2015–16 PFC CSKA Sofia season

CSKA Sofia
2015–16 season
Owner	Grisha Ganchev
Manager	Hristo Yanev
V Group	1st
Bulgarian Cup	Winner

The 2015–16 season was PFC CSKA Sofia's 1st season in the Bulgarian V Football Group. CSKA started the 2015/2016 season in V group (3rd division) as they did not receive a licence to play in A group due to unpaid debts. CSKA finished in first place in the standings. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club will play during the 2015–16 season.

Players

Squad stats

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		V Group		Bulgarian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	BUL	Anatoli Gospodinov	24	0	14	0	10	0
3	DF	BUL	Kiril Dinchev	31	1	20+2	0	9	1
4	DF	BUL	Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski	36	1	25+1	0	10	1
5	DF	BUL	Nikolay Dichev	7	2	3+4	2	0	0
6	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Branekov	13	1	10	1	3	0
7	MF	BUL	Momchil Tsvetanov	21	9	16+2	8	3	1
8	MF	BUL	Boris Galchev	30	18	21+1	16	8	2
9	FW	BUL	Preslav Yordanov	26	33	13+4	23	8+1	10
10	MF	BUL	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	19	4	10+8	4	1	0
11	MF	BUL	Pavel Golovodov	19	9	9+6	8	4	1
12	GK	BUL	Stoyan Kolev	17	0	17	0	0	0
13	MF	BUL	Yordan Yordanov	36	7	26+2	7	7+1	0
14	MF	BUL	Samir Ayass	37	14	26+3	12	8	2
15	GK	BUL	Slavi Petrov	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	BUL	Petar Vitanov	28	1	10+13	1	1+4	0
17	DF	BUL	Milen Kikarin	33	1	24+2	0	6+1	1
18	MF	BUL	Aykut Ramadan	4	0	0+4	0	0	0
19	DF	BUL	Valentin Antov	5	0	0+4	0	1	0
19	MF	BUL	Mario Yordanov	2	2	0+2	2	0	0
20	FW	BUL	Stanislav Malamov	15	3	10+2	2	3	1
21	DF	BUL	Viktor Raychev	28	1	16+3	0	5+4	1
22	MF	BUL	Nikolay Tsvetkov	38	22	20+9	19	9	3
23	DF	BUL	Vasil Popov	12	0	5+1	0	0+6	0
24	FW	BUL	Kostadin Hazurov	32	36	18+8	31	2+4	5
25	DF	BUL	Angel Granchov	26	1	20	1	6	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
5	MF	BUL	Ivo Ivanov	11	1	2+3	1	3+3	0
18	MF	BUL	Radoy Bozhilov	8	3	3+2	0	1+2	3
23	MF	BUL	Vladislav Uzunov	13	2	4+3	2	2+4	0

As of 29 May 2016

Players in/out

Summer transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	BUL	Vasil Popov (loan return from Etar Veliko Tarnovo)
3	DF	BUL	Kiril Dinchev (from Pelister)
4	DF	BUL	Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski (loan return from Pirin Blagoevgrad)
5	MF	BUL	Ivo Ivanov (from Lokomotiv Sofia)
6	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Branekov (from Lokomotiv Sofia)
7	MF	BUL	Momchil Tsvetanov (from Botev Plovdiv)
9	FW	BUL	Preslav Yordanov (from Lokomotiv Sofia)
10	MF	BUL	Aleksandar Aleksandrov (from Minyor Pernik)
12	GK	BUL	Stoyan Kolev (returned from retirement)
13	MF	BUL	Yordan Yordanov (from Minyor Pernik)
14	MF	BUL	Samir Ayass (from Beroe Stara Zagora)
17	DF	BUL	Milen Kikarin (from Minyor Pernik)
18	FW	BUL	Radoy Bozhilov (loan return from Dobrudzha Dobrich)
20	FW	BUL	Stanislav Malamov (from Haskovo)
21	DF	BUL	Viktor Raychev (from Minyor Pernik)
22	MF	BUL	Nikolay Tsvetkov (from Lokomotiv Mezdra)
23	MF	BUL	Vladislav Uzunov (from Haskovo)
24	FW	BUL	Kostadin Hazurov (from Maccabi Petah Tikva)
25	DF	BUL	Angel Granchov (from Slavia Sofia)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Tunchev (to Lokomotiv Plovdiv)
4	MF	NGA	Sunny (to Alanyaspor)
5	DF	CRO	Mario Brkljača (to Krka)
5	DF	BUL	Emil Grozev (to Vereya Stara Zagora)
7	MF	POR	Toni Silva (to Şanlıurfaspor)
9	FW	MNE	Stefan Nikolić (to Istra 1961)
10	MF	SRB	Ivan Marković (to Levadiakos)
11	MF	SRB	Nemanja Milisavljević (to Beroe Stara Zagora)
13	FW	LUX	Aurélien Joachim (to Burton Albion)
14	DF	BUL	Valentin Iliev (to Universitatea Craiova)
14	FW	BUL	Grigor Dolapchiev (to Oborishte Panagyurishte)
15	MF	IND	Renedy Singh (to Kerala Blasters FC)
19	DF	BUL	Apostol Popov (to Universitatea Craiova)
19	MF	BUL	Dimitar Panteleev (to Strumska Slava Radomir)
19	FW	BUL	Aleksandar Asparuhov (to Strumska Slava Radomir)
20	MF	CPV	Platini (to El Ittihad Alexandria)
21	DF	BUL	Ventsislav Vasilev (to Beroe Stara Zagora)
22	MF	BRA	Edenilson (to Pirin Blagoevgrad)
24	DF	BUL	Yuliyan Chapaev (to RB Leipzig)
28	MF	BUL	Marquinhos (to Pirin Blagoevgrad)
31	DF	NED	Christian Supusepa (to Sparta Rotterdam)
33	GK	CZE	Jakub Diviš (to FK Mladá Boleslav)
34	MF	GER	Denis Prychynenko (to 1. FC Union Berlin)
48	DF	CRO	Marin Oršulić (to Tromsø IL)
66	DF	BUL	Plamen Krachunov (to Montana)
70	MF	BRA	Juan Felipe (to Vardar Skopje)
73	MF	BUL	Ivan Stoyanov (to Vereya Stara Zagora)
77	DF	CRO	Tonći Kukoč (to Livorno)
92	GK	LVA	Maksims Uvarenko (to Zlaté Moravce)
99	GK	BUL	Stoyan Kolev (Retired)

Winter transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	BUL	Nikolay Dichev (from Bansko)
18	MF	BUL	Aykut Ramadan (from Litex Lovech II)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	MF	BUL	Ivo Ivanov (to Spartak Pleven)
18	FW	BUL	Radoy Bozhilov (to FC Sofia)
23	MF	BUL	Vladislav Uzunov (to Dobrudzha Dobrich)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Pre-season

10 July 2015	CSKA	0–1	Spartak Pleven	Teteven
18:00	Dolapchiev 45' Uzunov 84'	Report	Hristov 25' I. Todorov 43'	Stadium: Stadion Georgi Benkovski Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Nikola Petrov

14 July 2015	CSKA	2–0	Litex II	Teteven
10:00	Hazurov 25' (pen.) P. Yordanov 78'	Report	Daskalov 45'	Stadium: Stadion Georgi Benkovski Attendance: 100

18 July 2015	CSKA	1–0	Oborishte	Sofia
18:00	Golovodov 51' Kolev 20' Malamov 69' Galchev 78'	Report	Ivanov 15' Parpulov 87' Zdravkov 90'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 4,000

22 July 2015	CSKA	3–1	Maritsa	Sofia
18:00	Uzunov 18' Hazurov 49' Tsvetkov 90+1'	Report	Stefanov 56'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya

25 July 2015	CSKA	5–1	Vihren	Sofia
18:00	Aleksandrov 5' Y. Yordanov 10' P. Yordanov 15' Malamov 21' Tsvetanov 53'	Report	Laskov 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya

2 August 2015	CSKA	0–1	Ironi Ashdod	Sofia
20:00		Report	Avitan 43'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya
Note: abandoned in 89th minute due to a pitch invasion by CSKA fans

Mid-season

21 January 2016	CSKA	4–2	Oleksandriya	Alaniya, Turkey
17:00	Tsvetanov 10', 28' Hazurov 25' P. Yordanov 90'	Report	Leonov 26' Banada 43'	Stadium: Gold City Hotel Training Ground

1 February 2016	CSKA	0–1	Skoda Xanthi	Xanthi, Greece
15:00		Report	Farkaš 38'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena

3 February 2016	CSKA	2–2	Panthrakikos	Alexandroupoli, Greece
15:30	Tsvetanov 23' Dichev 25'	Report	Watsukanidis 38' Yorgopoulous 89'	Stadium: Fotis Kosmas Stadium

14 February 2016	CSKA	6–0	Dunav	Sofia
14:00	Malamov 14' Tsvetanov 55' Tsvetkov 60', 72' Vitanov 68' Aleksandrov 71'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya

Competitions

V Group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (P)	32	31	1	0	146	10	+136	94	Promoted to Second League
2	Vitosha Bistritsa	32	23	5	4	72	16	+56	74
3	Slivnishki Geroy	32	21	6	5	80	35	+45	69
4	Strumska Slava	32	18	6	8	58	36	+22	60
5	Minyor Pernik	32	17	8	7	55	35	+20	59

Source: bulgarian-football.com, Soccerway
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]
(P) Promoted

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
32	31	1	0	146	10	+136	94	15	1	0	90	6	+84	16	0	0	56	4	+52

Last updated: 29 May 2016.
Source: Soccerway

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	-	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	-	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	-	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	-	W	W	W
Position	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

9 August 2015 1	CSKA	3–0	Strumska Slava	Sofia
18:00	P. Yordanov 22' Y. Yordanov 86' Branekov 89'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Georgi Ignatov (Sofia)

16 August 2015 2	Septemvri	0–3	CSKA	Sofia
18:00		Report	Hazurov 15', 42' (pen.) Galchev 77'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)

23 August 2015 3	CSKA	7–0	Chepinets	Sofia
18:00	Hazurov 8' (pen.), 9' Y. Yordanov 12' Golovodov 33', 50' Galchev 39' Ayass 85'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Petar Dorovski (Sofia)

30 August 2015 4	Botev	0–3	CSKA	Sofia
15:30		Report	Galchev 63', 90+3' P. Yordanov 86'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mladen Penev (Kyustendil)

6 September 2015 5	CSKA	6–0	Velbazhd	Sofia
17:00	Golovodov 7' P. Yordanov 16', 38', 52' Galchev 59' Uzunov 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Borislav Nenkov (Sofia)

13 September 2015 6	Chiko	0–2	CSKA	Pazardzhik
14:15		Report	Hazurov 61' (pen.), 89'	Stadium: Stadion Georgi Benkovski Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Dimitar Burov (Sofia)

20 September 2015 7	CSKA	8–0	Sofia 2010	Sofia
17:00	Ayass 9' Y. Yordanov 23', 31', 45' Ivanov 37' Hazurov 42', 67', 73'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Simeon Velikov (Blagoevgrad)

27 September 2015 8	Rilski Sportist	0–3	CSKA	Samokov
14:30		Report	Hazurov 21' Uzunov 21' Ayass 45' P. Yordanov 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Iskar Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli)

4 October 2015 9	CSKA	8–0	Belasitsa	Sofia
16:00	Galchev 7', 89' P. Yordanov 45+1', 49', 60' Tanchev 52' (o.g.) Tsvetkov 56', 71'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Georgi Andreev (Sofia)

11 October 2015 10	Vihren	1–5	CSKA	Sandanski
16:00	Branekov 81' (o.g.)	Report	Y. Yordanov 7' Tsvetkov 10', 31' Hazurov 33', 43'	Stadium: Stadion Sandanski Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Petar Dorovski (Sofia)

18 October 2015 11	CSKA	3–0	Vitosha	Sofia
14:30				Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Referee: Tasko Taskov (Sofia)
Note: Vitosha Bistritsa declined participation in the game due to fear of political provocation and disturbances during the game.^[2]

21 October 2015 12	CSKA	3–0	Germaneya	Sofia
16:00	Tsvetanov 2', 17' Hazurov 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia)

4 November 2015 13	Slivnishki Geroy	0–2	CSKA	Sofia
18:00		Report	P. Yordanov 72' Vitanov 87'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Angel Angelov (Sofia)

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15 November 2015 15	Balkan	0–2	CSKA	Pazardzhik
14:00		Report	Hazurov 52' Ayass 87'	Stadium: Stadion Georgi Benkovski Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov (Sofia)

22 November 2015 16	CSKA	4–0	Pirin	Sofia
14:00	Ayass 6' Tsvetanov 21' Tsvetkov 73' Galchev 76'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Metodi Pavlov (Sofia)

29 November 2015 17	Minyor	0–3	CSKA	Pernik
14:00		Report	Tsvetkov 26' P. Yordanov 49' Tsvetanov 69'	Stadium: Stadion Minyor Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)

21 February 2016 18	Strumska Slava	0–2	CSKA	Sofia
18:30		Report	Galchev 44' P. Yordanov 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Vangel Vangelov (Sofia)

28 February 2016 19	CSKA	8–1	Septemvri	Sofia
14:45	Tsvetanov 1' Hazurov 8', 50', 90+1' Ayass 17', 55' Tsvetkov 70' (pen.), 86'	Report	Nikolov 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev (Sofia)

6 March 2016 20	Chepinets	0–4	CSKA	Velingrad
12:00		Report	Ayass 39' P. Yordanov 47', 90+1' Aleksandrov 84'	Stadium: Stadion Chepinets Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Yoto Garabedov (Sofia)

13 March 2016 21	CSKA	11–0	Botev	Sofia
18:30	Golovodov 8', 43', 63' P. Yordanov 18', 55' Tsvetanov 33' Hazurov 71', 90' Galchev 74', 75' Dichev 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Georgi Nikolov (Sofia)

20 March 2016 22	Velbazhd	0–3	CSKA	Kyustendil
15:00		Report	Tsvetkov 38' Hazurov 47', 49'	Stadium: Stadion Osogovo Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)

23 March 2016 23	CSKA	5–0	Chiko	Sofia
18:00	Hazurov 3' (pen.), 23', 25' Golovodov 59' Tsvetkov 84'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Pavel Tsekov (Sofia)

27 March 2016 24	Sofia 2010	1–5	CSKA	Sofia
18:30	Bozhilov 85'	Report	Galchev 26', 79' Ivanov 27' (o.g.) P. Yordanov 38' Tsvetanov 42'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Metodi Pavlov (Sofia)

2 April 2016 25	CSKA	5–2	Rilski Sportist	Sofia
15:30	Ayass 8' Granchov 10' Golovodov 22' Galchev 56' Aleksandrov 79'	Report	Lovkov 37' Kirov 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Yordan Vodenicharov (Blagoevgrad)

10 April 2016 26	Belasitsa	2–4	CSKA	Gotse Delchev
15:30	Kabranov 55' (pen.), 84'	Report	Tsvetkov 17', 26', 59' Aleksandrov 65'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dimitar Burov (Sofia)

13 April 2016 27	CSKA	4–0	Vihren	Sofia
18:00	P. Yordanov 28' (pen.), 36' Malamov 71' Galchev 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 600 Referee: Vasimir El-Hatib (Sofia)

24 April 2016 29	Germaneya	0–10	CSKA	Sofia
15:30		Report	Hazurov 7', 9' (pen.), 29', 43', 62', 87' Tsvetkov 34', 41', 59', 72'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Hristiyana Guteva (Sofia)

27 April 2016 30	CSKA	2–2	Slivnishki Geroy	Sofia
17:00	P. Yordanov 61' Tsvetanov 80'	Report	Aleksandrov 31' Dikov 76'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 500 Referee: Georgi Ignatov (Sofia)

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