PFC CSKA Sofia II

PFC CSKA Sofia II
Full name	Professional Football Club CSKA Sofia II
Nickname(s)	The Reds; The Armymen
Short name	CSKA II
Founded	5 May 1948; 77 years ago
Ground	CSKA Sofia Sports Complex, Pancharevo
Capacity	1,500
Shareholders	National Fund for Sports, Culture, Art and Science
Manager	Vladimir Manchev
League	Second League
2024–25	Second League, 13th of 20
Website	cska.bg

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.

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]

From the 2024/2025 season, CSKA II will play in the second tier of Bulgarian football.

Squad

As of 3 August 2025

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
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
7	FW	BUL	Mark-Emilio Papazov
9	FW	BUL	Aleksandar Georgiev
10	FW	BUL	Radoslav Zhivkov
11	FW	BUL	Vasil Kaymakanov
12	GK	BUL	Alek Kotsev
14	MF	BUL	Aleksandar Bozhilov
15	DF	BUL	Aleks Tunchev
17	MF	BUL	Teodor Apostolov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	BUL	Rumen Rangelov
19	FW	BUL	Martin Sorakov
21	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Buchkov (captain)
22	DF	BUL	Martin Sitev
24	MF	BUL	Abdula Kichukov
27	FW	BUL	Kaloyan Pulev
31	GK	BUL	Stanislav Tanev
47	MF	BUL	Alesandro Nikolov
77	FW	BUL	Yulian Gilov
93	DF	BUL	Denis Dinev
98	MF	BUL	Bozhidar Petrov
99	GK	BUL	Georgi Gerginov
—	DF	BUL	Iliyan Dimitrov

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2025.

For first team players, see CSKA Sofia.

From first team

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
8	MF	BUL	Yulian Iliev
20	DF	BUL	Martin Stoychev
23	MF	BUL	Ilian Antonov
30	MF	BUL	Petko Panayotov
32	MF	BUL	Georgi Chorbadzhiyski


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
42	DF	BUL	Teodor Ivanov
91	FW	BUL	Yoan Bornosuzov
—	GK	BUL	Marin Orlinov
—	GK	BLR	Fyodor Lapoukhov
—	FW	BUL	Ivan Tasev

Honours

Bulgarian V Group:

Champions (1): 1982-83

Manager history

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–	Vladimir Manchev

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)	5	11	9	10	54	35	42
2023–24	South-West Third League (III)	2	25	5	8	68	39	80
2024–25	Second League (II)	13	12	13	13	47	41	49
2025–26	Second League (II)
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.