USC CSKA Sofia
Bulgarian sports society from Sofia, Bulgaria
This article is about the sports club. For the football club, see
PFC CSKA Sofia .
USC CSKA Sofia First played 5 May 1948
CSKA (Bulgarian : ЦСКА ) was a Bulgarian sports society from Sofia , Bulgaria. CSKA stands for Central Sports Club of the Army (Bulgarian : Централен Спортен Клуб на Армията ). It was founded on 5 May 1948 as Septemvri pri CDV , after the unification of the two sports clubs from the city, Chavdar and Septemvri . Since then, the club changed its name several times before settling on CSKA in 1989.
The club is historically known as the Bulgarian Army sports club. Currently the sports club's departments are autonomous and are separated as of 1992. Therefore, the only connection of the departments to the Army are the historical traditions and the Bulgarian Army Stadium . Nevertheless, in the moment all of the clubs who have a connection to the sports society are incorporated into one joint society called United Sports Clubs CSKA , which is currently а successor of the previous disbanded organization.
Currently sections which belong to CSKA Sofia are football , basketball , volleyball , tennis , wrestling , athletics , ice hockey , chess , gymnastics , handball , taekwondo , boxing , weightlifting , judo , cycling , and rowing .
Departments
The most popular departments of the sports club are:
Men
First League :
Champions (31) (record): 1948 , 1951 , 1952 , 1954 , 1955 , 1956 , 1957 , 1958 , 1958–59 , 1959–60 , 1960–61 , 1961–62 , 1965–66 , 1968–69 , 1970–71 , 1971–72 , 1972–73 , 1974–75 , 1975–76 , 1979–80 , 1980–81 , 1981–82 , 1982–83 , 1986–87 , 1988–89 , 1989–90 , 1991–92 , 1996–97 , 2002–03 , 2004–05 , 2007–08 Bulgarian V Group :
Bulgarian Cup :
Winners (21 times): 1951 , 1954 , 1955 , 1960–61 , 1964–65 , 1968–69 , 1971–72 , 1972–73 , 1973–74 , 1982–83 , 1984–85 , 1986–87 , 1987–88 , 1988–89 , 1992–93 , 1996–97 , 1998–99 , 2005–06 , 2010–11 , 2015–16 , 2020–21 Bulgarian Supercup :
Bulgarian Cup – (secondary cup competition)
Winners (1 time) (shared record): 1980-81Cup of the Soviet Army – (secondary cup competition)
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Europa Conference League
Bulgarian V Group :
Women
Bulgarian League :
Champions (2): 1988–89, 1992–93Bulgarian Cup :
Winners (2 times): 1986–87, 1989–90
Volleyball
Men
NVL :
Champions (29) (record): 1948, 1949, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2008, 2010, 2011Bulgarian Cup:
Winners (19 times) (record): 1967, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011CEV Champions League :
CEV Champions League "Final Four" Participant :
1962-63 (1/2 final), 1970-71 (1/2 final)
1976-77 (3-rd), 1984-85 (3-rd)
1986-87 (4-th), 1987-88 (4-th), 1989-90 (4-th) Cup Winner's Cup :
Cup Winner's Cup "Final Four" Participant :
1985-86 (3-rd)
1980-81 (4-th) CEV Cup '"Final Four" Participant :
Challenge Cup
Eighth-finals (1): 2024-25
Women
NVL :
Champions (22): 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013Bulgarian Cup :
Winners (19 times): 1969, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013CEV Champions League :
Winners (2): 1978-79, 1983-84CEV Champions League "Final Four" Participant :
1987-88 (4-th), 1988-89 (4-th) Cup Winner's Cup
Cup Winner's Cup "Final Four" Participant :
1972-73 (2-nd), 1975-76 (2-nd), 1990-91 (2-nd),
1980-81 (3-rd),
1976-77 (4-th), Challenge Cup
Eighth-finals (1): 1994-95
Basketball
Men
NBL :
Champions (12): 1949, 1950, 1951, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992Bulgarian Cup :
Winners (17 times) (record): 1953, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2005BBL A Group/Second League:
European Champions' Cup
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Women
Bulgarian Championship :
Bulgarian Cup :
Women's Adriatic League :
EuroCup Women
1/16 finalists (1): 2006–07
Hockey
Men
Bulgarian League :
Champions (16): 1964 , 1965 , 1966 , 1967 , 1969 , 1971 , 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1975 , 1983 , 1984 , 1986 , 2013 , 2014, 2015Bulgarian Cup :
Winners (14 times): 1964, 1965, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 2012, 2013
Handball
Men
A Group :
Champions (10): 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991Bulgarian Cup:
Winners (10 times): 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2002European Champions' Cup
Cup Winners' Cup
Quarter-finals (1): 1980–81IHF Cup
Quarter-finals (1): 1986–87
Women
A Group:
Champions (12): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992Bulgarian Cup:
Winners (8 times): 1975, 1976, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992European Champions' Cup
Quarter-finals (3): 1973–74, 1974–75, 1983–84Cup Winners' Cup
Water polo
Men
Bulgarian Championship:
Champions (39) (record): 1952, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2021Bulgarian Cup:
Winners (31 times) (record) 2007, 2011, 2015, 2017European Cup
1/4 finalists (4): 1969–70, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1989–90
Medals
(*)Statistics can be inaccurate. Medals are not included if they were won by a player who competed for CSKA but was at another club when he/she won a medal.
Trophies
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