UEFA Europa League Qualifying

FT Thursday, July 16, 2026
CSKA Sofia WLLLW 2
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Derry City WWWWL 1
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2nd Leg - CSKA Sofia advance 5-3 on aggregate · Brandywell Stadium · 4,155 att.

Team Stats

0
Fouls
0
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
0
0
Possession
0
0
SHOTS
0
0
ON GOAL
0
0.0
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

CSKA leads series 1-0

Lineups

DER · 4-3-3

  1. 1Brian Philip MaherG
  2. 3Patrick McCleanCD-L
  3. 25Christy GroganCD-R
  4. 19Brandon FlemingLB
  5. 22Conor BarrRB
  6. 28James OlayinkaCM
  7. 14Ellis ChapmanLM
  8. 2Barry CotterRM
  9. 7Michael DuffyF
  10. 21Kévin David Nogueira Carvalho SantosLF
  11. 8Adam O'ReillyRF

CSKA · 3-5-2

  1. 25Dimitar EvtimovG
  2. 32Facundo RodríguezCD
  3. 17Ángelo MartinoCD-L
  4. 14Teodor IvanovCD-R
  5. 6Bruno JordãoCM-L
  6. 30Petko PanayotovCM-R
  7. 94Isaac SoletAM
  8. 8Stefano SensiLM
  9. 2PastorRM
  10. 9Santiago GodoyCF-L
  11. 28Ioannis PittasCF-R

Timeline

  1. 45' Nick Twisk (Derry City) Substitution at 45'
  2. 46' Ángelo Martino (CSKA Sofia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 47' Goal! Derry City 1, CSKA Sofia 0. Ellis Chapman (Derry City) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Brandon Fleming.
  4. 74' Goal! Derry City 1, CSKA Sofia 1. Ioannis Pittas (CSKA Sofia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dimitar Evtimov.
  5. 75' Joël Zwarts (CSKA Sofia) Substitution at 75'
  6. 75' James Eto'o (CSKA Sofia) Substitution at 75'
  7. 77' Cameron Dummigan (Derry City) Substitution at 77'
  8. 77' Jamie Stott (Derry City) Substitution at 77'
  9. 80' Teodor Ivanov (CSKA Sofia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 82' Facundo Rodríguez (CSKA Sofia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 84' Christy Grogan (Derry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+10' Jean-Philippe Gbamin (CSKA Sofia) Substitution at 90'+10'
  13. 90'+10' James Clarke (Derry City) Substitution at 90'+10'
  14. 90'+13' Stefano Sensi (CSKA Sofia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+16' Mohamed Amine Brahimi (CSKA Sofia) Substitution at 90'+16'
  16. 90'+18' Own Goal by Barry Cotter, Derry City. Derry City 1, CSKA Sofia 2.

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