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Derry City vs CSKA Sofia: match report

Derry City hosted CSKA Sofia at Brandywell Stadium on Thursday 16 July 2026, in the UEL Qualifying (round 1). Jasmin Sabotic is the referee.

Result and scorers

Derry City 1-2 CSKA Sofia. Goals: Ellis Chapman 47' for Derry City; Ioannis Pittas 74' for CSKA Sofia; Barry Cotter 90'+18' (own goal) for CSKA Sofia. Attendance: 4,155.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 46' Yellow card: Ángelo Martino (CSKA Sofia)
  • 47' Goal: Ellis Chapman (Derry City) 1-0
  • 74' Goal: Ioannis Pittas (CSKA Sofia) 1-1
  • 80' Yellow card: Teodor Ivanov (CSKA Sofia)
  • 82' Yellow card: Facundo Rodríguez (CSKA Sofia)
  • 84' Yellow card: Christy Grogan (Derry City)
  • 90'+13' Yellow card: Stefano Sensi (CSKA Sofia)
  • 90'+18' Own goal: Barry Cotter (CSKA Sofia) 1-2
Match stats (contains the result)
0%Possession0%
0Shots0
0Shots on target0
0Corners0
0Fouls0
0Offsides0
0Saves0
1Yellow cards4
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Derry City 4-3-3

Coach: Tiernan Lynch

  1. 1 Brian Maher GK
  2. 22 Conor Barr DEF
  3. 25 Christy Grogan DEF
  4. 3 Patrick McClean DEF
  5. 19 Brandon Fleming DEF
  6. 2 Barry Cotter MID
  7. 28 James Olayinka MID
  8. 14 Ellis Chapman MID
  9. 8 Adam O'Reilly MID
  10. 7 Michael Duffy FWD
  11. 21 Kévin Santos MID

Bench

  • 17 Nick Twisk MID
  • 4 Jamie Stott DEF
  • 23 Cameron Dummigan MID
  • 15 James Clarke FWD
  • 26 Shea Callister GK
  • 13 Tom Norcott GK
  • 6 Robert Slevin DEF
  • 16 James McClean MID
  • 35 Liam Kelly MID
  • 32 Terence Doherty FWD

CSKA Sofia 4-1-2-1-2

Coach: Hristo Yanev

  1. 25 Dimitar Evtimov GK
  2. 2 Pastor DEF
  3. 14 Teodor Ivanov DEF
  4. 32 Facundo Rodríguez DEF
  5. 17 Ángelo Martino DEF
  6. 6 Bruno Jordão MID
  7. 30 Petko Panayotov MID
  8. 8 Stefano Sensi MID
  9. 94 Isaac Solet MID
  10. 28 Ioannis Pittas FWD
  11. 9 Leandro Godoy FWD

Bench

  • 99 James Eto'o MID
  • 10 Joël Zwarts FWD
  • 5 Jean-Philippe Gbamin DEF
  • 11 Mohamed Brahimi FWD
  • 31 Daniel Nikolov GK
  • 91 Aleks Tunchev DEF
  • 19 Andrey Yordanov DEF
  • 3 Tamimou Ouorou DEF
  • 80 Georgi Chorbadzhiyski MID
  • 77 Alejandro Piedrahita FWD
  • 38 Léo Pereira FWD
  • 34 Vasil Kaymakanov FWD
Previous meetings
  • Thursday 9 July 2026: CSKA Sofia 3-2 Derry City