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=== Squad changes 2008 ===
=== Squad changes 2008 ===
'''In:'''
'''In:'''
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Vladislav Zlatinov]] - from [[Lokomotiv Plovdiv]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Vladislav Zlatinov]] - from [[Lokomotiv Plovdiv]]
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Martin Toshev]] - from [[1. FC Köln]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Martin Toshev]] - from [[1. FC Köln]]
* {{flagicon|Macedonia}} [[Mensur Kurtisi]] - from [[SC-ESV Parndorf 1919|Parndorf 1919]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Mensur Kurtisi]] - from [[SC-ESV Parndorf 1919|Parndorf 1919]]
* {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Mitja Morec]] - from [[Maccabi Herzliya]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Mitja Morec]] - from [[Maccabi Herzliya]]
* {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Viktors Morozs]] - from [[Skonto Riga]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Viktors Morozs]] - from [[Skonto Riga]]
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Elidiano Marques|Eli Marques]] - from [[Belasitsa Petrich]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Elidiano Marques|Eli Marques]] - from [[Belasitsa Petrich]]




'''Out:'''
'''Out:'''
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Claudinei Alexandre Aparecido|Nei]] - to [[Al-Shabab ]] fee 1 000 000 €
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Claudinei Alexandre Aparecido|Nei]] - to [[Al-Shabab ]] fee 1 000 000 €
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Aleksandar Tunchev]] - to [[Leicester City F.C.]] fee 1 000 000 €
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Aleksandar Tunchev]] - to [[Leicester City F.C.]] fee 1 000 000 €
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Florentin Petre]] - to [[Terek Grozny]] fee 300 000 €
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Florentin Petre]] - to [[Terek Grozny]] fee 300 000 €
* {{flagicon|Macedonia}} [[Robert Petrov]] - free agent
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Robert Petrov]] - free agent
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivaylo Petrov]] - to [[AEK Larnaca]] fee 50 000 €
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Ivaylo Petrov]] - to [[AEK Larnaca]] fee 50 000 €
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Velizar Dimitrov]] - to [[FC Metalurh Donetsk]] fee 450 000 €
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Velizar Dimitrov]] - to [[FC Metalurh Donetsk]] fee 450 000 €
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Georgi Iliev (footballer)|Georgi Iliev]] - to [[Cherno More Varna]] fee 150 000 €
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Georgi Iliev (footballer)|Georgi Iliev]] - to [[Cherno More Varna]] fee 150 000 €
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Yordan Yurukov]] - to [[Cherno More Varna]] fee 100 000 €
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Yordan Yurukov]] - to [[Cherno More Varna]] fee 100 000 €
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ilko Pirgov]] - to [[CS Otopeni]] fee 100 000 €
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Ilko Pirgov]] - to [[CS Otopeni]] fee 100 000 €
* {{flagicon|Montenegro}} [[Nikola Vujadinovic]] - to [[Udinese Calcio]] fee 900 000 €
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Nikola Vujadinovic]] - to [[Udinese Calcio]] fee 900 000 €
* {{flagicon|Panama}} [[Jose Luis Garces]] - to [[Academica Coimbra]] fee 600 000 €
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Jose Luis Garces]] - to [[Academica Coimbra]] fee 600 000 €




Revision as of 15:29, 22 August 2008

"CSKA Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see CSKA Sofia (sports club).
CSKA (Sofia)
CSKA crest
Full namePFC CSKA
Nickname(s)The Armymen, The Reds
FoundedMay 5, 1948
GroundBulgarian Army Stadium Sofia
Capacity22,015
ManagerDimitar Penev
LeagueTBI A Football Group
2007-08A Grupa, 1st place

PFC CSKA Sofia (Template:Lang-bg) is one of the most popular and successful football clubs in Bulgaria. CSKA stands for Central Sport Club of the Army (Template:Lang-bg). Most of its home matches take place at the Bulgarska Armia (Bulgarian Army) Stadium. The club was officially founded on May 5 1948. CSKA has won 31 League titles and 23 National cups. Along with Celtic FC and Rangers FC, CSKA is the club that has the most domestic titles in Europe. The club boasts one of the greatest records of Bulgarian football teams in the European tournaments (2 semi-finals in the European Cup and 1 semi-final in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup).

Sector G

Sector G is the north stand of Bulgarian Army Stadium. This part of the stadium is the main stand for the supporters of CSKA.

Honours

Bulgarian Championship - 31 (record)

  • 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, 2008

Bulgarian Cup - 23

Official - 9

  • 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2006

Unofficial (as Cup of the People's Republic of Bulgaria) - 1

  • 1981

Cup of the Soviet Army - 13

Official - 9

  • 1951, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974

Unofficial - 4

  • 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990

Bulgarian Supercup - 3

  • 1989, 2006, 2008

Doubles - 15

Official - 12

  • 1951, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2006

Unofficial - 3

  • 1981, 1985, 1990

Trebles - 1

  • 1989

Quadruples - 1

  • 1989

European Cup - 1/2 Final

UEFA Cup - 1/16 Final

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup - 1/2 Final

Establishment and first steps

1923 - 1948

On October 28, 1923 in Sofia the clubs Atletik Sofia (founded in 1910 as Klub Futbol) and Slava Sofia (founded in 1916) merged into Oficerski Sporten Klub Aatletik Slava 1923(Officer's Sport Club Atletic Slava 1932, short AS-23 under the patronage of the Ministry of War which provided the equipment.[1] In 1931 AS-23 won the Bulgarian championship and The Tsar's Cup, followed by another Tsar's Cup in 1941. The stadium of AS-23 has named 'Atletik park' (finished in 1938) is on the spot were is present stadium „Bulgarska Armia“.[2]

With the partnership of Mihail Mihaylov from Shipka's, The AS-23, the united team of Shipka-Podeda and Spartak Orlandovtsi are merge into Chavdar Sofia. The unifying agreement was singed in November 9, 1944 in Sofia. Gen. Vladimir Stoychev from As-23 was appointed as the new club's chairman. Ivan Bashev was a secretary and the person in charge of football.[3]

File:The unifying protocol of Chavdar.jpg
The unifying protocol of Chavdar

'Chavdar' played in a blue strip. The club played at 'Atletik park' which was now renamed to 'Chavdar'. The physical training was inspected by the boxer Konstantin Nikolov.[3] Chavdar were relegated to the second division in 1947. With help from Mihail Mihaylov (who worked in the Minisrty of War) Chavdar became the departmental club to the Central house of the troops taking the name 'CDV'. Major Ivan Mirski was chosen as club chairman.

In May 1948 an agreement was signed between the football players of "Septemvri" and the team of "Chavdar" for uniting under the name "Septemvri pri CDV" (Central house of the troops). The board of the newly created club included: honorable chairman - general lieutenant Georgi Damjanov, the minister of defense, chairman - general major Bojan Balgaranov; deputy chairman - colonel Tashev, Petar Mihajlov, Alexander Valchev and Ljubcho Kralev. The board included 5 more members. The contract was signed on the 5th of May and that is considered to be the club's date of foundation.

The club's first official game took place on May 19th 1948 against Slavia Sofia at the Junak (Template:Lang-bg) stadium - 1:1 The club's first title campaign started in May and finished in the beginning of September 1948.

Septemvri pri CDV(Sofia) eliminated Aprilov Gabrovo and Spartak Varna on its way to the finals.

The team reached the national finals, where it faced Levski Sofia losing 1:2 in the first match. The decisive match was on September 9th. Referee - Stephan Danchev. Team of Septemvri pri CDV: Stephan Gerenski, Borislav Futekov, Manol Manolov, Dimitar Cvetkov, Nikola Alexiev, Nako Chakmakov (captain), Dimitar Milanov, Stojne Minev, Stephan Bozkov, Nikola Bojilov, Kiril Bogdanov. Goals scored: Dimitar Milanov(2) and Nako Chakmakov. A marvellous victory 3:1. Nako Chakmakov sealed the victory with a last minute goal. That was the first significant champion year for CSKA Sofia.

History and Achievements

The club has met much domestic and international success making it the most successful Bulgarian club in history. CSKA has won the Bulgarian championship 31 times. The club's greatest domestic triumph was an unbroken string of national victories between 1954 and 1962 (a record written in the Guinness Book of Records). CSKA Sofia's presence on the European scene started with a glorious victory over Dinamo Bucharest 8:1 on October 21st 1956. Significantly, the club also twice reached the Semi-final stage in the UEFA European Champions Cup (today known as the UEFA Champions League) in 1967 and 1982 and once reached the Semi-final stage of the UEFA Cup Winner's Cup in 1989. CSKA managed to eliminate a reigning European Champion three times: Ajax Amsterdam, Nottingham Forest, and Liverpool FC respectively. In addition, CSKA eliminated over the years clubs such as Juventus FC(as champions of Italy), Real Sociedad(as champions of Spain), Monaco(as champions of France), Parma FC, Bayer Leverkusen, Olympiakos and many others and played memorable matches with Internazionale, Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Valencia CF, Barcelona CF etc. The Club is still ranked 25th in the Champions' Cup All-Time Rankings. Two players managed to win the European Golden Boot while playing in CSKA - the CSKA all-time goals record holder Petar Zhekov (in 1966, scoring 36 times) and the famous Hristo Stoichkov (in 1989 with 38 goals). CSKA nurtured many famous players, generating various dream teams through the decades. Most notably for their international success were two waves of Dimitar Penev’s discoveries; the first including Hristo Stoichkov, Luboslav Penev and Emil Kostadinov in the late 80’s and the second one - Stiliyan Petrov, Dimitar Berbatov and Martin Petrov, introduced to the first team by Penev in the late 90’s.

Cup final scandal

On June 19, 1985, the final game of the Bulgarian Cup between CSKA Sofia and city rivals Levski Sofia 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 Septemvriisko Zname was renamed "Sredets" and Levski-Spartak was renamed "Vitosha". Both teams were playing under these names for several years. Additionally, several major players including Kostadin Yanchev, Borislav Mikhailov, Plamen Nikolov, Emil Spasov, Emil Velev and yet unknown Hristo Stoichkov were prohibited from participating in club games for varying periods of time. In 1988 the name CSKA was restored.

2008 problems with UEFA

In early June 2008, UEFA notified the Bulgarian Football Union that CSKA will not receive a license for participation in the UEFA Champion's League and other European tournaments because of financial problems.[4] The BFU then speculated that this would mean that CSKA would not be able to take part in the A Professional Football Group of Bulgaria, effectively turning it back into an amateur team. Attempts to arrange a settlement with UEFA were unsuccessful and CSKA lost its right to compete in the UEFA Champions League in favor of the runners-up PFC Levski Sofia[5]. Eventually CSKA managed to fulfil all requirements set by the BFU and was allowed to compete in Bulgaria's A PFG[6]. The person generally blamed for the situation was Alexander Tomov, chairman of the supervising council of CSKA.

Name

CSKA has carried a plethora of names in its history. In chronological order they are:

  • Септември при ЦДВ /September to Central House of the Troops/ in 1948 and 1948/49.
  • Народна войска /People's Troops/ in 1950.
  • ЦДНВ /CDNV - Central House of the People's Troops/ in 1951 and 1952.
  • Отбор на софийския гарнизон /Team of the Sofian garrison/ in 1953.
  • ЦДНА /CDNA - Central House of the People's Army/ from 1954 and until the 1961/62 season.
  • ЦСКА Червено знаме /CSKA Red Flag/ between 1962/63 and 1967/68.
  • ЦСКА Семптемврийско знаме /CSKA September Flag/ between 1968/69 and 1984/85.
  • ЦФКА Средец /CFKA Sredets - Central Football Club Of The Army/ from 1985/86 and until 1988/89
  • ЦСКА София /CSKA Sofia - Central Sports Club Of The Army/ from 1989/90.

Bulgarian Army Stadium

Main article: Balgarska Armiya Stadium

The team's home stadium, "Bulgarska Armia", was completed in 1967 and stands on the same spot as its predecessor, "Atletik Park." A plan for major renovation has been adopted.

Current squad

As of July 2008

25.BEKONO
30.TODOROV
6.KOTEV
10.IVANOV
84.MACHADO
21.UDOJI
5.YANCHEV
28.MARQUINHOS
24.TONEV
15.CHIPEV
19.YORDANOV
CSKA Sofia'2008

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 Turkey TUR Vencislav Velinov
2 DF Turkey TUR Nenad Nastić
3 DF Turkey TUR Pavel Vidanov
4 DF Turkey TUR Kristian Uzunov
5 MF Turkey TUR Todor Yanchev
6 DF Turkey TUR Kiril Kotev
8 FW Turkey TUR Martin Toshev
9 FW Turkey TUR Vladislav Zlatinov
10 DF Turkey TUR Ivan Ivanov
11 MF Turkey TUR Mensur Kurtisi
15 MF Turkey TUR Nikolay Chipev
16 DF Turkey TUR Mitja Morec
17 MF Turkey TUR Ze Rui
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Turkey TUR Aleksandar Sabev
19 FW Turkey TUR Evgeni Yordanov
20 DF Turkey TUR Aleksandar Branekov
21 MF Turkey TUR Shikoze Udoji
22 DF Turkey TUR Eli Marques
24 DF Turkey TUR Aleksandar Tonev
25 GK Turkey TUR Daniel Bekono
26 MF Turkey TUR Yanko Sandanski
28 MF Turkey TUR Marquinhos
30 DF Turkey TUR Yordan Todorov
32 MF Turkey TUR Viktors Morozs
84 DF Turkey TUR Filipe Machado
34 FW Turkey TUR Gardar Gunglaugson


Squad changes 2008

In:


Out:


For other transfers, see List of Bulgarian football transfers 2008-09.

Famous players

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

The best 55

An extended team of the best 55 players for 55th anniversary of CSKA. Players are ordered by number which they played.

Coaches history

Kit

Kit manufacturers

Shirt sponsors

  • 1948-1989 - No sponsor
  • 1989-1990 - Comco
  • 1990-1996 - Sintofarm
  • 1996-1999 - Multigroup
  • 1999-2005 (Bulgarian Championship) - No sponsor
  • 2001-2002 (UEFA Cup) - Sintofarm
  • 2003-2004 (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup) - Transimpex
  • 2005-2008 - Vivatel
  • 2008-present - No sponsor

Trivia

  • The first ever coach of CSKA Sofia Konstantin Nikolov - Zamorata was a heavyweight boxer.
  • During the first years of the club the ball for the kick-off has been often dropped by plane over the field
  • Even nowadays sometimes the team comes on field accompanied by a Bulgarian army march due to the club's army origin and heritage
  • CSKA Sofia enjoys a symbiotic relationship with FC Liverpool.
  • CSKA Sofia has always played in the 1st and never in lower division
  • The stand for the most loyal team supporters is the North terrace and it's known as "Sektor G"
  • CSKA Sofia has been marked several times in the Guinness World Records
  • The club stadium is nicknamed "The army"
  • CSKA Sofia earned the nickname "The Giants' Killer" as it eliminated 3 acting (at the time) European Champions' Cup holders - AFC Ajax Amsterdam, Nottingham Forest FC and Liverpool FC.
  • Scottish writer Irvine Welsh appeared on Slavi's Show with a CSKA Sofia fan club T-shirt
  • There are over 1058 trophies in the CSKA Museum of glory in 29 sports; 142 of them are football trophies and awards.
  • CSKA Sofia holds the largest number of football records in Bulgarian football
  • Petar Zhekov has scored 144 goals for CSKA during 1968-1975
  • CSKA Sofia won all possible domestic trophies during season 1988-89 : Champion title, Cup of Bulgaria, Cup of the Soviet army, Bulgarian supercup and the Republic spartakiada cup.
  • CSKA Sofia is famous for winnig a lot of friendly international tournaments. Recently the club is co-promoter of Play Station tournament in Soifa.
  • Dimitar Yakimov was often called "the poet of football" due to his great football techniques
  • Dimitar Penev was honnored as "The coach of 20th century" for Bulgaria
  • The famous offensive trio of CSKA - Hristo Stoichkov, Emil Kostadinov and Luboslav Penev have played a major role in the Bulgaria national team success in the 90s.
  • According to the National fan club data CSKA Sofia has 785 fan clubs at home and abroad, with around 180 000 members
  • The music group Ladytron features a song called "CSKA Sofia" on their 2001 album 604
  • CSKA Sofia has more than 10 million fans all around the world
  • 2 rounds before the end of the 07/08 season, CSKA Sofia made a 16 points distance over their main rival - Levski Sofia
  • A cow coloured in blue and yellow paint and wearing a Levski Sofia scarf on its neck is the CSKA Sofia fans' mascott during matches between the two teams
  • Most consecutive titles - 9 (record)
  • Most goals in a single match - 6 - Petar Mihaylov in 1951, vs Torpedo Ruse
  • Most goals in a single season - 38 - Hristo Stoichkov in 1989/90 (record)
  • Most times champion as player - 12 - Manol Manolov (record)
  • Most times champion as coach - 11 - Krum Milev (record)
  • Biggest win - 12:0 in 1951 vs Torpedo Ruse (record)
  • Biggest win over Levski Sofia - 5:0 in 1953 and 1989

Biggest win in European tournaments:

  • UEFA Champions League - 8:1 in 1956/57 vs Dinamo Bucuresti
  • UEFA Cup - 5:0 in 1999/2000 vs Portadown
  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup - 9:0 in 1970/71 vs Haka

Biggest defeat in European tournaments:

  • UEFA Champions League - 1:6 in 1957/58 vs Vasas Budapest
  • UEFA Cup - 1:5 in 1994/95 vs Juventus
  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup - 0:3 in 1965/66 vs Borussia Dortmund

Footnotes

  1. ^ Сп. „ЦСКА“, брой 15, 2003 г.
  2. ^ „Това е ЦСКА!“, стр.8, Димитър Пенев
  3. ^ a b С рогите срещу историята, Sport1.bg
  4. ^ http://sportni.bg/index.phtml?tid=40&oid=1206299 УЕФА отсече: ЦСКА е аут!, Netinfo Sport, 2008-06-05 (retr. 2008-06-21)
  5. ^ http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=731486.html Levski aim to ride their luck, uefa.com, 2008-07-10
  6. ^ http://www.bfunion.bg/index.php?request=news&set_month=8&news_id=1009 Съобщение на Лицензионната комисия при БФС, bfunion.bg, 2008-08-05

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