2003–04 PFC CSKA Sofia season

CSKA Sofia
2003–04 season
Chairman	Vassil Bozhkov
Manager	Stoycho Mladenov; (until 15 October 2003); Aleksandar Stankov; (from 15 October 2003; to 3 February 2004); Ferario Spasov
A Group	Third place
Bulgarian Cup	Runner-up
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Emil Gargorov (15); All: Emil Gargorov (19)
Highest home attendance	20,000 vs Levski Sofia (24 April 2004)
Lowest home attendance	250 vs Belasitsa Petrich (5 May 2004)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

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

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

Squad

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

A Group

Table

Pos	Team v t e	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


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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D
Position	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	4	3	2	4	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	3

Source: CSKA Sofia league results
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

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

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

Second qualifying round

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

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

First round

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

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

External links

[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.

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v t e 2003–04 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Bulgarian Supercup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2004 (Qualification Group 8, Group C) Plamen Markov
Club seasons
A Group	Belasitsa Botev Plovdiv Cherno More Chernomorets Burgas CSKA Levski Litex Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia Makedonska slava Marek Naftex Rodopa Slavia Spartak Vidima-Rakovski
List of transfers