Derry City 1-2 CSKA Sofia: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 16 July 2026

Result

Derry City 1-2 CSKA Sofia

Europa League · Thursday 16 July 2026, 17:30 UTC · The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium, Londonderry · half-time 0-0

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Derry City 1-2 CSKA Sofia: match report

Derry City lost to CSKA Sofia 1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 16 July 2026 at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. The half-time score was 0-0.

Ellis Chapman opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Derry City's goal came from Ellis Chapman (47'). CSKA Sofia scored through Ioannis Pittas (74') and an own goal by Barry Noel Cotter (90+18').

Discipline: Derry City received 1 yellow card; CSKA Sofia received 4 yellow cards.

Derry City lined up in a 4-3-3 and CSKA Sofia in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ioannis Pittas of CSKA Sofia (6.8), ahead of Ellis Chapman (6.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Derry City wins, 1 draw and 2 for CSKA Sofia.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 46'Yellow card · Ángelo MartinoCSKA Sofia
  • 47'Goal · Ellis ChapmanDerry City · 1-0
  • 74'Goal · Ioannis PittasCSKA Sofia · 1-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Teodor Valentinov IvanovCSKA Sofia
  • 79'Yellow card · Christy GroganDerry City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Facundo Santiago Rodríguez FábregasCSKA Sofia
  • 90+13'Yellow card · Stefano SensiCSKA Sofia
  • 90+18'Own goal · Barry Noel CotterCSKA Sofia · 1-2

Form and table

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Head-to-head

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

Team news

Derry City line-up (4-3-3)

Brian Maher, Conor Barr, Christy Grogan, Patrick McClean, Brandon Fleming, Adam O'Reilly, James Olayinka, Ellis Chapman, Barry Cotter, Michael Duffy, Kevin Santos

CSKA Sofia line-up (3-5-2)

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

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