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CSKA Sofia vs Derry City: match report

CSKA Sofia hosted Derry City at Vasil Levski National Stadium on Thursday 9 July 2026, in the UEL Qualifying (round 1). Visar Kastrati is the referee.

Result and scorers

CSKA Sofia 3-2 Derry City. Goals: Ioannis Pittas 20' for CSKA Sofia; Liam Boyce 31' for Derry City; Bruno Jordão 42' for CSKA Sofia; Ioannis Pittas 53' for CSKA Sofia; James Olayinka 89' for Derry City. Attendance: 12,713.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 20' Goal: Ioannis Pittas (CSKA Sofia) 1-0
  • 31' Goal: Liam Boyce (Derry City) 1-1
  • 42' Goal: Bruno Jordão (CSKA Sofia) 2-1
  • 53' Goal: Ioannis Pittas (CSKA Sofia) 3-1
  • 75' Yellow card: Barry Cotter (Derry City)
  • 89' Goal: James Olayinka (Derry City) 3-2
Match stats (contains the result)
0%Possession0%
0Shots0
0Shots on target0
0Corners0
0Fouls0
0Offsides0
0Saves0
0Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

CSKA Sofia 4-3-1-2

Coach: Hristo Yanev

  1. 21 Fedor Lapoukhov GK
  2. 2 Pastor DEF
  3. 32 Facundo Rodríguez DEF
  4. 14 Teodor Ivanov DEF
  5. 17 Ángelo Martino DEF
  6. 30 Petko Panayotov MID
  7. 6 Bruno Jordão MID
  8. 8 Stefano Sensi MID
  9. 94 Isaac Solet MID
  10. 9 Leandro Godoy FWD
  11. 28 Ioannis Pittas FWD

Bench

  • 10 Joël Zwarts FWD
  • 11 Mohamed Brahimi FWD
  • 77 Alejandro Piedrahita FWD
  • 25 Dimitar Evtimov GK
  • 91 Aleks Tunchev DEF
  • 19 Andrey Yordanov DEF
  • 5 Jean-Philippe Gbamin DEF
  • 3 Tamimou Ouorou DEF
  • 80 Georgi Chorbadzhiyski MID
  • 99 James Eto'o MID
  • 38 Léo Pereira FWD
  • 34 Vasil Kaymakanov FWD

Derry City 4-4-2

Coach: Tiernan Lynch

  1. 1 Brian Maher GK
  2. 22 Conor Barr DEF
  3. 25 Christy Grogan DEF
  4. 3 Patrick McClean DEF
  5. 6 Robert Slevin DEF
  6. 2 Barry Cotter MID
  7. 28 James Olayinka MID
  8. 23 Cameron Dummigan MID
  9. 7 Michael Duffy FWD
  10. 27 Liam Boyce FWD
  11. 14 Ellis Chapman MID

Bench

  • 17 Nick Twisk MID
  • 4 Jamie Stott DEF
  • 16 James McClean MID
  • 26 Shea Callister GK
  • 13 Tom Norcott GK
  • 20 Carl Winchester MID
  • 21 Kévin Santos MID
  • 35 Liam Kelly MID
  • 32 Terence Doherty FWD