2019–20 PFC CSKA Sofia season

The 2019–20 season is CSKA Sofia's 71st season in the First League and their fourth 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 2019–20 season.

CSKA Sofia

2019–20 season
Controlling owner	Grisha Ganchev
Manager	Dobromir Mitov (until 21 July 2019) Ljupko Petrović (until 2 October 2019) Dobromir Mitov (interim) (until 7 October 2019) Miloš Kruščić (until 2 July 2020) Stamen Belchev (from 2 July 2020)
Parva Liga	Second place
Bulgarian Cup	Final
Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Ali Sowe (13 goals) All: Ali Sowe (15 goals)
Highest home attendance	15,310 (v Zorya Luhansk, 8 August 2019)
Lowest home attendance	720 (v Vitosha, 5 October 2019)
Average home league attendance	4,639
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

Current squad

As of 21 May 2020 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  BUL Iliya Shalamanov 3 DF  BRA Geferson 4 DF  BUL Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski 6 MF  POR Rúben Pinto (vice-captain) 8 MF  IRL Graham Carey 9 FW  AUS Tomi Juric 10 FW  BRA Evandro 11 DF  BUL Petar Zanev (captain) 13 GK  BRA Gustavo Busatto 15 MF  BUL Kristiyan Malinov 17 MF  BRA Henrique

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  FRA Bradley Mazikou 19 DF  BUL Ivan Turitsov 20 MF  POR Tiago Rodrigues 21 MF  GHA Edwin Gyasi 22 FW  GAM Ali Sowe 23 FW  BUL Ahmed Ahmedov 24 MF  ITA Stefano Beltrame 26 DF  BUL Valentin Antov 27 MF  BUL Martin Smolenski 28 DF  BUL Plamen Galabov 30 GK  LTU Vytautas Černiauskas

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
7	MF		Denis Davydov	24	Non-EU	Nizhny Novgorod	Free transfer	Summer	2023	Free	cska.bg
9	FW		Tony Watt	25	EU	St Johnstone	Free transfer	Summer	2022	Free	cska.bg
21	MF		Diego Fabbrini	28	EU	Botoșani	Free transfer	Summer	2022	Free	cska.bg
11	DF		Petar Zanev	33	EU	Yenisey	Free transfer	Summer	2020	Free	cska.bg
1	GK		Petar Petrov	20	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan return	Summer			cska.bg
23	MF		Mitko Mitkov	18	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan return	Summer			cska.bg
24	DF		Nuno Tomás	23	EU	Belenenses	Transfer	Summer	2022	Undisclosed	cska.bg
28	DF		Plamen Galabov	23	EU	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	Loan return	Summer	2022		sportal.bg
8	MF		Graham Carey	30	EU	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer	Summer	2021	Free	cska.bg
13	GK		Gustavo Busatto	28	EU	Ituano	Transfer	Summer	2022	Undisclosed	cska.bg
14	MF		Viv Solomon-Otabor	23	EU	Birmingham City	Transfer	Summer	2022	Free	cska.bg
25	DF		Raúl Albentosa	30	EU	Deportivo La Coruña	Transfer	Summer	2022	Undisclosed	cska.bg
18	DF		Bradley Mazikou	23	EU	Lorient	Transfer	Summer	2022	Undisclosed	cska.bg
21/9	FW		Tomi Juric	28	EU	Luzern	Free transfer	Summer	2022	Free	cska.bg
23	FW		Ahmed Ahmedov	24	EU	Dunav Ruse	Transfer	Winter		€60,000	cska.bg
4	DF		Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski	24	EU	FCSB	Loan return	Winter	2022
21	MF		Edwin Gyasi	28	EU	FC Dallas	Loan return	Winter	2020
29	FW		Tonislav Yordanov	21	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan return	Winter	2022
24	MF		Stefano Beltrame	26	EU	Juventus	Transfer	Winter	2021	Undisclosed	cska.bg
5	MF		Vurnon Anita	30	EU	Leeds United	Transfer	Winter	2020	Free	cska.bg
27	MF		Martin Smolenski	17	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan return	Winter		Free	dsport.bg

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK		Dante Stipica	28	EU	Pogoń Szczecin	Released	Summer	Free	cska.bg
7	MF		Jorginho	23	EU	Saint-Étienne	Loan return	Summer	Free	cska.bg
12	GK		Slavi Petrov	20	EU	Strumska Slava	Released	Summer	Free	sportal.bg
14	DF		Angel Lyaskov	21	EU	Botev Vratsa	Loan	Summer	Free	cska.bg
18	MF		Aleksandar Georgiev	21	EU	Arda Kardzhali	Released	Summer	Free	sportal.bg
22	MF		Nikola Kolev	23	EU	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	Released	Summer	Free	sportal.bg
25	RB		Steven Pereira	25	EU	Santa Clara	Released	Summer	Free	cska.bg
33	GK		Georgi Kitanov	24	EU	Astra Giurgiu	Released	Summer	Free	sportal.bg
8	MF		Edwin Gyasi	28	EU	FC Dallas	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	cska.bg
1	GK		Petar Petrov	20	EU	Litex Lovech	Transfer	Summer	Free
4	DF		Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski	24	EU	FCSB	Loan	Summer	€50,000	cska.bg
21	MF		Diego Fabbrini	29	EU	Dinamo București	Transfer	Summer	Free	cska.bg
5	DF		Nikolay Bodurov	33	EU	Esteghlal	Released	Winter	Free	cska.bg
2	DF		Stoycho Atanasov	22	EU	Arda Kardzhali	Transfer	Winter	€50,000	cska.bg
23	MF		Mitko Mitkov	19	EU	Dunav Ruse	Loan	Winter	Free	dsport.bg
9	FW		Tony Watt	26	EU	Motherwell	Released	Winter	Free	cska.bg
16	MF		Janio Bikel	24	EU	Vancouver Whitecaps	Transfer	Winter	€455,000	cska.bg
27	MF		Martin Smolenski	16	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan	Winter	Free	cska.bg
29	FW		Tonislav Yordanov	21	EU	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	Loan	Winter	Free	cska.bg
24	DF		Nuno Tomás	24	EU	KuPS	Loan	Winter	Free	dsport.bg
25	DF		Raúl Albentosa	31	EU	Released	Released	Winter	Free	cska.bg
5	MF		Vurnon Anita	31	EU	Released	Released	Winter	Free	dsport.bg
7	MF		Denis Davydov	25	Non-EU	Released	Released	Winter	Free	dsport.bg
14	MF		Viv Solomon-Otabor	24	EU	Released	Released	Winter	Free	cska.bg

Competitions

Parva Liga

Main article: 2019–20 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

Regular Stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	26	18	8	0	46	12	+34	62	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26	14	8	4	49	23	+26	50[lower-alpha 1]
3	CSKA Sofia	26	14	8	4	41	17	+24	50[lower-alpha 1]
4	Levski Sofia	26	14	7	5	43	19	+24	49
5	Slavia Sofia	26	13	6	7	36	28	+8	45

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.[1]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points (GD): Lokomotiv Plovdiv 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

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	14	8	4	41	17	+24	50	8	4	1	25	10	+15	6	4	3	16	7	+9

Last updated: 14 June 2020.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D
Position	7	11	7	6	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2020. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

CSKA v Etar

12 July 2019 (2019-07-12) 1	CSKA	2−2	Etar	Sofia
21:00 EEST	Sowe  4' (pen.) Mitkov  73' Pinto  86'	Report	Iliev  26' Mladenov  57', 78' Apostolov  67' Bojaj  89' Ivanov  90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli) Man of the Match: Daniel Mladenov

CSKA v Cherno More

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) 2	CSKA	1−3	Cherno More	Sofia
18:45 EEST	Evandro  27' Atanasov  39' Tiago  67' Watt  74',  74'	Report	Rodrigo  19',  37' (pen.), 60' Isa  23' Popov  33'  88' Andrade  40' Panayotov  61' N'Dongala  76' Panov  76'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Rodrigo Henrique

Slavia v CSKA

28 July 2019 (2019-07-28) 3	Slavia	1−2	CSKA	Sofia
21:00 EEST	Dyulgerov  36' Karabelyov  60' Patev  84'	Report	Chorbadzhiyski  41' Fabbrini  60' Evandro  69', 87' Malinov  87'	Stadium: Stadion Slavia Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen) Man of the Match: Evandro

CSKA v Botev Vratsa

4 August 2019 (2019-08-04) 4	CSKA	1−0	Botev Vratsa	Sofia
18:45 EEST	Evandro  56',  71' Turitsov  60'	Report	Gadzhev  36' Zlatinski  39' Domovchiyski  56' Genov  64' Žderić  73'  85' Valchev  86'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Evandro

Ludogorets v CSKA

11 August 2019 (2019-08-11) 5	Ludogorets	0−0	CSKA	Razgrad
20:30 EEST	Keșerü  77' Wanderson  82'	Report	Tiago  45' Fabbrini  83'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna) Man of the Match: Plamen Iliev

CSKA v Arda

18 August 2019 (2019-08-18) 6	CSKA	3−2	Arda	Sofia
18:00 EEST	Watt  15' Evandro  63' Sowe  89' Černiauskas  90+2'	Report	Vasilev  19' Krumov  32' Martinov  49' Lozev  57' Kokonov  90+1' Sam  90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Georgi Nikolov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Tony Watt

Dunav v CSKA

25 August 2019 (2019-08-25) 7	Dunav	1−1	CSKA	Ruse
18:00 EEST	Hristov  41' Isaevski  48' Ahmedov  49' Dimov  70' Inkoom  86' Nikolov  90'	Report	Sowe  35' Evandro  68'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 2,967 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Evandro

CSKA v Levski

1 September 2019 (2019-09-01) 8	CSKA	2−2	Levski	Sofia
17:45 EEST	Evandro  73',  83' Carey  75' Albentosa  78',  88' Bikel  82'	Report	S. Ivanov  12' Robertha  18' Thiam  68' Milanov  90+4'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 14,200 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Graham Carey

Botev Plovdiv v CSKA

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 9	Botev Plovdiv	0−1	CSKA	Plovdiv
17:30 EEST	Terziev  20' Vutov  85'	Report	Sowe  75'	Stadium: Futbolen complex Botev 1912 Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Ali Sowe

CSKA v Tsarsko Selo

20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) 10	CSKA	3−0	Tsarsko Selo	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Sowe  48' Tiago  75' Geferson  80'	Report	Anderson  23' Daskalov  50' Kavdanski  87'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia) Man of the Match: Ali Sowe

Beroe v CSKA

29 September 2019 (2019-09-29) 11	Beroe	2−1	CSKA	Stara Zagora
20:30 EEST	Conté  31' Alkan  38' Bandalovski  45+3' Brígido  78' Perniš  90+3'	Report	Carey  72' Sowe  90'	Stadium: Stadion Beroe Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna) Man of the Match: Rúben Brígido

CSKA v Vitosha

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 12	CSKA	4−0	Vitosha	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Watt  4' Albentosa  19' Malinov  39' Evandro  74'	Report	Gochev  22'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 720 Referee: Georgi Ivanov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Kristiyan Malinov

Lokomotiv v CSKA

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20) 13	Lokomotiv	1−0	CSKA	Plovdiv
17:45 EEST	Tomašević  16',  37'  82' Vitanov  71' Lukov  90+4'	Report	Galabov  57' Carey  66' Antov  79' Zanev  90'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen) Man of the Match: Martin Lukov

Etar v CSKA

30 October 2019 (2019-10-30) 14	Etar	0−4	CSKA	Veliko Tarnovo
18:30 EEST	Stanoev  22' Iliev  25'  54' Bojaj  69' Hubchev  79' Dyulgerov  83'	Report	Galabov  32' Zanev  36',  81' Evandro  63' Sowe  68' Tiago  72' Solomon-Otabor  74'	Stadium: Stadion Ivaylo Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich) Man of the Match: Petar Zanev

Cherno More v CSKA

5 November 2019 (2019-11-05) 15	Cherno More	0−2	CSKA	Varna
17:30 EET	Andrade  16' Kiki  45' Popov  60' Yanchev  75' Panayotov  79'	Report	Evandro  13' Sowe  30',  90+2' Kruščić  63' Mazikou  66' Geferson  78' Pinto  79' Malinov  88'	Stadium: Stadion Ticha Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Kristiyan Malinov

CSKA v Slavia

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) 16	CSKA	1−0	Slavia	Sofia
17:30 EET	Zanev  45+1' Sowe  66' Albentosa  75' Busatto  90+6'	Report	Karabelyov  65' Gamakov  65' Shokolarov  87'  88'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna) Man of the Match: Ali Sowe

Botev Vratsa v CSKA

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 17	Botev Vratsa	0−3	CSKA	Vratsa
15:00 EET	Kerchev  24' Milanov  60' Gadzhev  77'	Report	Galabov  7' Tiago  18', 90+2' Pinto  35' Antov  77'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Plamen Galabov

CSKA v Ludogorets

1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) 18	CSKA	0−0	Ludogorets	Sofia
18:00 EET	Albentosa  12' Tiago  36' Galabov  72' Geferson  89'	Report	Anicet  25' Forster  33' Tchibota  38' Keșerü  49' Wanderson  90'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Plamen Iliev

Arda v CSKA

8 December 2019 (2019-12-08) 19	Arda	0−0	CSKA	Plovdiv
14:15 EET	Kokonov  11' Amorim  45+1' Krumov  66' Hristov  90+1'	Report	Mazikou  19' Geferson  34' Pinto  90'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 820 Referee: Petar Kirilov (Dobrich) Man of the Match: Gustavo Busatto

CSKA v Dunav

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 20	CSKA	4−0	Dunav	Sofia
16:50 EET	Tiago  31' Sowe  59' Turitsov  62' Carey  68' Pinto  73'	Report	Shterev  21' Varbanov  32'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 850 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia) Man of the Match: Rúben Pinto
Note: The game was scheduled for a 16:30 start, but started with a 20 minute delay due to a power outage.

Levski v CSKA

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 21	Levski	0−0	CSKA	Sofia
14:45 EET	Paulinho  31' Reis  40'  75' Milanov  52'	Report	Malinov  18' Kruščić  22' Antov  24' Bikel  90' Juric  90+3' Zanev  90+5'  90+5'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 25,255 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Valentin Antov

CSKA v Botev Plovdiv

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 22	CSKA	1−0	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
16:30 EET	Beltrame  34',  59'	Report	Shopov  13' A. Tonev  55' Pirgov  60'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Stefano Beltrame

Tsarsko Selo v CSKA

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 23	Tsarsko Selo	2−1	CSKA	Bistritsa
17:30 EET	Anderson  6' Bahamboula  42'  43' Daskalov  59' Budinov  82' Ivanov  88' Placide  90+2'	Report	Beltrame  20' Galabov  57'	Stadium: Stadion Bistritsa Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Dylan Bahamboula

CSKA v Beroe

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 24	CSKA	2−0	Beroe	Sofia
17:30 EET	Anita  21' Carey  59', 72'	Report	Octávio  18' Angelov  23' Mézague  31' Furtado  45' Stoyanov  51' D. Dimitrov  82'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 800 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich) Man of the Match: Graham Carey

Vitosha v CSKA

6 June 2020 (2020-06-06) 25	Vitosha	0−1	CSKA	Bistritsa
21:00 EEST	Krastev  24' Dinev  41' Amzin  56' Zyumbulev  71' Dyakov  76' Kutev  89'	Report	Sowe 25' Pinto  63' Ahmedov  73' Evandro  86'	Stadium: Stadion Bistritsa Attendance: 550 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Evandro
Note: The game was originally scheduled to be played on 15 March 2020. Due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak it was decided to be played behind closed doors.[2] On 13 March the Bulgarian Football Union postponed all games until 13 April.[3], which was on 6 April extended until 13 May 2020.[4] On 2 June 2020 the Ministry of Health announced that stadiums are allowed to host spectators up to 30% of their total capacity.[5]

CSKA v Lokomotiv

14 June 2020 (2020-06-14) 26	CSKA	1−1	Lokomotiv	Sofia
21:00 EEST	Malinov  67' Turitsov  68' Tiago  83' Zanev  90' Carey  90+4'	Report	Lucas  4' Almeida  49' Petrović  52'  66'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen) Man of the Match: Tiago Rodrigues
Note: The match was to be originally played on 21 March 2020, but was postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.[3] On 12 June 2020 the Ministry of Health announced that stadiums are allowed to host spectators up to 50% of their total capacity.[6]

Championship round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	31	21	9	1	59	18	+41	72	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	31	16	11	4	52	22	+30	59	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Slavia Sofia (O)	31	16	7	8	42	32	+10	55	Qualification for the European play-off final
4	Levski Sofia	31	15	8	8	50	30	+20	53[lower-alpha 1]
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	31	15	8	8	53	35	+18	53[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
6	Beroe	31	16	1	14	50	43	+7	49

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.[7]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points in the regular season: Levski 4, Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1.
2. Lokomotiv Plovdiv qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Bulgarian Cup.

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
5	2	3	0	11	5	+6	9	1	2	0	9	4	+5	1	1	0	2	1	+1

Last updated: 12 July 2020.
Source: See results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	W	W
Position	2	3	3	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 12 July 2020. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

CSKA v Levski

20 June 2020 (2020-06-20) 27	CSKA	3−3	Levski	Sofia
16:15 EEST	Kargas  16' (o.g.) Busatto  34' Antov  38' Carey  58' (pen.) Galabov  69' Kruščić  70' Pinto  74' Sowe  88'	Report	Alar  16' Nascimento  16' Kargas  19' Goranov  35' (pen.) Thiam  45+3' Eyjólfsson  57' Slavchev  62',  70' Naydenov  86'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Ali Sowe
Note: According to a regulation from 12 June 2020, issued by the Ministry of Health, stadiums are allowed to host spectators up to 50% of their total capacity.[6]

Slavia v CSKA

27 June 2020 (2020-06-27) 28	Slavia	0−0	CSKA	Sofia
18:45 EEST	K. Krastev  72'	Report	Geferson  66' Pinto  74'	Stadium: Stadion Slavia Attendance: 700 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich) Man of the Match: Plamen Galabov
Note: According to a regulation, issued on 23 June 2020 by the Ministry of Health, stadiums are allowed to host up to 50% of its capacity, but no more than 1,000 spectators per block.[8]

CSKA v Ludogorets

5 July 2020 (2020-07-05) 29	CSKA	1−1	Ludogorets	Sofia
21:00 EEST	Tiago  49' Ahmedov  53' Sowe  62' Carey  70'	Report	Cicinho  8' Biton  71'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Ali Sowe
Note: According to a regulation, issued on 23 June 2020 by the Ministry of Health, stadiums are allowed to host up to 50% of its capacity, but no more than 1,000 spectators per block.[8]

Lokomotiv v CSKA

9 July 2020 (2020-07-09) 30	Lokomotiv	1−2	CSKA	Plovdiv
20:30 EEST	Pugliese  38' Nikolaev  41' Salinas  61' Akinyemi  70' Lukov  90+4'	Report	Geferson  34' Galabov  37' Tiago  80' (pen.) Sowe  90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: no spectators Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich) Man of the Match: Tiago Rodrigues
Note: The game will be played behind closed doors due to a spike of COVID-19-related infections in Bulgaria.[9]

CSKA v Beroe

12 July 2020 (2020-07-12) 31	CSKA	5−0	Beroe	Sofia
21:00 EEST	Evandro  4' Antov  24' Tiago  27',  70' (pen.), 77' Malinov  32' Sowe  81'	Report	Mézague  39' Stoyanov  40'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: no spectators Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Valentin Antov
Note: On 9 July 2020 the Ministry of Health announced that the stadiums are not allowed to host spectators due to a recent spike of COVID-19-related infections in Bulgaria.[10] All games will be played behind closed doors until further notice.

Bulgarian Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Bulgarian Cup

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa v CSKA

24 September 2019 (2019-09-24) First Round	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	0−3	CSKA	Gorna Oryahovitsa
18:30 EEST		Report	Davydov  20' Watt  55', 62'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Dimo Dimov (Sliven)

Arda v CSKA

5 December 2019 (2019-12-05) Second Round	Arda	0−1	CSKA	Kardzhali
13:30 EET	Delev  6' Hassani  14'  66' Kokonov  37' Georgiev  73' Krumov  73'	Report	Sowe  2',  66' Galabov  21' Tiago  39'	Stadium: Arena Arda Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

CSKA v Botev Vratsa

3 March 2020 (2020-03-03) Quarter-final	CSKA	2−1	Botev Vratsa	Sofia
18:00 EET	Gyasi  34',  67' Zanev  38' Anita  87' Ahmedov  89'	Report	Genov  22' Ivaylov  24' Vasev  43' Uzunov  71' Kostov  75' Gadzhev  90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)

Botev Plovdiv v CSKA

10 June 2020 (2020-06-10) Semi-final Leg 1	Botev Plovdiv	0−0	CSKA	Plovdiv
21:00 EEST	Terziev  34' Filipov  89'  90+1'	Report	Malinov  49' Kruščić  83'	Stadium: Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912 Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia)
Note: The match was to be originally played between 7 and 9 April 2020, but it was postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.[3] According to regulation from 2 June 2020., issued by the Ministry of Health, stadiums are allowed to host spectators up to 30% of their total capacity.[5]

CSKA v Botev Plovdiv

24 June 2020 (2020-06-24) Semi-final Leg 2	CSKA	2−0 (2−0 agg.)	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
20:30 EEST	Bandalovski  19' (o.g.) Sowe  54' Pinto  88' Malinov  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna)
Note: The match was to be originally played between 21 and 23 April 2020, but it was postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.[3] On 23 June 2020 the Ministry of Health announced that stadiums are allowed to host up to 50% of its capacity, but no more than 1,000 spectators per block.[8]

CSKA v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

1 July 2020 (2020-07-01) Final	CSKA	0−0 (a.e.t.) (3−5 p)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
19:15 EEST	Malinov  29'  115' Pinto  44' Antov  46' Sowe  59' Zanev  86'	Report	Karagaren  82' Aralica  90+4' Lukov  120+1'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv)
	Penalties
	Zanev Sowe Geferson Carey		Iliev Almeida Karagaren Malonga Tsvetanov
Note: The match was to be originally played on 16 May 2020, but it was postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.[3] On 27 June the Bulgarian Football Union announced that it is allowed for the stadium to host up to 30% of its total capacity (i.e. 12,000 spectators) with up to 3,000 spectators per block in accordance to health regulations, issued by the Ministry of Health.[11]

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path) § First qualifying round

CSKA v Titograd

9 July 2019 (2019-07-09) First leg	CSKA	4−0	Titograd	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:30 EEST	Evandro  40' Tiago  53' Geferson  55' Malinov  72'	Report	Mamadou  32' Roganović  39' Djalović  45'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Luís Godinho (Portugal)

Titograd v CSKA

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) Second leg	Titograd	0−0 (0−4 agg.)	CSKA	Podgorica, Montenegro
21:30 EEST	Banović  34'	Report	Mitkov  68' Pinto  89'	Stadium: Stadion pod Goricom[12] Attendance: 969 Referee: Vasilis Dimitriou (Cyprus)

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path) § Second qualifying round

CSKA v Osijek

25 July 2019 (2019-07-25) First leg	CSKA	1−0	Osijek	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:30 EEST	Fabbrini  17' Evandro  53' Geferson  66' Antov  71' Carey  90'	Report	Žaper  21' Šorša  29' Bočkaj  58'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

Osijek v CSKA

1 August 2019 (2019-08-01) Second leg	Osijek	1−0 (a.e.t.) (1−1 agg.) (3−4 p)	CSKA	Osijek, Croatia
21:45 EEST	Majstorović  28' Žaper  50' Bočkaj  54' Škorić  60' Mance  68'	Report	Bodurov  21' Albentosa  39' Sowe  51'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 7,214 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
	Penalties
	Lyopa Bočkaj Škorić Pilj Marić		Tiago Carey Geferson Bodurov Sowe

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path) § Third qualifying round

CSKA v Zorya Luhansk

8 August 2019 (2019-08-08) First leg	CSKA	1−1	Zorya Luhansk	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:30 EEST	Evandro  13' Bikel  33' Malinov  41' Fabbrini  75'	Report	Yurchenko  45+1' (pen.) Tymchyk  61' Abu Hanna  74'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski[13] Attendance: 15,310 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Zorya Luhansk v CSKA

15 August 2019 (2019-08-15) Second leg	Zorya Luhansk	1−0 (2−1 agg.)	CSKA	Zaporizhia, Ukraine
20:00 EEST	Khomchenovskyi  21' Yurchenko  29' Budkivskyi  45' Rusyn  68'  90',  89' Shevchenko  90+2'	Report	Turitsov  15'  22'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena[14] Attendance: 7,857 Referee: Amaury Delerue (France)

Friendlies

CSKA v Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa

18 June 2019 (2019-06-18) Friendly	CSKA	3−0	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	Teteven, Bulgaria
11:00 EEST	Sowe  56' Bikel  79' Sandov  84' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion Georgi Benkovski

CSKA v Příbram

24 June 2019 (2019-06-24) Friendly	CSKA	3−0	Příbram	Bruck, Austria
18:00 EEST	Sowe  11' Henrique  41' Fabbrini  79'	Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Bruck

CSKA v Ferencváros

27 June 2019 (2019-06-27) Friendly	CSKA	0−1	Ferencváros	Hochfilzen, Austria
19:00 EEST		Report	Nguen  71'	Stadium: Stadion Hochfilzen

CSKA v Shakhtar Donetsk

30 June 2019 (2019-06-30) Friendly	CSKA	0−1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Grödig, Austria
12:00 EEST		Report	Sikan  10'	Stadium: Untersberg-Arena

CSKA v Red Bull Salzburg

3 July 2019 (2019-07-03) Friendly	CSKA	1−0	Red Bull Salzburg	Saalfelden, Austria
19:30 EEST	Evandro  35'	Report	Prevljak 62'	Stadium: Sportplatz Bürgerau

CSKA v Vihren

6 July 2019 (2019-07-06) Friendly	CSKA	3−0	Vihren	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00 EEST	Carey  27' Sowe  53' Pinto  83'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Referee: Petar Grigorov (Sofia)

CSKA v Pomorie

7 September 2019 (2019-09-07) Friendly	CSKA	1−0	Pomorie	Straldzha, Bulgaria
17:00 EEST	Sowe  67'	Report		Stadium: Gradski stadion

Pirin v CSKA

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12) Friendly	Pirin	1−3	CSKA	Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
16:30 EEST	Meledje  21'	Report	Evandro  10', 52' Galabov  30'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev

CSKA v Kariana

24 October 2019 (2019-10-24) Friendly	CSKA	3−1	Kariana	Pancharevo, Bulgaria
16:00 EEST	Tiago  35', 72' Sowe  90' (pen.)	Report	Todorov  32'	Stadium: Sporten kompleks Pancharevo

Aris v CSKA

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) Friendly	Aris	2−0	CSKA	Thessaloniki, Greece
15:30 EET	Mancini  19' Tonso  37'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Kleanthis Vikelidis

CSKA v Caspiy

16 January 2020 (2020-01-16) Friendly	CSKA	4−0	Caspiy	Antalya, Turkey
15:30 EET	Sowe  35', 39' Albentosa  61' Nabihanov  68' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Aqua Sports Center Side

CSKA v 1. FC Nürnberg

21 January 2020 (2020-01-21) Friendly	CSKA	0−5	1. FC Nürnberg	Marbella, Spain
17:00 EET		Report	Lohkemper  29', 33' Carey  66' (o.g.) Frey  72' Geis  90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

CSKA v Shonan Bellmare

26 January 2020 (2020-01-26) Friendly	CSKA	0−1	Shonan Bellmare	Benahavís, Spain
17:00 EET		Report	Saka  71'	Stadium: La Quinta Football Fields

CSKA v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

29 January 2020 (2020-01-29) Friendly	CSKA	0−0	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Marbella, Spain
17:00 EET		Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Center S1

CSKA v Viktoria Plzeň

31 January 2020 (2020-01-31) Friendly	CSKA	0−3	Viktoria Plzeň	Estepona, Spain
17:00 EET		Report	Kovařík  39', 47' Alvir  66'	Stadium: Arroyo Enmedio Pitch

CSKA v Jablonec

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) Friendly	CSKA	0−2	Jablonec	Marbella, Spain
18:15 EET		Report	Kubista  6' Jovović  35'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center S1

CSKA v Strumska Slava

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) Friendly	CSKA	2−0	Strumska Slava	Sofia, Bulgaria
14:45 EET	Beltrame  44' Pinto  79' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia

CSKA v Botev Vratsa

30 May 2020 (2020-05-30) Friendly	CSKA	2−0	Botev Vratsa	Sofia, Bulgaria
17:00 EEST	Juric  77' (pen.) Carey  79'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 12 July 2020

No.	Pos	Player	Parva Liga		Bulgarian Cup		Europa League		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Iliya Shalamanov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Geferson	9+10	1	1+3	0	6	1	29	2
4	DF	Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski	3	0	0	0	0+1	0	4	0
5	MF	Yoan Baurenski	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF	Rúben Pinto	15+4	1	4+1	0	1+1	0	26	1
8	MF	Graham Carey	16+9	4	4	0	2+3	0	34	4
9	FW	Tomi Juric	0+7	0	0+1	0	0	0	8	0
10	FW	Evandro	22+8	10	5	0	5	3	40	13
11	DF	Petar Zanev	26	1	5	0	4+1	0	36	1
13	GK	Gustavo Busatto	24	-11	6	-1	0	0	30	-12
15	MF	Kristiyan Malinov	21+6	2	5+1	0	5+1	1	39	3
17	FW	Henrique	4+7	0	0+4	0	0	0	15	0
18	DF	Bradley Mazikou	23+2	0	6	0	0	0	31	0
19	DF	Ivan Turitsov	19	0	4	0	2+1	0	26	0
20	MF	Tiago Rodrigues	18+6	8	3+2	0	5	1	34	9
21	MF	Edwin Gyasi	6+3	0	1	1	0	0	10	1
22	FW	Ali Sowe	27+3	13	5	2	5+1	0	41	15
23	FW	Ahmed Ahmedov	2+4	0	0+3	1	0	0	9	1
24	MF	Stefano Beltrame	6+1	2	2+2	0	0	0	11	2
26	DF	Valentin Antov	17	1	6	0	1+1	0	25	1
27	MF	Martin Smolenski	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	DF	Plamen Galabov	17	1	2+1	0	2	0	22	1
30	GK	Vytautas Černiauskas	7	-11	0	0	6	-3	13	-14
Players away from the club on loan:
23	MF	Mitko Mitkov	0+2	1	0	0	0+2	0	4	1
24	DF	Nuno Tomás	4	0	0	0	5	0	9	0
29	FW	Tonislav Yordanov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for CSKA Sofia that left during the season:
2	DF	Stoycho Atanasov	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	4	0
5	DF	Nikolay Bodurov	2	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
5	MF	Vurnon Anita	1+1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF	Denis Davydov	0+3	0	1	1	0	0	4	1
9	FW	Tony Watt	7+8	3	1+1	2	1+2	0	20	5
14	MF	Viv Solomon-Otabor	13+6	1	1+1	0	0+1	0	22	1
16	MF	Janio Bikel	12+2	0	1	0	5+1	0	21	0
21	MF	Diego Fabbrini	3+2	0	0	0	4+2	0	11	0
25	DF	Raúl Albentosa	15	2	2	0	3	0	20	2

Goalscorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Parva Liga	Bulgarian Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW		22	Ali Sowe	13	2	0	15
2	FW		10	Evandro	10	0	3	13
3	MF		20	Tiago Rodrigues	8	0	1	9
4	FW		9	Tony Watt	3	2	0	5
5	MF		8	Graham Carey	4	0	0	4
6	MF		15	Kristiyan Malinov	2	0	1	3
7	DF		3	Geferson	1	0	1	2
	MF		24	Stefano Beltrame	2	0	0	2
	DF		25	Raúl Albentosa	2	0	0	2
10	MF		6	Rúben Pinto	1	0	0	1
	MF		7	Denis Davydov	0	1	0	1
	DF		11	Petar Zanev	1	0	0	1
	MF		14	Viv Solomon-Otabor	1	0	0	1
	MF		21	Edwin Gyasi	0	1	0	1
	MF		23	Mitko Mitkov	1	0	0	1
	FW		23	Ahmed Ahmedov	0	1	0	1
	MF		26	Valentin Antov	1	0	0	1
	DF		28	Plamen Galabov	1	0	0	1
				Own goal	1	1	0	2
TOTALS					52	8	6	66

As of 12 July 2020

Disciplinary Record

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for CSKA first squad during the season.

N	P	Nat.	Name	Parva Liga			Bulgarian Cup			Europa League			Total			Notes
2	DF		Atanasov	1									1
3	DF		Geferson	5						1			6
4	DF		Chorbadzhiyski	1									1
5	MF		Anita	1			1						2
5	DF		Bodurov							1			1
6	MF		Pinto	8			1			1			10
8	MF		Carey	5						1			6
9	FW		Watt	1									1
9	FW		Juric	1									1
10	FW		Evandro	4									4
11	DF		Zanev	6		1	1						7		1
13	GK		Busatto	2									2
15	MF		Malinov	5	1		2			1			8	1
16	MF		Bikel	2						1			3
18	DF		Mazikou	2									2
19	DF		Turistsov	3						1		1	4		1
20	MF		Tiago	6			1						7
21	MF		Gyasi				1						1
21	MF		Fabbrini	2						2			4
22	FW		Sowe	3					1	1			4		1
23	MF		Ahmedov	2									2
23	MF		Mitkov							1			1
24	MF		Beltrame	1									1
25	DF		Albentosa	3						1			4
26	MF		Antov	5						1			6
28	DF		Galabov	6			1						7
30	GK		Černiauskas	1									1

Last updated: 12 July 2020
Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

See also

• PFC CSKA Sofia

References

1. "A PFG – Regular season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
2. "Изявление на БФС". Bulgarian Football Union. 8 March 2020.
3. "БФС преустановява временно първенствата в Първа и Втора лига". Bulgarian Football Union. 13 March 2020.
4. "Решения след срещата на Експертната група към БФС". Bulgarian Football Union. 6 April 2020.
5. "От 5 юни се разрешава провеждането на първенството за първа и втора професионална футболна лига пред публика". Ministry of Heath of Republic of Bulgaria. 2 June 2020.
6. "До 30 юни не се разрешават посещенията в дискотеки, пиано-барове, нощни барове и клубове". Ministry of Heath of Republic of Bulgaria. 12 June 2020.
7. "Наредба за първенствата и турнирите по футбол в системата на БФС за сезон 2019/2020 година" (PDF) (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
8. "От утре, 23 юни, носенето на предпазна маска или друго средство е задължително на всички закрити обществени места". Ministry of Heath of Republic of Bulgaria. 23 June 2020.
9. "Без публика на Локо Пд – ЦСКА". dsport.bg. 8 July 2020.
10. "Нощните заведения могат да работят на открито при 50% от капацитета си, спортните мероприятия се провеждат без публика, на групови празненства е разрешено присъствието на до 30 души". Ministry of Heath of Republic of Bulgaria. 9 July 2020.
11. "Решения след работната среща между ръководството на БФС и държавните власти". Bulgarian Football Union. 27 June 2020.
12. OFK Titograd plays their home match at Stadion pod Goricom, Podgorica, instead of their regular stadium at Camp FSCG, Podgorica, which does not meet UEFA requirements.
13. CSKA plays 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.
14. Zorya Luhansk play their home matches at Slavutych-Arena, Zaporizhia, instead of their regular stadium Avanhard Stadium, Luhansk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.

External links

• CSKA Official Site