The following is a chronological list of all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of PFC CSKA Sofia.

List of managers Name Nationality From Until Honours Konstantin Nikolov May 1948 November 19481 Bulgarian League Krum Milev November 1948 June 196411 Bulgarian Leagues 4 Bulgarian Cups Grigoriy Pinaychev June 1964 June 19651 Bulgarian Cup Stoyan Ormandzhiev July 1965 June 19692 Bulgarian Leagues 1 Bulgarian Cup Manol Manolov July 1969 February 19743 Bulgarian Leagues 2 Bulgarian Cups Nikola Kovachev February 1974 June 19741 Bulgarian Cup Manol Manolov June 1974 June 19751 Bulgarian League Sergi Yotsov July 1975 June 19771 Bulgarian League Nikola Kovachev June 1977 April 1979– Asparuh Nikodimov April 1979 September 19823 Bulgarian Leagues 1 Bulgarian Cup Stefan Bozhkov September 1982 October 1982– Boris Stankov October 1982 November 1982– Apostol Chachevski November 1982 April 1983– Manol Manolov April 1983 June 19851 Bulgarian League 2 Bulgarian Cups Sergi Yotsov June 1985 December 1985– Dimitar Penev December 1985 January 19913 Bulgarian Leagues 6 Bulgarian Cups 1 Bulgarian Supercup Asparuh Nikodimov January 1991 June 19921 Bulgarian League Tsvetan Yonchev June 1992 June 19931 Bulgarian Cup Gjoko Hadžievski June 1993 January 1994– Boris Gaganelov January 1994 June 1994– Bozhil Kolev June 1994 12 September 1994– Tsvetan Yonchev 12 September 1994 28 September 1994– Spas Dzhevizov 28 September 1994 October 1994– Hristo Andonov October 1994 April 1995– Tsvetan Atanasov April 1995 2 June 1995– Plamen Markov 2 June 1995 December 1995– Georgi Vasilev January 1995 March 19981 Bulgarian League 1 Bulgarian Cup Petar Zehtinski March 1998 June 1998– Dimitar Penev June 1998 4 March 20001 Bulgarian Cup Spas Dzhevizov 5 March 2000 23 April 2000– Aleksandar Stankov 23 April 2000 May 2000– Enrico Catuzzi June 2000 December 2000– Aleksandar Stankov December 2000 3 March 2001– Enrico Catuzzi 3 March 2001 June 2001– Asparuh Nikodimov June 2001 December 2001– Luigi Simoni December 2001 May 2002– Stoycho Mladenov June 2002 15 October 20031 Bulgarian League Aleksandar Stankov 15 October 2003 February 2004– Ferario Spasov February 2004 February 2005– Miodrag Ješić February 2005 4 April 20061 Bulgarian League Plamen Markov 4 April 2006 12 March 20071 Bulgarian Cup 1 Bulgarian Supercup Stoycho Mladenov 12 March 2007 9 July 20081 Bulgarian League Dimitar Penev 9 July 2008 5 March 20091 Bulgarian Supercup Lyuboslav Penev 5 March 2009 13 January 2010– Ioan Andone 17 January 2010 30 March 2010– Adalbert Zafirov* 30 March 2010 21 April 2010– Dimitar Penev 21 April 2010 1 June 2010– Pavel Dochev 1 June 2010 16 August 2010– Gjore Jovanovski 17 August 2010 21 October 2010– Milen Radukanov 21 October 2010 23 October 20111 Bulgarian Cup1 Bulgarian Supercup Dimitar Penev 23 October 2011 5 March 2012– Stoycho Mladenov 5 March 2012 4 January 2013 – Miodrag Ješić 7 January 2013 11 March 2013 – Milen Radukanov 11 March 2013 30 June 2013 – Hristo Stoichkov 5 June 2013 8 July 2013 – Stoycho Mladenov 10 July 2013 20 March 2015 – Galin Ivanov 24 March 2015 28 April 2015 – Lyuboslav Penev 28 April 2015 31 May 2015 – Hristo Yanev 26 June 2015 21 August 20161 Bulgarian Cup1 Bulgarian V AFG Title Edward Iordănescu 24 August 2016 27 November 2016 – Stamen Belchev 28 November 2016 1 May 2018 – Hristo Yanev* 1 May 2018 20 May 2018 – Nestor El Maestro 6 June 2018 7 February 2019 – Lyuboslav Penev 8 February 2019 3 May 2019 – Dobromir Mitov 3 May 2019 21 July 2019 – Ljupko Petrović 21 July 2019 2 October 2019 – Dobromir Mitov* 2 October 2019 7 October 2019 – Miloš Kruščić 7 October 2019 2 July 2020 – Stamen Belchev 2 July 2020 26 October 2020 – Daniel Morales* 26 October 2020 11 November 2020 – Bruno Akrapović 11 November 2020 28 March 2021 – Lyuboslav Penev 28 March 2021 26 July 20211 Bulgarian Cup Stoycho Mladenov 26 July 2021 14 April 2022 – Alan Pardew 15 April 2022 1 June 2022 – Saša Ilić 2 June 2022 28 July 2023 – Nestor El Maestro 29 July 2023 14 April 2024 – Stamen Belchev* 15 April 2024 31 May 2024 – Tomislav Stipić 4 June 2024 28 August 2024 – Aleksandar Tomash 28 August 2024 31 May 2025 – Dušan Kerkez 4 June 2025 20 September 2025 – Valentin Iliev* 20 September 2025 24 September 2025 – Hristo Yanev 24 September 2025 9 September 20261 Bulgarian Cup1 Bulgarian Supercup Daniel Morales* 10 September 2026 29 September 2026 – Markus Gisdol 29 September 2026 Present – Key *Served as caretaker manager.

References

List of managers at the CSKA Sofia fan page