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USC CSKA Sofia

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USC CSKA Sofia
First played5 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

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The most popular departments of the sports club are:


Football

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Men

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First League:

Bulgarian V Group:

Bulgarian Cup:

Bulgarian Supercup:

Bulgarian Cup  – (secondary cup competition)

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

Cup of the Soviet Army – (secondary cup competition)

European Cup / UEFA Champions League

UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League

European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

UEFA Europa Conference League

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

Women

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Bulgarian League:

  • Champions (2): 1988–89, 1992–93

Bulgarian Cup:

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

Volleyball

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Men

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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

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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

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Men

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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

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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

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Men

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Bulgarian League:

Bulgarian Cup:

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

Handball

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Men

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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

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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

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Men

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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

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Total
Summer Olympics 15 10 19 44
World Championships 66 76 79 221
European Championships 96 81 76 253
Total number of medals 177 167 174 518

(*)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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Men's
Sport Titles Cups Supercups European
Football 31 21+1+4 4
Volleyball 29 19 1+1
Basketball 12 17
Hockey 16 14
Handball 10 10
Water polo 39 31
Total 137 117 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