# 2017–18 PFC CSKA Sofia season

The 2017–18 season is CSKA Sofia's 69th season in the Bulgarian A Football Group and their second 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 2017–18 season.

## Players
### Squad stats

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Totals | Totals | Parva Liga | Parva Liga | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | BUL | Slavi Petrov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BUL | Stoycho Atanasov | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Geferson | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | BUL | Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski | 30 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Nikolay Bodurov | 38 | 3 | 32+1 | 2 | 3+2 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | POR | Rúben Pinto | 31 | 4 | 23+4 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | COL | Jean Carlos Blanco | 15 | 4 | 5+8 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GHA | Edwin Gyasi | 12 | 1 | 4+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Fernando Karanga | 30 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 2+1 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Roland Alberg | 13 | 5 | 8+3 | 4 | 0+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | BUL | Stanislav Manolev | 31 | 4 | 27+2 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BUL | Daniel Yordanov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | BUL | Georgi Kitanov | 4 | -4 | 2 | -2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | POR | Ukra | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | BUL | Ivan Mitrev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | BUL | Kristiyan Malinov | 32 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | CMR | Raoul Loé | 30 | 2 | 14+11 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Henrique | 26 | 4 | 17+5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BUL | Aleksandar Georgiev | 15 | 1 | 4+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | BUL | Kiril Despodov | 33 | 11 | 19+11 | 8 | 2+1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POR | Tiago Rodrigues | 37 | 9 | 31+3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BUL | Aleksandar Dyulgerov | 22 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | BUL | Nikolay Yankov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Alexandre Barthe | 20 | 1 | 13+3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | BUL | Valentin Antov | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | BUL | Radoslav Zhivkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | LTU | Vytautas Černiauskas | 37 | -29 | 34 | -24 | 3 | -5 | 1 | 0 |
| Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season: ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BUL | Anton Nedyalkov | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ECU | Kevin Mercado | 18 | 1 | 7+8 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | POR | David Simão | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | COL | Gustavo Culma | 17 | 2 | 9+6 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CGO | Kévin Koubemba | 14 | 5 | 2+10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BUL | Nikola Kolev | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | BUL | Tonislav Yordanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | BUL | Plamen Galabov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | BUL | Milcho Angelov | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | BUL | Angel Lyaskov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As of 20 May 2018

## Players in/out
### Summer transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BUL | Slavi Petrov (from CSKA Sofia U19) |
| 6 | MF | POR | Rúben Pinto (from Belenenses, previously on loan) |
| 16 | MF | CMR | Raoul Loé (from Osasuna) |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Henrique (from Atlético Mineiro, previously on loan at Grêmio Novorizontino) |
| 20 | MF | POR | Tiago Rodrigues (from Porto B, previously on loan at Nacional) |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Alexandre Barthe (from Universitatea Craiova) |
| 25 | FW | BUL | Tonislav Yordanov (from CSKA Sofia U19) |
| 27 | FW | BUL | Radoslav Zhivkov (from CSKA Sofia U19) |
| 30 | GK | LTU | Vytautas Černiauskas (from Dinamo București) |
| — | DF | BUL | Angel Lyaskov (from CSKA Sofia U19) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Martin Simeonov (to Litex Lovech) |
| 10 | MF | POR | David Simão (to Boavista) |
| 10 | MF | POR | Arsénio (to Moreirense) |
| 10 | MF | BUL | Rumen Rumenov (to Etar Veliko Tarnovo) |
| 16 | MF | BUL | Krasimir Stanoev (to Dunav Ruse) |
| 20 | MF | CMR | Petrus Boumal (to Ural Yekaterinburg) |
| 21 | FW | POR | Rui Pedro (to Ferencvárosi TC) |
| 22 | MF | BUL | Nikola Kolev (on loan at Etar Veliko Tarnovo) |
| 25 | MF | BUL | Petar Vitanov (to Vereya Stara Zagora) |
| 25 | FW | BUL | Tonislav Yordanov (on loan at Litex Lovech) |
| 26 | MF | BUL | Georgi Tartov (to Litex Lovech) |
| 27 | FW | BUL | Georgi Minchev (on loan at Tsarsko Selo Sofia, previously on loan) |
| 28 | DF | BUL | Plamen Galabov (loaned at Etar Veliko Tarnovo) |
| 30 | GK | BUL | Aleksandar Konov (to Dunav Ruse) |
| — | DF | BUL | Galin Minkov (on loan at Tsarsko Selo Sofia, previously on loan) |
| — | DF | BUL | Ivan Turitsov (to Litex Lovech) |
| — | DF | BUL | Emil Petrov (to Litex Lovech, previously on loan at Spartak Pleven) |
| — | DF | BUL | Angel Lyaskov (on loan at Litex Lovech) |
| — | MF | BUL | Reyan Daskalov (on loan at Tsarsko Selo Sofia, previously on loan) |
| — | DF | BUL | Vasil Popov (Released, previously on loan at Tsarsko Selo Sofia) |

### Winter transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Geferson (from Internacional) |
| 7 | FW | COL | Jean Carlos Blanco (from La Equidad) |
| 8 | MF | GHA | Edwin Gyasi (from Aalesunds) |
| 10 | MF | NED | Roland Alberg (from Philadelphia Union) |
| 14 | MF | POR | Ukra (from Al-Fateh) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BUL | Anton Nedyalkov (to FC Dallas) |
| 7 | FW | ECU | Kevin Mercado (loan return to Granada) |
| 10 | MF | COL | Gustavo Culma (to Club Necaxa) |
| 21 | FW | CGO | Kévin Koubemba (to Bourg-en-Bresse) |
| 29 | FW | BUL | Milcho Angelov (to Slavia Sofia) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 63 | 13 | +50 | 66 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 59 | 14 | +45 | 63 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Levski Sofia | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 14 | +23 | 50 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Beroe | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 45 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Botev Plovdiv | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 March 2018. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad (C) | 36 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 91 | 22 | +69 | 88 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 80 | 26 | +54 | 81 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Levski Sofia (O) | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 27 | +28 | 64 | Qualification for the European play-off final |
| 4 | Beroe | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 59 | |
| 5 | Botev Plovdiv | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 56 | |
| 6 | Vereya | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 61 | −34 | 36 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2018. Source: See results

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |