CSKA 1948 II () or CSKA 1948 2 was a Bulgarian professional football team based in Sofia. Founded in 2019, it is the reserve team of CSKA 1948, and played in Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football, until 2025.
In 2023, the team secured the title in Second League, becoming the first reserve team to become a champion of the league.
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.ЦСКА 1948 вече има дублиращ отбор, обяви целта 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.ЦСКА 1948 създава дублиращ отбор, който ще играе във Втора лига On 29 May 2021 Miroslav Mindev was announced as the manager of the team, previously leading Zagorets Nova Zagora.Бивш голмайстор на Сливен поема дубъла на ЦСКА 1948 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.Обявиха новия наставник на ЦСКА 1948
On 26 May 2023, the team secured the title in Second League, becoming the first reserve team to become a champion of the league.Историческо! Дубълът на ЦСКА 1948 спечели титлата във Втора лига
Honours Second League: Winners (1): 2022–23
Statistics
Second League matches
RankingNationalityPositionNameYearsMatchesGoals1MFSteliyan Dobrev2021–20246482MFGeorgi Mariyanov2021–20235723MFKaloyan Strinski2023–20255354FWValentin Yoskov2021–202451245DFChristopher Acheampong2022–20254736DFMartin Atanasov2023–20254327FWBoris Dimitrov2024–202542188DFIvaylo Markov2024–202542109MFAleksandar Asparuhov2022–202338110MFStoyan Stoichkov2021–2025375
Second League goals
RankingNationalityPositionNameYearsMatchesGoals1FWValentin Yoskov2021–202451242FWBoris Dimitrov2024–202542183FWDenislav Aleksandrov2021–202315134DFIvaylo Markov2024–202542105FWPreslav Antonov2023–2024338—MFSteliyan Dobrev2021–20246487FWMariyan Tonev2022–20243078MFMarto Boychev2024–2025246—MFKristiyan Velichkov2024–202528610FWJuninho202265–MFStoyan Stoichkov2021–2025345–MFKaloyan Strinski2023–2025535 Players in bold are still playing for FC 1948.
Personnel Manager history DatesNameHonours2019–2020 Kiril Metkov2021 Miroslav Mindev2021 Atanas Apostolov2021 Roman Tafradzhiev (interim)2021–2022 Andrey Andreev2022 Vladimir Dimitrov2022 Valentin Iliev2022–2023 Atanas Ribarski2023 Borislav Kyosev2023–2024 Valentin Iliev2024 Aleksandar Aleksandrov2024 Ivan Ivanov2024–2025 Borislav Kyosev2025 Ivan Stoyanov2025 Aleksandar Aleksandrov
Past seasons + Results of league and cup competitions by seasonSeasonLeagueTop goalscorerDivisionLevelPWDLFAGDPts Pos2019–20A OFG Sofia (capital) South4141211799-1524 2nd2021–22Second League236129155350+345 12th Valentin Yoskov92022–2323422846017+4374 1st Valentin Yoskov152023–242341311103937+2507th Boris Dimitrov42024–25238164185153-2529th Boris Dimitrov14
Key
GS = Group stage QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals
ChampionsRunners-upPromotedRelegated
League positions
References
External links Official website bgclubs.eu