FC CSKA 1948 Sofia II

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CSKA 1948 II

Full name	Football Club Central Sports Club of the Army 1948 Sofia II
Nickname(s)	Червените (The Reds)
Short name	CSKA 1948 II
Founded	2019; 5 years ago (2019) 2021; 3 years ago (2021) (Refounded)
Ground	Arena Tsarsko Selo
Capacity	1,500
Owner	Tsvetomir Naydenov
Manager	Borislav Kyosev
League	Bulgarian Second League
2023–24	Second League, 7th
Website	https://bg.cska1948.bg/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

CSKA 1948 II (Bulgarian: ЦСКА 1948 II) or CSKA 1948 2 is a Bulgarian professional football team based in Sofia. Founded in 2019, it is the reserve team of CSKA 1948, and currently plays in Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football.

Obliged to play one level below their main side, CSKA 1948 II is ineligible for promotion to First League and also can not compete in the Bulgarian Cup.

Since 2015, the Bulgarian Football Union allowed Bulgarian teams to have reserve sides in the lower regional divisions. In 2019 CSKA 1948 Sofia introduced their reserve team in A OFG Sofia (capital) South, the 4th level of Bulgarian football, led by Kiril Metkov.^[1] The team finished on 2nd position, before season was ended due to COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the unknown situation, the team did not play in any league 2020–21 season.

On 18 February 2021 one of the main sponsors of FC CSKA 1948, Tzvetomir Naydenov, announced that the reserve team will be introduced in Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football, from 2021-22 season.^[2] On 29 May 2021 Miroslav Mindev was announced as the manager of the team, previously leading Zagorets Nova Zagora.^[3] On 27 July 2021 Atanas Apostolov was announced as the new manager of the team, after Mindev was promoted as manager to the first team.^[4]

On 26 May 2023, the team secured the title in Second League, becoming the first reserve team to become a champion of the league.^[5]

Second League:

• Winners (1): 2022–23

As of 30 October 2024^[update]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BUL Steliyan Georgiev — DF  CMR Pierre-Daniel N'Guinda — DF  ALG Riad Belhadj — DF  CRO Karlo Tomašec — DF  CRO Robert Marijanovic — DF  GHA Christopher Acheampong — DF  BUL Martin Dimitrov — DF  BUL Kaloyan Radkov — DF  BUL Boyan Rangelov — DF  BUL Nikola Nedkov — DF  BUL Mihail Tsonev — DF  BUL Petar Georgiev — DF  BUL Atanas Kilov — MF  BUL Stoyan Stoichkov — MF  BUL Martin Atanasov — MF  BUL Viktor Vasilev

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BUL Ivaylo Markov — MF  BUL Milen Voynov — MF  BUL Kristiyan Velichkov — MF  BUL Adrian Todorov — MF  BUL Pavel Todorov — MF  BUL Kristiyan Boychev — MF  BUL Stanislav Zarkov — MF  MKD Stefan Ristovski — MF  FRA Paolo Sciortino — FW  BUL Boris Dimitrov — FW  BUL Tsvetomir Tsanev — FW  BUL Kaloyan Strinski — FW  BUL Vasil Dimitrov — FW  BUL Simeon Dimitrov — FW  BUL Mario Topuzov — FW  NIG Kairou Amoustapha

For recent transfers, see Transfers winter 2023–24 and Transfers summer 2024.

For first team players, see FC CSKA 1948 Sofia.

As of 15 October 2024

Ranking	Nationality	Position	Name	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Bulgaria	MF	Steliyan Dobrev	2021–	60	8
2	Bulgaria	MF	Georgi Mariyanov	2021–2023	57	2
3	Bulgaria	FW	Valentin Yoskov	2021–	43	24
4	Bulgaria	MF	Aleksandar Asparuhov	2022–2023	38	1
5	Bulgaria	MF	Stoyan Stoichkov	2021–	34	5
6	Bulgaria	DF	Borislav Vakadinov	2021–2023	32	1
7	Ukraine	GK	Hennadiy Hanyev	2021–	30	0
8	Bulgaria	DF	Angel Granchov	2022–2023	29	1
9	Bulgaria	MF	Steven Kirilov	2021–2022	27	1
10	Bulgaria	MF	Aleksandar Zlatkov	2021–2022	27	3

• Players in bold are still playing for FC1948.

As of 15 October 2024

Ranking	Nationality	Position	Name	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Bulgaria	FW	Valentin Yoskov	2021–	43	24
2	Bulgaria	FW	Denislav Aleksandrov	2021–2023	15	13
3	Bulgaria	FW	Preslav Antonov	2023–	26	8
—	Bulgaria	MF	Steliyan Dobrev	2021–	60	8
5	Bulgaria	FW	Mariyan Tonev	2022–	24	7
6	Brazil	FW	Juninho	2022	6	5
–	Bulgaria	MF	Stoyan Stoichkov	2021–	34	5
8	Bulgaria	MF	Emanuil Lichev	2021–2022	22	4
9	Bulgaria	FW	Svetoslav Dikov	2023	8	3
—	Bulgaria	MF	Mario Topuzov	2020–	10	3
—	Bulgaria	MF	Angel Bastunov	2021–	15	3
–	Bulgaria	MF	Aleksandar Zlatkov	2021–	27	3

• Players in bold are still playing for FC 1948.

Dates	Name	Honours
2019–2020	Kiril Metkov
2021	Miroslav Mindev
2021	Atanas Apostolov
2021	Roman Tafradzhiev (interim)
2021–2022	Andrey Andreev
2022	Vladimir Dimitrov
2022	Valentin Iliev
2022–2023	Atanas Ribarski
2023	Borislav Kyosev
2023–2024	Valentin Iliev
2024	Aleksandar Aleksandrov
2024	Ivan Ivanov
2024–	Borislav Kyosev

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	League											Top goalscorer
	Division	Level	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Pos
2019–20	A OFG Sofia (capital) South	4	14	12	1	1	79	9	-15	24	2nd
2021–22	Second League	2	36	12	9	15	53	50	+3	45	12th	Valentin Yoskov	9
2022–23		2	34	22	8	4	60	17	+43	74	1st	Valentin Yoskov	15
2023–24		2

Key

• Official website
• bgclubs.eu