2022–23 PFC CSKA Sofia season

The 2022–23 season was CSKA Sofia's 74th season in the Parva Liga (the top flight of Bulgarian football) and their seventh consecutive participation after their administrative relegation to the third division due to mounting financial troubles. In addition to the domestic league, CSKA Sofia participated in this season's edition of the Bulgarian Cup and UEFA Europa Conference League.

CSKA Sofia

2022–23 season
Controlling owner	Grisha Ganchev
Manager	Saša Ilić
Parva Liga	2nd
Bulgarian Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa Conference League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Duckens Nazon (18) All: Duckens Nazon (20)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2021−22 2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 7 June 2023.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Gustavo Busatto	31	2019	147	0	2023	Free
2	DF		Jurgen Mattheij	29	2020	111	10	2024	Free
3	DF		Geferson	28	2018 (Winter)	159	3	2024	Undisclosed
4	DF		Menno Koch	27	2021 (Winter)	60	6	2024	€500,000
5	DF		Bradley de Nooijer	24	2022	27	2	2025	€200,000
6	DF		Hristiyan Petrov	19	2020	36	0	2024	Youth system
7	MF		Jonathan Lindseth	26	2022	36	2	2026	€500,000
8	MF		Stanislav Shopov	20	2022	37	1	2025	Free
9	FW		Duckens Nazon	28	2022	40	20	2025	€200,000
10	MF		Georgi Yomov	24	2020	94	17	2024	€300,000
11	MF		Lazar Tufegdžić	25	2022	33	4	2025	€300,000
12	GK		Iliya Shalamanov-Trenkov	19	2020	0	0	2024	Youth system
13	DF		Galin Minkov	24	2018	5	0	2024	Youth system
14	FW		Tobias Heintz	23	2023 (Winter)	17	3	2026	€600,000
15	DF		Thibaut Vion	28	2020	96	2	2023	Free
16	DF		Asen Donchev	20	2020	23	1	2024	Youth system
17	FW		Bismark Charles	21	2021 (Winter)	45	5	2024	Free
18	FW		Ilian Antonov	17	2022	1	0	2024	Youth system	Antonov played previously with number 14 this season.
19	DF		Ivan Turitsov	22	2018	144	7	2023	Youth system
20	FW		Radoslav Zhivkov	23	2017	7	0	2024	Youth system	Zhivkov played previously with number 23 this season.
21	MF		Amos Youga	29	2020	114	4	2023	Free
22	MF		Enes Mahmutovic	25	2022 (Winter)	20	1	2024	Free
23	MF		Zhirayr Shaghoyan	21	2022	16	0	2025	€300,000
25	GK		Dimitar Evtimov	27	2020	25	0	2023	Free
26	MF		Marcelino Carreazo	22	2022	26	3	2024	€100,000
27	FW		Maurício Garcez	25	2022 (Winter)	52	12	2023	Loan	Garcez played with number 10 after the winter break.
28	FW		Brayan Moreno	22	2022 (Winter)	36	10	2025	Free
29	DF		Rosen Marinov	17	2021	1	0	2026	Youth system
30	FW		Daouda Bamba	27	2022	14	1	2025	Free

• Last updated: 7 June 2023
• Source: Players transfer and Wikipedia players' articles
• Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
8	MF		Stanislav Shopov	20	EU	Heerenveen	Transfer	Summer	2025	Free	cska.bg
24	FW		Mark-Emilio Papazov	18	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan return	Summer		Free	cska.bg
18	MF		Mitko Mitkov	21	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan return	Summer		Free	cska.bg
23	FW		Radoslav Zhivkov	23	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan return	Summer		Free	cska.bg
17	DF		Aleksandar Buchkov	18	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan return	Summer		Free	cska.bg
26	FW		Martin Smolenski	19	EU	Minyor Pernik	Loan return	Summer		Free	cska.bg
31	GK		Iliya Shalamanov-Trenkov	19	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan return	Summer		Free	cska.bg
13	DF		Galin Minkov	24	EU	Litex Lovech	Transfer	Summer		Free	cska.bg
20	DF		Yoan Baurenski	20	EU	Botev Vratsa	Loan return	Summer		Free	cska.bg
11	MF		Lazar Tufegdžić	25	Non-EU	Spartak Subotica	Transfer	Summer	2025	€300,000	cska.bg
5	DF		Bradley de Nooijer	24	EU	Farul Constanța	Transfer	Summer	2025	€200,000	cska.bg
9	FW		Duckens Nazon	28	EU	Quevilly-Rouen	Transfer	Summer	2025	€200,000	cska.bg
7	MF		Jonathan Lindseth	26	EU	Sarpsborg 08	Transfer	Summer	2026	€500,000	cska.bg
30	FW		Daouda Bamba	27	EU	Altay	Transfer	Summer	2025	Free	cska.bg
26	MF		Marcelino Carreazo	22	Non-EU	Once Caldas	Transfer	Summer	2024	€100,000	cska.bg
23	MF		Zhirayr Shaghoyan	21	Non-EU	Ararat-Armenia	Loan	Summer	2025	€300,000	cska.bg
18	MF		Simeon Aleksandrov	18	EU	Septemvri Sofia	Transfer	Summer	2025	€100,000	cska.bg
20	FW		Radoslav Zhivkov	23	EU	Septemvri Sofia	Loan return	Winter		Free
14	FW		Tobias Heintz	24	EU	Häcken	Transfer	Winter	2026	€600,000	cska.bg

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
8	MF		Graham Carey	33	EU	St. Johnstone	Released	Summer	Free	cska.bg
18	DF		Bradley Mazikou	25	EU	Aris Thessaloniki	Released	Summer	Free	cska.bg
20	MF		Junior Nzila	21	EU	Chiasso	Loan return	Summer	Free	cska.bg
23	FW		Ahmed Ahmedov	27	EU	Slavia Sofia	Released	Summer	Free	cska.bg
24	MF		Karlo Muhar	28	EU	Lech Poznań	Loan return	Summer	Free	cska.bg
29	DF		Thomas Lam	28	EU	Melbourne City	Released	Summer	Free	cska.bg
26	DF		Rosen Bozhinov	17	EU	CSKA 1948 II	Released	Summer	Free	cska1948.bg
9	FW		Jordy Caicedo	24	Non-EU	Tigres UANL	Transfer	Summer	€2,500,000	dsport.bg
26	FW		Martin Smolenski	19	EU	Pirin	Loan	Summer	Free	cska.bg
30	MF		Yanic Wildschut	30	EU	Oxford United	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	cska.bg
7	MF		Yohan Baï	25	EU	Bastia	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	cska.bg
5	MF		Federico Varela	26	EU	Phoenix Rising	Released	Summer	Free	cska.bg
14	FW		Kaloyan Krastev	23	EU	Beroe Stara Zagora	Loan	Summer	Free	cska.bg
18	MF		Mitko Mitkov	22	EU	Beroe Stara Zagora	Loan	Summer	Free	cska.bg
23	FW		Radoslav Zhivkov	23	EU	Septemvri Sofia	Loan	Summer	Free	cska.bg
20	DF		Yoan Baurenski	21	EU	Beroe Stara Zagora	Transfer	Winter	Free	cska.bg
—	MF		Mitko Mitkov	22	EU	Septemvri Sofia	Transfer	Winter	Free	cska.bg
18	MF		Simeon Aleksandrov	19	EU	Septemvri Sofia	Loan	Winter	Free	cska.bg
24	DF		Aleksandar Buchkov	19	EU	Litex Lovech	Loan	Winter	Free	cska.bg
24	FW		Mark-Emilio Papazov	19	EU	Hebar	Loan	Winter	Free	dsport.bg

Preseason and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Preseason

CSKA v Greuther Fürth

18 June 2022 (2022-06-18) Friendly	CSKA	1−4	Greuther Fürth	Jenbach, Austria
17:00 UTC+3	Krastev 75'	Report	Raschl 24' Abiama 30' Ache 48', 80'	Stadium: Stadion Jenbach

CSKA v SV Kematen

21 June 2022 (2022-06-21) Friendly	CSKA	5−3	SV Kematen	Kematen in Tirol, Austria
19:30 UTC+3	Moreno 41' Kalinović 45' (o.g.) Tufegdžić 46', 88' Papazov 85'	Report	Abfalterer 21' Gatscher 53', 75'	Stadium: Sportplatz Kematen

CSKA v Red Bull Salzburg

24 June 2022 (2022-06-24) Friendly	CSKA	1−2	Red Bull Salzburg	Anif, Austria
19:00 UTC+3	Shopov 28'	Report	Šimić 37' Adamu 52'	Stadium: Maximarkt Sportpark
Note: The game was abandoned in the 70th minute due to an incident with a fan in the stands, who required medical assistance.

CSKA v Sepsi

27 June 2022 (2022-06-27) Friendly	CSKA	0−4	Sepsi	St. Ulrich am Pillersee, Austria
--:-- UTC+3		Report	Matei 4', 44' Niňaj 8' Golofca 71'	Stadium: Sportplatz St. Ulrich

CSKA v Sportist

5 July 2022 (2022-07-05) Friendly	CSKA	2−0	Sportist	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 UTC+3	Papazov 41' Garcez 55'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia

On-season (autumn)

CSKA v Septemvri

25 September 2022 (2022-09-25) Friendly	CSKA	2−0	Septemvri	Pancharevo, Bulgaria
16:00 UTC+3	Nazon 2' Bamba 72'	Report		Stadium: Sporten kompleks Pancharevo Referee: Georgi Dimitrov (Sofia)

CSKA v Minyor

20 November 2022 (2022-11-20) Friendly	CSKA	6−0	Minyor	Pancharevo, Bulgaria
14:00 UTC+2	Carreazo 32' Moreno 60' Garcez 64' Nazon 72' Vasilev 81' (o.g.) Youga 85'	Report		Stadium: Sporten kompleks Pancharevo

Mid-season

CSKA v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

18 January 2023 (2023-01-18) Friendly	CSKA	0−1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Belek, Turkey
14:00 UTC+2		Report	Matsumoto 87'	Stadium: Kaya Palazzo

CSKA v Górnik Zabrze

20 January 2023 (2023-01-20) Friendly	CSKA	3−2	Górnik Zabrze	Belek, Turkey
14:00 UTC+2	Moreno 1' Turitsov 25' (pen.) Koch 90' Mattheij Minkov Garcez Geferson	Report	Włodarczyk 29', 81' Janža Kotzke Jules	Stadium: Kaya Palazzo Referee: Łukasz Kuźma (Białystok)

CSKA v LASK

24 January 2023 (2023-01-24) Friendly	CSKA	1−3	LASK	Belek, Turkey
14:00 UTC+2	Mattheij  62' Shopov 74'	Report	Žulj 38',  62' Usor 45' Goiginger 60'	Stadium: TSS Pitch

CSKA v Astana

27 January 2023 (2023-01-27) Friendly	CSKA	0−0	Astana	Belek, Turkey
14:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Fantastic Tour Belek Sport Center

CSKA v Makedonija Ǵorče Petrov

29 January 2023 (2023-01-29) Friendly	CSKA	0−0	Makedonija Ǵorče Petrov	Belek, Turkey
14:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: TSS Pitch

CSKA v Shakhter Karagandy

30 January 2023 (2023-01-30) Friendly	CSKA	3−3	Shakhter Karagandy	Belek, Turkey
14:00 UTC+2	Nazon 62' (pen.) Lindseth 71' Bamba 90'	Report	Galkin 37' Murtazayev 80' Youga 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: TSS Pitch

CSKA v Pirin

5 February 2023 (2023-02-05) Friendly	CSKA	2−1	Pirin	Sofia, Bulgaria
13:30 UTC+2	De Nooijer 35' Nazon 65'	Report	Medved 81'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia

On-season (spring)

Sportist v CSKA

26 March 2023 (2023-03-26) Friendly	Sportist	1−1	CSKA	Svoge, Bulgaria
--:-- UTC+3	Chilikov 62'	Report	Garcez 75'	Stadium: Stadion Chavdar Tsvetkov

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Parva Liga	10 July 2022	7 June 2023	Matchday 1	Runners-up	35	26	6	3	65	17	+48	074.29
Bulgarian Cup	26 November 2022	4 April 2023	First round	Quarterfinals	3	1	1	1	4	4	+0	033.33
UEFA Europa Conference League	21 July 2022	25 August 2022	Second qualifying round	Play-off round	6	3	1	2	7	3	+4	050.00
Total					44	30	8	6	76	24	+52	068.18

Last updated: 7 June 2023
Source: Competitions

Parva Liga

Main article: 2022–23 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

Regular stage

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	30	23	5	2	72	21	+51	74	Qualification for the Championship group
2	CSKA Sofia	30	23	4	3	57	14	+43	73
3	CSKA 1948	30	17	8	5	49	22	+27	59
4	Levski Sofia	30	15	9	6	38	14	+24	54
5	Cherno More	30	15	8	7	36	27	+9	53

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]

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
30	23	4	3	57	14	+43	73	11	3	1	30	7	+23	12	1	2	27	7	+20

Last updated: 8 May 2023.
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	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W
Position	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2023. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

CSKA v Arda

10 July 2022 (2022-07-10) 1	CSKA	3−0	Arda	Sofia
21:00 UTC+3	Krastev  19' Garcez 45+1', 52', 56'	Report	Zhelev  19'  29' Yurukov  66' N'Diaye  81'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Maurício Garcez

Lokomotiv Sofia v CSKA

16 July 2022 (2022-07-16) 2	Lokomotiv Sofia	1−1	CSKA	Sofia
18:30 UTC+3	França 21' (pen.) Katsarov  48' Orachev  56' Miloshev  58' Duarte  79' Celso  84' Damyanov  86'	Report	De Nooijer  20' Mattheij  20' Vion  25' Ilić  67' Geferson  84' Moreno 90'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Stanislav Shopov

CSKA v Cherno More

25 July 2022 (2022-07-25) 3	CSKA	1−0	Cherno More	Sofia
20:30 UTC+3	Krastev  53' Vion  55' Turitsov  64' Donchev 77' Ilić  90+3'	Report	Panov  3' Clemente  40'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Georgi Ginchev (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Asen Donchev

CSKA v Beroe

31 July 2022 (2022-07-31) 4	CSKA	5−1	Beroe	Sofia
21:00 UTC+3	Garcez 5', 90+6',  90+1' Geferson  13' Nazon 18' Moreno 75' Turitsov 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Nikolov  26' Toungara 81' (pen.),  83' Ruca  86'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas) Man of the Match: Duckens Nazon

CSKA v Septemvri

14 August 2022 (2022-08-14) 6	CSKA	1−0	Septemvri	Sofia
20:00 UTC+3	Minkov  30' Geferson  35' Moreno 59' Ilić  80' Vion  87' Donchev  90+2'	Report	Kolev  42' Delimeđac  87' Achkov  87'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna) Man of the Match: Brayan Moreno

CSKA v CSKA 1948

29 August 2022 (2022-08-29) 8	CSKA	2−1	CSKA 1948	Sofia
20:30 UTC+3	De Nooijer  14', 87' Kaplanović  75' Turitsov 78' (pen.) Youga  90+4' Geferson  90+6'	Report	Bastunov 51' Héliton  77'  90'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Bradley de Nooijer

Spartak v CSKA

3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 9	Spartak	0−1	CSKA	Varna
17:15 UTC+3	Mendy  39' Vasev  63' Klimentov  63' Mitev  86'	Report	Bamba 40' Busatto  56' Mattheij  63' Nazon  90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Spartak Referee: Ante Čulina (Croatia) Man of the Match: Daouda Bamba

CSKA v Slavia

11 September 2022 (2022-09-11) 10	CSKA	2−0	Slavia	Sofia
17:45 UTC+3	Tufegdžić  45' Garcez 55' Koch 58' Youga  86'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Maurício Garcez

Levski v CSKA

18 September 2022 (2022-09-18) 11	Levski	2−0	CSKA	Sofia
16:45 UTC+3	Milanov  52' Kraev  56' Stefanov 77' Welton 81'	Report	Youga  52' De Nooijer  74' Turitsov  90' Koch  90+6'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna) Man of the Match: Welton Felipe

CSKA v Pirin

3 October 2022 (2022-10-03) 12	CSKA	2−1	Pirin	Sofia
17:30 UTC+3	Nazon 19' (pen.) Moreno 23' Youga  65' Shopov  88' Bismark  90+2'	Report	Georgiev  17' Tasev 26' Bengyuzov  33' Velyev  43' Tsonev  45+1' Hubchev  51'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 700 Referee: Ivo Andreev (Sofia) Man of the Match: Brayan Moreno

Ludogorets v CSKA

10 October 2022 (2022-10-10) 13	Ludogorets	2−1	CSKA	Razgrad
19:00 UTC+3	Tissera 9' Gropper  33' Verdon  65' Tekpetey  68' Piotrowski 79'	Report	Moreno  37' Youga 56' Mattheij  58' Geferson  68'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Sergio Padt

CSKA v Hebar

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 14	CSKA	4−0	Hebar	Sofia
19:15 UTC+3	Nazon 32', 56',  50' Ilić  45+1' Moreno 61', 71',  83'	Report	Debarliev  72' Serrano  79' Mazáň  84'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Ivaylo Nenkov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Duckens Nazon

Botev Plovdiv v CSKA

19 October 2022 (2022-10-19) 5	Botev Plovdiv	0−1	CSKA	Plovdiv
18:45 UTC+3	Eto'o  37' Tonev  54' Kopić  55' Rabeï  83' Punčec  83' Baroan  90+2'	Report	Nazon  53', 72' (pen.) Youga  54' Lindseth  65' De Nooijer  90+1' Vion  90+6'	Stadium: Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912 Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich) Man of the Match: Duckens Nazon
Note: The game has been originally scheduled for 7 August, 21:00 EEST, but has been rescheduled due to CSKA's ongoing participation in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.[2] On 16 September the technical committee of the BFU rescheduled the game for 19 October 2022.[3]

Botev Vratsa v CSKA

23 October 2022 (2022-10-23) 15	Botev Vratsa	0−4	CSKA	Vratsa
16:45 UTC+3	Biatoumoussoka  38'	Report	Carreazo 6' Turitsov  16' Tufegdžić 35' Nazon  45' Shopov 80' Moreno 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Vasimir El-Hatib (Sofia) Man of the Match: Marcelino Carreazo

Arda v CSKA

28 October 2022 (2022-10-28) 16	Arda	1−3	CSKA	Kardzhali
18:30 UTC+3	Kovachev  38', 55' Yurukov  90+2'	Report	Garcez  20' Lindseth 32' Nazon 64' Mattheij  74' Geferson  79' Carreazo 90'	Stadium: Arena Arda Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Jonathan Lindseth

Lokomotiv Plovdiv v CSKA

1 November 2022 (2022-11-01) 7	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0−1	CSKA	Plovdiv
17:15 UTC+2	Karagaren  8'	Report	Tufegdžić 27' Nazon  35' Carreazo  58' Turitsov  61' Busatto  90+3' Moreno  90+4' De Nooijer  90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas) Man of the Match: Amos Youga
Note: The game has been originally scheduled for the period between 19 and 22 August 2022, but has been rescheduled due to CSKA's ongoing participation in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.[4] On 16 September the technical committee of the BFU rescheduled the game for 1 November 2022.[3]

CSKA v Lokomotiv Sofia

6 November 2022 (2022-11-06) 17	CSKA	0−0	Lokomotiv Sofia	Sofia
17:15 UTC+2	Mahmutovic  67'	Report	Celso  90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna) Man of the Match: Aleksandar Lyubenov

Cherno More v CSKA

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 18	Cherno More	0−2	CSKA	Varna
15:00 UTC+2	Panov  55' Clemente  90+5'	Report	Petrov  38' Vion  50' Geferson 64' Carreazo 75' Koch  85' De Nooijer  90+3'  90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Ticha Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Georgi Ginchev (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Geferson

Beroe v CSKA

12 February 2023 (2023-02-12) 19	Beroe	1−4	CSKA	Stara Zagora
14:15 UTC+2	Mechev 54' Karadzhov  57' Henrique  68'	Report	Mattheij  23' Youga  50' Petrov  57'  90+4' De Nooijer 71' Moreno 77' Lindseth  80' Nazon 85' Turitsov 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Beroe Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Bradley de Nooijer

CSKA v Botev Plovdiv

18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) 20	CSKA	3−1	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
17:30 UTC+2	Nazon 10', 25' Garcez 47' Mahmutovic  65'	Report	Minkov 45+2' Konate  54' Nnadi  62' Eto'o  90'  90+11' Herman  90+9'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia) Man of the Match: Duckens Nazon

Septemvri v CSKA

26 February 2023 (2023-02-26) 21	Septemvri	0−1	CSKA	Sofia
17:15 UTC+2	Gavrilov  5' Georgiev  42' Achkov  43' Atanasov  90+3'	Report	Ilić  41' Nazon 42' Shopov  45+2' Petrov  67' Geferson  74' Carreazo  88' Busatto  90+2'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski[note 1] Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Krasen Georgiev (Varna) Man of the Match: Duckens Nazon

CSKA v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

4 March 2023 (2023-03-04) 22	CSKA	1−1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
17:30 UTC+2	Nazon 9' Mattheij 87'	Report	Sorga 41' Horkaš  90+6'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna) Man of the Match: Dimitar Iliev

CSKA 1948 v CSKA

12 March 2023 (2023-03-12) 23	CSKA 1948	0−1	CSKA	Bistritsa
16:45 UTC+2	Bidounga  19' Rusev  44'	Report	Geferson  28' Vion  52' Heintz 65' Mahmutovic  73' Lindseth  82' Moreno  89'	Stadium: Stadion Bistritsa Attendance: 300 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Tobias Heintz

CSKA v Spartak

18 March 2023 (2023-03-18) 24	CSKA	1−0	Spartak	Sofia
17:00 UTC+2	Garcez 14' Mattheij  22' Shopov  66'	Report	Mitev  45+1' Vasev  89'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Kristiyan Kolev (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Maurício Garcez

Slavia v CSKA

9 April 2023 (2023-04-09) 25	Slavia	0−2	CSKA	Sofia
20:15 UTC+2	Nikolov  86'	Report	Geferson  27' Koch  59', 62' Nazon 67',  78' Mahmutovic  86'	Stadium: Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen) Man of the Match: Tobias Heintz

CSKA v Levski

17 April 2023 (2023-04-17) 26	CSKA	0−0	Levski	Sofia
17:30 UTC+3	Heintz  36' Vion  40' Youga  45' Mattheij  80' De Nooijer  88' Busatto  90+1'	Report	Kraev  12' Tsunami  60' Welton  64' Popov 90'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Gustavo Busatto

Pirin v CSKA

23 April 2023 (2023-04-23) 27	Pirin	0−1	CSKA	Blagoevgrad
17:45 UTC+3	Budinov  45+2' Makreckis  77'	Report	Moreno 42' Tufegdžić  49' Carreazo  77'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia) Man of the Match: Tobias Heintz

CSKA v Ludogorets

30 April 2023 (2023-04-30) 28	CSKA	0−1	Ludogorets	Sofia
20:15 UTC+3	Carreazo  21' Moreno  32' Vion  41' Mahmutović  51' Turitsov  69' Lindseth  86'	Report	Nonato  24' Witry  43' Gonçalves  45+5' Despodov  64' Piotrowski  65' Thiago 68',  69' Verdon  80' Vidal  90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 17,600 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Igor Thiago

Hebar v CSKA

4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) 29	Hebar	0−4	CSKA	Pazardzhik
18:00 UTC+3	Valchev  49'	Report	Nazon 5', 28' Tufegdžić 13' Mattheij  19' Turitsov 51' (pen.) Busatto  85'	Stadium: Stadion Georgi Benkovski Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Duckens Nazon

CSKA v Botev Vratsa

8 May 2023 (2023-05-08) 30	CSKA	5−1	Botev Vratsa	Sofia
20:15 UTC+3	Turitsov 15' (pen.) Nazon 21', 53', 75' Koch 52'	Report	Barbosa  42' Mendoza 59'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 0[note 2] Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas) Man of the Match: Duckens Nazon

Championship round

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	35	26	7	2	81	27	+54	85	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	35	26	6	3	65	17	+48	84	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	CSKA 1948	35	17	13	5	55	28	+27	64
4	Levski Sofia (O)	35	17	10	8	47	22	+25	61	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	35	15	9	11	35	34	+1	54[a]
6	Cherno More	35	15	9	11	39	35	+4	54[a]

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.^[6]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3, Cherno More 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Lokomotiv Plovdiv +2, Cherno More -2.

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
5	3	2	0	8	3	+5	11	2	1	0	4	1	+3	1	1	0	4	2	+2

Last updated: 7 June 2023.
Source: See results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	W
Position	2	2	1	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 7 June 2023. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

CSKA v Cherno More

15 May 2023 (2023-05-15) 31	CSKA	2−0	Cherno More	Pazardzhik[note 3]
18:00 UTC+3	Ilić  52' Petrov  70' Garcez 80' Mahmutovic  87' Lindseth 90+5'	Report	Fernandes  20' Dimov  57'	Stadium: Stadion Georgi Benkovski Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen) Man of the Match: Maurício Garcez

Ludogorets v CSKA

20 May 2023 (2023-05-20) 32	Ludogorets	2−2	CSKA	Razgrad
20:15 UTC+3	Despodov  14', 18' Russo  25' Thiago 48',  85' Padt  85' Petev  86' Tissera  86' Naressi  90+5'	Report	Carreazo  19' Heintz 22' Lindseth  27' Shopov  29' Garcez 42' Evtimov  58' Mattheij  76' Nazon  90+5'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Kiril Despodov

CSKA v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

27 May 2023 (2023-05-27) 33	CSKA	1−0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
21:00 UTC+3	Mattheij 25' Tufegdžić  61' Carreazo  90+2'	Report	Silva  16' Ivanov  21' Segura  45+1'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia) Man of the Match: Jurgen Mattheij

CSKA v CSKA 1948

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03) 34	CSKA	1−1	CSKA 1948	Sofia
18:00 UTC+3	Mattheij  14' Mahmutovic 40' Koch  63' Bismark  90' Busatto  90+6' Evtimov  90+6' Turitsov 90+12' Shopov  90+13'	Report	Daskalov  24' Pedrinho 45' Umarbayev  60' Kolev  63' Chochev  72' Hanyev  85' Ribarski  90+6' S. Aleksandrov  90+12' Granchov  90+13'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Tobias Heintz

Levski v CSKA

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07) 35	Levski	0−2	CSKA	Sofia
18:45 UTC+3	Sonko Sundberg  72'  80'	Report	Heintz 35' Geferson  58' Nazon  59', 61' Vion  62' Turitsov  79' Busatto  79' Youga  90+2'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Varna) Man of the Match: Tobias Heintz

Bulgarian Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Bulgarian Cup

Gigant v CSKA

26 November 2022 (2022-11-26) 1R	Gigant	1−1 (a.e.t.) (6−7 p)	CSKA	Saedinenie
12:00 UTC+3	Skerlev  20' Alov  26'  90+5' Staykov 41' Vasilev  46'  54' Musay  59' Zdravkov  109'	Report	Bismark  22' Koch  32' Mattheij  45+3' Moreno 74' Carreazo  75' Minkov  78' Lindseth  84'	Stadium: Stadion Saedinenie Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov (Sofia)
	Penalties
	Skerlev Shterev Zdravkov Hristov Musay Nikolov Gyuzlev		Turitsov Lindseth Mattheij Garcez Moreno Carreazo Koch

Septemvri v CSKA

1 December 2022 (2022-12-01) 2R	Septemvri	1−2	CSKA	Sofia
12:00 UTC+3	Kabov  39' Nikolov  51' Kolev  64' Chandarov  64' Georgiev 83'	Report	Geferson  35' Shopov  45' Garcez 55' Nazon 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia[note 4] Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia)

CSKA v Cherno More

4 April 2023 (2023-04-04) QF	CSKA	1−2	Cherno More	Sofia
20:00 UTC+3	De Nooijer  50' Nazon  83' Drobarov 90+3' (o.g.)	Report	Iliev 51' (pen.) Vion 65' (o.g.) Isa  73' Popov  85' Dimov  90+6'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Georgi Dimitrov (Sofia)

UEFA Europa Conference League

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path) § Second qualifying round

Makedonija Ǵorče Petrov v CSKA

21 July 2022 (2022-07-21) First leg	Makedonija Ǵorče Petrov	0−0	CSKA	Skopje, North Macedonia
18:00 UTC+3	Lemos  43'  45+2' Samaké  81'	Report	Turitsov  5' Mahmutovic  51'	Stadium: Petar Miloševski Training Centre[note 5] Attendance: 402 Referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)

CSKA v Makedonija Ǵorče Petrov

28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) Second leg	CSKA	4−0 (4−0 agg.)	Makedonija Ǵorče Petrov	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 UTC+3	Mattheij 31' Youga  33' Baurenski  43' Yomov 61' Tufegdžić 78' Nazon 87'	Report	Emini  44' Gjurgjevikj  55' Lazarevikj  75'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 4,697 Referee: Marcel Birsan (Romania)

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path) § Third qualifying round

CSKA v St Patrick's Athletic

4 August 2022 (2022-08-04) First leg	CSKA	0−1	St Patrick's Athletic	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 UTC+3	Yomov  86'	Report	Grivosti  35' Cotter  49' Breslin  59' Brockbank  61' Lennon  76' Atakayi 87'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski[note 6] Attendance: 7,048 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

St Patrick's Athletic v CSKA

11 August 2022 (2022-08-11) Second leg	St Patrick's Athletic	0−2 (1−2 agg.)	CSKA	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
21:45 UTC+3	Grivosti  56' Atakayi  75' Brockbank  80' Owolabi  89' O'Reilly  90+5'	Report	Garcez 12' Yomov  15' Mattheij  27' Youga  59' Shopov  74' Turitsov 81' (pen.),  88' Peković  85' Baurenski  89' Koch  90+5' De Nooijer  90+5'	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium[note 7] Attendance: 6,760 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

Play-off round

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path) § Play-off round

CSKA v Basel

18 August 2022 (2022-08-18) First leg	CSKA	1−0	Basel	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 UTC+3	López 70' (o.g.) Turitsov  73' Vion  82'	Report	Nuhu  23' Amdouni  30' Diouf  81' López  85'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski[note 8] Attendance: 15,364 Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

Basel v CSKA

25 August 2022 (2022-08-25) Second leg	Basel	2−0 (2−1 agg.)	CSKA	Basel, Switzerland
20:00 UTC+3	Burger  53' F. Frei 66' Lang 84' Pelmard  90+3'	Report	Mattheij  4' Petrov  45+2' Busatto  49' Vion  53' Geferson  57'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 18,469 Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 7 June 2023

No.	Pos	Player	Parva Liga		Bulgarian Cup		Conference League		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Gustavo Busatto	32	-15	0	0	6	-3	38	-18
2	DF	Jurgen Mattheij	25	1	2	0	5	1	32	2
3	DF	Geferson	15+7	1	1	0	1+5	0	29	1
4	DF	Menno Koch	9+9	3	1+1	0	5	0	25	3
5	DF	Bradley de Nooijer	19+2	2	2	0	3+1	0	27	2
6	DF	Hristiyan Petrov	26	0	2	0	3	0	31	0
7	MF	Jonathan Lindseth	24+5	2	2+1	0	3+1	0	36	2
8	MF	Stanislav Shopov	18+11	1	2+1	0	2+3	0	37	1
9	FW	Duckens Nazon	22+10	18	1+2	1	2+3	1	40	20
10	FW	Maurício Garcez	24+7	10	2+1	1	6	1	40	12
11	MF	Lazar Tufegdžić	15+11	3	0+1	0	3+3	1	33	4
12	GK	Iliya Shalamanov-Trenkov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	Galin Minkov	2+1	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
14	FW	Tobias Heintz	13+3	3	1	0	0	0	17	3
15	DF	Thibaut Vion	28+6	0	2	0	5+1	0	42	0
16	DF	Asen Donchev	2+5	1	0	0	1+1	0	9	1
17	FW	Bismark Charles	1+11	0	1+1	0	0	0	14	0
18	FW	Ilian Antonov	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
19	DF	Ivan Turitsov	24+3	5	1	0	5	1	33	6
20	FW	Radoslav Zhivkov	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	4	0
21	MF	Amos Youga	28+1	1	2	0	5+1	0	37	1
22	DF	Enes Mahmutovic	15+3	1	1	0	1	0	20	1
23	MF	Zhirayr Shaghoyan	8+7	0	0+1	0	0	0	16	0
25	GK	Dimitar Evtimov	3	-2	3	-4	0	0	6	-6
26	MF	Marcelino Carreazo	14+9	3	2+1	0	0	0	26	3
28	FW	Brayan Moreno	8+17	9	2+1	1	3+2	0	33	10
29	DF	Rosen Marinov	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
30	FW	Daouda Bamba	4+7	1	0	0	1+2	0	14	1
—	MF	Georgi Yomov	2+1	0	0	0	3+1	1	7	1
Players who appeared for CSKA Sofia that left during the season:
14	FW	Kaloyan Krastev	3+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	6	0
18	MF	Simeon Aleksandrov	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0
20	MF	Yoan Baurenski	1+2	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
24	DF	Aleksandar Buchkov	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	2	0
24	FW	Mark-Emilio Papazov	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goalscorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Parva Liga	Bulgarian Cup	Conference League	Total
1	FW		9	Duckens Nazon	18	1	1	20
2	FW		10	Maurício Garcez	10	1	1	12
3	FW		28	Brayan Moreno	9	1	0	10
4	DF		19	Ivan Turitsov	5	0	1	6
5	MF		11	Lazar Tufegdžić	3	0	1	4
	MF		14	Tobias Heintz	3	0	1	4
7	DF		4	Menno Koch	3	0	0	3
	MF		26	Marcelino Carreazo	3	0	0	3
9	DF		2	Jurgen Mattheij	1	0	1	2
	DF		5	Bradley de Nooijer	2	0	0	2
	MF		7	Jonathan Lindseth	2	0	0	2
12	DF		3	Geferson	1	0	0	1
	MF		8	Stanislav Shopov	1	0	0	1
	DF		16	Asen Donchev	1	0	0	1
	MF		21	Amos Youga	1	0	0	1
	DF		22	Enes Mahmutovic	1	0	0	1
	FW		30	Daouda Bamba	1	0	0	1
	MF		—	Georgi Yomov	0	0	1	1
				Own goal	0	1	1	1
TOTALS					65	4	7	76

As of 7 June 2023^[update]

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	Parva Liga			Bulgarian Cup			Conference League			Total			Notes
1	GK		Gustavo Busatto	7						1			8
2	DF		Jurgen Mattheij	10			1			2			13
3	DF		Geferson	10			1			1			12
4	DF		Menno Koch	4			1			1			6
5	DF		Bradley de Nooijer	6	1		1					1	7	1	1
6	DF		Hristiyan Petrov	3	1					1			4	1
7	MF		Jonathan Lindseth	5			1						6
8	MF		Stanislav Shopov	5			1			1			7
9	FW		Duckens Nazon	8			1						9
10	MF		Georgi Yomov							2			2
11	MF		Lazar Tufegdžić	3									3
13	DF		Galin Minkov	1			1						2
14	MF		Tobias Heintz	1									1
14	FW		Kaloyan Krastev	2									2
15	DF		Thibaut Vion	9						2			11
16	DF		Asen Donchev	1									1
17	FW		Bismark Charles	2			1						3
19	DF		Ivan Turitsov	4		1				3			7		1
20	MF		Yoan Baurenski							2			2
21	MF		Amos Youga	8						2			10
22	DF		Enes Mahmutovic	6						1			7
25	GK		Dimitar Evtimov	2									2
26	MF		Marcelino Carreazo	6			1						7
27	FW		Maurício Garcez	2									2
28	FW		Brayan Moreno	5			1						6
Manager			Saša Ilić	6									6
Assistant			Milorad Peković							1			1
Assistant			Veličko Kaplanović	1									1

Last updated: 7 June 2023
Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

See also

• PFC CSKA Sofia

Notes

1. Septemvri plays their league home games at Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Septemvri, Sofia, which does not meet the BFU requirements.
2. CSKA played the game behind closed doors following fan disruption during their home game against Ludogorets on 30 April.^[5]
3. CSKA played the game in Pazardzhik instead on their home ground in Sofia, following disciplinary action against the club following fan disruption during their home game against Ludogorets on 30 April.^[7][8]
4. Septemvri plays their round two home game at Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofia, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Septemvri, Sofia, which does not meet the BFU requirements.
5. Makedonija Ǵorče Petrov plays their home match at Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Ǵorče Petrov, Skopje which did not meet UEFA requirements.
6. CSKA Sofia played their third qualifying round and play-off home matches 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.
7. St Patrick’s Athletic plviayed their third qualifying round home match at Tallaght Stadium, Dublin, instead of their regular venue, Richmond Park, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
8. CSKA Sofia played 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.