Full name | Professional Football Club CSKA Sofia |
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Nickname(s) |
Червените (The Reds) Армейците (The Armymen) |
Founded | 5 May 1948 |
Ground | Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia |
Capacity | 22,995 (18,495 seats) |
Shareholders |
Grisha Ganchev (38.5%) Yulian Indzhov (38.5%) Hristo Stoichkov (20.0%) |
Manager | Stamen Belchev |
League | First League |
2015–16 | South-Western V Group, 1st (promoted) |
Website | Club home page |
USC CSKA Sofia | ||
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Football | Volleyball | Basketball |
Hockey | Tennis | Handball |
Athletics | Gymnastics | Chess |
Boxing | Weightlifting | Cycling |
Wrestling | Judo | Taekwondo |
Shooting | Ski | Biathlon |
PFC CSKA Sofia (Bulgarian: ПФК ЦСКА София, pronounced Tse-se-ka Sòfiya) is a professional association football club from Sofia, Bulgaria, which currently competes in the country's premier football competition, the First League. CSKA stands for Central Sports Club of the Army (Bulgarian: Централен Спортен Клуб на Армията).
Established on May 5, 1948, CSKA have won a record 31 Bulgarian titles, and 4 national supercups, as well as 20 Bulgarian Cups. Internationally CSKA are the only Bulgarian team to reach the semi-final of the European Champion Clubs' Cup, which they have done twice, and they have also reached the semi-final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
In the decades, many of Bulgaria's greatest footballers like Petar Zhekov, Dimitar Yakimov, Dimitar Penev, Hristo Stoichkov, Emil Kostadinov, Lyuboslav Penev, Dimitar Berbatov, Stiliyan Petrov and Martin Petrov have been part of the team.
The club's home colours are red and white. CSKA's home ground is the "Bulgarian Army" stadium in Sofia. The club's biggest rivals are Levski Sofia and matches between the two sides are known as The Eternal Derby of Bulgaria.