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CSKA 1948 Sofia

First League

Bulgarian Cup Europe

Europa Conference League World

Club Friendlies 3

Founded:	2016
Stadium:	Tsarsko Selo Sports Complex
Coach:	Valentin Ivanov Iliev
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CSKA 1948 Sofia home ground venue is Tsarsko Selo Sports Complex.

Valentin Ivanov Iliev is the current coach for CSKA 1948 Sofia.

CSKA 1948 Sofia First League Match Fixtures and Results

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CSKA 1948 Sofia have played a total of 19 matches in Bulgaria First League. Their current statistics is 4 win, 20 draw and 6 lose.

CSKA 1948 Sofia did not lose their last three matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze CSKA 1948 Sofia results for their home or away matches in First League 2024/2025.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
CSKA 1948 Sofia	19	4	20	6

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
18/04/2025	CSKA 1948 Sofia		Hebar 1918		H2H	O
12/04/2025	Beroe		CSKA 1948 Sofia		H2H	O
05/04/2025	CSKA 1948 Sofia		Ludogorets		H2H	O
02/04/2025	Levski Sofia		CSKA 1948 Sofia		H2H	O
29/03/2025	CSKA 1948 Sofia		Levski Krumovgrad		H2H	O
15/03/2025	Botev Plovdiv		CSKA 1948 Sofia		H2H	O
08/03/2025	CSKA 1948 Sofia		Lokomotiv Plovdiv		H2H	O
01/03/2025	Arda		CSKA 1948 Sofia		H2H	O
22/02/2025	CSKA 1948 Sofia		Botev Vratsa		H2H	O
15/02/2025	Slavia Sofia		CSKA 1948 Sofia		H2H	O
08/02/2025	CSKA 1948 Sofia		Lokomotiv Sofia 1929		H2H	O
07/12/2024	CSKA Sofia	2 - 2	CSKA 1948 Sofia	0-2	H2H	O	+
			12' Johnathan
			12' Steeve Furtado
L. Dellova 25'
		0 - 1	27' Thalis
		0 - 2	39' Steeve Furtado
			46' Mario Ilievski
			46' Yevgeniy Serdyuk
			50' Reyan Daskalov
Goduine Koyalipou 57'		1 - 2
			61' Thalis
			61' Cassiano Bouzon
			61' Birsent Karagaren
			61' Parvizdzhon Umarbaev
			69' Marto Boychev
			69' Octávio
Goduine Koyalipou 76'
Zymer Bytyqi 76'
Jonathan Lindseth 76'
Jason Lokilo 76'
			80' Yevgeniy Serdyuk
Matthias Phaeton 85'
I. Turitsov 86'
Mica Pinto 86'
Zymer Bytyqi 88'		2 - 2
Stanislav Shopov 90+3'
Aleksandar Tomash Tomovski 90+5'
03/12/2024	CSKA 1948 Sofia	2 - 0	Septemvri Sofia	1-0	H2H	O	+
Mario Ilievski 9'		1 - 0
Johnathan 17'
			20' Asen Chandarov
			41' Alfons Amade
			58' Asen Chandarov
			59' Borislav Rupanov
Octávio 60'
Cassiano Bouzon 60'
Marto Boychev 60'
Nedeljko Piscevic 60'
			63' Alfons Amade
			63' Jordan Gutierrez
			63' Kleri Serber
			63' Martin Moran
			65' Victor Ochayi
Reyan Daskalov 68'
			70' Bertrand Fourrier
			70' Manny Achol
Mario Ilievski 78'
Yevgeniy Serdyuk 78'
Birsent Karagaren 89'
Steeve Furtado 89'
Johnathan 89'
Dudu Hatamoto 89'
			90' Mitko Borislavov Mitkov
			90' Victor Hugo de Oliveira Teister
Yevgeniy Serdyuk 90+5'		2 - 0
29/11/2024	Spartak Varna	1 - 1	CSKA 1948 Sofia	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	20' Parvizdzhon Umarbaev
			46' Parvizdzhon Umarbaev
			46' Ivaylo Markov
			48' Birsent Karagaren
			53' Ivaylo Markov
Mateo Jurić-Petrašilo 56'
			60' Radoslav Kirilov
			60' Cassiano Bouzon
Berna 60'
Franck Rivollier 60'
			61' Mario Ilievski
			61' Yevgeniy Serdyuk
Ahmed Ahmedov 75'		1 - 1
			77' Marto Boychev
			77' Octávio
			86' Petar Vitanov
			86' Tom Rapnouil
Pa Konate 89'
Viktor Mitev 89'
Antonio Vutov 90+1'
Daniel Ivanov 90+1'
24/11/2024	CSKA 1948 Sofia	0 - 4	Cherno More	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	15' Claudiu Keșerü
Reyan Daskalov 40'
		0 - 2	45' Viktor Popov
			46' Claudiu Keșerü
			46' Asen Donchev
Christopher Acheampong 46'
Dudu Hatamoto 46'
			58' Weslen Junior
			58' Breno Teixeira
		0 - 3	59' Breno Teixeira
Yevgeniy Serdyuk 61'
Cassiano Bouzon 61'
Marto Boychev 61'
Octávio 61'
		0 - 4	69' Dudu
			72' Dudu
			72' Dani Martín
			73' Renan Areias
			73' Berk Beyhan
Birsent Karagaren 73'
Mario Ilievski 73'
			74' Tsvetomir Panov
			79' Mazire Soula
			79' Nacho Pais
Petar Vitanov 80'
Ivaylo Markov 80'
			88' Berk Beyhan
10/11/2024	Hebar 1918	1 - 1	CSKA 1948 Sofia	0-1	H2H	O	+
			12' Teodor Ivanov
			18' Octávio
			18' Tom Rapnouil
		0 - 1	20' Parvizdzhon Umarbaev
Milen Gamakov 31'
Enzo El Fattahi 31'
			34' Mario Ilievski
			34' Steeve Furtado
Marko Brtan 46'
Dušan Vuković 46'
			59' Emil Tsenov
Atanas Kabov 60'		1 - 1
William Fonkeu 63'
Enzo El Fattahi 71'
Oleksiy Zbun 71'
Kaloyan Pehlivanov 72'
Nabil Makni 79'
Kaloyan Krastev 79'
Cheikh Diamanka 79'
Georgi Tartov 79'
			79' Thalis
			79' Petar Vitanov
			80' Cassiano Bouzon
			80' Johnathan
07/11/2024	CSKA 1948 Sofia	1 - 3	CSKA Sofia	1-2	H2H	O	+
Liam Cooper 5'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	21' Goduine Koyalipou
		1 - 2	33' Marcelino Carreazo
Nedeljko Piscevic 46'
Parvizdzhon Umarbaev 46'
Octávio 56'
Cassiano Bouzon 56'
			60' Marcelino Carreazo
			60' Tobias Heintz
			65' James Eto'o
			66' Stanislav Shopov
			66' Jonathan Lindseth
			66' Zymer Bytyqi
			66' Olaus Jair Skarsem
			72' Ilian Ilianov Iliev
			72' Aaron Leya Iseka
			72' James Eto'o
			72' H. Petrov
Mario Ilievski 76'
Marto Boychev 76'
Thalis 76'
Ivaylo Markov 76'
Birsent Karagaren 82'
Steeve Furtado 82'
			86' I. Turitsov
Yevgeniy Serdyuk 87'
		1 - 3	90+4' Goduine Koyalipou
Yevgeniy Serdyuk 90+6'
03/11/2024	CSKA 1948 Sofia	1 - 1	Beroe	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	15' Luciano Squadrone
Thalis 31'		1 - 1
Dudu Hatamoto 57'
			60' Felipe Chacartegui
Octávio 65'
Cassiano Bouzon 65'
Parvizdzhon Umarbaev 65'
Ivaylo Markov 65'
			70' Enzo Espinoza
			70' Vinicius Belotti
			70' Ismael Ferrer
			70' Yevgeniy Serdyuk
Mario Ilievski 70'
Francisco Politino 70'
Birsent Karagaren 76'
Steeve Furtado 76'
Thalis 76'
Petar Vitanov 76'
			85' Felipe Chacartegui
			90+4' Vinicius Belotti
28/10/2024	Ludogorets	3 - 0	CSKA 1948 Sofia	2-0	H2H	O	+
Erick Marcus 15'		1 - 0
I. Chochev 24'		2 - 0
			41' M. Ilievski
			44' Thalis Cantanhede
Aslak Fonn Witry 46'
Son 46'
Erick Marcus 49'		3 - 0
			53' Marto Boychev
			53' Octávio
			53' Nedeljko Piscevic
			53' Parvizdzhon Umarbaev
I. Chochev 60'
Aguibou Camara 60'
Rwan 60'
Kwadwo Duah 60'
Rick 69'
Georgi Rusev 69'
Olivier Verdon 89'
Georgi Terziev 89'
21/10/2024	CSKA 1948 Sofia	1 - 2	Arda	0-1	H2H	O	+
			2' S. Ivanov
		0 - 1	35' Félix Eboa Eboa
Dudu Hatamoto 40+1'
Petar Vitanov 46'
Birsent Karagaren 46'
		0 - 2	58' Tonislav Yordanov
Dudu Hatamoto 62'
Octávio 62'
			70' Borislav Tsonev
			70' Jalal Huseynov
			79' Gustavo Cascardo
			79' Milen Stoev
			87' Tonislav Yordanov
			87' Baran Aksaka
M. Ilievski 87'
Cassiano Bouzon 87'
			87' S. Ivanov
			87' Boris Tyutyukov
Jonathan Carlos Pereira 89'		1 - 2
			90+3' Nnamdi Chinonso Offor
04/10/2024	Levski Krumovgrad	1 - 1	CSKA 1948 Sofia	1-0	H2H	O	+
Serkan Yussein 7'		1 - 0
			20' Emil Tsenov
Bozhidar Katsarov 26'
Atanas Ribarski 33'
			46' Emil Tsenov
			46' Petar Vitanov
		1 - 1	50' Yevhen Serdyuk
Momchil Tsvetanov 73'
Alexander Georgiev 73'
Rafael Furtado 73'
Nasko Milev 73'
Bozhidar Katsarov 79'
Erol Dost 79'
Matheus Souza 79'
Yanis Guermouche 79'
			81' Birsent Karagaren
			81' Simeon Aleksandrov
			84' Petar Vitanov
			85' Petar Vitanov
			87' Nedeljko Piščević
			87' Reyan Daskalov
Nasko Milev 88'
Oktay Yusein 88'
			90+1' Thalis Cantanhede
			90+1' Cassiano Bouzon
29/09/2024	CSKA 1948 Sofia	0 - 1	Botev Plovdiv	0-0	H2H	O	+
Reyan Daskalov 10'
			48' Nikolay Minkov
			53' Konstantinos Balogiannis
			61' Vinni Triboulet
			61' Aleksa Maraš
Yevhen Serdyuk 64'
Mario Ilievski 64'
Thalis Cantanhede 76'
Octávio 76'
Jonathan Carlos Pereira 76'
Tom Rapnouil 76'
			79' Christian Nwachukwu
			79' Nikola Iliev
			83' Alen Korošec
		0 - 1	84' Aleksa Maraš
Birsent Karagaren 87'
Cassiano Bouzon 87'
			89' Ivelin Popov
			89' Yanis Karabelyov
25/09/2024	Septemvri Sofia	1 - 1	CSKA 1948 Sofia	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	16' Birsent Karagaren
Victor Hugo de Oliveira Teister 21'		1 - 1
Victor Hugo de Oliveira Teister 42'
Georgi Varbanov 46'
Kleri Serber 46'
			52' Thalis Cantanhede
			53' Mario Ilievski
			53' Yevhen Serdyuk
Victor Hugo de Oliveira Teister 62'
Jean-Pierre Da Sylva 62'
			67' Thalis Cantanhede
			67' Octávio
			68' Cassiano Bouzon
			68' Simeon Aleksandrov
Dimitar Sheytanov 72'
Borislav Rupanov 73'
Jordan Gutierrez Nsang 79'
Faustas Steponavičius 79'
			84' Yevhen Serdyuk
Asen Chandarov 89'
Martin Moran 90+3'
Franck-Landry Elle Essouma 90+3'
19/09/2024	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0 - 2	CSKA 1948 Sofia	0-0	H2H	O	+
			34' Ryan Bidounga
Johan Nzi 36'
Danylo Polonskyi 61'
Ivaylo Ivanov 61'
			66' Reyan Daskalov
			66' Cassiano Bouzon
			66' Yevhen Serdyuk
			66' Mario Ilievski
		0 - 1	71' Mario Ilievski
Hristo Ivanov 76'
Martin Haydarov 76'
Vladimir Medved 76'
Nicholas Lyuboslav Penev 76'
Julien Lamy 77'
Martin Petkov 77'
		0 - 2	78' Birsent Karagaren
			79' Birsent Karagaren
			79' Emil Tsenov
Dimitar Iliev 82'
Kristiyan Peshov 82'
			90+2' Thalis Cantanhede
			90+2' Marto Boychev
15/09/2024	CSKA 1948 Sofia	2 - 4	Levski Sofia	1-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	16' Mustapha Sangaré
		0 - 2	27' Mustapha Sangaré
Radoslav Kirilov 39'		1 - 2
			41' Carlos Ohene
Birsent Karagaren 45'
			46' Carlos Ohene
			46' Clement Ikenna
		1 - 3	58' Aleksandar Kolev
Birsent Karagaren 62'
Cassiano Bouzon 62'
Yevhen Serdyuk 62'
Mario Ilievski 62'
			63' Hassimi Fadiga
			63' Marin Petkov
Parvizdzhon Umarbaev 69'
Octávio 69'
		1 - 4	77' Marin Petkov
			82' Aldair
			82' Patrick-Gabriel Galchev
			83' Everton Bala
			83' Christian Makoun
			87' Aleksandar Kolev
			87' Preslav Bachev
Mario Ilievski 90+1'		2 - 4
30/08/2024	Botev Vratsa	0 - 3	CSKA 1948 Sofia	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	8' Birsent Karagaren
			39' Ryan Bidounga
		0 - 2	45+1' Yevgeniy Serdyuk
			46' Ryan Bidounga
			46' Radoslav Iliev
Martin Smolenski 46'
Chavdar Ivaylov 46'
Daniel Genov 46'
Daniil Kondrakov 46'
Antoan Stoyanov 46'
Miroslav Kalinov Marinov 46'
		0 - 3	68' Yevgeniy Serdyuk
Boubacar Traorè 72'
Ivan Kostadinov Vasilev 72'
			78' Nedeljko Piščević
			78' Marto Boychev
Chavdar Ivaylov 79'
			84' Yevhen Serdyuk
			84' Mario Ilievski
			88' Parvizdzhon Umarbaev
			88' Octávio
			90+7' Emil Tsenov
25/08/2024	CSKA 1948 Sofia	2 - 0	Slavia Sofia	1-0	H2H	O	+
			14' Veljko Jelenkovic
Parvizdzhon Umarbaev 21'
Thalis 24'		1 - 0
Yevgeniy Serdyuk 52'		2 - 0
			60' Ivan Minchev
			60' Kristiyan Balov
			60' Martin Georgiev
			60' Chung Thang Nguyen Do
			60' Vladimir Nikolov
			60' Viktor Genev
Octávio 63'
Cassiano Bouzon 63'
Yevgeniy Serdyuk 71'
Mario Topuzov 71'
			74' Kristiyan Stoyanov Stoyanov
			78' Galin Ivanov
			78' Emil Martinov
			78' Denislav Aleksandrov
			78' Roberto Iliev
Tom Rapnouil 85'
Radoslav Iliev 85'
Mario Topuzov 86'
18/08/2024	Lokomotiv Sofia 1929	0 - 0	CSKA 1948 Sofia	0-0	H2H	O	+
			46' Marto Boychev
			46' Parvizdzhon Umarbaev
			55' Mario Ilievski
			55' Yevgeniy Serdyuk
			55' Birsent Karagaren
			55' Mario Topuzov
Diogo Teixeira 68'
Miki Orachev 68'
Svetoslav Dikov 75'
Yulian Nenov 75'
			78' Thalis
			78' Octávio
			86' Nedeljko Piscevic
			86' Cassiano Bouzon
			88' Mario Topuzov
Dime Dimov 90+1'
Steve Traoré 90+2'
Ivaylo Naydenov 90+2'
			90+3' Reyan Daskalov
28/07/2024	CSKA 1948 Sofia	2 - 2	Spartak Varna	2-1	H2H	O	+
Mario Ilievski 16'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	41' Ahmed Ahmedov
Nedeljko Piscevic 45'		2 - 1
Ivaylo Mariov Markov 46'
Birsent Karagaren 46'
Parvizdzhon Umarbaev 46'
Emil Tsenov 46'
Cassiano Bouzon 47'
			54' Radoslav Dimitrov
			54' Antonio Vutov
		2 - 2	72' Antonio Vutov
Nedeljko Piscevic 73'
Tom Rapnouil 73'
			76' Christian Ilic
			76' Berna
			77' Pa Momodou Konate
			77' Viktor Mitev
Cassiano Bouzon 83'
Octávio 83'
Mario Ilievski 83'
Yevgeniy Serdyuk 83'
			87' Ahmed Ahmedov
Emil Tsenov 87'
			90+5' Ahmed Ahmedov
			90+5' Daniel Todorov Halachev
			90+7' Yoan Hristov Baurenski
			90+8' Martin Velichkov
19/07/2024	Cherno More	0 - 0	CSKA 1948 Sofia	0-0	H2H	O	+
			16' Ryan Bidounga
Vlatko Drobarov 35'
			42' Parvizdzhon Umarbaev
			46' Marto Boychev
			46' Emil Tsenov
			60' Birsent Karagaren
			60' Cassiano Bouzon
Andreias Calcan 67'
Weslen Junior 67'
Daniel Dimov 67'
I. Pais 67'
			68' Mario Ilievski
			68' Yevgeniy Serdyuk
			68' Parvizdzhon Umarbaev
			68' Tom Rapnouil
			70' Yevgeniy Serdyuk
			75' Simeon Vasilev
Nikolay Svetoslavov Zlatev 76'
Martin Milushev 76'
Dudu Rodrigues 76'
Edgar Pacheco 76'
			84' Thalis
			84' Octávio
			86' Steeve Furtado
			89' Ryan Bidounga

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of CSKA 1948 Sofia in First League.

Statistics & Analysis of CSKA 1948 Sofia

Yevgeniy Serdyuk is the leading top goal scorer for CSKA 1948 Sofia with 4 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	2
Longest losing streak	2
Longest run without loss	5
Longest run without win	10
Clean sheets	6
Matches over 2.25 goals	8
Matches under 2.25 goals	11
Matches First Half Over 0.5	15
Matches First Half Under 0.5	4
Matches odd	4
Matches even	15
Average goals scored	1.16
Average goals allowed	1.37
Failure to score	5
Biggest victory	0 - 3
Biggest defeat	0 - 4
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	1
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	0 (0%)
Goalless draw at away match	2 (20%)
Comeback win	0
Top Goal Scorer	Yevgeniy Serdyuk
Top Assist	Cassiano Bouzon

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First League 2024/2025 - Regular Season Table

CSKA 1948 Sofia are in the 10th position of First League and they are in contention for UEFA Conference League Play-offs.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Ludogorets	19	17	2	0	43	6	+37	53
2	Levski Sofia	19	13	1	5	35	14	+21	40
3	Cherno More	19	12	4	3	30	11	+19	40
4	Botev Plovdiv	19	13	1	5	22	14	+8	40
5	Arda	19	10	4	5	25	22	+3	34
6	Spartak Varna	19	9	4	6	25	23	+2	31
7	Beroe	19	9	3	7	23	16	+7	30
8	CSKA Sofia	19	7	5	7	25	21	+4	26
9	Slavia Sofia	19	7	2	10	22	25	-3	23
10	CSKA 1948 Sofia	19	4	9	6	22	26	-4	21
11	Levski Krumovgrad	19	5	5	9	12	19	-7	20
12	Septemvri Sofia	19	6	1	12	17	29	-12	19
13	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	19	3	5	11	20	31	-11	14
14	Lokomotiv Sofia 1929	19	3	5	11	12	33	-21	14
15	Botev Vratsa	19	3	3	13	15	40	-25	12
16	Hebar 1918	19	1	6	12	14	32	-18	9

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CSKA 1948 Sofia Squad

Detailed statistics of each CSKA 1948 Sofia player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

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#	Name of Player
1	Petar Marinov	720	8
2	Johnathan Carlos Pereira	436	5		1	1
4	Miki Orachev
5	Héliton Jorge Tito dos Santos
7	Thalis Henrique Cantanhede	935	11		6	1		1
8	Pedro Henrique Oliveira dos Santos
9	Birsent Karagaren	782	11	2	6	3		1
9	Viðar Örn Kjartansson
10	Radoslav Kirilov Kirilov	810	9			1
10	Georgi Rusev
11	Cassiano Bouzon Jesus	270	10	8	2			1
12	Levy Kahamba Ntumba
13	Stoyan Stoichkov
14	Teodor Valentinov Ivanov	810	9
15	Simeon Vasilev	180	2					1
17	Nikola Iliyanov Iliev
18	Ivaylo Chochev
19	Steve Furtado Pereira	720	8					1
19	Rooney Eva Wankewai
20	Antonio Vutov
21	Emil Tsenov	325	6	3	1			3
22	Reyan Daskalov	609	8	1	1			2
23	Emil Viyachki
24	Erdenis Gurishta
25	Yevhenii Serdiuk	538	10	4	5	4	1	2
26	Aeron Zinga
28	Nedeljko Pišćević	774	9		4	1
29	Daniel Naumov
30	Mihail Zlatev Tsonev
31	Tom Rapnouil	318	6	3	1
33	Aleks Bozhev	270	3
33	Gennady Ganev
39	Parvizchon Umarbaev	405	6	1	4			2
40	Mario Ilievski	430	9	4	5	3
58	Marto Boychev	104	4	2	2
61	Octávio Merlo Manteca	176	9	8	1
87	Simeon Petrov
91	Ryan Bidounga	675	8		1			3	1
92	Pierre-Daniel N'Guinda N'Diffon
99	Mario Topuzov	54	2	2				2
	Petar Vitanov	90	2	1	1			2
	Eduardo Barbosa Hatamoto	62	1		1			1
	Abdoul Kairou Amoustapha
	Karlo Tomašec
	Martin Atanasov
	Paolo Sciortino
	Rosen Bozhinov
	Tiago Barbosa Figueiredo
	Valentin Yoskov

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