# FC CSKA 1948 Sofia II

CSKA 1948 II (Bulgarian: ЦСКА 1948 II) or CSKA 1948 2 is a Bulgarian professional football team based in Sofia. Founded in 2019, it is the reserve team of CSKA 1948, and currently plays in Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football.
Obliged to play one level below their main side, CSKA 1948 II is ineligible for promotion to First League and also can not compete in the Bulgarian Cup.

## History
### 2019–2020: Foundation

Since 2015, the Bulgarian Football Union allowed Bulgarian teams to have reserve sides in the lower regional divisions. In 2019 CSKA 1948 Sofia introduced their reserve team in A OFG Sofia (capital) South, the 4th level of Bulgarian football, led by Kiril Metkov. The team finished on 2nd position, before season was ended due to COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the unknown situation, the team did not play in any league 2020–21 season.

### 2021–present: Second League

On 18 February 2021 one of the main sponsors of FC CSKA 1948, Tzvetomir Naydenov, announced that the reserve team will be introduced in Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football, from 2021-22 season. On 29 May 2021 Miroslav Mindev was announced as the manager of the team, previously leading Zagorets Nova Zagora. On 27 July 2021 Atanas Apostolov was announced as the new manager of the team, after Mindev was promoted as manager to the first team.
On 26 May 2023, the team secured the title in Second League, becoming the first reserve team to become a champion of the league.

## Honours

Second League:
* Winners (1): 2022–23

### Current squad

As of 5 March 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | BUL | Martin Yankov |
| — | GK | BUL | Steliyan Georgiev |
| — | GK | UKR | Yuriy Avramenko |
| — | DF | BUL | Boyan Rangelov |
| — | DF | BUL | Nikola Nedkov |
| — | DF | BUL | Mihail Tsonev |
| — | DF | BUL | Petar Georgiev |
| — | DF | BUL | Atanas Kilov |
| — | DF | CMR | Pierre-Daniel N'Guinda |
| — | DF | FRA | Jonas Albenas |
| — | DF | ALG | Riad Belhadj |
| — | DF | CRO | Karlo Tomašec |
| — | MF | BUL | Stoyan Stoichkov |
| — | MF | BUL | Georgi Staykov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BUL | Roman Rodopski |
| — | MF | BUL | Viktor Vasilev |
| — | MF | BUL | Ivaylo Markov |
| — | MF | BUL | Milen Voynov |
| — | MF | BUL | Kristiyan Velichkov |
| — | MF | BUL | Adrian Todorov |
| — | MF | BUL | Stanislav Zarkov |
| — | MF | BEL | William Fonkeu |
| — | MF | CMR | Kufre Eta |
| — | MF | MKD | Stefan Ristovski |
| — | FW | BUL | Kristiyan Andonov |
| — | FW | BUL | Tsvetomir Tsanev |
| — | FW | BUL | Kaloyan Strinski |
| — | FW | BUL | Vasil Dimitrov |
For recent transfers, see Transfers winter 2023–24 and Transfers summer 2024.
    For first team players, see FC CSKA 1948 Sofia.

## Statistics
### Second League matches

    As of 15 October 2024
| Ranking | Nationality | Position | Name | Years | Matches | Goals |
| 1 | Bulgaria | MF | Steliyan Dobrev | 2021– | 60 | 8 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | MF | Georgi Mariyanov | 2021–2023 | 57 | 2 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | FW | Valentin Yoskov | 2021– | 43 | 24 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | MF | Aleksandar Asparuhov | 2022–2023 | 38 | 1 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | MF | Stoyan Stoichkov | 2021– | 34 | 5 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | DF | Borislav Vakadinov | 2021–2023 | 32 | 1 |
| 7 | Ukraine | GK | Hennadiy Hanyev | 2021– | 30 | 0 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | DF | Angel Granchov | 2022–2023 | 29 | 1 |
| 9 | Bulgaria | MF | Steven Kirilov | 2021–2022 | 27 | 1 |
| 10 | Bulgaria | MF | Aleksandar Zlatkov | 2021–2022 | 27 | 3 |
* Players in bold are still playing for FC1948.

### Second League goals

    As of 15 October 2024
| Ranking | Nationality | Position | Name | Years | Matches | Goals |
| 1 | Bulgaria | FW | Valentin Yoskov | 2021– | 43 | 24 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | FW | Denislav Aleksandrov | 2021–2023 | 15 | 13 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | FW | Preslav Antonov | 2023– | 26 | 8 |
| — | Bulgaria | MF | Steliyan Dobrev | 2021– | 60 | 8 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | FW | Mariyan Tonev | 2022– | 24 | 7 |
| 6 | Brazil | FW | Juninho | 2022 | 6 | 5 |
| – | Bulgaria | MF | Stoyan Stoichkov | 2021– | 34 | 5 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | MF | Emanuil Lichev | 2021–2022 | 22 | 4 |
| 9 | Bulgaria | FW | Svetoslav Dikov | 2023 | 8 | 3 |
| — | Bulgaria | MF | Mario Topuzov | 2020– | 10 | 3 |
| — | Bulgaria | MF | Angel Bastunov | 2021– | 15 | 3 |
| – | Bulgaria | MF | Aleksandar Zlatkov | 2021– | 27 | 3 |
* Players in bold are still playing for FC 1948.

## Personnel
### Manager history

| Dates | Name |
| 2019–2020 | Kiril Metkov |
| 2021 | Miroslav Mindev |
| 2021 | Atanas Apostolov |
| 2021 | Roman Tafradzhiev (interim) |
| 2021–2022 | Andrey Andreev |
| 2022 | Vladimir Dimitrov |
| 2022 | Valentin Iliev |
| 2022–2023 | Atanas Ribarski |
| 2023 | Borislav Kyosev |
| 2023–2024 | Valentin Iliev |
| 2024 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov |
| 2024 | Ivan Ivanov |
| 2024– | Borislav Kyosev |

## Past seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season :
| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Top goalscorer | Top goalscorer |
| Season | Division | Level | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | Top goalscorer | Top goalscorer |
| 2019–20 | A OFG Sofia (capital) South | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 9 | -15 | 24 | 2nd | |
| 2021–22 | Second League | 2 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 45 | 12th | Valentin Yoskov | 9 |
| 2022–23 | Second League | 2 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 60 | 17 | +43 | 74 | 1st | Valentin Yoskov | 15 |
| 2023–24 | Second League | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Key

* GS = Group stage
* QF = Quarter-finals
* SF = Semi-finals
| Champions | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |