2018–19 PFC CSKA Sofia season

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.

CSKA Sofia

2018–19 season
Controlling owner	Grisha Ganchev
Manager	Nestor El Maestro (until 7 February 2019) Lyuboslav Penev (until 3 May 2019) Dobromir Mitov (interim) (since 3 May 2019)
Parva Liga	Second place
Bulgarian Cup	Semi-final
Europa League	Third qualifying round
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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  CRO Dante Stipica 2 DF  BUL Stoycho Atanasov 3 DF  BRA Geferson 4 DF  BUL Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski 5 DF  BUL Nikolay Bodurov (captain) 6 MF  POR Rúben Pinto (vice-captain) 7 MF  GNB Jorginho 8 MF  GHA Edwin Gyasi 10 FW  BRA Evandro 12 GK  BUL Slavi Petrov 14 DF  BUL Angel Lyaskov

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  BUL Kristiyan Malinov 16 MF  POR Janio Bikel 17 MF  BRA Henrique 19 DF  BUL Ivan Turitsov 20 MF  POR Tiago Rodrigues 22 FW  GAM Ali Sowe 24 DF  POR Nuno Tomás 25 DF  CPV Steven Pereira 26 DF  BUL Valentin Antov 30 GK  LTU Vytautas Černiauskas

Transfers

Summer transfers

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CRO Dante Stipica (from Hajduk Split)[1] 7 MF  GNB Jorginho (on loan from Saint-Étienne)[2] 9 FW  BRA Maurides (from Belenenses)[3] 10 FW  BRA Evandro (from Coritiba)[4] 14 DF  BUL Angel Lyaskov (loan return from Litex Lovech)[5] 16 MF  POR Janio Bikel (from NEC Nijmegen)[6] 16 DF  BUL Ivan Turitsov (loan return from Litex Lovech)[5] 17 MF  BRA Henrique (from Atlético Mineiro, previously on loan)[7] 21 FW  BUL Tonislav Yordanov (loan return from Litex Lovech)[5] 22 FW  GAM Ali Sowe (on loan from Chievo)[8] 22 MF  BUL Nikola Kolev (loan return from Etar Veliko Tarnovo)[5] 25 DF  CPV Steven Pereira (from MVV Maastricht)[1] 27 FW  BUL Georgi Minchev (loan return from Tsarsko Selo) 27 DF  SVK Boris Sekulić (from Slovan Bratislava)[9] 28 DF  BUL Plamen Galabov (loan return from Etar Veliko Tarnovo)[5] — DF  BUL Galin Minkov (loan return from Tsarsko Selo) — MF  BUL Reyan Daskalov (loan return from Tsarsko Selo)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 7 FW  COL Jean Carlos Blanco (to Independiente Medellín)[10][11] 9 FW  BRA Fernando Karanga (to Henan Jianye)[12][13] 10 MF  NED Roland Alberg (to Panionios)[10][14] 12 GK  BUL Slavi Petrov (on loan at Litex Lovech)[15] 14 MF  POR Ukra (to Santa Clara)[10][16] 16 MF  CMR Raoul Loé (to Omonia)[10][17] 16 DF  BUL Ivan Turitsov (on loan to Litex Lovech)[18] 18 MF  BUL Aleksandar Georgiev (on loan at Septemvri Sofia)[19] 21 FW  BUL Tonislav Yordanov (on loan at Litex Lovech)[20] 22 MF  BUL Nikola Kolev (on loan at Etar Veliko Tarnovo)[21] 25 DF  FRA Alexandre Barthe (released)[10] 27 FW  BUL Radoslav Zhivkov (on loan at Litex Lovech)[18] 27 FW  BUL Georgi Minchev (on loan at Tsarsko Selo) 28 DF  BUL Plamen Galabov (on loan at Etar Veliko Tarnovo)[22] 33 GK  BUL Georgi Kitanov (on loan at Cherno More Varna)[23] — DF  BUL Martin Achkov (on loan at Litex Lovech)[18] — DF  BUL Galin Minkov (on loan at Tsarsko Selo) — DF  BUL Daniel Yordanov (to Litex Lovech)[18] — MF  BUL Reyan Daskalov (on loan at Tsarsko Selo) — MF  BUL Nikolay Yankov (on loan at Litex Lovech)[18] — MF  BUL Petar D. Petrov (to Litex Lovech)[18] — MF  BUL Ivan Mitrev (to Litex Lovech)[18]

Winter transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  BUL Slavi Petrov (loan return from Litex Lovech)[24] 19 DF  BUL Ivan Turitsov (loan return from Litex Lovech)[24] 22 FW  GAM Ali Sowe (from Chievo, previously on loan) 24 DF  POR Nuno Tomás (on loan from Belenenses)[25]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  BRA Maurides (to Changchun Yatai)[26] 11 DF  BUL Stanislav Manolev (to Ludogorets)[27][28] 18 MF  BUL Aleksandar Georgiev (on loan at Etar Veliko Tarnovo, previously on loan at Septemvri Sofia)[29] 19 FW  BUL Kiril Despodov (to Cagliari)[30] 23 DF  BUL Aleksandar Dyulgerov (to Septemvri Sofia)[31][32] 27 DF  SVK Boris Sekulić (to Górnik Zabrze)[33][34] — DF  BUL Nikola Borisov (on loan at Litex Lovech) — DF  BUL Galin Minkov (to Tsarsko Selo, previously on loan) — MF  BUL Reyan Daskalov (to Tsarsko Selo, previously on loan) — FW  BUL Georgi Minchev (to Tsarsko Selo, previously on loan)

Competitions

Regular Stage

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2

Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

22 July 2018 1	CSKA	2−0	Lokomotiv	Sofia
20:45 EEST	Maurides  52' Jorginho  62' Sekulić  72'	Report	Dzhalilov  3' Umarbayev  21' Karagaren  45+2' Bouhna  79'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,750 Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)

29 July 2018 2	Vitosha	0−2	CSKA	Sofia
20:45 EEST	Gochev  34'	Report	Tiago  10' Pinto  17' Bodurov  31'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov (Veliko Tarnovo)

5 August 2018 3	CSKA	3−0	Dunav	Sofia
20:45 EEST	Maurides  39' Kovachev  45+2' (o.g.) Despodov  56' Chorbadzhiyski  84'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)

12 August 2018 4	CSKA	2−1	Slavia	Sofia
20:45 EEST	Pinto  37' Despodov  44' Maurides  45+3', 90'	Report	Stanisavljević  36' Gamakov  44' Karabelyov  66',  72' Shokolarov  90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,130 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)

19 August 2018 5	Ludogorets	1−0	CSKA	Razgrad
21:00 EEST	Wanderson  21' Moți  40' Dyakov  68' Marcelinho  78' Lukoki  90+1'	Report	Malinov  5' Bikel  34' Tiago  45+1' Lyaskov  67'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 7,600 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

26 August 2018 6	CSKA	4−0	Vereya	Sofia
21:00 EEST	Despodov  17', 47' Pinto  28' Gyasi  68' Maurides  85'	Report	Jørgensen  10' Stanchev  72'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

1 September 2018 7	Botev Plovdiv	0−0	CSKA	Plovdiv
18:45 EEST	Baltanov  20' Terziev  90+1'	Report	Despodov  26' Lyaskov  44' Bodurov  90+3'	Stadium: Futbolen complex Botev 1912 Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)

15 September 2018 8	CSKA	3−1	Cherno More	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Gyasi  1' Sekulić  25' Despodov  39' Pinto  58' Lyaskov  88' Manolev  90+4'	Report	Černiauskas  14' (o.g.) Panayotov  43' Hassani  90+4' Makendzhiev  90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 3,480 Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)

22 September 2018 9	Botev Vratsa	0−2	CSKA	Montana
20:00 EEST	Gadzhev  4' Apostolov  23' Bojinov 54' Mihaylov  69'	Report	Bojinov  15' (o.g.) Pereira  25' Sowe  38' Chorbadzhiyski  53'	Stadium: Stadion Ogosta Attendance: 3,750 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas)

29 September 2018 10	CSKA	0−1	Levski	Sofia
17:00 EEST	Chorbadzhiyski  16' Pinto  42' Tiago  45' Despodov  85' Bikel  86' Bodurov  90'	Report	Černiauskas  30' (o.g.) Thiam  85' Goranov  86' Cvetković  90+2'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

6 October 2018 11	Septemvri	0−3	CSKA	Sofia
17:30 EEST	Galchev  38' Meledje  42' Stoichkov  43' Benga  43'	Report	Maurides  37' (pen.),  52' Tiago  64' Lyaskov  81' Manolev  90+2'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 820 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo)

21 October 2018 12	CSKA	3−0	Etar	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Chorbadzhiyski  28' Jorginho  49' Despodov  84'	Report	Sarmov  48'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)

27 October 2018 13	Beroe	1−1	CSKA	Stara Zagora
15:00 EEST	Kamburov  35' Bandalovski  53' Raynov  63' Tsvetkov  72'	Report	Tiago  27' Sekulić  34' Maurides 54' Bodurov  55' Jorginho  90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Beroe Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)

3 November 2018 14	Lokomotiv	0−1	CSKA	Plovdiv
15:00 EET	Posinković  36' Banović  49' Aralica  68' Raykov  90+3'	Report	Pinto  25' Despodov  57',  73' Bikel  90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)

9 November 2018 15	CSKA	3−0	Vitosha	Sofia
17:45 EET	Malinov  71' Maurides  79', 90+3' Despodov  90'	Report	Lazarov  24' Gochev  39' Vasilev  62'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 950 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)

24 November 2018 16	Dunav	0−2	CSKA	Ruse
15:00 EET	Popadiyn  39'	Report	Maurides  40' Gyasi  47'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 2,040 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)

2 December 2018 17	Slavia	1−0	CSKA	Sofia
17:00 EET	Petkov  21' S. Aleksandrov  34'  59' Karabelyov  51',  88' G. Ivanov  89' Stergiakis  90'	Report	Gyasi  21' Geferson  30'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 790 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)

6 December 2018 18	CSKA	1−1	Ludogorets	Sofia
17:30 EET	Pinto  25' Geferson  57' Manolev  58' Despodov  67' Malinov  69' Antov  90+3'	Report	Cicinho  11'  89' Keșerü  29' Marcelinho  82'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

9 December 2018 19	Vereya	0−1	CSKA	Stara Zagora
15:00 EET	Košút  38'	Report	Tiago  27' Chorbadzhiyski  59'	Stadium: Trace Arena Attendance: 750 Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)

16 December 2018 20	CSKA	2−1	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
19:00 EET	Sowe  14', 28' Tiago  23' Antov  90+2'	Report	Baltanov  16' Yusein  68',  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 21	Cherno More	2−0	CSKA	Varna
15:00 EET	N'Dongala  7',  8' Panayotov  21'  80' Panov  30' Genev  39' Vasilev  62' Vitanov  63' Dimov  89'	Report	Pinto  27' Chorbadzhiyski  57' Evandro  66' Malinov  85' Bikel  90'	Stadium: Stadion Ticha Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)

19 February 2019 22	CSKA	2−1	Botev Vratsa	Sofia
17:30 EET	Gyasi  48' Malinov  54' Sowe  56' Atanasov  76'	Report	Gadzhev  44' Genov  58' Stoev  89'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov (Veliko Tarnovo)

24 February 2019 23	Levski	1−0	CSKA	Sofia
13:00 EET	Paulinho  31' Goranov  43' Pereira  45+2' (o.g.) Thiam  56' Cvetković  69'	Report	Gyasi  43' Chorbadzhiyski  63' Turitsov  66' Pereira  90+5'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)

2 March 2019 24	CSKA	5−1	Septemvri	Sofia
17:30 EET	Sowe  2' (pen.), 23', 74' Jorginho  18' Henrique  28' Bikel  71' Antov  82'	Report	Stoichkov  33' Alves  40' Glišić  52' Bashliev  64' I. Dimitrov  89'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 850 Referee: Petar Kirilov (Dobrich)

9 March 2019 25	Etar	1−3	CSKA	Veliko Tarnovo
17:30 EET	Skerlev  50' K. Stoyanov  61' Mladenov  75'	Report	Jorginho  31',  65' Sowe  69', 81'	Stadium: Stadion Ivaylo Attendance: 7,600 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)

16 March 2019 26	CSKA	2−0	Beroe	Sofia
17:45 EET	Tiago  18' Turitsov  82' Bikel  83' Alkan  90+2' (o.g.)	Report	Minchev  49' Leoni  52' Zhelev  74'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,950 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W
Position	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

30 March 2019 27	CSKA	1−0	Cherno More	Sofia
20:30 EET	Atanasov  22' Bikel  48' Sowe  83' (pen.)	Report	Stanchev  19' Fennouche  22' Rodrigo  76' Dimov  82' Vasilev  85' Genev  87'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)

6 April 2019 28	Ludogorets	0−0	CSKA	Razgrad
17:15 EEST	Dyakov  73'	Report	Geferson  71'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)

13 April 2019 29	CSKA	2−0	Beroe	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Evandro  13' (pen.),  35' Turitsov  36' Černiauskas  85' Malinov  89'	Report	Tsvetkov  8' Baranov  12' Ohene  32' Meledje  33' Alkan  41' Kamburov  76' Eugénio  81'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas)

20 April 2019 30	CSKA	0−0	Levski	Sofia
17:15 EEST	Malinov  62' Antov  67' Bodurov  86'	Report	Milanov  13' Reis  57' Raynov  79' Vaštšuk  89' M. D. Petkov  90+2'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 15,900 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)

29 April 2019 31	Botev Plovdiv	2−0	CSKA	Plovdiv
20:00 EEST	Ebert  30' V. Shopov  70' Pirgov  79' K. Dimitrov  79' Dobrev  81' Doré  83',  83' Nedelev  90+4'	Report	Tiago  22' Henrique  32' Evandro  38' Malinov  52' Bikel  55' Bodurov  56'	Stadium: Futbolen complex Botev 1912 Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

4 May 2019 32	Cherno More	1−3	CSKA	Varna
17:30 EEST	Konongo  17' Panayotov  66' Stanchev  90+2'	Report	Bodurov  21' Geferson  31' Tiago  33',  87' Gyasi  52' Atanasov  74' Sowe  75'	Stadium: Stadion Ticha Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)

11 May 2019 33	CSKA	0−0	Ludogorets	Sofia
20:15 EEST	Sowe 8' Geferson  39' Malinov  64'  90+3'	Report	Świerczok  18' Dyakov  42'  90+3' Lukoki  83'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv)

18 May 2019 34	Beroe	0−1	CSKA	Stara Zagora
20:30 EEST	Meledje  35' Eugénio  48' Alkan  68'	Report	Tiago  16',  72' Jorginho  35' Chorbadzhiyski  48' Bikel  63' Černiauskas  90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Beroe Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)

21 May 2019 35	Levski	0−2	CSKA	Sofia
18:00 EEST	Milanov  66' Reis  78'  84' M. D. Petkov  90+2'	Report	Malinov  55' Tiago  70' Evandro  86' Chorbadzhiyski  87'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 11,200 Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)

24 May 2019 36	CSKA	1−0	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Atanasov  42' Chorbadzhiyski  85' Jorginho  90+1'	Report	Pirgov  45+2'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)

Bulgarian Cup

25 September 2018 First Round	Montana	0−2	CSKA	Montana
19:00 EEST	Popov  47' Yordanov  53' A. Iliev  57' Mihov  66'	Report	Evandro  52' Manolev  64' Sekulić  67' Bikel  77' Sowe  90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Ogosta Attendance: 3,370 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv)

30 October 2018 Second Round	CSKA	3−1	Vitosha	Sofia
19:00 EET	Pinto  15' Sowe  74', 76'	Report	Tsankov  71' Kochilov  77' Milchev  90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 930 Referee: Petar Kirilov (Dobrich)

3 April 2019 Quarterfinal	Ludogorets	0−1	CSKA	Razgrad
18:30 EEST	Moți  15' Cicinho  45' Manolev  66' Góralski  68' Grigore  90+1'	Report	Pinto  30',  56' Bikel  39' Malinov  61' Tomás  70' Sowe  77' Evandro  90+2' Černiauskas  90+4'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

17 April 2019 Semifinal Leg 1	Botev Plovdiv	3−2	CSKA	Plovdiv
19:00 EEST	Nedelev  14' (pen.) Vutov  26' Terziev  45' A. Tonev  59' K. Dimitrov  67' Pirgov  72' Doré  84'	Report	Bikel  17'  53' Turitsov  18' Sowe  33' (pen.),  61' Pinto  69'	Stadium: Futbolen complex Botev 1912 Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)

24 April 2019 Semifinal Leg 2	CSKA	3−3 (5−6 agg.)	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
19:00 EEST	Sowe  49', 85' (pen.) Bikel  62' Evandro  72',  74' Pinto  81' Antov  90+3'	Report	Nedelev  22' Filipov  24'  53' Baltanov  27',  53' V. Shopov  43' Vutov  77'  84' K. Dimitrov  88'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 12,700 Referee: Petar Kirilov (Dobrich)

UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

12 July 2018 First leg	CSKA	1−0	Riga	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:45 EEST	Tiago  49' Gyasi  71' Sekulić  90+1'	Report	Bayenko  32'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)

19 July 2018 Second leg	Riga	1−0 (a.e.t.) (1−1 agg.) (3−5 p)	CSKA	Riga, Latvia
19:30 EEST	Černomordijs  44' Panić  63'  109' Šarić  67' Bayenko  108'  130' Vaštšuk  130'	Report	Tiago  27'  74' Despodov  33', 89' Malinov  112'  130' Bodurov  130'	Stadium: Skonto stadions Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Furkat Atazhanov (Kazakhstan)
	Penalties
	Lemajić Primão Kārkliņš Bayenko		Malinov Bodurov Geferson Gyasi Despodov

Second qualifying round

26 July 2018 First leg	CSKA	3−0	Admira Wacker Mödling	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 EEST	Despodov  29', 34' Maurides  38' (pen.) Pereira  45'	Report	Spasić  37' Jakoliš  43'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 6,200 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

2 August 2018 Second leg	Admira Wacker Mödling	1−3 (1−6 agg.)	CSKA	Maria Enzersdorf, Austria
20:00 EEST	Aiwu  18' Jakoliš  43' Bakış  55' Schmidt  69'	Report	Maurides  14', 53' Jorginho  80'	Stadium: BSFZ-Arena Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Third qualifying round

9 August 2018 First leg	CSKA	1−2	Copenhagen	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:45 EEST	Maurides  15' Chorbadzhiyski  41' Lyaskov  54' Pinto  73' Bikel  90+2'	Report	Falk  34' Vavro  64' Kodro  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 Second leg	Copenhagen	2−1 (4−2 agg.)	CSKA	Copenhagen, Denmark
19:30 EEST	N'Doye  23', 64' Greguš  26'	Report	Pereira  20' Evandro  58' Malinov  71' Bodurov  77'	Stadium: Parken Attendance: 10,078 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Friendlies

18 June 2018 Friendly	CSKA	2−0	Etar	Pancharevo, Bulgaria
17:00 EEST	Henrique  61', 79'	Report		Stadium: Sporten kompleks Pancharevo

23 June 2018 Friendly	CSKA	3−0	V-Varen Nagasaki	Jenbach, Austria
18:30 EEST	Tiago  21' Malinov  42' Gyasi  88'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Jenbach

27 June 2018 Friendly	CSKA	2−1	Ufa	Kirchdorf in Tirol, Austria
19:00 EEST	Yordanov  24', 61'	Report	Igboun  33'	Stadium: Leerberg-Arena Kirchdorf

30 June 2018 Friendly	CSKA	0−0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Kufstein, Austria
15:00 EEST		Report		Stadium: Kufstein-Arena

2 July 2018 Friendly	CSKA	3−3	Brøndby	Angerberg, Austria
19:00 EEST	Karanga  44' Jorginho  61' Tiago  63'	Report	Erceg  28', 42' Frendrup  46'	Stadium: Sportplatz Angerberg

7 July 2018 Friendly	CSKA	1−1	Tsarsko Selo	Sofia, Bulgaria
16:00 EEST	Tiago  40'	Report	Minchev  4'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya

16 January 2019 Friendly	CSKA	1−1	Bochum	Marbella, Spain
16:00 EET	Malinov  75'	Report	Maier  63'	Stadium: La Dama de Noche

20 January 2019 Friendly	CSKA	1−3	Puskás Akadémia	La Línea, Spain
17:00 EET	Tiago  81'	Report	Vega  54' Tamás  62' Poór  65'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal

23 January 2019 Friendly	CSKA	1−0	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Lamos De La Quinta, Spain
17:00 EET	Sowe  79'	Report		Stadium: Chincheta

28 January 2019 Friendly	CSKA	2−1	Viktoria Plzeň	Estepona, Spain
17:00 EET	Gyasi  44' (pen.) Henrique  82'	Report	Beauguel  37' (pen.)	Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Arroyo Enmedio

31 January 2019 Friendly	CSKA	2−3	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 Friendly	CSKA	0−3	Dynamo Kyiv	Marbella, Spain
17:00 EET		Report	Tsyhankov  3' Verbič  35' Andriyevskyi  89'	Stadium: La Dama de Noche

9 February 2019 Friendly	CSKA	0−1	Etar	Sofia, Bulgaria
15:00 EET		Report	Bojaj  34'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Referee: Ivo Andreev (Sofia)

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		Dante Stipica	4	-3	2	-2	2	-1	0	0
2	DF		Stoycho Atanasov	12	0	6+4	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF		Geferson	21	0	15+1	0	1	0	4	0
4	DF		Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski	37	1	27+2	1	3	0	5	0
5	DF		Nikolay Bodurov	36	0	29	0	4	0	3	0
6	MF		Rúben Pinto	43	5	30+3	2	4	3	6	0
7	MF		Jorginho	42	6	19+13	5	4+1	0	4+1	1
8	MF		Edwin Gyasi	38	5	21+9	5	1+1	0	3+3	0
10	FW		Evandro	25	5	8+12	2	1+3	2	0+1	1
12	GK		Slavi Petrov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF		Angel Lyaskov	18	0	11+3	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
15	MF		Kristiyan Malinov	39	1	28+3	1	5	0	3	0
16	MF		Janio Bikel	40	0	18+12	0	4+1	0	3+2	0
17	FW		Henrique	19	1	9+5	1	3	0	1+1	0
18	FW		Martin Smolenski	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Ivan Turitsov	16	0	13	0	3	0	0	0
20	MF		Tiago Rodrigues	40	9	30+3	8	2	0	5	1
22	FW		Ali Sowe	33	17	19+9	11	3+2	6	0	0
24	DF		Nuno Tomás	15	0	12	0	2+1	0	0	0
25	DF		Steven Pereira	13	0	7+1	0	0	0	4+1	0
26	DF		Valentin Antov	27	0	10+8	0	2+2	0	2+3	0
27	MF		Andrey Yordanov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Borislav Budinov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Vytautas Černiauskas	43	-27	34	-15	3	-6	6	-6
Players away from the club on loan:
21	FW		Tonislav Yordanov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
28	DF		Plamen Galabov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK		Georgi Kitanov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for CSKA Sofia that left during the season:
9	FW		Maurides	27	13	16+5	9	2	0	4	4
11	DF		Stanislav Manolev	14	1	7+4	1	2	0	0+1	0
19	FW		Kiril Despodov	22	10	14+2	8	1	0	5	2
23	DF		Aleksandar Dyulgerov	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+2	0
27	DF		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		22	Ali Sowe	11	6	0	17
2	FW		9	Maurides	9	0	4	13
3	FW		19	Kiril Despodov	8	0	2	10
4	MF		20	Tiago Rodrigues	8	0	1	9
5	MF		7	Jorginho	5	0	1	6
6	MF		6	Rúben Pinto	2	3	0	5
	MF		8	Edwin Gyasi	5	0	0	5
	FW		10	Evandro	2	2	1	5
9	DF		4	Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski	1	0	0	1
	DF		11	Stanislav Manolev	1	0	0	1
	MF		15	Kristiyan Malinov	1	0	0	1
	MF		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
2		DF	Stoycho Atanasov	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3		DF	Geferson	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4		DF	Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski	9	0	0	0	0	1	9	1
5		DF	Nikolay Bodurov	7	0	0	0	1	1	8	1
6		MF	Rúben Pinto	6	0	2	0	1	0	9	0
7		MF	Jorginho	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	Edwin Gyasi	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
10		FW	Evandro	3	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
14		DF	Angel Lyaskov	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
15		MF	Kristiyan Malinov	10	1	1	0	2	1	13	2
16		MF	Janio Bikel	9	0	5	1	1	0	15	1
17		MF	Henrique	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		DF	Ivan Turitsov	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
20		MF	Tiago Rodrigues	6	0	0	0	2	1	8	1
22		FW	Ali Sowe	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
24		DF	Nuno Tomás	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
25		DF	Steven Pereira	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
26		DF	Valentin Antov	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
30		GK	Vytautas Černiauskas	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Players away on loan or who left CSKA Sofia during the season:
9		FW	Maurides	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		DF	Stanislav Manolev	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
19		MF	Kiril Despodov	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
27		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

• PFC CSKA Sofia

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External links

• CSKA Official Site