PFC CSKA Sofia

PFK ( professional team ) CSKA Sofia ( Central Sports Club of the Army Sofia ( Bulgarian ПФК ЦСКА София ), English transcription: CSKA Sofia) is the most successful football club in Bulgaria.

• 5.1 International success
• 5.2 Individual successes

History

Precursor clubs and time before the official establishment

On October 28, 1923, united football club " Athletics ", which was founded in 1910 and was called " Futbol Club " worn until 1919, with the 1916 founded as an officer's club club " Slava " for new officers club " Athletics - Slava - 1923 " (in short" AS- 23 "). The team was sponsored by the Defense Ministry, which also presented the sports equipment. In 1931 won " AS- 23", the Bulgarian Cup and 1941 the national cup. The stadium of " AS- 23" was built in 1938 and finished, was the foundation of today's newer stadium Balgarska Armija.

By 1944, three smaller Sofia football club " Shipka ", " Pobeda " and "Tsar Boris III " the " AS- 23" joined. Under pressure from the new left-wing Bulgarian post-war government in Bulgaria had the " AS- 23" its name in the early change in " Chavdar " and later in " CSP " (Central Army House ).

Start-up phase

The true birth of the Association was held on 5 May 1948, when soccer players of the clubs " Septemwri " and " Chavdar " founded the " FD Septemwrisko " Sofia. Only a few months later, on 9 September 1948 was this new team, according to a 1:2 in the first leg, winning 3-1 against the reigning champions Levski Sofia, the Bulgarian Championship.

Directly after the club was renamed " ZDNV Sofia ", which in the years to 1949 was repeated in " NV Sofia ", 1950 in " NA Sofia " and 1951 in " ZDNA Sofia ". In the first year as " ZDNA Sofia " the team played an outstanding season, winning 18 of 21 games and won both the second championship as well as the Soviet Army Cup. In addition, the club was able to present multiple times on the international circuit.

Era of the 1950s

It started a very successful era in which ZDNA Sofia until 1962 nine other Bulgarian Championships and could triple win the Soviet Army Cup. In this time fell in 1953 into a short-term renamed " Sofijski garrison ", which was still undone in the same year. In 1954 a football school was built, which followed the example of major European clubs. These higher goals were underlined in 1956, when they took part in the first Bulgarian club ever in the European Champions Cup. There, the club was impressed on his debut by a clear 8:1 over Romania's Dinamo Bucharest. As in 1958 progressed the professionalization of the Bulgarian league and as a result of international competitiveness changed to a game -time mode between autumn and spring of the following year, the club was followed by a significant increase squad. These players were mainly soldiers who sprang directly of their own army school. In addition, followed by a generational change, as many getting on in years, key players had the exhausting style to pay tribute to the successful team of the 50s.

Reconstruction in the 1960s

After some less successful years and a merger in 1964 with the association " DSO Tscherweno Sofia zname " to " CSKA Tscherweno zname Sofia " was able to record the next championship in the 1965/66 season the so- newly designated club after the Soviet Army Cup 1965. In the following season the club reached the semi-finals where they narrowly lost to Inter Milan a third decider in Bologna in the European Cup of Champions. In 1968 the club merged again, now with " FD Septemwri ZDW Sofia " to " CSKA Septemwrijsko zname Sofija ". Again they won in the following season in 1968/69 the Soviet Army Cup and the fourteenth Bulgarian Championship.

Era of the early 1970s

Between the seasons 1970/71 and 1975 /76 club won five Bulgarian championships ( and three cups of the Soviet Army ). Among other things, the club is still valid today scoring record set in 1972 in a Bulgarian Championship. In addition, they suggested in the 1973/74 season the reigning European champions Ajax Amsterdam country. After winning the last championship in 1976 a significant break was again carried out with younger players and in the remaining 70's no other title could be won.

New beginning in the 1980s

The start of the 1980s began with a success by the 20th championship could be run at the end of the season 1979 /80. It matured a team approach under the leadership of Asparuch Nikodimow which was also European highest attention because of their technical skills. The team defended in the next three years the Bulgarian championship and also won in 1981 and 1983 re- imported Bulgarian Cup. Moreover, Nottingham Forest was beaten as the European champions and the team pulled in the season 1981/1982 in the semi-finals of the European Cup of Champions, where they lost to Bayern Munich. Once again the Soviet Army Cup was won in the 1984/85 season, the club disbanded as a result of the course of scandalous Bulgarian Cup finals and was founded under the name " Sredets Sofia FK " new. Before the start of the 1986/87 season, a coaching change was performed and Dimitar Penev took over the leadership of the team. He formed a new team with talent, among whom Christo Stoichkov, Penev and Emil Kostadinov were Ljuboslaw who later played in the top European clubs. The team again won the Bulgarian Cup in combination with the Bulgarian Cup and the club changed its name to " CECF Sredets Sofia ". It was followed by the two-time defending the Bulgarian Cup and the championship in the season 1988/1989, where one additionally won the Super Cup for the first time and thus came to four titles in a season. The club name was subsequently abbreviated to " CECF Sofia ".

Development to date

Upon completion of the next 1989/90 season, the club took the name still used today " CSKA Sofia FK " and closed the season again from the champion and winner of the Soviet Cup. After the political changes in that time and the lack of support by the Ministry of Defence, was followed by a difficult period for the club. The youth work, from, among others, Jordan Letschkow, later at Hamburger SV active, emerged, still did a good job, but could the loss of key service providers at this time, do not compensate. Negative in the headlines of the association faced by tendencies of his followers to hooliganism and racism. In particular, the extreme right-wing hooligan group " CSKA SS Front" is infamous for its violent escapades. In the city derby between CSKA and Levski rival it occurred in the past often turned violent. In the 2008/2009 season the club was supposed to be in the Champions League qualification, but was deleted did not meet requirements of licensing legal and replaced by rivals Levski Sofia. On 16 June 2009, the club president Dimitar Borisov announced in the future to dispense entirely with legionnaires and to build on Bulgarian players.

Squad

Coach

• Dimitar Penev, Bulgaria 2011-2012
• 2012-2013 Bulgaria Stoycho Mladenov
• 2013-0000 Serbia Miodrag Ješić
• 2013-0000 Bulgaria Milen Radukanow
• 2013-0000 Bulgaria Christo Stoichkov
• 2013-0000 Bulgaria Stoycho Mladenov

Well-known former players

• Dimitar Berbatov
• Christo Stoichkov
• Jordan Letschkow
• Emil Kostadinov
• Trifon Ivanov
• Martin Petrov
• Stilian Petrov
• Georgi Slawkow
• Russi Petkov
• Ljuboslaw Penev
• Vladimir Mantschew
• Dimitar Penev
• Petar Michtarski
• Georgi Welinow
• Pawel Dochev

Sporting successes

• Bulgarian champion: 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2008 ( 31 items)
• Bulgarian Cup winner: 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2011 (11 items)
• Soviet Army Cup Winners: 1951, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990 (13 items)

International success

Individual successes

• Golden Shoe: ( 1) Christo Stoichkov (1990 )
• Bulgaria's Player of the Year: (2) Christo Stoichkov (1989, 1990)