The CSKA Sofia Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ioannis Pittas stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ioannis Pittas and CSKA Sofia agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at CSKA Sofia
Jean-Philippe Gbamin was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ventspils watching Petko Panayotov
The interest is real enough to have reached print. CSKA Sofia have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad10 Aug 2026
James Eto'o falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Jean-Philippe Gbamin
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jean-Philippe Gbamin, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Stefan Angelov steps up from the CSKA Sofia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stefan Angelov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Radoslav Dimitrov steps up from the CSKA Sofia academy
- Market One of our own: Spas Petkov joins the CSKA Sofia first team
- Match A bad afternoon for CSKA Sofia against Ludogorets
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Mohamed Brahimi