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| Full name | Професионален Футболен Клуб ЦСКА София Professional Football Club CSKA Sofia | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Армейците (The Аrmy) Червените (The Reds) | |||
| Short name | CSKA Sofia | |||
| Founded | 5 May 1948 | |||
| Ground | Vasil Levski National Stadium New Bulgarian Army Stadium (under construction) | |||
| Capacity | 43,230 | |||
| Owner | National Fund for Sports, Culture, Art, and Science | |||
| Head coach | Aleksandar Tomash | |||
| League | First League | |||
| 2023–24 | First League, 3rd of 16 | |||
| Website | cska | |||
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CSKA Sofia (Bulgarian: ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. CSKA is an abbreviation for Central Sports Club of the Army (Bulgarian: Централен спортен клуб на армията), named after the Bulgarian Army. CSKA is the most successful football club of Bulgaria according to the Europe's Club of the Century ranking of the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).[1]
Officially established on 5 May 1948, CSKA's roots date back to an army officers' club founded in 1923.[2] The club has won a record 31 Bulgarian titles and 21 Bulgarian Cups.[1][3] Internationally, CSKA are the only Bulgarian club to have reached the semi-finals of the European Cup, which they have done twice, and they have also reached the semi-final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup once.[4]
CSKA's home colors are red and white and its home ground is the Bulgarian Army Stadium. The club's biggest rivals are Levski Sofia and matches between the two sides are known as "The Eternal Derby of Bulgaria".
- ^ a b Europe's Club of the Century Archived 24 May 2012 at archive.today International Federation of Football History and Statistics. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ Court: CSKA is the Official Successor to AS-23 Archived 13 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian) Dnes.bg Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ ЕООД, Български футбол. "Вечна ранглиста на А група " Спечелени точки". bgclubs.eu. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ UEFA Champions League – History – CSKA Sofia Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine UEFA.com Retrieved 22 December 2011.