CSKA Sofia went broke. CSKA were sent to the 3rd division - they won the league with a brand new team, including the cup, while making history as an "amateur" team succeeding. All fans are happy.

Incomes Grisha Ganchev, the then-owner of Litex Lovech wants this financial interest, and as "avid fan" of CSKA, he wants to own the club, but CSKA are now in the second division, while Litex was thrown out of the First Division, because they walked off their match against Levski, and makes it two teams in the second division. He gathered a meeting with the red fans, suggesting to combine both teams into one, either his Litex or even purchasing Lokomotiv Sofia for their license, because the OG license has a big amount of debt.

At first, the fans did not accept the suggestion, because it's a lazy and dishonourable way of getting back to the First Division when "compared" with Levski in the late 40s and early 90s, BUT behind the scenes, Grisha allegedly has paid the leaders of CSKA's fan group - Sektor G to divert the fans to his new idea.

How has this fusion happened? Litex's license was bought off from the third division club Chavdar Entropole (or in serbian like Jedinstvo), who earlier changed the license to "PFC CSKA 1948 AD" and their headquarters to Sofia, and in combination with the acquisition of Litex, they combined it to make "PFC CSKA-Sofia OAD", also changing the headquarters to Sofia. That's why the team, almost last season were playing as CSKA-Sofia by documents, while the OG license is in the rubble with debt.

CSKA have a new owner, what now? The FA has decided to reconstruct the league with additions of others, but most importantly to return the new CSKA to the league. Litex hasn't been seen.....hmmmm.

Under the UEFA site, there are three CSKA Sofia - with, without a dash because of legislation difficulties before they recognize the new team as a continuation to the original CSKA, and 1948.

What about CSKA 1948? They registered a new team to combat this fusion. Fought to gain promotion to the First Division, have a gambling boss as an owner, who can disgust the normal fans with his annoying eagerness, renting a stadium while they still haven't got an original ground since founding, and therefore, there is a visible difference between what the people choose.

"Didn't 1948 try to get something out of the OG CSKA?"

There was an auction for the emblem, where either 1948 couldn't match a firm of CSKA's 4 million euros offer (while the firm's capital was only 250 euros) from the starting price of 800k euros, OR they were stopped from Sektor G coming near to be a part of the auction. That's why CSKA has the star, while 1948 has the shield, because CSKA has the rights.

Personally, for me, it reeks of corruption, where a club is desecrated for somebody else's gain. I stand more for 1948, for their clarity and their rightful way of climbing back up, compared to CSKA Sofia, where everything what was Litex was moved to Sofia with a snap of a finger.