CSKA 1948 II () or CSKA 1948 2 was a
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
n professional football team based in
Sofia
Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...
. Founded in 2019, it is the
reserve team
In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players who are under contract to a club but who do not regularly play in matches for the club's primary team. Reserve teams usually include players who are part of the larger first-team squad but ...
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
The Bulgarian Football Union ( BFS) is the governing body of association football in Bulgaria, and a member of UEFA since 1954. It organizes a football league, Bulgarian Parva Liga, and fields its Bulgaria national football team in UEFA and F ...
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. The team finished on 2nd position, before season was ended due to
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
. 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. On 29 May 2021
Miroslav Mindev was announced as the manager of the team, previously leading
Zagorets Nova Zagora. 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.
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
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Honours
Second League:
* Winners (1): 2022–23
Statistics
Second League matches
Second League goals
*Players in bold are still playing for FC 1948.
Personnel
Manager history
Past seasons
;Key
* GS = Group stage
* QF = Quarter-finals
* SF = Semi-finals
League positions
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References
External links
Official websitebgclubs.eu
{{FC CSKA 1948 Sofia
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Football clubs in Sofia
Association football clubs established in 2019
2019 establishments in Bulgaria
FC CSKA 1948 Sofia
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