UEFA Europa League Qualifying

FT Thursday, July 9, 2026
Derry City DWWWW 2
–
CSKA Sofia WWLLL 3
1st2ndT
DER112
CSKA213
1st Leg · Vasil Levski National Stadium · 12,713 att.

Team Stats

0
Fouls
0
1
Yellow Cards
0
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

Lineups

CSKA · 4-3-3

  1. 21Fedor LapoukhovG
  2. 32Facundo RodríguezCD-L
  3. 14Teodor IvanovCD-R
  4. 17Ángelo MartinoLB
  5. 2PastorRB
  6. 6Bruno JordãoCM
  7. 8Stefano SensiLM
  8. 30Petko PanayotovRM
  9. 94Isaac SoletF
  10. 28Ioannis PittasLF
  11. 9Santiago GodoyRF

Substitutes

  1. 91Aleks Aleksandrov TunchevSUB
  2. 19Andrey YordanovSUB
  3. 11Mohamed Amine BrahimiSUB
  4. 77Alejandro PiedrahitaSUB
  5. 38Léo PereiraSUB
  6. 80Georgi Brankov ChorbadzhiyskiSUB
  7. 3Tamimou OuorouSUB
  8. 10Joël ZwartsSUB
  9. 5Jean-Philippe GbaminSUB
  10. 25Dimitar EvtimovSUB
  11. 34Vasil Stanislavov KaymakanovSUB
  12. 99James Eto'oSUB

DER · 4-4-2

  1. 1Brian Philip MaherG
  2. 3Patrick McCleanCD-L
  3. 25Christy GroganCD-R
  4. 6Rob SlevinLB
  5. 22Conor BarrRB
  6. 23Cameron DummiganCM-L
  7. 28James OlayinkaCM-R
  8. 7Michael DuffyLM
  9. 2Barry CotterRM
  10. 14Ellis ChapmanCF-L
  11. 27Liam BoyceCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Nick TwiskSUB
  2. 20Carl WinchesterSUB
  3. 32Terence DohertySUB
  4. 26Shea CallisterSUB
  5. 35Liam KellySUB
  6. 21Kévin David Nogueira Carvalho SantosSUB
  7. 13Tom NorcottSUB
  8. 4Jamie StottSUB
  9. 16James McCleanSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! CSKA Sofia 1, Derry City 0. Ioannis Pittas (CSKA Sofia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 31' Goal! CSKA Sofia 1, Derry City 1. Liam Boyce (Derry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Michael Duffy.
  3. 41' Goal! CSKA Sofia 2, Derry City 1. Bruno Jordão (CSKA Sofia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stefano Sensi.
  4. 53' Goal! CSKA Sofia 3, Derry City 1. Ioannis Pittas (CSKA Sofia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pastor.
  5. 64' Nick Twisk (Derry City) Substitution at 64'
  6. 71' Jamie Stott (Derry City) Substitution at 71'
  7. 72' Joël Zwarts (CSKA Sofia) Substitution at 72'
  8. 72' Mohamed Amine Brahimi (CSKA Sofia) Substitution at 72'
  9. 75' Barry Cotter (Derry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 85' Alejandro Piedrahita (CSKA Sofia) Substitution at 85'
  11. 88' Goal! CSKA Sofia 3, Derry City 2. James Olayinka (Derry City) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Patrick McClean.

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