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CSKA Sofia (sports club)

CSKA Sofia
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Founded 5 May 1948
Colours           Red, White
Website http://www.cska.bg/
USC CSKA Sofia
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Football pictogram.svg Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg Basketball pictogram.svg
Football Volleyball Basketball
Ice hockey pictogram.svg Tennis pictogram.svg Handball pictogram.svg
Hockey Tennis Handball
Athletics pictogram.svg Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Chess pictogram.svg
Athletics Gymnastics Chess
Boxing pictogram.svg Weightlifting pictogram.svg Cycling (road) pictogram.svg
Boxing Weightlifting Cycling
Wrestling pictogram.svg Judo pictogram.svg Taekwondo pictogram.svg
Wrestling Judo Taekwondo
Shooting pictogram.svg Alpine skiing pictogram.svg Biathlon pictogram.svg
Shooting Ski Biathlon

CSKA (Bulgarian: ЦСКА) is a Bulgarian sports society from Sofia, Bulgaria. CSKA stands for Central Sports Club of the Army (Bulgarian: Централен Спортен Клуб на Армията). It was founded on 5 May 1948 as Septemvri pri CDV, аfter the unification of the two sports clubs from the city, Chavdar and Septemvri. Since then, the club changed its name several times before settling on CSKA in 1989.

The club is historically known as the Bulgarian Army sports club. Currently the sports club's departments are autonomous and are separated as of 1992. Thеrefore, the only connection of the departments to the Army are the historical traditions and the Bulgarian Army Stadium. Nevertheless, in the moment all of the clubs who have a connection to the sports society are incorporated into one joint society called United Sports Clubs CSKA, which is currently а successor of the previous disbanded organization.

Currently sections which belong to CSKA Sofia are football, basketball, volleyball, tennis, wrestling, athletics, ice hockey, chess, gymnastics, handball, taekwondo, boxing, cycling, weightlifting and judo.

The most popular departments of the sports club are:


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