2003–04 PFC CSKA Sofia season

The 2003–04 season[1] was PFC CSKA Sofia's 57th consecutive season in A Group.

CSKA Sofia
2003–04 season
ChairmanBulgaria Vassil Bozhkov
ManagerBulgaria Stoycho Mladenov
(until 15 October 2003)
Bulgaria Aleksandar Stankov
(from 15 October 2003
to 3 February 2004)
Bulgaria Ferario Spasov
A Group Third place
Bulgarian CupRunner-up
UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Emil Gargorov (15)
All: Emil Gargorov (19)
Highest home attendance20,000 vs Levski Sofia (24 April 2004)
Lowest home attendance250 vs Belasitsa Petrich (5 May 2004)

Below is a list of player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2003–04 season.

Squad edit

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 Ivaylo Ivanov
2 DF   BUL Georgi Antonov
3 DF   BUL Yordan Varbanov
4 MF   ARG Marcos Charras
5 MF   BUL Todor Yanchev
6 DF   BUL Aleksandar Tomash
7 MF   BUL Hristo Yanev
8 FW   BUL Velizar Dimitrov
9 FW   BRA Souza
10 MF   BRA Léo Lima
10 MF   GEO Amiran Mujiri
11 FW   BUL Stoycho Mladenov Jr.
12 GK   BUL Stoyan Kolev
13 MF   BUL Konstantin Mirchev
14 MF   BUL Svetoslav Petrov
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW   BUL Gerasim Zakov
16 MF   BUL Rumen Trifonov
17 MF   BUL Martin Kerchev
18 MF   BUL Petar Stanev
19 FW   BUL Evgeni Yordanov
20 MF   POR João Paulo Brito
21 FW   RSA MacDonald Mukansi
21 FW   BUL Stoyko Sakaliev
22 GK   BUL Genko Slavov
23 FW   BUL Emil Gargorov
25 DF   BRA João Carlos
27 DF   BUL Radoslav Mitrevski
29 DF   SEN Ibrahima Gueye
30 DF   BUL Yordan Todorov
77 MF   ALB Altin Haxhi

Source:[2]

Competitions edit

A Group edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (C) 30 24 3 3 74 24 +50 75 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Levski Sofia 30 22 6 2 59 16 +43 72 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 CSKA Sofia 30 20 5 5 65 28 +37 65
4 Litex Lovech 30 18 10 2 43 20 +23 64
5 Slavia Sofia 30 18 3 9 57 30 +27 57
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 season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
(C) Champions

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 20 5 5 65 28  +37 65 12 2 1 38 10  +28 8 3 4 27 18  +9

Last updated: 15 May 2004.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWDWWWLWWWDWWWLDWLWWDWWWWLWWLD
Position422222222222212334324322243333
Source: CSKA Sofia league results
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results edit

9 August 2003 1 CSKA 2–1 Naftex Sofia
20:00 Yanev   9'
Gargorov   48' (pen.)
Sakaliev   75' Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Kancho Dimitrov
17 August 2003 2 Slavia 2–4 CSKA Sofia
18:00 Vladimirov   10'
B. Georgiev   90+2' (pen.)
Gargorov   7'
Léo Lima   9'
Yordanov   20'
Yanev   85'
Stadium: Slavia
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ivan Dobrinov
23 August 2003 3 CSKA 1–1 Litex Sofia
20:30 Yordanov   30' Tiago Silva   59' Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
31 August 2003 4 CSKA 4–1 Makedonska slava Sofia
19:00 Gargorov   26' (pen.), 90+1'
Yordanov   68'
S. Georgiev   76' (o.g.)
Evtimov   73' Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Georgi Ignatov
13 September 2003 5 Marek 0–3 CSKA Dupnitsa
16:00 Bonev   83' João Carlos   3'
Gargorov   44', 48'
Stadium: Bonchuk
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Zhivko Dimitrov
20 September 2003 6 CSKA 2–0 Spartak Varna Sofia
19:00 Yordanov   7'
Dimitrov   34'
D. Georgiev   72' Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov
28 September 2003 7 Botev Plovdiv 3–1 CSKA Plovdiv
15:00 Germanov   21'
Dafchev   26' (pen.), 69'
Pashev   77'
Yanev   19'
Gargorov   40', 52'
João Carlos   89'
Stadium: Hristo Botev
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev
3 October 2003 8 CSKA 3–0 Chernomorets Sofia
16:45 Léo Lima   32', 70'
Yanev   59'
Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
19 October 2003 9 Vidima-Rakovski 0–1 CSKA Sevlievo
14:30 Zelenkov   33' Yordanov   74' Stadium: Rakovski
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Stefan Gospodinov
24 October 2003 10 CSKA 3–0 Lokomotiv Sofia Sofia
15:30 Gargorov   31', 76'
Yanev   42'
Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Galin Moskalev
31 October 2003 11 Levski 1–1 CSKA Sofia
15:30 Kolev   54' Gargorov   53'
Yanev   76'
Stadium: Vasil Levski
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Angel Bekyarov
8 November 2003 12 CSKA 1–0 Rodopa Sofia
16:30 Gargorov   20' Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kolyo Danev
22 November 2003 13 Belasitsa 0–4 CSKA Petrich
14:00 Salis   79' Dimitrov   6'
João Carlos   24'
Brito   30'
Yordanov   37'
Stadium: Tsar Samuil
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Anton Genov
30 November 2003 14 CSKA 2–0 Cherno More Sofia
16:30 Gargorov   62', 79' (pen.) Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Momchil Vraykov
8 December 2003 15 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–1 CSKA Plovdiv
14:00 Jayeoba   5'
Paskov   34'
Mihaylov   55'
Gargorov   22' Stadium: Lokomotiv
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov
13 February 2004 16 Naftex 3–3 CSKA Burgas
14:30 Bornosuzov   8'
S. Petrov   44' (o.g.)
Morales   82'
Gargorov   5'
Yanev   14'
Dimitrov   76'
Stadium: Lazur
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Angel Bekyarov
21 February 2004 17 CSKA 2–1 Slavia Sofia
16:00 Sakaliev   31'
Ambartsumyan   58' (o.g.)
Bachev   46' Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Galin Moskalev
28 February 2004 18 Litex 1–0 CSKA Lovech
16:00 Belyakov   24' Gargorov   58' Stadium: Gradski
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Anton Genov
6 March 2004 19 Makedonska slava 0–2 CSKA Simitli
14:30 Evtimov   85' Yanchev   37'
Sakaliev   46'
Stadium: Struma
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Nikolay Yordanov
13 March 2004 20 CSKA 4–0 Marek Sofia
16:30 Yanchev   4'
Yordanov   9'
Gueye   62' (pen.)
Sakaliev   74'
Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ahmed Ahmed
19 March 2004 21 Spartak Varna 0–0 CSKA Varna
15:00 Dimitrov   80' Stadium: Spartak
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Stefan Gospodinov
27 March 2004 22 CSKA 4–1 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
16:30 Zakov   14', 61'
Yanev   34'
Hazurov   88'
Minev   53' Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Referee: Stoyan Aleksiev
3 April 2004 23 Chernomorets 1–3 CSKA Burgas
15:30 Nedev   24' Dimitrov   3'
Sakaliev   40', 84'
Stadium: Chernomorets
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
10 April 2004 24 CSKA 3–1 Vidima-Rakovski Sofia
16:00 Hazurov   12'
Yanev   35'
S. Petrov   64' (pen.)
Vasilev   21' Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Dimcho Radev
17 April 2004 25 Lokomotiv Sofia 0–1 CSKA Sofia
16:00 Sakaliev   19' Stadium: Lokomotiv
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Angel Bekyarov
24 April 2004 26 CSKA 1–2 Levski Sofia
17:00 Yanev   64'
Haxhi   86'
Temile   85'
Chilikov   90+4'
Stadium: Vasil Levski
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov
1 May 2004 27 Rodopa 1–3 CSKA Smolyan
15:00 I. Petrov   80' Charras   29'
S. Petrov   43'
João Carlos   75'
Stadium: Septemvri
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev
5 May 2004 28 CSKA 5–1 Belasitsa Sofia
17:30 Hazurov   12', 13', 90+1'
Sakaliev   80'
Yanev   86'
Junivan   85' Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 250
Referee: Stefan Spasov
8 May 2004 29 Cherno More 3–0 CSKA Varna
17:30 Genchev   17', 90+1'
Stoyanov   51'
Stadium: Ticha
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Georgi Ignatov
15 May 2004 30 CSKA 1–1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Sofia
17:30 Yanev   62' Kamburov   87' Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stefan Gospodinov

Bulgarian Cup edit

28 October 2003 Second round Leg 1 Pirin Blagoevgrad 0–0 CSKA Blagoevgrad
14:30 Stadium: Hristo Botev
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Stoyan Aleksiev
12 November 2003 Second round Leg 2 CSKA 2–0
(2–0 agg.)
Pirin Blagoevgrad Sofia
14:00 Tomash   44'
Yanev   77'
Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 400
Referee: Stanislav Todorov
26 November 2003 Third round Leg 1 CSKA 5–0 Botev Plovdiv Sofia
14:00 Sv. Petrov   6'
Yanev   12'
Brito   13', 21'
Gargorov   59'
Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Zhivko Gospodinov
3 December 2003 Third round Leg 2 Botev Plovdiv 1–2
(1–7 agg.)
CSKA Plovdiv
13:00 Milenov   46' Valkov   16'
Yanev   86'
Stadium: Hristo Botev
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ahmed Ahmed
13 December 2003 Quarter-final Leg 1 CSKA 6–0 Rodopa Sofia
13:00 Gargorov   8', 38'
Yanev   52', 80'
E. Yordanov   67'
Yanchev   70'
Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 300
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
17 December 2003 Quarter-final Leg 2 Rodopa 1–0
(1–6 agg.)
CSKA Smolyan
13:00 Filipov   90+2' Stadium: Septemvri
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Angel Angelov
7 April 2004 Semi-final Leg 1 Lokomotiv Sofia 0–1 CSKA Sofia
16:30 Yanev   55' Stadium: Lokomotiv
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Anton Genov
21 April 2004 Semi-final Leg 2 CSKA 4–0
(5–0 agg.)
Lokomotiv Sofia Sofia
16:30 Sakaliev   9'
Yanchev   11'
Yanev   58'
Hazurov   76'
Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov
12 May 2004 Final Litex 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)
CSKA Sofia
17:30 Zhelev   38'
Hdiouad   85'
João Carlos   57'
Gargorov   72'
Stadium: Vasil Levski
Attendance: 11,461
Referee: Hristo Ristoskov (Sandanski)
Penalties
Trică  
Zhelev  
Jelenković  
Dimitrov  
Dzhambazov  
Bachev  
Hdiouad  
  Petrov
  Dimitrov
  Charras
  Yanchev
  Kolev
  Sakaliev
  Gueye

UEFA Champions League edit

Second qualifying round edit

30 July 2003 First leg Pyunik   0–2   CSKA Sofia Yerevan, Armenia
19:00 Report Yanchev   20'
Mukasi   48'
Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)
6 August 2003 Second leg CSKA Sofia   1–0
(3–0 agg.)
  Pyunik Sofia, Bulgaria
20:30 Léo Lima   90+1' Report Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)

Third qualifying round edit

13 August 2003 First leg Galatasaray   3–0   CSKA Sofia Istanbul, Turkey
21:00 Hasan Şaş   3'
Hakan Şükür   6'
Arif   37'
Report Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 66,300
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
27 August 2003 Second leg CSKA Sofia   0–3
(0–6 agg.)
  Galatasaray Sofia, Bulgaria
20:30 Report César Prates   28'
Sabri   53'
Arif   86'
Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 9,600
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

UEFA Cup edit

First round edit

24 September 2003 First leg CSKA Sofia   1–1   Torpedo Moscow Sofia, Bulgaria
17:00 Dimitrov   18' Report Semshov   78' Stadium: Balgarska Armiya
Attendance: 7,832
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)
15 October 2003 Second leg Torpedo Moscow   1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–2 agg.)
(3–2 p)
  CSKA Sofia Moscow, Russia
17:00 Oper   11' Report Dimitrov   90+2' Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)
Penalties
Leonchenko  
Volkov  
Lebedenko  
Jolović  
Budylin  
  Dimitrov
  Leo Lima
  João Carlos
  Kolev
  Brito

References edit

  1. ^ "A PFG Statistics". Bulgarian-football.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  2. ^ "CSKA Sofia 2003-04 Squad". EUFO.

External links edit