CSKA 1948 II

CSKA 1948 II (Bulgarian: ЦСКА 1948 II) or CSKA 1948 2 is a Bulgarian professional football team based in Sofia. Founded in 2019, it is the reserve team of CSKA 1948 Sofia, and currently plays in Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football.

Obliged to play one level below their main side, CSKA 1948 II is ineligible for promotion to First League and also can not compete in the Bulgarian Cup.

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. 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 main sponsors of 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.

Bulgaria. Second Professional League. League Table. Season 2024/2025
Pos	Team	Home	Away	Total	GD	Goals
P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts
1	Dobrudzha	15	12	2	1	33	4	38	16	8	7	1	26	11	31	31	20	9	2	59	15	69	44	1.9
2	Montana	16	9	6	1	20	5	33	16	10	4	2	26	8	34	32	19	10	3	46	13	67	33	1.4
3	Pirin Blagoevgrad	16	8	5	3	23	20	29	16	10	3	3	25	16	33	32	18	8	6	48	36	62	12	1.5
4	Marek	16	11	3	2	26	11	36	15	3	7	5	12	16	16	31	14	10	7	38	27	52	11	1.2
5	Yantra 2019 Gabrovo	16	7	4	5	23	15	25	15	7	5	3	23	15	26	31	14	9	8	46	30	51	16	1.5
6	Dunav Ruse	15	9	5	1	20	8	32	16	4	7	5	23	22	19	31	13	12	6	43	30	51	13	1.4
7	Belasitsa Petrich	16	11	3	2	29	9	36	15	3	3	9	7	25	12	31	14	6	11	36	34	48	2	1.2
8	CSKA-Sofia B	15	6	4	5	23	12	22	16	6	7	3	19	15	25	31	12	11	8	42	27	47	15	1.4
9	CSKA 1948 B	16	9	2	5	23	20	29	15	5	1	9	22	23	16	31	14	3	14	45	43	45	2	1.5
10	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	16	7	7	2	26	14	28	15	5	0	10	15	23	15	31	12	7	12	41	37	43	4	1.3
11	Spartak Pleven	15	7	5	3	20	16	26	16	5	2	9	12	20	17	31	12	7	12	32	36	43	-4	1
12	Ludogorets B	15	8	3	4	28	15	27	16	2	6	8	11	22	12	31	10	9	12	39	37	39	2	1.3
13	Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa	16	8	3	5	20	14	27	15	3	3	9	9	17	12	31	11	6	14	29	31	39	-2	0.9
14	Fratria	15	4	4	7	19	23	16	16	6	4	6	15	18	22	31	10	8	13	34	41	38	-7	1.1
15	Minyor Pernik	16	7	3	6	14	14	24	16	3	3	10	15	30	12	32	10	6	16	29	44	36	-15	0.9
16	Sportist Svoge	15	2	7	6	6	14	13	16	4	3	9	10	20	15	31	6	10	15	16	34	28	-18	0.5
17	Litex	15	4	3	8	12	18	15	16	3	4	9	6	18	13	31	7	7	17	18	36	28	-18	0.6
18	Nesebar	16	4	4	8	17	28	16	16	0	7	9	8	30	7	32	4	11	17	25	58	23	-33	0.8
19	Strumska Slava	16	3	6	7	12	17	15	15	0	7	8	7	28	7	31	3	13	15	19	45	22	-26	0.6
20	Botev Plovdiv B	16	4	4	8	16	21	16	15	2	0	13	7	33	6	31	6	4	21	23	54	22	-31	0.7

Bulgaria. Second Professional League. League Table. Season 2024/2025

Pos

Team

Home

Away

Total

Goals

Pts

Dobrudzha

1.9

Montana

1.4

Pirin Blagoevgrad

1.5

Marek

1.2

Yantra 2019 Gabrovo

1.5

Dunav Ruse

1.4

Belasitsa Petrich

1.2

CSKA-Sofia B

1.4

CSKA 1948 B

1.5

Etar Veliko Tarnovo

1.3

Spartak Pleven

-4

Ludogorets B

1.3

Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa

-2

0.9

Fratria

-7

1.1

Minyor Pernik

-15

0.9

Sportist Svoge

-18

0.5

Litex

-18

0.6

Nesebar

-33

0.8

Strumska Slava

-26

0.6

Botev Plovdiv B

-31

0.7

team squad

goalkeepers

Aleksandar Madzharov

Hristiyan Hristov

Boris Gruev

defenders

Mariyan Dimitrov

Emiliyan Krastev

Mert Salimehmed

Bozhidar Zelyamov

Martin Vlaevski

Mario Dilchovski

Bogdan Kostov

Alexander Georgiev

midfielders

Georgi Mariyanov (K)

Velislav Kyorov

Viktor Vasilev

Andrey Yordanov

Dragomir Radev

Kristiyan Grozdanov

Radoslav Mutafov

Hary Denkov

Anton Bakalov

Vladimir Gogov

Arif Feradov

Tsvetoslav Popovchev

forwards

Tsvetomir Tsanev

Simeon Vasilev

Krastyo Banev

Ventsislav Ivanov

Yasen Tsekov

Stivan Kirilov

Kristiyan Ivanov

Top Scorers. Season 2024/2025
Player	18 Feb	22 Feb	04 Mar	09 Mar	15 Mar	22 Mar	30 Mar	02 Apr	08 Apr	12 Apr	All SeasonGoals/Assists
	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	29/0
Unknown	0/0	1/0	3/0	0/0	1/0	0/0	2/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	7/0
Boris Dimitrov	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	3/0
Kaloyan Strinski	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0	0/0	2/0
Jeka	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0	1/0
Teodor Raykov	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0	1/0
Kaloyan Krastev	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0
Viktor Vasilev	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0
Ivaylo Markov	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0
Mohammed Kassem	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0
Marto Boychev	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0
Asen Georgiev	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0

Top Scorers. Season 2024/2025

Player

18 Feb

22 Feb

04 Mar

09 Mar

15 Mar

22 Mar

30 Mar

02 Apr

08 Apr

12 Apr

All SeasonGoals/Assists

0/0

29/0

Unknown

0/0

1/0

3/0

0/0

1/0

0/0

2/0

0/0

7/0

Boris Dimitrov

0/0

3/0

Kaloyan Strinski

0/0

1/0

0/0

2/0

Jeka

0/0

1/0

Teodor Raykov

0/0

1/0

Kaloyan Krastev

0/0

1/0

0/0

1/0

Viktor Vasilev

0/0

1/0

0/0

1/0

Ivaylo Markov

0/0

1/0

0/0

1/0

Mohammed Kassem

0/0

1/0

Marto Boychev

0/0

1/0

Asen Georgiev

0/0

1/0

Bad Boys. Season 2024/2025
Player	18 Feb	22 Feb	04 Mar	09 Mar	15 Mar	22 Mar	30 Mar	02 Apr	08 Apr	12 Apr	All SeasonRed/Yellow	Matches	Avg
Unknown	-	-	-	-	1/0	-	-	-	-	-	2/0	2	1.0/0.0

Bad Boys. Season 2024/2025