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CSKA II (Bulgarian: ЦСКА II) is a Bulgarian football team based in Sofia. Founded in 2016, it is the reserve team of CSKA Sofia, and played one season in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football in 2016-2017 and being restored in 2022 to play in the Third League.

PFC CSKA Sofia II

Full name	Professional Football Club CSKA Sofia II
Nickname(s)	The Reds The Armymen
Short name	CSKA II
Founded	1950; 72 years ago (1950)
Ground	Balgarska Armia, Sofia
Capacity	22 995 (18 495 seats)
Owner	Danail Ganchev
Manager	Stamen Belchev
League	Third League
2016–17	Second League, 13th (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

They ought to play at least one level below their main side, however, so CSKA II was ineligible for promotion to the First League and could not play in the Bulgarian Cup.

History

In June 2016 CSKA II took the place of Litex Lovech II in the Bulgarian Second League. The team was selected by CSKA and Litex youth players. After Stamen Belchev took charge of the first team CSKA II's results worsened, and the team was relegated to South-West Third League on the final day of the season following a 1–2 away defeat by Vitosha Bistritsa.[1] On 5 June 2017, the owners officially informed the Bulgarian Football Union that the team will not participate in the 2017–18 South-West Third League as the level was deemed too low for youth players' development.[2] On 6 June 2017, the contract of the head coach Svetoslav Todorov was terminated.[3]

In end of May 2022, CSKA announced that they will restore its second team and will join Third League for the 2022-23 season.[4]\

Squad

As of 15 August 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BUL Aleks Bozhev 2 DF  BUL Iliyan Dimitrov 3 DF  BUL Lachezar Ivanov 4 DF  BUL Lyubomir Tsvetanov 5 DF  BUL Rosen Marinov 6 MF  BUL Martin Sotirov 7 MF  BUL Mark-Emilio Papazov 8 MF  BUL Brayan Stefkov 9 FW  BUL Aleksandar Georgiev 10 MF  BUL Georgi Chorbadzhiyski 11 FW  BUL Pavel Zhabov 12 GK  BUL Kristiyan Dimitrov 13 MF  BUL Teodor Apostolov 14 MF  BUL Petko Panayotov 15 MF  BUL Yoan Baurenski (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  BUL Yoan-Filip Chavov 17 MF  BUL Aleksandro Nikolov 18 MF  BUL Yulian Iliev 20 DF  BUL Yasen Spirov 21 MF  BUL Roberto Shtilyanov 22 DF  BUL Viktor Atanasov 24 MF  BUL Ilian Antonov — GK  AUS Iliya Shalamanov-Trenkov — DF  BUL Svetozar Evtov — DF  BUL Kristian Georgiev — MF  BUL Georgi Dimitrov — MF  BUL Dimitar Hristov — MF  BUL Vasil Kaymakanov — MF  BUL Aleksandar Kozhuharov — MF  BUL Dimitar Petrov

For first team players, see CSKA Sofia.

Honours

Bulgarian V Group:

• Champions (1): 1982-83

Manager history

Dates	Name	Honours
2016	Stamen Belchev
2016	Ivaylo Stanev /caretaker/
2017	Svetoslav Todorov
2022–	Stamen Belchev

Past seasons

Season	League	Place	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1981-82	Sofia V Group (III)	7	15	9	10	51	36	39
1982-83	Sofia V Group (III)	1	23	7	4	76	26	53
1983-84	South B Group (II)	17	8	6	20	45	65	22
2016–17	Second League (II)	13	9	6	15	44	49	33
2022–23	South-West Third League (III)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

References

External links

• Official website

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