# 2019–20 PFC CSKA Sofia season

The 2019–20 season is CSKA Sofia's 71st season in the First League and their fourth consecutive participation after their administrative relegation in the third division due to mounting financial troubles. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club will play during the 2019–20 season.

## Players
### Current squad

As of 21 May 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BUL | Iliya Shalamanov |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Geferson |
| 4 | DF | BUL | Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski |
| 6 | MF | POR | Rúben Pinto (vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Graham Carey |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Tomi Juric |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Evandro |
| 11 | DF | BUL | Petar Zanev (captain) |
| 13 | GK | BRA | Gustavo Busatto |
| 15 | MF | BUL | Kristiyan Malinov |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Henrique |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Bradley Mazikou |
| 19 | DF | BUL | Ivan Turitsov |
| 20 | MF | POR | Tiago Rodrigues |
| 21 | MF | GHA | Edwin Gyasi |
| 22 | FW | GAM | Ali Sowe |
| 23 | FW | BUL | Ahmed Ahmedov |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Stefano Beltrame |
| 26 | DF | BUL | Valentin Antov |
| 27 | MF | BUL | Martin Smolenski |
| 28 | DF | BUL | Plamen Galabov |
| 30 | GK | LTU | Vytautas Černiauskas |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 7 | MF | Denis Davydov | 24 | Non-EU | Nizhny Novgorod | Free transfer | Summer | 2023 | Free | cska.bg |
| 9 | FW | Tony Watt | 25 | EU | St Johnstone | Free transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free | cska.bg |
| 21 | MF | Diego Fabbrini | 28 | EU | Botoșani | Free transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free | cska.bg |
| 11 | DF | Petar Zanev | 33 | EU | Yenisey | Free transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | cska.bg |
| 1 | GK | Petar Petrov | 20 | EU | Litex Lovech | Loan return | Summer | | | cska.bg |
| 23 | MF | Mitko Mitkov | 18 | EU | Litex Lovech | Loan return | Summer | | | cska.bg |
| 24 | DF | Nuno Tomás | 23 | EU | Belenenses | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Undisclosed | cska.bg |
| 28 | DF | Plamen Galabov | 23 | EU | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | Loan return | Summer | 2022 | | sportal.bg |
| 8 | MF | Graham Carey | 30 | EU | Plymouth Argyle | Free transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | cska.bg |
| 13 | GK | Gustavo Busatto | 28 | EU | Ituano | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Undisclosed | cska.bg |
| 14 | MF | Viv Solomon-Otabor | 23 | EU | Birmingham City | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free | cska.bg |
| 25 | DF | Raúl Albentosa | 30 | EU | Deportivo La Coruña | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Undisclosed | cska.bg |
| 18 | DF | Bradley Mazikou | 23 | EU | Lorient | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Undisclosed | cska.bg |
| 21/9 | FW | Tomi Juric | 28 | EU | Luzern | Free transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free | cska.bg |
| 23 | FW | Ahmed Ahmedov | 24 | EU | Dunav Ruse | Transfer | Winter | | €60,000 | cska.bg |
| 4 | DF | Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski | 24 | EU | FCSB | Loan return | Winter | 2022 | | |
| 21 | MF | Edwin Gyasi | 28 | EU | FC Dallas | Loan return | Winter | 2020 | | |
| 29 | FW | Tonislav Yordanov | 21 | EU | Litex Lovech | Loan return | Winter | 2022 | | |
| 24 | MF | Stefano Beltrame | 26 | EU | Juventus | Transfer | Winter | 2021 | Undisclosed | cska.bg |
| 5 | MF | Vurnon Anita | 30 | EU | Leeds United | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | Free | cska.bg |
| 27 | MF | Martin Smolenski | 17 | EU | Litex Lovech | Loan return | Winter | | Free | dsport.bg |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 1 | GK | Dante Stipica | 28 | EU | Pogoń Szczecin | Released | Summer | Free | cska.bg |
| 7 | MF | Jorginho | 23 | EU | Saint-Étienne | Loan return | Summer | Free | cska.bg |
| 12 | GK | Slavi Petrov | 20 | EU | Strumska Slava | Released | Summer | Free | sportal.bg |
| 14 | DF | Angel Lyaskov | 21 | EU | Botev Vratsa | Loan | Summer | Free | cska.bg |
| 18 | MF | Aleksandar Georgiev | 21 | EU | Arda Kardzhali | Released | Summer | Free | sportal.bg |
| 22 | MF | Nikola Kolev | 23 | EU | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | Released | Summer | Free | sportal.bg |
| 25 | RB | Steven Pereira | 25 | EU | Santa Clara | Released | Summer | Free | cska.bg |
| 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | 24 | EU | Astra Giurgiu | Released | Summer | Free | sportal.bg |
| 8 | MF | Edwin Gyasi | 28 | EU | FC Dallas | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | cska.bg |
| 1 | GK | Petar Petrov | 20 | EU | Litex Lovech | Transfer | Summer | Free | |
| 4 | DF | Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski | 24 | EU | FCSB | Loan | Summer | €50,000 | cska.bg |
| 21 | MF | Diego Fabbrini | 29 | EU | Dinamo București | Transfer | Summer | Free | cska.bg |
| 5 | DF | Nikolay Bodurov | 33 | EU | Esteghlal | Released | Winter | Free | cska.bg |
| 2 | DF | Stoycho Atanasov | 22 | EU | Arda Kardzhali | Transfer | Winter | €50,000 | cska.bg |
| 23 | MF | Mitko Mitkov | 19 | EU | Dunav Ruse | Loan | Winter | Free | dsport.bg |
| 9 | FW | Tony Watt | 26 | EU | Motherwell | Released | Winter | Free | cska.bg |
| 16 | MF | Janio Bikel | 24 | EU | Vancouver Whitecaps | Transfer | Winter | €455,000 | cska.bg |
| 27 | MF | Martin Smolenski | 16 | EU | Litex Lovech | Loan | Winter | Free | cska.bg |
| 29 | FW | Tonislav Yordanov | 21 | EU | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | Loan | Winter | Free | cska.bg |
| 24 | DF | Nuno Tomás | 24 | EU | KuPS | Loan | Winter | Free | dsport.bg |
| 25 | DF | Raúl Albentosa | 31 | EU | Dinamo București | Released | Winter | Free | cska.bg |
| 5 | MF | Vurnon Anita | 31 | EU | RKC Waalwijk | Released | Winter | Free | dsport.bg |
| 7 | MF | Denis Davydov | 25 | Non-EU | Tom Tomsk | Released | Winter | Free | dsport.bg |
| 14 | MF | Viv Solomon-Otabor | 24 | EU | Wigan Athletic | Released | Winter | Free | cska.bg |

## Preseason and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### On-season (spring)
## Competitions
### Parva Liga
#### Regular Stage
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 26 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 46 | 12 | +34 | 62 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 50 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | CSKA Sofia | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 17 | +24 | 50 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 19 | +24 | 49 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 45 | Qualification for the Championship round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points (GD): Lokomotiv Plovdiv 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 June 2020. 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 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

##### Results
#### Championship round
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad (C) | 31 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 59 | 18 | +41 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Slavia Sofia (O) | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 55 | Qualification for the European play-off final |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 53 | |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 6 | Beroe | 31 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 49 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points in the regular season: Levski 4, Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1.
* ↑ Lokomotiv Plovdiv qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Bulgarian Cup.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 July 2020. Source: See results

##### Results by round

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

##### Results
### UEFA Europa League
#### First qualifying round
#### Third qualifying round
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 12 July 2020
| No. | Pos | Player | Parva Liga | Parva Liga | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Iliya Shalamanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Geferson | 9+10 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Yoan Baurenski | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Rúben Pinto | 15+4 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Graham Carey | 16+9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 34 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | Tomi Juric | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Evandro | 22+8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 13 |
| 11 | DF | Petar Zanev | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | Gustavo Busatto | 24 | -11 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | -12 |
| 15 | MF | Kristiyan Malinov | 21+6 | 2 | 5+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 39 | 3 |
| 17 | FW | Henrique | 4+7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Bradley Mazikou | 23+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Ivan Turitsov | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Tiago Rodrigues | 18+6 | 8 | 3+2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 9 |
| 21 | MF | Edwin Gyasi | 6+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | Ali Sowe | 27+3 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 5+1 | 0 | 41 | 15 |
| 23 | FW | Ahmed Ahmedov | 2+4 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | Stefano Beltrame | 6+1 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 26 | DF | Valentin Antov | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | Martin Smolenski | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Plamen Galabov | 17 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | Vytautas Černiauskas | 7 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 13 | -14 |
| Players away from the club on loan: |||||||||||
| 23 | MF | Mitko Mitkov | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Nuno Tomás | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Tonislav Yordanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for CSKA Sofia that left during the season: |||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Stoycho Atanasov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Nikolay Bodurov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Vurnon Anita | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Denis Davydov | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Tony Watt | 7+8 | 3 | 1+1 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 20 | 5 |
| 14 | MF | Viv Solomon-Otabor | 13+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Janio Bikel | 12+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Diego Fabbrini | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Raúl Albentosa | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 2 |

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Parva Liga | Bulgarian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 22 | Ali Sowe | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | | 10 | Evandro | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | MF | | 20 | Tiago Rodrigues | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | | 9 | Tony Watt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | | 8 | Graham Carey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | | 15 | Kristiyan Malinov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | | 3 | Geferson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 24 | Stefano Beltrame | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | 25 | Raúl Albentosa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | 6 | Rúben Pinto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 7 | Denis Davydov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 11 | Petar Zanev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 14 | Viv Solomon-Otabor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 21 | Edwin Gyasi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 23 | Mitko Mitkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | 23 | Ahmed Ahmedov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 26 | Valentin Antov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 28 | Plamen Galabov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 52 | 8 | 6 | 66 |
As of 12 July 2020

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for CSKA first squad during the season.
| N | P | Name | Parva Liga | Parva Liga | Parva Liga | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Atanasov | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 3 | DF | Geferson | 5 | | | | | 1 | | 6 | | |
| 4 | DF | Chorbadzhiyski | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 5 | MF | Anita | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | |
| 5 | DF | Bodurov | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 6 | MF | Pinto | 8 | | | 1 | | 1 | | 10 | | |
| 8 | MF | Carey | 5 | | | | | 1 | | 6 | | |
| 9 | FW | Watt | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 9 | FW | Juric | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 10 | FW | Evandro | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 11 | DF | Zanev | 6 | | 1 | 1 | | | | 7 | | 1 |
| 13 | GK | Busatto | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 15 | MF | Malinov | 5 | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | | 8 | 1 | |
| 16 | MF | Bikel | 2 | | | | | 1 | | 3 | | |
| 18 | DF | Mazikou | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 19 | DF | Turistsov | 3 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 4 | | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Tiago | 6 | | | 1 | | | | 7 | | |
| 21 | MF | Gyasi | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 21 | MF | Fabbrini | 2 | | | | | 2 | | 4 | | |
| 22 | FW | Sowe | 3 | | | | 1 | 1 | | 4 | | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Ahmedov | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 23 | MF | Mitkov | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 24 | MF | Beltrame | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 25 | DF | Albentosa | 3 | | | | | 1 | | 4 | | |
| 26 | MF | Antov | 5 | | | | | 1 | | 6 | | |
| 28 | DF | Galabov | 6 | | | 1 | | | | 7 | | |
| 30 | GK | Černiauskas | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
Last updated: 12 July 2020 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.