vladimir Manchev (from Real Valladolid)
8	FW	BUL	Martin Toshev (from 1. FC Köln)
9	FW	BUL	Vladislav Zlatinov (from Beroe)
10	MF	BUL	Nikolay Chipev (from CSKA Sofia II)
11	FW	BUL	Zdravko Lazarov (free agent)
13	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Branekov (loan return from Lokomotiv Plovdiv)
15	DF	BUL	Ivan Ivanov (loan return from Lokomotiv Plovdiv)
16	MF	BUL	Dzhihat Kyamil (from CSKA Sofia II)
18	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Sabev (loan return from Rilski sportist)
20	DF	SVN	Mitja Mörec (from Maccabi Herzliya)
22	DF	BRA	Eli Marques (from Belasitsa Petrich)
29	DF	BUL	Dimitar Petkov (from Slavia Sofia)
32	MF	LVA	Viktors Morozs (from Skonto Riga)
34	FW	ISL	Garðar Gunnlaugsson (from IFK Norrköping)
88	MF	POR	Filipe da Costa (from Leeds United)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Tunchev (to Leicester City)
7	FW	BUL	Stoyko Sakaliev (to Spartak Varna, previously on loan at Lokomotiv Plovdiv)
8	MF	BUL	Velizar Dimitrov (to FC Metalurh Donetsk)
9	FW	PAN	José Garcés (to Académica de Coimbra)
10	MF	BUL	Georgi Iliev (to Cherno more)
11	MF	BUL	Emil Gargorov (loan return to RC Strasbourg)
12	GK	BUL	Ivaylo Petrov (to AEK Larnaca)
13	DF	MNE	Nikola Vujadinović (to Udinese)
15	DF	MKD	Robert Petrov (to Panserraikos)
18	MF	ROU	Florentin Petre (to Terek Grozny)
20	MF	BUL	Yordan Yurukov (to Cherno more)
22	GK	BUL	Ilko Pirgov (to CS Otopeni)
99	FW	BRA	Nei (to Al-Shabab Riyadh)

Winter transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	BUL	Pavel Kovachev (from FBK Kaunas)
9	FW	BUL	Veselin Stoykov (from Pirin Blagoevgrad)
17	FW	POR	Rui Miguel (from Lokomotiv Mezdra)
21	FW	ARG	Germán Pietrobon (from Pirin Blagoevgrad)
27	GK	BUL	Ivaylo Petrov (from AEK Larnaca)
33	MF	POR	David Silva (from Lokomotiv Mezdra)
35	MF	BUL	Asen Georgiev (from Pirin Blagoevgrad)
52	DF	BUL	Yordan Minev (from Botev Plovdiv)
99	FW	BUL	Dormushali Saidhodzha (from Botev Plovdiv)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	SRB	Nenad Nastić (to FC Khimki)
9	FW	BUL	Veselin Stoykov (on loan to Pirin Blagoevgrad)
20	DF	SVN	Mitja Mörec (to Slavia Sofia)
26	DF	BUL	Yanko Sandanski (on loan to Marek)
27	DF	NED	Quido Lanzaat (Released)
29	DF	BUL	Dimitar Petkov (on loan to Botev Plovdiv)
35	MF	BUL	Asen Georgiev (on loan to Belasitsa Petrich)
88	MF	POR	Filipe da Costa (to Levski Sofia)
—	MF	BUL	Ivaylo Dimitrov (on loan to Sportist Svoge)

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	30	21	6	3	57	18	+39	69	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	21	5	4	54	22	+32	68	Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round
3	Cherno More	30	18	6	6	48	19	+29	60	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
4	Litex Lovech	30	17	7	6	53	26	+27	58	Qualification for Europa League play-off round^[a]
5	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	16	6	8	52	29	+23	54

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Litex Lovech won the 2008–09 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	21	5	4	54	22	+32	68	13	1	1	29	8	+21	8	4	3	25	14	+11

Last updated: 13 June 2009.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W
Position	4	7	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2

Source: CSKA Sofia league results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

League

10 August 2008 Round 1	CSKA Sofia	1 – 0	Belasitsa	Blagoevgrad
18:00 EET	Yordanov 36' Chipev 85'	(Report)	Beto 7' Trifonov 66' Hristov 90'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov

15 August 2008 Round 2	Sliven	3 – 1	CSKA Sofia	Sliven
18:00 EET	I. Stoyanov I. Stoyanov 22', 71' Kikov 43' (pen.) Bakalov 25' K. Yanev 32' Mindev 59' Kikov 80' Cenov 49' 84'	(Report)	Marquinhos Eli Marques 58' Machado 12' Bekono 42' Marquinhos 43'	Stadium: Hadzhi Dimitar Attendance: 7,540 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

24 August 2008 Round 3	CSKA Sofia	2 – 0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
18:00 EET	Yordanov 33' Marquinhos 42' Marquinhos 51' Zé Rui 60'	(Report)	Miliev 73'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 0 Referee: Radan Miryanov

30 August 2008 Round 4	CSKA Sofia	3 – 0	Spartak Varna	Sofia
20:00 EET	Zé Rui 18' Todorov 58' Udoji 79' Todorov 38' Kotev 45' Bekono 81'	(Report)	Ivanović 33' Morales 56' Vodenicharov 32' 36'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,420 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev

14 September 2008 Round 5	Slavia	1 – 2	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
17:00 EET	Kolev 54' Kavdanski 64' Deniran 76' Diop 90+4'	(Report)	Todorov 14' Yanchev 55' Marquinhos 59' Eli Marques 76' Bekono 90+1'	Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

19 September 2008 Round 6	CSKA Sofia	2 – 0	Minyor Pernik	Sofia
19:30 EET	Todorov 20' Ivanov 59'	(Report)		Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,220 Referee: Ventsislav Koznichki

27 September 2008 Round 7	Pirin	2 – 2	CSKA Sofia	Blagoevgrad
16:00 EET	Pietrobon 14', 25' B. Hazurov 41' Palankov 57' 64' Chavdarov 85'	(Report)	Marquinhos 44' Kotev 90+4' Vidanov 24' Todorov 26'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 3,230 Referee: Asen Nikolov

4 October 2008 Round 8	CSKA Sofia	2 – 0	Vihren	Sofia
19:30 EET	Udoji 50' Kotev 90+2' Udoji 60' Yanchev 64'	(Report)	Eriverton 30' Escerdina 45+1' 52' Karademitros 60' Bruno Paes 74' Hugo Santos 89'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,310 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

19 October 2008 Round 9	Botev Plovdiv	0 – 2	CSKA Sofia	Plovdiv
16:00 EET	Y. Minev 18' Avramov 32' Alegre 90'	(Report)	Morozs 42' Zlatinov 71' Branekov 45+3'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 7,250 Referee: Radoslav Stanev

25 October 2008 Round 10	CSKA Sofia	2 – 1	Chernomorets Burgas	Sofia
19:30 EET	Manchev 1', 47' Yanchev 56'	(Report)	Stoimirović 32' Conkov 10' N. Nikolov 48' Márcio Abreu 80'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,030 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

1 November 2008 Round 11	Levski Sofia	1 – 1	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
18:00 EET	G. Ivanov 66' M. Ivanov 12' Lúcio Wagner 45+2' Petkov 58' G. Ivanov 66' Gadzhev 67'	(Report)	Lazarov 59' (pen.) Lazarov 60' Morozs 62' Marquinhos 64' Yanchev 71' Yordanov 81'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 17,420 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

8 November 2008 Round 12	CSKA Sofia	1 – 1	Cherno More	Sofia
14:30 EET	Yanchev 66' Bekono 68' Yanchev 83'	(Report)	Manolov 72' Alex 45' Yurukov 66' Dyakov 75' Ilchev 90+1'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

15 November 2008 Round 13	Lokomotiv Sofia	1 – 1	CSKA Sofia	Sofia
14:30 EET	Bandalovski 62' Džaferović 14' Dyakov 65'	(Report)	Lazrov 45' Zlatinov 23' Ivanov 51' Lazarov 64' Kotev 74'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

23 November 2008 Round 14	CSKA Sofia	2 – 0	Litex Lovech	Sofia
16:00 EET	Manchev 24', 37' Marquinhos 70' Eli Marques 90+3'	(Report)	Barthe 26' Tom 30' 66'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 880 Referee: Anton Genov

28 November 2008 Round 15	Lokomotiv Mezdra	2 – 2	CSKA Sofia	Mezdra
14:00 EET	Simonović 72', 90+2' Simonović 33' Iliev 62' Cvetković 4' 76'	(Report)	Todorov 59', 77' (pen.) Costa 32'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 3,690 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

7 March 2009 Round 16	Belasitsa Petrich	0 – 3	CSKA Sofia	Blagoevgrad
15:30 EET	Bicaj 3' Genov 65'	(Report)	Todorov 18' David Silva 25' Saidhodzha 42' Kotev 52' Yanchev 62'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 1,780 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

14 March 2009 Round 17	CSKA Sofia	3 – 0	Sliven	Sofia
15:30 EET	Saidhodzha 38', 58' Udoji 79' Marquinhos 50' Todorov 76' Minev 83'	(Report)	Karamatev 26' Zafirov 31' Mindev 66'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,090 Referee: Stefan Spasov

18 March 2009 Round 18	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1 – 3	CSKA Sofia	Plovdiv
13:00 EET	Delibašić 45+2' (pen.) Milutinović 29'	(Report)	Ivanov 9' Rui Miguel 54', 90+2' Ivanov 48'	Stadium: Lauta Attendance: 4,250 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

21 March 2009 Round 19	Spartak Varna	0 – 2	CSKA Sofia	Varna
15:30 EET	N. Petrov 40' Morales 54'	(Report)	Rui Miguel 21' Ivanov 63' Rui Miguel 82'	Stadium: Spartak Attendance: 2,520 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

5 April 2009 Round 20	CSKA Sofia	2 – 1	Slavia Sofia	Sofia
19:30 EET	Todorov 22' (pen.), 77' (pen.) Minev 31' Todorov 40' Marquinhos 79' Saidhodzha 84'	(Report)	Ortega 13' Ortega 14' Popara 15' Mörec 21' Kerchev 36' R. Petrov 75'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 5,330 Referee: Angel Angelov

11 April 2009 Round 21	Minyor Pernik	0 – 1	CSKA Sofia	Pernik
13:00 EET	Cvetkov 39'	(Report)	Ivanov 7' Saidhodzha 80' Vidanov 84'	Stadium: Minyor Attendance: 4,220 Referee: Anton Genov

18 April 2009 Round 22	CSKA Sofia	4 – 1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Sofia
19:00 EET	Saidhodzha 2', 41' Kotev 38' Todorov 86' Kotev 20' Todorov 73'	(Report)	Peev 45' Rizov 36'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,540 Referee: Vihren Manev

10 April 2009 Round 23	Vihren Sandanski	1 – 4	CSKA Sofia	Kyustendil
15:00 EET	Jayeoba 70'	(Report)	Ivanov 41' Tonev 64', 87' Saidhodzha 79' Kotev 21' Marquinhos 43' Vidanov 68' Saidhodzha 72'	Stadium: Osogovo Attendance: 2,370 Referee: Stefan Spasov

26 April 2009 Round 24	CSKA Sofia	2 – 1	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
19:30 EET	Yanchev 59' Rui Miguel 63'	(Report)	Garov 45+3' Andonov 41' Bozhkov 75'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov

2 May 2009 Round 25	Chernomorets Burgas	0 – 1	CSKA Sofia	Burgas
18:00 EET		(Report)	Saidhodzha 50' Marquinhos 65'	Stadium: Lazur Attendance: 7,320 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

9 May 2009 Round 26	CSKA Sofia	0 – 2	Levski Sofia	Sofia
18:00 EET	Vidanov 50' Udoji 71' Yanchev 89'	(Report)	Hristov 36' Zé Soares 59' Tasevski 29' V. Minev 40' Gadzhev 54' Milanov 80'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 19,350 Referee: Stefan Spasov

16 May 2009 Round 27	Cherno More	1 – 0	CSKA Sofia	Varna
18:00 EET	Yurukov 7' Alex Dyakov 37'	(Report)	Lazarov Rui Miguel 10' Marquinhos 11' Kotev 46' Todorov 90+4'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

23 May 2009 Round 28	CSKA Sofia	1 – 0	Lokomotiv Sofia	Sofia
17:00 EET	Markov 6' (o.g.) Rui Miguel 52' Zehirov 61' Morozs 63' Ivanov 71' Petrov 76' Minev 78' 90'	(Report)	Paskov 33' 44' Baldovaliev 54'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 2,690 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

31 May 2009 Round 29	Litex Lovech	1 – 0	CSKA Sofia	Lovech
17:00 EET	Doka 46' Sándor 55' Kishishev 70' Sandrinho 82'	(Report)	Todorov 17' Branekov 28' Eli Marques 57' 81'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 3,780 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

16 May 2009 Round 30	CSKA Sofia	2 – 1	Lokomotiv Mezdra	Mezdra
18:00 EET	Morozs 53' Zehirov 75' Sabev 3' Tonev 51' Morozs 57'	(Report)	Bamba 85' Karaneychev 40' Iliev 81'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 400 Referee: Dimitar Andreev

Bulgarian Super Cup

3 August 2008 Final	CSKA Sofia	1 – 0	Litex Lovech	Sofia
20:00 EET	Kotev 64' Todorov 39' Yordanov 52' Chipev 70' Tonev 86' Kotev 90+2'	(Report)	Angelov 30' Sandrinho 43'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

Bulgarian Cup

12 November 2008 Second Round	CSKA Sofia	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
17:00 EET	Marquinhos 29' Yanchev 112' Machado 10' Marquinhos 38' Mörec 63'	(Report)	Tom 53' Miliev 32' A. Todorov 21' 65' Tom 83' Mechedzhiev 102'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ahmed Ahmed

7 December 2008 Third Round	Balkan Botevgrad	0 – 5	CSKA Sofia	Botevgrad
16:00 EET	Stepanov 24' B. Georgiev 27'	(Report)	Gunnlaugsson 7' Kotev 33' Toshev 39', 51' Marquinhos 84'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev

4 March 2009 Quarterfinal	CSKA Sofia	1 – 1 (3 - 5 p)	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Sofia
16:00 EET	Marquinhos 58'	(Report)	Delev 70' Bodurov 49' Delev 71' Koemdzhiev 90+4' Kotsev 98' 110'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 4,230 Referee: Anton Genov
	Penalties
	Todorov Saidhodzha Toshev Marquinhos		Nakov B. Hazurov Peev Palankov Galchev

Friendlies

9 July 2008 Pre-season Friendly	Rilski Sportist	1 – 3	CSKA Sofia	Samokov
14:00 EET	Marinov 27' Aleksov 68'	(Report)	Gyulemetov 10' (o.g.) Todorov 30' Yordanov 61' Machado 45' Yordanov 51'	Stadium: Iskar Attendance: 200 Referee: Emil Kirov

12 July 2008 Pre-season Friendly	CSKA Sofia	2 – 0	Spartak Pleven	Pancharevo
14:00 EET	Toshev 59' Petkov 86' I. Dimitrov 72'	(Report)	Todorov 23'	Stadium: CSKA Training Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Angel Angelov

15 July 2008 Pre-season Friendly	Willem II	1 – 0	CSKA Sofia	Loënga, the Netherlands
15:00 EET	Boutahar 23' Mathijsen 37'	(Report)		Attendance: 1,200

18 July 2008 Pre-season Friendly	Cambuur	1 – 4	CSKA Sofia	Hoenderloo, the Netherlands
15:00 EET	Casao 77'	(Report)	Yordanov 46' Udoji 67', 75' Zerara 70'

20 July 2008 Pre-season Friendly	Eintracht Braunschweig	1 – 1	CSKA Sofia	Braunschweig, Germany
18:30 EET	Kruppke 60'	(Report)	Tonev 23'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 10,000

23 July 2008 Pre-season Friendly	CSKA Sofia	1 – 0	Ashdod	Oosterbeek, the Netherlands
15:00 EET	Kurtisi 82'	(Report)

26 July 2008 Pre-season Friendly	RKC Waalwijk	1 – 1	CSKA Sofia	Oosterbeek, the Netherlands
17:00 EET	Benson 49'	(Report)	Toshev 82' Machado 53'

4 August 2008 Pre-season Friendly	CSKA Sofia	2 – 0	Hapoel Ironi Rishon	Pancharevo
20:00 EET	Zlatinov 45' I. Dimitrov 48' Marquinhos 18'	(Report)		Stadium: CSKA Training Stadium Attendance: 70

18 August 2008 Friendly	PAOK	1 – 0	CSKA Sofia	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:00 EET	Konstantinidis 53'	(Report)		Stadium: Toumba Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Dimitros Kalapoulos (Greece)

5 September 2008 Friendly	Panserraikos	2 – 0	CSKA Sofia	Serres, Greece
20:00 EET	Aboubakary 4' Digozis 20'	(Report)	Sandanski 56'	Stadium: Serres Attendance: 1,500

8 October 2008 Friendly	Pirin 1922	0 – 4	CSKA Sofia	Blagoevgrad
15:00 EET	Mangurev 65'	(Report)	Yordanov 24' Morozs 38' Zé Rui 44' Gunnlaugsson 53'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

11 October 2008 Pre-season Friendly	CSKA Sofia	2 – 2	Slavia Sofia	Pancharevo
12:00 EET	Zé Rui 1' Gunnlaugsson 64' Zé Rui 6'	(Report)	N. Petrov 45' Kerchev 85' Kerchev 6' N. Petrov 22' Ortega 82' 84'	Stadium: CSKA Training Stadium Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov

26 January 2009 Winter Friendly	CSKA Sofia	4 – 1	FK Jagodina	Ayia Napa, Cyprus
12:00 EET	Alausa 11' David Silva 22' Saidhodzha 25' Todorov 44' (pen.) Machado 23'	(Report)	Alfred 89' Tomic 90'	Attendance: 10

28 January 2009 Winter Friendly	CSKA Sofia	2 – 1	Alania	Ayia Napa, Cyprus
12:00 EET	Kotev 5' Saidhodzha 28' Yanchev 42'	(Report)	Dadu 35' Gnanou 87'	Attendance: 30

30 January 2009 Winter Friendly	CSKA Sofia	2 – 1	Dinamo Minsk	Ayia Napa, Cyprus
12:00 EET	Todorov 43' Marquinhos 74' (pen.) Omodiagbe 88'	(Report)	Kislyak 82' Chukhley 85'	Attendance: 30

31 January 2009 Winter Friendly	CSKA Sofia	2 – 3	Viktoria Plzeň	Ayia Napa, Cyprus
12:00 EET	Alausa 18' Chipev 45' (pen.) Chipev Chipev 61'	(Report)	Rezek 38' (pen.) Mlika 79' Tatanashvilli 83'	Attendance: 30

4 February 2009 Albena Cup 2009 Group Stage	CSKA Sofia	2 – 1	Montana	Albena
12:00 EET	Saidhodzha 31' Tonev 81' Todorov 38'	(Report)	Harlov 89' Gadzhev 27'	Attendance: 350 Referee: Radan Miryanov

6 February 2009 Winter Friendly	Kaliakra Kavarna	1 – 2	CSKA Sofia	Kavarna
12:00 EET	Karadzhov 86'	(Report)	Eli Marques 54' Gunnlaugsson 73'	Stadium: Kavarna Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Dimcho Radev

7 February 2009 Albena Cup 2009 Group Stage	CSKA Sofia	3 – 0	Spartak Varna	Albena
12:00 EET	Todorov 6' Saidhodzha 12' (pen.) David Silva 63' Todorov 27' Yanchev 65'	(Report)	N. Petrov 43' Malindi 62' Miranda 65' Daniel Morales 88'	Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

9 February 2009 Albena Cup 2009 Group Stage	CSKA Sofia	2 – 0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Albena
12:00 EET	Morozs 20' Toshev 81' (pen.)	(Report)		Referee: Kolyo Danev

13 February 2009 Albena Cup 2009 Final	CSKA Sofia	2 – 0	Cherno More Varna	Albena
12:00 EET	Saidhodzha 9' (pen.) Yanchev 49' Machado 75'	(Report)	Manolov 43'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Anton Genov

18 February 2008 Friendly	Iraklis	1 – 1	CSKA Sofia	Thessaloniki, Greece
15:00 EET	Panos 6' (pen.)	(Report)	Saidhodzha 18'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Attendance: 1,500

28 March 2009 Friendly	CSKA Sofia	3 – 0	Balkan Botevgrad	Pancharevo
11:00 EET	Morozs 5' Lazarov 37' Sabev 42'	(Report)		Stadium: CSKA Training Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Kalin Lyudmilov

6 June 2009 Friendly	CSKA Sofia	2 – 2	Akademik Sofia	Sofia
11:30 EET	Paskov 6' Zehirov 73'	(Report)	Bozhov 14', 40'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Referee: Georgi Kanchev

External links

[1] Official Site

[table_note_res_ELPR0.78520732362997-1] Litex Lovech won the 2008–09 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.

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