HBC CSKA Sofia
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| Nickname | Армейците (The Army Men) Червените (The Reds) |
| City | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Home arena | CSKA |
| Colours | Red, White |
| President | Hristo Denev |
| Website | www |
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HBC CSKA Sofia is a handball team from Sofia. They are a department of the United Sports Clubs of CSKA Sofia.
History
The beginning of the organization for handball in CSKA is in October 1962, when the union between CDNA and DFS "Red flag" was made. With this, a start to the youth academy for handball in CSKA was started, which later became leading in the country.
The first men's handball team of CSKA "Red flag" was created in April 1964, when the student Mihail Sarbinov, sent by "VIF G.Dimitrov", created an organization for the team that would participate in the Spartakiad during the summer of the same year.
Throughout the various years, some of the most famous Bulgarian handball players have gone through the team, in order to get rid of their military duty.
In order to participate in the Spartakiad, the women's handball team was made out of athletes in other sports, mostly skiing or other alpine disciplines, who didn't have competitions during this time of the year, but had studied handball in university. During the fall of the same year, Totyu Valchev was appointed as the coach of the women's team, but he also participated in competitions with the men.
In 1965, at the final competitions in Tutrakan, the juniors of CSKA won the first medals (silver), but lost the final with one goal difference to the team of "Septemvri" (Sofia).
In the end of January 1969, the union between CSKA "Cherveno zname" and "Septemvri" was completed. The results of the united teams did not take long to appear, and the coaches started working very productively.
The real accomplishments of the youngsters came during the Spartakiad in 1970 in Tolbuhin (today's Dobrich). The first republican champions for CSKA were the kids under 14 years of age. Only 25 days after the first champions, the youngsters aged up to 16 years old won golden medals. The senior girls also became champions, whereas the senior men got 2nd place. The bases of these successes were the training sessions and the champion-like mentality, which is typical for CSKA.
Ten years after the introduction of handball in CSKA, the club won its first title. The women's team became a champion. After the initial success, the women went on to win the championship 11 more times. They also won the Cup of Bulgaria 8 times.
Gradually, the men's team started to become more competitive towards the leading handball clubs. In 1970, the first players were recruited – Spas Bonev and Angel Ganchev. At the Spartakiad in 1974, the first medals (silver) and vice-champion titles were won.
During the same year, Nikolai Georgiev (Kaio), Dimitar Nikolov (the Bear), and Valentin Denchev (Tendzhi) were added to the team that won golden medals in all age groups they had gone through. In that way, the academy which was created during the 60s won a championship title in 1976 for the first time. Everywhere, the team has always been supported loyally by the red fans, who have sometimes even been an additional player. After the glorious first title, the men's team became the champion 9 more times. The championship titles in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, and 1991 were won. Also, the Bulgarian Cup was won 10 times.
Nikolay Georgiev, Tsvyatko Nachev, Rami Akulov, Stanislav Peykov, Emil Tarkalanov, Marin Marinov, Simeon Blazhev, Christopher Mitev, Rosen Davidkov, Ivan KolayLakov, Stanimir Dzhemperliev, Simeon Hristov, Veselin Petrov, Slavcho Georgiev and many others signed their names into the golden books of champions with the red jersey.
The players of CSKA had been the backbones of Bulgarian national teams for years. Throughout those years, there have been more national players in CSKA than starting players.
The handball teams of CSKA also have a lot of success on the international scene. They reached the peak of their accomplishments during the 70s and 80s, when CSKA was a factor in European handball.
Both the men and the women in CSKA reached the quarter finals for the Cup Winners Cup and in tournaments for the Cup of European champions.
After the last championship of the women's team in 1991 and the last Cup of Bulgaria, won by the men's team in 2002, the teams in the different age categories in the CSKA Youths Academy gradually decreased, and with them the success of the team.
Honours
Men
Men
- Champions (10): 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991
Bulgarian Cup:
- Winners (10 times): 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2002
- Quarter-finals (1): 1980–81
- Quarter-finals (1): 1986–87
Women
A Group:
- Champions (12): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
Bulgarian Cup:
- Winners (8 times): 1975, 1976, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992
- Quarter-finals (3): 1973–74, 1974–75, 1983–84
References
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