PFC CSKA Sofia

1923–1948

In November 1923, three Sofia-based football clubs (Officers' Sports Club, Athletic Sofia, and Slava Sofia) merged to form AS-23, short for Officers' Sports Club Athletic Slava 1923, under the patronage of the Ministry of War, which provided the equipment.

In 1931, AS-23 won their first Bulgarian championship and The Tsar's Cup, followed by another Tsar's Cup in 1941. The club's stadium (completed in 1938) was named Athletic Park and was situated where the Bulgarian Army Stadium now resides. On 9 November 1944, with the support of Mihail Mihaylov, an accountant at the Ministry of War and a patron of Shipka Sofia, a unifying agreement was signed, merging AS-23, Shipka, and Spartak (Poduene) to form Chavdar Sofia. Gen. Vladimir Stoychev from AS-23, who at the time was fighting on the front in World War II, was appointed (by telegram) as the new club's chairman. Lawyer Ivan Bashev, a future Bulgarian foreign minister, was appointed club secretary and the person in charge of football.

1948–1962

With the help of Mihail Mihaylov again, in February 1948, Chavdar became the departmental club of the Central House of the Troops ("Centralnia Dom na Voiskata") and took on the name of CDV. Looking for ways to stop the club's decline, CDV's administrators sought to merge it with another club. In May 1948, an agreement was reached between CDV and Septemvri Sofia (which had already earned a place in the play-offs) for uniting the clubs under the name…

This is a list of the last 10 CSKA Sofia managers:

Domestic

Bulgarian A Group:

Champions (31) (record): 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08 Bulgarian V Group:

Champions (1): 2015–16 Bulgarian Cup:

Winners (22 times): 1951, 1954, 1955, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2005–06, 2010–11, 2015–16, 2020–21, 2025–26 Bulgarian Supercup:

Winners (4): 1989, 2006, 2008, 2011 Bulgarian Cup – (secondary cup competition)

Winners (1 time) (shared record): 1980-81 Cup of the Soviet Army – (secondary cup competition)

Winners (4 times) (record): 1984–85, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1989–90

European

European Cup / UEFA Champions League

Semi-finals (2): 1966–67, 1981–82 Quarter-finals (4): 1956–57, 1973–74, 1980–81, 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Semi-finals (1): 1988–89 UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League:

Round of 32 (3): 1984–85, 1991–92, 1998–99 Group stage (4): 2005–06, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2020–21 UEFA Europa Conference League

Group stage (1): 2021–22 Biggest win in European tournaments:

UEFA Champions League – 8–1 in 1956–57 vs Dinamo București UEFA Europa League – 8–0 in 2000–01 vs Constructorul; 5–0 in 1999–00 vs Portadown UEFA Cup Winners' Cup – 9–0 in 1970–71 vs Haka; 8–0 in 1993–94 vs…