PFC CSKA Sofia II

PFC CSKA Sofia II

Full name	Professional Football Club CSKA Sofia II
Nicknames	The Reds The Armymen
Short name	CSKA II
Founded	5 May 1948 (1948-05-05)
Ground	CSKA Sofia Sports Complex, Pancharevo
Capacity	1,500
Shareholders	Valter Papazki
Manager	Valentin Iliev
League	Second League
2025–26	Second League, 5th of 20
Website	cska.bg
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.

Because of BFU regulations, CSKA II is ineligible for promotion to the First League and can not participate in the Bulgarian Cup.

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 the second team and join Third League for the 2022/23 season.⁴

In 2024/2025 season, CSKA II returned to the second tier of Bulgarian football.

As of 8 June 2026

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  BUL Svetozar Evtov 3 DF  BUL Lachezar Ivanov 4 DF  BUL Simeon Chatov 5 DF  BUL Dimitar Hristov 6 MF  BUL Martin Sotirov 9 FW  BUL Aleksandar Georgiev 10 FW  BUL Radoslav Zhivkov 11 FW  BUL Vasil Kaymakanov 13 DF  BUL Dimitar Nikolov 14 DF  BUL Plamen Petrov 16 FW  BUL Emil Naydenov 17 MF  BUL Teodor Apostolov

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  BUL Martin Sorakov 21 DF  BUL Aleksandar Buchkov (captain) 24 MF  BUL Abdula Kichukov 27 FW  BUL Kaloyan Pulev 30 MF  BUL Radostin Georgiev 31 GK  BUL Stanislav Tanev 32 MF  BUL Konstantin Yordanov 47 MF  BUL Alesandro Nikolov 77 FW  BUL Yulian Gilov 93 DF  BUL Denis Dinev 98 DF  BUL Bozhidar Petrov 99 GK  BUL Georgi Gerginov

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2025.

For first team players, see CSKA Sofia.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BUL Daniel Nikolov 8 MF  BUL Yulian Iliev

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  BUL Aleks Tunchev 72 FW  BUL Ivan Tasev

Dates	Name	Honours
1981–1984	Kiril Stankov	1 Bulgarian V Group
2016	Stamen Belchev
2016	Ivaylo Stanev /caretaker/
2017	Svetoslav Todorov
2022–2024	Stamen Belchev
2024	Stoyan Angelov
2024–2025	Vladimir Manchev
2025	Valentin Iliev
2025	Daniel Morales /caretaker/
2025–	Valentin Iliev

Name	Role
Valentin Iliev	Head coach
Lyuben Lyubenov	Assistant coach
Ivaylo Ivanov	Goalkeeper coach
Kostadin Dzhorgov	Fitness coach
Pavel Toshkov	Analyst
Hristo Vidinov	Analyst

Bulgarian V Group:

• Champions (1): 1982-83