VC CSKA Sofia
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| Full name | Volleyball club "CSKA Sofia" | ||
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| Short name | CSKA Sofia | ||
| Nickname | "The Army Men" "The Reds" | ||
| Founded | 5 May 1948 | ||
| Ground | Vasil Simov Hall (Capacity: 1000) | ||
| Chairman | Alexandar Popov | ||
| Manager | Alexandar Popov | ||
| League | Bulgarian Volleyball Super League | ||
| 2025/26 | 4th | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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VC CSKA Sofia is a professional volleyball team based in Sofia, Bulgaria, competing in the Bulgarian Volleyball League.
On 5 May 1948 establishing a sports club "September at CDV" which incorporates seven club sports, including volleyball. His successor is consistent volleyball teams CDNV, CDNA, CSKA "Cherveno zname", CSKA "Septemvriysko zname" CSKA and again that in the period 1948 – 2022 г. won 29 titles in men and 22 for women and 19 cups Bulgaria in men and 19 in women. Abbreviation Club "CSKA" means "Central Sports Club of the Army".
In the year of his championship winning team and laid the foundations of volleyball VC CSKA, Kostadin Shopov (player-coach of the team), Dragomir Stoyanov, Dimitar Dimitrov, Dimitar Elenkov, Konstantin Totev, Ivan Ivanov, Dimitar Dimitrov, Peter Shishkov, Alexander Velev Milko Karaivanov (then coach of the male and female trimmings).
For several decades CSKA established itself as a brand name for professional success in the field of volleyball, known both nationally and globally.
CSKA's men's voleyball team won the European Cup in 1969 and 1976. The 1969 title title was the first European club championship won by a Bulgarian men's team in a team sport. The achievement contributed to the growing popularity of volleyball in Bulgaria and coincided with the development of the sport nationally. The following year, Bulgaria hosted the 1970 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, where the Bulgarian national team finished as runners up. Dimitar Zlatanov was named the tournament's best player.
European awards for women in the period 1979 – 1984 years. (1979 Cup, 1984 Cup Winners' Cup in 1982) raised the prestige of the women's division in the club and start a serious domination of the domestic championship, CSKA in the 1980s. Among other successes CSKA during 1978 – 1980, were the prelude and the European Cup of Bulgaria from the European Championships in Sofia during 1981.
Over the years, the club has contributed to several generations of volleyball players that have become well known in Bulgarian volleyball. These include E. Zlatanov (won eight titles), Ivan Ivanov, D. Karov, Ivan Seferinov, Ivan Nikolov (won eight league titles as a player and five championships as head coach of CSKA Sofia), Borislav Kiossev (won most titles – 9), Lyubo Ganev, N. Ivanov, V. Todorov, Aleksandar Popov, K. Todorov and many others. Other people with the red team include: M. Mineva, M. Stoeva, R. Kaisheva, E. Shahanova, T. Bozhurina, V. Stoyanova, V. Nikolova, P. Natova, E. Pashova, M. Kyoseva, C. Haralampieva, Desislava Nikodimova and Elitsa Nikodimova, A. Zetova, N. Marinova, V. Borisova and others.
This was a major milestone to the development of VC CSKA by coaching staffs. The coaches had promoted the VC to other people, leading to the growth of CSKA. Family Shahanova, Dimitar Dimitrov, Milko Karaivanov, Vasil Simov, Ivan Nikolov, Dimitar Karov, Maria Mineva, Verka Nikolova, Stefan Hristov, Alexandar Popov, Atanas Petrov, Katia Marashlieva had been introduced to the club this way. Shahanova created a generation Stoeva, Stoyanova, Kaisheva. Vasil Simov it further developed, laying the groundwork for the development of a new group of players like Pashova, Haralampieva, Desislava Nikodimova, Mila Kyoseva, Boneva and others. For men, he found and built major Bulgarian volleyball players such as: Ivan Nikolov, Borislav Kyosev, Stefan Sokolov, Stefan Petrov, Stoyan Gunchev, Petko Petkov and others. Ivan Nikolov had also coached consecutive school talent from CSKA – Elitsa Nikodimova, Antonina Zetova, Yulia Ivanova, Neli Marinova, Valya Ivanova, Larisa Simeonova, Petia Popov.