UEFA Europa League 2026/27 - First qualifying round - Statistics
CSKA 3-2 Derry City (Londonderry)
time: 9 July 2026, Thursday, 21:00 EEST, 22/18 C, clear
place: Natsionalen stadion "Vasil Levski", Sofia, 12 713 spectators
referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo); assistants: Granit Hyseni (Kosovo), Arbnor Bullatovci (Kosovo); fourth official: Valon Bajgora (Kosovo)
video assistant referee: Sören Storks (Germany); assistant video assistant referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)
kits: red w/ white edging, red w/ white edging, red w/ white edging (white numbers) ; black w/ light blue-white-pink patterns, black w/ white edging, black w/ white edging (white numbers)
captains: 6.Bruno Jordão ; 7.Michael Duffy
CSKA: 21.Fyodor Lapoukhov (GK) - 2.David Pastor, 14.Teodor Ivanov, 32.Facundo Rodríguez, 17.Ángelo Martino -
6.Bruno Jordão (c) - 30.Petko Panayotov, 94.Isaac Solet, 8.Stefano Sensi - 9.Santiago Godoy, 28.Ioannis Pittas.
bench: 25.Dimitar Evtimov (GK) - 3.Tamimou Ouorou, 5.Jean-Philippe Gbamin, 19.Andrey Yordanov, 91.Aleks Tunchev -
11.Mohamed Brahimi, 34.Vasil Kaymakanov, 38.Léo Pereira, 77.Alejandro Piedrahita, 80.Georgi Chorbadzhiyski, 99.James Eto'o - 10.Joël Zwarts.
coach: Hristo Yanev
Derry: 1.Brian Maher (GK) - 22.Conor Barr, 25.Christy Grogan, 3.Patrick McClean, 6.Robert Slevin -
2.Barry Cotter, 23.Cameron Dummigan, 14.Ellis Chapman, 7.Michael Duffy (c) - 28.James Olayinka, 27.Liam Boyce.
bench: 13.Thomas Norcott (GK), 26.Shea Callister (GK) - 4.Jamie Stott -
16.James McClean, 17.Nick Twisk, 20.Carl Winchester, 35.Liam Kelly - 21.Kévin dos Santos, 32.Terence Doherty.
coach: Tiernan Lynch
tactics: cska: 21 - 2, 14, 32, 17 - 6 - 30, 94, 8 - 9, 28; (4-1-3-2)
der: 1 - 22, 25, 3, 6 - 2, 23, 14, 7 - 28, 27; (4-4-2)
events:
1-0 - 19 - 28.Ioannis Pittas (right/corner/9.Santiago Godoy/pass)
1-1 - 31 - 27.Liam Boyce (right/free kick/7.Michael Duffy/pass)
2-1 - 41 - 6.Bruno Jordão (right/open play/8.Stefano Sensi/pass)
+ 2 min
3-1 - 53 - 28.Ioannis Pittas (right/open play/2.David Pastor/pass)
sub - 64 - '1 17.Nick Twisk on 23.Cameron Dummigan der - same position
sub - 71 - '2 4.Jamie Stott on 25.Christy Grogan der -> 2, 22, 4, 3, 6 - 28, 17, 14, 7 - 27; (5-4-1)
sub - 72 - '1 10.Joël Zwarts on 9.Santiago Godoy cska
sub - 72 - '1 11.Mohamed Brahimi on 94.Isaac Solet cska -> 11, 30, 8 - 10, 28
yc - 75 - 2.Barry Cotter der (reckless foul)
sub - 83 - '3 16.James McClean on 6.Robert Slevin der - same position
sub - 85 - '2 77.Alejandro Piedrahita on 8.Stefano Sensi cska -> 11, 6, 30, 77; (4-4-2)
3-2 - 88 - 28.James Olayinka (head/open play/3.Patrick McClean/pass)
+ 4 min
abbreviations and event notes
Derry City (Londonderry) 1-2 CSKA
time: 16 July 2026, Thursday, 18:30 BST, 22/20 C, sunny/clear
place: "Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium", Londonderry, 4 155 spectators
referee: Jasmin Šabotić (Luxembourg); assistants: Joaquim Da Silva (Luxembourg), Tom Hansen (Luxembourg); fourth official: Ricardo Morais (Luxembourg)
video assistant referee: Jonas Hansen (Denmark); assistant video assistant referee: Michael Tykgaard (Denmark)
kits: red-white vert.stripe, black w/ red edging, black w/ white edging (black numbers) ; black w/ white patterns, red w/ white edging, red w/ white edging (white numbers)
captains: 7.Michael Duffy ; 6.Bruno Jordão
Derry: 1.Brian Maher (GK) - 22.Conor Barr, 25.Christy Grogan, 3.Patrick McClean, 19.Brandon Fleming -
2.Barry Cotter, 8.Adam O'Reilly, 28.James Olayinka, 14.Ellis Chapman, 21.Kévin dos Santos - 7.Michael Duffy (c).
bench: 13.Thomas Norcott (GK), 26.Shea Callister (GK) - 4.Jamie Stott, 6.Robert Slevin, 23.Cameron Dummigan -
16.James McClean, 17.Nick Twisk, 35.Liam Kelly - 15.James Clarke, 32.Terence Doherty.
coach: Tiernan Lynch
CSKA: 25.Dimitar Evtimov (GK) - 2.David Pastor, 14.Teodor Ivanov, 32.Facundo Rodríguez, 17.Ángelo Martino -
6.Bruno Jordão (c) - 30.Petko Panayotov, 94.Isaac Solet, 8.Stefano Sensi - 28.Ioannis Pittas, 9.Santiago Godoy.
bench: 31.Daniel Nikolov (GK) - 3.Tamimou Ouorou, 5.Jean-Philippe Gbamin, 19.Andrey Yordanov, 91.Aleks Tunchev -
11.Mohamed Brahimi, 34.Vasil Kaymakanov, 38.Léo Pereira, 77.Alejandro Piedrahita, 80.Georgi Chorbadzhiyski, 99.James Eto'o - 10.Joël Zwarts.
coach: Hristo Yanev
tactics: der: 1 - 22, 25, 3, 19 - 2, 8, 28, 14, 21 - 7; (4-5-1)
cska: 25 - 2, 14, 32, 17 - 6 - 30, 94, 8 - 28, 9; (4-1-3-2)
events:
+ 1 min
sub - ht - 17.Nick Twisk on 21.Kévin dos Santos der -> 17 - 2, 8, 28, 14; (4-1-4-1)
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yc - 46 - 17.Ángelo Martino cska (foul stopping a promising attack)
1-0 - 47 - 14.Ellis Chapman (head/free kick/19.Brandon Fleming/pass)
stp - 58 - (19:46 local BST) the match is stopped and the players are brought into the dressing rooms due to crowd trouble
res - 71 - (19:59 local BST) the match is resumed after the situation calms down
sub - 72 - '1 99.James Eto'o on 30.Petko Panayotov cska
sub - 72 - '1 10.Joël Zwarts on 9.Santiago Godoy cska -> 99, 94, 8 - 10, 28
1-1 - 75 - 28.Ioannis Pittas (right/open play/25.Dimitar Evtimov (GK)/pass)
yc - 77 - 14.Teodor Ivanov cska (foul stopping a promising attack)
sub - 80 - '2 5.Jean-Philippe Gbamin on 94.Isaac Solet cska -> 5 - 6, 99, 8
sub - 80 - '1 15.James Clarke on 14.Ellis Chapman der -> 2, 8, 28, 7 - 15
yc - 81 - 25.Christy Grogan der (striking an opponent's head with hand)
sub - 90+1 - '2 4.Jamie Stott on 25.Christy Grogan der
sub - 90+1 - '2 23.Cameron Dummigan on 28.James Olayinka der -> 22, 4, 3, 19 - 17 - 2, 23, 8, 7
yc - 90+5 - 32.Facundo Rodríguez cska (holding an opponent with hand)
yc - 90+13 - 8.Stefano Sensi cska (foul stopping a promising attack)
sub - 90+17 - '3 11.Mohamed Brahimi on 28.Ioannis Pittas cska -> 99, 6, 5, 8 - 11, 10; (4-4-2)
1-2 - 90+17 - 2.Barry Cotter OWN GOAL (body/open play)
+ 20 min
abbreviations and event notes
Abbreviations and event notes:
yc - yellow card
rc - red card
sub - substitution
'1/'2/'3 - the substitution is part of the first/second/third allowed break for substitutions for the respective team
same position - the substitution does not lead to any tactical changes
lws - left without a substitute (usually due to injury after all allowed substitutions are used by the team)
tct - a change to a team's tactical formation
cap - new captain
mp - missed penalty
ref - new referee (usually following an injury)
ar - new assistant referee (usually following an injury)
var - beginning and end of a VAR review and the decisions it yielded
cnc - cancelled event (usually following a var review)
ht - the event takes place during the half-time break
br - the event takes place during the break between extra time periods
pen - the event takes place during the penalty shoot-out
ft - the event takes place after full time
stp - the match is stopped
res - the match is resumed
abd - the match is abandoned
+ X min. - there have been X minutes of added time played for that half
about penalty kick direction notes - the point of view of the penalty taker is always considered, with the goal being divided into 6 areas,
in which the ball can be directed to - upper left, upper middle, upper right, lower left, lower middle and lower right;
while the penalty kick might be either placed (i.e. weaker shot) or taken with force.
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