{{Short description|Bulgarian football club}} {{Infobox football club | image = | image_size = 195px | clubname = PFC CSKA Sofia II | current = | fullname = Professional Football Club CSKA Sofia II | nickname = The Reds<br/>The Armymen | short name = CSKA II | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1948|5|5}} | dissolved = | ground = CSKA Sofia Sports Complex, Pancharevo | capacity = 1,500 | owntitle = Shareholders | owner = Valter Papazki | director = | mgrtitle = | manager = Valentin Iliev | league = Second League | season = 2025–26 | position = Second League, 5th of 20 | website = {{URL|https://cska.bg/}} | pattern_la1 = _cskasofia2425h | pattern_b1 = _cskasofia2425h | pattern_ra1 = _cskasofia2425h | pattern_sh1 = _cskasofia2425h | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = FFFFFF | body1 = DD0000 | rightarm1 = FFFFFF | shorts1 = FFFFFF | socks1 = DD0000 | pattern_la2 = _macronwyverneco24wr | pattern_b2 = _macronwyverneco24wr | pattern_ra2 = _macronwyverneco24wr | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | shorts2 = FF0000 | socks2 = FFFFFF | pattern_la3 = _macronwyverneco24ba | pattern_b3 = _macronwyverneco24ba | pattern_ra3 = _macronwyverneco24ba | pattern_sh3 = | pattern_so3 = | shorts3 = 000000 | socks3 = 000000 }} '''CSKA II''' ({{langx|bg|ЦСКА II}}) is a Bulgarian football team based in Sofia. Founded in 2016, it is the reserve team of CSKA Sofia, and played one season in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football in 2016-2017 and being restored in 2022 to play in the Third League.
Because of BFU regulations, CSKA II is ineligible for promotion to the First League and can not participate in the Bulgarian Cup.
==History== In June 2016 CSKA II took the place of Litex Lovech II in the Bulgarian Second League. The team was selected by CSKA and Litex youth players. After Stamen Belchev took charge of the first team CSKA II's results worsened, and the team was relegated to South-West Third League on the final day of the season following a 1–2 away defeat by Vitosha Bistritsa.<ref>{{cite web | title = ЦСКА II повтори случая от 1984 година | url = http://cska.bg/index.php?main_page=document_general_info&cPath=65&products_id=3880 | publisher = cska.bg | date = 27 May 2017 | language = Bulgarian}}</ref> On 5 June 2017, the owners officially informed the Bulgarian Football Union that the team will not participate in the 2017–18 South-West Third League as the level was deemed too low for youth players' development.<ref>{{cite web | title = ЦСКА II няма да участва в Трета лига | url = http://cska.bg/index.php?main_page=document_general_info&cPath=65&products_id=3981 | publisher = cska.bg | date = 5 June 2017 | language = Bulgarian}}</ref> On 6 June 2017, the contract of the head coach Svetoslav Todorov was terminated.<ref>{{cite web | title = ЦСКА и Светослав Тодоров се разделиха | url = http://cska.bg/index.php?main_page=document_general_info&cPath=65&products_id=3991 | publisher = cska.bg | date = 6 June 2017 | language = Bulgarian}}</ref>
In end of May 2022, CSKA announced that they will restore the second team and join Third League for the 2022/23 season.<ref>[https://sportal.bg/news-2022052707123720203 ЦСКА - София връща дублиращия си отбор, "червените" ще обиграват юноши в Трета лига]</ref>
In 2024/2025 season, CSKA II returned to the second tier of Bulgarian football.
==Squad== {{updated|5 April 2026}} {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=BUL|pos=DF|name=Svetozar Evtov}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=BUL|pos=DF|name=Lachezar Ivanov}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=BUL|pos=DF|name=Simeon Chatov}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=BUL|pos=DF|name=Dimitar Hristov}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=BUL|pos=MF|name=Martin Sotirov}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=BUL|pos=FW|name=Mark-Emilio Papazov}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=BUL|pos=FW|name=Aleksandar Georgiev}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=BUL|pos=FW|name=Radoslav Zhivkov}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=BUL|pos=FW|name=Vasil Kaymakanov}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=BUL|pos=DF|name=Dimitar Nikolov}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=BUL|pos=DF|name=Plamen Petrov}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=BUL|pos=FW|name=Emil Naydenov}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=BUL|pos=MF|name=Teodor Apostolov}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=BUL|pos=FW|name=Martin Sorakov}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=BUL|pos=DF|name=Aleksandar Buchkov|other=captain}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=BUL|pos=MF|name=Ilian Antonov}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=BUL|pos=MF|name=Abdula Kichukov}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=BUL|pos=FW|name=Kaloyan Pulev}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=BUL|pos=MF|name=Radostin Georgiev}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=BUL|pos=GK|name=Stanislav Tanev}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=BUL|pos=MF|name=Konstantin Yordanov}} {{Fs player|no=47|nat=BUL|pos=MF|name=Alesandro Nikolov}} {{Fs player|no=77|nat=BUL|pos=FW|name=Yulian Gilov}} {{Fs player|no=93|nat=BUL|pos=DF|name=Denis Dinev}} {{Fs player|no=98|nat=BUL|pos=DF|name=Bozhidar Petrov}} {{Fs player|no=99|nat=BUL|pos=GK|name=Georgi Gerginov}} {{Fs end}} ''For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2025.'' : ''For first team players, see CSKA Sofia.''
=== From first team=== {{Main|PFC CSKA Sofia}} {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=BUL|pos=GK|name=Daniel Nikolov}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=BUL|pos=MF|name=Yulian Iliev}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=BUL|pos=DF|name=Aleks Tunchev}} {{Fs player|no=72|nat=BUL|pos=FW|name=Ivan Tasev}} {{Fs end}}
== Manager history == {|class="wikitable" |- !Dates !Name !Honours |- |1981–1984 |{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Kiril Stankov |style="font-size: 80%"|1 Bulgarian V Group |- |2016 |{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Stamen Belchev | |- |2016 |{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Ivaylo Stanev ''/caretaker/'' | |- |2017 |{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Svetoslav Todorov | |- |2022–2024 |{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Stamen Belchev | |- |2024 |{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Stoyan Angelov | |- |2024–2025 |{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Vladimir Manchev | |- |2025 |{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Valentin Iliev | |- |2025 |{{flagicon|Brazil}} {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Daniel Morales ''/caretaker/'' | |- |2025– |{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Valentin Iliev | |- |}
== Club officials == === Current technical body === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Name ! Role |- |{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Valentin Iliev |Head coach |- |{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Lyuben Lyubenov |Assistant coach |- |{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Ivaylo Ivanov |Goalkeeper coach |- |{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Kostadin Dzhorgov |Fitness coach |- |{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Pavel Toshkov |Analyst |- |{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Hristo Vidinov |Analyst |- |}
==Honours== : '''Bulgarian V Group:''' :* '''Champions (1):''' 1982-83
==Past seasons== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%" |- !style="background:#ABCDEF;"|Season !style="background:#ABCDEF;"|League !style="background:#ABCDEF;"|Place !style="background:#ABCDEF;"|W !style="background:#ABCDEF;"|D !style="background:#ABCDEF;"|L !style="background:#ABCDEF;"|GF !style="background:#ABCDEF;"|GA !style="background:#ABCDEF;"|Pts |- |1981–82 |Sofia V Group (III) |7 |15 |9 |10 |51 |36 |39 |- align="center" style="background:#ccfecc;" |1982–83 |Sofia V Group (III) |1 |23 |7 |4 |76 |26 |53 |- |1983–84 |South B Group (II) |17 |8 |6 |20 |45 |65 |22 |- align="center" style="background:#ffcccc;" |2016–17 |Second League (II) || 13 || 9 || 6 || 15 || 44 || 49 || 33 |- align="center" |2022–23 |South-West Third League (III) || 5 || 11 || 9 || 10 || 54 || 35 || 42 |- align="center" style="background:#ccfecc;" |2023–24 |South-West Third League (III) || 2 || 25 || 5 || 8 || 68 || 39 || 80 |- align="center" |2024–25 |Second League (II) || 13 || 12 || 13 || 13 || 47 || 41 || 49 |- align="center" |2025–26 |Second League (II) || 5|| 16|| 7|| 9|| 57|| 32||55 |- |colspan="9" align="center"|'''Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.''' |}
===League positions=== <timeline> ImageSize = width:500 height:65 PlotArea = left:10 right:10 bottom:30 top:10 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/07/2016 till:01/07/2027 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:2 start:2017 Colors = id:bl1 value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.5) id:bl2 value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.3) id:rs value:rgb(0.8,0.6,0.6) id:rn value:rgb(0.9,0.1,0.1)
PlotData= bar:Position width:16 color:white align:center from:01/07/2016 till:01/07/2017 shift:(0,-4) text:13 from:01/07/2016 till:01/07/2017 color:white shift:(0,14) text: "Second League" from:01/07/2017 till:01/07/2018 shift:(0,-4) text: from:01/07/2018 till:01/07/2019 shift:(0,-4) text: from:01/07/2019 till:01/07/2020 shift:(0,-4) text: from:01/07/2020 till:01/07/2021 shift:(0,-4) text: from:01/07/2021 till:01/07/2022 shift:(0,-4) text: from:01/07/2017 till:01/07/2022 color:black shift:(0,14) text: Did not exist from:01/07/2022 till:01/07/2023 shift:(0,-4) text:5 from:01/07/2023 till:01/07/2024 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/2022 till:01/07/2024 color:red shift:(0,14) text: "Third League" from:01/07/2024 till:01/07/2025 shift:(0,-4) text:13 from:01/07/2025 till:01/07/2026 shift:(0,-4) text:5 from:01/07/2026 till:01/07/2027 shift:(0,-4) text: from:01/07/2024 till:01/07/2027 color:white shift:(0,14) text: "Second League" </timeline>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://cska.bg/ Official website]
{{PFC CSKA Sofia}} {{Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)}}
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