List of PFC CSKA Sofia seasons
PFC CSKA Sofia, (Bulgarian: ПФК ЦСКА София) otherwise simply known as CSKA or CSKA Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria.
This is a list of the club's achievements in major competitions in Bulgarian and European football. It covers all seasons from 1948 (the birthyear of CSKA) to the most recent completed season.
CSKA Sofia has taken part in all national football championships since they are officially organized and has played only one season outside the top division of the Bulgarian football championship.
On international level CSKA are unique among Bulgarian clubs: they are the only Bulgarian side to reach the old European Cup (Champions League) semi-finals twice (1966–67 and 1981–82) and they also made a Cup Winners’ Cup semi in the 1980s, CSKA eliminated reigning European champions Liverpool in the 1981–82 quarter-finals on their way to that semi. On the player side Petar Zhekov remains the club’s legendary marksman (often cited as CSKA’s all-time top scorer and a European Golden Boot winner in 1969). These achievements explain why CSKA are widely considered Bulgaria’s most successful European performers.
The club has won 31 league titles, 21 Bulgarian cups and 4 Bulgarian supercups.
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Seasons
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| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | |||||
| 1947–48 | SC | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2nd | – | |||
| RFC | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | Winners | ||||||
| 1948–49 | A Group | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 24 | 2nd | CSA – runners-up | |||
| 1950 | A Group | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 22 | 4th | CSA – runners-up | |||
| 1951 | A Group | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 62 | 7 | 37 | 1st | CSA – winners | |||
| 1952 | A Group | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 12 | 33 | 1st | CSA – QF | |||
| 1953 | A Group | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 22 | 43 | 2nd | CSA – SF | |||
| 1954 | A Group | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 76 | 14 | 45 | 1st | CSA – winners | |||
| 1955 | A Group | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 37 | 1st | CSA – winners | |||
| 1956 | A Group | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 46 | 25 | 31 | 1st | CSA – SF | European Cup – QF | ||
| 1957 | A Group | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 16 | 34 | 1st | CSA – SF | European Cup – QR | ||
| 1958 | A Group | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 1st | CSA – SF | |||
| 1958–59 | A Group | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 16 | 32 | 1st | CSA – R1 | European Cup – R1 | ||
| 1959–60 | A Group | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 18 | 32 | 1st | CSA – QF | European Cup – QR | ||
| 1960–61 | A Group | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 56 | 17 | 30 | 1st | CSA – winners | European Cup – R1 | ||
| 1961–62 | A Group | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 25 | 41 | 1st | CSA – R2 | European Cup – QR | ||
| 1962–63 | A Group | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 55 | 28 | 37 | 3rd | CSA – QF | European Cup – R1 | ||
| 1963–64 | A Group | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 58 | 40 | 27 | 11th | CSA – QF | |||
| 1964–65 | A Group | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 26 | 34 | 4th | CSA – winners | |||
| 1965–66 | A Group | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 30 | 42 | 1st | CSA – runners-up | Cup Winners' Cup – R2 | ||
| 1966–67 | A Group | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 34 | 5th | CSA – GR | European Cup – SF | ||
| 1967–68 | A Group | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 63 | 27 | 42 | 2nd | CSA – GR | |||
| 1968–69 | A Group | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 74 | 38 | 47 | 1st | CSA – winners | |||
| 1969–70 | A Group | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 73 | 29 | 47 | 2nd | CSA – runners-up | European Cup – R1 | ||
| 1970–71 | A Group | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 74 | 21 | 48 | 1st | CSA – QF | Cup Winners' Cup – R2 | ||
| 1971–72 | A Group | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 95 | 28 | 58 | 1st | CSA – winners | European Cup – R2 | ||
| 1972–73 | A Group | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 80 | 40 | 51 | 1st | CSA – winners | European Cup – R2 | ||
| 1973–74 | A Group | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 54 | 27 | 46 | 2nd | CSA – winners | European Cup – QF | ||
| 1974–75 | A Group | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 52 | 32 | 39 | 1st | CSA – SF | Cup Winners' Cup – R1 | ||
| 1975–76 | A Group | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 61 | 30 | 43 | 1st | CSA – runners-up | European Cup – R1 | ||
| 1976–77 | A Group | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 45 | 27 | 39 | 2nd | CSA – R3 | European Cup – R1 | ||
| 1977–78 | A Group | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 35 | 41 | 2nd | CSA – runners-up | UEFA Cup – R1 | ||
| 1978–79 | A Group | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 49 | 26 | 40 | 2nd | CSA – SF | UEFA Cup – R1 | ||
| 1979–80 | A Group | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 60 | 30 | 46 | 1st | CSA – QF | UEFA Cup – R1 | ||
| 1980–81 | A Group | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 70 | 32 | 40 | 1st | CSA – R3 | European Cup – QF | BC – winners | |
| 1981–82 | A Group | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 73 | 27 | 47 | 1st | CSA – SF | European Cup – SF | BC – runners-up | |
| 1982–83 | A Group | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 26 | 45 | 1st | BC – winners | European Cup – R2 | CSA – SF | |
| 1983–84 | A Group | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 72 | 24 | 45 | 2nd | BC – SF | European Cup – R2 | CSA – SF | |
| 1984–85 | A Group | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 66 | 36 | 36 | 2nd | BC – winners | UEFA Cup – R2 | CSA – winners | |
| 1985–86 | A Group | 30 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 62 | 37 | 34 | 4th | BC – runners-up | CSA – winners | ||
| 1986–87 | A Group | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 73 | 30 | 47 | 1st | BC – winners | UEFA Cup – R1 | CSA – R2 | |
| 1987–88 | A Group | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 76 | 32 | 46 | 2nd | BC – winners | European Cup – R1 | CSA – R2 | |
| 1988–89 | A Group | 30 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 86 | 24 | 49 | 1st | BC – winners | Cup Winners' Cup – SF | CSA – winners | |
| 1989–90 | A Group | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 85 | 30 | 45 | 1st | BC – runners-up | winners | European Cup – QF | CSA – winners |
| 1990–91 | A Group | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 28 | 37 | 2nd | BC – GR | European Cup – R2 | ||
| 1991–92 | A Group | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 74 | 26 | 47 | 1st | BC – QF | UEFA Cup – R2 | ||
| 1992–93 | A Group | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 66 | 31 | 42 | 2nd | BC – winners | Champions League – R1 | ||
| 1993–94 | A Group | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 58 | 27 | 54 | 2nd | BC – R1 | Cup Winners' Cup – R2 | ||
| 1994–95 | A Group | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 46 | 46 | 5th | BC – QF | UEFA Cup – R1 | ||
| 1995–96 | A Group | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 26 | 56 | 5th | BC – SF | |||
| 1996–97 | A Group | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 65 | 19 | 71 | 1st | BC – winners | Intertoto Cup – GR | ||
| 1997–98 | A Group | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 71 | 29 | 61 | 3rd | BC – runners-up | Champions League – QR1 | ||
| 1998–99 | A Group | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 39 | 50 | 5th | BC – winners | UEFA Cup – R2 | ||
| 1999–2000 | A Group | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 60 | 26 | 64 | 2nd | BC – QF | UEFA Cup – R1 | ||
| 2000–01 | Prem | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 65 | 16 | 62 | 2nd | BC – QF | UEFA Cup – R1 | ||
| 2001–02 | Prem | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 29 | 38 | 3rd | BC – runners-up | UEFA Cup – R2 | ||
| 2002–03 | Prem | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 67 | 16 | 66 | 1st | BC – SF | UEFA Cup – R1 | ||
| 2003–04 | Prem | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 65 | 28 | 65 | 3rd | BC – runners-up | Champions League – QR3 | ||
| UEFA Cup – R1 | |||||||||||||
| 2004–05 | A Group | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 81 | 16 | 79 | 1st | BC – runners-up | UEFA Cup – R1 | ||
| 2005–06 | A Group | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 73 | 22 | 65 | 2nd | BC – winners | runners-up | Champions League – QR3 | |
| UEFA Cup – GR | |||||||||||||
| 2006–07 | A Group | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 13 | 72 | 2nd | BC – QF | winners | UEFA Cup – R1 | |
| 2007–08 | A Group | 30 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 11 | 78 | 1st | BC – R1 | UEFA Cup – R1 | ||
| 2008–09 | A Group | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 22 | 68 | 2nd | BC – QF | winners | ||
| 2009–10 | A Group | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 51 | 25 | 58 | 2nd | BC – QF | Europa League – GR | ||
| 2010–11 | A Group | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 53 | 26 | 61 | 3rd | BC – winners | Europa League – GR | ||
| 2011–12 | A Group | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 60 | 19 | 69 | 2nd | BC – QF | winners | Europa League – PO | |
| 2012–13 | A Group | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 54 | 20 | 63 | 3rd | BC – QF | Europa League – QR2 | ||
| 2013–14 | A Group | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 56 | 20 | 72 | 2nd | BC – R2 | |||
| 2014–15 | A Group | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 27 | 52 | 5th | BC – R1 | Europa League – QR2 | ||
| 2015–16 | V AFG | 32 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 10 | 94 | 1st | BC – winners | |||
| 2016–17 | FL | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 21 | 67 | 2nd | BC – R1 | |||
| 2017–18 | FL | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 80 | 26 | 81 | 2nd | BC – SF | |||
| 2018–19 | FL | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 17 | 78 | 2nd | BC – SF | Europa League – QR3 | ||
| 2019–20 | FL | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 52 | 22 | 59 | 2nd | BC – runners-up | Europa League – QR3 | ||
| 2020–21 | FL | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 46 | 24 | 59 | 3rd | BC – winners | Europa League – GR | ||
| 2021–22 | FL | 31 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 42 | 31 | 58 | 2nd | BC – runners-up | runners-up | Conference League – GR | |
| 2022–23 | FL | 35 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 65 | 17 | 84 | 2nd | BC – QF | Conference League – PO | ||
| 2023–24 | FL | 35 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 56 | 27 | 67 | 3rd | BC – SF | Conference League – QR2 | ||
| 2024–25 | FL | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 58 | 28 | 65 | 5th | BC – runners-up | |||
| 2025–26 | FL | BC – | |||||||||||