2016 �17 PFC CSKA SOFIA SEASON

CSKA Sofia
2016–17 season
Owner	Grisha Ganchev
Manager	Hristo Yanev; (until 21 August 2016); Edward Iordănescu; (until 27 November 2016); Stamen Belchev; (since 28 November 2016)
Parva Liga	Second place
Bulgarian Cup	First Round
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2016–17 season was CSKA Sofia's 68th season in the Bulgarian A Football Group after their administrative relegation in the third division during the past season due to mounting financial troubles. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club will play during the 2016–17 season.

Players

Squad stats

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Parva Liga		Bulgarian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	BUL	Stoycho Atanasov	7	0	7	0	0	0
3	DF	BUL	Anton Nedyalkov	35	0	34	0	0+1	0
4	DF	BUL	Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski	32	3	31	3	1	0
5	DF	BUL	Martin Simeonov	1	0	1	0	0	0
6	MF	POR	Rúben Pinto	28	2	25+2	2	1	0
7	FW	ECU	Kevin Mercado	14	1	4+10	1	0	0
8	FW	CGO	Kévin Koubemba	12	0	6+6	0	0	0
9	FW	BRA	Fernando Karanga	12	6	12	6	0	0
10	MF	POR	Arsénio Nunes	29	4	25+3	4	1	0
10	MF	BUL	Rumen Rumenov	1	0	1	0	0	0
11	DF	BUL	Stanislav Manolev	24	0	23+1	0	0	0
12	GK	BUL	Georgi Kitanov	34	0	33	0	1	0
14	DF	BUL	Nikolay Bodurov	16	1	16	1	0	0
15	MF	BUL	Kristiyan Malinov	18	0	8+9	0	1	0
16	DF	BUL	Krasimir Stanoev	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
17	MF	POR	David Simão	22	3	17+5	3	0	0
18	MF	BUL	Aleksandar Georgiev	7	0	2+4	0	1	0
19	FW	BUL	Kiril Despodov	25	4	15+10	4	0	0
19	MF	BUL	Mitko Mitkov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	MF	CMR	Petrus Boumal	22	2	17+5	2	0	0
20	MF	BUL	Petar Vitanov	1	0	1	0	0	0
21	FW	POR	Rui Pedro	26	5	16+9	4	0+1	1
21	MF	BUL	Radoslav Iliev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
22	MF	BUL	Nikola Kolev	9	0	5+4	0	0	0
23	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Dyulgerov	20	1	14+5	1	1	0
25	FW	BUL	Tonislav Yordanov	1	0	1	0	0	0
26	MF	COL	Gustavo Culma	30	7	26+4	7	0	0
26	MF	BUL	Georgi Tartov	1	0	1	0	0	0
28	DF	BUL	Plamen Galabov	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
29	FW	BUL	Milcho Angelov	11	4	1+9	4	0+1	0
29	DF	BUL	Milen Manchev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	GK	BUL	Aleksandar Konov	3	0	3	0	0	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
1	GK	BUL	Anatoli Gospodinov	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	COL	Rafa Pérez	17	1	16	1	1	0
7	MF	POR	Diogo Viana	19	5	15+3	5	1	0
8	MF	BUL	Boris Galchev	8	0	6+2	0	0	0
9	FW	BUL	Preslav Yordanov	11	3	9+2	3	0	0
13	MF	BUL	Yordan Yordanov	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	BUL	Samir Ayass	4	0	0+4	0	0	0
20	FW	BUL	Stanislav Malamov	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
21	MF	BUL	Ivan Minchev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
24	DF	BUL	Lazar Marin	1	0	0	0	1	0
25	FW	COL	Wilmar Jordán	4	0	1+2	0	1	0
27	FW	BUL	Georgi Minchev	0	0	0	0	0	0

As of 31 May 2017^[update]

Players in/out

Summer transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	BUL	Stoycho Atanasov (from Litex Lovech)
3	DF	BUL	Anton Nedyalkov (from Litex Lovech)
5	DF	COL	Rafa Pérez (from Litex Lovech)
6	MF	BUL	Krasimir Stanoev (from Litex Lovech)
6	MF	POR	Rúben Pinto (loan from Belenenses)
7	MF	POR	Diogo Viana (from Litex Lovech)
10	MF	POR	Arsénio (from Litex Lovech)
11	DF	BUL	Stanislav Manolev (from Kuban Krasnodar)
12	GK	BUL	Georgi Kitanov (from Cherno More Varna)
15	MF	BUL	Kristiyan Malinov (from Litex Lovech)
17	MF	POR	David Simão (from Arouca)
18	MF	BUL	Aleksandar Georgiev (from Litex Lovech)
19	FW	BUL	Kiril Despodov (from Litex Lovech)
20	MF	CMR	Petrus Boumal (from Litex Lovech)
21	MF	BUL	Ivan Minchev (from Montana)
21	FW	POR	Rui Pedro (from Académica)
22	MF	BUL	Nikola Kolev (from Litex Lovech)
23	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Dyulgerov (from Pirin Blagoevgrad)
24	DF	BUL	Lazar Marin (from Botev Plovdiv)
25	FW	COL	Wilmar Jordán (from Tianjin Teda)
26	MF	COL	Gustavo Culma (from Litex Lovech)
27	FW	BUL	Georgi Minchev (from Litex Lovech)
28	DF	BUL	Plamen Galabov (from Litex Lovech)
29	FW	BUL	Milcho Angelov (from Litex Lovech)
30	GK	BUL	Aleksandar Konov (from Litex Lovech)
31	MF	BUL	Rumen Rumenov (from Litex Lovech)
—	FW	USA	Bjørn Johnsen (from Litex Lovech)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	BUL	Kiril Dinchev (retired)
5	DF	BUL	Nikolay Dichev (to Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa)
6	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Branekov (to Slavia Sofia)
6	MF	BUL	Krasimir Stanoev (to CSKA Sofia II)
7	MF	BUL	Momchil Tsvetanov (to Vereya Stara Zagora)
10	MF	BUL	Aleksandar Aleksandrov (to Neftochimic Burgas)
11	MF	BUL	Pavel Golovodov (to CSKA Sofia II)
12	GK	BUL	Stoyan Kolev (to Neftochimic Burgas)
13	MF	BUL	Yordan Yordanov (to Neftochimic Burgas)
14	MF	BUL	Samir Ayass (to Dunav Ruse)
16	MF	BUL	Petar Vitanov (to CSKA Sofia II)
17	DF	BUL	Milen Kikarin (to Botev Plovdiv)
18	MF	BUL	Aykut Ramadan (to CSKA Sofia II)
19	MF	BUL	Mario Yordanov (to Slavia Sofia)
19	DF	BUL	Valentin Antov (to CSKA Sofia II)
20	FW	BUL	Stanislav Malamov (to Neftochimic Burgas)
21	MF	BUL	Ivan Minchev (loan to Slavia Sofia)
21	DF	BUL	Viktor Raychev (released)
22	MF	BUL	Nikolay Tsvetkov (to Etar Veliko Tarnovo)
24	FW	BUL	Kostadin Hazurov (to Neftochimic Burgas)
25	DF	BUL	Angel Granchov (to Neftochimic Burgas)
25	FW	COL	Wilmar Jordán (released)
27	FW	BUL	Georgi Minchev (to CSKA Sofia II)
29	FW	BUL	Milcho Angelov (to CSKA Sofia II)
31	MF	BUL	Rumen Rumenov (loan to Neftochimic Burgas)
—	FW	BUL	Emil Petrov (loan to Spartak Pleven)
—	FW	USA	Bjørn Johnsen (to Heart of Midlothian)

Winter transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	FW	ECU	Kevin Mercado (on loan from Granada)
8	FW	CGO	Kévin Koubemba (from Sint-Truidense)
9	FW	BRA	Fernando Karanga (from Jeju United, previously on loan at Paraná Clube)
14	DF	BUL	Nikolay Bodurov (free agent)
24	MF	BUL	Rumen Rumenov (loan return from Neftochimic Burgas)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BUL	Anatoli Gospodinov (to Chrobry Głogów)
5	DF	COL	Rafa Pérez (to Atlético Junior)
7	MF	POR	Diogo Viana (to Belenenses)
8	MF	BUL	Boris Galchev (to Septemvri Sofia)
9	FW	BUL	Preslav Yordanov (to Ordabasy)
11	MF	BUL	Pavel Golovodov (to Botev Vratsa)
24	DF	BUL	Lazar Marin (to Botev Plovdiv)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Pre-season

24 June 2016	CSKA	0–1	Spartak Pleven	Teteven
18:00 EEST		Report	Dolapchiev 57'	Stadium: Stadion Georgi Benkovski Attendance: 2,000

2 July 2016	CSKA	1–0	Legia Warszawa	Jenbach, Austria
19:00 EEST	Arsénio 13'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Jenbach Referee: Walter Altmann

7 July 2016	CSKA	2–5	Krasnodar	Mittersill, Austria
19:15 EEST	Culma 13' Despodov 24' ( pen.)	Report	Wánderson 28' Ari 49' ( pen.), 51', 74' Laborde 85' ( pen.)	Stadium: Sportplatz Mittersill

10 July 2016	CSKA	0–3	Dynamo Kyiv	Schwaz, Austria
18:00 EEST		Report	González 47' Sydorchuk 59' Yarmolenko 76'	Stadium: Silberstadt-Arena Schwaz

14 July 2016	CSKA	2–1	Internazionale	Riscone di Brunico, Italy
19:00 EEST	Arsénio 10' P. Yordanov 55'	Report	Palacio 14'	Stadium: Sportzone Reiperting

23 July 2016	CSKA	0–0	Udinese	Sofia
18:00 EEST		Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 10,419 Referee: Nikola Popov ( Sofia)

On-season (autumn)

8 October 2016	CSKA	4–0	Pelister	Sofia
17:00 EEST	Arsénio 17' ( pen.) Culma 26' Pedro 28' Viana 56'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Referee: Petar Dorovski ( Sofia)

12 November 2016	CSKA	1–0	Tsarsko Selo	Sofia
15:00 EET	Pinto 20'	Report		Stadium: Tsarsko Selo Complex

12 November 2016	CSKA	2–0	Horizont	Sofia
16:00 EET	Angelov 19', 33'	Report		Stadium: Tsarsko Selo Complex

Mid-season

22 January 2017	CSKA	2–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Sotogrande, Spain
17:00 EET	Pedro 53' T. Yordanov 85'	Report	N'Dinga 51'	Stadium: Ayala Polo Club

26 January 2017	CSKA	2–4	Rubin Kazan	Sotogrande, Spain
13:00 EET	Manolev 24' Pedro 32'	Report	Jonathas 34' Ozdoyev 41' Akhmetov 71' Caktaš 88'	Stadium: Ayala Polo Club

30 January 2017	CSKA	2–2	Dynamo Kyiv	Marbella, Spain
13:00 EET	Pedro 4' Despodov 90+3' ( pen.)	Report	Buyalskyi 36' González 38'	Stadium: Marbellla Football Center

1 February 2017	CSKA	0–4	Suwon Bluewings	La Línea, Spain
17:00 EET		Report	Johnathan 8' Santons 54' Yeom Ki-hun 80' Park Gi-dong 87'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal

3 February 2017	CSKA	0–1	SønderjyskE	La Línea, Spain
17:00 EET		Report	Jakobsen 69'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal

11 February 2017	CSKA	8–1	Shkëndija	Sofia
13:00 EET	Pérez 25' Dyulgerov 27' Karanga 33' Pedro 37', 40' Pinto 38' Despodov 67' Mercado 73'	Report	Ibraimi 16'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 3,000

On-season (spring)

24 March 2017	CSKA	2–0	Montana	Sofia
14:00 EET	Culma 11' Dyulgerov 64'	Report		Stadium: Pancharevo Sport Complex

Competitions

Parva Liga

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	26	21	4	1	69	19	+50	67	Qualification for the championship round
2	Levski Sofia	26	15	6	5	38	17	+21	51
3	CSKA Sofia	26	13	7	6	35	16	+19	46
4	Cherno More	26	12	7	7	30	24	+6	43
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26	10	9	7	35	30	+5	39

Source: Bulgarian Football Union, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[1]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	13	7	6	35	16	+19	46	8	3	2	23	7	+16	5	4	4	12	9	+3

Last updated: 1 April 2017.
Source: See results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	L
Position	2	3	3	5	3	6	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

29 July 2016 1	CSKA	2–0	Slavia	Sofia
21:15 EEST	Viana 57', 78' Malinov 59' Atanasov 64' P. Yordanov 71'	Report	Yomov 55' Branekov 60'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 6,880 Referee: Nikola Popov ( Sofia)

6 August 2016 2	Vereya	1–0	CSKA	Stara Zagora
19:00 EEST	Soukouna 5' Angelov 57' Elias 71' Kaloyanov 74'	Report	Galabov 39' 64' Arsénio 69' Nedyalkov 86'	Stadium: Stadion Beroe Attendance: 3,530 Referee: Stanislav Todorov ( Shumen)

14 August 2016 3	CSKA	5–1	Neftochimic	Sofia
21:15 EEST	P. Yordanov 2' Arsénio 5' Viana 20', 21' Chorbadzhiyski 81' Atanasov 49'	Report	Dyulgerov 53' ( o.g.) Ranđelović 4' Dyulgerov 15' Pehlivanov 51'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Petar Dorovski ( Sofia)

20 August 2016 4	Pirin	1–1	CSKA	Blagoevgrad
19:00 EEST	Blagov 63' Tasev 42' Nikolov 44' Zlatinov 74' Koštrna 84' Trayanov 90+1' K. Kostov 90+2'	Report	Arsénio 54' Malinov 44' Galchev 58' P. Yordanov 81'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Attendance: 3,630 Referee: Dragomir Draganov ( Varna)

27 August 2016 5	CSKA	2–0	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	Sofia
21:15 EEST	Culma 66' Chorbadzhiyski 90+5' Galchev 58' Kitanov 90+1' Chorbadzhiyski 90+3'	Report	Atanasov 24' 81' Hristov 26' Karaneychev 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Nikola Popov ( Sofia)

11 September 2016 6	Dunav	2–0	CSKA	Razgrad
21:15 EEST	Shopov 31' Ognyanov 33' Budinov 51' Lukov 78' Atanasov 82'	Report	Pérez 46' Malinov 67' Chorbadzhiyski 68' Arsénio 90+1'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 5,170 Referee: Stanislav Todorov ( Shumen)

18 September 2016 7	CSKA	1–0	Cherno More	Sofia
19:00 EEST	Culma 90+3' Manolev 23' Simão 90+5'	Report	Tsvetkov 24' Bacari 83' Čanović 89'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Tasko Taskov ( Sofia)

25 September 2016 8	CSKA	4–0	Beroe	Sofia
19:00 EEST	Simão 5' ( pen.) Culma 9' Viana 50' Pedro 81' Viana 34' Culma 67'	Report	Milanov 3' Ivanov 4' V. Vasilev 47' Bozhilov 82'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,040 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov ( Veliko Tarnovo)

1 October 2016 9	Botev	0–0	CSKA	Plovdiv
17:30 EEST	Stoyanov 39' Nedelev 45+4' Meledje 45+4' Sténio 65' Zlatkov 75'	Report	Pedro 39' Simão 45+3' Viana 53' Chorbadzhiyski 89'	Stadium: Futbolen complex Botev 1912 Attendance: 3,350 Referee: Dragomir Draganov ( Varna)

15 October 2016 10	CSKA	1–1	Levski	Sofia
16:30 EEST	Yordanov 77' ( pen.) Nedyalkov 54' Boumal 86' Viana 90+3'	Report	Narh 34' Adeniji 22' Procházka 51' S. Aleksandrov 69' Jorgačević 76'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov ( Petrich)

21 October 2016 11	Montana	0–2	CSKA	Lovech
20:00 EEST	Dyakov 46' Trifonov 76' Silva 90+2'	Report	Angelov 54', 80'	Stadium: Stadion Lovech Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov ( Burgas)

29 October 2016 12	CSKA	0–1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
17:30 EEST	Pérez 5' Simão 14' Pedro 45+1'	Report	Kiki 10' Krumov 15' Kotev 24' El Kharroubi 39' Raykov 81' Raynov 88'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 0 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov ( Sofia)

5 November 2016 13	Ludogorets	2–1	CSKA	Razgrad
15:00 EET	Wanderson 28' Moți 62' Sasha 30' Wanderson 49' Cicinho 53' Keșerü 59'	Report	Culma 90+2' Pérez 15' 71' Arsénio 32' Simão 38' Boumal 55' Manolev 83'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Nikola Popov ( Sofia)

19 November 2016 14	Slavia	0–1	CSKA	Sofia
15:00 EET	Pashov 10' N. Dimitrov 19' Omar 54' Serderov 63' Yomov 64'	Report	Angelov 52' Manolev 46' Nedyalkov 68' Kitanov 80'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 830 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov ( Veliko Tarnovo)

27 November 2016 15	CSKA	1–1	Vereya	Sofia
17:45 EET	Boumal 8'	Report	Tsvetanov 65' Elias 76'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,450 Referee: Georgi Davidov ( Veliko Tarnovo)

1 December 2016 16	Neftochimic	0–2	CSKA	Burgas
17:30 EET	Dyulgerov 40' Bozhinov 83'	Report	Pérez 50' Culma 59' Arsénio 8'	Stadium: Stadion Lazur Attendance: 980 Referee: Angel Angelov ( Sofia)

4 December 2016 17	CSKA	2–0	Pirin	Sofia
17:30 EET	Yordanov 12' Angelov 90+3' Pérez 25' Culma 80'	Report	Trayanov 77'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Petar Dorovski ( Sofia)

11 December 2016 18	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	0–0	CSKA	Gorna Oryahovitsa
15:00 EET	Apostolov 17' Kifouéti 60' Zhelev 90+5'	Report	Boumal 44' Yordanov 73' Kolev 81' Chorbadzhiyski 90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov ( Petrich)

16 December 2016 19	CSKA	3–0	Dunav	Sofia
17:30 EET	Pinto 59' Chorbadzhiyski 88' Dyulgerov 90+3' Yordanov 19' Kitanov 8' Kolev 61' Chorbadzhiyski 83' Boumal 84'	Report	Marem 17' Petkov 55' 85'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 780 Referee: Angel Angelov ( Sofia)

19 February 2017 20	Cherno More	0–2	CSKA	Kavarna
12:30 EET	G. Iliev 18' Bacari 78'	Report	Pedro 85', 90+1' Culma 50'	Stadium: Stadion Kavarna Attendance: 2,550 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov ( Petrich)

25 February 2017 21	Beroe	0–1	CSKA	Stara Zagora
15:00 EET	Kato 52' Zehirov 71' Raynov 86' Ivanov 90+1'	Report	Pedro 87'	Stadium: Stadion Beroe Attendance: 4,780 Referee: Dragomir Draganov ( Varna)

28 February 2017 22	CSKA	0–0	Botev	Sofia
17:30 EET	Simão 50' Pinto 84' Manolev 90+1'	Report	Vutov 20' Meledje 84' 85' Genev 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Petar Dorovski ( Sofia)

4 March 2017 23	Levski	2–1	CSKA	Sofia
14:30 EET	Procházka 71' ( pen.) Jablonský 79' Adeniji 11' Krastev 13' Añete 27' Bourabia 61'	Report	Arsénio 8' Pinto 26' Bodurov 29' Nedyalkov 45+3' Karanga 51' Boumal 56'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Nikola Popov ( Sofia)

11 March 2017 24	CSKA	2–1	Montana	Sofia
17:30 EET	Mercado 28' Despodov 39' Manolev 76'	Report	Atanasov 88' Iliev 25' Igumanović 52'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 650 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov ( Veliko Tarnovo)

18 March 2017 25	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–1	CSKA	Plovdiv
15:00 EET	Kiki 13' Kiki 25' Velkovski 71' Krumov 72'	Report	Despodov 80' Boumal 79' Malinov 86'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 3,990 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov ( Petrich)

1 April 2017 26	CSKA	0–2	Ludogorets	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Nedyalkov 28' Manolev 41' Pinto 56' Despodov 57'	Report	Moți 28' Cafu 41' Sasha 57' Wanderson 59' Keșerü 78'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Stefan Apostolov ( Blagoevgrad)

Championship round

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	36	25	8	3	87	28	+59	83	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia^[a]	36	19	10	7	51	21	+30	67
3	Levski Sofia (O)	36	18	9	9	50	31	+19	63	Qualification for the European play-off final
4	Dunav Ruse^[a]	36	15	10	11	46	44	+2	55	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	36	14	10	12	50	52	−2	52
6	Cherno More Varna	36	13	8	15	39	45	−6	47

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[7]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

^ ^a ^b On 29 May 2017 a UEFA letter to the Bulgarian Football Union declared that CSKA Sofia were not allowed to compete in European tournaments for the following two seasons as they were considered to have been re-formed as a new club and thus did not pass the "three-year rule".^[2] As this decision was appealed by CSKA Sofia, the Bulgarian Football Union granted a license to them subject to legal proceedings.^[3]^[4]^[5] A few hours prior to the Europa League first qualifying round draw, UEFA replaced them by Dunav Ruse, the fourth-placed team of the league.^[6]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	6	3	1	16	5	+11	21	3	2	0	9	2	+7	3	1	1	7	3	+4

Last updated: 31 May 2017.
Source: See results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	L
Position	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

8 April 2017 27	CSKA	3–1	Cherno More	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Karanga 45', 87' Despodov 45+1' Arsénio 25' Pedro 60' Chorbadzhiyski 63' 75' Dyulgerov 90'	Report	Kokonov 77' Stanchev 39' E. Mihaylov 43' Trayanov 60' Tsvetkov 79' Nikolov 85'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Nikola Popov ( Sofia)

13 April 2017 28	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–2	CSKA	Plovdiv
19:30 EEST	Bakalov 36' Vidanov 34' Umarbayev 37' Trajanov 38' Kamburov 56' Kiki 74' Goranov 90+4'	Report	Bodurov 11' Culma 71' Simão 38' Manolev 61' Mercado 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov ( Veliko Tarnovo)

23 April 2017 29	CSKA	1–1	Ludogorets	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Boumal 65' ( pen.) Karanga 12' Boumal 40' Bodurov 58'	Report	Marcelinho 76' Marcelinho 64' Campanharo 68' Moți 74'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Stefan Apostolov ( Blagoevgrad)

29 April 2017 30	Levski	0–3	CSKA	Sofia
17:00 EEST	Bourabia 12' de Nooijer 62' Narh 65' Procházka 90+5'	Report	Arsénio 2' Despodov 6' Karanga 53' Despodov 49' Simão 63' Culma 90' Malinov 90+5'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 11,200 Referee: Nikola Popov ( Sofia)

7 May 2017 31	CSKA	2–0	Dunav	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Karanga 75' Pinto 90+4'	Report	Nenov 83' Budinov 88'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 950 Referee: Dragomir Draganov ( Varna)

13 May 2017 32	Cherno More	0–1	CSKA	Kavarna
17:30 EEST	Stanchev 63' 78' Kuzma 66' Georgiev 76' Palankov 80'	Report	Karanga 81' Manolev 54' Chorbadzhiyski 58' Nedyalkov 90'	Stadium: Stadion Kavarna Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Nikola Popov ( Sofia)

17 May 2017 33	CSKA	0–0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Chorbadzhiyski 17'	Report	Vidanov 41' 90+3' Trajanov 60' Pirgov 90'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov ( Petrich)

20 May 2017 34	Ludogorets	1–1	CSKA	Razgrad
20:00 EEST	Dyakov 41' Anicet 85'	Report	Karanga 63' Pedro 28' Chorbadzhiyski 84' Pinto 88'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 4,650 Referee: Angel Angelov ( Sofia)

28 May 2017 35	CSKA	3–0	Levski	Sofia
18:30 EEST	Simão 1', 83' Culma 67' Malinov 25' Simão 50' Culma 72'	Report	Jablonský 24' S. Aleksandrov 46'	Stadium: Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski Attendance: 13,600 Referee: Georgi Kabakov ( Plovdiv)

31 May 2017 36	Dunav	1–0	CSKA	Ruse
20:00 EEST	Ayass 70' Dimov 59'	Report	Malinov 59'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 12,200 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov ( Sofia)

Bulgarian Cup

21 September 2016 First round	Lokomotiv Sofia	2–1	CSKA	Sofia
16:00 EEST	Georgiev 6' Hristov 71' Lyubenov 83' Bouzoukis 85' Peev 87'	Report	Pedro 54' Malinov 41' Jordán 42' Pérez 45+1' 87'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 960 Referee: Angel Angelov ( Sofia)

References

^ "A PFG – Regular season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
^ "УЕФА отхвърли молбата на БФС за участие на ЦСКА-София в евротурнирите". Bulgarian Football Union. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
^ "Решение СТК 01.06.2017 г". Bulgarian Football Union. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
^ "Становище на СТК". Bulgarian Football Union. 2 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
^ "CAS rejects request for interim measures in the arbitration PFC CSKA Sofia / UEFA" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 16 June 2017.
^ "Огромна изненада: УЕФА изкара ЦСКА-София и вкара Дунав в Европа". sportal.bg. 19 June 2017.
^ "A PFG – Rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

External links

[table_note_CSK0.80481919497476-7] On 29 May 2017 a UEFA letter to the Bulgarian Football Union declared that CSKA Sofia were not allowed to compete in European tournaments for the following two seasons as they were considered to have been re-formed as a new club and thus did not pass the "three-year rule".^[2] As this decision was appealed by CSKA Sofia, the Bulgarian Football Union granted a license to them subject to legal proceedings.^[3]^[4]^[5] A few hours prior to the Europa League first qualifying round draw, UEFA replaced them by Dunav Ruse, the fourth-placed team of the league.^[6]

[1] "A PFG – Regular season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[2] "УЕФА отхвърли молбата на БФС за участие на ЦСКА-София в евротурнирите". Bulgarian Football Union. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

[3] "Решение СТК 01.06.2017 г". Bulgarian Football Union. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

[4] "Становище на СТК". Bulgarian Football Union. 2 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

[5] "CAS rejects request for interim measures in the arbitration PFC CSKA Sofia / UEFA" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 16 June 2017.

[6] "Огромна изненада: УЕФА изкара ЦСКА-София и вкара Дунав в Европа". sportal.bg. 19 June 2017.

[A_PFG_-_Rules-8] "A PFG – Rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	13	7	6	35	16	+19	46	8	3	2	23	7	+16	5	4	4	12	9	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	6	3	1	16	5	+11	21	3	2	0	9	2	+7	3	1	1	7	3	+4

v t e 2016–17 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	First League Second League Third League
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup ( Final) Bulgarian Supercup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification ( Group A) Ivaylo Petev Petar Hubchev
Club seasons
First League	Beroe Botev Plovdiv Cherno More CSKA Dunav Levski Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Lokomotiv Plovdiv Ludogorets Montana Neftochimic Pirin Slavia Vereya
Summer transfers Winter transfers

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	13	7	6	35	16	+19	46	8	3	2	23	7	+16	5	4	4	12	9	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	6	3	1	16	5	+11	21	3	2	0	9	2	+7	3	1	1	7	3	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	13	7	6	35	16	+19	46	8	3	2	23	7	+16	5	4	4	12	9	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	6	3	1	16	5	+11	21	3	2	0	9	2	+7	3	1	1	7	3	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	13	7	6	35	16	+19	46	8	3	2	23	7	+16	5	4	4	12	9	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	6	3	1	16	5	+11	21	3	2	0	9	2	+7	3	1	1	7	3	+4

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	13	7	6	35	16	+19	46	8	3	2	23	7	+16	5	4	4	12	9	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	6	3	1	16	5	+11	21	3	2	0	9	2	+7	3	1	1	7	3	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	13	7	6	35	16	+19	46	8	3	2	23	7	+16	5	4	4	12	9	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	6	3	1	16	5	+11	21	3	2	0	9	2	+7	3	1	1	7	3	+4