PFC CSKA Sofia in European football

This article lists the results of CSKA Sofia in the European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup since they first entered European competition in the 1956–57 season.

Total statistics

Fully up to date as of 3 August 2023

Competition	S	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Champions League / European Cup	25	98	41	16	41	140	144	–4
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup	5	22	12	0	10	49	29	+20
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup	25	116	40	34	42	148	140	+8
UEFA Conference League	3	20	5	5	10	18	27	−9
UEFA Intertoto Cup	1	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4
Total	59	260	100	56	104	363	344	+19

Statistics by country

Updated 3 August 2023

Country	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	Dinamo Tirana	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
	Partizani Tirana	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
	KF Tirana	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		6	6	0	0	13	1	+12
Armenia	Ararat Yerevan	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3
	Pyunik	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Subtotal		4	3	1	0	6	0	+6
Austria	Admira Wacker	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
	Austria Wien	2	1	0	1	4	5	–1
	Rapid Wien	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1
	Swarovski Tirol	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1
	Wacker Innsbruck	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		10	7	0	3	18	12	+6
Belarus	BATE Borisov	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
	Belshina Bobruisk	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
	Dinamo Minsk	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
Subtotal		7	6	1	0	15	4	+11
Belgium	Anderlecht	2	0	1	1	2	4	–2
Subtotal		2	0	1	1	2	4	–2
Croatia	Osijek	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	6	4	+2
Cyprus	Omonia	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3
Subtotal		6	3	2	1	11	8	+3
Czech Republic / Czechoslovakia	Dukla Prague	2	0	1	1	5	6	–1
	Slavia Prague	1	0	0	1	2	4	–2
	Sparta Prague	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3
	Viktoria Plzeň	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Subtotal		7	2	2	3	15	14	+1
Denmark	Copenhagen	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2
Subtotal		2	0	0	2	2	4	−2
England	Blackburn Rovers	2	0	2	0	4	4	0
	Chelsea	2	0	0	2	0	2	–2
	Fulham	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
	Liverpool	6	2	0	4	5	10	–5
	Newcastle United	2	0	1	1	2	4	–2
	Nottingham Forest	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
Subtotal		16	4	4	8	14	22	–8
Faroe Islands	B36 Tórshavn	1	1	0	0	3	1	+3
Subtotal		1	1	0	0	3	1	+3
Finland	Haka	2	2	0	0	11	1	+10
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	11	1	+10
France	Marseille	2	0	0	2	1	4	–3
	Monaco	5	2	2	1	7	5	+2
	Saint-Étienne	2	0	1	1	0	1	–1
	Strasbourg	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	Toulouse	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		12	2	6	4	9	11	–2
Germany / West Germany	Bayer Leverkusen	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
	Bayern Munich	8	2	0	6	7	24	–17
	Borussia Dortmund	2	1	0	1	4	5	–1
	Hamburger SV	5	0	0	5	2	13	–11
Subtotal		17	5	0	12	15	42	–27
Greece	Olympiacos	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
	Panathinaikos	4	4	0	0	7	1	+6
Subtotal		6	5	0	1	10	3	+7
Hungary	Ferencváros	2	1	0	1	3	5	–2
	MTK Budapest	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	Vasas	2	1	0	1	3	7	–4
Subtotal		6	3	0	3	8	14	–6
Iceland	KA	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Italy	Internazionale	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1
	Juventus	6	2	0	4	7	14	–7
	Milan	2	0	0	2	0	3	–3
	Parma	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
	Roma	8	1	1	6	6	16	–10
Subtotal		21	3	5	13	16	37	–21
Latvia	FK Liepāja	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
	Riga FC	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Subtotal		4	1	2	1	1	1	0
Liechtenstein	FC Balzers	2	2	0	0	11	1	+10
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	11	1	+10
Malta	Hibernians	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
	Sirens	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
	Sliema Wanderers	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
Subtotal		4	4	0	0	12	3	+9
Moldova	Tiraspol	2	2	0	0	11	2	+9
	Zimbru Chișinău	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		4	2	2	0	12	3	+9
Montenegro	Titograd	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	4	0	+4
Netherlands	Ajax	4	1	0	3	3	7	–4
	Roda JC	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Subtotal		6	2	0	4	6	10	–4
North Macedonia	Makedonija GP	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		1	1	1	0	4	0	+4
Northern Ireland	Cliftonville	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
	Glentoran	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
	Linfield	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
	Portadown	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8
Subtotal		8	6	1	1	19	5	+14
Norway	Bodø/Glimt	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2
	Molde	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
	Viking	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Subtotal		5	2	2	1	4	2	+2
Poland	Górnik Zabrze	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
	Ruch Chorzów	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4
	Szombierki Bytom	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Subtotal		6	4	1	1	15	5	+10
Portugal	Benfica	4	0	1	3	3	8	–5
	Porto	2	0	0	2	1	4	–3
	Sporting CP	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Subtotal		8	0	3	5	6	14	–8
Republic of Ireland	Derry City	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
	Limerick	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
	St Patrick's Athletic	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Subtotal		6	4	1	1	8	3	+5
Romania	CFR Cluj	2	0	1	1	0	2	–2
	Dinamo București	2	1	0	1	10	4	+6
	Steaua București	6	0	3	3	7	12	–5
	Sepsi OSK	2	0	0	2	0	6	–6
Subtotal		12	1	4	7	17	24	–7
Russia	Dynamo Moscow	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
	Torpedo Moscow	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	1	0	0	1	1	2	–1
Subtotal		5	1	3	1	5	5	0
Serbia / Serbia and Montenegro / Yugoslavia	Hajduk Kula	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
	Partizan	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4
	Red Star Belgrade	2	1	0	1	3	4	–1
Subtotal		6	3	2	1	10	7	+3
Slovakia / Czechoslovakia	Inter Bratislava	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	8	2	+6
Slovenia	Mura 05	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		2	0	2	0	1	1	± 0
Spain	Atlético Madrid	5	1	0	4	5	10	–5
	Barcelona	4	0	1	3	7	14	–7
	Real Sociedad	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
	Valencia	2	1	0	1	3	5	–2
Subtotal		13	3	2	8	16	29	–13
Sweden	IFK Malmö	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
Subtotal		2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
Switzerland	Basel	5	2	0	3	5	8	–3
	Servette	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	Young Boys	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4
	Zürich	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
Subtotal		11	3	1	7	8	16	–8
Turkey	Beşiktaş	4	0	1	3	3	7	–4
	Galatasaray	2	0	0	2	0	6	–6
	Kocaelispor	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Subtotal		7	1	1	5	6	14	–8
Ukraine / Soviet Union	Dynamo Kyiv	4	0	1	3	2	5	–3
	Shakhtar Donetsk	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
	Zorya Luhansk	4	0	1	3	1	5	−4
Subtotal		10	1	2	7	7	12	–5
Wales	The New Saints	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	5	2	+3
Total		260	100	56	104	363	344	+19

Statistics by competition

UEFA Champions League / European Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Neutral	Aggregate
1956–57	First round	Dinamo București	8–1	2–3		10–4
	Quarter-finals	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	1–3		3–4
1957–58	Preliminary round	Vasas	2–1	1–6		3–7
1958–59	First round	Atlético Madrid	1–0	1–2	1–3	3–5
1959–60	Preliminary round	Barcelona	2–2	2–6		4–8
1960–61	Preliminary round	Juventus	4–1	0–2		4–3
	First round	IFK Malmö	1–1	0–1		1–2
1961–62	Preliminary round	Dukla Prague	4–4	1–2		5–6
1962–63	Preliminary round	Partizan	2–1	4–1		6–2
	First round	Anderlecht	2–2	0–2		2–4
1966–67	Preliminary round	Sliema Wanderers	4–0	2–1		6–1
	First round	Olympiacos	3–1	0–1		3–2
	Second round	Górnik Zabrze	4–0	0–3		4–3
	Quarter-finals	Linfield	1–0	2–2		3–2
	Semi-finals	Internazionale	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–3
1969–70	First round	Ferencváros	2–1	1–4		3–5
1971–72	First round	Partizani Tirana	3–0	1–0		4–0
	Second round	Benfica	0–0	1–2		1–2
1972–73	First round	Panathinaikos	2–1	2–0		4–1
	Second round	Ajax	1–3	0–3		1–6
1973–74	First round	Wacker	3–0	1–0		4–0
	Second round	Ajax	2–0	0–1		2–1
	Quarter-finals	Bayern Munich	2–1	1–4		3–5
1975–76	First round	Juventus	2–1	0–2		2–3
1976–77	First round	Saint-Étienne	0–0	0–1		0–1
1980–81	First round	Nottingham Forest	1–0	1–0		2–0
	Second round	Szombierki Bytom	4–0	1–0		5–0
	Quarter-finals	Liverpool	0–1	1–5		1–6
1981–82	First round	Real Sociedad	1–0	0–0		1–0
	Second round	Glentoran	2–0	1–2		3–2
	Quarter-finals	Liverpool	2–0	0–1		2–1
	Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	4–3	0–4		4–7
1982–83	First round	Monaco	2–0	0–0		2–0
	Second round	Sporting CP	2–2	0–0		2–2 (a)
1983–84	First round	Omonia	3–0	1–4		4–4 (a)
	Second round	Roma	0–1	0–1		0–2
1987–88	First round	Bayern Munich	0–1	0–4		0–5
1989–90	First round	Ruch Chorzów	5–1	1–1		6–2
	Second round	Sparta Prague	3–0	2–2		5–2
	Quarter-finals	Marseille	0–1	1–3		1–4
1990–91	First round	KA Akureyri	3–0	0–1		3–1
	Second round	Bayern Munich	0–3	0–4		0–7
1992–93	First round	Austria Wien	3–2	1–3		4–5
1997–98	First qualifying round	Steaua București	0–2	3–3		3–5
2003–04	Second qualifying round	Pyunik	1–0	2–0		3–0
	Third qualifying round	Galatasaray	0–3	0–3		0–6
2005–06	Second qualifying round	KF Tirana	2–0	2–0		4–0
	Third qualifying round	Liverpool	1–3	1–0		2–3

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1965–66	First round	Limerick	2–0	2–1	4–1
	Second round	Borussia Dortmund	4–2	0–3	4–5
1970–71	First round	Haka	9–0	2–1	11–1
	Second round	Chelsea	0–1	0–1	0–2
1974–75	First round	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	0–1	0–2
1988–89	First round	Internacional Bratislava	5–0	3–2	8–2
	Second round	Panathinaikos	2–0	1–0	3–0
	Quarter-finals	Roda JC	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)	3–3 (4–3 p)
	Semi-finals	Barcelona	1–2	2–4	3–6
1993–94	First round	Balzers	8–0	3–1	11–1
	Second round	Benfica	1–3	1–3	2–6

UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1977–78	First round	Zürich	1–1 (a.e.t.)	0–1	1–2
1978–79	First round	Valencia	2–1	1–4	3–5
1979–80	First round	Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	1–2	2–3
1984–85	First round	Monaco	2–1	2–2	4–3
	Second round	Hamburger SV	1–2	0–4	1–6
1986–87	First round	Swarovski Tirol	2–0	0–3	2–3
1991–92	First round	Parma	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
	Second round	Hamburger SV	1–4	0–2	1–6
1994–95	Preliminary round	Ararat Yerevan	3–0	0–0	3–0
	First round	Juventus	3–2	1–5	4–7
1998–99	First qualifying round	Belshina Bobruisk	3–1	0–0	3–1
	Second qualifying round	Molde	2–0	0–0	2–0
	First round	Servette	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
	Second round	Atlético Madrid	2–4	0–1	2–5
1999–2000	Qualifying round	Portadown	5–0	3–0	8–0
	First round	Newcastle United	0–2	2–2	2–4
2000–01	Qualifying round	Constructorul Chișinău	8–0	3–2	11–2
	First round	MTK Hungária	1–2	1–0	2–2 (a)
2001–02	Qualifying round	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	3–1	2–1	5–2
	First round	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	1–2	4–2
	Second round	Milan	0–1	0–2	0–3
2002–03	Qualifying round	Dinamo Minsk	1–0	4–1	5–1
	First round	Blackburn Rovers	3–3	1–1	4–4 (a)
2003–04	First round	Torpedo Moscow	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)	2–2 (2–3 p)
2004–05	Second qualifying round	Omonia	3–1 (a.e.t.)	1–1	4–2
	First round	Steaua București	2–2	1–2	3–4
2005–06	First round	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	1–0	2–0
	Group stage (A)	Hamburger SV	0–1		5th place
		Slavia Prague		2–4
		Viking	2–0
		Monaco		1–2
2006–07	First qualifying round	Dinamo Tirana	4–1	1–0	5–1
	Second qualifying round	Hajduk Kula	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
	First round	Beşiktaş	2–2 (a.e.t.)	0–2	2–4
2007–08	Second qualifying round	Omonia	2–1	1–1	3–2
	First round	Toulouse	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2009–10	Third qualifying round	Derry City	1–0	1–1	2–1
	Play-off round	Dynamo Moscow	0–0	2–1	2–1
	Group stage (E)	Fulham	1–1	0–1	4th place
		Roma	0–3	0–2
		Basel	0–2	1–3
2010–11	Third qualifying round	Cliftonville	3–0	2–1	5–1
	Play-off round	The New Saints	3–0	2–2	5–2
	Group stage (L)	Beşiktaş	1–2	0–1	4th place
		Porto	0–1	1–3
		Rapid Wien	0–2	2–1
2011–12	Play-off round	Steaua București	1–1	0–2	1–3
2012–13	Second qualifying round	Mura 05	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2014–15	Second qualifying round	Zimbru Chișinău	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2018–19	First qualifying round	Riga FC	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)	1–1 (5–3 p)
	Second qualifying round	Admira Wacker	3−0	3−1	6−1
	Third qualifying round	Copenhagen	1−2	1−2	2−4
2019–20	First qualifying round	Titograd	4−0	0−0	4−0
	Second qualifying round	Osijek	1−0	0–1 (a.e.t.)	1–1 (4–3 p)
	Third qualifying round	Zorya Luhansk	1−1	0−1	1–2
2020–21	First qualifying round	Sirens	2−1	—	—
	Second qualifying round	BATE Borisov	2−0	—	—
	Third qualifying round	B36 Tórshavn	3−1	—	—
	Play-off round	Basel	—	3−1	—
	Group stage (A)	CFR Cluj	0−2	0−0	4th place
		Roma	3−1	0−0
		Young Boys	0−1	0−3

UEFA Europa Conference League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2021–22	Second qualifying round	Liepāja	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)	0–0 (3–1 p)
	Third qualifying round	Osijek	4–2	1−1	5−3
	Play-off round	Viktoria Plzeň	3–0 (a.e.t.)	0−2	3−2
	Group stage (C)	Roma	2–3	1−5	4th place
		Bodø/Glimt	0−0	0-2
		Zorya Luhansk	0−1	0−2
2022–23	Second qualifying round	Makedonija GP	4−0	0–0	4−0
	Third qualifying round	St Patrick's Athletic	0–1	2−0	2−1
	Play-off round	Basel	1–0	0–2	1–2
2023–24	Second qualifying round	Sepsi OSK	0–2	0−4	0−6

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996	Group stage (11)	Kocaelispor		3–1	2nd place
		Hibernians	4–1
		Uralmash		1–2
		Strasbourg	0–0

1956–57 European Cup

First round

First leg

21 October 1956

CDNA Sofia	8–1	Dinamo București
Kolev 12', 27', 56', 64' Milanov 21', 67' Panayotov 65' Dimitrov 80'	Report	Băcut 71' (pen.)

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Vasa Stefanović (Yugoslavia)

Second leg

30 December 1956

Dinamo București	3–2	CDNA Sofia
Nicolae 58' (pen.) Lăzar 67' Neagu 84'	Report	Stoyanov 22' Yanev 62'

Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Gustav Jiranek (Austria)

CSKA Sofia won 10–4 on aggregate.

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Quarter-finals

First leg

17 February 1957

Red Star Belgrade	3–1	CDNA Sofia
Kostić 7' 25' Popović 53'	Report	Yanev 89'

JNA Stadion, Belgrade

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

Second leg

24 February 1957

CDNA Sofia	2–1	Red Star Belgrade
Bozhkov 22' (pen.) Panayotov 39'	Report	Tasić 29' (pen.)

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Nikolai Latyshev (Soviet Union)

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.

1957–58 European Cup

First round

First leg

4 September 1957

CDNA Sofia	2–1	Vasas
Milanov 2', 38'		Bundzsák 53'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Second leg

3 October 1957

Vasas	6–1	CDNA Sofia
Csordás 35', 38', 51' Berendy 48' Bundzsák 68' Szilágyi 89'		Panayotov 25'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

Vasas won 7–3 on aggregate.

1958–59 European Cup

Second round

First leg

5 November 1958

Atlético Madrid	2–1	CDNA Sofia
Vavá 60' Peiró 79'		Dimitrov 77'

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

Second leg

26 November 1958

CDNA Sofia	1–0	Atlético Madrid
Panayotov 64'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

2–2 on aggregate.

Play off

18 December 1958

Atlético Madrid	3–1 (a.e.t.)	CDNA Sofia
Vavá 42', 108' (pen.) Callejo 99'		Yanev 17'

Charmilles Stadium, Geneva

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)

Atlético Madrid won 3–1 in the playoff.

1959–60 European Cup

First round

First leg

1959-09-03

CDNA Sofia	2–2	Barcelona
Rakarov 16' Kolev 80'		Segarra 30' Martínez 61'

Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: John Clough (England)

Second leg

1959-09-23

Barcelona	6–2	CDNA Sofia
Kubala 6' 14' (pen.), 45' (pen.) Evaristo 39', 68', 78'		Milanov 24' Martinov 57'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Barcelona won 8–4 on aggregate.

1960–61 European Cup

Preliminary round

First leg

21 September 1960

Juventus	2–0	CDNA Sofia
Lojodice 5' Sívori 24'

Turin

Second leg

12 October 1960

CDNA Sofia	4–1	Juventus
Rakarov 19' Kovachev 56' Panayotov 68' Tsanev 75'		Nicolè 88'

Sofia

CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

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First round

First leg

2 November 1960

IFK Malmö	1–0	CDNA Sofia
Karlsson 80'

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 7,707

Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (Germany)

Second leg

13 November 1960

CDNA Sofia	1–1	IFK Malmö
Tsanev 21'		Olofsson 52'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 52,000

Referee: Johannes Malka (Germany)

IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.

1961–62 European Cup

First round

First leg

6 September 1961

CDNA Sofia	4–4	Dukla Prague
Rankov 32' Rakarov 49' Romanov 64', 86'		Jelinek 35' Kučera 42' Dvořák 53' Adamec 61'

Bulgarian Army Stadium, Sofia

Second leg

13 September 1961

Dukla Prague	2–1	CDNA Sofia
Kučera 54' Šafránek 70'		Rankov 44'

Stadion Juliska, Prague

Dukla Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.

1962–63 European Cup

Preliminary round

First leg

19 September 1962

CSKA Red Flag	2–1	Partizan
Rankov 14' Kolev 19'		Kovačević 35' (pen.)

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Second leg

3 October 1962

Partizan	1–4	CSKA Red Flag
Galić 70'		Tsanev 23' Yakimov 48' Kovachev 80' (pen.) Panayotov 90'

JNA Stadium, Belgrade

CSKA Red Flag won 6–2 on aggregate.

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First round

24 October 1962

CSKA Red Flag	2–2	Anderlecht
Kolev 57' Yakimov 85'		Jurion 62', 76'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Second leg

14 November 1962

Anderlecht	2–0	CSKA Red Flag
Lippens 40' (pen.), 51' (pen.)

Émile Versé Stadium, Anderlecht

Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.

1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

First leg

7 October 1965

Limerick	1–2	CSKA Cherveno Zname
Mitchell 14'		Tsanev 11' Kamenov 22'

Jackman Park, Limerick

Second leg

13 October 1965

CSKA Cherveno Zname	2–0	Limerick
Kolev 53' Kamenov 71'

Bulgarian Army Stadium, Sofia

CSKA Cherveno Zname won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Second round

First leg

10 November 1965

Borussia Dortmund	3–0	CSKA Cherveno Zname
Sturm 17' Held 35' Schmidt 54'

Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund

Second leg

24 November 1965

CSKA Cherveno Zname	4–2	Borussia Dortmund
Romanov 7', 43', 68' Vasilev 75' (pen.)		Held 24' Emmerich 40'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Borussia Dortmund won 5–4 on aggregate.

1966–67 European Cup

Preliminary round

First leg

7 September 1966

Sliema Wanderers	1–2	CSKA Cherveno Zname
Quini 57'		Yakimov 20', 54' (pen.)

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Second leg

14 September 1966

CSKA Cherveno Zname	4–0	Sliema Wanderers
Zafirov 39' Yakimov 42' (pen.) Nikodimov 54' Tsanev 77'

Bulgarian Army Stadium, Sofia

CSKA Cherveno Zname won 6–1 on aggregate.

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First round

28 September 1966

CSKA Cherveno Zname	3–1	Olympiacos
Penev 64' Vasilev 71' Tsanev 90'		Papatsoglou 31'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Second leg

5 October 1966

Olympiacos	1–0	CSKA Cherveno Zname
Sideris 64'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

CSKA Cherveno Zname won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Second round

23 November 1966

CSKA Cherveno Zname	4–0	Górnik Zabrze
Marashliev 31', 44' Tsanev 71' (pen.) Vasilev 89'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Second leg

7 December 1966

Górnik Zabrze	3–0	CSKA Cherveno Zname
Szołtysik 1' Pohl 26', 44'

Górnik Zabrze Stadium, Zabrze

CSKA Cherveno Zname won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Quarter-finals

1 March 1967

Linfield	2–2	CSKA Cherveno Zname
Hamilton 40' Shields 43'		Romanov 2', 63'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Second leg

15 March 1967

CSKA Cherveno Zname	1–0	Linfield
Yakimov 54'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

CSKA Cherveno Zname won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Semi-finals

First leg

19 April 1967

Internazionale	1–1	CSKA Cherveno Zname
Facchetti 44'		Tsanev 65'

Milan

Second leg

26 April 1967

CSKA Cherveno Zname	1–1	Internazionale
Radlev 77'		Facchetti 62'

Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 70,000

2–2 on aggregate.

3 May 1967

Internazionale	1–0	CSKA Cherveno Zname
Cappellini 12'

Bologna

Internazionale won 1–0 in the play-off.

1969–70 European Cup

First round

First leg

17 September 1969

CSKA Septemvriysko Zname	2–1	Ferencváros
Zhekov 9', 53'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Second leg

1 October 1969

Ferencváros	4–1	CSKA Septemvriysko Zname
Szőke 3', 83' (pen.) Branikovics 16' Rákosi 60'		Zhekov 27'

Népstadion, Budapest

Ferencváros won 5–3 on aggregate.

1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

First leg

16 September 1970

CSKA Sofia	9–0	Haka
Yakimov 7', 30', 64' Nikodimov 15' (pen.), 37' Zhekov 61', 81' Marashliev 77'

Bulgarian Army Stadium, Sofia

Second leg

30 September 1970

Haka	1–2	CSKA Sofia
Malm 88'		Yakimov 50', 56'

Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski

CSKA Sofia won 11–1 on aggregate.

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Second round

First leg

21 October 1970

CSKA Sofia	0–1	Chelsea
		Baldwin 43'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Second leg

4 November 1970

Chelsea	1–0	CSKA Sofia
Webb 41'

Stamford Bridge, London

Chelsea won 2–0 on aggregate.

1971–72 European Cup

First round

First leg

15 September 1971

CSKA Sofia	3–0	Partizani Tirana
Atanasov 20' Nikodimov 44' (pen.) Marashliev 65'

Bulgarian Army Stadium, Sofia

Second leg

29 September 1971

Partizani Tirana	0–1	CSKA Sofia
		Atanasov 57'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Second round

First leg

20 October 1971

Benfica	2–1	CSKA Sofia
Rodrigues 51' Jorge 63'		Zhekov 85'

Lisbon

Second leg

3 November 1971

CSKA Sofia	0–0	Benfica

Sofia

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

1972–73 European Cup

First round

First leg

13 September 1972

CSKA Sofia	2–1	Panathinaikos
Kolev 24' (pen.) Yankov 71'		Verón 59'

Sofia

Second leg

27 September 1972

Panathinaikos	2–1	CSKA Sofia
Verón 18' Demelo 20' (pen.)		Trankov 68'
Penalties
	2–3

Athens

The game was annulled due to errors in the penalty shootout procedures;

26 October 1972

Panathinaikos	0–2	CSKA Sofia
		Zhekov 4' Kolev 46'

Athens

CSKA Sofia won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Second round

First leg

8 November 1972

CSKA Sofia	1–3	Ajax
Zhekov 27'		Swart 13' Keizer 32' Haan 52'

Sofia

Second leg

29 November 1972

Ajax	3–0	CSKA Sofia
Cruyff 13', 75' Blakenburg 15'

Amsterdam

Ajax won 6–1 on aggregate.

1973–74 European Cup

First round

First leg

19 September 1973

CSKA September Flag	3–0	Wacker Innsbruck
Marashliev 3' Zhekov 26' Denev 38'

Sofia

Second leg

3 October 1973

Wacker Innsbruck	0–1	CSKA September Flag
		Zhekov 18'

Innsbruck

CSKA September Flag won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Second round

First leg

24 October 1973

Ajax	1–0	CSKA Sofia
Keizer 14'

Amsterdam

Second leg

7 November 1973

CSKA Sofia	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Ajax
Marashliev 68' Mihaylov 116'

Sofia

CSKA Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Quarter finals

First leg

5 March 1974

Bayern Munich	4–1	CSKA Sofia
Torstensson 11', 88' Beckenbauer 33' Müller 65'		Marashliev 23'

Munich

Second leg

20 March 1974

CSKA Sofia	2–1	Bayern Munich
Kolev 41' (pen.) Denev 48'		Breitner 30' (pen.)

Sofia

Bayern Munich won 5–3 on aggregate.

1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

First leg

18 September 1974

Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	CSKA Sofia
Blokhin 57'

Kiev

Second leg

2 October 1974

CSKA Sofia	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv
		Blokhin 81'

Sofia

Dynamo Kyiv won 2–0 on aggregate.

1975–76 European Cup

First round

First leg

17 September 1975

CSKA Sofia	2–1	Juventus
Denev 80' Marashliev 89'		Anastasi 39'

Sofia

Second leg

1 October 1975

Juventus	2–0	CSKA Sofia
Anastasi 39' Furino 51'

Turin

Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.

1976–77 European Cup

First round

First leg

15 September 1976

CSKA September Flag	0–0	Saint-Étienne

Sofia

Second leg

29 September 1976

Saint-Étienne	1–0	CSKA September Flag
Piazza 31'

Saint-Étienne

Saint-Étienne won 1–0 on aggregate.

1977–78 UEFA Cup

First round

First leg

14 September 1977

Zürich	1–0	CSKA Sofia
Rizzi 4'

Zürich

Second leg

28 September 1977

CSKA Sofia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Zürich
Markov 32'		Qucinotta 104'

Sofia

Zürich won 2–1 on aggregate.

1978–79 UEFA Cup

First round

First leg

13 September 1978

CSKA Sofia	2–1	Valencia
Dzhevizov 7' Hristov 54'		Solsona 71'

Sofia

Second leg

27 September 1978

Valencia	4–1	CSKA Sofia
Saura 16', 82' Felman 53' Kempes 87'		Hristov 17'

Valencia

Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

1979–80 UEFA Cup

First round

First leg

19 September 1979

Dynamo Kyiv	2–1	CSKA Sofia
Bezsonov 2' Demyanenko 55'		Metodiev 34'

Kiev

Second leg

3 October 1979

CSKA Sofia	1–1	Dynamo Kyiv
Metodiev 63' (pen.)		Buryak 61'

Sofia

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.

1980–81 European Cup

First round

First leg

17 September 1980

CSKA Sofia	1–0	Nottingham Forest
Yonchev 70'

Sofia

Second leg

1 October 1980

Nottingham Forest	0–1	CSKA Sofia
		Kerimov 33'

Nottingham

CSKA Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Second round

First leg

22 October 1980

CSKA Sofia	4–0	Szombierki Bytom
Yonchev 22', 58', 60' Zdravkov 75'

Sofia

Second leg

5 November 1980

Szombierki Bytom	0–1	CSKA Sofia
		Dzhevizov 53'

Bytom

CSKA Sofia won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Quarter finals

First leg

4 March 1981

Liverpool	5–1	CSKA Sofia
Souness 16' 51' 80' Lee 45' McDermott 62'	Report	Yonchev 60'

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 37,255

Second leg

18 March 1981

CSKA Sofia	0–1	Liverpool
	Report	Johnson 10'

Vassil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 60,000

Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.

1981–82 European Cup

First round

First leg

16 September 1981

CSKA September Flag	1–0	Real Sociedad
Yonchev 89'

Sofia

Second leg

30 September 1981

Real Sociedad	0–0	CSKA September Flag

San Sebastián

CSKA September Flag won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Second round

First leg

21 October 1981

CSKA September Flag	2–0	Glentoran
Dimitrov 8' Zdravkov 35' (pen.)

Sofia

Second leg

4 November 1981

Glentoran	2–1 (a.e.t.)	CSKA September Flag
Cleary 67' Manley 71'		Dimitrov 115'

Belfast

CSKA September Flag won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Quarter finals

First leg

3 March 1982

Liverpool	1–0	CSKA September Flag
Whelan 65'	Report

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 27,388

Second leg

17 March 1982

CSKA September Flag	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool
Mladenov 77', 101'	Report

Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 70,000

CSKA September Flag won on 2–1 on aggregate.

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Semi finals

First leg

7 April 1982

CSKA September Flag	4–3	Bayern Munich
G. Dimitrov 7' Yonchev 13' 49' Zdravkov 18' (pen.)		Dürnberger 27' D. Hoeneß 32' Breitner 82'

Vasil Levsky, Sofia

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Lambert  France

Second leg

21 April 1982

Bayern Munich	4–0	CSKA September Flag
Breitner 43', 47' (pen.) Rummenigge 65', 76'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Bayern Munich won 7–4 on aggregate.

1982–83 European Cup

First round

First leg

15 September 1982

AS Monaco	0–0	CSKA Sofia

Nice

Second leg

29 September 1982

CSKA Sofia	2–0 (a.e.t.)	AS Monaco
Zdravkov 103' (pen.) Mladenov 112'

Sofia

CSKA Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Second round

First leg

20 October 1982

CSKA Sofia	2–2	Sporting CP
Dzhevizov 10' Mladenov 75'		Fernandes 31' Xavier 80'

Sofia

Second leg

3 November 1982

Sporting CP	0–0	CSKA Sofia

2–2 on aggregate; Sporting CP won on away goals.

1983–84 European Cup

First round

First leg

1983-09-14

CSKA Sofia	3–0	Omonia
Mladenov 52' Yonchev 56' Slavkov 62'

Narodna Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Second leg

1983-09-28

Omonia	4–1	CSKA Sofia
Savvidis 42' Arsov 48' Kantalos 85' Gregory 89'		Yonchev 22'

Nicosia

4–4 on aggregate; CSKA Sofia won on away goals.

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Second round

First leg

1983-10-19

CSKA Sofia	0–1	Roma
		Falcão 63'

Sofia

Second leg

1983-11-02

Roma	1–0	CSKA Sofia
Graziani 80'

Rome

Roma won 2–0 on aggregate.

1984–85 UEFA Cup

First round

First leg

19 September 1984

AS Monaco	2–2	CSKA Sofia
Genghini 9', 19'		Slavkov 14' Markov 16'

Monaco

Second leg

3 October 1984

CSKA Sofia	2–1	AS Monaco
Mladenov 7' Zdravkov 14' (pen.)		Tibeuf 76'

Sofia

CSKA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Second round

First leg

24 October 1984

Hamburg	4–0	CSKA Sofia
McGhee 19' von Heesen 43', 90' Magath 62'

Hamburg

Second leg

7 November 1984

CSKA Sofia	1–2	Hamburg
Zdravkov 90'		Wuttke 8' McGhee 52'

Sofia

Hamburg won 6–1 on aggregate.

1986–87 UEFA Cup

First round

First leg

18 September 1986

Swarovski Tirol	3–0	Sredets Sofia
Roscher 11' Pacult 47' Linzmaier 78'

Innsbruck

Second leg

1 October 1986

Sredets Sofia	2–0	Swarovski Tirol
Tanev 35' (pen.) Kostadinov 80'

Sofia

Swarovski Tirol 3–2 on aggregate.

1987–88 European Cup

First round

First leg

1987-09-16

Bayern Munich	4–0	CFKA Sredets
Wegmann 30' 62' Dorfner 35' Brehme 55'

Second leg

1987-09-30

CFKA Sredets	0–1	Bayern Munich
		Kögl 70'

Bayern Munich won 5–0 on aggregate.

1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

First leg

7 September 1988

Inter Bratislava	2–3	CFKA Sredets
Moravetz 45' Weis 70' (pen.)		Penev 36', 39', pen.', 78'

Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava

Attendance: 4,500

Second leg

5 October 1988

CFKA Sredets	5–0	Inter Bratislava
Penev 1' (pen.) Stoichkov 3' Kostadinov 12', 38' Getov 21'

Narodna Armia, Sofia

Attendance: 12,000

CFKA Sredets won 8–2 on aggregate.

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Second round

First leg

26 October 1988

CFKA Sredets	2–0	Panathinaikos
Stoichkov 45' Penev 90' (pen.)

Narodna Armia, Sofia

Attendance: 22,000

Second leg

9 November 1988

Panathinaikos	0–1	CFKA Sredets
		Penev 85' (pen.)

Olympic Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 60,000

CFKA Sredets won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Quarter-finals

First leg

1 March 1989

CFKA Sredets	2–1	Roda JC
Stoichkov 12' Kostadinov 64'		Boerebach 83'

Narodna Armia, Sofia

Attendance: 30,000

Second leg

15 March 1989

Roda JC	2–1 (a.e.t.)	CFKA Sredets
Haan 38' Lohr 56'		Stoichkov 78'
Penalties
Van der Luer Hanssen Groenendijk Haan Boerebach	3–4	Penev Georgiev Ivanov Mladenov Stoichkov

Gemeentelijk Sportpark Kaalheide Kerkrade

Attendance: 20,000

3–3 on aggregate. Won 4–3 on penalties.

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Semi-finals

First leg

4 April 1989

Barcelona	4–2	CFKA Sredets
Lineker 36' Amor 37' Bakero 49' Salinas 71'		Stoichkov 24', 66' (pen.)

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 30,000

Second leg

19 April 1989

CFKA Sredets	1–2	Barcelona
Stoichkov 65'		Lineker 25' Amor 81'

Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 50,000

Barcelona won 6–3 on aggregate.

1989–90 European Cup

First round

First leg

13 September 1989

Ruch Chorzów	1–1	CSKA Sofia
Szewczyk 43'		Penev 18'

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

Attendance: 15,000

Second leg

27 September 1989

CSKA Sofia	5–1	Ruch Chorzów
Georgiev 20', 49' Bakalov 25' Penev 80' Vitanov 90'		Warzycha 87'

Narodna Armia, Sofia

CSKA Sofia won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Second round

First leg

18 October 1989

Sparta Prague	2–2	CSKA Sofia
Bílek 75' (pen.) Skuhravý 84'		Stoichkov 13' Kostadinov 57'

Letná Stadium, Prague

Second leg

1 November 1989

CSKA Sofia	3–0	Sparta Prague
Stoichkov 45', 89' (pen.) Kostadinov 84'

Narodna Armia, Sofia

CSKA Sofia won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Quarter-finals

First leg

7 March 1990

CSKA Sofia	0–1	Marseille
		Thys 85'

Narodna Armia, Sofia

Second leg

21 March 1990

Marseille	3–1	CSKA Sofia
Waddle 25' Papin 28' Sauzée 72'		Urukov 84'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Marseille won 4–1 on aggregate.

1990–91 European Cup

First round

First leg

1990-09-19

KA Akureyri	1–0	CSKA Sofia
Bragasson 17'

Second leg

1990-10-03

CSKA Sofia	3–0	KA Akureyri
Marashliev 19', 80' Georgiev 48'

CSKA Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Second round

First leg

1990-10-23

Bayern Munich	4–0	CSKA Sofia
Reuter 3', 62' (pen.) Wohlfarth 28' Augenthaler 54'

Second leg

1990-11-06

CSKA Sofia	0–3	Bayern Munich
		Wohlfarth 16' Effenberg 78' McInally 84'

Bayern Munich won 7–0 on aggregate.

1991–92 UEFA Cup

First round

First leg

19 September 1991

CSKA Sofia	0–0	Parma

Sofia

Second leg

2 October 1991

Parma	1–1	CSKA Sofia
Agostini 72'		Parushev 88'

Parma

1–1 on aggregate; CSKA Sofia won on away goals.

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Second round

First leg

Hamburger SV	2–0	CSKA Sofia

Hamburg

Second leg

CSKA Sofia	1–4	Hamburg

Sofia

Hamburg won 6–1 on aggregate.

1992–93 UEFA Champions League

First round

First leg

1992-09-16

Austria Wien	3–1	CSKA Sofia
Hasenhüttl 16' Fridrikas 82' Kogler 90'		Shishkov 57'

Franz Horr Stadium, Wien

Second leg

1992-09-30

CSKA Sofia	3–2	Austria Wien
Metkov 2' Andonov 60' Draganov 73'		Flögel 28' Ivanauskas 67'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 8,000

Austria Wien won 5–4 on aggregate.

1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

First leg

CSKA Sofia	8–0	Balzers

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Second leg

Balzers	1–3	CSKA Sofia

Sportplatz Rheinau, Balzers

CSKA Sofia won 11–1 on aggregate.

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Second round

First leg

Benfica	3–1	CSKA Sofia

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Second leg

CSKA Sofia	1–3	Benfica

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.

1994–95 UEFA Cup

Preliminary round

First leg

9 August 1994

CSKA Sofia	3–0	Ararat Yerevan
Tanev 21' (pen.) Koilov 45' Shishkov 74'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 6,000

Second leg

23 August 1994

Ararat Yerevan	0–0	CSKA Sofia

Hrazdan Stadium, Erevan

Attendance: 12,000

CSKA Sofia won 3–0 on aggregate.

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First round

First leg

13 September 1994

CSKA Sofia	3–2	Juventus
Mihtarski 44', 82' Radukanov 70'		Porrini 35' Del Piero 75'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 15,000

UEFA invalidated this game and awarded a 3–0 win to Juventus because CSKA fielded an ineligible player, Petar Mihtarski.

Second leg

27 September 1994

Juventus	5–1	CSKA Sofia
Ravanelli 9', 65', 69', 81', 83'		Mihtarski 90'

Stadio Delle Alpi Turin

Attendance: 35,000

Juventus won 8–4 on aggregate.

1997–98 UEFA Champions League

First qualifying round

First leg

23 July 1997

Steaua București	3–3	CSKA Sofia
Rotariu 8' Lăcătuș 77' Munteanu 83'		Andonov 47' Nankov 49', 67'

Ghencea Stadium, Bucharest

Attendance: 10,000

Second leg

30 July 1997

CSKA Sofia	0–2	Steaua București
		Șerban 34' Reghecampf 48'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 30,000

Steaua București won 5–3 on aggregate.

1998–99 UEFA Cup

First qualifying round

First leg

22 July 1998

Belshina Bobruisk	0–0	CSKA Sofia

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 3,000

Second leg

29 July 1998

CSKA Sofia	3–1	Belshina Bobruisk
Petrov 6' Naydenov 37' Stanchev 90'		Balashov 50'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 10,000

CSKA Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Second qualifying round

First leg

11 August 1998

Molde	0–0	CSKA Sofia

Aker Stadion, Molde

Attendance: 3,000

Second leg

25 August 1998

CSKA Sofia	2–0	Molde
Petkov 39' Stanchev 60'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 16,000

CSKA Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.

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First round

First leg

15 September 1998

Servette	2–1	CSKA Sofia
Pistinat 86' Melunovic 89'		Stanchev 45'

Charmilles Stadium, Geneva

Attendance: 4,500

Second leg

29 September 1998

CSKA Sofia	1–0	Servette
Stanchev 53'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 20,000

2–2 on aggregate; CSKA Sofia won on away goals.

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Second round

First leg

20 October 1998

CSKA Sofia	2–4	Atlético Madrid
Genchev 53' Naydenov 84'		Torizzi 42' Kikko 44' Roberto 75' Kikko 88'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 25,000

Second leg

3 November 1998

Atlético Madrid	1–0	CSKA Sofia
Juninho 45' (pen.)

Vicente Calderón, Madrid

Attendance: 20,000

Atlético Madrid won 5–2 on aggregate.

1999–2000 UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

First leg

12 August 1999

Portadown	0–3	CSKA Sofia
		Manchev 1' Kovačević 77' Bukarev 86'

Shamrock Park, Portadown

Attendance: 1,000

Second leg

24 August 1999

CSKA Sofia	5–0	Portadown
Petkov 15' (pen.) Litera 29', 51' Hristov 62' (pen.) Simeonov 81'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 10,000

CSKA Sofia won 8–0 on aggregate.

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First round

First leg

16 September 1999

CSKA Sofia	0–2	Newcastle United
		Solano 51' Ketsbaia 77'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 30,000

Second leg

1 October 1999

Newcastle United	2–2	CSKA Sofia
Shearer 36' Robinson 88'		Litera 29' Simeonov 90'

St James' Park, Newcastle

Attendance: 36,228

Newcastle United won 4–2 on aggregate.

2000–01 UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

First leg

10 August 2000

Constructorul Chișinău	2–3	CSKA Sofia
Druta 26' Zabolotnij 83'		Berbatov 6' (21) Mirchev 85'

Chișinău

Second leg

24 August 2000

CSKA Sofia	8–0	Constructorul Chișinău
Yanchev 16' Stefanov 19' Berbatov 36', 42', 44', 53', 77' Yanev 79'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

CSKA Sofia won 11–2 on aggregate.

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First round

First leg

14 September 2000

CSKA Sofia	1–2	MTK Hungária
Yanev 7'		Ferenczi 50' Kuttor 70'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Second leg

28 September 2000

MTK Hungária	0–1	CSKA Sofia
		Mirchev 85' (pen.)

Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, Budapest

2–2 on aggregate; MTK Hungária won on away goals.

2001–02 UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

First leg

9 August 2001

Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1–2	CSKA Sofia
Bezborodov 82'		Manchev 63' Giglio 81'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 10,000

Second leg

23 August 2001

CSKA Sofia	3–1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Manchev 16', 63' Giglio 68'		Bezborodov 90'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 10,000

CSKA Sofia won 5–2 on aggregate.

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First round

First leg

20 September 2001

CSKA Sofia	3–0	Shakhtar Donetsk
Manchev 24', 80' Penev 40'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 13,000

Second leg

27 September 2001

Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	CSKA Sofia
Vorobey 30', 51'		Deyanov 90'

Shakhtar Stadium, Donetsk

Attendance: 30,000

CSKA Sofia won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Second round

First leg

18 October 2001

AC Milan	2–0	CSKA Sofia
Costa 20' Shevchenko 51'

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan

Attendance: 23,000

Second leg

1 November 2001

CSKA Sofia	0–1	Milan
		Inzaghi 62'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 22,000

Milan won 3–0 on aggregate.

2002–03 UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

First leg

15 August 2002

Dinamo Minsk	1–4	CSKA Sofia
Tsyhalka 66'		Mukasi 18' Dimitrov 28', 47' Brito 31'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 15,000

Second leg

29 August 2002

CSKA Sofia	1–0	Dinamo Minsk
Šakiri 64' (pen.)

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 10,000

CSKA Sofia won 5–1 on aggregate.

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First round

First leg

19 September 2002

Blackburn Rovers	1–1	CSKA Sofia
Grabbi 25'		Dimitrov 22'

Ewood Park, Blackburn

Attendance: 32,000

Second leg

3 October 2002

CSKA Sofia	3–3	Blackburn Rovers
Gargorov 65' Agnaldo 71' Gargorov 89' (pen.)		Thompson 30' Estnestadt 55' Duff 56'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 22,000

4–4 on aggregate; Blackburn Rovers won on away goals.

2003–04 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

First leg

30 July 2003

Pyunik	0–2	CSKA Sofia
		Yanchev 20' Mukasi 48'

Republican Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 15,000

Second leg

6 August 2003

CSKA Sofia	1–0	Pyunik
Lima 90' (pen.)

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 12,000

CSKA Sofia won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Third qualifying round

First leg

13 August 2003

Galatasaray	3–0	CSKA Sofia
Şaş 3' Şükür 5' Erdem 37'

Atatürk, Istanbul

Attendance: 65,000

Second leg

27 August 2003

CSKA Sofia	0–3	Galatasaray
		Prates 28' Sarıoğlu 53' Erdem 86'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 15,000

Galatasaray won 6–0 on aggregate.

2003–04 UEFA Cup

First round

First leg

24 September 2003

CSKA Sofia	1–1	Torpedo Moscow
Dimitrov 18'		Semshov 78'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 20,000

Second leg

15 October 2003

Torpedo Moscow	1–1 (a.e.t.)	CSKA Sofia
Oper 11'		Dimitrov 90+3'

Torpedo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 2,500

2–2 on aggregate; Torpedo Moscow won 3–2 on penalties.

2004–05 UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

First leg

10 August 2004

Omonia	1–1	CSKA Sofia
Kozley 57'		Mujiri 79'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 17,000

Second leg

26 August 2004

CSKA Sofia	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Omonia
Mujiri 90+3' Sakaliev 111' Hazurov 116'		Stepanovich 78'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 13,000

CSKA Sofia won 4–2 on aggregate.

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First round

First leg

16 September 2004

Steaua București	2–1	CSKA Sofia
Neaga 9' Dică 80'		Yanev 28'

Ghencea Stadium, Bucharest

Attendance: 25,000

Second leg

30 September 2004

CSKA Sofia	2–2	Steaua București
Sakaliev 45' Gargorov 75'		Oprița 14' Paraschiv 34'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 20,000

Steaua București won 4–3 on aggregate.

2005–06 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

27 July 2005

KF Tirana	0–2	CSKA Sofia
		Gueye 89' Gargorov 90+'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 10,000

Second leg

3 August 2005

CSKA Sofia	2–0	KF Tirana
Zadi 2' Todorov 90' (pen.)

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 5,000

CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Third qualifying round

10 August 2005

CSKA Sofia	1–3	Liverpool
Dimitrov 45'		Cissé 25' Morientes 31', 58'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 20,000

Second leg

23 August 2005

Liverpool	0–1	CSKA Sofia
		Iliev 15'

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 43,000

Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.

2005–06 UEFA Cup

First round

First leg

15 September 2005

Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	CSKA Sofia
		Todorov 15'

BayArena, Leverkusen

Attendance: 20,000

Second leg

29 September 2005

CSKA Sofia	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen
Hdiouad 67'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 22,500

CSKA Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Group A

20 October 2005

CSKA Sofia	0–1	Hamburger SV
		Van der Vaart 58'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 22,000

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3 November 2005

Slavia Prague	4–2	CSKA Sofia
Fořt 5', 73' Vlček 36' Piták 56'		Gargorov 10' Sakaliev 57'

Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague

Attendance: 8,000

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30 November 2005

CSKA Sofia	2–0	Viking
Yanev 35' (pen.) Guillaume 46'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 10,000

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15 December 2005

Monaco	2–1	CSKA Sofia
Kapo 49' Squillaci 75'		Dimitrov 84'

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 6,000

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MON	HSV	SLA	VIK	CSS
1	Monaco	4	3	0	1	6	2	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–0	—	—	2–1
2	Hamburger SV	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3	9			—	—	2–0	2–0	—
3	Slavia Prague	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	4			0–2	—	—	—	4–2
4	Viking	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4			1–0	—	2–2	—	—
5	CSKA Sofia	4	1	0	3	5	7	−2	3			—	0–1	—	2–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2006–07 UEFA Cup

First qualifying round

First leg

13 July 2006

Dinamo Tirana	0–1	CSKA Sofia
		Trika 86'

Selma Surmasi Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 1,130

Second leg

27 July 2006

CSKA Sofia	4–1	Dinamo Tirana
Trika 36' Furtado 50' Trika 53' Petre 75'		Castel 12'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 3,500

CSKA Sofia won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Second qualifying round

First leg

10 August 2006

CSKA Sofia	0–0	Hajduk Kula

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 4,250

Second leg

24 August 2006

Hajduk Kula	1–1 (a.e.t.)	CSKA Sofia
Stančić 99'		Tunchev 120'

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 770

1–1 on aggregate; CSKA Sofia won on away goals.

First round

First leg

14 September 2006

Beşiktaş	2–0	CSKA Sofia
Kléberson 81' Gökhan 90+1'

İsmet İnönü, Istanbul

Attendance: 30,000

Second leg

28 September 2006

CSKA Sofia	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Beşiktaş
Iliev 60' Tunchev 69'		Nobre 95' Bobô 100'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 15,000

Beşiktaş won 4–2 on aggregate.

2007–08 UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

First leg

16 August 2007

19:00 CET

Omonia	1–1	CSKA Sofia
Kaiafas 14'		Nei 1'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Martin Atkinson

Second leg

30 August 2007

19:30 CET

CSKA Sofia	2–1	Omonia
Nei 17' Chilikov 88'		Magno 8'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 16,500

Referee: Serge Gumienny

CSKA Sofia won 3–2 on aggregate.

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First round

First leg

20 September 2007

Toulouse	0–0	CSKA Sofia

Stadium Municipal, Toulouse

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz

Second leg

4 October 2007

CSKA Sofia	1–1	Toulouse
Nei 65' (pen.)		Gignac 90+6'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Bernhard Bruger

1–1 on aggregate; Toulouse won on away goals.

2009–10 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

First leg

30 July 2009

19:00

CSKA Sofia	1–0	Derry City
Stoyanov 74'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia ⁴³

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)

Second leg

6 August 2009

20:00

Derry City	1–1	CSKA Sofia
Scullion 82'	Report	Marquinhos 70'

Brandywell Stadium, Derry

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Jérome Efong Nzolo (Belgium)

CSKA Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Play-off round

First leg

20 August 2009

19:00

CSKA Sofia	0–0	Dynamo Moscow
	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia ⁵⁸

Attendance: 23,250

Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Second leg

27 August 2009

18:00

Dynamo Moscow	1–2	CSKA Sofia
Kerzhakov 10'	Report	Delev 14' Ivanov 56'

Arena Khimki, Khimki ⁶⁴

Attendance: 8,486

Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

CSKA Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Group E

17 September 2009

19:00

CSKA Sofia	1–1	Fulham
Michel Platini 62'	Report	Kamara 65'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia ⁵

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

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1 October 2009

21:05

Roma	2–0	CSKA Sofia
Okaka 19' Perrotta 23'	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

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22 October 2009

21:05

CSKA Sofia	0–2	Basel
	Report	Frei 20', 63'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia ⁵

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Manuel De Sousa (Portugal)

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5 November 2009

19:00

Basel	3–1	CSKA Sofia
Gelabert 35' Frei 41' (pen.), 67'	Report	Yanchev 61'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 15,255

Referee: Oleg Oriekhov (Ukraine)

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3 December 2009

21:05

Fulham	1–0	CSKA Sofia
Gera 15'	Report

Craven Cottage, London

Attendance: 23,604

Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

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16 December 2009

19:00

CSKA Sofia	0–3	Roma
	Report	Cerci 45+1', 52' Scardina 89'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia ⁵

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROM	FUL	BSL	CSK
1	Roma	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	2–1	2–0
2	Fulham	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11			1–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	Basel	6	3	0	3	10	7	+3	9			2–0	2–3	—	3–1
4	CSKA Sofia	6	0	1	5	2	12	−10	1			0–3	1–1	0–2	—

Source: Soccerway

2010–11 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

First leg

27 July 2010

18:00

CSKA Sofia	3–0	Cliftonville
Vidanov 9' Marquinhos 72' Trifonov 74'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia⁵⁰

Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Second leg

5 August 2010

20:45

Cliftonville	1–2	CSKA Sofia
Boyce 42'	Report	Kostadinov 85' Marquinhos 88'

Windsor Park, Belfast⁶⁰

Attendance: 776

Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

CSKA Sofia won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Play-off round

First leg

19 August 2010

20:30

CSKA Sofia	3–0	The New Saints
Aquaro 81' Nelson 82' Delev 90'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia⁶⁶

Attendance: 2,950

Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

Second leg

26 August 2010

20:35

The New Saints	2–2	CSKA Sofia
M. Williams 13' Evans 61'	Report	Aquaro 10' Tiboni 79'

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham⁷⁰

Attendance: 843

Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)

CSKA Sofia won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Group L

16 September 2010

21:05

Beşiktaş	1–0	CSKA Sofia
Ernst 90'	Report

BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 25,035

Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

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30 September 2010

19:00

CSKA Sofia	0–1	Porto
	Report	Falcao 16'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia⁴

Attendance: 17,231

Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

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21 October 2010

19:00

CSKA Sofia	0–2	Rapid Wien
	Report	Vennegoor of Hesselink 28' Hofmann 32'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia⁴

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

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4 November 2010

21:05

Rapid Wien	1–2	CSKA Sofia
Salihi 56' (pen.)	Report	Yanchev 50' Marquinhos 64'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna³

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

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2 December 2010

19:00

CSKA Sofia	1–2	Beşiktaş
Sheridan 79'	Report	Zápotočný 59' Hološko 64'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia⁴

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)

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15 December 2010

21:05

Porto	3–1	CSKA Sofia
Otamendi 22' Micael 54' J. Rodríguez 90+3'	Report	Delev 48'

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 22,930

Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		POR	BJK	RPD	CSS
1	Porto	6	5	1	0	14	4	+10	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	3–0	3–1
2	Beşiktaş	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3	13			1–3	—	2–0	1–0
3	Rapid Wien	6	1	0	5	5	12	−7	3			1–3	1–2	—	1–2
4	CSKA Sofia	6	1	0	5	4	10	−6	3			0–1	1–2	0–2	—

Source: Soccerway

2011–12 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

First leg

18 August 2011

19:30

Steaua București	2–0	CSKA Sofia
Galamaz 16' Leandro Tatu 77'	Report

Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca

Attendance: 20,700

Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)

Second leg

25 August 2011

19:30

CSKA Sofia	1–1	Steaua București
Michel 83'	Report	Tănase 73'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 27,200

Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Steaua București won 3–1 on aggregate.

2012–13 UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

First leg

19 July 2012

20:00

Mura 05	0–0	CSKA Sofia
	Report

Športni park, Lendava

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Lee Probert (England)

Second leg

18 August 2012

20:00

CSKA Sofia	1–1	Mura 05
Popov 18'	Report[dead link]	Fajić 88'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia,

Attendance: 5,800

Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

1–1 on aggregate; Mura 05 won on away goals.

2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

First leg

17 July 2014

19:30

CSKA Sofia	1–1	Zimbru Chișinău
Karachanakov 41'	Report	Alexeev 31'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Barış Şimşek (Turkey)

Second leg

24 July 2014

19:00

Zimbru Chișinău	0–0	CSKA Sofia
	Report

Stadionul Zimbru, Chișinău

Attendance: 8,505

Referee: Marco Fritz (Germany)

1–1 on aggregate; Zimbru Chișinău won on away goals.

2018–19 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

First leg

12 July 2018 (2018-07-12)

19:45

CSKA Sofia	1–0	Riga FC
Rodrigues 49'	Report

Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)

Second leg

19 July 2018 (2018-07-19)

18:30

Riga FC	1−0	CSKA Sofia
Černomordijs 44'	Report
Penalties
Lemajić Primão Kārkliņš Bayenko	3−5	Malinov Bodurov Geferson Gyasi Despodov

Skonto Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 3,100

Referee: Furkat Atazhanov (Kazakhstan)

1–1 on aggregate. CSKA won 5−3 on penalty shootout.

Second qualifying round

First leg

26 July 2018 (2018-07-26)

20:00

CSKA Sofia	3–0	Admira Wacker Mödling
Despodov 29', 34' Maurides 38' (pen.)	Report

Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 6,200

Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

Second leg

2 August 2018 (2018-08-02)

20:00

Admira Wacker Mödling	1–3	CSKA Sofia
Bakış 55'	Report	Maurides 14', 53' Jorginho 80'

BSFZ-Arena, Maria Enzersdorf

Attendance: 2,400

Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

CSKA Sofia won 6–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

First leg

9 August 2018 (2018-08-09)

19:45

CSKA Sofia	1−2	Copenhagen
Maurides 15'	Report	Vavro 64' Kodro 74' (pen.)

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 21,100

Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)

Second leg

16 August 2018 (2018-08-16)

18:30

Copenhagen	2−1	CSKA Sofia
N'Doye 23', 64'	Report	Evandro 58'

Parken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 10,078

Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Copenhagen won 4–2 on aggregate.

2019–20 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

First leg

9 July 2019 (2019-07-09)

20:30 EEST

CSKA Sofia	4−0	Titograd
Evandro 40' Tiago 53' Geferson 55' Malinov 72'	Report

Stadion Balgarska Armiya, Sofia, Bulgaria

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Luís Godinho (Portugal)

Second leg

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16)

21:30 EEST

Titograd	0−0	CSKA Sofia
	Report

Stadion pod Goricom^[1], Podgorica, Montenegro

Attendance: 969

Referee: Vasilis Dimitriou (Cyprus)

CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

First leg

25 July 2019 (2019-07-25)

20:30 EEST

First leg

CSKA Sofia	1−0	Osijek
Evandro 53'	Report

Stadion Balgarska Armiya, Sofia, Bulgaria

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

Second leg

1 August 2019 (2019-08-01)

21:45 EEST

Second leg

Osijek	1−0 (a.e.t.)	CSKA Sofia
Majstorović 28'	Report
Penalties
Lyopa Bočkaj Škorić Pilj Marić	3−4	Tiago Carey Geferson Bodurov Sowe

Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek, Croatia

Attendance: 7,214

Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

1–1 on aggregate. CSKA won 4−3 on penalty shootout.

Third qualifying round

First leg

8 August 2019 (2019-08-08)

20:30 EEST

CSKA Sofia	1−1	Zorya Luhansk
Evandro 13'	Report	Yurchenko 45+1' (pen.)

Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski^[2], Sofia, Bulgaria

Attendance: 15,310

Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Second leg

15 August 2019 (2019-08-15)

20:00 EEST

Zorya Luhansk	1−0	CSKA Sofia
Rusyn 89'	Report

Slavutych-Arena^[3], Zaporizhia, Ukraine

Attendance: 7,857

Referee: Amaury Delerue (France)

Zorya Luhansk won 2–1 on aggregate.

2020–21 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

27 August 2020 (2020-08-27)

19:00 (20:00 EEST)

CSKA Sofia	2–1	Sirens
Ahmedov 75' Sowe 90+1'	Report	Maxuell 69'

Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofia

Attendance: 0

Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)

Second qualifying round

17 September 2020 (2020-09-17)

19:00 (20:00 EEST)

CSKA Sofia	2–0	BATE Borisov
Sowe 44' Carey 90+5'	Report

Bulgarian Army Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 0

Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

Third qualifying round

24 September 2020 (2020-09-24)

19:00 (20:00 EEST)

CSKA Sofia	3–1	B36 Tórshavn
Sowe 27' Yomov 38' Keita 83'	Report	Pingel 61'

Bulgarian Army Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 0

Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Play-off round

1 October 2020 (2020-10-01)

20:30

Basel	1–3	CSKA Sofia
Cabral 54' (pen.)	Report	Rodrigues 72', 88' Ahmedov 90+7'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Group A

22 October 2020 (2020-10-22)

18:55

CSKA Sofia	0–2	CFR Cluj
	Report	Rondón 53' Deac 74' (pen.)

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

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29 October 2020 (2020-10-29)

21:00

Roma	0–0	CSKA Sofia
	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 0

Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

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5 November 2020 (2020-11-05)

21:00

Young Boys	3−0	CSKA Sofia
Mambimbi 2', 32' Sulejmani 19'	Report

Stadion Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 0

Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

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26 November 2020 (2020-11-26)

18:55

CSKA Sofia	0−1	Young Boys
	Report	Nsame 34'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

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3 December 2020 (2020-12-03)

21:00

CFR Cluj	0–0	CSKA Sofia
	Report

Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca

Attendance: 0

Referee: Peter Bankes (France)

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10 December 2020 (2020-12-10)

18:55

CSKA Sofia	3−1	Roma
Rodrigues 5' Sowe 34', 55'	Report	Milanese 22'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Roma	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Young Boys	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
3	CFR Cluj	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	5[a]
4	CSKA Sofia	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	5[a]

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

First leg

22 July 2021 (2021-07-22)

20:00

CSKA Sofia	0–0	Liepāja
	Report

Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 2,600

Referee: Peter Bankes (England)

Second leg

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)

20:00

Liepāja	0−0	CSKA Sofia
	Report
Penalties
Simić Tkachuk Šabala Keita	1−3	Carey Caicedo Ahmedov Geferson

Daugavas stadions, Liepāja, Latvia

Attendance: 453

Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Romania)

0–0 on aggregate. CSKA won 3−1 on penalty shootout.

Third qualifying round

First leg

5 August 2021 (2021-08-05)

20:00

CSKA Sofia	4–2	Osijek
Mazikou 30' Carey 39' Caicedo 42' Yomov 74'	Report	Mattheij 41' (o.g.) Topčagić 90+3'

Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 4,494

Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Second leg

12 August 2021 (2021-08-12)

20:00 EEST

Osijek	1−1	CSKA Sofia
Škorić 45' Lončar  86'	Report	Carey 33'

Stadion Gradski Vrt, Osijek, Croatia

Attendance: 3,706

Referee: Don Robertson (Scotland)

CSKA Sofia won 5–3 on aggregate.

Play-off round

First leg

19 August 2021 (2021-08-19)

20:00

Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	CSKA Sofia
Havel 10' Mosquera 72'	Report

Doosan Arena, Plzeň, Czech Republic

Attendance: 6,859

Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Second leg

26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)

20:00 EEST

CSKA Sofia	3−0	Viktoria Plzeň
Carey 6' Yomov 63' Caicedo  67'  111' Mattheij 119'	Report

Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 6,717

Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

CSKA Sofia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Group C

16 September 2021 (2021-09-16)

21:00

Roma	5–1	CSKA Sofia
Pellegrini 25', 62' El Shaarawy 38' Mancini 82' Abraham 84'	Report	Carey 10'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy

Attendance: 29,876

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

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30 September 2021 (2021-09-30)

18:45 (19:45 EEST)

CSKA Sofia	0–0	Bodø/Glimt
	Report

Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 7,291

Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

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21 October 2021 (2021-10-21)

21:00 (22:00 EEST)

CSKA Sofia	0–1	Zorya Luhansk
	Report	Sayyadmanesh 65'

Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 3,158

Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

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4 November 2021 (2021-11-04)

18:45 (19:45 EET)

Zorya Luhansk	2–0	CSKA Sofia
Zahedi 87' Sayyadmanesh 90+5'	Report

Slavutych-Arena, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 1,122

Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)

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25 November 2021 (2021-11-25)

21:00 (22:00 EET)

Bodø/Glimt	2–0	CSKA Sofia
Brunstad Fet 25' Botheim 85'	Report

Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø, Norway

Attendance: 5,339

Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

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9 December 2021 (2021-12-09)

18:45 (19:45 EET)

CSKA Sofia	2–3	Roma
Čataković 75' Wildschut 90+3'	Report	Abraham 15' Mayoral 34' Abraham 53'

Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 4,640

Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)

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

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

First leg

21 July 2022 (2022-07-21)

18:00

Makedonija GP	0–0	CSKA Sofia
	Report

Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia

Attendance: 402

Referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)

Second leg

28 July 2022 (2022-07-28)

20:00

CSKA Sofia	4−0	Makedonija GP
Mattheij 31' Yomov 61' Tufegdžić 78' Nazon 87'	Report

Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofia, Bulgaria

Attendance: 4,697

Referee: Marcel Birsan (Romania)

CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

First leg

4 August 2022 (2022-08-04)

20:00

CSKA Sofia	0–1	St Patrick's Athletic
	Report	Atakayi 87'

Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 7,048

Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

Second leg

11 August 2022 (2022-08-11)

21:45

St Patrick's Athletic	0–2	CSKA Sofia
	Report	Garcez 12' Turitsov 81' (pen.)

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

Attendance: 6,760

Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

CSKA Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.

Play-off round

First leg

18 August 2022 (2022-08-18)

20:00

CSKA Sofia	1−0	Basel
López 70' (o.g.)	Report

Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski^{[note 1]}, Sofia, Bulgaria

Attendance: 15,364

Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

Second leg

18 August 2022 (2022-08-18)

20:00 EEST

Basel	2−0	CSKA Sofia
F. Frei 66' Lang 84'	Report

St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland

Attendance: 18,469

Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

First leg

27 July 2023 (2023-07-27)

19:00 (20:00 EEST)

CSKA Sofia	0–2	Sepsi OSK
	Report	Păun 68' Varga 81'

Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofia

Attendance: 7,966

Referee: Jochem Kamphuis (Netherlands)

Second leg

3 August 2023 (2023-08-03)

19:00 (20:00 EEST)

Sepsi OSK	4–0	CSKA Sofia
Matei 19' (pen.) Aganović 70' Varga 90' Alimi 90+5' (pen.)	Report

Stadionul Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe

Attendance: 8,270

Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)

Sepsi OSK won 6–0 on aggregate.

Notes

1. CSKA Sofia play their home matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, instead of their regular home stadium Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofia.
2. Zorya Luhansk play their home matches at Slavutych-Arena, Zaporizhzhia, instead of their regular stadium Avanhard Stadium, Luhansk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.