CSKA SOFIA Posted 9 July 2008 Posted 9 July 2008 PFC CSKA Sofia (Bulgarian: ПФК ЦСКА София) is one of the most popular and successful football clubs in Bulgaria. CSKA stands for Central Sport Club of the Army (Bulgarian: Централен спортен клуб на армията). Most of its home matches take place at the Bulgarska Armia (Bulgarian Army) Stadium. The club was officially founded on May 5, 1948. CSKA has won 31 League titles and 23 National cups. Along with Real Madrid, CSKA is the club that has the most domestic titles in Europe. The club boasts one of the greatest records of Bulgarian football teams in the European tournaments (2 semi-finals in the European Cup and 1 semi-final in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup). Bulgarian Championship - 31 (record) 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981,1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2008 Bulgarian Cup - 23 Official - 9 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2006 Unofficial (as Cup of the People's Republic of Bulgaria) - 1 1981 Cup of the Soviet Army - 13 Official - 9 1951, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974 Unofficial - 4 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990 Bulgarian Supercup - 2 1989, 2006 Doubles - 15 Official - 12 1951, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2006 Unofficial - 3 1981, 1985, 1990 Trebles - 1 1989 Quadruples - 1 1989 European Cup - 1/2 Final 1966/67 vs Inter Milan, 1981/82 vs Bayern Munich UEFA Cup - 1/16 Final 1998/99 vs Atlético Madrid UEFA Cup Winners' Cup - 1/2 Final 1988/89 vs Barcelona History and Achievements The club has met much domestic and international success making it the most successful Bulgarian club in history. CSKA has won the Bulgarian championship 31 times. The club's greatest domestic triumph was an unbroken string of national victories between 1954 and 1962 (a record written in the Guinness Book of Records). CSKA Sofia's presence on the European scene started with a glorious victory over Dinamo Bucharest 8:1 on October 21st 1956. Significantly, the club also twice reached the Semi-final stage in the UEFA European Champions Cup (today known as the UEFA Champions League) in 1967 and 1982 and once reached the Semi-final stage of the UEFA Cup Winner's Cup in 1989. CSKA managed to eliminate a reigning European Champion three times: Ajax Amsterdam, Nottingham Forest, and Liverpool FC respectively. In addition, CSKA eliminated over the years clubs such as Juventus FC(as champions of Italy), Real Sociedad(as champions of Spain), Monaco(as champions of France), 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 nurtured many famous players, generating various dream teams through the decades. Most notably for their international success were two waves of Dimitar Penev’s discoveries; the first 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. If you wonder why we sold Aleksander Tunchev,read this... 2008 problems with UEFA In early June 2008, UEFA notified the Bulgarian Football Union that CSKA will not receive a license for participation in the UEFA Champion's League and other European tournaments because of financial problems.[4] The BFU then speculated that this would mean that CSKA would not be able to take part in the A Professional Football Group of Bulgaria, effectively turning it back into an amateur team. Attempts to arrange a settlement with UEFA were unsuccessful, but the BFU still hopes that the football club will be able to put their financial state in shape before the 2008/2009 season starts, so it can at least play in the A Group, this will involve selling many of their star players. The person generally blamed for the situation was Alexander Tomov, chairman of the supervising council of CSKA. Later he dropped from his position. ]Famous players 1950s Ivan Kolev Georgi Naidenov Dimitar Milanov Manol Manolov 1960s Nikola Tzanev Petar Zhekov Hristo Marinchev Stefan Bozhkov Kiril Rakarov Boris Gaganelov Dimitar Yakimov 1970s Stoyan Yordanov Asparuh Nikodimov Bozhil Kolev Dimitar Marashliev Georgi Denev Dimitar Penev Tzonyo Vasilev 1980s Georgi Velinov Georgi Slavkov Iliya Valov Hristo Stoichkov Emil Kostadinov Georgi Dimitrov Luboslav Penev Radoslav Zdravkov Stoycho Mladenov Spas Dzhevizov Krasimir Bezinski Plamen Markov 1990s Bernardo Redin Ivaylo Andonov Trifon Ivanov Yordan Letchkov Anatoli Nankov Martin Petrov Stilian Petrov Milen Petkov Metodi Deyanov 2000s Dimitar Berbatov Ibrahima Gueye Benoit Cauet Vladimir Manchev Emil Gargorov Tiago Silva Hristo Yanev Valentin Iliev Velizar Dimitrov Florentin Petre Ivaylo Petrov Aleksandar Tunchev Biggest win in European tournaments: UEFA Champions League - 8:1 in 1956/57 vs Dinamo Bucuresti UEFA Cup - 5:0 in 1999/2000 vs Portadown UEFA Cup Winners' Cup - 9:0 in 1970/71 vs Haka THE INFORMATION IS FROM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSKA_Sofia SOME CLIPS FOR CSKA Sofia... : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPb4BXrIkXo...feature=related -> Our fans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NchfVnFZJQc...feature=related -> Against Liverpool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhRka6C0ZRs...feature=related ->Against Leverkusen in Sofia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXjyNT1vI2c...feature=related ->Against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Leverkusen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQxAPThLtg4...feature=related ->Our fans before CSKA - Bayer 04 Leverkusen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZGmV6Y7q-0...feature=related ->Our fans again... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4h9AZ0DmTM...feature=related ->Our fans again... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SCkmcFMSkI...feature=related -> A little part of our hymn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnUXSc756Xk...feature=related -> Our ultras which are in our ultras sector which is called "Sektor G" ... You can see more in youtube... Regards from Bulgaria,All the best
CSKA SOFIA Posted 9 July 2008 Author Posted 9 July 2008 What do you think about the club,fans and history... ? How can I post a picture,as you post the emblem of CSKA ?
CSKA SOFIA Posted 9 July 2008 Author Posted 9 July 2008 I want a CSKA shirt It's from CSKA - Bayer 04 Leverkusen ( 1 : 0 )
Tilley Posted 9 July 2008 Posted 9 July 2008 http://img.zamunda.net/bitbucket/pic11.jpg Your fans look good. Atmosphere looks great, nearly as good as the Walkers Stadium
CSKA SOFIA Posted 9 July 2008 Author Posted 9 July 2008 Your fans look good.Atmosphere looks great, nearly as good as the Walkers Stadium Thanks for the comment,but...good isn't enough We are one of the best in the world... Only our fans save the magic,tradition and greatness of our club...As you see,we are a club with GREAT HISTORY,a lot of trophies,great footballers and EUROPEAN success...But in nowadays it's different...
Corky Posted 9 July 2008 Posted 9 July 2008 Thanks for the comment,but...good isn't enough We are one of the best in the world... Only our fans save the magic,tradition and greatness of our club...As you see,we are a club with GREAT HISTORY,a lot of trophies,great footballers and EUROPEAN success...But in nowadays it's different... We have people in England who support the most successful clubs but they are not their local clubs. Does the same happen in Bulgaria?
CSKA SOFIA Posted 9 July 2008 Author Posted 9 July 2008 We have people in England who support the most successful clubs but they are not their local clubs. Does the same happen in Bulgaria? Yes,here is the same.CSKA Sofia has fans everywhere in Bulgaria.By the way,many of our friends support Liverpool in England,because of friendship between the fans Sorry,if you don't like it...
CSKA SOFIA Posted 9 July 2008 Author Posted 9 July 2008 After few minutes,Tilley will post pictures of our fans,because I can't
Ric Flair Posted 9 July 2008 Posted 9 July 2008 I want a CSKA shirt as well, I also want a bigger mullet than Stoichkov circa 1989.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 9 July 2008 Posted 9 July 2008 What do you think about our club ? Nothing, but im on board now You should support Melbourne Victory aswell
Daggers Posted 9 July 2008 Posted 9 July 2008 I want a CSKA shirt as well, I also want a bigger mullet than Stoichkov circa 1989. Hmm...a red shirt...I wonder if the idea would catch on?
CSKA SOFIA Posted 9 July 2008 Author Posted 9 July 2008 The crowds and atomosphere look immense Thank you,i support 100% your words But,as I said,in nowadays only the fans of CSKA are saved history,greatness,success and THE MAGIC of this club... Because,you can be sure that CSKA is a MAGIC.If you loved once these 4 letters,you will love them whole life CSKA Sofia is love forever
CSKA SOFIA Posted 9 July 2008 Author Posted 9 July 2008 cska sofia is my fav bulgrain club now! Thank you a lot,I hope that you're serious
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