2021–22 PFC CSKA Sofia season

CSKA Sofia
2021–22 season
Controlling owner	Grisha Ganchev
Manager	Lyuboslav Penev; (until 26 July 2021); Stoycho Mladenov; (since 26 July 2021)
UEFA Europa Conference League	Group stage

The 2021–22 season is CSKA Sofia's 73rd season in the Parva Liga (the top flight of Bulgarian football) and their sixth consecutive participation after their administrative relegation in the third division due to mounting financial troubles. In addition to the domestic league, CSKA Sofia participates in this season's edition of the Bulgarian Cup and UEFA Europa Conference League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club will play during the 2021–22 season.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee
1	GK	Gustavo Busatto	30	2019	97	0	2022	Undisclosed
2	DF	Jurgen Mattheij	28	2020	71	6	2022	Free
3	DF	Geferson	27	2018 (Winter)	117	2	2021	Undisclosed
4	DF	Menno Koch	26	2021 (Winter)	18	2	2024	€500,000
5	MF	Federico Varela	24	2021 (Winter)	26	0	2022	Free
6	MF	Junior Nzila	20	2021	3	0	2022	Loan
7	MF	Yohan Baï	24	2021	23	3	2023	Free
8	MF	Graham Carey	32	2019	93	11	2021	Free
9	FW	Jordy Caicedo	23	2021 (Winter)	48	27	2022	Free
10	MF	Georgi Yomov	23	2020	70	10	2023	€300,000
11	FW	Hamza Čataković	24	2021	12	1	2023	Free
14	MF	Kaloyan Krastev	22	2021	14	0	2024	€300,000
15	DF	Thibaut Vion	27	2020	43	2	2023	Free
16	DF	Asen Donchev	19	2020	8	0	2022	Youth system
17	FW	Bismark Charles	20	2021 (Winter)	22	5	2023	Undisclosed
18	DF	Bradley Mazikou	25	2019	98	4	2022	Undisclosed
19	DF	Ivan Turitsov	21	2018	95	0	2022	Youth system
20	DF	Karol Mets	28	2021	13	0	2022	Undisclosed
21	MF	Amos Youga	28	2020	65	2	2023	Free
23	FW	Ahmed Ahmedov	26	2020 (Winter)	42	9	2023	Free
24	MF	Karlo Muhar	25	2021	21	2	2022	Loan
25	GK	Dimitar Evtimov	27	2020	13	0	2022	Free
28	DF	Plamen Galabov	25	2016	65	1	2022	Free
29	DF	Thomas Lam	27	2021	21	0	2023	Free
30	MF	Yanic Wildschut	29	2021	29	1	2023	Free

Last updated: 16 December 2021
Source:Players transfer and Wikipedia players' articles
Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
7	MF	Yohan Baï	24	EU	Canet Roussillon	Transfer	Summer	2023	Free	cska.bg
23	FW	Ahmed Ahmedov	26	EU	Neftçi	Loan return	Summer		Free	topsport.bg
—	GK	Iliya Shalamanov	18	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan return	Summer		Free
—	GK	Ivaylo Iliev	18	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan return	Summer		Free
29	DF	Hristiyan Petrov	18	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan return	Summer		Free
—	MF	Hristo Radkov	18	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan return	Summer		Free
6	MF	Junior Nzila	20	EU	Chiasso	Loan	Summer	2022	€90,000	cska.bg
11	FW	Hamza Čataković	24	Non-EU	Trenčín	Transfer	Summer	2023	Free	cska.bg
30	MF	Yanic Wildschut	29	EU	Maccabi Haifa	Transfer	Summer	2023	Free	cska.bg
26	DF	Valentin Antov	20	EU	Bologna	Loan return	Summer		Free	cska.bg
29	DF	Thomas Lam	27	EU	PEC Zwolle	Transfer	Summer	2023	Undisclosed	cska.bg
24	MF	Karlo Muhar	27	EU	Lech Poznań	Loan	Summer	2022	Free	cska.bg
14	FW	Kaloyan Krastev	22	EU	Slavia Sofia	Transfer	Summer	2024	€300,000	cska.bg
20	DF	Karol Mets	28	EU	Al-Ettifaq	Transfer	Summer	2022	Undisclosed	cska.bg

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
9	MF	Adalberto Peñaranda	24	EU	Watford	Loan return	Summer	Free
14	MF	Jules Keita	22	Non-EU	Lens	Loan return	Summer	Free	dsport.bg
24	FW	Jerome Sinclair	24	EU	Watford	Loan return	Summer	Free
11	DF	Petar Zanev	35	EU	Pirin	End of contract	Summer	Free	cska.bg
7	MF	Henrique	27	EU	Marítimo	End of contract	Summer	Free	dsport.bg
22	FW	Ali Sowe	26	Non-EU	Rostov	Transfer	Summer	€3,000,000	dsport.bg
—	MF	Kristiyan Grozdanov	16	EU	CSKA 1948	Free transfer	Summer	Free
—	DF	Emil Tsenov	19	EU	Minyor Pernik	Free transfer	Summer	Free
—	DF	Yoan Baurenski	19	EU	Botev Vratsa	Loan	Summer	Free	dsport.bg
27	FW	Martin Smolenski	18	EU	Minyor Pernik	Loan	Summer	Free	dsport.bg
—	FW	Ivan Mitrev	22	EU	Botev Vratsa	Loan	Summer	Free	cska.bg
29	DF	Aleksandar Buchkov	17	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan	Summer	Free	cska.bg
—	FW	Mark-Emilio Papazov	17	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan	Summer	Free	cska.bg
—	DF	Kristiyan Atanasov	18	EU	Litex Lovech	Free transfer	Summer	Free	cska.bg
—	DF	Kaloyan Stoilov	19	EU	Litex Lovech	Free transfer	Summer	Free	cska.bg
—	GK	Iliya Shalamanov-Trenkov	18	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan	Summer	Free
—	FW	Daniel Ivanov	19	EU	Neftochimic Burgas	Loan	Summer	Free
20	MF	Tiago Rodrigues	29	EU	Al-Hazem	Transfer	Summer	€1,000,000	dsport.bg
26	DF	Valentin Antov	20	EU	Monza	Transfer	Summer	€3,500,000	cska.bg
14	MF	Mitko Mitkov	21	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan	Summer	Free	topsport.bg
20	DF	Hristiyan Petrov	19	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan	Summer	Free	dsport.bg
22	FW	Radoslav Zhivkov	22	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan	Summer	Free	dsport.bg

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

19 June 2021 (2021-06-19) Friendly	CSKA	2−0	Litex	Pancharevo, Bulgaria
11:00 UTC+3	Bismark 11' Zhivkov 80'	Report	Kapitanov 21'	Stadium: Sporten kompleks Pancharevo Attendance: 0

26 June 2021 (2021-06-26) Friendly	CSKA	1−0	Wacker Innsbruck	Fulpmes, Austria
19:00 UTC+3	Mattheij 56'	Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Fulpmes Attendance: 0

30 June 2021 (2021-06-30) Friendly	CSKA	1−2	Olympiakos	Schwaz, Austria
19:00 UTC+3	Ahmedov 58'	Report	Kouka 63' Čumić 80'	Stadium: Silberstadt Arena Attendance: 0

4 July 2021 (2021-07-04) Friendly	CSKA	0−1	Werder Bremen	Zell am Ziller, Austria
17:00 UTC+3		Report	J. Eggestein 83'	Stadium: Parkstadion

7 July 2021 (2021-07-07) Friendly	CSKA	0−1	Qarabağ	Fulpmes, Austria
19:00 UTC+3			Gurbanli 70'	Stadium: Sportplatz Fulpmes

10 July 2021 (2021-07-10) Friendly	CSKA	4−0	Botev Vratsa	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:30 UTC+3	Vieira 3' (o.g.) Varela 37', 45', 71'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia

6 September 2021 (2021-09-06) Friendly	CSKA	4−1	Bansko	Banya, Bulgaria
15:00 UTC+3	Caicedo 11' Ahmedov 52' Čataković 55' Varela 66'	Report	Malamov 44'	Stadium: Sporten kompleks Evima

11 October 2021 (2021-10-11) Friendly	CSKA	6−1	Bansko	Banya, Bulgaria
15:00 UTC+3	Wildschut 24' Ahmedov 29' Carey 31' Nzila 55' Varela 61' Zhabov 84'	Report	Baltov 26'	Stadium: Sporten kompleks Evima

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) Friendly	CSKA	4−1	Litex	Pancharevo, Bulgaria
15:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Sporten kompleks Pancharevo

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Parva Liga	25 July 2021	20−23 May 2022	Matchday 1		17	11	4	2	29	18	+11	064.71
Bulgarian Cup	22 September 2021		First round		2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Bulgarian Supercup	17 July 2021		Final	Runner-up	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	22 July 2021		Second qualifying round		12	2	4	6	11	18	−7	016.67
Total					32	15	8	9	45	40	+5	046.88

Last updated: 16 December 2021
Source: Competitions

Bulgarian Supercup

17 July 2021 Final	Ludogorets	4−0	CSKA	Sofia
20:30 UTC+3	Santana 17', 29' Yankov 41' Sotiriou 49' Nedyalkov 52' Tchibota 84', 88' Ikoko 89'	Report	Caicedo 17' Galabov 66' Yomov 88' 90+2'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

Parva Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (X)	17	14	0	3	46	17	+29	42	Qualification for the Championship group
2	CSKA Sofia	17	11	4	2	29	18	+11	37
3	Cherno More	19	8	8	3	22	13	+9	32
4	Botev Plovdiv	19	9	5	5	23	21	+2	32
5	Slavia Sofia	19	7	8	4	22	17	+5	29

Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2021. Source: soccerway, Bulgarian Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.[1]
(X) Assured of the Europa Conference League group

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	11	4	2	29	18	+11	37	7	1	1	15	8	+7	4	3	1	14	10	+4

Last updated: 16 December 2021.
Source: See results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	P	P	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W
Position/	1	3

Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2021. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 1	CSKA 1948	2−4	CSKA	Sofia
18:45 UTC+3	Haydarov 45' Chochev 47', 58' (pen.) Yoskov 63' Marin 76' 84' Pirgov 81'	Report	Baï 29' Penev 34' 87' Zhivkov 57' Youga 72', 90+3' Mattheij 85' (pen.) Čataković 87' Caicedo 90+4'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 300 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas) Man of the Match: Jurgen Mattheij

22 August 2021 (2021-08-22) 5	CSKA	1−0	Pirin	Sofia
21:00 UTC+3	Donchev 24' Caicedo 39', 52' Mladenov 45' Youga 45' Wildschut 56' Mattheij 83' Antov 85' Charles 90+3'	Report	Dyakov 30' Manolev 35' 42' Feeney 45'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Georgi Yomov

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 6	Cherno More	0−1	CSKA	Varna
18:45 UTC+3	Henrique 26' Gomes 69' 73' Álvarez 89'	Report	Caicedo 61' Mazikou 67' Youga 86' Turitsov 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Ticha Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Dimitar Evtimov

11 September 2021 (2021-09-11) 7	CSKA	1−1	Slavia	Sofia
20:45 UTC+3	Caicedo 62' Carey 76'	Report	Nguena 28' 55' Viyachki 75' Makrillos 80' Hristov 86' Atanasov 90+1' Vutsov 90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Svetoslav Vutsov

19 September 2021 (2021-09-19) 8	Botev Vratsa	2−4	CSKA	Vratsa
18:15 UTC+3	Babunski 7', 68' Marinov 73' Milanov 87' A. Georgiev 90+1'	Report	Yomov 16', 81' Mazikou 39' Caicedo 46' Baï 50' Mets 60' Lam 61'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia) Man of the Match: Georgi Yomov

26 September 2021 (2021-09-26) 9	CSKA	2−1	Levski	Sofia
16:30 UTC+3	Carey 44' Muhar 55' Caicedo 65', 67' Turitsov 84'	Report	Milanov 28' R. Tsonev 72'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Graham Carey

3 October 2021 (2021-10-03) 10	Tsarsko Selo	1−2	CSKA	Sofia
17:45 UTC+3	Dias 72' Aleksandrov 90+2'	Report	Turitsov 40' Geferson 48' 50' Youga 55' Muhar 90+3'	Stadium: Arena Tsarsko Selo Attendance: 150 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Karlo Muhar

17 October 2021 (2021-10-17) 11	CSKA	3−2	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
19:15 UTC+3	Caicedo 42', 73' Yomov 72'	Report	Konate 16' Nedelev 78' (pen.) Tonev 84' Rabeï 86'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 0 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Georgi Yomov
Note: On 12 October 2021 the Regional Health Inspectorate of Sofia City announced that the stadiums are not allowed to host spectators due to a recent spike of COVID-19-related infections.[2]

24 October 2021 (2021-10-24) 12	Beroe	0−0	CSKA	Stara Zagora
19:00 UTC+3	Stefanov 27' Furtado 31' Ali 82'	Report	Mattheij 46'	Stadium: Stadion Beroe Attendance: 500 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Gustavo Busatto

31 October 2021 (2021-10-31) 13	CSKA	1−3	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
16:30 UTC+2	Mattheij 58' Geferson 75' Ahmedov 80' Baï 84'	Report	Minchev 48', 55', 66' Yanchev 61' Gomis 77' Angelov 90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Georgi Ginchev (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Georgi Minchev

8 November 2021 (2021-11-08) 14	CSKA	1−0	CSKA 1948	Sofia
17:30 UTC+2	Mattheij 30' Youga 45' Turitsov 53'	Report	G. Angelov 57' Pirgov 58' Martinov 69'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 0 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas) Man of the Match: Jurgen Mattheij
Note: The game was played without spectators as CSKA was serving a two-game ban due to the disturbances during their home game against Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[3]

20 November 2021 (2021-11-20) 15	CSKA	2−1	Arda	Sofia
17:45 UTC+2	Geferson 40' Caicedo 54' Mattheij 56' Mazikou 57', 79' Busatto 90' Mets 90+3'	Report	Zhelev 2' Karadzhov 68' Krumov 75' Yurukov 90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 0 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Bradley Mazikou
Note: The game was played without spectators as CSKA was serving a two-game ban due to the disturbances during their home game against Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[3]

29 November 2021 (2021-11-29) 16	Ludogorets	2−0	CSKA	Razgrad
17:15 UTC+2	Gonçalves 28' Despodov 43' Sotiriou 78' (pen.) Cicinho 85' Show 87' Tchibota 90+1', 90+2'	Report	Mattheij 22' Carey 63' Lam 64'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Mavis Tchibota

2 December 2021 (2021-12-02) 17	CSKA	2−0	Lokomotiv Sofia	Sofia
17:30 UTC+2	Caicedo 46' Carey 54' Yomov 90+2' Vion 90+4'	Report	Rocha 40' Ivanov 85' Orachev 90+1' Katsikas 90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 750 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia) Man of the Match: Jordy Caicedo

5 December 2021 (2021-12-05) 18	Pirin	1−1	CSKA	Blagoevgrad
16:45 UTC+2	Karachanakov 51' Manolev 74', 90+2' Bodurov 86'	Report	Mets 3' Mazikou 68' Muhar 70'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Stanislav Manolev

12 December 2021 (2021-12-12) 19	CSKA	2−0	Cherno More	Sofia
14:15 UTC+2	Dichev 20' (o.g.) Muhar 25' Caicedo 45+1' Geferson 56' Turitsov 83'	Report	Serdyuk 23' Panayotov 71'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 850 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Yohan Baï

16 December 2021 (2021-12-16) 2	Arda	2−2	CSKA	Kardzhali
16:30 UTC+2	Yurukov 16' Yordanov 31' (pen.) Kiki 45' Zehirov 46' Kokonov 56' Ivanov 71' Tilev 80' Zhelev 90+1'	Report	Geferson 18' Mattheij 30' Caicedo 45+1', 90+2' Muhar 51' Baï 55' Bismark 90+5'	Stadium: Arena Arda Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich) Man of the Match: Jordy Caicedo
Note: The game has been originally scheduled for 1 August, 21:00 EEST, but has been rescheduled due to the ongoing participation of both clubs in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.[4] On 8 November the technical committee of the BFU rescheduled the game for 22 December 2021.[5] A couple of days later, on 10 November the committee did another round of rescheduiling, so this time the game was scheduled for 16 December 2021.[6]

20 December 2021 (2021-12-20) 3	CSKA	v	Ludogorets	Sofia
16:30 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas)
Note: The game has been originally scheduled for 8 August, 21:00 EEST, but has been rescheduled due to the ongoing participation of both clubs in the European tournaments.[7] On 8 November the technical committee of the BFU rescheduled the game for 19 December 2021.[5] A couple of days later, on 10 November the committee did another round of rescheduiling, so this time the game was scheduled for 20 December 2021.[6]

11−14 February 2022 (2022-02) 4	Lokomotiv Sofia	v	CSKA	Sofia
16:30 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv)
Note: The game has been originally scheduled for 15 August, 18:45 EEST, but has been rescheduled due to CSKA's ongoing participation in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.[8] On 8 November the technical committee of the BFU rescheduled the game for 16 December 2021.[5] A couple of days later, on 10 November the committee did another round of rescheduiling, so this time the game was to be scheduled for 2022 before the start of the spring matches.[6]

18−21 February 2022 (2022-02) 20	Slavia	v	CSKA	Sofia
--:-- UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Stadion Slavia

25−28 February 2022 (2022-02) 21	CSKA	v	Botev Vratsa	Sofia
--:-- UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia

4−7 March 2022 (2022-03) 22	Levski	v	CSKA	Sofia
--:-- UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski

11−14 March 2022 (2022-03) 23	CSKA	v	Tsarsko Selo	Sofia
--:-- UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia

18−20 March 2022 (2022-03) 24	Botev Plovdiv	v	CSKA	Plovdiv
--:-- UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912

1−4 April 2022 (2022-04) 25	CSKA	v	Beroe	Sofia
--:-- UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia

8−11 April 2022 (2022-04) 26	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	v	CSKA	Plovdiv
--:-- UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv

Bulgarian Cup

22 September 2021 (2021-09-22) 1R	Hebar	0−3	CSKA	Sofia[note 1]
18:00 UTC+3	Terziev 13' Dimitrov 15' Karakashev 78'	Report	Caicedo 25', 41' Ahmedov 27'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv)

28 October 2021 (2021-10-28) 2R	CSKA	2−0	Arda	Sofia
19:00 UTC+3	Caicedo 22', 36' Mazikou 54'	Report	Kotev 24' Delev 63' Petkov 73'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 850 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia)

1−3 March 2022 (2022-03) QF	CSKA	v	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
--:-- UTC+3				Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

22 July 2021 (2021-07-22) First leg	CSKA	0−0	Liepāja	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 UTC+3	Carey 86'	Report	Dodô 18' Simić 45' Tkachuk 59'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Peter Bankes (England)

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) Second leg	Liepāja	0−0 (0−0 agg.) (1−3 p)	CSKA	Liepāja, Latvia
17:00 UTC+3	Ukpa 53' Mirosavljev 73' Kārkliņš 89' Ostojić 105+1'	Report	Turitsov 23' Čataković 62' Youga 111'	Stadium: Daugavas stadions Attendance: 453 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Romania)
	Penalties
	Simić Tkachuk Šabala Keita		Carey Caicedo Ahmedov Geferson

Third qualifying round

5 August 2021 (2021-08-05) First leg	CSKA	4−2	Osijek	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 UTC+3	Mazikou 30' Carey 39' Caicedo 42' Yomov 74'	Report	Žaper 30' Mattheij 41' (o.g.) Topčagić 90+3'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski[note 2] Attendance: 4,494 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

12 August 2021 (2021-08-12) Second leg	Osijek	1−1 (3−5 agg.)	CSKA	Osijek, Croatia
22:15 UTC+3	Škorić 45', 84' Miérez 48' Bjelica 68' Bule 74' Lončar 86'	Report	Carey 33' Busatto 54' Geferson 76' Wildschut 77' Turitsov 83' Youga 84'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski Vrt Attendance: 3,706 Referee: Don Robertson (Scotland)

Play-off round

19 August 2021 (2021-08-19) First leg	Viktoria Plzeň	2−0	CSKA	Plzeň, Czech Republic
20:00 UTC+3	Havel 11' Mosquera 72' Chorý 90+1'	Report	Caicedo 30' Youga 90+1'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 6,859 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) Second leg	CSKA	3−0 (a.e.t.) (3−2 agg.)	Viktoria Plzeň	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 UTC+3	Carey 6' Turitsov 52' Yomov 61', 63' Caicedo 67' 111' Mattheij 79', 119' Lam 100'	Report	Šulc 51' Janošek 80' Havel 117'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski[note 3] Attendance: 6,717 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ROM	BOD	ZOR	CSS
1	Roma	6	4	1	1	18	11	+7	13	Advance to round of 16	—	2–2	4–0	5–1
2	Bodø/Glimt	6	3	3	0	14	5	+9	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs	6–1	—	3–1	2–0
3	Zorya Luhansk	6	2	1	3	5	11	−6	7		0–3	1–1	—	2–0
4	CSKA Sofia	6	0	1	5	3	13	−10	1		2–3	0–0	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 September 2021 (2021-09-16) 1	Roma	5–1	CSKA	Rome, Italy
22:00 UTC+3	Pellegrini 25', 62' El Shaarawy 38' Mancini 82' Abraham 84'	Report	Carey 10' Wildschut 67' 80' Lam 90'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 29,876 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

30 September 2021 (2021-09-30) 2	CSKA	0−0	Bodø/Glimt	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:45 UTC+3	Baï 29' Turitsov 76'	Report	Høibråten 5' Khaykin 90+2'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski[note 4] Attendance: 7,291 Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

21 October 2021 (2021-10-21) 3	CSKA	0−1	Zorya Luhansk	Sofia, Bulgaria
22:00 UTC+3	Mattheij 46' Wildschut 69' Caicedo 77'v Mazikou 84' Lam 85' Vion 90+3'	Report	Khomchenovskyi 28' Sayyadmanesh 64' Cvek 89' Favorov 90+7'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski[note 4] Attendance: 3,158 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) 4	Zorya Luhansk	2−0	CSKA	Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
19:45 UTC+2	Vernydub 56' Snurnitsyn 70' Zahedi 76', 87' Sayyadmanesh 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Slavutych-Arena[note 5] Attendance: 1,122 Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)

25 November 2021 (2021-11-25) 5	Bodø/Glimt	2−0	CSKA	Bodø, Norway
22:00 UTC+2	Fet 25' Høibråten 55' Botheim 85'	Report	Caicedo 2' Youga 45' Mattheij 50'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 5,339 Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

9 December 2021 (2021-12-09) 6	CSKA	2−3	Roma	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:45 UTC+2	Vion 45' Geferson 71' Čataković 75' Wildschut 90+3'	Report	Abraham 15', 53' Bove 24' Mancini 32' Mayoral 34' Kumbulla 60'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski[note 4] Attendance: 4,640 Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 16 December 2021

No.	Pos	Player	Parva Liga		Bulgarian Cup		Supercup		Conference League		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Gustavo Busatto	13	-14	0	0	1	-4	12	-18	26	-36
2	DF	Jurgen Mattheij	16	2	1+1	0	1	0	12	1	31	3
3	DF	Geferson	11+4	0	2	0	1	0	10+1	0	29	0
4	DF	Menno Koch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF	Federico Varela	4+5	0	1	0	1	0	0+3	0	14	0
6	MF	Junior Nzila	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF	Yohan Baï	6+9	3	0	0	1	0	4+3	0	23	3
8	MF	Graham Carey	11+2	1	2	0	0	0	11	4	26	5
9	FW	Jordy Caicedo	14+1	12	2	4	1	0	11	1	29	17
10	MF	Georgi Yomov	13+1	4	1+1	0	0+1	0	10+2	2	29	6
11	FW	Hamza Čataković	4+2	0	0	0	1	0	1+4	1	12	1
14	FW	Kaloyan Krastev	0+8	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+4	0	14	0
15	DF	Thibaut Vion	8+3	0	0+1	0	0	0	3+1	0	16	0
16	DF	Asen Donchev	2+2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	6	0
17	FW	Bismark Charles	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	6	0
18	DF	Bradley Mazikou	14	2	2	0	1	0	12	1	29	3
19	DF	Ivan Turitsov	10+3	0	1	0	1	0	11	0	26	0
20	DF	Karol Mets	7+4	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
21	MF	Amos Youga	9+4	2	1	0	0+1	0	7+1	0	23	2
23	FW	Ahmed Ahmedov	3+3	0	1+1	1	0	0	0+6	0	14	1
24	MF	Karlo Muhar	10+4	2	0+2	0	0	0	4+1	0	21	2
25	GK	Dimitar Evtimov	4	-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	-4
28	DF	Plamen Galabov	2+4	0	1	0	1	0	2+3	0	13	0
29	DF	Thomas Lam	11+1	0	1+1	0	0	0	6+1	0	21	0
30	MF	Yanic Wildschut	12+3	0	2	0	1	0	9+2	1	29	1
Players who appeared for CSKA Sofia that left during the season:
20	DF	Hristiyan Petrov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW	Radoslav Zhivkov	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	3	0
26	DF	Valentin Antov	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	6	0	8	0

Goalscorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Parva Liga	Bulgarian Cup	Conference League	Total
1	FW	9	Jordy Caicedo	12	4	1	17
2	MF	10	Georgi Yomov	4	0	2	6
3	MF	8	Graham Carey	1	0	4	5
4	DF	2	Jurgen Mattheij	2	0	1	3
	MF	7	Yohan Baï	3	0	0	3
	DF	18	Bradley Mazikou	2	0	1	3
7	MF	21	Amos Youga	2	0	0	2
7	MF	24	Karlo Muhar	2	0	0	2
9	FW	11	Hamza Čataković	0	0	1	1
	FW	23	Ahmed Ahmedov	0	1	0	1
	MF	30	Yanic Wildschut	0	0	1	1
			Own goal	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				29	5	11	45

As of 16 December 2021

Disciplinary Record

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for CSKA first squad during the season.

N	P	Nat.	Name													Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Parva Liga		Bulgarian Cup		Supercup		Conference League			Total			Notes
1	GK		Gustavo Busatto	1						1			2
2	DF		Jurgen Mattheij	6						3			9
3	DF		Geferson	5	1					2			7	1
7	MF		Yohan Baï	1						1			2
8	MF		Graham Carey	2						1			3
9	FW		Jordy Caicedo	2				1		4	1		7	1
10	MF		Georgi Yomov					1	1	1			2	1
11	FW		Hamza Čataković	1						1			2
15	DF		Thibaut Vion	1						1		1	2		1
16	DF		Asen Donchev	1									1
17	FW		Bismark Charles	2									2
18	DF		Bradley Mazikou	3			1			1			4		1
19	DF		Ivan Turitsov	5						4			9
20	DF		Karol Mets	3									3
21	MF		Amos Youga	4						4			8
22	FW		Radoslav Zhivkov	1									1
23	FW		Ahmed Ahmedov	1									1
24	MF		Karlo Muhar	3									3
26	DF		Valentin Antov	1									1
28	DF		Plamen Galabov					1					1
29	DF		Thomas Lam	2						3			5
30	MF		Yanic Wildschut	1						3	1		4	1
Manager			Stoycho Mladenov	1									1
Manager			Lyuboslav Penev	1	1								1	1

Last updated: 16 December 2021
Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Notes

Hebar plays their first round home match at Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofia, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Georgi Benkovski in Pazardzhik, which was not in optimal condition to host a football match.[9]
CSKA plays their third qualifying round home match at Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofia, which does not meet UEFA requirements for this stage of the tournament.
CSKA plays their play-off round home match at Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofia, which does not meet UEFA requirements for this stage of the tournament.
CSKA plays their group stage home matches at Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia, instead of their regular stadium Balgarska Armiya, Sofia, which does not meet UEFA requirements for this stage of the tournament.
Zorya Luhansk plays their group stage home matches at Slavutych-Arena, Zaporizhzhia, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Avanhard, Luhansk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.

References

"A PFG - Regular season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
"Заповед РД-01-343/ 12.10.2021 г. на директора на Столична РЗИ" (PDF). Regional Health Inspectorate of Sofia City. 12 October 2021.
"Решение ДК 05.11.2021 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 8 November 2021.
"Решение СТК 28.07.2021 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 28 July 2021.
"Решение СТК 08.11.2021 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 8 November 2021.
"Решение СТК 10.11.2021 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
"Решение СТК 02.08.2021 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2 August 2021.
"Решение СТК 13.08.2021 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 13 August 2021.
""Българска армия" приема Хебър - ЦСКА". dsport.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 21 September 2021.

External links

CSKA Official Site

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[10] Hebar plays their first round home match at Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofia, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Georgi Benkovski in Pazardzhik, which was not in optimal condition to host a football match.[9]

[CSKA-11] CSKA plays their third qualifying round home match at Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofia, which does not meet UEFA requirements for this stage of the tournament.

[CSKA-p-12] CSKA plays their play-off round home match at Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofia, which does not meet UEFA requirements for this stage of the tournament.

[CSKA-gs-13] CSKA plays their group stage home matches at Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia, instead of their regular stadium Balgarska Armiya, Sofia, which does not meet UEFA requirements for this stage of the tournament.

[Zorya_Luhansk-14] Zorya Luhansk plays their group stage home matches at Slavutych-Arena, Zaporizhzhia, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Avanhard, Luhansk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.

[1] "A PFG - Regular season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[nospecsofia-2] "Заповед РД-01-343/ 12.10.2021 г. на директора на Столична РЗИ" (PDF). Regional Health Inspectorate of Sofia City. 12 October 2021.

[gameban-3] "Решение ДК 05.11.2021 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 8 November 2021.

[4] "Решение СТК 28.07.2021 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[resched1-5] "Решение СТК 08.11.2021 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 8 November 2021.

[resched2-6] "Решение СТК 10.11.2021 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 10 November 2021.

[7] "Решение СТК 02.08.2021 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[8] "Решение СТК 13.08.2021 г". bfunion.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[9] ""Българска армия" приема Хебър - ЦСКА". dsport.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 21 September 2021.