USC CSKA Sofia

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

USC CSKA Sofia

First played	5 May 1948

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.

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, weightlifting, judo, cycling, and rowing.

Departments

The most popular departments of the sports club are:

• PFC CSKA Sofia, football club
• BC CSKA Sofia, basketball club
• HC CSKA Sofia, ice hockey club
• VC CSKA Sofia, volleyball club
• WK CSKA Sofia, water polo club
• HBC CSKA Sofia, handball club

Football

Main article: PFC CSKA Sofia

Men

First League:

• Champions (31) (record): 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08

Bulgarian V Group:

• Champions (1): 2015–16

Bulgarian Cup:

• Winners (21 times): 1951, 1954, 1955, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2005–06, 2010–11, 2015–16, 2020–21

Bulgarian Supercup:

• Winners (4): 1989, 2006, 2008, 2011

Bulgarian Cup  – (secondary cup competition)

• Winners (1 time) (shared record): 1980-81

Cup of the Soviet Army – (secondary cup competition)

• Winners (4 times) (record): 1984-85, 1985-1986, 1988-89, 1989-90

European Cup / UEFA Champions League

• Semi-finals (2): 1966–67, 1981–82
• Quarter-finals (4): 1956–57, 1973–74, 1980–81, 1989–90

UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League

• Round of 32 (3): 1984–85, 1991–92, 1998–99
• Group stage (4): 2005–06, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2020–21

European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

• Semi-finals (1): 1988–89

UEFA Europa Conference League

• Group stage (1): 2021–22

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:

• 2010-11 (1/2 final)

Challenge Cup

• Eighth-finals (1): 2024-25

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

• Quarter-finals (2): 1965–66, 1967–68

FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

• Semi-finals (1): 1974–75
• Quarter-finals (2): 1973–74, 1975–76

Women

Bulgarian Championship:

• Champions (1): 2006–07

Bulgarian Cup:

• Winners (1 time): 2007

Women's Adriatic League:

• Winners (1 time): 2006–07

EuroCup Women

• 1/16 finalists (1): 2006–07

Hockey

Main article: HC CSKA Sofia

Men

Bulgarian League:

• Champions (16): 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1983, 1984, 1986, 2013, 2014, 2015

Bulgarian Cup:

• Winners (15 times): 1964, 1965, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 2012, 2013, 2025

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

• 1/8 finalists (5): 1979–80, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1989–90

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

• Semi-finals (2): 1984–85, 1988–89
• Quarter-finals (1): 1977–78

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 Olympics	15	10	19	44
World Championships	66	76	79	221
European Championships	98	83	77	258
Total number of medals	179	169	175	523

(*)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

Men's

Sport	Titles	Cups	Supercups	European
Football	31	21+1+4	4	–
Volleyball	29	19	–	1+1
Basketball	12	17	–	–
Hockey	16	15	–	–
Handball	10	10	–	–
Water polo	39	31	–	–
Total	137	118	4	2

Women's

Sport	Titles	Cups	Regional	European
Football	2	2	–	–
Volleyball	22	19	–	2+1
Basketball	1	1	1	–
Handball	12	8	–	–
Total	37	30	1	3