2018–19 PFC CSKA Sofia season

CSKA Sofia
2018–19 season
Controlling ownerBulgaria Grisha Ganchev
ManagerUnited Kingdom Serbia Nestor El Maestro
(until 7 February 2019)
Bulgaria Lyuboslav Penev
(until 3 May 2019)
Bulgaria Dobromir Mitov (interim)
(since 3 May 2019)
Parva Liga Second place
Bulgarian CupSemi-final
Europa LeagueThird qualifying round

The 2018–19 season is CSKA Sofia's 70th season in the First League and their third consecutive participation after their administrative relegation in the third division due to mounting financial troubles. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club will play during the 2018–19 season.

Players

Current squad

As of 8 February 2019 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Croatia CRO Dante Stipica
2 DF Bulgaria BUL Stoycho Atanasov
3 DF Brazil BRA Geferson
4 DF Bulgaria BUL Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski
5 DF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Bodurov (captain)
6 MF Portugal POR Rúben Pinto (vice-captain)
7 MF Guinea-Bissau GNB Jorginho
8 MF Ghana GHA Edwin Gyasi
10 FW Brazil BRA Evandro
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Slavi Petrov
14 DF Bulgaria BUL Angel Lyaskov
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Bulgaria BUL Kristiyan Malinov
16 MF Portugal POR Janio Bikel
17 MF Brazil BRA Henrique
19 DF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Turitsov
20 MF Portugal POR Tiago Rodrigues
22 FW The Gambia GAM Ali Sowe
24 DF Portugal POR Nuno Tomás
25 DF Cape Verde CPV Steven Pereira
26 DF Bulgaria BUL Valentin Antov
30 GK Lithuania LTU Vytautas Černiauskas

Transfers

Summer transfers

Winter transfers

Preseason and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Preseason

18 June 2018 (2018-06-18) Friendly CSKA 2−0 Etar Pancharevo, Bulgaria
17:00 EEST Henrique 61', 79' Report Stadium: Sporten kompleks Pancharevo
23 June 2018 (2018-06-23) Friendly CSKA Bulgaria 3−0 Japan V-Varen Nagasaki Jenbach, Austria
18:30 EEST Tiago 21'
Malinov 42'
Gyasi 88'		 Report Stadium: Stadion Jenbach
27 June 2018 (2018-06-27) Friendly CSKA Bulgaria 2−1 Russia Ufa Kirchdorf in Tirol, Austria
19:00 EEST Yordanov 24', 61' Report Igboun 33' Stadium: Leerberg-Arena Kirchdorf
30 June 2018 (2018-06-30) Friendly CSKA Bulgaria 0−0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Kufstein, Austria
15:00 EEST Report Stadium: Kufstein-Arena
2 July 2018 (2018-07-02) Friendly CSKA Bulgaria 3−3 Denmark Brøndby Angerberg, Austria
19:00 EEST Karanga 44'
Jorginho 61'
Tiago 63'		 Report Erceg 28', 42'
Frendrup 46'		 Stadium: Sportplatz Angerberg
7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) Friendly CSKA 1−1 Tsarsko Selo Sofia, Bulgaria
16:00 EEST Tiago 40' Report Minchev 4' Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya

Mid-season

16 January 2019 (2019-01-16) Friendly CSKA Bulgaria 1−1 Germany Bochum Marbella, Spain
16:00 EET Malinov 75' Report Maier 63' Stadium: La Dama de Noche
20 January 2019 (2019-01-20) Friendly CSKA Bulgaria 1−3 Hungary Puskás Akadémia La Línea, Spain
17:00 EET Tiago 81' Report Vega 54'
Tamás 62'
Poór 65'		 Stadium: Estadio Municipal
23 January 2019 (2019-01-23) Friendly CSKA Bulgaria 1−0 China Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Lamos De La Quinta, Spain
17:00 EET Sowe 79' Report Stadium: Chincheta
28 January 2019 (2019-01-28) Friendly CSKA Bulgaria 2−1 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň Estepona, Spain
17:00 EET Gyasi 44' (pen.)
Henrique 82'		 Report Beauguel 37' (pen.) Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Arroyo Enmedio
31 January 2019 (2019-01-31) Friendly CSKA Bulgaria 2−3 Czech Republic Sparta Prague Marbella, Spain
17:00 EET Tiago 21' (pen.)
Jorginho 41'		 Report Drchal 9'
Kanga 67' (pen.)
Chipciu 81'		 Stadium: La Dama de Noche
2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) Friendly CSKA Bulgaria 0−3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Marbella, Spain
17:00 EET Report Tsyhankov 3'
Verbič 35'
Andriyevskyi 89'		 Stadium: La Dama de Noche
9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) Friendly CSKA 0−1 Etar Sofia, Bulgaria
15:00 EET Report Bojaj 34' Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Referee: Ivo Andreev (Sofia)

Competitions

Parva Liga

Regular Stage

Main article: 2018–19 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)
League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ludogorets Razgrad 26 19 5 2 53 14 +39 62 Qualification for the Championship round
2 CSKA Sofia 26 18 3 5 47 14 +33 57
3 Levski Sofia 26 17 3 6 51 24 +27 54
4 Botev Plovdiv 26 13 6 7 39 21 +18 45
5 Cherno More 26 12 6 8 36 34 +2 42
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[35]
Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 18 3 5 47 14  +33 57 11 1 1 32 7  +25 7 2 4 15 7  +8

Last updated: 16 March 2019.
Source: See results

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWWLWDWWLWWDWWWLDWWLWLWWW
Position11112221133333222222223322
Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Results
22 July 2018 (2018-07-22) 1 CSKA 2−0 Lokomotiv Sofia
20:45 EEST Maurides 52'
Jorginho 62'
Sekulić Yellow card 72'		 Report Dzhalilov Yellow card 3'
Umarbayev Yellow card 21'
Karagaren Yellow card 45+2'
Bouhna Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 2,750
Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)
29 July 2018 (2018-07-29) 2 Vitosha 0−2 CSKA Sofia
20:45 EEST Gochev Yellow card 34' Report Tiago 10'
Pinto 17'
Bodurov Yellow card 31'		 Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Stanislav Stavrov (Veliko Tarnovo)
5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) 3 CSKA 3−0 Dunav Sofia
20:45 EEST Maurides 39'
Kovachev 45+2' (o.g.)
Despodov 56'
Chorbadzhiyski Yellow card 84'		 Report Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)
12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) 4 CSKA 2−1 Slavia Sofia
20:45 EEST Pinto Yellow card 37'
Despodov Yellow card 44'
Maurides 45+3', 90'		 Report Stanisavljević Yellow card 36'
Gamakov Yellow card 44'
Karabelyov 66', Yellow card 72'
Shokolarov Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 2,130
Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)
19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) 5 Ludogorets 1−0 CSKA Razgrad
21:00 EEST Wanderson 21'
Moți Yellow card 40'
Dyakov Yellow card 68'
Marcelinho Yellow card 78'
Lukoki Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Malinov Yellow card 5'
Bikel Yellow card 34'
Tiago Yellow card 45+1'
Lyaskov Yellow card 67'		 Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)
26 August 2018 (2018-08-26) 6 CSKA 4−0 Vereya Sofia
21:00 EEST Despodov 17', 47'
Pinto Yellow card 28'
Gyasi 68'
Maurides 85'		 Report Jørgensen Yellow card 10'
Stanchev Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 7 Botev Plovdiv 0−0 CSKA Plovdiv
18:45 EEST Baltanov Yellow card 20'
Terziev Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Despodov Yellow card 26'
Lyaskov Yellow card 44'
Bodurov Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Futbolen complex Botev 1912
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)
15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 8 CSKA 3−1 Cherno More Sofia
20:00 EEST Gyasi 1'
Sekulić Yellow card 25'
Despodov 39'
Pinto 58'
Lyaskov Yellow card 88'
Manolev Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Černiauskas 14' (o.g.)
Panayotov Yellow card 43'
Hassani Yellow card 90+4'
Makendzhiev Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 3,480
Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9 Botev Vratsa 0−2 CSKA Montana
20:00 EEST Gadzhev Yellow card 4'
Apostolov Yellow card 23'
Bojinov soccer ball with red X 54'
Mihaylov Yellow card 69'		 Report Bojinov 15' (o.g.)
Pereira Yellow card 25'
Sowe 38'
Chorbadzhiyski Yellow card 53'		 Stadium: Stadion Ogosta
Attendance: 3,750
Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas)
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10 CSKA 0−1 Levski Sofia
17:00 EEST Chorbadzhiyski Yellow card 16'
Pinto Yellow card 42'
Tiago Yellow card 45'
Despodov Yellow card 85'
Bikel Yellow card 86'
Bodurov Yellow card 90'		 Report Černiauskas 30' (o.g.)
Thiam Yellow card 85'
Goranov Yellow card 86'
Cvetković Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)
6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 11 Septemvri 0−3 CSKA Sofia
17:30 EEST Galchev Yellow card 38'
Meledje Yellow card 42'
Stoichkov Yellow card 43'
Benga Yellow card 43'		 Report Maurides 37' (pen.), Yellow card 52'
Tiago 64'
Lyaskov Yellow card 81'
Manolev 90+2'		 Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski
Attendance: 820
Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo)
21 October 2018 (2018-10-21) 12 CSKA 3−0 Etar Sofia
20:00 EEST Chorbadzhiyski 28'
Jorginho 49'
Despodov 84'		 Report Sarmov Yellow card 48' Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)
27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 13 Beroe 1−1 CSKA Stara Zagora
15:00 EEST Kamburov 35'
Bandalovski Yellow card 53'
Raynov Yellow card 63'
Tsvetkov Yellow card 72'		 Report Tiago 27'
Sekulić Yellow card 34'
Maurides soccer ball with red X 54'
Bodurov Yellow card 55'
Jorginho Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Stadion Beroe
Attendance: 6,900
Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)
3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 14 Lokomotiv 0−1 CSKA Plovdiv
15:00 EET Posinković Yellow card 36'
Banović Yellow card 49'
Aralica Yellow card 68'
Raykov Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Pinto Yellow card 25'
Despodov 57', Yellow card 73'
Bikel Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)
9 November 2018 (2018-11-09) 15 CSKA 3−0 Vitosha Sofia
17:45 EET Malinov Yellow card 71'
Maurides 79', 90+3'
Despodov 90'		 Report Lazarov Yellow card 24'
Gochev Yellow card 39'
Vasilev Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 950
Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)
24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 16 Dunav 0−2 CSKA Ruse
15:00 EET Popadiyn Yellow card 39' Report Maurides 40'
Gyasi 47'		 Stadium: Gradski stadion
Attendance: 2,040
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)
2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 17 Slavia 1−0 CSKA Sofia
17:00 EET Petkov Yellow card 21'
S. Aleksandrov Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 59'
Karabelyov 51', Yellow card 88'
G. Ivanov Yellow card 89'
Stergiakis Yellow card 90'		 Report Gyasi Yellow card 21'
Geferson Yellow card 30'		 Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski
Attendance: 790
Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)
6 December 2018 (2018-12-06) 18 CSKA 1−1 Ludogorets Sofia
17:30 EET Pinto Yellow card 25'
Geferson Yellow card 57'
Manolev Yellow card 58'
Despodov 67'
Malinov Yellow card 69'
Antov Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Cicinho Yellow card 11' Yellow-red card 89'
Keșerü 29'
Marcelinho Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 6,900
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)
9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) 19 Vereya 0−1 CSKA Stara Zagora
15:00 EET Košút Yellow card 38' Report Tiago 27'
Chorbadzhiyski Yellow card 59'		 Stadium: Trace Arena
Attendance: 750
Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)
16 December 2018 (2018-12-16) 20 CSKA 2−1 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
19:00 EET Sowe 14', 28'
Tiago Yellow card 23'
Antov Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Baltanov Yellow card 16'
Yusein 68', Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 510
Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)
Note: The game was originally scheduled to start at 17:30, but was postponed initially with 30 minutes, and then with further 60 minutes due to heavy snowfall.
16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 21 Cherno More 2−0 CSKA Varna
15:00 EET N'Dongala 7', Yellow card 8'
Panayotov Yellow card 21' Yellow-red card 80'
Panov Yellow card 30'
Genev Yellow card 39'
Vasilev 62'
Vitanov Yellow card 63'
Dimov Yellow card 89'		 Report Pinto Yellow card 27'
Chorbadzhiyski Yellow card 57'
Evandro Yellow card 66'
Malinov Yellow card 85'
Bikel Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Stadion Ticha
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)
19 February 2019 (2019-02-19) 22 CSKA 2−1 Botev Vratsa Sofia
17:30 EET Gyasi 48'
Malinov Yellow card 54'
Sowe 56'
Atanasov Yellow card 76'		 Report Gadzhev Yellow card 44'
Genov Yellow card 58'
Stoev 89'		 Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Stanislav Stavrov (Veliko Tarnovo)
24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) 23 Levski 1−0 CSKA Sofia
13:00 EET Paulinho Yellow card 31'
Goranov Yellow card 43'
Pereira 45+2' (o.g.)
Thiam Yellow card 56'
Cvetković Yellow card 69'		 Report Gyasi Red card 43'
Chorbadzhiyski Yellow card 63'
Turitsov Yellow card 66'
Pereira Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)
2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 24 CSKA 5−1 Septemvri Sofia
17:30 EET Sowe 2' (pen.), 23', 74'
Jorginho 18'
Henrique 28'
Bikel Yellow card 71'
Antov Yellow card 82'		 Report Stoichkov Yellow card 33'
Alves Yellow card 40'
Glišić Yellow card 52'
Bashliev Yellow card 64'
I. Dimitrov 89'		 Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 850
Referee: Petar Kirilov (Dobrich)
9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 25 Etar 1−3 CSKA Veliko Tarnovo
17:30 EET Skerlev Yellow card 50'
K. Stoyanov Yellow card 61'
Mladenov 75'		 Report Jorginho Yellow card 31', 65'
Sowe 69', 81'		 Stadium: Stadion Ivaylo
Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)
16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 26 CSKA 2−0 Beroe Sofia
17:45 EET Tiago 18'
Turitsov Yellow card 82'
Bikel Yellow card 83'
Alkan 90+2' (o.g.)		 Report Minchev Yellow card 49'
Leoni Yellow card 52'
Zhelev Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 2,950
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

Championship round

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ludogorets Razgrad (C) 36 23 10 3 67 19 +48 79 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 CSKA Sofia 36 24 6 6 57 17 +40 78 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Levski Sofia (O) 36 20 6 10 64 37 +27 66 Qualification for the European play-off final
4 Beroe 36 16 10 10 42 30 +12 58
5 Cherno More 36 15 7 14 44 51 −7 52
6 Botev Plovdiv 36 14 8 14 44 36 +8 50
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[36]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
10 6 3 1 10 3  +7 21 3 2 0 4 0  +4 3 1 1 6 3  +3

Last updated: 24 May 2019.
Source: See results

Results by round
Round12345678910
GroundHAHHAAHAAH
ResultWDWDLWDWWW
Position2222222222
Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Results
30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 27 CSKA 1−0 Cherno More Sofia
20:30 EET Atanasov Yellow card 22'
Bikel Yellow card 48'
Sowe 83' (pen.)		 Report Stanchev Yellow card 19'
Fennouche Yellow card 22'
Rodrigo Yellow card 76'
Dimov Yellow card 82'
Vasilev Yellow card 85'
Genev Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)
6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 28 Ludogorets 0−0 CSKA Razgrad
17:15 EEST Dyakov Yellow card 73' Report Geferson Yellow card 71' Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Attendance: 6,300
Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)
13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 29 CSKA 2−0 Beroe Sofia
20:00 EEST Evandro 13' (pen.), Yellow card 35'
Turitsov Yellow card 36'
Černiauskas Yellow card 85'
Malinov 89'		 Report Tsvetkov Yellow card 8'
Baranov Yellow card 12'
Ohene Yellow card 32'
Meledje Yellow card 33'
Alkan Yellow card 41'
Kamburov Yellow card 76'
Eugénio Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas)
20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 30 CSKA 0−0 Levski Sofia
17:15 EEST Malinov Yellow card 62'
Antov Yellow card 67'
Bodurov Yellow card 86'		 Report Milanov Yellow card 13'
Reis Yellow card 57'
Raynov Yellow card 79'
Vaštšuk Yellow card 89'
M. D. Petkov Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski
Attendance: 15,900
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)
29 April 2019 (2019-04-29) 31 Botev Plovdiv 2−0 CSKA Plovdiv
20:00 EEST Ebert Yellow card 30'
V. Shopov Yellow card 70'
Pirgov Yellow card 79'
K. Dimitrov Yellow card 79'
Dobrev Yellow card 81'
Doré 83', Yellow card 83'
Nedelev 90+4'		 Report Tiago Yellow card 22'
Henrique Yellow card 32'
Evandro Yellow card 38'
Malinov Yellow card 52'
Bikel Yellow card 55'
Bodurov Yellow card 56'		 Stadium: Futbolen complex Botev 1912
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)
4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 32 Cherno More 1−3 CSKA Varna
17:30 EEST Konongo Yellow card 17'
Panayotov 66'
Stanchev Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Bodurov Yellow card 21'
Geferson Yellow card 31'
Tiago 33', Yellow card 87'
Gyasi 52'
Atanasov Yellow card 74'
Sowe 75'		 Stadium: Stadion Ticha
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)
11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 33 CSKA 0−0 Ludogorets Sofia
20:15 EEST Sowe soccer ball with red X 8'
Geferson Yellow card 39'
Malinov Yellow card 64' Yellow-red card 90+3'		 Report Świerczok Yellow card 18'
Dyakov Yellow card 42' Yellow-red card 90+3'
Lukoki Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv)
18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 34 Beroe 0−1 CSKA Stara Zagora
20:30 EEST Meledje Yellow card 35'
Eugénio Yellow card 48'
Alkan Yellow card 68'		 Report Tiago 16', Yellow card 72'
Jorginho Yellow card 35'
Chorbadzhiyski Yellow card 48'
Bikel Yellow card 63'
Černiauskas Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Stadion Beroe
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)
21 May 2019 (2019-05-21) 35 Levski 0−2 CSKA Sofia
18:00 EEST Milanov Yellow card 66'
Reis Yellow card 78' Yellow-red card 84'
M. D. Petkov Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Malinov Yellow card 55'
Tiago 70'
Evandro 86'
Chorbadzhiyski Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski
Attendance: 11,200
Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)
24 May 2019 (2019-05-24) 36 CSKA 1−0 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
20:00 EEST Atanasov Yellow card 42'
Chorbadzhiyski Yellow card 85'
Jorginho 90+1'		 Report Pirgov Yellow card 45+2' Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)

Bulgarian Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Bulgarian Cup
25 September 2018 (2018-09-25) First Round Montana 0−2 CSKA Montana
19:00 EEST Popov Yellow card 47'
Yordanov Yellow card 53'
A. Iliev Yellow card 57'
Mihov Yellow card 66'		 Report Evandro 52'
Manolev Yellow card 64'
Sekulić Yellow card 67'
Bikel Yellow card 77'
Sowe 90+2'		 Stadium: Stadion Ogosta
Attendance: 3,370
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv)
30 October 2018 (2018-10-30) Second Round CSKA 3−1 Vitosha Sofia
19:00 EET Pinto 15'
Sowe 74', 76'		 Report Tsankov Yellow card 71'
Kochilov Yellow card 77'
Milchev 90+1'		 Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 930
Referee: Petar Kirilov (Dobrich)
3 April 2019 (2019-04-03) Quarterfinal Ludogorets 0−1 CSKA Razgrad
18:30 EEST Moți Yellow card 15'
Cicinho Yellow card 45'
Manolev Yellow card 66'
Góralski Yellow card 68'
Grigore Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Pinto 30', Yellow card 56'
Bikel Yellow card 39'
Malinov Yellow card 61'
Tomás Yellow card 70'
Sowe Yellow card 77'
Evandro Yellow card 90+2'
Černiauskas Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)
17 April 2019 (2019-04-17) Semifinal Leg 1 Botev Plovdiv 3−2 CSKA Plovdiv
19:00 EEST Nedelev 14' (pen.)
Vutov 26'
Terziev Yellow card 45'
A. Tonev Yellow card 59'
K. Dimitrov Yellow card 67'
Pirgov Yellow card 72'
Doré 84'		 Report Bikel Yellow card 17' Yellow-red card 53'
Turitsov Yellow card 18'
Sowe 33' (pen.), Yellow card 61'
Pinto 69'		 Stadium: Futbolen complex Botev 1912
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)
24 April 2019 (2019-04-24) Semifinal Leg 2 CSKA 3−3
(5−6 agg.)		 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
19:00 EEST Sowe 49', 85' (pen.)
Bikel Yellow card 62'
Evandro Yellow card 72', 74'
Pinto Yellow card 81'
Antov Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Nedelev 22'
Filipov Yellow card 24' Yellow-red card 53'
Baltanov 27', Yellow card 53'
V. Shopov Yellow card 43'
Vutov Yellow card 77' Red card 84'
K. Dimitrov 88'		 Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: Petar Kirilov (Dobrich)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-offs (Main Path) § First qualifying round
12 July 2018 (2018-07-12) First leg CSKA Bulgaria 1−0 Latvia Riga Sofia, Bulgaria
20:45 EEST Tiago 49'
Gyasi Yellow card 71'
Sekulić Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Bayenko Yellow card 32' Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)
19 July 2018 (2018-07-19) Second leg Riga Latvia 1−0 (a.e.t.)
(1−1 agg.)
(3−5 p)		 Bulgaria CSKA Riga, Latvia
19:30 EEST Černomordijs 44'
Panić Yellow card 63' Yellow-red card 109'
Šarić Yellow card 67'
Bayenko Yellow card 108' Red card 130'
Vaštšuk Red card 130'		 Report Tiago Yellow card 27' Yellow-red card 74'
Despodov Yellow card 33', soccer ball with red X 89'
Malinov Yellow card 112' Red card 130'
Bodurov Red card 130'		 Stadium: Skonto stadions
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Furkat Atazhanov (Kazakhstan)
Penalties
Lemajić soccer ball with red X
Primão soccer ball with check mark
Kārkliņš soccer ball with check mark
Bayenko soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Malinov
soccer ball with check mark Bodurov
soccer ball with check mark Geferson
soccer ball with check mark Gyasi
soccer ball with check mark Despodov

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-offs (Main Path) § Second qualifying round
26 July 2018 (2018-07-26) First leg CSKA Bulgaria 3−0 Austria Admira Wacker Mödling Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 EEST Despodov 29', 34'
Maurides 38' (pen.)
Pereira Yellow card 45'		 Report Spasić Yellow card 37'
Jakoliš Yellow card 43'		 Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
2 August 2018 (2018-08-02) Second leg Admira Wacker Mödling Austria 1−3
(1−6 agg.)		 Bulgaria CSKA Maria Enzersdorf, Austria
20:00 EEST Aiwu Yellow card 18'
Jakoliš Yellow card 43'
Bakış 55'
Schmidt Yellow card 69'		 Report Maurides 14', 53'
Jorginho 80'		 Stadium: BSFZ-Arena
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-offs (Main Path) § Third qualifying round
9 August 2018 (2018-08-09) First leg CSKA Bulgaria 1−2 Denmark Copenhagen Sofia, Bulgaria
20:45 EEST Maurides 15'
Chorbadzhiyski Red card 41'
Lyaskov Yellow card 54'
Pinto Yellow card 73'
Bikel Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Falk Yellow card 34'
Vavro 64'
Kodro Yellow card 66', 74' (pen.)		 Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski
Attendance: 21,100
Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)
Note: CSKA will play their third qualifying round home match at Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia, instead of their regular stadium Balgarska Armiya, Sofia, which does not meet UEFA requirements for this stage of the tournament.
16 August 2018 (2018-08-16) Second leg Copenhagen Denmark 2−1
(4−2 agg.)		 Bulgaria CSKA Copenhagen, Denmark
19:30 EEST N'Doye 23', 64'
Greguš Yellow card 26'		 Report Pereira Yellow card 20'
Evandro 58'
Malinov Yellow card 71'
Bodurov Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Parken
Attendance: 10,078
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Squad stats

Appearances and goals

No. Pos. Nat. Name Totals Parva Liga Bulgarian Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Croatia CRO Dante Stipica 4 -3 2 -2 2 -1 0 0
2 DF Bulgaria BUL Stoycho Atanasov 12 0 6+4 0 2 0 0 0
3 DF Brazil BRA Geferson 21 0 15+1 0 1 0 4 0
4 DF Bulgaria BUL Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski 37 1 27+2 1 3 0 5 0
5 DF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Bodurov 36 0 29 0 4 0 3 0
6 MF Portugal POR Rúben Pinto 43 5 30+3 2 4 3 6 0
7 MF Guinea-Bissau GNB Jorginho 42 6 19+13 5 4+1 0 4+1 1
8 MF Ghana GHA Edwin Gyasi 38 5 21+9 5 1+1 0 3+3 0
10 FW Brazil BRA Evandro 25 5 8+12 2 1+3 2 0+1 1
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Slavi Petrov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Bulgaria BUL Angel Lyaskov 18 0 11+3 0 0+1 0 2+1 0
15 MF Bulgaria BUL Kristiyan Malinov 39 1 28+3 1 5 0 3 0
16 MF Portugal POR Janio Bikel 40 0 18+12 0 4+1 0 3+2 0
17 FW Brazil BRA Henrique 19 1 9+5 1 3 0 1+1 0
18 FW Bulgaria BUL Martin Smolenski 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Turitsov 16 0 13 0 3 0 0 0
20 MF Portugal POR Tiago Rodrigues 40 9 30+3 8 2 0 5 1
22 FW The Gambia GAM Ali Sowe 33 17 19+9 11 3+2 6 0 0
24 DF Portugal POR Nuno Tomás 15 0 12 0 2+1 0 0 0
25 DF Cape Verde CPV Steven Pereira 13 0 7+1 0 0 0 4+1 0
26 DF Bulgaria BUL Valentin Antov 27 0 10+8 0 2+2 0 2+3 0
27 MF Bulgaria BUL Andrey Yordanov 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
28 FW Bulgaria BUL Borislav Budinov 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Lithuania LTU Vytautas Černiauskas 43 -27 34 -15 3 -6 6 -6
Players away from the club on loan:
21 FW Bulgaria BUL Tonislav Yordanov 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
28 DF Bulgaria BUL Plamen Galabov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK Bulgaria BUL Georgi Kitanov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for CSKA Sofia that left during the season:
9 FW Brazil BRA Maurides 27 13 16+5 9 2 0 4 4
11 DF Bulgaria BUL Stanislav Manolev 14 1 7+4 1 2 0 0+1 0
19 FW Bulgaria BUL Kiril Despodov 22 10 14+2 8 1 0 5 2
23 DF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Dyulgerov 4 0 0+2 0 0 0 0+2 0
27 DF Slovakia SVK Boris Sekulić 19 0 11+1 0 1 0 6 0

As of 24 May 2019

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Parva Liga Bulgarian Cup Europa League Total
1 FW The Gambia 22 Ali Sowe 11 6 0 17
2 FW Brazil 9 Maurides 9 0 4 13
3 FW Bulgaria 19 Kiril Despodov 8 0 2 10
4 MF Portugal 20 Tiago Rodrigues 8 0 1 9
5 MF Guinea-Bissau 7 Jorginho 5 0 1 6
6 MF Portugal 6 Rúben Pinto 2 3 0 5
MF Ghana 8 Edwin Gyasi 5 0 0 5
FW Brazil 10 Evandro 2 2 1 5
9 DF Bulgaria 4 Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski 1 0 0 1
DF Bulgaria 11 Stanislav Manolev 1 0 0 1
MF Bulgaria 15 Kristiyan Malinov 1 0 0 1
MF Brazil 17 Henrique 1 0 0 1
Own goal 3 0 0 3
TOTALS 57 11 9 77

As of 24 May 2019

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Parva Liga Bulgarian Cup Europa League Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2 Bulgaria DF Stoycho Atanasov 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
3 Brazil DF Geferson 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 Bulgaria DF Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski 9 0 0 0 0 1 9 1
5 Bulgaria DF Nikolay Bodurov 7 0 0 0 1 1 8 1
6 Portugal MF Rúben Pinto 6 0 2 0 1 0 9 0
7 Guinea-Bissau MF Jorginho 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Ghana MF Edwin Gyasi 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
10 Brazil FW Evandro 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
14 Bulgaria DF Angel Lyaskov 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
15 Bulgaria MF Kristiyan Malinov 10 1 1 0 2 1 13 2
16 Portugal MF Janio Bikel 9 0 5 1 1 0 15 1
17 Brazil MF Henrique 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 Bulgaria DF Ivan Turitsov 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
20 Portugal MF Tiago Rodrigues 6 0 0 0 2 1 8 1
22 The Gambia FW Ali Sowe 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
24 Portugal DF Nuno Tomás 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
25 Cape Verde DF Steven Pereira 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
26 Bulgaria DF Valentin Antov 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
30 Lithuania GK Vytautas Černiauskas 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Players away on loan or who left CSKA Sofia during the season:
9 Brazil FW Maurides 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Bulgaria DF Stanislav Manolev 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
19 Bulgaria MF Kiril Despodov 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
27 Slovakia DF Boris Sekulić 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
TOTALS 89 2 18 1 13 4 119 7

As of 24 May 2019

See also

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