PFC CSKA Sofia in European football

This article lists the results of CSKA Sofia in the European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup since they first entered European competition in the 1956–57 season.

Total statistics[edit]

Fully up to date as of 3 August 2023

Competition	S	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Champions League / European Cup	25	98	41	16	41	140	144	–4
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup	5	22	12	0	10	49	29	+20
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup	25	116	40	34	42	148	140	+8
UEFA Europa Conference League	3	20	5	5	10	18	27	−9
UEFA Intertoto Cup	1	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4
Total	59	260	100	56	104	363	344	+19

Statistics by country[edit]

Updated 3 August 2023

Country	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	Dinamo Tirana	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
	Partizani Tirana	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
	KF Tirana	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		6	6	0	0	13	1	+12
Armenia	Ararat Yerevan	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3
	Pyunik	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Subtotal		4	3	1	0	6	0	+6
Austria	Admira Wacker	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
	Austria Wien	2	1	0	1	4	5	–1
	Rapid Wien	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1
	Swarovski Tirol	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1
	Wacker Innsbruck	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		10	7	0	3	18	12	+6
Belarus	BATE Borisov	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
	Belshina Bobruisk	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
	Dinamo Minsk	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
Subtotal		7	6	1	0	15	4	+11
Belgium	Anderlecht	2	0	1	1	2	4	–2
Subtotal		2	0	1	1	2	4	–2
Croatia	Osijek	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	6	4	+2
Cyprus	Omonia	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3
Subtotal		6	3	2	1	11	8	+3
Czech Republic / Czechoslovakia	Dukla Prague	2	0	1	1	5	6	–1
	Slavia Prague	1	0	0	1	2	4	–2
	Sparta Prague	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3
	Viktoria Plzeň	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Subtotal		7	2	2	3	15	14	+1
Denmark	Copenhagen	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2
Subtotal		2	0	0	2	2	4	−2
England	Blackburn Rovers	2	0	2	0	4	4	0
	Chelsea	2	0	0	2	0	2	–2
	Fulham	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
	Liverpool	6	2	0	4	5	10	–5
	Newcastle United	2	0	1	1	2	4	–2
	Nottingham Forest	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
Subtotal		16	4	4	8	14	22	–8
Faroe Islands	B36 Tórshavn	1	1	0	0	3	1	+3
Subtotal		1	1	0	0	3	1	+3
Finland	Haka	2	2	0	0	11	1	+10
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	11	1	+10
France	Marseille	2	0	0	2	1	4	–3
	Monaco	5	2	2	1	7	5	+2
	Saint-Étienne	2	0	1	1	0	1	–1
	Strasbourg	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	Toulouse	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		12	2	6	4	9	11	–2
Germany / West Germany	Bayer Leverkusen	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
	Bayern Munich	8	2	0	6	7	24	–17
	Borussia Dortmund	2	1	0	1	4	5	–1
	Hamburger SV	5	0	0	5	2	13	–11
Subtotal		17	5	0	12	15	42	–27
Greece	Olympiacos	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
	Panathinaikos	4	4	0	0	7	1	+6
Subtotal		6	5	0	1	10	3	+7
Hungary	Ferencváros	2	1	0	1	3	5	–2
	MTK Budapest	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	Vasas	2	1	0	1	3	7	–4
Subtotal		6	3	0	3	8	14	–6
Iceland	KA	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Italy	Internazionale	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1
	Juventus	6	2	0	4	7	14	–7
	Milan	2	0	0	2	0	3	–3
	Parma	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
	Roma	8	1	1	6	6	16	–10
Subtotal		21	3	5	13	16	37	–21
Latvia	FK Liepāja	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
	Riga FC	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Subtotal		4	1	2	1	1	1	0
Liechtenstein	FC Balzers	2	2	0	0	11	1	+10
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	11	1	+10
Malta	Hibernians	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
	Sirens	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
	Sliema Wanderers	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
Subtotal		4	4	0	0	12	3	+9
Moldova	Tiraspol	2	2	0	0	11	2	+9
	Zimbru Chișinău	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		4	2	2	0	12	3	+9
Montenegro	Titograd	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	4	0	+4
Netherlands	Ajax	4	1	0	3	3	7	–4
	Roda JC	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Subtotal		6	2	0	4	6	10	–4
North Macedonia	Makedonija GP	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		1	1	1	0	4	0	+4
Northern Ireland	Cliftonville	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
	Glentoran	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
	Linfield	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
	Portadown	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8
Subtotal		8	6	1	1	19	5	+14
Norway	Bodø/Glimt	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2
	Molde	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
	Viking	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Subtotal		5	2	2	1	4	2	+2
Poland	Górnik Zabrze	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
	Ruch Chorzów	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4
	Szombierki Bytom	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Subtotal		6	4	1	1	15	5	+10
Portugal	Benfica	4	0	1	3	3	8	–5
	Porto	2	0	0	2	1	4	–3
	Sporting CP	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Subtotal		8	0	3	5	6	14	–8
Republic of Ireland	Derry City	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
	Limerick	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
	St Patrick's Athletic	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Subtotal		6	4	1	1	8	3	+5
Romania	CFR Cluj	2	0	1	1	0	2	–2
	Dinamo București	2	1	0	1	10	4	+6
	Steaua București	6	0	3	3	7	12	–5
	Sepsi OSK	2	0	0	2	0	6	–6
Subtotal		12	1	4	7	17	24	–7
Russia	Dynamo Moscow	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
	Torpedo Moscow	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	1	0	0	1	1	2	–1
Subtotal		5	1	3	1	5	5	0
Serbia / Serbia and Montenegro / Yugoslavia	Hajduk Kula	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
	Partizan	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4
	Red Star Belgrade	2	1	0	1	3	4	–1
Subtotal		6	3	2	1	10	7	+3
Slovakia / Czechoslovakia	Inter Bratislava	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	8	2	+6
Slovenia	Mura 05	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		2	0	2	0	1	1	± 0
Spain	Atlético Madrid	5	1	0	4	5	10	–5
	Barcelona	4	0	1	3	7	14	–7
	Real Sociedad	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
	Valencia	2	1	0	1	3	5	–2
Subtotal		13	3	2	8	16	29	–13
Sweden	IFK Malmö	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
Subtotal		2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
Switzerland	Basel	5	2	0	3	5	8	–3
	Servette	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	Young Boys	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4
	Zürich	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
Subtotal		11	3	1	7	8	16	–8
Turkey	Beşiktaş	4	0	1	3	3	7	–4
	Galatasaray	2	0	0	2	0	6	–6
	Kocaelispor	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Subtotal		7	1	1	5	6	14	–8
Ukraine / Soviet Union	Dynamo Kyiv	4	0	1	3	2	5	–3
	Shakhtar Donetsk	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
	Zorya Luhansk	4	0	1	3	1	5	−4
Subtotal		10	1	2	7	7	12	–5
Wales	The New Saints	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	5	2	+3
Total		260	100	56	104	363	344	+19

Statistics by competition[edit]

UEFA Champions League / European Cup[edit]

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Neutral	Aggregate
1956–57	First round	Dinamo București	8–1	2–3		10–4
	Quarter-finals	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	1–3		3–4
1957–58	Preliminary round	Vasas	2–1	1–6		3–7
1958–59	First round	Atlético Madrid	1–0	1–2	1–3	3–5
1959–60	Preliminary round	Barcelona	2–2	2–6		4–8
1960–61	Preliminary round	Juventus	4–1	0–2		4–3
	First round	IFK Malmö	1–1	0–1		1–2
1961–62	Preliminary round	Dukla Prague	4–4	1–2		5–6
1962–63	Preliminary round	Partizan	2–1	4–1		6–2
	First round	Anderlecht	2–2	0–2		2–4
1966–67	Preliminary round	Sliema Wanderers	4–0	2–1		6–1
	First round	Olympiacos	3–1	0–1		3–2
	Second round	Górnik Zabrze	4–0	0–3		4–3
	Quarter-finals	Linfield	1–0	2–2		3–2
	Semi-finals	Internazionale	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–3
1969–70	First round	Ferencváros	2–1	1–4		3–5
1971–72	First round	Partizani Tirana	3–0	1–0		4–0
	Second round	Benfica	0–0	1–2		1–2
1972–73	First round	Panathinaikos	2–1	2–0		4–1
	Second round	Ajax	1–3	0–3		1–6
1973–74	First round	Wacker	3–0	1–0		4–0
	Second round	Ajax	2–0	0–1		2–1
	Quarter-finals	Bayern Munich	2–1	1–4		3–5
1975–76	First round	Juventus	2–1	0–2		2–3
1976–77	First round	Saint-Étienne	0–0	0–1		0–1
1980–81	First round	Nottingham Forest	1–0	1–0		2–0
	Second round	Szombierki Bytom	4–0	1–0		5–0
	Quarter-finals	Liverpool	0–1	1–5		1–6
1981–82	First round	Real Sociedad	1–0	0–0		1–0
	Second round	Glentoran	2–0	1–2		3–2
	Quarter-finals	Liverpool	2–0	0–1		2–1
	Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	4–3	0–4		4–7
1982–83	First round	Monaco	2–0	0–0		2–0
	Second round	Sporting CP	2–2	0–0		2–2 (a)
1983–84	First round	Omonia	3–0	1–4		4–4 (a)
	Second round	Roma	0–1	0–1		0–2
1987–88	First round	Bayern Munich	0–1	0–4		0–5
1989–90	First round	Ruch Chorzów	5–1	1–1		6–2
	Second round	Sparta Prague	3–0	2–2		5–2
	Quarter-finals	Marseille	0–1	1–3		1–4
1990–91	First round	KA Akureyri	3–0	0–1		3–1
	Second round	Bayern Munich	0–3	0–4		0–7
1992–93	First round	Austria Wien	3–2	1–3		4–5
1997–98	First qualifying round	Steaua București	0–2	3–3		3–5
2003–04	Second qualifying round	Pyunik	1–0	2–0		3–0
	Third qualifying round	Galatasaray	0–3	0–3		0–6
2005–06	Second qualifying round	KF Tirana	2–0	2–0		4–0
	Third qualifying round	Liverpool	1–3	1–0		2–3

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup[edit]

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1965–66	First round	Limerick	2–0	2–1	4–1
	Second round	Borussia Dortmund	4–2	0–3	4–5
1970–71	First round	Haka	9–0	2–1	11–1
	Second round	Chelsea	0–1	0–1	0–2
1974–75	First round	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	0–1	0–2
1988–89	First round	Internacional Bratislava	5–0	3–2	8–2
	Second round	Panathinaikos	2–0	1–0	3–0
	Quarter-finals	Roda JC	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)	3–3 (4–3 p)
	Semi-finals	Barcelona	1–2	2–4	3–6
1993–94	First round	Balzers	8–0	3–1	11–1
	Second round	Benfica	1–3	1–3	2–6

UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup[edit]

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1977–78	First round	Zürich	1–1 (a.e.t.)	0–1	1–2
1978–79	First round	Valencia	2–1	1–4	3–5
1979–80	First round	Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	1–2	2–3
1984–85	First round	Monaco	2–1	2–2	4–3
	Second round	Hamburger SV	1–2	0–4	1–6
1986–87	First round	Swarovski Tirol	2–0	0–3	2–3
1991–92	First round	Parma	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
	Second round	Hamburger SV	1–4	0–2	1–6
1994–95	Preliminary round	Ararat Yerevan	3–0	0–0	3–0
	First round	Juventus	3–2	1–5	4–7
1998–99	First qualifying round	Belshina Bobruisk	3–1	0–0	3–1
	Second qualifying round	Molde	2–0	0–0	2–0
	First round	Servette	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
	Second round	Atlético Madrid	2–4	0–1	2–5
1999–2000	Qualifying round	Portadown	5–0	3–0	8–0
	First round	Newcastle United	0–2	2–2	2–4
2000–01	Qualifying round	Constructorul Chișinău	8–0	3–2	11–2
	First round	MTK Hungária	1–2	1–0	2–2 (a)
2001–02	Qualifying round	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	3–1	2–1	5–2
	First round	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	1–2	4–2
	Second round	Milan	0–1	0–2	0–3
2002–03	Qualifying round	Dinamo Minsk	1–0	4–1	5–1
	First round	Blackburn Rovers	3–3	1–1	4–4 (a)
2003–04	First round	Torpedo Moscow	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)	2–2 (2–3 p)
2004–05	Second qualifying round	Omonia	3–1 (a.e.t.)	1–1	4–2
	First round	Steaua București	2–2	1–2	3–4
2005–06	First round	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	1–0	2–0
	Group stage (A)	Hamburger SV	0–1		5th place
		Slavia Prague		2–4
		Viking	2–0
		Monaco		1–2
2006–07	First qualifying round	Dinamo Tirana	4–1	1–0	5–1
	Second qualifying round	Hajduk Kula	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
	First round	Beşiktaş	2–2 (a.e.t.)	0–2	2–4
2007–08	Second qualifying round	Omonia	2–1	1–1	3–2
	First round	Toulouse	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2009–10	Third qualifying round	Derry City	1–0	1–1	2–1
	Play-off round	Dynamo Moscow	0–0	2–1	2–1
	Group stage (E)	Fulham	1–1	0–1	4th place
		Roma	0–3	0–2
		Basel	0–2	1–3
2010–11	Third qualifying round	Cliftonville	3–0	2–1	5–1
	Play-off round	The New Saints	3–0	2–2	5–2
	Group stage (L)	Beşiktaş	1–2	0–1	4th place
		Porto	0–1	1–3
		Rapid Wien	0–2	2–1
2011–12	Play-off round	Steaua București	1–1	0–2	1–3
2012–13	Second qualifying round	Mura 05	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2014–15	Second qualifying round	Zimbru Chișinău	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2018–19	First qualifying round	Riga FC	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)	1–1 (5–3 p)
	Second qualifying round	Admira Wacker	3−0	3−1	6−1
	Third qualifying round	Copenhagen	1−2	1−2	2−4
2019–20	First qualifying round	Titograd	4−0	0−0	4−0
	Second qualifying round	Osijek	1−0	0–1 (a.e.t.)	1–1 (4–3 p)
	Third qualifying round	Zorya Luhansk	1−1	0−1	1–2
2020–21	First qualifying round	Sirens	2−1	—	—
	Second qualifying round	BATE Borisov	2−0	—	—
	Third qualifying round	B36 Tórshavn	3−1	—	—
	Play-off round	Basel	—	3−1	—
	Group stage (A)	CFR Cluj	0−2	0−0	4th place
		Roma	3−1	0−0
		Young Boys	0−1	0−3

UEFA Europa Conference League[edit]

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2021–22	Second qualifying round	Liepāja	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)	0–0 (3–1 p)
	Third qualifying round	Osijek	4–2	1−1	5−3
	Play-off round	Viktoria Plzeň	3–0 (a.e.t.)	0−2	3−2
	Group stage (C)	Roma	2–3	1−5	4th place
		Bodø/Glimt	0−0	0-2
		Zorya Luhansk	0−1	0−2
2022–23	Second qualifying round	Makedonija GP	4−0	0–0	4−0
	Third qualifying round	St Patrick's Athletic	0–1	2−0	2−1
	Play-off round	Basel	1–0	0–2	1–2
2023–24	Second qualifying round	Sepsi OSK	0–2	0−4	0−6

UEFA Intertoto Cup[edit]

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996	Group stage (11)	Kocaelispor		3–1	2nd place
		Hibernians	4–1
		Uralmash		1–2
		Strasbourg	0–0

1956–57 European Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

CSKA Sofia won 10–4 on aggregate.

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Quarter-finals[edit]

First leg

Second leg

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.

1957–58 European Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

Vasas won 7–3 on aggregate.

1958–59 European Cup[edit]

Second round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

2–2 on aggregate.

Play off[edit]

Atlético Madrid won 3–1 in the playoff.

1959–60 European Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

Barcelona won 8–4 on aggregate.

1960–61 European Cup[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

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First round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.

1961–62 European Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

Dukla Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.

1962–63 European Cup[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

CSKA Red Flag won 6–2 on aggregate.

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First round[edit]

Second leg

Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.

1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

CSKA Cherveno Zname won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Second round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

Borussia Dortmund won 5–4 on aggregate.

1966–67 European Cup[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

CSKA Cherveno Zname won 6–1 on aggregate.

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First round[edit]

Second leg

CSKA Cherveno Zname won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Second round[edit]

Second leg

CSKA Cherveno Zname won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Quarter-finals[edit]

Second leg

CSKA Cherveno Zname won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Semi-finals[edit]

First leg

Second leg

2–2 on aggregate.

Internazionale won 1–0 in the play-off.

1969–70 European Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

Ferencváros won 5–3 on aggregate.

1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

CSKA Sofia won 11–1 on aggregate.

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Second round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

Chelsea won 2–0 on aggregate.

1971–72 European Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Second round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

1972–73 European Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

The game was annulled due to errors in the penalty shootout procedures;

CSKA Sofia won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Second round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

Ajax won 6–1 on aggregate.

1973–74 European Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

CSKA September Flag won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Second round[edit]

First leg

Second leg

CSKA Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Quarter finals[edit]

First leg

Second leg

Bayern Munich won 5–3 on aggregate.

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