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CSKA (Sofia)

Full name

PFC CSKA

Nickname(s)

Army men,The Reds

Founded

May 5, 1948

Ground

Bulgarska Armia Sofia
(Capacity 22,015)

Manager

Stoycho Mladenov

League

TBI A Football Group

2007-08

A Grupa, 1st place





Home colours





Away colours

PFC CSKA Sofia (Bulgarian: ПФК ЦСКА София) is one of the most popular and successful football clubs in Bulgaria. CSKA stands for Central Sport Club of the Army (Bulgarian: Централен спортен клуб на армията). 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 Real Madrid, 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).

[edit] Address and team information

Address: Dragan Tzankov Boulevard 3 Bulgarska Armia 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria

Tel: 02 963-34

Fax: 02 963-3902

[edit] Official sponsor

Vivatel

[edit] Equipment

Uhlsport

Currently the team's home kit is red and away kit is white. Also the club's third kit is black. Various combinations of red and white can be seen through the years. But red remains the basic colour of the team.

[edit] 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 - 10

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 - 2

1989, 2006

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

1966/67 vs Inter Milan, 1981/82 vs Bayern Munich

UEFA Cup - 1/16 Final

1998/99 vs Atlético Madrid

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup - 1/2 Final

1988/89 vs Barcelona

[edit] Establishment and first steps

[edit] 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]

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 (Bulgarian: Юнак) 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Current squad 2007/08

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Nenad Nastić
3	DF	Aleksandar Tunchev
5	MF	Todor Yanchev
6	DF	Kiril Kotev
7	MF	Ivaylo Dimitrov
9	FW	José Luis Garcés
11	MF	Emil Gargorov
12	GK	Ivaylo Petrov
13	DF	Nikola Vujadinović
15	DF	Robert Petrov
16	FW	Djihyat Kyamil
17	MF	José Rui
18	MF	Florentin Petre

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Evgeni Yordanov
20	MF	Yordan Yurukov
21	MF	Shikoze Udoji
22	GK	Ilko Pirgov
23	MF	Dimitar Dimitrov
24	DF	Aleksandar Tonev
25	GK	Daniel Bekono
26	MF	Yanko Sandanski
27	DF	Quido Lanzaat
28	MF	Marquinhos
29	DF	Moussa Guèye
30	MF	Yordan Todorov
84	DF	Filipe Machado
99	FW	Nei

[edit] Famous players

1950s

Ivan Kolev
Georgi Naidenov
Dimitar Milanov
Manol Manolov

1960s

1970s

Stoyan Yordanov
Asparuh Nikodimov
Bozhil Kolev
Dimitar Marashliev
Georgi Denev
Dimitar Penev
Tzonyo Vasilev

1980s

1990s

2000s

[edit] The best 55

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

No 1 - Georgi Velinov, Stefan Gerenski, Stoyan Yordanov, Georgi Naydenov, Yordan Filipov
No 2 - Ivan Vasilev, Ivan Zafirov, Kiril Rakarov, Dimitar Tsvetkov, Borislav Futekov
No 3 - Boris Gaganelov, Trifon Ivanov, Georgi Iliev - Michael, Manol Manolov, Kiril Stankov
No 4 - Tsonyo Vasilev, Georgi Enisheynov, Nikola Kovachev, Hristo Marinchev, Georgi Tsvetkov, Krasimir Bezinski
No 5 - Stefan Bozhkov, Georgi Dimitrov - Dzheki , Panteley Dimitrov, Radoslav Zdravkov, Bozhil Kolev
No 6 - Nikola Aleksiev, Dimitar Penev, Boris Stankov, Gavril Stoyanov, Plamen Markov
No 7 - Tsvetan Atanasov, Tsvetan Yonchev, Emil Kostadinov, Dimitar Milanov, Stefan T. Stefanov
No 8 - Kiril Bogdanov, Georgi Dimitrov - Chervenia, Asparuh Nikodimov, Hristo Stoichkov, Nako Chakmakov
No 9 - Spas Dzhevizov, Petar Zhekov, Panayot Panayotov, Lyuboslav Penev, Nikola Tsanev
No 10 - Nikola Bozhilov, Georgi Denev, Ivan Kolev, Lachezar Tanev, Dimitar Yakimov
No 11 - Dimitar Marashliev, Stoycho Mladenov, Vasil Romanov, Stoyne Minev, Krum Yanev

[edit] Coaches history

1950–1964 Krum Milev
1964–1965 Grigoriy Pinaychev
1965–1969 Stoyan Ormandzhiev
1969–1975 Manol Manolov
1975–1977 Sergi Yotsov
1977–1979 Nikola Kovachev
1979–1982 Asparuh Nikodimov
1982–1983 Stefan Bozhkov, Boris Stankov
1983–1984 Apostol Chachevski, Manol Manolov
1984–1985 Manol Manolov
1985–1986 Sergi Yotsov
1986–1990 Dimitar Penev
1990–1992 Asparuh Nikodimov
1992–1993 Tsvetan Yonchev
1993–1994 Gjoko Hadžievski

1994–1995 Bozhil Kolev, Spas Dzhevizov
1995–1996 Plamen Markov, Georgi Vasilev
1996–1997 Georgi Vasilev
1997–1998 Georgi Vasilev, Petar Zehtinski
1998–2000 Dimitar Penev
2000 Spas Dzhevizov, Aleksandar Stankov
2000–2001 Enrico Catuzzi
2001 Asparuh Nikodimov
2001–2002 Luigi Simoni
2002–2004 Stoycho Mladenov
2004–2005 Ferario Spasov
2005–2006 Miodrag Ješić
2006–2007 Plamen Markov
2007– Stoycho Mladenov

[edit] Kit

[edit] Kit manufacturers

1948-mid 70s - ?
mid 70s-1982 - Adidas
1982-1985 - Puma
1985-1991 - Adidas
1991-1992 (Season's 1st part) - Abm Pro
1991-1992 (Season's 2nd part) - Umbro
1992-1993 - Erreà
1993-1995 - Lotto
1995-2000 - Puma
1999-2000 (Season's 2nd part) - Nike
2000-2003 - Lotto
2003-2004 - Asics
2004-present - Uhlsport

[edit] Trivia

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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