HK CSKA Sofia
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ZDNA Sofia (until 1964) HK CSKA Sofia (since 1964) |
| Location | Sofia , Bulgaria |
| Club colors | Red White |
| league | Bulgarian ice hockey league |
| Venue | Sofia Winter Sports Palace |
| capacity | 4,600 seats |
| Season 2018/19 | Fourth |
The HK CSKA Sofia is the hockey department of the Bulgarian sports club CSKA Sofia in Sofia that the Bulgarian Hockey League belongs. The club plays its games in the Sofia Winter Sports Palace .
history
HK ZSKA Sofia, which ran under the name ZDNA Sofia until 1964 , has been Bulgarian champion 16 times and is therefore the second most successful team in the country after HK Slawia Sofia (18 titles). CSKA, which dominated Bulgarian ice hockey especially in the late 1960s and early 1970s, last won the championship title in 1986. After almost 20 years of mediocrity, ZSKA was runner-up behind HK Slawia Sofia in 2008 and 2009 and won the championship again in 2013 for the first time in 27 years. In addition, the club has won the national ice hockey cup fourteen times (most recently in 2014). At the IIHF Continental Cup 2014/15 , ZSKA reached the second round with victories over CG Puigcerdà (3: 2), İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK (19: 3) and HK Beostar (10: 2). There the team failed after defeats against the Fischtown Pinguins (2: 6), the Belfast Giants (2: 6) and the Tilburg Trappers (4: 5), although against the team from the Netherlands a 4: 1 lead was not possible was enough to win.
successes
- Bulgarian champion (16): 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1983, 1984, 1986, 2013, 2014, 2015
- Bulgarian runner-up (15): 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
- Bulgarian Cup (13): 1964, 1965, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 2013, 2014
Web links
- Official Website (Bulgarian)