BC CSKA Sofia

BC CSKA
Nickname	"The Reds"
Leagues
Founded	1948
Arena
Capacity	400
Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
Team colors	Red and white
President
Head coach	Hristo Tsenov
Championships	12 NBL 18 Bulgarian Cup
Website	www.cska-basket.bg
Home Away

USC CSKA Sofia
Football	Volleyball	Basketball
Hockey	Tennis	Handball
Athletics	Gymnastics	Chess
Boxing	Weightlifting	Cycling
Wrestling	Judo	Taekwondo
Shooting	Ski	Biathlon

BC CSKA Sofia (Bulgarian: БК "ЦСКА София") is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia and part of the CSKA Sofia sports club.

CSKA Sofia men's team have been champions of Bulgaria 12 times and Bulgarian cup winners 18 times. They play their home games at in Sofia. In 2006–07, they took part in the FIBA EuroCup tournament.

History[]

The CSKA Basketball team took over the AC-23, a team which finished in the second place in the national championship in 1942. In 1946, BC "Chavdar" was formed and finished third in the championship. In 1948, the team was renamed as "Septemvri" under authority of the Central Military Club and finished in the second place. In 1949, the club won the golden medal at the national championship. In 1950, the team (again renamed as "Narodna voiska") was national champion and repeated the success in 1951. Altogether, the team has won 12 first places, 14 second places and 3 third places in the National Championship. The founders of the club are Kosyo Totev, Iliya Angelov, and Tonko Rainov. Within 1948–1974 period, 26 players of the club became Masters of Sports – an honorable title for the most skilled and distinguished sportsmen in Bulgaria. The most successful period of the club was 1990–1992, when the team became the national champion for three years in a row.

Honours[]

• Bulgarian Championships (12): 1949, 1950, 1951, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992
• Bulgarian Cup (18): 1953, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2005
• European Champions' Cup 1/4 finalists (2): 1966, 1968
• FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1/2 finalists (1): 1975
• FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1/4 finalists (2): 1974, 1976

BC CSKA Sofia in European Basketball[]

FIBA European Champions Cup / FIBA European League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	3rd leg	Aggregate
1965–66	First round	BBC Etzella	90-47	72-51		162-98
	Second round	Denain Voltaire	86-65	53-61		139-126
	Quarterfinals, Group B	CSKA Moscow	78-63	64-77		3rd place
		Zadar	84-58	53-79	80-73
		AEK	94-69	45-75
1967–68	Second round	KTP	89-61	89-86		178-147
	Quarterfinals, Group A	Simmenthal Milano	106-112	64-76		4th place
		Zadar	89-75	64-79
		Juventud Kalso	106-101	71-80
1977–78	Quarterfinals, Group C	Sutton & Crystal Palace	87-86	84-80		2nd place
		ASVEL	75-66	71-99
1980–81	Quarterfinals, Group D	Eczacıbaşı	85-67	86-95		2nd place
		Partizani Tirana	110-91	83-89
		Sinudyne Bologna	86-90	75-106
1983–84	First round	Sunair Oostende	74–62	76–89		150-151
1984–85	First round	Cibona	97–91	73–89		170-180
1990–91	First round	ENAD	94-89	70-66		164-155
	Round of 16	Limoges CSP	90–105	99–119		189–224
1991–92	Second round	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	77–132	63–103		140–235
1992–93	First round	Partizani Tirana	125-58	107-75		232-133
	Second round	Real Madrid Teka	73–103	78–97		151–200

FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup / FIBA European Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1973–74	First round	Gießen 46ers	93-81	74-75	167-156
	Second round	Olympiacos	79-69	59-67	138-136
	Quarterfinals, Group A	Crvena zvezda	88-81	72-80	3rd place
		Saclà Asti	75-83	59-75
1974–75	Second round	AEK	74-59	85-87	146–159
	Quarterfinals, Group A	Juventud Schweppes	79-51	65-88	2nd place
		Crvena zvezda	72-75	91-102
		Thorens Antwerpen	64-57	58-69
	Semi-finals	Spartak Leningrad	57–64	69–79	126–143
1975–76	Quarterfinals, Group A	Olympiacos	99-77	78-91	3rd place
		Rabotnički	90-84	88-117
		ASPO Tours	95-91	84-95
1979–80	First round	APOEL	124-62	111-69	235-131
	Second round	Panathinaikos	96–93	85–100	181–193
1985–86	First round	Jugoplastika	85–84	87–99	172–183
1988–89	First round	Çukurova Üniversitesi	77-68	74-80	151-148
	Eighth-finals	Snaidero Caserta	74-84	80–103	154–187
1989–90	Second round	Real Madrid	92-109	87–95	179–204
1992–93	Third round	Benfica	80-84	83-111	163-195
1993–94	First round		86–77	66–55	152–132
	Second round	Tofaş	67–63	64–71	131–134

FIBA Europe League / FIBA EuroCup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2004–05	Qualifying Round, Group A	ČEZ Nymburk	76-80	81-84	6th place
		Fersped Rabotnički	97-84	81-82
		Fenerbahçe	81-86	61-90
		UNICS	88-93	67-98
		Hapoel Galil Elyon	80-83	103-90
		Kyiv	92-96	71-94
2006-07	Round I, Group G	Ural Great Perm	78-86	79-93	4th place
		Türk Telekom	75-79	86-93
		Panionios Forthnet	86-83	70-88

FIBA Korać Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1976–77	Second round	Bosna	117–100	78–102	195–202
1986–87	First round	PAOK	85–83	77-89	162–172
2000–01	Round of 64	Avtodor Saratov	75-109	62-92	137-201

Notable players[]

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

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• Atanas Golomeev
• Petko Marinov
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• Georgi Glouchkov
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• Trevor Harvey
• Leandro Palladino

Head coaches[]

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WBC CSKA Sofia[]

Women's basketball team CSKA was founded in 1944. The team was formed after the merger of several AC-23 and other teams under the new name "Chavdar". This team existed only a few years, then restored again in the period 2004–2007.

Historical name's and years of existence[]

• AC-23 (1923–1944)
• Chavdar (1944–1948)
• Septemvrisko Zname/CDV (1948)
• CSKA (1948–1979 and 2006–2008)

Woman's honours[]

• Bulgarian Championships (1): 2007
• Bulgarian Cup (1): 2007
  • Bulgarian Cup (1): 1974
• Women's Adriatic League (1): 2007
• EuroCup Women 1/16 finalists (1): 2007

WBC CSKA Sofia in European Basketball[]

EuroCup Women

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
	Preliminary Round, Group C	Botaş SK	67-68	52-57	2nd place
			85-64	61-79
			86-62	95-66
	Round of 32		69-66	63-72	132-138

Women's Adriatic League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2006-07	Regular season	ŽKK Vojvodina	79-64	80-73	3rd place
		Budućnost	92-83	70-76
		Šibenik Jolly	57-63	75-68
		Ragusa Dubrovnik	79-55	84-63
		ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo	89-78	65-74
		Crvena zvezda	70-54	82-43
		ŽKK Gospić	72-78	65-70
		Jedinstvo	59-50	77-61
		Merkur Celje	84-67	70-71
		ŽKK Herceg Novi	109-70	89-68
	Semi-finals	ŽKK Gospić	75-71
	Final	Šibenik Jolly	73-67

External links[]

• Official website (in Bulgarian)