2018–19 PFC CSKA Sofia season explained

Season:	2018–19
Manager:	Nestor El Maestro (until 7 February 2019) Lyuboslav Penev (until 3 May 2019) Dobromir Mitov (interim) (since 3 May 2019)
Ownertitle:	Controlling owner
League Result:	Second place
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The 2018–19 season is CSKA Sofia's 70th season in the First League and their third 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 2018–19 season.

Players

Current squad

Transfers

Summer transfers

In:^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]} Out:^{[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]}

Winter transfers

In:^{[24] [25]} Out:^{[26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34]}

Preseason and friendlies

Mid-season

Competitions

Parva Liga

Regular Stage

See main article: 2018–19 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria).

Results

Championship round

Results

Bulgarian Cup

See main article: 2018–19 Bulgarian Cup.

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.

Third qualifying round

Squad stats

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Totals		Parva Liga		Bulgarian Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Num	Country	Pos	Name	LGUE	CUP	EUR -->
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who appeared for CSKA Sofia that left during the season:

Goal scorers

width=60	Place	width=60	Position	width=60	Nation	width=60	Number	width=150	Name	width=100	Parva Liga	width=100	Bulgarian Cup	width=100	Europa League	width=80	Total
1	FW		22	Ali Sowe	11	6	0	17
2	FW		9	Maurides	9	0	4	13
3	FW		19	Kiril Despodov	8	0	2	10
4	MF		20	Tiago Rodrigues	8	0	1	9
5	MF		7	Jorginho	5	0	1	6
6	MF		6	Rúben Pinto	2	3	0	5
	MF		8	Edwin Gyasi	5	0	0	5
	FW		10	Evandro	2	2	1	5
9	DF		4	Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski	1	0	0	1
	DF		11	Stanislav Manolev	1	0	0	1
	MF		15	Kristiyan Malinov	1	0	0	1
	MF		17	Henrique	1	0	0	1
				Own goal	3	0	0	3
TOTALS					57	11	9	77

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Parva Liga		Bulgarian Cup		Europa League		Total
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2		DF	Stoycho Atanasov	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3		DF		5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4		DF	Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski	9	0	0	0	0	1	9	1
5		DF	Nikolay Bodurov	7	0	0	0	1	1	8	1
6		MF	Rúben Pinto	6	0	2	0	1	0	9	0
7		MF		3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	Edwin Gyasi	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
10		FW	Evandro	3	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
14		DF	Angel Lyaskov	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
15		MF	Kristiyan Malinov	10	1	1	0	2	1	13	2
16		MF	Janio Bikel	9	0	5	1	1	0	15	1
17		MF		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		DF	Ivan Turitsov	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
20		MF	Tiago Rodrigues	6	0	0	0	2	1	8	1
22		FW	Ali Sowe	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
24		DF	Nuno Tomás	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
25		DF	Steven Pereira	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
26		DF	Valentin Antov	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
30		GK	Vytautas Černiauskas	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Players away on loan or who left CSKA Sofia during the season:
9		FW	Maurides	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		DF	Stanislav Manolev	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
19		MF	Kiril Despodov	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
27		DF	Boris Sekulić	3	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
			TOTALS	89	2	18	1	13	4	119	7

See also

• PFC CSKA Sofia

External links

• CSKA Official Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: ЦСКА с две нови попълнения . cska.bg . 7 June 2018 . Bulgarian.
2. Web site: Четвърто ново попълнение в отбора . cska.bg . 19 June 2018 . Bulgarian.
3. Web site: Привлякохме бразилски нападател (ВИДЕО+СНИМКИ) . cska.bg . 12 July 2018 . Bulgarian.
4. Web site: Нов нападател подсили отбора (СНИМКИ) . cska.bg . 31 July 2018 . Bulgarian.
5. Web site: Нов футболист подписа с ЦСКА (ВИДЕО) . cska.bg . 14 June 2018 . Bulgarian.
6. Web site: Енрике остава в ЦСКА . cska.bg . 7 June 2018 . Bulgarian.
7. Web site: Привлякохме нов нападател (ВИДЕО+СНИМКИ) . cska.bg . 5 September 2018 . Bulgarian.
8. Web site: Преотстъпените започват подготовка с отбора . cska.bg . 7 June 2018 . Bulgarian.
9. Web site: Борис Секулич е футболист на ЦСКА (ВИДЕО+СНИМКИ) . cska.bg . 20 June 2018 . Bulgarian.
10. Web site: ЦСКА се раздели с петима футболисти . cska.bg . 7 June 2018 . Bulgarian.
11. Web site: Jean Carlos Blanco es nuevo jugador del Independiente Medellín . caracol.com.co . 7 July 2018 . Spanish.
12. Web site: Каранга премина успешно в китайския елит . cska.bg . 12 July 2018 . Bulgarian.
13. Web site: 关于费尔南多·卡兰加的转会公告 . jianyefc.com . 12 July 2018 . Chinese.
14. Web site: Επίσημο: Στον Πανιώνιο ο Άλμπεργκ . www.sport24.gr . 12 June 2018 . Greek.
15. Web site: Слави Петров беше преотстъпен . cska.bg . 25 July 2018 . Bulgarian.
16. Web site: Ukra contratado para o Santa Clara . www.record.pt . 8 August 2018 . Portuguese.
17. Web site: Καταρχήν συμφωνία με Raoul Loe . acomonia.com . 20 June 2018 . Greek.
18. Web site: Литекс започна лятната си подготовка с цял отбор нови играчи . pfclitex.com . 20 June 2018 . Bulgarian . 24 June 2018 . 10 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200910222635/http://pfclitex.com/llfc/?p=8206 . dead .
19. Web site: Александър Георгиев е преотстъпен . cska.bg . 17 July 2018 . Bulgarian.
20. Web site: Тонислав Йорданов беше преотстъпен . cska.bg . 21 August 2018 . Bulgarian.
21. Web site: Отборът за новия сезон . cska.bg . 7 July 2018 . Bulgarian.
22. Web site: Пламен Гълъбов беше преотстъпен . cska.bg . 6 September 2018 . Bulgarian.
23. Web site: Георги Китанов беше преотстъпен . cska.bg . 3 September 2018 . Bulgarian.
24. Web site: Двама младоци се завърнаха в отбора . cska.bg . 15 February 2019 . Bulgarian.
25. Web site: Отборът ни се подсили с поливалентен бранител от Португалия . cska.bg . 28 February 2019 . Bulgarian.
26. Web site: Мауридес премина в китайски клуб . cska.bg . 27 February 2019 . Bulgarian.
27. Web site: ЦСКА се раздели с опитния Станислав Манолев . cska.bg . 8 February 2019 . Bulgarian.
28. Web site: Станислав Манолев ще защитава цветовете на Лудогорец . ludogorets.com . 18 February 2019 . Bulgarian.
29. Web site: Четирима футболисти ще бъдат преотстъпени и през пролетта . cska.bg . 10 January 2019 . Bulgarian.
30. Web site: Кирил Десподов премина в Каляри с рекорден трансфер . cska.bg . 30 January 2019 . Bulgarian.
31. Web site: Александър Дюлгеров вече не е футболист на ЦСКА . cska.bg . 21 December 2018 . Bulgarian.
32. Web site: Бивш защитник на ЦСКА подсили Септември . gong.bg . 28 December 2018 . Bulgarian.
33. Web site: ЦСКА се раздели с Борис Секулич . cska.bg . 15 February 2019 . Bulgarian.
34. Web site: Boris Sekulić piłkarzem Górnika . gornikzabrze.pl . 18 February 2019 . Polish.