CSKA Sofia 3-2 Derry City: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 9 July 2026

Result

CSKA Sofia 3-2 Derry City

Europa League · Thursday 9 July 2026, 18:00 UTC · Stadion Vasil Levski, Karlovo · half-time 2-1

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CSKA Sofia 3-2 Derry City: match report

CSKA Sofia defeated Derry City 3-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 9 July 2026 at Stadion Vasil Levski. The half-time score was 2-1.

Ioannis Pittas opened the scoring in the 20th minute. CSKA Sofia's goals came from Ioannis Pittas (20'), Bruno Jordão (42') and Ioannis Pittas (53'). Derry City scored through Liam Boyce (31') and James Olayinka (89').

Discipline: CSKA Sofia received no yellow cards; Derry City received 1 yellow card.

CSKA Sofia lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Derry City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ioannis Pittas of CSKA Sofia (7.1), ahead of Liam Boyce (6.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 CSKA Sofia win, 1 draw and 0 for Derry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Ioannis PittasCSKA Sofia · 1-0
  • 31'Goal · Liam BoyceDerry City · 1-1
  • 42'Goal · Bruno JordãoCSKA Sofia · 2-1
  • 53'Goal · Ioannis PittasCSKA Sofia · 3-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Barry CotterDerry City
  • 89'Goal · James OlayinkaDerry City · 3-2

Form and table

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Head-to-head

2 meetings: CSKA Sofia 1, draws 1, Derry City 0.

Team news

CSKA Sofia line-up (4-3-1-2)

Fedor Lapoukhov, Pastor, Facundo Rodríguez, Teodor Ivanov, Ángelo Martino, Petko Panayotov, Bruno Jordão, Stefano Sensi, Isaac Solet, Leandro Godoy, Ioannis Pittas

Derry City line-up (4-4-2)

Brian Maher, Conor Barr, Christy Grogan, Patrick McClean, Rob Slevin, Barry Cotter, James Olayinka, Cameron Dummigan, Michael Duffy, Ellis Chapman, Liam Boyce

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