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PFC CSKA Sofia is the biggest and most successful football club in Bulgaria . CSKA stands for Central Sport Club of the Army. Most of its home matches take place at the Bulgarska Armia (Bulgarian Army) Stadium. The club was officially founded on May 5 , 1948 . ADDRESS AND TEAM INFORMATION Address: Dragan Tzankov Boulevard 3 Bulgarska Armia 1504 Sofia , Bulgaria Tel: 02 963-34 Fax: 02 963-3902 Official sponsor Vivatel Equipment Uhlsport Currently the team's home kit is red and away kit is white. Also the club uses its third kid in black. A various combinations of red and white can be seen through the years. But red remains the basic colour of the team. HONOURS
ESTABLISHMENT AND FIRST STEPS On October 28 , 1923 in Sofia the clubs Atletik Sofia (founded in 1910 as Klub Futbol) and Slava Sofia (founed in 1916 )has merger to Oficerski Sporten Klub Aatletik Slava 1923 (Officer's Sport Club Atletic Slava 1932, short AS-23 under the petronage of Ministry of the war. In 1931 AS-23 wins Bulgarian chanpionship and The Tsar's Cup, in 1941 again The Tsar's Cup. The stadium of AS-23 has named 'Atletik park' (finished in 1938 ) is on the spot were is present stadium „Bulgarska armia“. With the partnership of Mihail Mihaylov from Shipka's direction, The AS-23 , the united team of Shipka-Podeda and Spartak Orlandotsi are merge into Chavdar Sofia . The unifying protocol has sined in November 9 , 1944 in Sofia . For chairman of the club has chosen Gen . Vladimir Stoychev 'Chavdar' plays with azure kits. The clubs stadium was 'Atletik park' renamed to 'Chavdar'. Chavdar relegate to second division in 1947. With help from Mihail Mihaylov (who works in Minisrty of war) Chavdar has become departmental club to Central house of the troops taking the name 'CDV'. For Chairman of the club is chosen Major Ivan Mirski . In may 1948 an agreement was signed between the football players of "Septemvri" and the team of "Chavdar" for uniting by the name "Septemvri pri CDV" (Central house of the troops). The board of the newly created club included: honorable chairman - general leutenent Georgi Damjanov, the minister of defense, chairman - general major Bojan Balgaranov; deputy chairman - colonel Tashev, Petar Mihajlov, Alexander Valchev and Ljubcho Kralev. The board included 5 more members. The contract was signed on the 5th of May and that is considered to be the birthday of the club. First ever official game took place on May 19th 1948 against Slavia Sofia at the Junak() stadium - 1:1 The struggle for the first title started in May and finished in the beginning of September 1948. Septemvri pri CDV(Sofia) eliminated Aprilov Gabrovo and Spartak Varna on its way to the finals. The team reached the national finals, where it faced Levski Sofia losing 1:2 in the first match. The decisive match was on September 9th. Referee - Stephan Danchev. Team of Septemvri pri CDV: Stephan Gerenski, Borislav Futekov, Manol Manolov, Dimitar Cvetkov, Nikola Alexiev, Nako Chakmakov (captain), Dimitar Milanov, Stojne Minev, Stephan Bozkov, Nikola Bojilov, Kiril Bogdanov. Goals scored: Dimitar Milanov(2) and Nako Chakmakov. A marvellous victory 3:1. Nako Chakmakov brings the victory with a last minutes goal. That was the first significant champion year for CSKA Sofia . History and Achievements The club has met much domestic and international success making it the most successful , Nottingham Forest , and Liverpool FC respectively. In addition, CSKA eliminated over the years clubs such as Juventus FC , Real Sociedad , Monaco , Parma FC , Bayer Leverkusen , Olympiakos and many others and played memorable matches with Internazionale , Bayern Munich , Atletico Madrid , Borussia Dortmund , Valencia CF , Barcelona CF etc. The Club is still ranked 25th in the Champions' Cup All-Time Rankings. Two players managed to win the European Golden Boot while playing in CSKA - the CSKA all-time goals record holder Petar Zhekov (in 1966 , scoring 36 times) and the famous Hristo Stoichkov (in 1989 with 38 goals). CSKA “hatched” many famous players, generating various dreamteams through the decades. Most notably for their international success were the two waves of Dimitar Penev ’s discoveries; the first one including Hristo Stoichkov , Luboslav Penev and Emil Kostadinov in the late 80’s and the second one - Stiliyan Petrov , Dimitar Berbatov and Martin Petrov , introduced to the first team by Penev in the late 90’s. Cup final scandal On June 19 , 1985 , the final game of the Bulgarian Cup between CSKA Sofia and city rivals Levski Sofia took place at the Vasil Levski National Stadium . During the game both teams demonstrated extremely poor sportsmanship; the match saw several brutal fights and an attack on a referee. CSKA won the game, but the players' behavior percipitated a major scandal. By decree of Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party , both teams were disbanded. CSKA Septemvriisko Zname was renamed "Sredets" and Levski-Spartak was renamed "Vitosha". Both teams were playing under these names for several years. Additionally, several major players including Kostadin Yanchev , Borislav Mikhailov , Plamen Nikolov , Emil Spasov , Emil Velev and yet unknown Hristo Stoichkov were prohibited from participating in club games for varying periods of time. In 1988 the name CSKA was restored. NAME CSKA has carried a plethora of names in its history. In chronological order they are:
BULGARIAN ARMY STADIUM See Also: Bulgarska Armia The team's home stadium, " Bulgarska Armia ", was completed in 1967 and stands on the same spot as its predecessor, "Atletik Park." A plan for major renovation has been adopted. CURRENT LINEUP ''As of June 2007'' Squad changes 2007/08 season In:
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FAMOUS PLAYERS THE BEST 55 An extended team of the best 55 players for 55th anniversary of CSKA. Players are ordered by number which they played.
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