PFC CSKA Sofia II

PFC CSKA Sofia II
Full nameProfessional Football Club CSKA Sofia II
Nickname(s)The Reds
The Armymen
Short nameCSKA II
Founded1948; 76 years ago (1948)
GroundCSKA Sofia Sports Complex, Pancharevo
Capacity1,500
ShareholdersNational Fund for Sports, Culture, Art and Science
ManagerVladimir Manchev
LeagueSecond League
2023–24Third League, 2nd
Websitehttp://www.cska.bg/

CSKA II (Bulgarian: ЦСКА II) is a Bulgarian football team based in Sofia. Founded in 2016, it is the reserve team of CSKA Sofia, and played one season in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football in 2016-2017 and being restored in 2022 to play in the Third League.

They ought to play at least one level below their main side, however, so CSKA II was ineligible for promotion to the First League and could not play in the Bulgarian Cup.

History

In June 2016 CSKA II took the place of Litex Lovech II in the Bulgarian Second League. The team was selected by CSKA and Litex youth players. After Stamen Belchev took charge of the first team CSKA II's results worsened, and the team was relegated to South-West Third League on the final day of the season following a 1–2 away defeat by Vitosha Bistritsa.[1] On 5 June 2017, the owners officially informed the Bulgarian Football Union that the team will not participate in the 2017–18 South-West Third League as the level was deemed too low for youth players' development.[2] On 6 June 2017, the contract of the head coach Svetoslav Todorov was terminated.[3]

In end of May 2022, CSKA announced that they will restore its second team and will join Third League for the 2022/23 season.[4]

From the 2024/2025 season, CSKA II will play in the second tier of Bulgarian football.

Squad

As of 1 December 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Bulgaria BUL Boyan Zagorski
2 DF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Buchkov
3 DF Bulgaria BUL Lachezar Ivanov
4 DF Bulgaria BUL Simeon Chatov
5 DF Bulgaria BUL Rosen Marinov
6 MF Bulgaria BUL Petko Panayotov
7 FW Bulgaria BUL Mark-Emilio Papazov
8 MF Bulgaria BUL Yulian Iliev
9 FW Bulgaria BUL Yoan Bornosuzov
10 FW Bulgaria BUL Radoslav Zhivkov
11 MF Bulgaria BUL Viktor Vasilev
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Marin Orlinov (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF Bulgaria BUL Nikola Borisov
14 MF Bulgaria BUL Alesandro Nikolov
15 MF Bulgaria BUL Martin Sotirov
16 DF Bulgaria BUL Bozhidar Petrov
17 MF Bulgaria BUL Teodor Apostolov
18 FW Bulgaria BUL Yulian Gilov
19 MF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Kozhuharov
20 MF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Tasev
22 DF Bulgaria BUL Nasko Tsekov
23 MF Bulgaria BUL Ilian Antonov
24 FW Bulgaria BUL Pavel Zhabov
DF Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Hristov

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2024.

For first team players, see CSKA Sofia.

Honours

Bulgarian V Group:
  • Champions (1): 1982-83

Manager history

Dates Name Honours
1981–1984 Bulgaria Kiril Stankov 1 Bulgarian V Group
2016 Bulgaria Stamen Belchev
2016 Bulgaria Ivaylo Stanev /caretaker/
2017 Bulgaria Svetoslav Todorov
2022–2024 Bulgaria Stamen Belchev
2024 Bulgaria Stoyan Angelov
2024– Bulgaria Vladimir Manchev

Past seasons

Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts
1981–82 Sofia V Group (III) 7 15 9 10 51 36 39
1982–83 Sofia V Group (III) 1 23 7 4 76 26 53
1983–84 South B Group (II) 17 8 6 20 45 65 22
2016–17 Second League (II) 13 9 6 15 44 49 33
2022–23 South-West Third League (III) 5 11 9 10 54 35 42
2023–24 South-West Third League (III) 2 25 5 8 68 39 80
2024–25 Second League (II) 8 6 7 26 21 30
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

References

  1. ^ "ЦСКА II повтори случая от 1984 година" (in Bulgarian). cska.bg. 27 May 2017.
  2. ^ "ЦСКА II няма да участва в Трета лига" (in Bulgarian). cska.bg. 5 June 2017.
  3. ^ "ЦСКА и Светослав Тодоров се разделиха" (in Bulgarian). cska.bg. 6 June 2017.
  4. ^ ЦСКА - София връща дублиращия си отбор, "червените" ще обиграват юноши в Трета лига