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; 2 years ago (2019) 2021; 0 years ago (2021) (Refounded)
Ground	Stadion Bistritsa
Capacity	2,500
Owner	FC CSKA 1948 Association
Chairman	Dobrin Gyonov
Manager	Vladimir Dimitrov
League	Bulgarian Second League
Website	Club website
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 Sofia, 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.

History[]

2019–2020:Foundation[]

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.

2021–present: Second League[]

On 18 February 2021 one of main sponsors of 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]

Players[]

As of 29 November 2021 ^[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  BUL Mihail Minkov 12 GK  BUL Hristiyan Hristov 13 MF  BUL Georgi Mariyanov (captain) 14 FW  BUL 23 MF  BUL Velislav Kyorov 34 FW  BUL Simeon Vasilev 35 MF  BUL Viktor Vasilev 41 MF  BUL Andrey Yordanov 45 DF  BUL Mariyan Dimitrov 46 MF  BUL Dragomir Radev 47 DF  BUL Emiliyan Krastev 48 FW  BUL Krastyo Banev 49 MF  BUL Kristiyan Grozdanov 51 DF  BUL Mert Salimehmed 52 MF  BUL Radoslav Mutafov 53 DF  BUL Bozhidar Zelyamov 54 DF  BUL Martin Vlaevski

No. Pos. Nation Player 55 DF  BUL 56 DF  BUL Bogdan Kostov 58 FW  BUL Ventsislav Ivanov 59 MF  BUL Hary Denkov 60 MF  BUL Anton Bakalov 61 MF  BUL Steliyan Dobrev 62 FW  BUL Yasen Tsekov 64 MF  BUL Vladimir Gogov 65 MF  BUL Arif Feradov 66 FW  BUL Stivan Kirilov 67 GK  BUL Hristiyan Hristov 68 FW  BUL Kristiyan Ivanov 69 GK  BUL Boris Gruev 70 MF  BUL Tsvetoslav Popovchev 71 DF  BUL Alexander Georgiev — MF  FRA Daudet N'Dongala — FW  BUL Andon Gushterov

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2021.

For first team players, see CSKA 1948 Sofia.

Personnel[]

Manager history[]

Dates	Name	Honours
2019–2020	Kiril Metkov
2021	Miroslav Mindev
2021	Atanas Apostolov
2021	Roman Tafradzhiev (interim)
2021–2022	Andrey Andreev
2022–	Vladimir Dimitrov

Past seasons[]

League positions[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• bgclubs.eu