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[[Image:Lucas Cranach d. Ä. 063.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Lucas Cranach the Elder at age 77 by Lucas Cranach the Younger ([[1550]]), at the [[Uffizi Gallery]], [[Florence]]]]
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'''Lucas Cranach the Elder''' (''Lucas Cranach der Ältere'', [[4 October]] [[1472]] – [[16 October]] [[1553]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[Painting|painter]] and [[printmaker]] in [[woodcut]] and [[engraving]]. He was born '''Lucas Sunder''' at [[Kronach]] in upper [[Franconia]], and learned the art of drawing from his father.
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'''PFC CSKA Sofia''' ({{lang-bg|ПФК ЦСКА София}}) is a [[Bulgaria]]n [[Football (soccer)|football]] club from [[Sofia]]. CSKA stands for '''Central Sport Club of the Army''' ({{lang-bg|Централен спортен клуб на армията}}). Most of its home matches take place at the [[Bulgarska Armia]] (Bulgarian Army) Stadium. The club was officially founded on [[May 5]] [[1948]]. CSKA has won 31 [[Bulgarian A Professional Football Group|League titles]] and 23 [[Bulgarian Cup|National cups]]. Along with [[Celtic FC]] and [[Rangers FC]], CSKA is the club that has the most domestic titles in Europe. The club boasts one of the greatest records of [[Bulgaria|Bulgarian]] football teams in the [[Europe]]an tournaments (2 [[semi-final]]s in the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] and 1 semi-final in [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]).
It has not been possible to trace his descent or the name of his parents. His name of birth is differently known as Sünder, Sunder or Sonder. Some mention a Hans Maler and wife, Hübner, who died in 1491. Later, he took the name of his birth-place as his surname. We do not know how Cranach was trained, but it was probably with local south German masters, as with his contemporary [[Matthias Grünewald]], who worked at [[Bamberg]] and [[Aschaffenburg]]. Bamberg is the capital of the diocese in which Kronach lies.


==History==
According to Gunderam (the tutor of Cranach's children) Cranach demonstrated his talents as a painter before the close of the 15th century. His work then drew the attention of the [[Elector of Saxony]], who attached Cranach to his person in 1504. The records of [[Wittenberg]] confirm Gunderam's statement to this extent that Cranach's name appears for the first time in the public accounts on the [[24 June]] [[1504]], when he drew 50 gulden for the salary of half a year, as ''pictor ducalis''.
On [[October 28]], [[1923]] in Sofia the clubs [[Atletik Sofia]] (founded in 1910 as Klub Futbol) and [[Slava Sofia]] (founded in 1916) merged into Oficerski Sporten Klub [[AS-23|Aatletik Slava 1923]](Officer's Sport Club Atletic Slava 1932, short [[AS-23]] under the patronage of the Ministry of War which provided the equipment.<ref name="CSKA-magazine">Сп. „ЦСКА“, брой 15, 2003 г.</ref> In 1931 AS-23 won the Bulgarian championship and The Tsar's Cup, followed by another Tsar's Cup in 1941. The stadium of AS-23 has named 'Atletik park' (finished in 1938) is on the spot were is present stadium „[[Bulgarska Armia]]“.<ref>„Това е ЦСКА!“, стр.8, Димитър Пенев</ref>


With the partnership of [[Mihail Mihaylov]] from [[Shipka Sofia|Shipka's]], The [[AS-23]], the united team of [[Shipka Sofia|Shipka-Podeda]] and [[Spartak Orlandovtsi]] are merge into [[Chavdar Sofia]]. The unifying agreement was singed in [[November 9]], [[1944]] in [[Sofia]]. [[General|Gen]]. [[Vladimir Stoychev]] from As-23 was appointed as the new club's chairman. Ivan Bashev was a secretary and the person in charge of football.<ref name="sport1-43745">[http://www.sport1.bg/sport1/node/43745 С рогите срещу историята, Sport1.bg]</ref>
The only clue to Cranach's settlement previous to his Wittenberg appointment is afforded by the knowledge that he owned a house at [[Gotha (town)|Gotha]], and that Barbara Brengbier, his wife, was the daughter of a [[Bourgeoisie|burgher]] of that city and also born there, having died at [[Wittenberg]] on [[26 December]] [[1540]].


[[Image:The unifying protocol of Chavdar.jpg|right|thumb|The unifying protocol of Chavdar]]
== Career ==


'Chavdar' played in a blue strip. The club played at 'Atletik park' which was now renamed to 'Chavdar'. The physical training was inspected by the [[Boxing|boxer]] Konstantin Nikolov.<ref name="sport1-43745" /> Chavdar were relegated to the second division in 1947. With help from Mihail Mihaylov (who worked in the Minisrty of War) Chavdar became the departmental club to the Central house of the troops taking the name 'CDV'. [[Major]] [[Ivan Mirski]] was chosen as club chairman.
The first evidence of his skill as an artist comes in a picture dated 1504. We find him active in several branches of his profession, sometimes a house-painter, more frequently producing portraits and altar-pieces, a designer on wood, an engraver of copper-plates, and draughtsman for the dies of the electoral [[mint (coin)|mint]].


In May 1948 an agreement was signed between the football players of "Septemvri" and the team of "Chavdar" for uniting under the name "Septemvri pri CDV" (Central house of the troops). The board of the newly created club included: honorable chairman - general lieutenant Georgi Damjanov, the minister of defense, chairman - general major Bojan Balgaranov; deputy chairman - colonel Tashev, Petar Mihajlov, Alexander Valchev and Ljubcho Kralev. The board included 5 more members. The contract was signed on the 5th of May and that is considered to be the club's date of foundation.
[[Image:Lucas Cranach the Elder Stag Hunt.jpg|thumb|''The Stag Hunt of the Elector [[Frederick the Wise]].'']]
Early in the days of his official employment he startled his master's courtiers by the realism with which he painted still life, game and antlers on the walls of the country palaces at [[Coburg]] and [[Locha]]; his pictures of deer and wild boar were considered striking, and the duke fostered his passion for this form of art by taking him out to the hunting field, where he sketched "his grace" running the stag, or Duke John sticking a boar.


The club's first official game took place on May 19th 1948 against [[Slavia Sofia]] at the Junak ({{lang-bg|Юнак}}) stadium - 1:1 The club's first title campaign started in May and finished in the beginning of September 1948.
Before 1508 he had painted several altar-pieces for the [[Wittenberg|Castle Church]] at Wittenberg in competition with [[Albrecht Dürer]], [[Hans Burgkmair]] and others; the duke and his brother John were portrayed in various attitudes and a number of the best woodcuts and copper-plates were published.


Septemvri pri CDV(Sofia) eliminated Aprilov Gabrovo and [[Spartak Varna]] on its way to the finals.
Great honour accrued to Cranach when he went in 1509 to the [[Netherlands]], and took sittings from the [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Maximilian]] and the boy who afterwards became [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]]. Until 1508 Cranach signed his works with the initials of his name. In that year the elector gave him the winged snake as a motto, and this motto, or [[Kleinod]], as it was called, superseded the initials on all his pictures after that date.


The team reached the national finals, where it faced [[Levski Sofia]] losing 1:2 in the first match. The decisive match was on September 9th. Referee - Stephan Danchev. Team of Septemvri pri CDV: Stephan Gerenski, Borislav Futekov, Manol Manolov, Dimitar Cvetkov, Nikola Alexiev, Nako Chakmakov (captain), Dimitar Milanov, Stojne Minev, Stephan Bozkov, Nikola Bojilov, Kiril Bogdanov. Goals scored: Dimitar Milanov(2) and Nako Chakmakov. A marvellous victory 3:1. Nako Chakmakov sealed the victory with a last minute goal.
[[Image:Luther46c.jpg|thumb|Martin Luther (1529, Uffizi)]]
That was the first significant champion year for [[CSKA Sofia]].


On [[June 19]], [[1985]], the final game of the [[Bulgarian Cup]] between [[CSKA Sofia]] and city rivals [[Levski Sofia]] took place at the [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]]. During the game both teams demonstrated extremely poor sportsmanship; the match saw several brutal fights and an attack on a referee. CSKA won the game, but the players' behavior percipitated a major scandal. By decree of [[Central Committee]] of the [[Bulgarian Communist Party]], both teams were disbanded. CSKA Septemvriisko Zname was renamed "Sredets" and Levski-Spartak was renamed "Vitosha". Both teams were playing under these names for several years. Additionally, several major players including [[Kostadin Yanchev]], [[Borislav Mikhailov]], [[Plamen Nikolov]], [[Emil Spasov]], [[Emil Velev]] and yet unknown [[Hristo Stoichkov]] were prohibited from participating in club games for varying periods of time. In 1988 the name CSKA was restored.
Somewhat later the duke conferred on him the monopoly of the sale of medicines at Wittenberg, and a printer's patent with exclusive privileges as to copyright in [[Bible]]s. Cranach's presses were used by [[Martin Luther]]. His chemist's shop was open for centuries, and only perished by fire in 1871.


In early June 2008, [[UEFA]] notified the [[Bulgarian Football Union]] that CSKA will not receive a license for participation in the [[UEFA Champion's League]] and other European tournaments because of financial problems.<ref>http://sportni.bg/index.phtml?tid=40&oid=1206299 ''УЕФА отсече: ЦСКА е аут!'', Netinfo Sport, 2008-06-05 (retr. 2008-06-21)</ref> The BFU then speculated that this would mean that CSKA would not be able to take part in the A Professional Football Group of Bulgaria, effectively turning it back into an amateur team. Attempts to arrange a settlement with UEFA were unsuccessful and CSKA lost its right to compete in the [[UEFA Champions League]] in favor of the runners-up [[PFC Levski Sofia]]<ref>http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=731486.html ''Levski aim to ride their luck'', uefa.com, 2008-07-10</ref>. Eventually CSKA managed to fulfil all requirements set by the BFU and was allowed to compete in Bulgaria's A PFG<ref>http://www.bfunion.bg/index.php?request=news&set_month=8&news_id=1009 ''Съобщение на Лицензионната комисия при БФС'', bfunion.bg, 2008-08-05</ref>. The person generally blamed for the situation was [[Alexander Tomov]], chairman of the supervising council of CSKA.
Friendship united the painter with the [[Protestant Reformation|Protestant Reformers]] at a very early period; yet it is difficult to fix the time of his first acquaintance with Luther. The oldest reference to Cranach in the Reformer's correspondence dates from 1520. In a letter written from [[Worms, Germany|Worms]] in 1521, Luther calls him his gossip, warmly alluding to his "[[Gevatterin]]," the artist's wife. His first engraved portrait by Cranach represents an [[Augustinian]] friar, and is dated 1520. Five years later the friar dropped the cowl, and Cranach was present as "one of the council" at the betrothal festival of Luther and [[Katharina von Bora]], and later as godfather to their first child (Johannes, or Hans, born 1526).


== Name ==
The death at short intervals of the electors [[Friedrich III, Elector of Saxony|Frederick]] and [[John the Steadfast|John]] (1525 and 1532) brought no change in the prosperous situation of the painter; he remained a favourite with [[John Frederick I]], under whose administration he twice (1531 and 1540) filled the office of burgomaster of [[Wittenberg]].
CSKA has carried a plethora of names in its history. In chronological order they are:
But 1547 witnessed a remarkable change in these relations.
* ''Септември при ЦДВ'' /September to Central House of the Troops/ in 1948 and 1948/49.
* ''Народна войска'' /People's Troops/ in 1950.
* ''ЦДНВ'' /CDNV - Central House of the People's Troops/ in 1951 and 1952.
* ''Отбор на софийския гарнизон'' /Team of the Sofian garrison/ in 1953.
* ''ЦДНА'' /CDNA - Central House of the People's Army/ from 1954 and until the 1961/62 season.
* ''ЦСКА Червено знаме'' /CSKA Red Flag/ between 1962/63 and 1967/68.
* ''ЦСКА Семптемврийско знаме'' /CSKA September Flag/ between 1968/69 and 1984/85.
* ''ЦФКА Средец'' /CFKA Sredets - Central Football Club Of The Army/ from 1985/86 and until 1988/89
* ''ЦСКА София'' /CSKA Sofia - Central Sports Club Of The Army/ from 1989/90.


== Bulgarian Army Stadium ==
John Frederick was taken prisoner at the [[Battle of Mühlberg]], and Wittenberg was subjected to the stress of siege. As Cranach wrote from his house at the corner of the marketplace to the grand-master [[Albert of Brandenburg]] at [[Königsberg]] to tell him of John Frederick's capture, he showed his attachment by saying, <blockquote>"I cannot conceal from your Grace that we have been robbed of our dear prince, who from his youth upwards has been a true prince to us, but God will help him out of prison, for the [[Kaiser]] is bold enough to revive the Papacy, which God will certainly not allow."</blockquote> During the siege Charles bethought him of Cranach, whom he remembered from his childhood and summoned him to his camp at [[Pistritz]]. Cranach came, reminded his majesty of his early sittings as a boy, and begged on his knees for kind treatment to the elector.
{{Main|Balgarska Armiya Stadium}}
The team's home stadium, "[[Bulgarska Armia]]", was completed in 1967 and stands on the same spot as its predecessor, "Atletik Park." A plan for major renovation has been adopted.
=== Sector G ===
Sector G is the north stand of [[Bulgarian Army Stadium]]. This part of the stadium is the main stand for the supporters of '''CSKA'''.
==Players==
=== Current squad ===
''As of July 2008''<br/>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1 |nat=BUL|pos=GK|name=[[Ventsislav Velinov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=3 |nat=BUL|pos=DF|name=[[Pavel Vidanov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5 |nat=BUL|pos=MF|name=[[Todor Yanchev]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6 |nat=BUL|pos=DF|name=[[Kiril Kotev]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8 |nat=BUL|pos=FW|name=[[Martin Toshev]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9 |nat=BUL|pos=FW|name=[[Vladislav Zlatinov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=BUL|pos=DF|name=[[Ivan Ivanov (footballer)|Ivan Ivanov ]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=BUL|pos=FW|name=[[Zdravko Lazarov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=BUL|pos=DF|name=[[Aleksandar Branekov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=BUL|pos=MF|name=[[Nikolay Chipev]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=Cape Verde|pos=MF|name=[[José Rui (football player)|Ze Rui]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=BUL|pos=FW|name=[[Evgeni Yordanov]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=Slovenia|pos=DF|name=[[Mitja Morec]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=Nigeria|pos=MF|name=[[Shikoze Udoji]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Elidiano Marques|Eli Marques]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=BUL|pos=MF|name=[[Aleksandar Tonev]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=Cameroon|pos=GK|name=[[Daniel Bekono]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[Marcos Antônio Malachias Júnior|Marquinhos]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=BUL|pos=DF|name=[[Yordan Todorov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=BUL|pos=FW|name=[[Vladimir Manchev]]}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=Latvia|pos=MF|name=[[Viktors Morozs]]}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=Iceland|pos=FW|name=[[Garðar Gunnlaugsson]]}}
{{Fs player|no=84|nat=Brazil|pos=DF|name=[[Filipe Machado]]}}
{{Fs player|no=88 |nat=POR|pos=MF|name=[[Filipe da Costa]]}}
{{Fs end}}


=== Reserves squad ===
Three years afterwards, when all the dignitaries of the Empire met at [[Augsburg]] to receive commands from the emperor, and [[Titian]] came at Charles's bidding to paint [[Philip II of Spain|Philip of Spain]], John Frederick asked Cranach to visit the Swabian capital; and here for a few months he was numbered amongst the household of the captive elector, whom he afterwards accompanied home in 1552.
{{fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=2 |nat=Serbia|pos=DF|name=[[Nenad Nastić]]}}
{{Fs player|no=4 |nat=BUL|pos=DF|name=[[Kristian Uzunov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7 |nat=BUL|pos=FW|name=[[Ivo Dimitrov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=BUL|pos=GK|name=[[Ivan Karadzhov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=BUL|pos=DF|name=[[Aleksandar Sabev]]}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=BUL|pos=FW|name=[[Dimitar Dimitrov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=BUL|pos=MF|name=[[Yanko Sandanski]]}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Quido Lanzaat]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=BUL|pos=MF|name=[[Dimitar Petkov]]}}
{{fs end}}


''For recent transfers, see [[List of Bulgarian football transfers 2008-09]].''
He died on the [[October 16|16th of October]] 1553 at [[Weimar, Germany|Weimar]], where the house in which he lived still stands in the marketplace. He is commemorated as an artist by the [[Lutheran Church]] on [[April 6]].


==Notable players==
== Cranach's Art ==
For the club's 55th anniversary an extended team of the club's best ever 55 players was chosen:


* No 1 - [[Georgi Velinov]], [[Stefan Gerenski]], [[Stoyan Yordanov]], [[Georgi Naydenov (footballer)|Georgi Naydenov]], [[Yordan Filipov]]
The oldest extant picture by Cranach, the "Rest of the Virgin during the Flight into Egypt," marked with the initials L.C., and the date of 1504, is by far the most graceful creation of his pencil. The scene is laid on the margin of a forest of pines, and discloses the habits of a painter familiar with the mountain scenery of [[Thuringia]]. There is more of gloom in landscapes of a later time.
* No 2 - [[Ivan Vasilev]], [[Ivan Zafirov]], [[Kiril Rakarov]], [[Dimitar Tsvetkov]], [[Borislav Futekov]]
* No 3 - [[Boris Gaganelov]], [[Trifon Ivanov]], [[Georgi Iliev - Michael]], [[Manol Manolov]], [[Kiril Stankov]]
* No 4 - [[Tsonyo Vasilev]], [[Georgi Enisheynov]], [[Nikola Kovachev]], [[Hristo Marinchev]], [[Georgi Tsvetkov]], [[Krasimir Bezinski]]
* No 5 - [[Stefan Bozhkov]], [[Georgi Dimitrov - Dzheki]] , [[Panteley Dimitrov]], [[Radoslav Zdravkov]], [[Bozhil Kolev]]
* No 6 - [[Nikola Aleksiev]], [[Dimitar Penev]], [[Boris Stankov]], [[Gavril Stoyanov]], [[Plamen Markov]]
* No 7 - [[Tsvetan Atanasov]], [[Tsvetan Yonchev]], [[Emil Kostadinov]], [[Dimitar Milanov]], [[Stefan T. Stefanov]]
* No 8 - [[Kiril Bogdanov]], [[Georgi Dimitrov - Chervenia]], [[Asparuh Nikodimov]], [[Hristo Stoichkov]], [[Nako Chakmakov]]
* No 9 - [[Spas Dzhevizov]], [[Petar Zhekov]], [[Panayot Panayotov]], [[Lyuboslav Penev]], [[Nikola Tsanev]]
* No 10 - [[Nikola Bozhilov]], [[Georgi Denev]], [[Ivan Kolev]], [[Lachezar Tanev]], [[Dimitar Yakimov]]
* No 11 - [[Dimitar Marashliev]], [[Stoycho Mladenov]], [[Vasil Romanov]], [[Stoyne Minev]], [[Krum Yanev]]


== Coaches history ==
Cranach's art in its prime was doubtless influenced by causes which but slightly affected the art of the [[Italy|Italians]], but weighed with potent consequence on that of the [[Netherlands]] and Germany. The business of booksellers who sold woodcuts and engravings at fairs and markets in Germany naturally satisfied a craving which arose out of the paucity of wall paintings in churches and secular edifices. Drawing for woodcuts and engraving of [[copper]]plates became the occupation of artists of note, and the talents devoted in Italy to productions of the brush were here monopolized for designs on wood or on copper.
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* 1950–1964 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Krum Milev]]
* 1964–1965 {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Grigoriy Pinaychev]]
* 1965–1969 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Stoyan Ormandzhiev]]
* 1969–1975 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Manol Manolov]]
* 1975–1977 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Sergi Yotsov]]
* 1977–1979 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Nikola Kovachev]]
* 1979–1982 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Asparuh Nikodimov]]
* 1982–1983 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Stefan Bozhkov]], [[Boris Stankov]]
* 1983–1984 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Apostol Chachevski]], [[Manol Manolov]]
* 1984–1985 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Manol Manolov]]
* 1985–1986 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Sergi Yotsov]]
* 1986–1990 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Dimitar Penev]]
* 1990–1992 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Asparuh Nikodimov]]
* 1992–1993 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Tsvetan Yonchev]]
* 1993–1994 {{flagicon|Macedonia}} [[Gjoko Hadžievski]]
| style="vertical-align: top" |
* 1994–1995 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Bozhil Kolev]], [[Spas Dzhevizov]]
* 1995–1996 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Plamen Markov]], [[Georgi Vasilev]]
* 1996–1997 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Georgi Vasilev]]
* 1997–1998 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Georgi Vasilev]], [[Petar Zehtinski]]
* 1998–2000 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Dimitar Penev]]
* 2000 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Spas Dzhevizov]], [[Aleksandar Stankov]]
* 2000–2001 {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Enrico Catuzzi]]
* 2001 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Asparuh Nikodimov]]
* 2001–2002 {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Luigi Simoni]]
* 2002–2004 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Stoycho Mladenov]]
* 2004–2005 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Ferario Spasov]]
* 2005–2006 {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Miodrag Ješić]]
* 2006–2007 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Plamen Markov]]
* 2007–2008 {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Stoycho Mladenov]]
* 2008- {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Dimitar Penev]]
|}


== Honours and acheivements==
We have thus to account for the comparative unproductiveness as painters of [[Albrecht Dürer|Dürer]] and [[Hans Holbein the Younger|Holbein]], and at the same time to explain the shallowness apparent in many of the later works of Cranach; but we attribute to the same cause also the tendency in Cranach to neglect effective colour and light and shade for strong contrasts of flat tint.
'''Bulgarian Championship'''
[[Image:AdamEveParadiseCranach.jpg|thumb|250px|Adam & Eve woodcut]]
*Champions (31 times) - 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981,1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2008


'''Bulgarian Cup - 23'''
Constant attention to contour and to black and white appears to have affected his sight, and caused those curious transitions of pallid light into inky grey which often characterize his studies of flesh; whilst outlining of form in black became a natural substitute for modelling and [[chiaroscuro]]. There are, no doubt, some few pictures by Cranach in which the flesh-tints display brightness and enamelled surface, but they are quite exceptional.


'''Official - 9'''
As a composer Cranach was not greatly gifted. His ideal of the human shape was low; but he showed some freshness in the delineation of incident, though he not unfrequently bordered on coarseness. His copper-plates and woodcuts are certainly the best outcome of his art; and the earlier they are in date the more conspicuous is their power. Striking evidence of this is the "St Christopher" of 1506, or the plate of "Elector Frederick praying before the [[The Madonna|Madonna]]" (1509).
*1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2006
'''Unofficial (as Cup of the People's Republic of Bulgaria) - 1'''
*1981


'''Cup of the Soviet Army - 13'''
It is curious to watch the changes which mark the development of his instincts as an artist during the struggles of the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]]. At first we find him painting Madonnas. His first woodcut (1505) represents the Virgin and three saints in prayer before a [[crucifix]]. Later on he composes the marriage of [[Catherine of Alexandria|St Catherine]], a series of [[martyr]]doms, and scenes from the [[Passion (Christianity)|Passion]].


'''Official - 9'''
After 1517 he illustrates occasionally the old Gospel themes, but he also gives expression to some of the thoughts of the Reformers. In a picture of 1518 at [[Leipzig]], where a dying man offers "his soul to God, his body to earth, and his worldly goods to his relations," the soul rises to meet the [[Trinity]] in heaven, and salvation is clearly shown to depend on faith and not on good works.
*1951, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974
'''Unofficial - 4'''
*1985, 1986, 1989, 1990


'''Bulgarian Supercup '''
Again [[sin]] and [[divine grace|grace]] become a familiar subject of pictorial delineation. [[Adam (Bible)|Adam]] is observed sitting between [[John the Baptist]] and a prophet at the foot of a tree. To the left God produces the tables of the law, [[Adam and Eve]] partake of the forbidden fruit,
*Winners - 1989, 2006, 2008
the brazen serpent is reared aloft, and punishment supervenes in the shape of death and the realm of [[Satan]]. To the right, the Conception, Crucifixion and [[Death and Resurrection of Jesus|Resurrection]] symbolize redemption, and this is duly impressed on Adam by [[John the Baptist]], who points to the sacrifice of the crucified Saviour. There are two examples of this composition in the galleries of [[Gotha]] and [[Prague]], both of them dated 1529.


'''[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]'''
One of the latest pictures with which the name of Cranach is connected is the altarpiece which Cranach's son completed in 1555, and which is now (''1911'') in the [[Stadtkirche]] (city church) at [[Weimar]]. It represents Christ in two forms, to the left trampling on Death and Satan, to the right crucified, with blood flowing from the lance wound. John the Baptist points to the suffering Christ, whilst the blood-stream falls on the head of Cranach, and Luther reads from his book the words, "The blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin."
*Semi-finalists - [[European Cup 1966-67|1966&ndash;67]], [[European Cup 1981-82|1981&ndash;82]]


'''[[UEFA Cup]]''' - 1/16 Final
Cranach sometimes composed Gospel subjects with feeling and dignity. "The Woman taken in Adultery" at Munich is a favourable specimen of his skill, and various repetitions of Christ receiving little children show the kindliness of his disposition.
*[[UEFA Cup 1998-99|1998/99]] vs Atlético Madrid
[[Image:Lucas Cranach d. Ä. 052.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Portrait of a Saxon Princess'' by Lucas Cranach the Elder]]


'''[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]'''
But he was not exclusively a religious painter. He was equally successful, and often comically naïve, in mythological scenes, as where [[Cupid]], who has stolen a honeycomb, complains to [[Venus (goddess)|Venus]] that he has been stung by a [[bee]] (Weimar, 1530; Berlin, 1534), or where [[Heracles|Hercules]] sits at the spinning-wheel mocked by [[Omphale]] and her maids.
*Semi-finalists - [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1988-89|1988&ndash;89]]


== Kit ==
Humour and pathos are combined at times with strong effect in pictures such as the "Jealousy" (Augsburg, 1527; Vienna, 1530), where women and children are huddled into telling groups as they watch the strife of men wildly fighting around them.
===Kit manufacturers===
*1948-mid 70s - ?
*mid 70s-1982 - [[Adidas]]
*1982-1985 - [[Puma]]
*1985-1991 - [[Adidas]]
*1991-1992 (Season's 1st part) - [[Abm Pro]]
*1991-1992 (Season's 2nd part) - [[Umbro]]
*1992-1993 - [[Erreà]]
*1993-1995 - [[Lotto]]
*1995-2000 - [[Puma AG|Puma]]
*1999-2000 (Season's 2nd part) - [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
*2000-2003 - [[Lotto]]
*2003-2004 - [[Asics]]
*2004-present - [[Uhlsport]]


===Shirt sponsors===
Very realistic must have been a lost canvas of 1545, in which hares were catching and roasting sportsmen. In 1546, possibly under Italian influence, Cranach composed the "Fons Juventutis" ("[[Fountain of Youth]]") of the Berlin Gallery, executed by his son, a picture in which [[hag]]s are seen entering a [[Renaissance]] fountain, and are received as they issue from it with all the charms of youth by [[knight]]s and pages.
*1948-1989 - No sponsor
*1989-1990 - [[Comco]]
*1990-1996 - [[Sintofarm]]
*1996-1999 - [[Multigroup]]
*1999-2005 (Bulgarian Championship) - No sponsor
*2001-2002 (UEFA Cup) - [[Sintofarm]]
*2003-2004 (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup) - [[Transimpex]]
*2005-2008 - [[Vivatel]]
*2008-present - No sponsor


== Trivia ==
Cranach's chief occupation was that of portrait painting, and we are indebted to him chiefly for the preservation of the features of all the German Reformers and their princely adherents. He painted not only [[Martin Luther]] himself but also Luther's wife, mother and father (see gallery below). But he sometimes condescended to depict such noted followers of the papacy as [[Albert of Brandenburg]], archbishop elector of [[Mainz]], [[Anthony Granvelle]] and the [[Duke of Alva]].
{{Trivia|date=March 2008}}
* The first ever coach of CSKA Sofia Konstantin Nikolov - Zamorata was a heavyweight boxer.
* During the first years of the club the ball for the kick-off has been often dropped by plane over the field
* Even nowadays sometimes the team comes on field accompanied by a Bulgarian army march due to the club's army origin and heritage
* CSKA Sofia enjoys a symbiotic relationship with FC Liverpool.
* CSKA Sofia has always played in the 1st and never in lower division
* The stand for the most loyal team supporters is the North terrace and it's known as "Sektor G"
* CSKA Sofia has been marked several times in the ''[[Guinness World Records]]''
* The club stadium is nicknamed "The army"
* CSKA Sofia earned the nickname "The Giants' Killer" as it eliminated 3 acting (at the time) [[European Champions' Cup]] holders - [[AFC Ajax Amsterdam]], [[Nottingham Forest FC]] and [[Liverpool FC]].
* [[Scotland|Scottish]] writer [[Irvine Welsh]] appeared on [[Slavi's Show]] with a CSKA Sofia fan club T-shirt
* There are over 1058 trophies in the CSKA Museum of glory in 29 sports; 142 of them are football trophies and awards.
* CSKA Sofia holds the largest number of football records in Bulgarian football
* [[Petar Zhekov]] has scored 144 goals for CSKA during 1968-1975
* CSKA Sofia won all possible domestic trophies during season 1988-89 : Champion title, Cup of Bulgaria, Cup of the Soviet army, Bulgarian supercup and the Republic spartakiada cup.
* CSKA Sofia is famous for winnig a lot of friendly international tournaments. Recently the club is co-promoter of Play Station tournament in Soifa.
* [[Dimitar Yakimov]] was often called "the poet of football" due to his great football techniques
* [[Dimitar Penev]] was honnored as "The coach of 20th century" for Bulgaria
* The famous offensive trio of CSKA - [[Hristo Stoichkov]], [[Emil Kostadinov]] and [[Luboslav Penev]] have played a major role in the [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria national team]] success in the 90s.
* According to the National fan club data CSKA Sofia has 785 fan clubs at home and abroad, with around 180 000 members
* The music group [[Ladytron]] features a song called "CSKA Sofia" on their 2001 album ''604''
* CSKA Sofia has more than 10 million fans all around the world
* 2 rounds before the end of the [[07/08]] season, CSKA Sofia made a 16 points distance over their main rival - Levski Sofia
* A cow coloured in blue and yellow paint and wearing a Levski Sofia scarf on its neck is the CSKA Sofia fans' mascott during matches between the two teams
*Most consecutive titles - 9 (record)
*Most goals in a single match - 6 - Petar Mihaylov in 1951, vs Torpedo Ruse
*Most goals in a single season - 38 - Hristo Stoichkov in 1989/90 (record)
*Most times champion as player - 12 - Manol Manolov (record)
*Most times champion as coach - 11 - Krum Milev (record)
*Biggest win - 12:0 in 1951 vs Torpedo Ruse (record)
*Biggest win over Levski Sofia - 5:0 in 1953 and 1989
*Biggest loss - 0:8 in 1998 from Litex Lovech
*Biggest loss from Levski Sofia - 1:7 in 1994. Other memorable loses (or wins for Levski Sofia's fans) are 3:6, 2:5, 2:7, 0:5 and several matchev where CSKA lost after leading 2:0!


'''Biggest win in European tournaments:'''
A dozen likenesses of [[Frederick III, Elector of Saxony|Frederick III]] and his brother John are found to bear the date of 1532. It is characteristic of Cranach's readiness, and a proof that he possessed ample material for mechanical reproduction, that he received payment at Wittenberg in 1533 for "sixty pairs of portraits of the elector and his brother" in one day. Amongst existing likenesses we should notice as the best that of Albert, elector of Mainz, in the [[Berlin Museum]], and that of John, elector of Saxony, at Dresden.


*UEFA Champions League - 8:1 in 1956/57 vs Dinamo Bucuresti
Cranach died at [[Weimar]] and had three sons, all artists: [[John Lucas Cranach]], who died at [[Bologna]] in 1536; [[Hans Cranach]], whose life is obscure; and [[Lucas Cranach the younger|Lucas]], born in 1515, who died in 1586. He also had a daughter, Barbara Cranach, who died in 1569, married to Christian Brück (Pontanus), ancestors of [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]].
*UEFA Cup - 5:0 in 1999/2000 vs Portadown
*UEFA Cup Winners' Cup - 9:0 in 1970/71 vs Haka


'''Biggest defeat in European tournaments:'''
== Gallery of Lucas Cranach the Elder's Works ==
<center>
<gallery>
Image:CranachtheElderRestontheFlighttoEgypt.jpg|"Rest of the Virgin during [[The Flight into Egypt]]"
Image:Lucas Cranach d. Ä. 052.jpg|Portrait of a young [[Saxony|Saxon]] Princess
Image:LucasCranachtheElderCuspinian.jpg|[[Johannes Cuspinian]]
Image:MartinLuthersFather.jpg|[[Martin Luther]]'s Father
Image:MartinLuthersMother.jpg|[[Martin Luther]]'s Mother
Image:Luther46c.jpg|[[Martin Luther]]
Image:KatherineVonBora.jpg|[[Katherine Von Bora]], wife of Martin Luther
Image:PhilippMelanchthon.jpg|[[Philipp Melanchthon]]
Image:CranFall.jpg|[[The Fall of Man]]
Image:Water Nymph Resting-Lucas Cranach-1530.jpg|Water [[Nymph]] resting
Image:Lucas Cranach d. Ä. 044.jpg| [[John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony]]
Image:Judith mit dem Haupt des Holofernes.jpg|[[Judith]] with the head of [[Holofernes]]
Image:Cranachdä.jpg|The [[Crucifixion]]
Image:ChristWashingFeet.JPG| Christus
Image:PopeKissing Feet.JPG|Antichristus
Image:PapalPolitics2.JPG|Antichristus
Image:PapalPolitics.JPG|Antichristus
Image:Antichrist1.JPG|Antichristus
Image:Lucas Cranch the Elder Venus Standing in a Landscape.jpg|"[[Venus]] Standing in a Landscape"
Image:Werwolf.png|[[Werewolf]], 1512
</gallery>
</center>


*UEFA Champions League - 1:6 in 1957/58 vs Vasas Budapest
==References==
*UEFA Cup - 1:5 in 1994/95 vs Juventus
* Posse, Hans (1942) ''Lucas Cranach d. ä.'' A. Schroll & Co., Vienna [http://worldcat.org/oclc/773554 OCLC 773554] in German
*UEFA Cup Winners' Cup - 0:3 in 1965/66 vs Borussia Dortmund
* Descargues, Pierre (1960) ''Lucas Cranach the Elder'' (translated from the French by Helen Ramsbotham) Oldbourne Press, London, [http://worldcat.org/oclc/434642 OCLC 434642]
* Ruhmer, Eberhard (1963) ''Cranach'' (translated from the German by Joan Spencer) Phaidon, London, [http://worldcat.org/oclc/1107030 OCLC 1107030]
* Friedländer, Max J.and Rosenberg, Jakob (1978) ''The Paintings of Lucas Cranach'' Tabard Press, New York ISBN 0-914427-31-8
* Schade, Werner (1980) ''Cranach, a Family of Master Painters'' (translated from the German by Helen Sebba) Putnam, New York, ISBN 0-399-11831-4
* Stepanov, Alexander (1997) ''Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1472-1553'' Parkstone, Bournemouth, England, ISBN 1-85995-266-6
* Koerner, Joseph Leo (2004) ''The reformation of the image'' University of Chicago Press, Chicago, ISBN 0-226-45006-6
* Moser, Peter (2005) ''Lucas Cranach: His Life, His World, His Pictures'' (translated from the German by Kenneth Wynne) Babenberg Verlag, Bamberg, Germany, ISBN 3-933469-15-5
* Brinkmann, Bodo ''et al.'' (2007) ''Lucas Cranach'' Royal Academy of Arts, London, ISBN 1-905711-13-1
* Heydenreich, Gunnar (2007) ''Lucas Cranach the Elder: Painting materials, techniques and workshop practice'', Amsterdam University Press, ISBN 9789053567456
* Luther, Martin (1521) [http://books.google.com/books?id=tbvV9F4tLEUC&pg=PA265#PPA253,M1 ''Passional Christi und Antichristi'']. Reprinted in W.H.T. Dau (1921) ''At the Tribunal of Caesar: Leaves from the Story of Luther's Life''. St. Louis: Concordia. (Google Books)


==See also==
== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}
* [[Early Renaissance painting]]


==External links==
== External links ==
* [http://cska.sportal.bg/ Official website]
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* [http://forum.cska.bg/ Official forum]
* [http://cyberbrethren.typepad.com/cranachinweimar/ The Cranach Altar Painting in Weimar, Germany]
* [http://www.cska.net/ CSKA Sofia Ultimate Internet Fan Club]
* [http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/collections/13c-16c/nymph.asp The nymph of the fountain] in [http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool]
* [http://clubs.bul-foot.org/html/a/a/CSKA(Sofia).htm Bulgarian clubs - CSKA (Sofia)]
* [http://www.atla.com/digitalresources/results.asp?pagenumber=1&cl1=ALL&keyword=lucas+cranach+elder&title=&description=&subject= Woodcuts of Lucas Cranach the Elder in Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative]
* [http://cskapoker.com/ CSKA Poker]
*[http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1477-4658.2007.00337.x A Lutheran idyll: Lucas Cranach the Elder's Cupid Complaining to Venus]
*[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article3757336.ece "Cranach's golden age"]: an article in the [http://www.the-tls.co.uk TLS] by Timothy Hyman, April 16th 2008


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Revision as of 17:49, 12 October 2008

"CSKA Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see CSKA Sofia (sports club).
CSKA (Sofia)
CSKA crest
Full namePFC CSKA
Nickname(s)The Armymen, The Reds
FoundedMay 5, 1948
GroundBulgarian Army Stadium Sofia
Capacity22,015
ManagerDimitar Penev
LeagueTBI A Football Group
2007-08A Grupa, 1st place

PFC CSKA Sofia (Bulgarian: ПФК ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian football club from Sofia. CSKA stands for Central Sport Club of the Army (Bulgarian: Централен спортен клуб на армията). Most of its home matches take place at the Bulgarska Armia (Bulgarian Army) Stadium. The club was officially founded on May 5 1948. CSKA has won 31 League titles and 23 National cups. Along with Celtic FC and Rangers FC, CSKA is the club that has the most domestic titles in Europe. The club boasts one of the greatest records of Bulgarian football teams in the European tournaments (2 semi-finals in the European Cup and 1 semi-final in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup).


History

On October 28, 1923 in Sofia the clubs Atletik Sofia (founded in 1910 as Klub Futbol) and Slava Sofia (founded in 1916) merged into Oficerski Sporten Klub Aatletik Slava 1923(Officer's Sport Club Atletic Slava 1932, short AS-23 under the patronage of the Ministry of War which provided the equipment.[1] In 1931 AS-23 won the Bulgarian championship and The Tsar's Cup, followed by another Tsar's Cup in 1941. The stadium of AS-23 has named 'Atletik park' (finished in 1938) is on the spot were is present stadium „Bulgarska Armia“.[2]

With the partnership of Mihail Mihaylov from Shipka's, The AS-23, the united team of Shipka-Podeda and Spartak Orlandovtsi are merge into Chavdar Sofia. The unifying agreement was singed in November 9, 1944 in Sofia. Gen. Vladimir Stoychev from As-23 was appointed as the new club's chairman. Ivan Bashev was a secretary and the person in charge of football.[3]

File:The unifying protocol of Chavdar.jpg
The unifying protocol of Chavdar

'Chavdar' played in a blue strip. The club played at 'Atletik park' which was now renamed to 'Chavdar'. The physical training was inspected by the boxer Konstantin Nikolov.[3] Chavdar were relegated to the second division in 1947. With help from Mihail Mihaylov (who worked in the Minisrty of War) Chavdar became the departmental club to the Central house of the troops taking the name 'CDV'. Major Ivan Mirski was chosen as club chairman.

In May 1948 an agreement was signed between the football players of "Septemvri" and the team of "Chavdar" for uniting under the name "Septemvri pri CDV" (Central house of the troops). The board of the newly created club included: honorable chairman - general lieutenant Georgi Damjanov, the minister of defense, chairman - general major Bojan Balgaranov; deputy chairman - colonel Tashev, Petar Mihajlov, Alexander Valchev and Ljubcho Kralev. The board included 5 more members. The contract was signed on the 5th of May and that is considered to be the club's date of foundation.

The club's first official game took place on May 19th 1948 against Slavia Sofia at the Junak (Bulgarian: Юнак) stadium - 1:1 The club's first title campaign started in May and finished in the beginning of September 1948.

Septemvri pri CDV(Sofia) eliminated Aprilov Gabrovo and Spartak Varna on its way to the finals.

The team reached the national finals, where it faced Levski Sofia losing 1:2 in the first match. The decisive match was on September 9th. Referee - Stephan Danchev. Team of Septemvri pri CDV: Stephan Gerenski, Borislav Futekov, Manol Manolov, Dimitar Cvetkov, Nikola Alexiev, Nako Chakmakov (captain), Dimitar Milanov, Stojne Minev, Stephan Bozkov, Nikola Bojilov, Kiril Bogdanov. Goals scored: Dimitar Milanov(2) and Nako Chakmakov. A marvellous victory 3:1. Nako Chakmakov sealed the victory with a last minute goal. That was the first significant champion year for CSKA Sofia.

On June 19, 1985, the final game of the Bulgarian Cup between CSKA Sofia and city rivals Levski Sofia took place at the Vasil Levski National Stadium. During the game both teams demonstrated extremely poor sportsmanship; the match saw several brutal fights and an attack on a referee. CSKA won the game, but the players' behavior percipitated a major scandal. By decree of Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party, both teams were disbanded. CSKA Septemvriisko Zname was renamed "Sredets" and Levski-Spartak was renamed "Vitosha". Both teams were playing under these names for several years. Additionally, several major players including Kostadin Yanchev, Borislav Mikhailov, Plamen Nikolov, Emil Spasov, Emil Velev and yet unknown Hristo Stoichkov were prohibited from participating in club games for varying periods of time. In 1988 the name CSKA was restored.

In early June 2008, UEFA notified the Bulgarian Football Union that CSKA will not receive a license for participation in the UEFA Champion's League and other European tournaments because of financial problems.[4] The BFU then speculated that this would mean that CSKA would not be able to take part in the A Professional Football Group of Bulgaria, effectively turning it back into an amateur team. Attempts to arrange a settlement with UEFA were unsuccessful and CSKA lost its right to compete in the UEFA Champions League in favor of the runners-up PFC Levski Sofia[5]. Eventually CSKA managed to fulfil all requirements set by the BFU and was allowed to compete in Bulgaria's A PFG[6]. The person generally blamed for the situation was Alexander Tomov, chairman of the supervising council of CSKA.

Name

CSKA has carried a plethora of names in its history. In chronological order they are:

  • Септември при ЦДВ /September to Central House of the Troops/ in 1948 and 1948/49.
  • Народна войска /People's Troops/ in 1950.
  • ЦДНВ /CDNV - Central House of the People's Troops/ in 1951 and 1952.
  • Отбор на софийския гарнизон /Team of the Sofian garrison/ in 1953.
  • ЦДНА /CDNA - Central House of the People's Army/ from 1954 and until the 1961/62 season.
  • ЦСКА Червено знаме /CSKA Red Flag/ between 1962/63 and 1967/68.
  • ЦСКА Семптемврийско знаме /CSKA September Flag/ between 1968/69 and 1984/85.
  • ЦФКА Средец /CFKA Sredets - Central Football Club Of The Army/ from 1985/86 and until 1988/89
  • ЦСКА София /CSKA Sofia - Central Sports Club Of The Army/ from 1989/90.

Bulgarian Army Stadium

Main article: Balgarska Armiya Stadium

The team's home stadium, "Bulgarska Armia", was completed in 1967 and stands on the same spot as its predecessor, "Atletik Park." A plan for major renovation has been adopted.

Sector G

Sector G is the north stand of Bulgarian Army Stadium. This part of the stadium is the main stand for the supporters of CSKA.

Players

Current squad

As of July 2008
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 Bulgaria BUL Ventsislav Velinov
3 DF Bulgaria BUL Pavel Vidanov
5 MF Bulgaria BUL Todor Yanchev
6 DF Bulgaria BUL Kiril Kotev
8 FW Bulgaria BUL Martin Toshev
9 FW Bulgaria BUL Vladislav Zlatinov
10 DF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Ivanov
11 FW Bulgaria BUL Zdravko Lazarov
13 DF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Branekov
15 MF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Chipev
17 MF Cape Verde CPV Ze Rui
19 FW Bulgaria BUL Evgeni Yordanov
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Slovenia SVN Mitja Morec
21 MF Nigeria NGA Shikoze Udoji
22 DF Brazil BRA Eli Marques
24 MF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Tonev
25 GK Cameroon CMR Daniel Bekono
28 MF Brazil BRA Marquinhos
30 DF Bulgaria BUL Yordan Todorov
31 FW Bulgaria BUL Vladimir Manchev
32 MF Latvia LVA Viktors Morozs
34 FW Iceland ISL Garðar Gunnlaugsson
84 DF Brazil BRA Filipe Machado
88 MF Portugal POR Filipe da Costa

Reserves squad

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 Serbia SRB Nenad Nastić
4 DF Bulgaria BUL Kristian Uzunov
7 FW Bulgaria BUL Ivo Dimitrov
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Ivan Karadzhov
18 DF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Sabev
23 FW Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Dimitrov
26 MF Bulgaria BUL Yanko Sandanski
27 DF Netherlands NED Quido Lanzaat
29 MF Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Petkov

For recent transfers, see List of Bulgarian football transfers 2008-09.

Notable players

For the club's 55th anniversary an extended team of the club's best ever 55 players was chosen:

Coaches history

Honours and acheivements

Bulgarian Championship

  • Champions (31 times) - 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981,1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2008

Bulgarian Cup - 23

Official - 9

  • 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2006

Unofficial (as Cup of the People's Republic of Bulgaria) - 1

  • 1981

Cup of the Soviet Army - 13

Official - 9

  • 1951, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974

Unofficial - 4

  • 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990

Bulgarian Supercup

  • Winners - 1989, 2006, 2008

European Cup

UEFA Cup - 1/16 Final

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Kit

Kit manufacturers

Shirt sponsors

  • 1948-1989 - No sponsor
  • 1989-1990 - Comco
  • 1990-1996 - Sintofarm
  • 1996-1999 - Multigroup
  • 1999-2005 (Bulgarian Championship) - No sponsor
  • 2001-2002 (UEFA Cup) - Sintofarm
  • 2003-2004 (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup) - Transimpex
  • 2005-2008 - Vivatel
  • 2008-present - No sponsor

Trivia

  • The first ever coach of CSKA Sofia Konstantin Nikolov - Zamorata was a heavyweight boxer.
  • During the first years of the club the ball for the kick-off has been often dropped by plane over the field
  • Even nowadays sometimes the team comes on field accompanied by a Bulgarian army march due to the club's army origin and heritage
  • CSKA Sofia enjoys a symbiotic relationship with FC Liverpool.
  • CSKA Sofia has always played in the 1st and never in lower division
  • The stand for the most loyal team supporters is the North terrace and it's known as "Sektor G"
  • CSKA Sofia has been marked several times in the Guinness World Records
  • The club stadium is nicknamed "The army"
  • CSKA Sofia earned the nickname "The Giants' Killer" as it eliminated 3 acting (at the time) European Champions' Cup holders - AFC Ajax Amsterdam, Nottingham Forest FC and Liverpool FC.
  • Scottish writer Irvine Welsh appeared on Slavi's Show with a CSKA Sofia fan club T-shirt
  • There are over 1058 trophies in the CSKA Museum of glory in 29 sports; 142 of them are football trophies and awards.
  • CSKA Sofia holds the largest number of football records in Bulgarian football
  • Petar Zhekov has scored 144 goals for CSKA during 1968-1975
  • CSKA Sofia won all possible domestic trophies during season 1988-89 : Champion title, Cup of Bulgaria, Cup of the Soviet army, Bulgarian supercup and the Republic spartakiada cup.
  • CSKA Sofia is famous for winnig a lot of friendly international tournaments. Recently the club is co-promoter of Play Station tournament in Soifa.
  • Dimitar Yakimov was often called "the poet of football" due to his great football techniques
  • Dimitar Penev was honnored as "The coach of 20th century" for Bulgaria
  • The famous offensive trio of CSKA - Hristo Stoichkov, Emil Kostadinov and Luboslav Penev have played a major role in the Bulgaria national team success in the 90s.
  • According to the National fan club data CSKA Sofia has 785 fan clubs at home and abroad, with around 180 000 members
  • The music group Ladytron features a song called "CSKA Sofia" on their 2001 album 604
  • CSKA Sofia has more than 10 million fans all around the world
  • 2 rounds before the end of the 07/08 season, CSKA Sofia made a 16 points distance over their main rival - Levski Sofia
  • A cow coloured in blue and yellow paint and wearing a Levski Sofia scarf on its neck is the CSKA Sofia fans' mascott during matches between the two teams
  • Most consecutive titles - 9 (record)
  • Most goals in a single match - 6 - Petar Mihaylov in 1951, vs Torpedo Ruse
  • Most goals in a single season - 38 - Hristo Stoichkov in 1989/90 (record)
  • Most times champion as player - 12 - Manol Manolov (record)
  • Most times champion as coach - 11 - Krum Milev (record)
  • Biggest win - 12:0 in 1951 vs Torpedo Ruse (record)
  • Biggest win over Levski Sofia - 5:0 in 1953 and 1989
  • Biggest loss - 0:8 in 1998 from Litex Lovech
  • Biggest loss from Levski Sofia - 1:7 in 1994. Other memorable loses (or wins for Levski Sofia's fans) are 3:6, 2:5, 2:7, 0:5 and several matchev where CSKA lost after leading 2:0!

Biggest win in European tournaments:

  • UEFA Champions League - 8:1 in 1956/57 vs Dinamo Bucuresti
  • UEFA Cup - 5:0 in 1999/2000 vs Portadown
  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup - 9:0 in 1970/71 vs Haka

Biggest defeat in European tournaments:

  • UEFA Champions League - 1:6 in 1957/58 vs Vasas Budapest
  • UEFA Cup - 1:5 in 1994/95 vs Juventus
  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup - 0:3 in 1965/66 vs Borussia Dortmund

Footnotes

  1. ^ Сп. „ЦСКА“, брой 15, 2003 г.
  2. ^ „Това е ЦСКА!“, стр.8, Димитър Пенев
  3. ^ a b С рогите срещу историята, Sport1.bg
  4. ^ http://sportni.bg/index.phtml?tid=40&oid=1206299 УЕФА отсече: ЦСКА е аут!, Netinfo Sport, 2008-06-05 (retr. 2008-06-21)
  5. ^ http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=731486.html Levski aim to ride their luck, uefa.com, 2008-07-10
  6. ^ http://www.bfunion.bg/index.php?request=news&set_month=8&news_id=1009 Съобщение на Лицензионната комисия при БФС, bfunion.bg, 2008-08-05

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