The CSKA 1948 Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
3 goals for Atanas Iliev
The match ball belongs to Atanas Iliev, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Market10 Aug 2026
Belasitsa come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and CSKA 1948 did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eyes on Dragan Grivić again
The phone has started ringing about Dragan Grivić again, and this time the name on the line is CSKA Sofia. CSKA 1948 are listening politely and promising nothing.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Diogo Ferreira rejects the move
CSKA 1948 had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Benfica, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Yohann Magnin signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Yohann Magnin and CSKA 1948 agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at CSKA 1948
André Hoffmann and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
One of those days for Atanas Iliev
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.45, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match8 Aug 2026
CSKA 1948 get the job done against Botev Vratsa
A 3‑1 win over Botev Vratsa, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ivaylo Ivanov
CSKA 1948 asked and Lokomotiv Plovdiv said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Atanas Iliev
- Market Ivan Delev steps up from the CSKA 1948 academy
- Market CSKA 1948 promote Radoslav Aleksandrov from within