FC CSKA 1948 Sofia II


CSKA 1948 II or CSKA 1948 2 was a Bulgarian professional football team based in Sofia. Founded in 2019, it is the reserve team of CSKA 1948, and played in Second [Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|Second League], the second level of Bulgarian football, until 2025.
In 2023, the team secured the title in Second League, becoming the first reserve team to become a champion of the league.

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 Regional [Amateur Football Groups (Bulgaria)|A OFG Sofia (capital) South], the 4th level of Bulgarian football, led by Kiril Metkov. 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 the main sponsors of FC CSKA 1948, Tzvetomir Naydenov, announced that the reserve team will be introduced in Second [Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|Second League], the second level of Bulgarian football, from 2021–22 [Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|2021-22 season]. On 29 May 2021 Miroslav Mindev was announced as the manager of the team, previously leading Zagorets Nova Zagora. 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.
On 26 May 2023, the team secured the title in Second League, becoming the first reserve team to become a champion of the league.

Honours

Second Professional [Football League (Bulgaria)|Second League]:

Statistics

Second League matches

RankingNationalityPositionNameYearsMatchesGoals
1MFSteliyan Dobrev2021–2024648
2MFGeorgi Mariyanov2021–2023572
3MFKaloyan Strinski2023–2025535
4FWValentin Yoskov2021–20245124
5DFChristopher Acheampong2022–2025473
6DFMartin Atanasov2023–2025432
7FWBoris Dimitrov2024–20254218
8DFIvaylo Markov2024–20254210
9MFAleksandar Asparuhov2022–2023381
10MFStoyan Stoichkov2021–2025375

Second League goals

RankingNationalityPositionNameYearsMatchesGoals
1FWValentin Yoskov2021–20245124
2FWBoris Dimitrov2024–20254218
3FWDenislav Aleksandrov2021–20231513
4DFIvaylo Markov2024–20254210
5FWPreslav Antonov2023–2024338
—MFSteliyan Dobrev2021–2024648
7FWMariyan Tonev2022–2024307
8MFMarto Boychev2024–2025246
—MFKristiyan Velichkov2024–2025286
10FWJuninho202265
–MFStoyan Stoichkov2021–2025345
–MFKaloyan Strinski2023–2025535

  • Players in bold are still playing for FC 1948.

Past seasons

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ChampionsRunners-upPromotedRelegated

League positions


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