FC CSKA 1948 Sofia

The club was founded on 19 July 2016, at a meeting at the Central Military Club in Sofia. The members of the Constituent Assembly announced partnership with Errea and a new crest close to CSKA Septemvriisko Zname.[2]

On 21 August 2016, FC CSKA 1948 won its first cup in a friendly four-team tournament in Kokalyane. The team defeated FC Akademik Sofia 1:0 in the final.

In its first official game for the 2016/17 season in A OFG Sofia (capital) South, CSKA 1948 won 8-0 against FC Liulin Sofia. The club began playing its home games at Vasil Levski Stadium, but later during the season used the stadiums in Obelya and German. CSKA 1948 won its group and became champion of the whole A OFG Sofia (capital) after victory 4:3 against Nadejda Dobroslavtsi. Then, on 7 June 2017, the team played with Bratsigovo in order to qualify for the Third League and won after penalties (7:6).[3] Beside that, CSKA 1948 reached the final for the Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League, which they lost on 25 May 2017 to the club from the Third league FC Chernomorets Balchik.[4]

For their first season in the third division of the Bulgarian football (2017/18), the club moved to Dragalevtsi Stadium, in order to comply with the requirements of the respective league. After very strong performance, on 19 May 2018 CSKA 1948 secured its place in Second Professional League.[5] The team finished with 29 wins, 5 draws and no loss, as two players of the Reds became goalscorers of the South-West Third League - Andon Gushterov and Petko Petkov. Also CSKA 1948 made again a good campaign for the Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League, this time reaching the semi-finals.

For the beginning of the 2018/19 season in the Second Professional League, CSKA 1948 moved to Vasil Levski Stadium due to the higher league it is playing in. Strong selection of professional players was done, as the goal for the season is qualification for First League. After four rounds, manager Valentin Iliev, who managed the club from the very beginning, was replaced with Petko Petkov. CSKA 1948 eventually finished fourth, three points below the promotion playoff place, which was occupied by Arda Kardzhali. Although CSKA didn't promote to the elite in their first attempt, the team established itself as a strong contender for promotion.

For the 2019-20 season, CSKA started the season on a high note, defeating local rivals Lokomotiv Sofia 2-0 at home. This was followed by an away win at newly promoted Spartak Pleven with a score of 1-4. Another dominant 2-0 win against Spartak Varna earned the team three out of three wins in their first three matches. An away win against FC Montana, followed by a home destruction of OFC Pomorie extended their winning steak to 5 games. CSKA's spectacular form continued, as the team defeated Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa and FC Strumska Slava Radomir in the following rounds. The team then beat fellow Sofia rivals Septemvri Sofia 5-0 at home. The first defeat of the season came in the tenth round, when CSKA 1948 lost 1-0 to Litex Lovech. After a 2-0 home win against FC Chernomorets Balchik, CSKA suffered another loss in the hands of FC Kariana Erden. This was followed by three consecutive wins, which ended with a disappointing 2-2 home draw against PFC Ludogorets Razgrad II. Following that, the team managed to win two away games, against FC Botev Galabovo and Lokomotiv Sofia again, which put them in second place in the table, three points behind Septemvri Sofia, before the winter break.

CSKA 1948 secured place in First League for 2020-21 season, after finishing 1st in 2019-20 Second League season.

As of 20 June 2020

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No. Position Player 1 GK Dimitar Todorov 3 DF Dimitar Pirgov 5 DF Mihail Minkov 7 MF Mario Topuzov 8 MF Ivaylo Klimentov 10 MF Vasil Shopov 11 MF Denislav Aleksandrov 13 MF Georgi Ivanov 14 DF Dimitar Savov 17 MF Daniel Mladenov 18 MF Iliya Petkov 19 MF Mihael Orachev

No. Position Player 20 MF Angel Bastunov 21 DF Ventsislav Vasilev (3rd captain) 23 MF Viktor Zorov 25 DF Sasho Aleksandrov 29 GK Daniel Naumov 30 DF Dimo Atanasov 71 DF Aleksandar Georgiev 87 DF Simeon Petrov 90 MF Filip Angelov 91 FW Tsvetomir Todorov 99 FW Andon Gushterov (captain)

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2020.

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

No. Position Player FW Valentin Yoskov (at Etar until 1 June 2021)