2006–07 PFC CSKA Sofia season

CSKA Sofia
2006–07 season
Chairman	Aleksandar Tomov
Manager	Plamen Markov; (until 12 March 2007); Stoycho Mladenov
A Group	Second place
Bulgarian Cup	Quarter-final
Bulgarian Supercup	Winner
UEFA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Eugen Trică (16); All: Eugen Trică (20)
Highest home attendance	17,000 vs Levski Sofia (7 April 2007)
Lowest home attendance	180 vs Rodopa Smolyan (20 May 2007)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 season^[1] was PFC CSKA Sofia's 59th consecutive season in A Group. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club have and will play during the 2006–07 season.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Plamen Markov (until 12 March 2007) Stoycho Mladenov
Assistant First Team Coach	Angel Chervenkov (until 12 March 2007) Plamen Lipenski
Assistant First Team Coach	Anatoli Nankov
Goalkeeper Coach	Veselin Yanevski (until 12 2007) Stoyan Yordanov
Assistant First Team Fitness Coach	Renato Shmid
Match Analyst	Biser Tsolov

Team kits

The team kits for the 2006–07 season are produced by Uhlsport and sponsored by Vivatel.

Squad

As of 31 December 2006 ^[2] 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	SRB	Oliver Kovačević
3	DF	BUL	Aleksander Tunchev
4	DF	BRA	Daniel Morales
5	DF	BUL	Kiril Kotev
7	FW	BUL	Stoyko Sakaliev
8	FW	BUL	Velizar Dimitrov
10	MF	BUL	Georgi Iliev
11	FW	CIV	Guillaume Dah Zadi
12	GK	BUL	Ivaylo Petrov
13	FW	BUL	Miroslav Manolov
14	DF	BUL	Valentin Iliev
15	DF	MKD	Robert Petrov
16	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Branekov
19	FW	BUL	Evgeni Yordanov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ROU	Florentin Petre
21	MF	ROU	Eugen Trică
20	MF	BUL	Yordan Yurukov
21	MF	NGA	Shikoze Udoji
22	GK	BUL	Ilko Pirgov
23	MF	MAR	Abderrahman Kabous
6	MF	BIH	Sergej Jakirović
25	DF	BUL	Ivan Ivanov
26	MF	BUL	Nikolay Chipev
27	MF	BRA	Tiago Silva
28	FW	ROU	Alexandru Piţurcă
30	MF	BUL	Yordan Todorov
77	FW	POR	José Emilio Furtado

Competitions

A Group

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	30	24	5	1	96	13	+83	77	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	23	3	4	68	13	+55	72^[a]	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	23	3	4	70	28	+42	72^[a]	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Litex Lovech	30	19	5	6	65	29	+36	62	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
5	Slavia Sofia	30	14	7	9	47	75	−28	49

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b CSKA Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Sofia on head-to-head record; Lokomotiv Sofia–CSKA Sofia 1–1, CSKA Sofia–Lokomotiv Sofia 4–1.

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
30	23	3	4	68	13	+55	72	13	1	1	42	4	+38	10	2	3	26	9	+17

Last updated: 17 May 2007.
Source: Soccerway

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	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W
Position	4	2	1	1	1	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2

Source: CSKA Sofia league results
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

5 August 2006 1	Cherno More	0–2	CSKA	Varna
18:00			Iliev 16' Tunchev 29'	Stadium: Ticha Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev

13 August 2006 2	CSKA	3–0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Sofia
20:30	Dimitrov 40' Tunchev 41' Jakirović 47'			Stadium: Bulgarska Armiya Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov

19 August 2006 3	Litex	0–1	CSKA	Lovech
20:30			Tiago Silva 20'	Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

27 August 2006 4	CSKA	4–0	Spartak Varna	Sofia
20:00	Tunchev 45+1' Trică 63' 69' Manolov 74'			Stadium: Bulgarska Armiya Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Marin Bogdev

9 September 2006 5	Rilski Sportist	1–3	CSKA	Samokov
17:00	Gemedjiev 52'		Petre 21' Dimitrov 25' (pen.) Trica 31'	Stadium: Iskar Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Stefan Spasov

17 September 2006 6	Levski	1–0	CSKA	Sofia
20:00	Bardon 49' (pen.)			Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 11,442 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

23 September 2006 7	CSKA	6–1	Slavia	Sofia
18:00	Dimitrov 12' (pen.) Kotev 20' Petre 31' 85' Dah Zadi 65' Petrov 83' (pen.)		Kolev 35'	Stadium: Bulgarska Armiya Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Momchil Vraykov

1 October 2006 8	Botev Plovdiv	1–0	CSKA	Plovdiv
15:30	Kakalov 13'			Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

15 October 2006 9	CSKA	2–0	Beroe	Sofia
18:00	Trică 43' Dah Zadi 81'			Stadium: Bulgarska Armiya Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

23 October 2006 10	Lokomotiv Sofia	1–1	CSKA	Sofia
16:00	Genkov 6' (pen.)		Trică 40'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Angel Bekyarov

28 October 2006 11	CSKA	6–0	Chernomorets BS	Sofia
16:00	Trică 5' (pen.) 48' Petre 32' Tiago Silva 41' Piţurcă 68' 87'			Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Martin Bogdev

5 November 2006 12	Vihren	0–2	CSKA	Sandanski
14:00			Tunchev 45' Trică 60'	Stadium: Sandanski Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

12 November 2006 13	CSKA	2–0	Marek	Sofia
16:00	Dimitrov 35' Trică 52' (pen.)			Stadium: Bulgarska Armiya Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

18 November 2006 14	Rodopa	1–2	CSKA	Smolyan
14:30	Todorov 89'		Trică 17' Yurukov 73'	Stadium: Septemvri Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev

26 November 2006 15	CSKA	2–1	Belasitsa	Sofia
14:30	Dah Zadi 50' Trică 70' (pen.)		Du Bala 31'	Stadium: Bulgarska Armiya Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Ivaylo Bozev

4 March 2007 16	CSKA	0–0	Cherno More	Sofia
15:00				Stadium: Bulgarska Armiya Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Angel Angelov

10 March 2007 17	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–1	CSKA	Plovdiv
14:30	Halimi 37'		Petre 77'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

18 March 2007 18	CSKA	2–0	Litex	Sofia
15:00	Trică 41' Yordanov 79'			Stadium: Bulgarska Armiya Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Mateo Trefeloni (Italy)

21 March 2007 19	Spartak Varna	1–3	CSKA	Varna
15:30	Kunchev 86'		Yordanov (53) Trică 62' Tunchev 82'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Anton Genov

1 April 2007 20	CSKA	3–0	Rilski Sportist	Sofia
17:00	Petre 20' Yordanov 60' Udoji 81'			Stadium: Bulgarska Armiya Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Kolyo Danev

7 April 2007 21	CSKA	0–1	Levski	Sofia
15:00			Yovov 20'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Helmut Fischer (Germany)

14 April 2007 22	Slavia	0–1	CSKA	Sofia
15:00			Yurukov 54'	Stadium: Slavia Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Anton Genov

18 April 2007 23	CSKA	2–0	Botev Plovdiv	Sofia
19:00	Petre 30' Iliev 44'			Stadium: Bulgarska Armiya Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ivaylo Petrov

22 April 2007 24	Beroe	0–1	CSKA	Stara Zagora
15:00			Yurukov 66'	Stadium: Beroe Stadium Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

29 April 2007 25	CSKA	4–1	Lokomotiv Sofia	Sofia
17:30	Trică 15' Todorov 20' Petrov 44' Udoji 81'		Genkov 78'	Stadium: Bulgarska Armiya Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

4 May 2007 26	Chernomorets BS	0–6	CSKA	Sofia
18:00			Todorov 11' Iliev 27' Trică 33' (pen.) 65' Kabous 37' Tunchev 90+2'	Stadium: Bulgarska Armiya Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Petar Tonchev

12 May 2007 27	CSKA	5–0	Vihren	Sofia
18:00	Kotev 27' Yordanov 40' Petre 65' 69' Todorov 90'			Stadium: Bulgarska Armiya Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Angel Angelov

16 May 2007 28	Marek	1–0	CSKA	Dupnitsa
17:30	Krastovchev 81'			Stadium: Bonchuk Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

20 May 2007 29	CSKA	1–0	Rodopa	Sofia
16:30	Tunchev 10'			Stadium: Bulgarska Armiya Stadium Attendance: 180 Referee: Ventsislav Koznichki

27 May 2007 30	Belasitsa	1–3	CSKA	Petrich
17:30	Kabranov 42'		Petre 48' Sakaliev 56' Morales 73'	Stadium: Tsar Samuil Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Anton Genov

Bulgarian Cup

8 November 2006 Second Round	Chavdar B.S.	0–3	CSKA	Byala Slatina
			Dah Zadi 36' Piţurcă 71', 81'	Stadium: Chavdar Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov

30 November 2006 Third Round	Montana	1–2	CSKA	Montana
	Antonov 86' (pen.)		Yurukov 57' Trică 80'	Stadium: Ogosta Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ventsislav Koznichki

11 April 2007 Quarter-final	Beroe	1–0 (a.e.t.)	CSKA	Stara Zagora
	Lopes 120'			Stadium: Beroe Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Paulo Paraty (Portugal)

Bulgarian Super Cup

30 July 2006 Final	Levski	0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–3 p)	CSKA	Sofia
20:00				Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 9,751 Referee: Momchil Vraykov
	Penalties
	Topuzakov Domovchiyski Borimirov		Trică Todorov Petre

UEFA Cup

First qualifying round

13 July 2006 First leg	Dinamo Tirana	0–1	CSKA	Tirana, Albania
18:30		Report	Trică 86'	Stadium: Selman Stërmasi Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Haim Jakov (Israel)

27 July 2006 Second leg	CSKA	4–1 (5–1 agg.)	Dinamo Tirana	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00	Trică 36' 53' Furtado 49' Petre 75'	Report	Kastel 12'	Stadium: Bulgarska Armiya Stadium Attendance: 4,321 Referee: János Megyebíró (Hungary)

Second qualifying round

10 August 2006 First leg	CSKA	0–0	Hajduk Kula	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:30		Report		Stadium: Bulgarska Armiya Stadium Attendance: 3,128 Referee: Ian Stokes (Ireland)

24 August 2006 Second leg	Hajduk Kula	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–1(a) agg.)	CSKA	Belgrade, Serbia
21:30	Stančić 100'	Report	Tunchev 119'	Stadium: Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda Attendance: 584 Referee: Ihor Ishchenko (Ukraine)

First round

14 September 2006 First leg	Beşiktaş	2–0	CSKA	Istanbul, Turkey
19:45	Kléberson 82' Güleç 92'	Report		Stadium: İnönü Stadium Attendance: 22,602 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

28 September 2006 Second leg	CSKA	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 agg.)	Beşiktaş	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:30	Iliev 60' Tunchev 69'	Report	Nobre 93' Bobô 103'	Stadium: Bulgarska Armiya Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

UEFA Club Rankings

This is the current UEFA Club Rankings, including season 2005-06.^[3]

Rank	Team	Points	Mvmnt
108	Heart of Midlothian	21.064	(+9)
109	Stade Rennais	20.706	(+10)
110	Eintracht Frankfurt	20.640	New
111	CSKA Sofia	20.112	(+1)
112	FC Utrecht	19.995	(-15)
113	Grasshopper Club	19.869	(-11)
114	FC Lorient	19.706	(+12)