USC_CSKA_Sofia

USC CSKA Sofia

USC CSKA Sofia

Bulgarian sports society from Sofia, Bulgaria

This article is about the sports club. For the football club, see PFC CSKA Sofia.

CSKA (Bulgarian: ЦСКА) was a Bulgarian sports society from Sofia, Bulgaria. CSKA stands for Central Sports Club of the Army (Bulgarian: Централен Спортен Клуб на Армията). It was founded on 5 May 1948 as Septemvri pri CDV, after the unification of the two sports clubs from the city, Chavdar and Septemvri. Since then, the club changed its name several times before settling on CSKA in 1989.

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The club is historically known as the Bulgarian Army sports club. Currently the sports club's departments are autonomous and are separated as of 1992. Therefore, the only connection of the departments to the Army are the historical traditions and the Bulgarian Army Stadium. Nevertheless, in the moment all of the clubs who have a connection to the sports society are incorporated into one joint society called United Sports Clubs CSKA, which is currently а successor of the previous disbanded organization.

Currently sections which belong to CSKA Sofia are football, basketball, volleyball, tennis, wrestling, athletics, ice hockey, chess, gymnastics, handball, taekwondo, boxing, cycling, weightlifting, judo, and rowing.

Departments

The most popular departments of the sports club are:


Football

Main article: PFC CSKA Sofia

Men

First League:

Bulgarian V Group:

Bulgarian Cup:

Bulgarian Supercup:

Bulgarian Cup – (unofficial tournament)

  • Winners (1 time): 1980-81

Cup of the Soviet Army

European Cup / UEFA Champions League

UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League

European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

UEFA Europa Conference League

PFC CSKA Sofia II

Bulgarian V Group:
  • Champions (1): 1982–83

Women

Bulgarian League:

  • Champions (2): 1988–89, 1992–93

Bulgarian Cup:

  • Winners (2 times): 1986–87, 1989–90


Volleyball

Main article: VC CSKA Sofia

Men

NVL:

  • Champions (29) (record): 1948, 1949, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2008, 2010, 2011

Bulgarian Cup:

  • Winners (19 times) (record): 1967, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011

CEV Champions League:

  • Winners (1): 1968-69

CEV Champions League "Final Four" Participant:

  • 1962-63 (1/2 final), 1970-71 (1/2 final)
  • 1976-77 (3-rd), 1984-85 (3-rd)
  • 1986-87 (4-th), 1987-88 (4-th), 1989-90 (4-th)

Cup Winner's Cup:

  • Winners (1): 1975-76

Cup Winner's Cup "Final Four" Participant:

  • 1985-86 (3-rd)
  • 1980-81 (4-th)

CEV Cup' "Final Four" Participant:

Women

NVL:

  • Champions (22): 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Bulgarian Cup:

  • Winners (19 times): 1969, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013

CEV Champions League:

  • Winners (2): 1978-79, 1983-84

CEV Champions League "Final Four" Participant:

  • 1987-88 (4-th), 1988-89 (4-th)

Cup Winner's Cup

  • Winners (1): 1981-82

Cup Winner's Cup "Final Four" Participant:

  • 1972-73 (2-nd), 1975-76 (2-nd), 1990-91 (2-nd),
  • 1980-81 (3-rd),
  • 1976-77 (4-th),

Challenge Cup

  • Eighth-finals (1): 1994-95

Basketball

Main article: BC CSKA Sofia

Men

NBL:

  • Champions (12): 1949, 1950, 1951, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992

Bulgarian Cup:

  • Winners (17 times) (record): 1953, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2005

BBL A Group/Second League:

  • Champions (1): 2021–22

European Champions' Cup

FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

Women

Bulgarian Championship:

  • Champions (1): 2006–07

Bulgarian Cup:

  • Winners (1 time): 2007

Women's Adriatic League:

EuroCup Women

  • 1/16 finalists (1): 2006–07

Hockey

Main article: HC CSKA Sofia

Men

Bulgarian League:

Bulgarian Cup:

  • Winners (14 times): 1964, 1965, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 2012, 2013

Handball

Men

A Group:

  • Champions (10): 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991

Bulgarian Cup:

  • Winners (10 times): 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2002

European Champions' Cup

Cup Winners' Cup

  • Quarter-finals (1): 1980–81

IHF Cup

  • Quarter-finals (1): 1986–87

Women

A Group:

  • Champions (12): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992

Bulgarian Cup:

  • Winners (8 times): 1975, 1976, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992

European Champions' Cup

  • Quarter-finals (3): 1973–74, 1974–75, 1983–84

Cup Winners' Cup

Water polo

Men

Bulgarian Championship:

  • Champions (39) (record): 1952, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2021

Bulgarian Cup:

  • Winners (31 times) (record) 2007, 2011, 2015, 2017

European Cup

  • 1/4 finalists (4): 1969–70, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1989–90

Medals

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Total
Summer Olympics15163263
World Championships667679221
European Championships968176253
Total number of medals177173187537

(*)Statistics can be inaccurate. Medals are not included if they were won by a player who competed for CSKA but was at another club when he/she won a medal.

Trophies

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