The CSKA Sofia Gazette
Squad31 Aug 2026
The knee: Dinis Almeida out for 108 days
108 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. CSKA Sofia lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market31 Aug 2026
Botev Plovdiv come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and CSKA Sofia did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market31 Aug 2026
Ivan Tasev asks to leave CSKA Sofia
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A move Kubrat Onasci would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Kubrat Onasci is living that version at CSKA Sofia, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Jan Oblak will not be coming to CSKA Sofia
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at NK Domzale is saying, and nobody at CSKA Sofia is enjoying the guessing.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at CSKA Sofia
James Eto'o 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.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Grasshopper tell CSKA Sofia: Luke Plange is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match29 Aug 2026
Ioannis Pittas the difference as CSKA Sofia beat Montana
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ioannis Pittas. 2‑0 against Montana, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market31 Aug 2026
A long bet from CSKA Sofia on Kubrat Onasci
He is 20, and nobody at CSKA Sofia signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Kristiyan Malinov
- Player ratings Léo Pereira was the difference for CSKA Sofia
- Squad Words at CSKA Sofia training over how hard people work